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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

8. – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Contingent liability

 

On December 19, 2011, DDLLC entered into two promissory notes with an accredited investor pursuant to which the Company issued two 14% convertible promissory notes (the "Notes") to advance of up to $280,000 to the Company. As of this date, the Company has only received $118,000 of the agreed to $280,000.

 

The Notes were offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration afforded by Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Notes have a six-month term due June 16, 2012, and are convertible by the holder into Common Stock of a contemplated merger or acquisition and a subsequent newly formed company ("Acquireco") at a price of $0.10 per share. The Company may prepay all or a portion of the outstanding principal and interest under the Notes upon 10 days' written notice without penalty. The amount due under the Notes will become immediately due and payable if the Company fails to pay unpaid principal on the maturity date of June 16, 2012, any representation or warranty made by the Company is false, incorrect, incomplete or misleading, or the Company dissolves, liquidates, ceases operations, is unable to pay its debts when due, a receiver or trustee is appointed or bankruptcy proceedings are instituted. While any amount of the Note is outstanding, the borrower is obligated to the covenants of (i) paying no dividends.

 

The Company is in default of these notes because it did not repay principal and accrued interest on the maturity date of June 16, 2012. Due to the default provisions of the Note, the Company will begin accruing interest at the default rate of 29% per annum from the maturity date going forward. In July 2012, the Company tried to begin negotiations with the investor; however, it has been unsuccessful in contacting the investor to date. The Company has recorded a contingent liability of $186,146 as of March 31, 2014, to reflect the obligation that it believes it owes to investor. The investor is claiming that the Company owes an additional $162,000 plus accrued interest but the Company never received the additional funds as described under the Notes and intends to defend against any position that the investor takes pertaining to the additional $162,000. The Company has treated this matter as a contingent liability because at this time the Company is uncertain as to how and when this matter will be resolved. The Company believes it has accrued its estimate in the condensed consolidated financial statements of the most likely amount to be settled with the investor.

 

Ironridge

 

Effective December 19, 2012, the Company terminated the Securities Purchase Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement and Debenture dated November 6, 2012 (the “Financing Documents”) with Ironridge Media Co., a division of Ironridge Global IV, Ltd. (“Ironridge”), for the sale of up to $3,000,000 of Convertible Subordinated Debentures and Series A Preferred Stock. On January 11, 2013, Ironridge submitted a claim with JAMS, Inc. in Santa Monica, California for binding arbitration under the Financing Documents and requested that it be awarded damages relating to the termination of the Financing Documents. The Company submitted counter-claims in the JAMS arbitration claiming that it was fraudulently induced to enter into the Financing Documents, and that a fully performed oral stock purchase agreement caused the Financing Documents to be abandoned by the parties, justifying rescission of the financing documents. In May 2013, the Arbitrator in the JAMS arbitration announced an interim award to Ironridge shall recover from the Company in the amount of $850,000 plus attorney fees and costs. On July 10, 2013, the Arbitrator made the interim award final, and awarded Ironridge an additional $110,168 in attorneys’ fees and costs. The Company does not have adequate cash to pay the final arbitration award. The judgment resulting from the arbitration award would adversely affect the business, future operations and the financial condition of the Company, and may cause the Company to default under its existing loan obligations which would provide the lenders with the right for immediate repayment. The Company recorded an accrual of $960,000 under contingent liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 related to this case.

 

Sheen Agreement

 

On March 25, 2013, the Company entered into an Agreement with celebrity actor, Charlie Sheen, pursuant to which he has agreed to work with the Company to develop and promote his own channel and original content, and to promote and endorse the Company and its channels through various media. Under the terms of the Agreement, Mr. Sheen’s involvement with the Company is to include his creation of original content; his promotion and endorsement of the Company’s channels and the creation and promotion of the Charlie Sheen Channel; his personal appearances; the use of Mr. Sheen’s name, voice and likeness for promotional purposes; and the promotion of the Company and its channels across social media, including postings on Facebook and Twitter. The Agreement has a term of twelve months, unless extended as provided in the Agreement.

 

In consideration for his services, the Company has agreed to pay Charlie Sheen a $300,000 fee payable in installments. In addition, the Company has agreed to pay Mr. Sheen a percentage of Company gross revenues generated by the distribution and sale of original programming featuring Mr. Sheen and his affiliates, including gross revenues from the Charlie Sheen Channel and other pay per view events and episodes. In consideration of Mr. Sheen’s obligations, the Company has also agreed to issue to Mr. Sheen options to purchase up to seven million shares of the Company’s common stock as follows: options to purchase one million shares of the Company’s common stock vested upon the date of the Agreement, and options to purchase the remaining six million shares of the Company’s common stock shall vest in equal installments of one million shares every six months after the date of the Agreement, each exercisable at an exercise price of $0.10 per share. The Company and Charlie Sheen are in mutual dispute with regards to this agreement.

 

Operating lease

 

The Company leases office space under an operating lease, which began on July 1, 2012 and expires on November 15, 2013. The average rental payment including utilities and operating expenses for the facility is approximately $5,935 per month. Rent expense for the periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 amounted to $23,335 and $16,505, respectively.