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Line of Business and Recent Acquistion
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Line of Business and Recent Acquisition
Line of Business and Recent Acquisition
 
The Company's Line of Business
 
Viggle is an incentive-based, interactive loyalty program and application that seeks to enhance the TV viewing experience and make TV more rewarding for viewers, advertisers and producers. Viggle helps viewers decide what to watch and when, broadens the viewing experience with real time games and additional content, and rewards viewers for being loyal to their favorite shows throughout a season. For advertisers, Viggle provides clients targeted interactive ads to amplify their TV messaging. For TV networks and content producers, Viggle delivers promotional benefits by driving tune ins to specific shows, engaging viewers in a richer content experience, and increasing awareness of promoted shows. The Company's content website, wetpaint.com, extends its promotional capabilities by reaching entertainment fans before a TV show is broadcast and by continuing the conversation with additional show coverage after the broadcast date. In addition, the Company recently launched its music service, which allows consumers to check in to songs on Viggle and earn points. As a media company, Viggle seeks to attract a significant and growing audience in order to sell advertising. The Company believes that making TV more rewarding and engaging around the shows consumers love will drive them to use Viggle.
Through its recently acquired subsidiary, Wetpaint, the Company reports original news stories and publishes information content covering top television shows, music, celebrities, entertainment news and fashion. Wetpaint publishes more than 150 new articles, videos and galleries per day.

U.S. consumers can become Viggle users through a free app that works on multiple types of mobile phones and tablets and is distributed through the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. After a consumer downloads the App, he or she must create an account. Viggle then allows consumers to play along with TV shows, share comments through social media, answer trivia questions or polls, chat with friends, play games, or discover more about the show, all while watching TV. Users can also use the App to discover new music. The App can listen to a song and identify it and allow users to build playlists and purchase the music. All of this activity earns the user points they can redeem for real rewards.

The Viggle user experience is simple. While watching TV or listening to music, a user taps the “check-in” button, which activates the device’s microphone. Viggle collects an audio sample of the content the user can hear and uses technology to convert that sample into a digital fingerprint. Within seconds, that digital fingerprint is matched against a database of reference fingerprints that are collected from at least 170 English and Spanish television channels within the United States and over 20 million songs. Viggle is able to verify TV check-ins across broadcast, cable, online, satellite, time-shifted and on-demand content as well as most songs cataloged on Apple’s iTunes music library. The ability to verify check-ins is critical because users are rewarded with points for each check-in and engagement (defined as a poll, video quiz, game or slide show). Users can redeem the points within the rewards catalog for items that have a monetary value such as unique deals and offers, products, sweepstakes, charitable donations, select retail gift cards and Viggle-branded merchandise. Once a user has “checked-in” to content, the app provides a set of optional games, tools, and information to enhance the consumer experience.

The Company has purchased and will continue to source rewards from vendors that it will issue to users upon the redemption of their points.  The Company has only generated minimal revenue to date, and there is no guarantee that it will be able to generate sufficient revenue in the future to continue to purchase rewards from vendors or continue its business. 

Acquisition of Wetpaint

On December 16, 2013, the Company and Viggle Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Viggle (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Wetpaint.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Wetpaint”), certain stockholders of Wetpaint and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (solely in its capacity as the Stockholders’ Agent).

Wetpaint is a Seattle, Washington-based Internet company, founded in 2005, that publishes the website Wetpaint.com, focused on entertainment news, and develops a proprietary technology platform, the Social Distribution System, that is used to provide analytics for its own website as well as other online publishers.

The Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (collectively, the "Acquisition") have been approved by the board of directors of each of the Company, Merger Sub and Wetpaint. Within twenty four hours following the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, Wetpaint delivered to Viggle and Merger Sub the irrevocable written consent (the “Written Consent”) of certain of the holders of Wetpaint common stock (the “Wetpaint Common Stock”) and Wetpaint preferred stock (the “Wetpaint Preferred Stock” and, collectively with the Wetpaint Common Stock, the “Wetpaint Capital Stock”) adopting and approving the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. Following receipt of the Written Consent, upon the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Wetpaint (the “Merger”), with Wetpaint continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Viggle. The Merger is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

In connection with the Acquisition, all outstanding shares of Wetpaint Capital Stock were converted into the right to receive an aggregate amount of cash and shares of Viggle common stock (the “Stock Consideration”) payable as described below.  At the completion of the Acquisition, (i) $1,634 in cash (subject to certain adjustments for payment of certain transaction expenses by Viggle and bonus and premium payments to certain Wetpaint employees and stockholders), $22,923 in shares of Viggle common stock (subject to certain adjustments as described below) and $3,860 in restricted stock units were delivered to the holders of Wetpaint Capital Stock in accordance with the allocation set forth in the Merger Agreement, and (ii) $4,771 in shares of Viggle common stock (the “Escrow Shares”) were delivered to an escrow agent to satisfy potential indemnification claims.  There are no known indemnification claims, and the escrow was established to cover claims in the event that any indemnification claims arise or are discovered. The shares will be held in escrow for a period of twelve months after closing to satisfy any indemnification claims that might arise during that twelve month period, and if no claims arise, these shares will be distributed to the former shareholders of Wetpaint.  On the earlier of a date within three business days following the date that Viggle completes a public offering of its capital stock in which it raises at least $20,000 in net cash proceeds (a “Subsequent Offering”) or February 15, 2014, an aggregate amount of $3,367 in cash (subject to certain adjustments for changes in Wetpaint’s net working capital, payment of certain transaction expenses by Viggle and bonus and premium payments to certain Wetpaint employees and stockholders) shall be delivered to the holders of Wetpaint Capital Stock in accordance with the allocation set forth in the Merger Agreement. The values of shares of Viggle common stock and restricted stock units noted above were based on the average closing market price of the Company's common stock during the 10 days prior to completion of the Acquisition, in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, if the Company completes a recapitalization on or before December 31, 2015, the stock consideration paid in the Acquisition shall be adjusted such that (i) if upon giving effect to the Recapitalization, the shares constituting such stock consideration collectively represent less than 13.17% of the total outstanding shares of our common stock on a fully-diluted basis (subject to certain adjustments set forth in the merger agreement), we will issue to our stockholders that are former stockholders of Wetpaint (the “Wetpaint/Viggle Holders”) the additional number of shares of our common stock as is necessary such that the shares constituting the stock consideration, as so adjusted, represent 13.17% of the total outstanding shares of our common stock on a fully-diluted basis (subject to certain adjustments set forth in the merger agreement) as of such time, and (ii) if upon giving effect to the Recapitalization, the shares constituting the stock consideration collectively represent greater than 17.55% of the total outstanding shares of our common stock on a fully-diluted basis (subject to certain adjustments set forth in the merger agreement), then we will cancel such number of shares of our common stock constituting the stock consideration as is necessary such that the stock consideration, as so adjusted, collectively represent 17.55% of the total outstanding shares of our common stock on a fully-diluted basis (subject to certain adjustments set forth in the merger agreement) as of such time. The Company determined a fair value of $6,100 for this contingent consideration and have added such amount to the total acquisition price. At December 31, 2013, the fair value was $5,400. The change in fair value of $700 has been included in other income, net for the three and six months ended December 31, 2013 in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

The Acquisition Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of Viggle, Merger Sub and Wetpaint.

The Acquisition has been accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. Under the acquisition method, the consideration transferred is measured at the acquisition closing date. The assets of Wetpaint have been measured based on various preliminary estimates using assumptions that the Company’s management believes are reasonable utilizing information currently available. Use of different estimates and judgments could yield different results. The Company has performed a preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the underlying net assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date, with any excess of the purchase price allocated to goodwill. The Company has not completed the analysis of certain acquired assets and assumed liabilities, including, but not limited to, other identifiable intangible assets such as customer contracts and technology. However, the Company is continuing its review of these items during the measurement period, and further changes to the preliminary allocation will be recognized as the valuations are finalized.

A summary of the fair value of consideration transferred for the Acquisition and the estimated fair value of the assets and liabilities at the date of acquisition is as follows (amounts in thousands):
Consideration transferred:

Shares of Viggle common stock and restricted stock units based on closing market price prior to the Acquisition
$
31,554

Payable to sellers (a)
1,619

Contingent consideration (b)
6,100

Total consideration transferred
39,273

 
 
Preliminary allocation:
 
Goodwill
24,836

Intangible assets
17,984

Other assets
1,723

Total liabilities, including acquired accrued expenses
(5,270
)
 
$
39,273



(a) The payable to sellers may be adjusted for changes in Wetpaint's final net working capital. An estimate of such adjustment is between $100 and $400.
(b) As noted above, the contingent consideration is the estimated fair value of additional stock consideration if the Company completes a recapitalization prior to December 15, 2015. The Company cannot estimate a range of potential adjustment to the fair value of contingent consideration as such amount will be based on the market price of the Company's stock at the time of the Recapitalization. However, if the Company's stock price were to change by 10%, the value of the contingent consideration would change by approximately $600.
 
The results of operations of Wetpaint were combined with the Company's consolidated results from the date of acquisition of December 16, 2013. The amortization period period of intangible assets acquired is approximately 7 years. The goodwill recorded in connection with this acquisition reflects the strategic fit and revenue and earnings growth potential of this business. Goodwill related to the acquisition is expected to be non-deductible for income tax purposes.

The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial results of operations for the three and six months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 are presented as if the acquisition had been completed at the beginning of fiscal year 2013:

  

Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Six Months Ended December 31,
 
2013
2012
 
2013
2012
Revenues
$
6,488

$
5,611

 
$
12,498

$
9,414

Operating loss
(12,978
)
(13,981
)
 
(37,379
)
(36,944
)
Net loss
(13,775
)
(13,534
)
 
(38,863
)
(34,088
)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted
$
(0.12
)
$
(0.11
)
 
$
(0.31
)
$
(0.28
)


These pro forma condensed consolidated financial results have been prepared for comparative purposes only. No adjustment has been made to reflect the impact of of synergies and integration costs that would result from integration of this acquisition.