UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended: May 31, 2022
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ___ to _______
Commission File No. 001-38402
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
|
26-3509845 |
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or formation) |
|
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification Number) |
1560
Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Suite 130, Sunrise,
Florida |
|
33323 |
(Address
of principal executive offices) |
|
(Zip
Code) |
(954) 888-9779
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class |
|
Trading
Symbol(s) |
|
Name
of each exchange on which registered |
Common
Stock, $0.00001 Par Value Per Share |
|
NXTP |
|
The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
(Nasdaq Capital Market) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. ☒ Yes ☐ No
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electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter)
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit such files). ☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a
smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the
definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and
“smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer ☐ |
Accelerated
filer ☐ |
Non-accelerated
filer ☒ |
Smaller
reporting company ☒ |
Emerging
growth company ☐ |
|
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
(as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes ☒ No
As of July 14, 2022 the registrant had 117,913,353 shares of its
common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, outstanding.
NEXTPLAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
formerly MONAKER GROUP, INC.
FORM 10-Q
For the Quarter Ended May 31, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Report”), including
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations,” contains forward-looking
statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, regarding future events and the future results
of NextPlay Technologies, Inc., formerly Monaker
Group, Inc. (the “Company”), that are based on current
expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the
industries in which the Company operates and the beliefs and
assumptions of the management of the Company. Words such as
“expects,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,”
“intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” variations of
such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are
only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
assumptions that are difficult to predict. In particular, as
discussed in greater detail below, our financial condition and
results could be materially adversely affected by the continued
impacts and disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus
(“COVID-19”) global pandemic and governmental responses thereto.
Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from
those expressed in any forward-looking statements included in this
Report. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences
include, but are not limited to, those discussed elsewhere in this
Report, including under the section entitled “Risk Factors”, and in
other reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”), including the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2022, as filed with
the SEC on June 21, 2022 (under the heading “Risk Factors” and in
other parts of that report). The Company undertakes no obligation
to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any
reason, except as otherwise required by law.
The following discussion is based upon our unaudited Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this
Report, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial
statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect
the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses,
derivative liabilities and related disclosure of contingencies.
Each of these decisions has some impact on the financial results
for any given period. In making these decisions, we consider
various factors including contractual obligations, customer
satisfaction, competition, internal and external financial targets
and expectations, and financial planning objectives. On an on-going
basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to the
fair value of investments, the carrying amounts of intangible
assets, depreciation and amortization, deferred income taxes,
purchase price allocation in connection with business combinations
and allowance for credit losses. We base our estimates on
historical experience and on various other assumptions that we
believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of
which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values
of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other
sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under
different assumptions or conditions. Factors that could cause or
contribute to these differences include those discussed below and
elsewhere in this Report, and in other reports we file with the
SEC, including in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. All
references to years relate to the Company’s fiscal year ended
February 28 or 29 (during leap years) of the particular year.
Summary Risk Factors
We face risks and uncertainties related to our business, many of
which are beyond our control. In particular, risks associated with
our business include:
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We will need to raise additional funding to support our operations,
which funding may not be available on favorable terms, if at
all; |
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● |
We have a limited operating history in certain of the industries
that we currently operate in and have incurred significant
operating losses since inception. We may never become profitable
or, if achieved, be able to sustain profitability; |
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● |
We have significant indebtedness, which could adversely affect our
business and financial condition; |
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● |
We owe significant amounts to Streeterville Capital, LLC, which is
secured by a security interest over substantially all of our
assets, and we are subject to requirements, penalties and damages
under our agreements with Streeterville; |
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● |
Our long-term success depends, in part, on our ability to continue
to expand our operations outside of the United States and, as a
result, our business is susceptible to risks associated with
international operations; |
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● |
The sale of our travel and media businesses is contingent upon the
satisfaction of a number of conditions, may not be completed on the
currently contemplated timeline, or at all, and may not achieve the
intended benefits; |
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● |
Currently pending or future litigation or governmental proceedings
could result in material adverse consequences, including judgments
or settlements; |
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● |
The industries in which we participate are highly
competitive; |
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● |
A failure to be current in our filings with the SEC could pose
significant risks to our business, which could, individually or in
the aggregate, materially and adversely affect our financial
condition and results of operations. |
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● |
Our common stock may be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market if
we cannot satisfy Nasdaq’s continued listing
requirements; |
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● |
Some members of our senior management team have limited experience
in the day-to-day operations of the industries in which our
businesses operate; |
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● |
Our future success depends on the continuing efforts of our key
employees and our ability to attract, hire, retain and motivate
highly skilled employees in the future; |
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|
● |
We rely on relationships with developers to provide an extensive
game portfolio and sufficient advertising spaces; |
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|
● |
We derive a significant portion of our revenues from
advertisements, and if any events occur that negatively impact our
relationships with advertisers, our advertising revenues and
operating results and prospects could be harmed; |
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● |
Our products and internal systems rely on software and hardware
that is highly technical, and any errors, bugs, or vulnerabilities
in these systems, or failures to address or mitigate technical
limitations in such systems, could adversely affect our
business; |
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|
● |
Our business partners may be unable to honor their obligations to
us, or their actions may put us at risk; |
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● |
HotPlay’s go-to-market strategy and corresponding timeline are
dependent on being able to successfully recruit substantial
additional resources within Q2 of FY23. Failure to do this could
result in the revenues generated from HotPlay being delayed beyond
FY23; |
|
● |
Although Longroot is a licensed ICO Portal in Thailand, it has not
yet closed any offerings, and there can be no assurances that it
will; |
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|
● |
Longroot operations are subject to risks associated with digital
asset exchanges being a new industry, regulatory changes and/or
restrictions, potential illegal uses of digital assets, cyber
security risks, and reliance on open source blockchain
technologies; |
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|
● |
Our ability to generate revenue through the sale of digital assets
is subject to risk associated with economic and market conditions,
the acceptance and widespread use of digital assets, and investor
confidence levels; |
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● |
The performance of the digital assets issued is dependent on the
performance of the issuer and underlying asset, which is
unpredictable and may result in reputation damage should they
underperform; |
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|
● |
There are cyber security risks related to digital asset
trading; |
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|
● |
We depend on third party cryptographic and algorithmic protocols
governing the issuance of and transactions in digital
assets; |
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|
● |
Our tokens might be used for illegal or improper purposes, which
could expose us to additional liability and harm our
business; |
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|
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|
● |
Developing NextBank into a comprehensive FinTech solution provider
involves a high level of complexity, may require substantial
resources and costs, and is subject to obtaining regulatory
approval; |
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|
● |
NextBank’s ability to originate loans is subject to risk associated
with economic and market conditions; |
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|
● |
NextBank uses correspondent banks and is subject to risk associated
with termination of such relationships, which may negatively impact
its operations; |
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● |
Our success is subject to the development of new or upgraded
products, services and features over time; |
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● |
We may be subject to liability for the activities of our property
owners and managers, which could harm our reputation and increase
our operating costs; |
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● |
Our business is subject to complex and evolving U.S. and foreign
laws and regulations regarding privacy, data protection, content,
competition, and consumer protection. Many of these laws and
regulations are subject to change and uncertain interpretation, and
could result in claims, changes to our business practices, monetary
penalties, increased cost of operations, or declines in user growth
or engagement, or otherwise harm our business; |
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|
● |
Our business, products, and distribution are subject to increasing
regulation in key territories. If we do not successfully respond to
these regulations, our business could be negatively
impacted; |
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|
● |
NextBank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements.
Regulatory changes or actions may alter the requirements for
capital; |
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● |
NextBank faces a risk of non-compliance and enforcement action
related to the Bank Secrecy Act and other anti-money laundering,
customer due diligence, and combating the financing of terrorism
statutes and regulations; |
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|
● |
We are subject to anti-bribery, anti-corruption and similar laws,
and non-compliance with such laws could subject us to criminal
penalties or significant fines and harm our business and
reputation; |
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● |
If we do not adequately protect our intellectual property, our
ability to compete could be impaired; |
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● |
Certain of our products are subject to the threat of piracy and
unauthorized copying, and inadequate intellectual property laws and
other protections could prevent us from enforcing or defending our
proprietary technologies; |
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● |
We may be subject to claims that we violated intellectual property
rights of others, which are extremely costly to defend and could
require us to pay significant damages and limit our ability to
operate; |
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● |
Our ability to acquire and maintain licenses to intellectual
property may affect our revenue and profitability; |
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● |
We use open-source software in connection with certain of our games
and services, which may pose particular risks to our proprietary
software, products, and services, and which could have a negative
impact on our business; |
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● |
The price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly, and
investors could lose all or part of their investments; |
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● |
Stockholders may be diluted significantly as a result of the
issuance of additional shares of our common stock or securities
convertible into, or exercisable for, shares of our common
stock; |
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● |
The ownership of our capital stock is highly concentrated, which
may prevent other stockholders from influencing significant
corporate decisions and may result in conflicts of interest that
could cause our stock price to decline; |
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● |
If we fail to maintain effective internal controls, it could
adversely affect our financial position and lower our stock
price; |
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● |
If securities analysts and other industry experts do not publish
research or publish negative research about our business, our stock
price and trading volume could decline; |
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● |
Provisions in our amended and restated articles of incorporation
limit the liability of our management to stockholders; |
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● |
Certain of our outstanding warrants include anti-dilutive
rights; |
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● |
Sales of a substantial number of our securities in the public
market could cause our stock price to fall; and |
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● |
We have not paid dividends on shares of our common stock in the
past and do not plan to do so in the future. |
WHERE YOU CAN FIND OTHER INFORMATION
We file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form
10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy and information statements
and amendments to reports filed or furnished pursuant to Sections
13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website (https://www.sec.gov)
that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other
information regarding us and other companies that file materials
with the SEC electronically. Additional information about us is
available on our website at www.nextplaytechnologies.com. We do not
incorporate the information on or accessible through our websites
into this filing, and you should not consider any information on,
or that can be accessed through, our websites as part of this
filing.
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
NextPlay Technologies, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
|
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
February 28,
2022 |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
(Audited) |
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
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Current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
2,406,475 |
|
|
$ |
4,282,110 |
|
Short
term investments |
|
|
305,271 |
|
|
|
304,509 |
|
Loans
receivable, net |
|
|
19,982,775 |
|
|
|
16,556,288 |
|
Loans
receivable – related parties, net |
|
|
705,000 |
|
|
|
725,000 |
|
Unbilled receivables |
|
|
4,619 |
|
|
|
2,179 |
|
Other
receivables |
|
|
432,075 |
|
|
|
339,233 |
|
Other
receivables, related parties |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
155,425 |
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets |
|
|
1,250,732 |
|
|
|
826,419 |
|
Advances for investments |
|
|
1,977,213 |
|
|
|
3,227,117 |
|
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates: Short-term |
|
|
4,188 |
|
|
|
8,722 |
|
Assets held for sale - current |
|
|
28,514,136 |
|
|
|
7,332,994 |
|
Total current assets |
|
$ |
55,682,484 |
|
|
$ |
33,759,996 |
|
Non-current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates: Long-term |
|
|
6,258 |
|
|
|
6,258 |
|
Convertible notes receivable, related party |
|
|
4,594,214 |
|
|
|
4,594,214 |
|
Intangible assets, net |
|
|
15,874,162 |
|
|
|
9,883,789 |
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Goodwill |
|
|
27,949,554 |
|
|
|
27,949,554 |
|
Computers, furniture and equipment, net |
|
|
396,101 |
|
|
|
366,499 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use asset |
|
|
1,554,144 |
|
|
|
1,894,654 |
|
Security deposits |
|
|
428,943 |
|
|
|
177,972 |
|
Assets held for sale – non current |
|
|
—
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|
|
|
21,120,557 |
|
Total non-current asset |
|
$ |
50,803,376 |
|
|
$ |
65,993,497 |
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
106,485,860 |
|
|
$ |
99,753,493 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Line of
credit and notes payable, net |
|
$ |
4,840,139 |
|
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$ |
4,463,471 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
|
|
6,940,176 |
|
|
|
4,288,575 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses – related parties |
|
|
44,685 |
|
|
|
433,814 |
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Other
current liabilities |
|
|
130,341 |
|
|
|
127,779 |
|
Current
portion of operating lease liability |
|
|
257,340 |
|
|
|
218,181 |
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Other
current liabilities - customer demand deposits payable |
|
|
18,960,031 |
|
|
|
7,497,465 |
|
Notes
payable - related party |
|
|
733,396 |
|
|
|
765,040 |
|
Liabilities held for sale - current |
|
|
9,975,136 |
|
|
|
9,708,053 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
$ |
41,881,244 |
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$ |
27,502,378 |
|
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|
|
|
|
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Non-current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Note
payable long term, related parties |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
966,314 |
|
Operating lease liability, net of current portion |
|
|
1,452,347 |
|
|
|
1,543,627 |
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Other
long-term liability |
|
|
8,114 |
|
|
|
6,087 |
|
Liabilities held for sale - non current |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1,873,889 |
|
Total non-current liabilities |
|
$ |
1,460,461 |
|
|
$ |
4,389,917 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
$ |
43,341,705 |
|
|
$ |
31,892,295 |
|
Commitments and Contingencies |
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
Stockholders’ equity |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Series A Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 3,000,000 authorized; 0
and 0 shares issued and outstanding at May 31, 2022 and February
28, 2022, respectively |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Series B Preferred stock, $0.00001 par value; 10,000,000
authorized; 0 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at May 31, 2022
and February 28, 2022, respectively |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Series C Preferred stock, $0.00001 par value; 3,828,500 authorized;
0 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at May 31, 2022 and February
28, 2022, respectively |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Series D Preferred stock, $0.00001 par value; 6,100,000 authorized;
0 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at May 31, 2022 and February
28, 2022, respectively |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Common stock,
$0.00001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 111,736,081 and
108,360,020 shares outstanding at May 31, 2022 and February 28,
2022, respectively |
|
|
1,118 |
|
|
|
1,084 |
|
Treasury stock |
|
|
(771,453 |
) |
|
|
(771,453 |
) |
Additional paid-in-capital |
|
|
104,414,539 |
|
|
|
104,393,361 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
|
(746,819 |
) |
|
|
(218,703 |
) |
Accumulated deficit |
|
|
(44,858,461 |
) |
|
|
(39,173,079 |
) |
Stockholders’ equity attributable to parent |
|
$ |
58,038,924 |
|
|
$ |
64,231,210 |
|
Non-Controlling Interest in consolidated subsidiaries |
|
|
1,605,586 |
|
|
|
3,629,988 |
|
Non-Controlling Interest in unconsolidated affiliates held for
sale |
|
|
3,499,645 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total stockholders’ equity |
|
|
63,144,155 |
|
|
|
67,861,198 |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
|
$ |
106,485,860 |
|
|
$ |
99,753,493 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
NextPlay Technologies, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Net and
Comprehensive Loss
(Unaudited)
|
|
For the three months ended |
|
|
|
May
31,
2022 |
|
|
May
31,
2021 |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest and financial services |
|
$ |
466,551 |
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
Total
revenue |
|
|
466,551 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest and
financial services |
|
|
102,967 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total
Cost of Revenue |
|
|
102,967 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Gross
Profit |
|
|
363,584 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Operating
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative |
|
|
2,303,055 |
|
|
|
137,909 |
|
Salaries and benefits |
|
|
1,429,444 |
|
|
|
178,126 |
|
Technology and development |
|
|
279,606 |
|
|
|
55,794 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
432,641 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Selling and promotions expense |
|
|
28,542 |
|
|
|
27,138 |
|
Depreciation
and amortization |
|
|
396,770 |
|
|
|
134,758 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
4,870,058 |
|
|
|
533,725 |
|
Operating Loss |
|
|
(4,506,474 |
) |
|
|
(533,725 |
) |
Other Income/
(Expense) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Valuation loss, net |
|
|
(4,534 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
Interest expense |
|
|
(165,025 |
) |
|
|
(40,958 |
) |
Foreign exchange loss |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1,289 |
) |
Other
income |
|
|
72,293 |
|
|
|
77 |
|
Total other
income/(expense) |
|
|
(97,266 |
) |
|
|
(42,170 |
) |
Net
loss before tax from continuing operations |
|
$ |
(4,603,740 |
) |
|
$ |
(575,895 |
) |
Estimated corporate taxes |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Net
Loss after tax from continuing operations: |
|
|
(4,603,740 |
) |
|
|
(575,895 |
) |
Net
Loss after tax from discontinued operations: |
|
|
(808,246 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
Net Loss after tax from continuing
operations: |
|
|
(4,603,740 |
) |
|
|
(575,895 |
) |
Share of loss
from non-controlling interest |
|
|
144,890 |
|
|
|
178,768 |
|
Net
loss from continuing operations attributable to parent |
|
$ |
(4,458,850 |
) |
|
$ |
(397,127 |
) |
Net Loss after tax from discontinued
operation: |
|
|
(808,246 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
Share of profit
from non-controlling interest |
|
|
(418,286 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
Net
loss from discontinued operation attributable to parent |
|
$ |
(1,226,532 |
) |
|
$ |
—
|
|
Net
loss attributable to parent |
|
|
(5,685,382 |
) |
|
|
(397,127 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Comprehensive
(loss) income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation loss from
continuing operations |
|
|
(201,534 |
) |
|
|
(52,023 |
) |
Foreign
currency translation loss from discontinued operations |
|
|
(746,581 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
Total
other comprehensive (loss) |
|
|
(948,115 |
) |
|
|
(52,023 |
) |
Comprehensive Loss |
|
|
(6,360,101 |
) |
|
|
(627,918 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency
translation allocated to: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity holders of the Company |
|
|
(528,116 |
) |
|
|
(25,491 |
) |
Non-controlling
interests of the subsidiaries |
|
|
(419,999 |
) |
|
|
(26,532 |
) |
Total
foreign currency translation |
|
|
(948,115 |
) |
|
|
(52,023 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive
loss attributable to: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity holders of the Company |
|
|
(6,213,498 |
) |
|
|
(422,618 |
) |
Non-controlling
interests of the subsidiaries |
|
|
(146,603 |
) |
|
|
(205,300 |
) |
Total
comprehensive loss |
|
|
(6,360,101 |
) |
|
|
(627,918 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of common
shares outstanding |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
|
109,508,246 |
|
|
|
62,400,000 |
|
Diluted |
|
|
109,508,246 |
|
|
|
62,400,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net (loss) per share from
continuing operations: |
|
$ |
(0.04 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
Basic net
(loss) per share from discontinued operations: |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
—
|
|
Total
basic net (loss) per share |
|
$ |
(0.05 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted net (loss) per share from
continuing operations: |
|
$ |
(0.04 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
Diluted net
(loss) per share from discontinued operations: |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
—
|
|
Total
diluted net (loss) per share |
|
$ |
(0.05 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
NextPlay Technologies, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’
Equity
For the three months ended May 31, 2022 and May 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
|
|
Common Stock
Shares |
|
|
Common
Stock
Amount |
|
|
Treasury
Stock |
|
|
Additional
Paid-in
Capital |
|
|
Accumulated
Deficit |
|
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
income |
|
|
Total
stockholders’
equity |
|
|
Non-controlling
interest |
|
|
Stockholders’
equity |
|
Balances, March 1, 2022 |
|
|
108,360,020 |
|
|
$ |
1,084 |
|
|
|
(771,453 |
) |
|
$ |
104,393,361 |
|
|
$ |
(39,173,079 |
) |
|
$ |
(218,703 |
) |
|
$ |
64,231,210 |
|
|
$ |
3,629,988 |
|
|
$ |
67,861,198 |
|
Net loss for the period |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(5,685,382 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(5,685,382 |
) |
|
|
273,396 |
|
|
|
(5,411,986 |
) |
Shares issued for compensation |
|
|
209,394 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
126,638 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
126,640 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
126,640 |
|
Shares issued for consulting services |
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
305,998 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
306,001 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
306,001 |
|
Shares issued for assets acquisition |
|
|
2,916,667 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,210,388 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,210,417 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,210,417 |
|
Increase in ownership of subsidiary - HotPlay |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1,621,846 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1,621,846 |
) |
|
|
1,621,846 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(528,116 |
) |
|
|
(528,116 |
) |
|
|
(419,999 |
) |
|
|
(948,115 |
) |
Balances, May 31, 2022 |
|
|
111,736,081 |
|
|
|
1,118 |
|
|
|
(771,453 |
) |
|
|
104,414,539 |
|
|
|
(44,858,461 |
) |
|
|
(746,819 |
) |
|
|
58,038,924 |
|
|
|
5,105,231 |
|
|
|
63,144,155 |
|
|
|
Common Stock
Shares |
|
|
Common
Stock
Amount |
|
|
Treasury
Stock |
|
|
Additional
Paid-in
Capital |
|
|
Accumulated
Deficit |
|
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
income |
|
|
Total
stockholders’
equity |
|
|
Non-controlling interest |
|
|
Stockholders’
equity |
|
Balances, March 1, 2021 |
|
|
62,400,000 |
|
|
|
624 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
11,599,357 |
|
|
|
(1,200,309 |
) |
|
|
10,221 |
|
|
|
10,409,893 |
|
|
|
(390,277 |
) |
|
|
10,019,616 |
|
Net loss for the period |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(397,127 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(397,127 |
) |
|
|
(178,768 |
) |
|
|
(575,895 |
) |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(25,491 |
) |
|
|
(25,491 |
) |
|
|
(26,532 |
) |
|
|
(52,023 |
) |
Balances, May 31, 2021 |
|
|
62,400,000 |
|
|
$ |
624 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
$ |
11,599,357 |
|
|
$ |
(1,597,436 |
) |
|
$ |
(15,270 |
) |
|
$ |
9,987,275 |
|
|
$ |
(595,577 |
) |
|
$ |
9,391,698 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
NextPlay Technologies, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
May 31,
2021 |
|
Cash flows from operating
activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss from
operations |
|
$ |
(5,685,382 |
) |
|
$ |
(397,127 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to
net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization |
|
|
396,770 |
|
|
|
134,758 |
|
Valuation loss,
net |
|
|
4,534 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Stock based
compensation |
|
|
432,641 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Provision from
employee benefits |
|
|
2,301 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Share of non-controlling
interest |
|
|
273,396 |
|
|
|
(178,768 |
) |
Gain on currency
translation |
|
|
(948,115 |
) |
|
|
(8,968 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts due from
related parties |
|
|
19,068 |
|
|
|
(25,037 |
) |
Advance payment to
a related party |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(149,533 |
) |
Amounts due to
related party |
|
|
6,625 |
|
|
|
58,765 |
|
Unbilled
receivable |
|
|
(2,440 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
Loans
receivable |
|
|
(3,500,112 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Prepaid expenses
and other current assets |
|
|
(397,638 |
) |
|
|
(28,350 |
) |
Security
deposits |
|
|
(254,388 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
Operating lease
liabilities |
|
|
237,443 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Accounts payable
& accrued expenses |
|
|
2,262,456 |
|
|
|
(40,863 |
) |
Deferred revenue -
related party |
|
|
110,907 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Other current
liabilities |
|
|
4,684 |
|
|
|
(190 |
) |
Other Liabilities -
Customer Deposits |
|
|
11,498,819 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Assets held for
sale |
|
|
(1,384,539 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
Liabilities held
for sale |
|
|
(2,627,075 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
Cash provided
by (used in) operating activities |
|
$ |
449,955 |
|
|
$ |
(635,313 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from
investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short term
investment |
|
|
(762 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
Convertible notes
receivable - related party |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(12,000,000 |
) |
Additions of
intangible assets - related party |
|
|
(66,766 |
) |
|
|
(479,865 |
) |
Additions of
intangible assets |
|
|
(3,799,983 |
) |
|
|
(21,930 |
) |
Purchase of
computer, furniture, and equipment |
|
|
(64,581 |
) |
|
|
(14,019 |
) |
Proceeds from
disposal of computer, furniture, and equipment |
|
|
68,323 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Cash used in
investing activities |
|
$ |
(3,863,769 |
) |
|
$ |
(12,515,814 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from
financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from
convertible notes payable – related party |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
14,000,000 |
|
Repayment of notes
payable - related party |
|
|
(966,314 |
) |
|
|
(223,937 |
) |
Proceeds from
promissory notes |
|
|
463,902 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Payments on promissory notes |
|
|
(296,250 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
Cash (used in) provided by financing
activities |
|
$ |
(798,662 |
) |
|
$ |
13,776,063 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
change during the period |
|
|
(4,212,476 |
) |
|
|
624,936 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
beginning of period – continuing operation |
|
|
4,282,110 |
|
|
|
444,920 |
|
Balance, beginning of period – discontinued operation |
|
|
2,336,841 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Balance,
beginning of period |
|
|
6,618,951 |
|
|
|
444,920 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, end of period from continued operation |
|
$ |
2,406,475 |
|
|
$ |
1,069,856 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest |
|
$ |
214,504 |
|
|
$ |
23,286 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NON-CASH
TRANSACTIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share issuances for asset acquisition
– Fighter Base and Token IQ |
|
|
1,210,417 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Share issuances for consulting and
employee compensation |
|
|
432,641 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Reclassification of advance payment to
intangible asset – GoGame |
|
|
1,250,000 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
NextPlay Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Note 1 – Summary of Business Operations and Significant
Accounting Policies
Nature of Operations and Business Organization
NextPlay Technologies, Inc., together with its consolidated
subsidiaries (collectively, “NextPlay,” “we,” “our,” “us,” or the
“Company”), is building a technology solutions company, offering
games, in-game advertising, digital asset products and services,
and connected TV to consumers and corporations within a growing
worldwide digital ecosystem. NextPlay’s engaging products and
services utilize innovative advertising technology (“AdTech”),
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and financial technology (“FinTech”)
solutions to leverage the strengths and channels of its existing
and acquired technologies.
As of May 31, 2022, NextPlay is organized into two divisions: (i)
NextMedia, the Company’s Interactive Digital Media Division and
(ii) NextFinTech, the Company’s Finance and Technology
Division.
(i) |
NextMedia, the Company’s Interactive Digital Media
Division |
In the Interactive Digital Media Division, NextPlay closed its
acquisition of HotPlay Enterprise Limited and its In-Game
Advertising (“IGA”) platform on June 30, 2021.
(ii) |
NextFinTech, the Company’s Finance and Technology
Division |
In the Finance and Technology Division, the Company’s acquisition
of International Financial Enterprise Bank (“IFEB”), now called
NextBank International, Inc. (“NextBank”), and the conditional
approval from the Labuan Financial Services Authority (“Labuan
FSA”) to operate a general insurance and reinsurance business, is
expected to allow NextPlay to offer individuals and households
asset management and banking services, and travel related services
such as travel finance and travel insurance, subject to regulatory
approval and licensing.
Our Company, in accordance with Thailand foreign ownership laws,
holds an indirect control of Longroot (Thailand) Company Limited
(“Longroot”), which operates in financial advisory service and owns
an Initial Coin Offering (“ICO”) Portal which is approved and
regulated by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (“Thai
SEC”). The Portal enables us to crypto-securitize an array of
high-quality alternative assets, such as video games, insurance
contracts, and real estate. These digital assets serve as a new
asset class, which the Company’s management believes will create
significant opportunities to accelerate products and services
within the FinTech division’s asset management business.
Effective November 16, 2021, the Labuan Financial Services
Authority (the “Labuan FSA”) approved the Company’s application to
carry on general insurance and reinsurance business, subject to
certain conditions including (i) payment of a $15,000 annual
license fee, (ii) submission of evidence reflecting paid up capital
amounting to MYR $10.0 mil (approximately to $2,260,000 US), (iii)
submission of proof of registration as a member of Labuan
International Insurance Association, (iv) submission of a
Management Services Agreement with the appointed insurance manager,
(v) submission of a Letter of Undertaking, and (vi) submission of
constituent documents to the Registration of Company Unit. The
conditions were to be met within 3 months of November 29, 2021, the
date Labuan FSA issued a letter confirming the conditional
approval. In May 2022, the Company received a permission letter
from Labuan FSA to extend the establishment until August 31, 2022.
The Company plans to use the general insurance license to issue
primary insurance products and the reinsurance license to issue
crypto-securitized insurance in collaboration with Longroot.
On October 14, 2021, “Longroot Inc.” (a subsidiary of the Company)
changed its name to “Next Fintech Holdings, Inc.” The Company plans
to use Next Fintech Holdings, Inc. as the holding company for its
FinTech division.
Strategic Sale of Reinhart Digital TV (Zappware) and NextTrip to
TGS Esports, Inc.
On June 28, 2022, the Company entered into a series of agreements,
including a securities exchange agreement, with William Kerby, the
Company’s co-Chief Executive Officer and director, Donald P.
Monaco, a director of the Company, and British Columbia-based TGS
E-Sports Inc. (TSX-V: TGS, OTC: TGSEF) (“TGS”), a public
company whose securities are listed for trading on the Canadian TSX
Venture Exchange, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to sell
the Company’s travel business, NextTrip Group, LLC (“NextTrip”),
and its 51% ownership of Reinhart Digital TV (the 100% owner of
Zappware) to TGS in exchange for securities of TGS as discussed in
further detail below. TGS, is a leading esports tournament
solutions provider.
Prior to the execution of the securities exchange agreement,
NextTrip issued an aggregate of 915,000 units in NextTrip to
Messrs. Kerby and Monaco to resolve certain management unit
issuances provided for in NextTrip’s Operating Agreement as
consideration for services rendered.
As consideration for the sale of Reinhart and NextTrip, upon
closing of the transaction, (i) the Company will receive
232,380,952 shares of newly created nonvoting convertible preferred
stock of TGS (the “TGS Preferred”), valued at $12.2 million, and
(ii) Messrs. Kerby and Monaco, both of whom hold certain equity
interests in NextTrip (discussed above), will receive an aggregate
of 69,714,286 shares of TGS common shares, valued at $3.66 million,
of which 11,619,048 TGS common shares will be held in escrow for a
period of time. The TGS Preferred shares will be redeemable
in certain situations, can be sold subject to certain transfer
restrictions (including a right of first refusal in favor of TGS),
and may be converted into shares of TGS common shares in certain
limited circumstances, including mandatory conversion upon the
occurrence of certain events. In the event that the TGS Preferred
shares are converted into shares of TGS common shares by the
Company at any time, the Company is obligated to distributed all
such shares of TGS common shares in a stock dividend to its
shareholders. Concurrently with a determination to convert the TGS
Preferred shares into shares of TGS common shares, if ever, the
Company will set a shareholder record date for a special dividend
to distribute all of the common shares of TGS held by the Company
to the Company’s shareholders, on a pro-rata basis.
In addition to the securities exchange agreement, the Company,
NextTrip, Reinhart and TGS also entered into a separation agreement
on June 28, 2022, to further document the separation of NextTrip
and Reinhart from the Company and to assign, transfer and convey
certain assets and liabilities held in NextTrip or the Company’s
name, respectively, to NextTrip or the Company, respectively, to
allow for the separation of the businesses in accordance with the
securities exchange agreement at closing of the transaction. The
separation agreement also provides for the termination of certain
intercompany agreements and accounts by and between the parties at
closing of the transaction, sets rights related to confidentiality,
non-disclosure and maintenance of attorney-client privilege
matters, and also provides for a mutual release by and among the
Company, NextTrip and Reinhart for all pre-closing claims between
themselves and their officers, directors, affiliates, successors
and assigns.
In addition, the separation agreement provides for the contribution
of (i) $1.5 million to NextTrip and (ii) an additional $1.5 million
in ten (10) equal monthly installments beginning July 1, 2022, in
exchange for NextTrip, as of May 1, 2022, agreeing to assume the
ongoing operating expenses of NextTrip and Reinhart. NextTrip has
also agreed to assume payments under that certain payment
obligation of the Company pursuant an Amendment to Intellectual
Property Purchase Agreement effective May 18, 2021, by and between
the Company, IDS Inc., TD Assets Holding LLC, and Ari Daniels in
the approximate amount of $2,500,000, provided, however, that, if
the Company fails to make any of the above installment payments
within five (5) business days of being due, that such IDS payment
obligation reverts back to the Company.
Closing of the transaction remains subject to various conditions,
including (without limitation) regulatory approvals, approval of
certain related matters by TGS’ shareholders and consummation of a
financing by TGS, and is expected to occur in the second half of
2022. No assurances can be provided that the closing
conditions will be satisfied, or that the transaction will be
consummated on the anticipated timeline, or at all.
The transaction, once consummated, is expected to streamline the
Company’s business operations and management, improve capital
allocation, and is expected to unlock shareholder value by offering
investors a pure-play investment in the Digital Media and Financial
Technology sectors.
As a result of the foregoing, as of May 31, 2022, Reinhart/Zappware
and NextTrip were no longer consolidated nor treated as a division
of the Company; accordingly, for the three-month period ended May
31, 2022, the Company had two remaining reportable business
segments: NextFinTech and NextMedia. Assets and liabilities of
Reinhart TV AG/Zappware and NextTrip were classified as held for
sale according to Strategic Sale of Reinhart Digital TV (Zappware)
and NextTrip to TGS Esports, Inc.
Reverse Acquisition of HotPlay Enterprise Ltd.
On July 23, 2020, the Company (then known as Monaker Group, Inc.
(“Monaker”)) entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (as amended
from time to time, the “Share Exchange Agreement”) with HotPlay
Enterprise Limited (“HotPlay”) and the stockholders of HotPlay (the
“HotPlay Stockholders”). Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement,
Monaker exchanged 52,000,000 shares of its common stock for 100% of
the issued and outstanding capital of HotPlay, with HotPlay
continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Monaker. The reverse
acquisition between HotPlay and Monaker was completed on June 30,
2021. After the reverse acquisition, effective July 9, 2021,
Monaker changed its name to “NextPlay Technologies, Inc.” The
HotPlay acquisition was accounted for as a reverse acquisition with
HotPlay being deemed the acquiring company for accounting purposes.
The comparative figures included in the accompanying condensed
consolidated financial statements for the period as from
incorporation date to May 31, 2021 represents financial position
and operating results of HotPlay Enterprise Ltd.
As of May 31, 2022, the Company is in the process of assessing the
fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities
assumed at the acquisition date, therefore the assets acquired and
liabilities assumed were provisionally recorded. The assessment is
to be completed within a period of one year from the acquisition
date, pursuant to the measurement period allowed under ASC 805.
During the measurement period, the Company is to retrospectively
adjust the provisional amounts recognized at the acquisition date,
and recognize additional assets or liabilities, if it obtains new
information about facts and circumstances that existed as of the
acquisition date.
Interim Financial Statements
These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States (“US GAAP”) for interim financial
information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation
S-X. Accordingly, the condensed consolidated financial statements
do not include all of the information and footnotes required by US
GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of
management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair
presentation have been included and such adjustments are of a
normal recurring nature. These condensed consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the financial
statements for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022 and notes
thereto and other pertinent information contained in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K, which the Company filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 21,
2022.
The results of operations for the three months ended May 31, 2022
are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for
the full fiscal year ending February 28, 2023.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements
include the accounts of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries. All material inter-company transactions and accounts
have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during
the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those
estimates. These differences could have a material effect on the
Company’s future results of operations and financial position.
Significant items subject to estimates and assumptions include the
fair value of investments, the carrying amounts of intangible
assets, depreciation and amortization, deferred income taxes,
purchase price allocation in connection with the business
combination and allowance for credit losses.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purposes of balance sheet presentation and reporting of cash
flows, the Company considers all unrestricted demand deposits,
money market funds and highly liquid debt instruments with an
original maturity of less than 90 days to be cash and cash
equivalents. The Company had no cash equivalents on May 31, 2022,
and February 28, 2022.
Short Term Investments
The short term investments are a short-term cash deposit with a
maturity date more than three months, as required by the Office of
the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (“OCIF”) for business
purpose of one of the Company’s subsidiaries.
Accounts Receivable, Other Receivable, Unbilled
Receivables
A receivable is recognized when the Company has an unconditional
right to receive consideration. If revenue has been recognized
before the Company has an unconditional right to receive
consideration, the amount is presented as an unbilled receivable. A
receivable is measured at transaction price less credit loss, and
unbilled receivables are measured at the amount of consideration
that the Company is entitled to, less credit loss. The Company
calculates its allowance for current expected credit losses
(“CECL”) based on lifetime expected credit losses at each reporting
date. CECLs are calculated based on its historical credit loss
experience and adjusted for forward-looking factors specific to the
debtors and the economic environment. A receivable is written off
when there is no reasonable expectation of recovering the
contractual cash flows.
Loans Receivable and Allowance for Loan Losses
Loans Receivable
Loans that the Company has the intent and ability to hold for the
foreseeable future, or until maturity or pay-off, generally are
stated at their outstanding principal amount adjusted for
charge-offs and the allowance for loan losses. Interest is accrued
as earned based upon the daily outstanding principal
balance.
The accrual of interest is generally discontinued at the time a
loan is 90 days past due, unless the credit is well-secured and in
the process of collection. Past due status is based on contractual
terms of the loan. In all cases, loans are placed on non-accrual or
charged-off at an earlier date if collection of principal or
interest is considered doubtful.
All interest accrued but not collected for loans placed on
nonaccrual or charged-off is reversed against interest income.
Interest on these loans is accounted for on the cash-basis or cost
recovery method, until qualifying for return to accrual. Loans are
returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest
amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments
are reasonably assured.
Allowance for Loan Losses
The allowance for loan losses is evaluated on a regular basis by
management and is based upon collectability of loans, based on
historical experience, the nature and volume of the loan portfolio,
adverse situations that may affect the borrower’s ability to repay,
estimated value of any underlying collateral and prevailing
economic conditions. This represents management’s estimate of CECL
in the Company’s loan portfolio over its expected life, which is
the contract term being the reasonable and supportable period that
we can reasonably and supportably forecast future economic
conditions to estimate expected credit losses. The historical loss
experience is to be adjusted for asset-specific risk
characteristics and economic conditions, including both current
conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future
conditions.
This evaluation is inherently subjective, as it requires estimates
that are susceptible to significant revision as more information
becomes available. Due to potential changes in conditions, it is
possible that changes in estimates will occur and that such changes
could be material to the amounts reported in the Company’s
financial statements.
Unbilled Receivables
Unbilled receivable represents costs associated with software
development according to contracts with customers. Unbilled
receivables mainly consist of employee and payroll related expenses
and amounts recorded on a project where billing milestones have not
yet been achieved.
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
The Company records cash paid in advance for goods and/or services
to be received in the future as prepaid expenses. Prepaid expenses
are expensed over time according to the period indicated on the
respective contract. Other current assets are recognized when it is
probable that the future economic benefits will flow to the Company
and the asset has a cost or value that can be measured reliably. It
is then charged to expense over the expected number of periods
during which economic benefits will be realized.
Advances for Investments
Advances for investments represent cash deposits transferred to the
potential seller as a deposit payment, as stipulated in the
relevant investment purchase agreement, mainly for potential
acquisitions of assets or businesses.
Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates is recognized at cost less
valuation loss.
Computer, Furniture and Equipment
The Company purchases computers, laptops, furniture and fixtures.
These are originally recorded at cost and stated at cost less
accumulated depreciation and impairment, if any. The computers and
laptops are depreciated over a useful life of 3 - 5 years,
respectively. The furniture and fixtures are depreciated over a
useful life of 5 and 10 years, respectively. Straight-line
depreciation is used for all computers, laptops, furniture and
equipment.
Intangible Assets
Software Development Costs
The Company capitalizes internal software development costs
subsequent to establishing technological feasibility of a software
application in accordance with guidelines established by “ASC
985-20-25” Accounting for the Costs of Software to Be Sold, Leased,
or Otherwise Marketed, requiring certain software development costs
to be capitalized upon the establishment of technological
feasibility. The establishment of technological feasibility and the
ongoing assessment of the recoverability of these costs require
considerable judgment by management with respect to certain
external factors, such as anticipated future revenue, estimated
economic life, and changes in software and hardware technologies.
Amortization of the capitalized software development costs begins
when the product is available for general release to customers.
Capitalized costs are amortized based on the straight-line method
over the remaining estimated economic life of the product.
Website Development Costs
The Company accounts for website development costs in accordance
with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350-50 “Website
Development Costs”. Accordingly, all costs incurred in the planning
stage are expensed as incurred, costs incurred in the website
application and infrastructure development stage that meet specific
criteria are capitalized and costs incurred in the day-to-day
operation of the website are expensed as incurred. All costs
associated with the websites are subject to straight-line
amortization over a three-year period.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the future economic benefits arising from
assets acquired in a business combination that is not individually
identified and separately recognized as an asset. Adjustments made
to the acquisition accounting during the measurement period may
affect the recognition and measurement of assets acquired and
liabilities assumed, any non-controlling interest (“NCI”),
consideration transferred and goodwill or any bargain purchase
gain, as well as the remeasurement of any pre-existing interest in
the acquiree.
In our assessment, goodwill arisen from reverse acquisition is
allocated systematically and reasonably to reporting segments which
are regularly reviewed by the Company’s Chief Operating Decision
Maker (“CODM”). The CODM allocates resources and assess performance
of the business and other activities at the single operating
segment level. The reporting units for impairment testing purpose
are determined as the lowest level of cash generating unit below
the operating segments since the components constitute a business
for which discrete financial information is available, and the CODM
regularly reviews the operating results of the components. Certain
components share similar economic characteristic and are deemed to
be a single reporting unit.
The Company assigned assets and liabilities to each reporting unit
based on either specific identification or by using judgment for
the remaining assets and liabilities that are not specific to a
reporting unit. Goodwill was assigned to the reporting units based
on a combination of specific identification and relative fair
values. Goodwill associated with reporting units being sold are
included in the carrying amount of assets held for sale at the
reporting date.
Impairment of Intangible Assets
In accordance with ASC 350-30-65 “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets”, the Company assesses the impairment of identifiable
intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors
the Company considers important, which could trigger an impairment
review include the following:
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Significant
underperformance compared to historical or projected future
operating results; |
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Significant
changes in the manner or use of the acquired assets or the strategy
for the overall business; and |
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Significant
negative industry or economic trends. |
In impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination
is allocated to each of the Company’s reporting units that are
expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination. The
Company estimates the recoverable amount of each reporting unit to
which the goodwill and intangible assets relates. Where the
recoverable amount of the reporting unit is less than the carrying
amount, an impairment loss is recognized in profit or loss.
Impairment losses cannot be reversed in future periods. During the
fourth quarter of each fiscal year, the Company carries out annual
impairment reviews at the reporting unit level in respect of
goodwill and intangible assets by performing qualitative assessment
to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value
of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including
goodwill. If those impairment indicators exist, the quantitative
assessment is required to assess the recoverable amount of the
reporting unit by performing step 1 of the two-step goodwill
impairment test. If we perform step 1 and the carrying amount of
the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, we would perform step 2
to measure such impairment. In determining value in use, the
estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value
to reflect current market assessments of the time value of money
and the risks specific to the asset. In determining fair value less
costs to sell, an appropriate valuation model is used. These
calculations are corroborated by a valuation model that, based on
information available, reflects the amount that the Company could
obtain from the disposal of the asset in an arm’s length
transaction between knowledgeable, willing parties, after deducting
the costs of disposal.
In determining allowance for impairment of goodwill and intangible
assets, the management is required to exercise judgements regarding
determination of the recoverable amount of the asset, which is the
higher of its fair value less costs of disposal and its value in
use.
Accounts Payable, Notes Payable and Accrued Expenses
Accounts payable are recognized when the Company receives invoices,
and accrued expenses are recognized when it is probable that an
outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will result from
the settlement of a present obligation and the amount at which the
settlement will take place can be measured reliably.
Notes payable are recognized at cost, net transaction costs.
Transaction costs are amortized over the terms of notes payable
using effective interest rate method.
Customer Demand Deposits Payable
Customer deposit represents cash demand deposits payable received
from customers at NextBank.
Business Combination
The Company uses the acquisition method of accounting in accordance
with ASC 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”). ASC 805 requires,
among other things, that assets acquired, and liabilities assumed
be recognized at their fair values, as determined in accordance
with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements, as of the closing date. ASC
805 establishes a measurement period to provide the Company with a
reasonable amount of time to obtain the information necessary to
identify and measure various items in a business combination and
cannot extend beyond one year from the acquisition date.
Non-Controlling Interests
Non-controlling interests represent the equity in a subsidiary that
is not attributable directly or indirectly to the parent. At the
acquisition date, the Company measures any non-controlling interest
at fair value.
Foreign Currency Translation
The Company prepares the consolidated financial statements using
U.S. dollars as the functional currency. The assets and liabilities
of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S.
dollars at the rates of exchange at the balance sheet date with the
resulting translation adjustments included as a separate component
of stockholders’ equity through other comprehensive income (loss)
in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive
loss.
Income and expenses are translated at the average monthly rates of
exchange. The Company includes realized gains and losses from
foreign currency transactions in other income (expense), net in the
consolidated statements of net and comprehensive loss.
The effect of foreign currency translation on cash and cash
equivalents is reflected in cash flows from operating activities on
the consolidated statements of cash flows.
Earnings per Share
Basic earnings per share are computed by dividing net income or
loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock
outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share are
computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average
number of shares of common stock, common stock equivalents and
potentially dilutive securities outstanding during each period. For
the three months ended May 31, 2022 and 2021, warrants were
excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share, as the
result of the computation was anti-dilutive. The Company presents
earnings per share from continuing operation and discontinued
operation separately.
Assets and liabilities held for sale
In accordance with ASC 306, the sale of Reinhart/Zappware and
NextTrip qualified as assets and liabilities held for sale as: (i)
the Company has committed to a plan to sell, (ii) the disposal
entities are available for immediate sale, (iii) the buyer has been
identified and has committed to purchase, subject to satisfaction
of certain closing conditions, and (iv) it is probable to occur
within 1 year from the date of the classification. Assets and
liabilities held for sale are measured at the lower of carrying
amount and the fair value less cost to sell. Computer and equipment
and intangible assets are not depreciated or amortized once
classified as held for sale.
Assets and liabilities classified as held for sale are presented
separately as current items in the statement of financial position
as well as for prior period. Discontinued operations are excluded
from the results of continuing operations and are presented as a
single amount as profit or loss after tax from discontinued
operations in the statement of comprehensive loss.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, which
involves identifying the contracts with customers, identifying
performance obligations in the contracts, determining transactions
price, allocating transaction price to the performance obligation,
and recognizing revenue when the performance obligation is
satisfied. Types of revenue consist of:
Interest and Financial
services
NextBank International provides traditional banking services in
niche-focused businesses, including commercial and residential real
estate and the origination and sale of loans, among other types of
lending services. Revenues are categorized as interest income and
financial services. NextBank is primarily responsible for
fulfilling the services to clients, bears risks on its loan
products, has discretion in establishing the price, hence it acts
as principal, and recognizes revenues at the gross amount received
for the services.
Interest is accrued as earned based upon the daily outstanding
principal balance. The accrual of interest is generally
discontinued at the time a loan is 90 days past due, unless the
credit is well-secured and in the process of collection. Past due
status is based on contractual terms of the loan. In all cases,
loans are placed on non-accrual or charged- off at an earlier date
if collection of principal or interest is considered doubtful.
All interest accrued but not collected for loans placed on
nonaccrual or charged-off is reversed against interest income.
Interest on these loans is accounted for on the cash-basis or cost
recovery method, until qualifying for return to accrual. Loans are
returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest
amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments
are reasonably assured.
Financial services are categorized as follows:
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Origination fee is recognized at point of time when the loan
contract is mutually originated between a customer and the
Company. |
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Deposit account fees and other administrative fees are generally
recognized upon completion of services (wire in/out processing,
certain deposit condition met, etc.). |
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue from finance and technology mainly consists of
interest expense, loan related commissions, amortization of core
banking software and technology facilities and infrastructures.
Selling and Promotions Expense
Selling and promotion expenses consist primarily of advertising and
promotional expenses, expenses related to our participation in
industry conferences, and public relations expenses; the expense is
recognized when incurred.
Stock Based Compensation
Stock-based compensation is accounted for based on the requirements
of ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation”, which requires
recognition in the financial statements of the cost of employee and
director services received in exchange for an award of equity
instruments over the period the employee or director is required to
perform the services in exchange for the award (presumptively, the
vesting period). The ASC also requires measurement of the cost of
employee and director services received in exchange for an award
based on the grant-date fair value of the award. The Company
recognizes compensation on a straight-line basis over the requisite
service period for each award and recognizes forfeitures as when
they occur.
Warrants
The Company accounts for the warrants in accordance with the
guidance contained in ASC 815, under which the warrants do not meet
the criteria for equity classification and must be recorded as
liabilities. Most of warrant agreements contain fixed strike prices
and a fixed number of shares that may be issued upon exercise of
the warrants at the fixed strike price, with certain provisions
that may result in changes to the strike price in certain
circumstances, subject to stockholder approval. All such warrant
agreements are exercisable at the option of the holder and settled
in shares of the Company. The warrants are qualified as
equity-linked instrument embedded in a host instrument, whereby
they do not meet definition of derivative; therefore it is not
required to separate the embedded component from its host.
The Company treats a modification of the terms or conditions of an
equity award in accordance with ASC Topic 718-20-35-3, by treating
the modification as an exchange of the original award for a new
award. In substance, the entity repurchases the original instrument
by issuing a new instrument of equal or greater value, incurring
additional compensation cost for any incremental value. Incremental
compensation cost is measured as the excess, if any, of the fair
value of the modified award determined in accordance with the
provisions of ASC Topic 718-20-35-3 over the fair value of the
original award immediately before its terms are modified, measured
based on the share price and other pertinent factors at that
date.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 820, Fair Value
Measurements, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value in GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair
value measurements. ASC 820 does not require any new fair value
measurements, but it does provide guidance on how to measure fair
value by providing a fair value hierarchy used to classify the
source of the information. The fair value hierarchy distinguishes
between assumptions based on market data (observable inputs) and an
entity’s own assumptions (unobservable inputs).
The hierarchy consists of three levels:
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Level
1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities. |
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Level
2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly
or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets of
liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other
inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable
market data for substantially the full term of the assets or
liabilities. |
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Level
3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market
activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets
or liabilities. |
The Company uses Level 3 inputs for its valuation methodology for
the warrant derivative liabilities and embedded conversion option
liabilities, if any.
Financial instruments consist principally of cash, investments in
unconsolidated affiliates, other receivables, net, accounts
payable, accrued liabilities, notes payable, related parties, line
of credit and certain other current liabilities. The carrying
amounts of such financial instruments in the accompanying balance
sheets approximate their fair values due to their relatively
short-term nature. It is management’s opinion that the Company is
not exposed to any significant currency or credit risks arising
from these financial instruments.
Leases
The Company utilizes operating leases for its offices. The Company
determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Right-of-use
assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for
the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s
contractual obligation to make lease payments under the lease.
Operating leases are included in operating lease right-to-use
assets, non-current, and operating lease liabilities current and
non-current captions in the consolidated balance sheets.
Operating lease right-to-use assets and liabilities are recognized
on the commencement date based on the present value of lease
payments over the lease term. Lease agreements may contain periods
of free rent or reduced rent, predetermined fixed increases in the
minimum rent and renewal or termination options, all impacting the
determination of the lease term and lease payments to be used in
calculating the lease liability. Lease cost is recognized on a
straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company uses the
implicit rate in the lease when determinable. As most of the
Company’s leases do not have a determinable implicit rate, the
Company uses a derived incremental borrowing rate based on
borrowing options under its credit agreement. The Company applies a
spread over treasury rates for the indicated term of the lease
based on the information available on the commencement date of the
lease.
Segment Reporting
Accounting Standards Codification 280-10 “Segment Reporting”
established standards for reporting information about operating
segments in annual consolidated financial statements and required
selected information about operating segments in interim financial
reports issued to stockholders. It also established standards for
related disclosures about products, services, and geographic areas.
Operating segments are defined as components of the enterprise
about which separate financial information is available that is
evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or
decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in
assessing performance.
An operating segment component has the following
characteristics:
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It
engages in business activities from which it may recognize revenues
and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to
transactions with other components of the same public
entity). |
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Its
operating results are regularly reviewed by the public entity’s
chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to
be allocated to the segment and assess its performance. |
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Its
discrete financial information is available. |
As of May 31, 2022, the Company had two operating segments
consisting of
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NextMedia segment, consisting of: |
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HotPlay Enterprise Ltd. and HotPlay (Thailand) Co.,
Ltd., |
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NextFinTech segment, consisting of: |
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Next Fintech Holdings, Inc. (formerly Longroot Inc) |
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Longroot Holding (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
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Longroot (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
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Next Bank International, Inc. |
The Company’s chief operating decision makers of the Company are
considered to be the Co-Chief Executive Officers. The chief
operating decision makers allocate resources and assesses
performance of the business and other activities at the single
operating segment level.
As a result of the proposed strategic sale of Reinhart/Zappware and
NextTrip, as of May 31, 2022, those entities were no longer
consolidated nor treated as a division of the Company; accordingly,
for the three-month period ended May 31, 2022, the Company had two
remaining reportable business segments: NextFinTech and
NextMedia.
See Note 12 Business Segment Reporting for details on each segment
unit.
Comparative figures
Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with
the current period presentation.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, ASC Subtopic 820 “Fair
Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale
Restrictions”. The FASB is issuing this Update (1) to clarify the
guidance in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, when measuring the
fair value of an equity security subject to contractual
restrictions that prohibit the sale of an equity security, (2) to
amend a related illustrative example, and (3) to introduce new
disclosure requirements for equity securities subject to
contractual sale restrictions that are measured at fair value in
accordance with Topic 820.
Stakeholders asserted that the language in the illustrative example
resulted in diversity in practice on whether the effects of a
contractual restriction that prohibits the sale of an equity
security should be considered in measuring that equity security’s
fair value. Some stakeholders apply a discount to the price of an
equity security subject to a contractual sale restriction, whereas
other stakeholders consider the application of a discount to be
inappropriate under the principles of Topic 820
For public business entities, the amendments in this Update are
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and
interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities,
the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2024, and interim periods within those fiscal years.
Early adoption is permitted for both interim and annual financial
statements that have not yet been issued or made available for
issuance.
The Company is still evaluating the impact of this pronouncement on
the consolidated financial statements.
Note 2 - Going Concern
As of May 31, 2022, and February 28, 2022, the Company had an
accumulated deficit of $44.9 million and $39.2 million,
respectively. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial
statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as
a going concern.
We have limited financial resources. As of May 31, 2022, we have
working capital of $13.8 million. Our monthly cash requirement is
approximately $1.5 million. The monthly cash requirement decreased
by approximately $0.4 million beginning May 1, 2022 as a result of
the proposed sale of NextTrip.
We will need to raise additional capital or borrow loans to support
the on-going operations, increase market penetration of our
products, expand the marketing and development of our technology
driven products, repay debt obligations, provide capital
expenditures for additional equipment and development costs,
payment obligations, and systems for managing the business
including covering other operating costs until our planned revenue
streams from all businesses and products are fully implemented and
begin to offset our operating costs. Our failure to obtain
additional capital to finance our working capital needs on
acceptable terms, or at all, would negatively impact our business,
financial condition, and liquidity. We currently have limited
resources to satisfy these obligations, and our inability to do so
could have a material adverse effect on our business and ability to
continue as a going concern.
Management’s plans with regard to this going concern are as
follows:
|
(i) |
the Company plans to continue to raise funds with third parties by
way of public or private offerings, |
|
|
|
|
(ii) |
the Company is working aggressively to increase the viewership of
its FinTech and gaming products by promoting it across other
mediums; |
|
|
|
|
(iii) |
the Company expects growth in revenue from interest and
non-interest income through organic growth and new business
initiatives in the finance and technology division; |
|
|
|
|
(iv) |
the Company plans to issue tokens under its Longroot entity during
the 2023 fiscal year, which is expected to result in generating
revenues; and |
|
|
|
|
(v) |
the Company is tightening its spending on expenses, which is
expected to help in the cost reduction of the operations.
|
The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is
dependent on the Company’s ability to further implement its
business plan and generate greater revenues. Management believes
that the actions presently being taken to further implement its
business plan and generate additional revenues provide the
opportunity for the Company to continue as a going concern.
Note 3 – Notable Financial Information
Short term
investment
As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, NextBank had short-term
deposits of $0.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, with an
original maturity in November 2022, and an interest rate of 0.05%
per annum.
Loans
Receivable
Loans receivable related to the provision of traditional banking
services in niche-focused businesses, including commercial and
residential real estate and the origination and sale of loans and
receivables financing, among other types of lending services of
NextBank. As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had
loans receivable of $20.8 million and $17.4 million, respectively,
and the allowance for loan losses of $0.1 million and $0.1 million,
respectively. The interest rate ranges from 5.5% to 17.9%.
As of May 31, 2022, most of the loans were performing, and a
general allowance was established at appropriate rate on the
principal amount outstanding at year end. Due to limited
outstanding loans, they are analyzed one by one to determine if the
general reserve covers the related risk of such loans. As of May
31, 2022, the Company’s management deemed the reserve as sufficient
when compared to the risk assessment.
As of May 31, 2022, there were loans placed on non-accrual loan of
$0.04 million.
Unbilled
Receivables
As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had unbilled
receivables of $0.01 million and $0.01 million, respectively.
Prepaid Expenses and
Other Current Assets
As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had prepaid
expenses of $0.9 million and $0.8 million, respectively. As of May
31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had other current
assets of $0.4 million and $0.03 million respectively.
Convertible Notes
Receivable, Related Party
As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had
Convertible Notes Receivable, related party, net allowance for
expected credit loss of $4.6 million relating to receivables from
Axion. As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the allowance for
expected credit loss was $3.1 million.
Goodwill
As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had total
goodwill of $27.9 million as allocated to units as follows:
|
(i) |
HotPlay reporting unit of $4.2
million. |
|
|
|
|
(ii) |
Longroot reporting unit of $8.0
million. |
|
|
|
|
(iii) |
NextBank reporting unit of $15.7
million. |
Computers, Furniture and
Equipment
As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had net
computers, furniture and equipment of $0.4 million and $0.4
million, of which $0.05 million and $0.1 million included
depreciation expense, respectively.
Operating Lease
Right-to-Use asset and Operating Lease Liability
The Company’s lease agreements are for office space used in its
operation. The following schedule represents outstanding balance of
operating lease Right-to-Use asset and operating lease liability of
the Company as of May 31, and February 28, 2022, respectively:
Operating
lease Right-to-Use asset |
|
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
February 28,
2022 |
|
Net
Carrying Value |
|
$ |
1,554,144 |
|
|
$ |
1,894,654 |
|
Operating
lease liability |
|
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
February 28,
2022 |
|
Current portion |
|
$ |
257,340 |
|
|
$ |
218,181 |
|
Noncurrent
portion |
|
|
1,452,347 |
|
|
|
1,543,627 |
|
Totals |
|
$ |
1,709,687 |
|
|
$ |
1,761,808 |
|
Accounts Payable and
Accrued Expenses
As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had accounts
payable of $3.1 million and $1.9 million, respectively. As of May
31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had accrued expenses of
$3.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively.
Other Liabilities –
Customer Demand Deposits Payable
As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had other
current liabilities – customer demand deposits payable of $19.0
million and $7.5 million, respectively, relating to NextBank.
As of May 31, 2022, the Company had interest and non-interest-
bearing deposits received from customers with interest rates
ranging from 0% to 4% payable per annum.
Short Term Note Payable
– Related Parties
As of May 31, 2022, and February 28, 2022, the Company had a short
term note payable – related party of $0.7 million and $0.8 million,
respectively, relating to Tree Roots Entertainment and Magnolia
Quality Development Corporation Limited. The notes payable are
unsecured, accrue interest at a rate of 9.00% - 9.75% per annum,
and are due at call.
Long Term Note Payable –
Related Parties
As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had a long
term note payable – related party of $0 and $1.0 million,
respectively, mainly related to note payable of preferred dividends
in arrears which was repaid during the three-months ended May 31,
2022.
The note payable had an interest rate of 12% per annum, compounded
monthly at the end of calendar month, with such interest payable at
maturity or upon conversion.
Revenue
Disaggregation of revenue information was as follows:
|
|
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
May 31,
2021 |
|
NextFinTech
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
$ |
379,691 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Financial
services |
|
|
86,860 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total
revenue |
|
$ |
466,551 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
Note 4 – Acquisitions and Dispositions
Reinhart Interactive TV
AG and Zappware N.V. Acquisition
On January 15, 2021, we entered into a Founding Investment and
Subscription Agreement (the “Investment Agreement”) with Reinhart,
and Jan C. Reinhart, the founder of Reinhart (“Founder”). The
Investment Agreement contemplated the Company acquiring 51% of the
ownership of Reinhart, in consideration for 10,000,000 Swiss Francs
(approximately $10.7 million US). On March 31, 2021, the Company
paid the founder $10.7 million in cash and received the transfer of
the shares on June 23, 2021. As of June 23, 2021, all the closing
conditions had been satisfied and this transaction was
completed.
As of May 31, 2022, the Company is in process of assessing the fair
value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
at the acquisition date, mainly in relation to its identification
and valuation of intangible assets and certain tangible assets,
therefore the assets acquired, and liabilities assumed were
provisionally recorded. The assessment is to be completed within a
period of one year from the acquisition date, pursuant to the
measurement period allowed under ASC 805. During the measurement
period, the Company is to retrospectively adjust the provisional
amounts recognized at the acquisition date, and recognize
additional assets or liabilities, if it obtains new information
about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition
date.
As of May 31, 2022, with regards to the strategic decision sale of
Reinhart/Zappware in June 2022, assets and liabilities including
goodwill of Zappware and Reinhart, were presented at its
recoverable amount, included in assets and liabilities held for
sale at the balance sheet date.
NextBank International
(formerly IFEB) Acquisition
On April 1, 2021, the Company entered into a Bill of Sale for
Common Stock, effective March 22, 2021 (the “Bill of Sale”), with
certain third parties, pursuant to which the Company agreed to
purchase 2,191,489 shares (the “IFEB Shares”) of authorized and
outstanding Class A Common Stock of International Financial
Enterprise Bank, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation licensed as an Act
273-2012 international financial entity headquartered in San Juan
Puerto Rico (“IFEB”), representing 57.16% of the outstanding Class
A Common Stock of IFEB. The purchase price of the IFEB Shares was
$6,400,000, which amount was paid to the sellers on April 1,
2021.
On May 6, 2021, the Company and IFEB entered into a Preferred Stock
Exchange Agreement, which was amended by a First Amendment to
Preferred Stock Exchange Agreement entered into May 10, 2021 and
effective May 6, 2021, pursuant to which the Company agreed to
exchange 1,950,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for 5,850
shares of cumulative, non-compounding, non-voting, non-convertible,
perpetual Series A Preferred shares of IFEB.
On July 21, 2021, the Company entered into, and closed the
transactions contemplated by, a Share Exchange Agreement with
various other holders of shares of Class A Common Stock of IFEB
(the “Additional Sellers” and the “IFEB Exchange Agreement”).
Pursuant to the IFEB Exchange Agreement, the Additional Sellers
exchanged an aggregate of 1,648,614 of the outstanding Class A
Common Stock of IFEB, representing 42.94% of such outstanding Class
A Common Stock of IFEB, in consideration for an aggregate of
1,926,750 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock (the
“IFEB Common Shares”), with each one share of Class A Common Stock
of IFEB being exchanged for 1.168 restricted shares of common stock
of the Company, based on an agreed upon value of $2.50 per share
for each share of Company common stock and $2.92 per share for each
share of Class A Common Stock of IFEB.
As a result of the closing of both transactions, we acquired
control of 100% of IFEB as of July 21, 2021.
As of May 31, 2022, the Company is in process of assessing the fair
value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
at the acquisition date, therefore the assets acquired, and
liabilities assumed were provisionally recorded. The assessment is
to be completed within a period of one year from the acquisition
date, pursuant to the measurement period allowed under ASC 805.
During the measurement period, the Company is to retrospectively
adjust the provisional amounts recognized at the acquisition date,
and recognize additional assets or liabilities, if it obtains new
information about facts and circumstances that existed as of the
acquisition date.
Note 5 – Related Party Transactions
Parties are considered to be related to the Company if the Company
has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control or joint
control the party or exercise significant influence over the party
in making financial and operating decisions, or vice versa.
Name of related parties |
|
Relationship with the Company |
Red Anchor Trading Corporation (“RATC”) |
|
A shareholder of the Company and controlled by a Co-CEO of the
Company and a director of the Company |
Tree Roots Entertainment Group Company Limited (“TREG”) |
|
A significant shareholder of the Company |
Axion Ventures Inc. (“Axion”) |
|
An entity shareholding by a Co-CEO of the Company |
Axion Interactive Inc. (“AI”) |
|
A subsidiary of Axion |
HotNow (Thailand) Company Limited (“HotNow”) |
|
An entity controlled by a Co-CEO of the Company |
True Axion Interactive Company Limited (“TAI”) |
|
An entity that a Co-CEO of the Company is a shareholder
of |
Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Limited
(“MQDC”) |
|
A significant shareholder of TREG, which is a significant
shareholder of the Company |
Nithinan Boonyawattanapisut |
|
Co-CEO of the Company, and a shareholder of the Company, RATC,
HotNow, Axion and TAI |
Immediate Family Member |
|
Immediate family member with executive officer of the
Company |
Other than disclosed elsewhere, the Company had the following
significant related party transactions for the three months ended
May 31, 2022:
Payment of marketing expense: |
|
|
|
Immediate Family Member |
|
$ |
57,600 |
|
Payment of
consulting expense: |
|
|
|
|
Immediate
Family Member |
|
$ |
110,000 |
|
Payment of salary
expense: |
|
|
|
|
Immediate
Family Member |
|
$ |
32,160 |
|
Payment of contract
cost : |
|
|
|
|
HotNow
(Thailand) Company Limited |
|
$ |
85,440 |
|
General and admin
expense: |
|
|
|
|
HotNow
(Thailand) Company Limited |
|
$ |
32,553 |
|
Interest expense of
loan from: |
|
|
|
|
Magnolia
Quality Development Corporation Limited |
|
$ |
10,078 |
|
Tree Roots
Entertainment Group Company Limited |
|
$ |
7,278 |
|
The Company had the following related party balances as of May 31,
2022 and February 28, 2022:
|
|
Nature |
|
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
February 28,
2022 |
|
Amounts due from related
parties: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HotNow (Thailand) Company Limited |
|
Other receivable |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
155,425 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
155,425 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts due to
related parties: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Magnolia Quality Development
Corporation Limited |
|
Accrued interest expense |
|
|
6,619 |
|
|
|
3,169 |
|
Tree Roots Entertainment Group |
|
Accrued interest expense |
|
|
35,191 |
|
|
|
32,700 |
|
HotNow (Thailand) Company Limited |
|
Accrued expense |
|
|
1,105 |
|
|
|
393 |
|
Axion Interactive Inc. |
|
Other payable |
|
|
1,770 |
|
|
|
1,770 |
|
Red Anchor
Trading Corporation |
|
Account
payable |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
395,782 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
$ |
44,685 |
|
|
|
433,814 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes payable: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Magnolia Quality Development
Corporation Limited |
|
|
|
|
440,038 |
|
|
|
459,024 |
|
Tree Roots Entertainment Group |
|
|
|
|
293,358 |
|
|
|
306,016 |
|
Immediate
Family Member |
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
966,314 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
733,396 |
|
|
|
1,731,354 |
|
The comparative figure for the three months ended May 31, 2021
represents significant related party transactions of HotPlay
Enterprise Ltd., as follows:
Payment for convertible notes
receivable to: |
|
|
|
NextPlay Technologies, Inc |
|
$ |
12,000,000 |
|
Cash receipt for
convertible Notes Payable from: |
|
|
|
|
Tree Roots
Entertainment Group Co., Ltd |
|
$ |
12,000,000 |
|
NextPlay
Technologies, Inc |
|
$ |
2,000,000 |
|
Advance payment for
asset acquisition to: |
|
|
|
|
HotNow (Thailand)
Company Limited |
|
$ |
149,533 |
|
Repayment of
Short-term Loan: |
|
|
|
|
Tree Roots
Entertainment Group Company Limited |
|
$ |
223,937 |
|
Interest expense of
loan from: |
|
|
|
|
Magnolia Quality
Development Corporation Limited |
|
$ |
10,886 |
|
Tree Roots
Entertainment Group Co., Ltd |
|
$ |
43,716 |
|
Rental
expense: |
|
|
|
|
Tree Roots
Entertainment Group Co., Ltd |
|
$ |
27,449 |
|
Payment of loan
interest: |
|
|
|
|
Magnolia Quality
Development Corporation Limited |
|
$ |
10,531 |
|
Tree Roots
Entertainment Group Co., Ltd |
|
$ |
12,755 |
|
Payment of contract cost: |
|
|
|
|
HotNow (Thailand)
Company Limited |
|
$ |
489,147 |
|
Significant agreements with related parties
On March 24, 2021, HotPlay Thailand entered into a short-term loan
with MQDC for $480,000 (15,000,000 Thai Baht) with an interest rate
of 9% per annum, which is payable on demand and unsecured. Accrued
interest on this loan was $6,619 as of May 31, 2022.
During June and July 2020, HotPlay Thailand entered into a
short-term loan with TREG for the aggregate principal amount of
$543,000 (17,000,000 Thai Baht) with an interest rate of 9.75% per
annum, which is payable on demand and unsecured. Accrued interest
on this loan was $4,780 as of May 31, 2022. On May 31, 2021,
HotPlay Thailand repaid 7,000,000 Thai Baht (approximately $223,000
US) in connection with the short-term loan from TREG.
Next Bank International currently holds a $705,000 loan that was
purchased in 2020 at a discounted purchase price of $647,776, when
the Bank was not partially or wholly owned by Next Play
Technologies. The borrower is an entity affiliated with a current
member of the Bank’s board of directors. The loan bears interest at
an annual rate of 10%. It is expected to be fully collected in Q3
FY2023 As of May 31, 2022, the outstanding balance was
$705,000.
Significant agreements with management of the Company
On August 19, 2021, the Company entered into Intellectual Property
Purchase Agreements with Fighter Base Publishing Inc. (“Fighter
Base”) and Inc. (“Token IQ”, and together with Fighter Base, the
“IP Sellers”), dated as of the same date (each an “IPP Agreement”,
and together the “IPP Agreements”). Pursuant to the IPP Agreements,
the Company agreed to acquire certain intellectual property owned
by Fighter Base (relating to the games industry) and by Token IQ
(relating to the distributed ledger industry), both of which
entities are owned and controlled by Mark Vange, the Chief
Technology Officer of the Company.
Pursuant to the Fighter Base IPP Agreement, the intellectual
property to be acquired thereunder has a mutually agreed upon value
of $5 million, which will be paid by the Company by way of the
issuance to Fighter Base of 1,666,667 restricted shares of Company
common stock (valued at $3 per share of common stock).
Pursuant to the Token IQ IPP Agreement, the intellectual property
to be acquired thereunder has a mutually agreed upon value of $5
million, which will be paid by the Company by way of the issuance
to Token IQ of 1,250,000 restricted shares of Company common stock
(valued at $4 per share of common stock).
Pursuant to the IPP Agreements, in the event that the shares of
Company common stock issued in connection with the foregoing
transactions are still restricted after closing of such
transactions, the Company shall file a registration statement with
the SEC to register such shares for resale by their respective
owners (Token IQ and Fighter Base, as applicable).
The Token IQ IPP Agreement includes the right for Token IQ to
license the intellectual property purchased thereunder to third
parties, with the approval of the Company, which shall not be
unreasonable withheld, provided that any licenses are
non-transferable, non-sublicensable and non-exclusive, and that the
licenses will not compete with the Company. Any consideration
received by Token IQ from such licenses will be split 50/50 between
the Company and Token IQ.
On May 2, 2022, the Company completed such assets acquisitions from
Fighter Base and Token IQ, and pursuant to the terms of the
respective IPP Agreements, the Company issued shares of its common
stock as consideration for the purchase from Fighter Base and Token
IQ in the amount of 1,666,6667 and 1,250,000 shares, respectively.
The Company recorded at fair value of the common stock issued on
May 2, 2022, at a closing price $0.415 per share, as intangible
asset under development, as of the recognition date and as of May
31, 2022 the balance amounted to $1,210,417.
Note 6 – Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates
We assess the potential impairment of our investments when
indicators such as a history of operating losses, negative earnings
and cash flow outlook, and the financial condition and prospects
for the investee’s business segment might indicate a loss in
value.
Note 6.1 – Advances for investments
Letter of Intent to Acquire Axion Shares
On October 28, 2020, the Company entered into a non-binding Letter
of Intent (as amended by the first amendment thereto dated March
10, 2021, the “Letter of Intent”) with Radiant Ventures Limited,
which manages Radiant VC1 Limited and Radiant PV 1 Limited, two
stockholders of Axion Ventures, Inc. (“Axion”). As discussed below,
the Company acquired approximately 33.85% of Axion (provided that
such ownership of Axion has not been formally transferred to the
Company to date) on November 16, 2020, pursuant to the Axion
Exchange Agreement (as defined in Note 7, below).
Pursuant to the Letter of Intent, the Company agreed, subject to
certain condition precedents, including regulatory approvals and
the entry into material agreements with the sellers, to acquire
approximately 12,000,000 shares of Axion, equal to 5.7% of Axion’s
outstanding shares, from certain of its stockholders for
approximately $2,000,000, payable in a combination of stock and
cash. In connection with our entry into the Letter of Intent, we
paid the sellers a $500,000 non-refundable deposit towards the cash
purchase price of the shares in or around October 2020
(representing 25% of such purchase price). We also issued the
sellers 235,000 shares of Company common stock in March 2021,
representing an additional 25% of the purchase price. Both payments
are non-refundable. A final payment of 50% of the purchase price is
due 10 days after the British Columbia Securities Commission
(“BCSC”) lifts a cease trade order on Axion’s shares and is payable
at the option of the sellers in cash or shares of the Company’s
common stock, based on a 20% discount to the Company’s stock price
at the time the election to take such final payment in shares is
made, provided that such stock price valuation will not be less
than $2.00 per share and not more than $3.00 per share. The Letter
of Intent was to be terminated if the final payment had not been
made by the earlier of June 30, 2021 and 15 days after the BCSC
lifts the Axion no trade order; however, the parties have verbally
agreed to extend such date. The purchase is also contingent on the
sellers granting the Company a proxy to vote the shares of Axion to
be purchased through closing. The purchase remains subject to the
negotiation of, and entry into, a definitive purchase agreement
with the sellers, as well as other closing conditions, which have
not been entered into and/or which have not been completed, to
date.
As of May 31, 2022, total payment of cash and shares already paid
by the Company to the sellers was $937,117. The Company plans to
make the final payment of 50% of the purchase price after the BCSC
lifts a cease trade order on Axion’s shares, provided that the
Company cannot estimate when, or if, such cease trade order will be
lifted. There is no further update as of May 31, 2022 and the
recoverable amount was $937,117.
Letter of Intent of Potential acquisition of 100% of a Bank
Holding Company
On November 1, 2021, the Company signed a non-binding Letter of
Intent to acquire 100% of the capital stock of a bank holding
company which is the 100% owner of a community bank. In connection
with the execution of the non-binding Letter of Intent, on November
10, 2021, the Company made a non-refundable deposit of $1,000,000
on behalf of itself and other parties to the acquisition (as
discussed below), which shall be credited against the purchase
price at closing, if completed. The acquisition, if completed, will
be made with other parties, to be named subsequently, and it is
expected that no individual party will acquire more than 24.9% of
said bank holding company. There is no legal obligation between the
parties with respect to the acquisition unless and until the
parties enter into a definitive agreement with respect thereto.
Closing of the transaction will be subject to regulatory approvals,
amongst other things. The balance as of May 31, 2022 was in amount
$1,000,000.
Note 6.2 – Investment in Unconsolidated
Affiliates
Soma Innovation Lab
Joint Venture
On March 8, 2021, the Company entered into a Joint Venture
Agreement with Soma Innovation Lab (“Soma”). Pursuant to the
agreement, the parties agreed to form a joint venture for designing
hyper-personalized experiences for targeted gamers. The agreement
requires the Company to provide Soma the use of the HotPlay
technology, assuming the Company acquire ownership of such
technology as a result of the closing of the Company’s pending
Share Exchange (as defined below), with HotPlay (as defined below),
which technology is owned by HotPlay, and that the Company would
issue the principals of Soma 72,000 shares of restricted common
stock (valued at $180,000), of which $45,000 was earned immediately
and the remaining shares will be earned at the rate of 6,000 per
month. Pursuant to the agreement, Soma agreed to provide the
Company use of an email client list and other services. The joint
venture is owned 50/50 between us and Soma, with net
profits/revenues paid pursuant to the same 50/50 split. In the
event the joint venture achieves revenue in excess of expenses and
the Company recovers the $180,000 value of the shares, then the
Company agreed to issue Soma a bonus of 50,000 shares of restricted
common stock. The joint venture (and agreement) each have a term of
two years. The Company also agreed to use Soma for certain work to
be performed on its websites and travel magazine and agreed to pay
Soma $75,000 per month ($225,000 in aggregate) for such work,
payable by way of the issuance of 90,000 shares of restricted
common stock. As of May 31, 2022, no development and activity has
been started. Soma is anticipated to continue the project with
NextTrip after completion of the sale thereof to TGS.
6,142,856 shares of
Bettwork Industries Inc. Common Stock (OTC Pink:
BETW)
On July 2, 2018, three Secured Convertible Promissory Notes
aggregating $5,250,000, evidencing amounts we were owed by Bettwork
Industries Inc. (“Bettwork”), were exchanged for
7,000,000 shares of Bettwork’s common stock at $0.75 per share, for
a fair value of $5,250,000 as of July 2, 2018. Bettwork’s common
stock has a readily determinable fair value in the market under the
symbol “BETW.”
On May 31, 2022, the 6,142,856 shares of Bettwork’s common stock
held by the Company were trading at $0.0003 per share, valued at an
aggregate of $1,843. Any change in fair value is recognized as
other expense in statement of income as of May 31, 2022.
Recruiter.com Group,
Inc. formerly Truli Technologies Inc (OTCQB: RCRT).
On August 31, 2016, the Company entered into a Marketing and Stock
Exchange Agreement with Recruiter.com (“Recruiter”). The agreement
required the Company to issue to Recruiter 75,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock in exchange for 2,200 shares of Recruiter
common stock. The Company issued to Recruiter an additional 75,000
shares of Company common stock for as a prepayment for marketing
and advertising within the Recruiter platform. Recruiter was at
that time a private company with a platform that companies and
individuals use for employment placements.
On January 15, 2019, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger /
Merger Consideration, Truli Technologies Inc., which subsequently
changed its name to Recruiter.com Group, Inc. (OTCQB: RCRT)
(“Recruiter.com”), acquired Recruiter and Monaker exchanged its
2,200 shares in Recruiter for 139,273 shares of Recruiter.com
common stock.
During the year ended February 28, 2022, the Company sold in open
market transactions 68,083 shares of Recruiter.com common stock.
The sale of these shares resulted in a realized gain of $28,028 for
the year ended February 28, 2022.
The Company owned 3,461 shares of Recruiter’s common stock as of
May 31, 2022. As of May 31, 2022, each share of Recruiter’s common
stock was valued at $1.21 per share, which changed the fair value
of the 3,461 shares of Recruiter common stock to $4,188.
The net change in the fair value is recognized as other expense in
statement of income as of May 31, 2022.
Acquisition of Axion
Shares
The investment in affiliate at cost of $4,856,825 represents the
Company’s acquisition of approximately 33.85% of Axion on November
16, 2020. Pursuant to the Axion Exchange Agreement (as defined in
Note 7, below), which closed on November 16, 2020, the Axion
Stockholders, exchanged ordinary shares of Axion equal to
approximately 33.85% of the outstanding common shares of Axion, in
consideration for 10,000,000 shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock of the Company, which automatically converted into
7,417,700 common shares of the Company on June 30, 2021. As of May
31, 2022, the outstanding amount of this investment as of May 31,
2022 was $4,415; there was no change in market price during the
three-month period ended May 31, 2022.
Also pursuant to the Axion Exchange Agreement, which closed on
November 16, 2020, the Company granted a warrant to Cern One
Limited (one of the Axion Stockholders), to purchase 1,914,250
shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price of
$2.00 per share. The warrants vest on the earlier of (i) the date
the Axion debt is fully repaid by Axion or (ii) the date that the
Company obtains 51% or more of the voting control of, and economic
rights to, Axion, provided that such vesting date must occur before
November 16, 2021 or the warrants will terminate. Because the
vesting conditions had not been satisfied as of November 16, 2021,
the warrants terminated automatically on such date pursuant to
their terms. Accordingly, as of May 31, 2022, these warrants are no
longer outstanding.
See Note 7, below, for additional information regarding this
transaction.
Note 7 – Notes Receivable
Current
$7,657,024 Convertible
Notes - Axion Debt Share Exchanges
On July 23, 2020, the Company entered into a Share Exchange
Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “HotPlay Exchange
Agreement” and the transactions contemplated therein, the “HotPlay
Share Exchange”) with HotPlay and the stockholders of HotPlay (the
“HotPlay Stockholders”). The transactions contemplated by the
HotPlay Exchange Agreement were subject to certain closing
conditions, including, the approval of the listing of the
combined company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market
following the closing.
On November 12, 2020, the Company entered into an Amended and
Restated Share Exchange Agreement (as amended by the first
amendment thereto dated January 6, 2021, the “Axion Exchange
Agreement”) with certain stockholders holding shares of Axion
Ventures, Inc. (“Axion” and the “Axion Stockholders”) and certain
debt holders holding debt of Axion (the “Axion Creditors”) (the
“Axion Share Exchange,” and collectively with the HotPlay Exchange
Agreement, the “Exchange Agreements” and the transactions
contemplated therein, the “Share Exchanges”). The transactions
contemplated by the Axion Exchange Agreement closed on November 16,
2020.
Pursuant to the Axion Exchange Agreement, (a) the Axion
Stockholders (including Cern One Limited (“Cern One”)), exchanged
ordinary shares of Axion equal to approximately 33.85% of the then
outstanding common shares of Axion, in consideration for 10,000,000
shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company (the
“Series B Preferred Stock”); and (b) the Axion Creditors exchanged
debt of Axion in the aggregate amount of $7,657,024 (the “Axion
Debt”), for (i) 3,828,500 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock of the Company (the “Series C Preferred Stock”); and (ii) a
warrant, granted to Cern One, to purchase 1,914,250 shares of the
Company’s common stock (the “Creditor Warrants”), which is only
exercisable upon the occurrence of certain events (described
below). Although the Axion Share Exchange closed on November 16,
2020, the Company has yet to formally complete the transfer of the
ownership of the Axion shares into its name, due to a Cease Trade
Order issued by the BCSC, which impacts Axion.
The closing of the HotPlay Exchange Agreement on June 30, 2021
triggered the automatic conversion of the Company’s outstanding
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock into common stock of the Company. Specifically,
effective June 30, 2021, the 10,000,000 shares of outstanding
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and 3,828,500 shares of
outstanding Series C Convertible Preferred Stock automatically
converted into 7,417,700 and 3,828,500 shares of common stock of
the Company, respectively, in accordance with the terms of such
preferred stock (the “Preferred Conversion”).
The Creditor Warrants had cashless exercise rights, an exercise
price of $2.00 per share and, a term of two years, beginning on the
Vesting Date (defined below). The Creditor Warrants were scheduled
to vest on the earlier of:
|
(i) |
The
date the Axion Debt is fully repaid by Axion, and |
|
(ii) |
the
date that the Company obtains 51% or more of the voting control of,
and economic rights to, Axion, provided that such vesting date must
occur before November 16, 2021, or the Creditor Warrants will
terminate (as applicable, the “Vesting Date”). All of the Creditor
Warrants were granted to Cern One. |
Because the vesting conditions had not been satisfied as of
November 16, 2021, the warrants terminated automatically on such
date pursuant to their terms. Accordingly, as of May 31, 2022,
these warrants are no longer outstanding.
On August 20, 2021, our counsel sent a demand letter for payment to
Axion Ventures Inc., but the Company has not received a response in
related to the demand letter.
On September 1, 2021, the Company filed a claim in the Supreme
Court of British Columbia demanding payment of $7,657,024.
In November 2021, the Company commenced a new claim for the debt
claimed to reflect the difference between what was owed and what
the Company is claiming to avoid double-claiming.
In February 2022, the court was receptive to loans related evidence
(e.g. loan agreements, bank statements, board resolutions, etc.),
and determined that it will be further resolved together with other
Axion issues in the next trial. The summary trial judge has advised
that he wishes to take case management over this and several
related proceedings. It is anticipated that the trial of this
action would be reset for 12 weeks sometime in 2023 or early 2024,
a new trial date has not been determined. Document and oral
discovery are ongoing, which will be necessary for the parties to
make full disclosure on all issues. During fiscal year 2022, the
Company recorded an allowance for credit losses for the principal
amounted to $3.1 million and for the accrued interest receivable
amounted to $0.2 million.
As of May 31, 2022, the recoverable amount of Axion receivables net
allowance for credit loss were $4.6 million.
Note 8 – Intangible Assets
The following table sets forth the intangible assets, both acquired
and developed, including accumulated amortization as of May 31,
2022:
|
|
Useful Life |
|
Cost |
|
|
Impairment |
|
|
Accumulated Amortization |
|
|
Net Carrying Value |
|
Software development
costs |
|
3.0 - 5.0 years |
|
$ |
575,133 |
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
2,180 |
|
|
$ |
372,953 |
|
Trademark & License |
|
1.0 - 20.0 years |
|
|
5,696,166 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1,186,761 |
|
|
|
4,509,405 |
|
CIP – Software
development |
|
|
|
|
10,991,804 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
10,991,804 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
17,263,103 |
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,188,941 |
|
|
$ |
15,874,162 |
|
Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their
expected useful lives, which is estimated to be 1-20 years. The
expected useful lives are determined as to reflect the expected
pattern of consumption of the future economic benefits embedded in
the assets.
Amortization expense related to website development costs and
intangible assets, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs,
was $0.1 million and $0.5 million for the three-month periods ended
May 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Based on the carrying value of definite-lived intangible assets as
of May 31, 2022, we estimate our amortization expense for the next
five years will be as follows:
As of May 31, 2022 |
|
|
Amortization
Expense |
|
2023 |
|
|
$ |
1,178,826 |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
1,632,045 |
|
2025 |
|
|
|
1,538,160 |
|
2026 |
|
|
|
533,326 |
|
2027 |
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4,882,358 |
|
CIP – Software under
development acquired from Go Game
On June 30, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase
Agreement (the “Go Game SPA”) with David Ng, an individual (the
“Seller”). Pursuant to the Go Game SPA, the Company agreed to
acquire a 37% interest in the capital stock of Go Game Pte Ltd, a
Singapore private limited company (“Go Game”), a mobile game
publisher and technology company, representing an aggregate of
686,868 shares of Go Game’s Class B Preferred shares (the “Initial
Go Game Shares”). The Go Game SPA also includes an option whereby
the Company can acquire additional shares of Go Game, as described
in greater detail below. Pursuant to the Go Game SPA, the aggregate
consideration to be paid for the Initial Go Game Shares is: (i)
6,100,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock (representing $6.1
million of value, based on an aggregate liquidation preference of
$6.1 million), and (ii) $5 million in cash, with $1.25 million paid
on June 30, 2021, $1.25 million payable on or before July 31, 2021,
and $2.5 million payable on or before September 30, 2021.
Pursuant to the Go Game SPA, the Company was also granted an option
(the “Go Game Option”), to purchase up to an additional 259,895
shares of Go Game’s Class B Preferred shares from the Seller (the
“Option Shares”) (representing 14% of Go Game’s outstanding Class B
Preferred shares, or 51% with the Initial Go Game Shares). The Go
Game Option is subject to the Seller’s acquisition of the Option
Shares subsequent to the date of the Go Game SPA. The Go Game
Option is exercisable from time to time after the date that the
shareholders of the Company have approved the issuance of shares of
common stock upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock and in
connection with the Go Game Option (the “Approval Date”), and prior
to January 1, 2022. The per share consideration due in connection
with an exercise of the Go Game Option is equal to $70 million,
divided by the then number of outstanding shares of Go Game ($37.71
per share at the time the agreement was entered into) (the “Call
Option Price”). The Call Option Price is to be satisfied by the
issuance of shares of Company common stock valued based on the
greater of (a) $2.35 per share and (b) 85% of the average of the
closing prices of the Company’s common stock for the prior thirty
days (the “30-Day Average”). The Seller agreed not to transfer the
Option Shares from the date acquired through the exercise or
expiration of the Go Game Option. Upon issuance of any shares of
common stock upon exercise of the Go Game Option, the Seller agreed
to enter into a lock-up agreement restricting any sales or
transfers of any shares of common stock of the Company for a period
of 18 months following the issuance date.
We agreed pursuant to the Go Game SPA, that upon our purchase of
the Initial Go Game Shares, that we would appoint the Seller to the
board of directors of the Company, and that we would continue to
nominate the Seller as a board nominee for appointment on the board
of directors at each subsequent shareholder meeting of the Company,
subject to certain exceptions, until the earlier of (i) Seller’s
death; (ii) Seller’s resignation from the board of directors; (iii)
the date that Seller is no longer qualified to serve as a member of
the board of directors; (iv) the date the board of directors,
acting in good faith, determines that the continued appointment of
Seller to the board of directors would violate the fiduciary duties
of such members of the board of directors; (v) the third
anniversary of the acquisition of the Initial Go Game Shares; and
(vi) the date that the Seller holds less than 2 million shares of
Company common stock (including shares of common stock issuable
upon conversion shares of Series D Preferred Stock held by
Seller).
On March 30, 2022, the Company, Go Game and the Seller entered into
an asset purchase agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) which
amends and restates in its entirety the Go Game SPA disclosed
previously whereby Go Game agreed to sell and assign to the
Company, and the Company agreed to purchase and assume from Go Game
substantially all the assets and certain liabilities (but only to
the extent such liabilities arise solely from activities or events
that occur after the closing date) related to the goPlay platform
(the “Go Game Assets”), together with a perpetual license to the
goPay payment gateway (the “goPay License”).
As consideration for purchase of the Go Game Assets and the receipt
of the goPay License, the Company agreed to pay $5,000,000 (the
“Purchase Price”) as follows:
|
(i) |
A cash payment of $1,250,000, which was paid previously by the
Company to Go Game/Seller following the execution of the Go Game
SPA; |
|
(ii) |
A cash payment of $1,500,000 at closing by wire transfer of
immediately available funds; and |
|
(iii) |
A cash payment of $2,250,000, which shall be payable monthly by the
Company to Go Game with simple interest thereon at the rate of
12.0% per annum until March 31, 2023. |
No stock consideration of Go Game or the Company is being
exchanged, as was previously contemplated under the Go Game
SPA.
In the event the Company defaults on its monthly cash payment
obligations under (iii) above, the Company agrees that the Seller
shall be given the absolute right to demand for the return by way
of assigning, transferring, and delivering to Seller all of
Purchaser’s right, title, ownership and interest in certain games
and source code for goPay (without taking away the perpetual
licensing right).
For a period of six months following the closing, Go Game will
provide transitional assistance to the Company to integrate the
goPlay platform and associated game titles, together with the goPay
payment gateway, at no additional charge.
The goPay License allows the Company to exploit the goPay payment
gateway to enhance the products and service offerings of the
Company. The goPay License does not allow the Company to exploit
and sublicense the goPay technology as a stand-alone product.
Prior to the Closing (as defined below), Go Game was engaged in
discussions with potential customers of the goPlay platform. At the
Closing, the Company and Go Game entered into a revenue share
agreement (the “Revenue Share Agreement”), pursuant to which Go
Game shall refer such potential customers and any other potential
customers to the Company, in exchange for a right to receive fifty
percent (50%) of net revenues attributable to such sales.
In addition, the Company and the Seller entered into a restrictive
covenant agreement (the “Restrictive Covenant Agreement”), whereby
Seller will agree to refrain from competing with the Company and
soliciting the Company’s employees at the time of the closing and
for a period of time thereafter in order to protect the Company’s
legitimate business interests and goodwill in connection with the
Asset Purchase Agreement.
The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Asset
Purchase Agreement (the “Closing”) occurred on April 4, 2022,
following the execution of the Asset Purchase Agreement on March
30, 2022. The acquired asset had a balance, as of May 31, 2022, in
the amount $5,000,000 presented as intangible asset under
development as it needed further development to align with its
business use and purpose. The consideration paid as of May 21, 2022
amounted to $2,950,000.
CIP – Software under
development acquired from Fighter Base and Token IQ
On August 19, 2021, the Company entered into the IPP Agreements
with Fighter Base and Token IQ Inc., dated as of the same date.
Pursuant to the IPP Agreements, the Company agreed to acquire
certain intellectual property owned by Fighter Base (relating to
the games industry) and by Token IQ (relating to the distributed
ledger industry), both of which entities are owned and controlled
by Mark Vange, the Chief Technology Officer of the
Company.
On May 2, 2022, the Company completed such assets acquisition from
Fighter Base and Token IQ, and pursuant to the terms of the
respective IPP Agreements, the Company issued shares of its common
stock as consideration for the purchase from Fighter Base and Token
IQ in the amount of 1,666,6667 and 1,250,000
shares, respectively. The Company recorded at fair value of the
common stock issued on May 2, 2022, at a closing price $0.415 per
share. As of the recognition date and as of May 31, 2022, the total
balance amounted to $1,210,417, presented as intangible asset under
development as it needed further development to align with its
business use and purpose.
Note 9 – Notes Payable
Description |
|
As of
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
As of
February 28,
2022 |
|
Streeterville Capital,
LLC |
|
$ |
4,517,639 |
|
|
$ |
4,053,736 |
|
Business Brokers, LLC |
|
|
678,750 |
|
|
|
725,000 |
|
Total |
|
|
5,196,389 |
|
|
|
4,778,736 |
|
Less: Debt issuance
cost |
|
|
(356,250 |
) |
|
|
(315,265 |
) |
Line of Credit and
Notes Payable, net |
|
|
4,840,139 |
|
|
|
4,463,471 |
|
Less: Current
portion of Line of Credit and Notes Payable |
|
|
(4,840,139 |
) |
|
|
(4,463,471 |
) |
Line of
Credit and Notes Payable Long Term, net |
|
$ |
—
|
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
Note Purchase
Agreements: Streeterville Capital
On November 23, 2020, the Company entered into a Note Purchase
Agreement (the “November 2020 Note Purchase Agreement”) with
Streeterville Capital, LLC (“Streeterville”), pursuant to which the
Company sold Streeterville a Secured Promissory Note in the
original principal amount of $5,520,000 (the “November 2020
Streeterville Note”). Streeterville paid consideration of an
initial cash purchase price of $3,500,000 for the note and issued
the Company a promissory note in the amount of $1,500,000 (the
“November 2020 Investor Note”). The associated debt issuance costs
of the note were $370,000 for total amount due $3,870,000. In
addition to the $370,000 of debt issuance costs, the Company paid
$245,000 for advisory fees, resulting in net proceeds to the
Company of $3,255,000.
The November 2020 Streeterville Note bore interest at a rate of 10%
per annum and was scheduled to mature 12 months after the date of
the note (i.e., on November 23, 2021). From time to time, beginning
6 months after issuance, Streeterville had the right to redeem a
portion of the November 2020 Streeterville Note, not to exceed $0.8
million if the November 2020 Investor Note had not been funded and
$1.25 million if the November 2020 Investor Note had been funded.
In the event we did not pay the amount of any requested redemption
within three trading days, an amount equal to 25% of such
redemption amount was to be added to the outstanding balance of the
November 2020 Streeterville Note. Under certain circumstances the
Company could defer the redemption payments up to three times, for
a duration of 30 days each, provided that upon each such deferral
the outstanding balance of the November 2020 Streeterville Note
would increase by 2%. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in the November 2020 Streeterville Note, the Company had the right
to prepay all or any portion of the outstanding balance of the
November 2020 Streeterville Note at any time subject to a
prepayment penalty equal to 10% of the amount of the outstanding
balance to be prepaid. For so long as the November 2020
Streeterville Note remained outstanding, the Company agreed to pay
to Streeterville 20% of the gross proceeds that the Company
received from the sale of any of its common stock or preferred
stock, which payments were to be applied towards, and would reduce,
the outstanding balance of the November 2020 Streeterville Note,
which percentage was to increases to 30% upon the occurrence of,
and continuance of, an event of default under the November 2020
Streeterville Note (each an “Equity Payment”). Each time that we
failed to pay an Equity Payment, the outstanding balance of the
November 2020 Streeterville Note would automatically increase by
10%. Additionally, in the event we were to fail to timely pay any
such Equity Payment, Streeterville had the right to seek an
injunction which would prevent us from issuing common or preferred
stock until or unless we paid such Equity Payment.
The November 2020 Streeterville Note provided that if any of the
following events had not occurred on or before April 30, 2021, the
then outstanding balance of the note (including accrued and unpaid
interest) would increase by an amount equal to 25% of the
then-current outstanding balance thereof (the “April 2021 Note
Increase”):
|
(a) |
HotPlay must have become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company; |
|
(b) |
during the period beginning on July 21, 2020, and ending on the
date that the HotPlay Share Exchange is consummated, HotPlay must
have raised at least $15,000,000 in cash through equity
investments; |
|
(c) |
upon consummation of the HotPlay Share Exchange, all outstanding
debt owed by the Company to HotPlay must have either been forgiven
by HotPlay or converted into the Company’s common
stock; |
|
(d) |
HotPlay must have become a co-borrower on the November 2020
Streeterville Note; and |
|
(e) |
the Company must have paid off all outstanding debt obligations to
the Donald P. Monaco Insurance Trust and National Bank of Commerce,
in full (collectively, the “November 2020 Note Transaction
Conditions”). |
Pursuant to the November 2020 Streeterville Note, we provided
Streeterville a right of first refusal to purchase any promissory
note, debenture or other debt instrument which we proposed to sell,
other than sales to officers or directors of the Company and/or
sales to the government. Each time, if ever, that we provided
Streeterville such right, and Streeterville did not exercise such
right to provide such funding, the outstanding balance of the
November 2020 Streeterville Note would increase by 3%. Each time,
if ever, that we failed to comply with the terms of the right of
first refusal, the outstanding balance of the November 2020
Streeterville Note would increase by 10%. Additionally, upon each
major default described in the November 2020 Streeterville Note
(i.e., the failure to pay amounts under the November 2020
Streeterville Note when due or to observe any covenant under the
November 2020 Note Purchase Agreement (other than the requirement
to make Equity Payments)) the outstanding balance of the November
2020 Streeterville Note would automatically increase by 15%, and
for each other default, the outstanding balance of the November
2020 Streeterville Note would automatically increase by 5%,
provided such increase could only occur three times each as to
major defaults and minor defaults, and that such aggregate increase
could not exceed 30% of the balance of the Streeterville Note
immediately prior to the first event of default.
In connection with the November 2020 Note Purchase Agreement and
the November 2020 Streeterville Note, the Company entered into a
Security Agreement with Streeterville (the “Security Agreement”),
pursuant to which the obligations of the Company were secured by
substantially all the assets of the Company, subject to a priority
lien and security interest in the collateral of the Company.
The November 2020 Investor Note, in the principal amount of
$1,500,000, evidenced the amount payable by Streeterville to the
Company as partial consideration for the acquisition by the Company
of the November 2020 Streeterville Note. The November 2020 Investor
Note accrued interest at the rate of 10% per annum, payable in full
on November 23, 2021, subject to a 30-day extension exercisable at
the option of Streeterville and could be prepaid at any time. The
amount of the Investor Note has been offset against the amount of
the November 2020 Streeterville Note in the balance sheet as of
February 28, 2021, as both notes have substantially similar terms,
and the Investor Note was provided in consideration for the
acquisition of a portion of the November 2020 Streeterville Note.
The November 2020 Investor Note was subsequently funded in full in
January 2021.
On March 22, 2021, we entered into a Note Purchase Agreement dated
March 23, 2021 (the “March 2021 Note Purchase Agreement”) with
Streeterville, pursuant to which the Company sold Streeterville a
Secured Promissory Note in the original principal amount of
$9,370,000 (the “March 2021 Streeterville Note”). Streeterville
paid consideration of (a) $7,000,000 in cash; and
(b) issued the Company a promissory note in the amount of
$1,500,000 (the “March 2021 Investor Note”), in consideration for
the March 2021 Streeterville Note, which included an original issue
discount of $850,000 (the “OID”) and reimbursement of
Streeterville’s transaction expenses of $20,000. A total of
$700,000 of the OID was fully earned upon issuance and the
remaining $150,000 was not fully earned until the March 2021
Investor Note was fully-funded by Streeterville, which occurred on
May 26, 2021.
The March 2021 Streeterville Note bears interest at a rate of 10%
per annum and matures 12 months after its issuance date (i.e., on
March 23, 2022). From time to time, beginning six months after
issuance, Streeterville may redeem a portion of the March 2021
Streeterville Note, not to exceed $2.125 million. In the event we
do not pay the amount of any requested redemption within three
trading days, an amount equal to 25% of such redemption amount is
added to the outstanding balance of the March 2021 Streeterville
Note. Under certain circumstances, the Company may defer the
redemption payments up to three times, for 30 days each, provided
that upon each such deferral the outstanding balance of the March
2021 Streeterville Note is increased by 2%. Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in the March 2021 Streeterville Note, the
Company may prepay all or any portion of the outstanding balance of
the March 2021 Streeterville Note at any time subject to a
prepayment penalty equal to 10% of the amount of the outstanding
balance to be prepaid. For so long as the March 2021 Streeterville
Note remains outstanding, the Company has agreed to pay to
Streeterville 20% of the gross proceeds that the Company receives
from the sale of any of its common stock or preferred stock, which
payments will be applied towards and will reduce the outstanding
balance of the March 2021 Streeterville Note, which percentage
increases to 30% upon the occurrence of, and continuance of, an
event of default under the March 2021 Streeterville Note (each an
“Equity Payment”). Each time that we fail to pay an Equity Payment,
the outstanding balance of the March 2021 Streeterville Note
automatically increases by 10%. Additionally, in the event we fail
to timely pay any such Equity Payment, Streeterville May seek an
injunction which would prevent us from issuing common or preferred
stock until or unless we pay such Equity Payment.
The March 2021 Streeterville Note provides that if any of the
following events have not occurred on or before June 30, 2021, the
then outstanding balance of the note (including accrued and unpaid
interest) increases by an amount equal to 25% of the
then-current outstanding balance thereof: (a) HotPlay must
have become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company;
(b) during the period beginning on July 21, 2020, and ending
on the date that the HotPlay Share Exchange is consummated,
HotPlay must have raised at least $15,000,000 in cash or debt
through equity investments (which has been completed);
(c) upon consummation of the HotPlay Share Exchange, all
outstanding debt owed by the Company to HotPlay must have either
been forgiven by HotPlay or converted into the Company’s common
stock; and (d) HotPlay must have become a co-borrower on the
March 2021 Streeterville Note (collectively, the “March 2021 Note
Transaction Conditions”).
The March 2021 Note Purchase Agreement required that we complete
the purchase of the Reinhart (the “Reinhart Interest”), within 10
days of the date of the sale of the March 2021 Streeterville Note,
and that the Company pledge the Reinhart Interest to Streeterville
pursuant to a pledge agreement thereafter, both of which were
timely completed.
Also on May 26, 2021, Streeterville funded the March 2021 Investor
Note (in the amount of $1.5 million) in full.
We made a required Equity Payment of $1,857,250 to Streeterville
under the March 2021 Streeterville Note on May 26, 2021, with funds
raised through a May 2021 underwritten offering, which represented
approximately 20% of the funds raised in such offering.
We failed to timely meet the November 2020 Note Transaction
Conditions; however, on June 1, 2021, Streeterville agreed to defer
50% of the April 2021 Note Increase which was otherwise to occur
due to the Company’s failure to timely meet all of the November
2020 Note Transaction Conditions. As such, a total of $506,085 was
capitalized into the outstanding balance of the November 2020
Streeterville Note effective as of April 30, 2021, and the
remaining $506,085 of the April 2021 Note Increase would only be
added to the balance of the November 2020 Streeterville Note if the
Company failed to meet the November 2020 Transaction Conditions by
June 30, 2021. Separately, if the Company did not meet the March
2021 Note Transaction Conditions by June 30, 2021, the March 2021
Streeterville Note would be subject to the June 2021 Note Increase.
The Company completed the acquisition of HotPlay effective as of
June 30, 2021, and as such the November 2020 Transaction Conditions
and the March 2021 Note Transaction Conditions were satisfied.
On June 22, 2021, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement
with Streeterville, pursuant to which Streeterville exchanged
$600,000 of a June 2021 requested redemption of $1.25 million under
the November 2020 Streeterville Note (which amount was partitioned
into a separate promissory note) for 300,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock.
On July 21, 2021, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement
with Streeterville, whereby Streeterville exchanged $400,000 owed
under a November 2020 promissory note (which amount was partitioned
into a separate promissory note) for 200,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock.
On September 1, 2021, the Company entered into an Exchange
Agreement with Streeterville, whereby Streeterville exchanged
$270,000 owed under a November 2020 promissory note (which amount
was partitioned into a separate promissory note) for 135,000 shares
of the Company’s common stock.
On October 22, 2021, the Company entered into the Note Purchase
Agreement (the “October 2021 Note Purchase Agreement”) with
Streeterville, pursuant to which the Company sold Streeterville a
Secured Promissory Note in the original principal amount of
$1,665,000 (the “October 2021 Streeterville Note”). Streeterville
paid consideration of $1,500,000, which represents the original
principal amount less a $150,000 original issue discount, which was
fully earned upon issuance, and a total of $15,000 to cover
Streeterville’s professional fees and transaction expenses.
The October 2021 Streeterville Note bears interest at a rate of 10%
per annum and matures 12 months after its issuance date (i.e., on
October 22, 2022). From time to time, beginning six months after
issuance, Streeterville may redeem any portion of the October 2021
Streeterville Note, up to a maximum amount of $375,000 per month.
In the event the Company fails to pay the amount of any requested
redemption within three trading days, an amount equal to 25% of
such redemption amount is added to the outstanding balance of the
October 2021 Streeterville Note. Under certain circumstances, the
Company may defer the redemption payments up to three times, for 30
days each, provided that upon each such deferral, the outstanding
balance of the October 2021 Streeterville Note is increased by 2%.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the October 2021
Streeterville Note, the Company may prepay all or any portion of
the outstanding balance of the October 2021 Streeterville Note at
any time subject to a prepayment penalty equal to 10% of the amount
of the outstanding balance to be prepaid. For so long as the
October 2021 Streeterville Note remains outstanding, the Company
has agreed to pay to Streeterville 20% of the gross proceeds that
the Company receives from the sale of any of its common stock or
preferred stock within ten days of receiving such amount, which
payments will be applied towards and will reduce the outstanding
balance of the October 2021 Streeterville Note, which percentage
increases to 30% upon the occurrence of, and continuance of, an
event of default under the October 2021 Streeterville Note (each an
“Equity Payment”). Each time that the Company fails to pay an
Equity Payment, the outstanding balance of the October 2021
Streeterville Note automatically increases by 10%. Additionally, in
the event the Company fails to timely pay any such Equity Payment,
Streeterville may seek an injunction which would prevent the
Company from issuing common or preferred stock until or unless the
Company paid all past-due Equity Payments.
The October 2021 Streeterville Note provides that by November 21,
2021 (the “Deadline”), HotPlay must become a co-borrower on (a) the
October 2021 Streeterville Note, (b) the November 2020
Streeterville Note, and (c) and the March 2021 Streeterville Note
(collectively, the “2020-2021 Streeterville Notes”). If HotPlay has
not become a co-borrower on the 2020-2021 Streeterville Notes by
the Deadline, the outstanding balance on the October 2021
Streeterville Note automatically increases by an amount equal to
25% of the then-current outstanding balance, provided such failure
is not deemed an event of default under the October 2021
Streeterville Note.
Pursuant to the October 2021 Streeterville Note, the Company
provided Streeterville a right of first refusal to purchase any
promissory note, debenture, or other debt instruments which the
Company proposes to sell, other than sales to officers or directors
of the Company and/or sales to the government. Each time, if ever,
that the Company provides Streeterville such right, and
Streeterville does not exercise such right to provide such funding,
the outstanding balance of the October 2021 Streeterville Note
increases by 3%, unless the proceeds from such sale(s) are used to
repay the October 2021 Streeterville Note in full. Each time, if
ever, that the Company fails to comply with the terms of the right
of first refusal, the outstanding balance of the October 2021
Streeterville Note increases by 10%. Additionally, upon each major
default described in the October 2021 Streeterville Note (i.e., the
failure to pay amounts under the October 2021 Streeterville Note
when due or to observe any covenant under the Note Purchase
Agreement (other than the requirement to make Equity Payments)),
the outstanding balance of the October 2021 Streeterville Note may
be increased, at Streeterville’s option, by 15%, and for each other
default, the outstanding balance of the October 2021 Streeterville
Note may be increased, at Streeterville’s option, by 5%, provided
such increase can only occur three times each as to major defaults
and minor defaults, and that such aggregate increase cannot exceed
30% of the balance of the October 2021 Streeterville Note
immediately prior to the first event of default.
The October 2021 Note Purchase Agreement and the October 2021
Streeterville Note contain customary events of default, including
if the Company undertakes a fundamental transaction (including
consolidations, mergers, and certain changes in control of the
Company), without Streeterville’s prior written consent. As
described in the October 2021 Streeterville Note, upon the
occurrence of certain events of default (mainly our entry into
bankruptcy), the outstanding balance of the October 2021
Streeterville Note will become automatically due and payable. Upon
the occurrence of other events of default, Streeterville may
declare the outstanding balance of the October 2021 Streeterville
Note immediately due and payable at such time or at any time
thereafter. After the occurrence of an event of default (and upon
written notice from Streeterville), interest on the October 2021
Streeterville Note will accrue at a rate of 22% per annum, or if
lesser, the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. The
October 2021 Note Purchase Agreement prohibits Streeterville from
shorting our stock through the period that Streeterville holds the
October 2021 Streeterville Note.
On November 3, 2021, the Company closed a registered direct
offering of its securities, resulting in gross proceeds to the
Company of approximately $30 million. This offering triggered the
provisions of the 2020-2021 Streeterville Notes requiring the
Company to pay to Streeterville 20% of the gross proceeds that the
Company receives from the sale of any of its common stock or
preferred stock within ten days of receiving such amount, which
payments must be applied towards and reduce the outstanding balance
of each of the outstanding Streeterville Notes; however, the
condition to pay 20% of the gross proceeds from the sale of any
stock were negotiated with the lender and waived for the October
2021 Streeterville Note in November 2021.
On November 4, 2021, the Company completely paid off the November
2020 Streeterville Note in the amount of $3,100,807 and paid down
the outstanding balance of the March 2021 Streeterville Note in the
amount of $6,000,000.
On March 23, 2022, the Company completely paid off the March 2021
Streeterville Note, outstanding balance in the amount of
$3,002,142.
On April 29, 2022, the Company entered into the Standstill
Agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which, Streeterville
agreed not to seek to redeem any portion of the October 2021
Streeterville Note (in the original principal amount of $1,665,000)
until September 18, 2022. As consideration for such agreement, the
outstanding balance of the October 2021 Note was increased by
$87,639.33 (the “Standstill Fee”); as a result, the outstanding
balance of the October 2021 Note as of April 29, 2022 was
$1,840,912.84 (including outstanding interest).
On May 5, 2022, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement
(the “May 2022 Note Purchase Agreement”) with Streeterville,
pursuant to which the Company sold Streeterville a Secured
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $2,765,000 (the
“May 2022 Streeterville Note”). Streeterville paid consideration of
$2,500,000, which represents the original principal amount less a
$250,000 OID, which was fully earned upon issuance, and a total of
$15,000 to cover Streeterville’s professional fees and transaction
expenses.
The May 2022 Streeterville Note bears interest at a rate of 10% per
annum and matures 12 months after its issuance date (i.e., on May
5, 2023). From time to time, beginning six months after issuance,
Streeterville may redeem any portion of the May 2022 Streeterville
Note, up to a maximum amount of $625,000 per month. In the event
the Company fails to pay the amount of any requested redemption
within three trading days, an amount equal to 25% of such
redemption amount is added to the outstanding balance of the May
2022 Streeterville Note. Under certain circumstances, the Company
may defer the redemption payments up to three times, for 30 days
each, provided that upon each such deferral, the outstanding
balance of the May 2022 Streeterville Note is increased by 2%.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the May 2022
Streeterville Note, the Company may prepay all or any portion of
the outstanding balance of the May 2022 Streeterville Note on or
before the date that is 6 months from the Effective Date subject to
a prepayment penalty equal to 5% of the amount of the outstanding
balance, and after 6 months from the Effective Date will be subject
to 10%. For so long as the May 2022 Streeterville Note remains
outstanding, the Company has agreed to pay to Streeterville 20% of
the gross proceeds that the Company receives from the sale of any
of its common stock or preferred stock within ten days of receiving
such amount, which payments will be applied towards and will reduce
the outstanding balance of the May 2022 Streeterville Note. Each
time that the Company fails to pay an Equity Payment, the
outstanding balance of the May 2022 Streeterville Note
automatically increases by 10%. Additionally, in the event the
Company fails to timely pay any such Equity Payment, Streeterville
may seek an injunction which would prevent the Company from issuing
common or preferred stock until or unless the Company paid all
past-due Equity Payments.
Additionally, upon each major default described in the May 2022
Streeterville Note (including, without limitation, the failure to
pay amounts under the May 2022 Streeterville Note when due or to
observe any covenant under the May 2022 Note Purchase Agreement
(other than the requirement to make Equity Payments)), the
outstanding balance of the May 2022 Streeterville Note may be
increased, at Streeterville’s option, by 15%, and for each other
default, the outstanding balance of the May 2022 Streeterville Note
may be increased, at Streeterville’s option, by 5%, provided such
increase can only occur three times each as to major defaults and
minor defaults, and that such aggregate increase cannot exceed 30%
of the balance of the May 2022 Streeterville Note immediately prior
to the first event of default.
The May 2022 Note Purchase Agreement and the May 2022 Streeterville
Note contain customary events of default, including if the Company
undertakes a fundamental transaction (including consolidations,
mergers, and certain changes in control of the Company), without
Streeterville’s prior written consent. Pursuant to the May 2022
Streeterville Note, upon the occurrence of certain events of
default (mainly our entry into bankruptcy), the outstanding balance
of the May 2022 Streeterville Note will become automatically due
and payable. Upon the occurrence of other events of default,
Streeterville may declare the outstanding balance of the May 2022
Streeterville Note immediately due and payable at such time or at
any time thereafter. After the occurrence of an event of default
(and upon written notice from Streeterville), interest on the May
2022 Streeterville Note will accrue at a rate of 22% per annum, or
if lesser, the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. The May
2022 Note Purchase Agreement prohibits Streeterville from shorting
our stock through the period that Streeterville holds the May 2022
Streeterville Note.
The May 2022 Note Purchase Agreement also
provides for cross-indemnification by the parties in the event that
they incur loss or damage related to, among other things, a breach
of applicable representations, warranties, or covenants under the
May 2022 Note Purchase Agreement.
In connection with the May 2022 Note Purchase Agreement and the May
2022 Streeterville Note, the Company entered into a Security
Agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which the obligations of
the Company are secured by substantially all of the assets of the
Company.
On June 2, 2022, the Company entered into a Global Amendment to
satisfy the requirement that HotPlay become a co-borrower on the
October 2021 Streeterville Note and the May 2022 Streeterville Note
and jointly and severally assume all of the obligations and duties
of the Company under those notes. As a result, all references to
“Borrower” or the “Company” in such notes now jointly refer to
HotPlay and NextPlay. Streeterville also agreed to waive its right
to enforce an increase in the balance of the October 2021
Streeterville Note due to the Company’s failure to add HotPlay as a
co-borrower on the October 2021 Streeterville Note within the
prescribed period of time to do so. The Global Amendment does not
alter any other terms of the notes.
As of May 31, 2022, the remaining balances of the outstanding
Streeterville notes were as follows:
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i) |
The October 2021 Note: principal
balance of $1,752,639, accrued interest of $104,708 and accumulated
unamortized debt issuance cost of $106,250. |
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ii) |
The May 2022 Note: principal
balance of $2,765,000, accrued interest of 124,747 and accumulated
unamortized debt issuance cost of $250,000. |
Loan agreement with
Business Brokers, LLC
Effective November 1, 2021, a subsidiary of the Company obtained a
credit facility of $ 0.725 million from Business Brokers, LLC to
which it engages regularly in the issuance of construction and
commercial loans. The facility is guaranteed by notes receivable.
The facility carries a blended interest of 14.05% per annum
and is repayable upon the collection of the notes that guarantees
it, or the Company decision to repay it in full, whichever comes
first, with interest only monthly payments requirement. As of May
31, 2022, the loans had outstanding balance of $0.682 million.
Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock
The aggregate number of shares of preferred stock that the Company
is authorized to issue is up to One Hundred Million (100,000,000),
with a par value of $0.00001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”),
with the exception of Series A Preferred Stock shares having a par
value of $0.01 per share. The Preferred Stock may be divided into
and issued in one or more series. The board of directors of the
Company is authorized to divide the authorized shares of Preferred
Stock into one or more series, each of which shall be so designated
as to distinguish the shares thereof from the shares of all other
series and classes. The board of directors of the Company is
authorized, within any limitations prescribed by law and the
articles of incorporation, to fix and determine the designations,
rights, qualifications, preferences, limitations and terms of the
shares of any series of Preferred Stock.
Series A Preferred Stock
The Company has authorized and designated 3,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock as Series A 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred
Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”).
The holders of record of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall
be entitled to vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the
shareholders of the Company and shall be entitled to one hundred
(100) votes for each share of Series A Preferred Stock.
Dividends in arrears on the previously outstanding Series A
Preferred Stock shares totaled $0 and $1,102,068 as of May 31, 2022
and February 28, 2022, respectively. These dividends were paid in
April 2022.
The Company had 0 shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding as of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022.
Series B Preferred Stock
The Company has authorized and designated 10,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which
shares were issued to certain Axion stockholders in exchange for
their ordinary shares of Axion equal to approximately 33.85% of the
outstanding common shares of Axion pursuant to the Axion Exchange
Agreement (see “Note 6 – Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates”).
Each share of Series B Preferred Stock automatically, and without
any required action by any holder, converted into 0.74177 shares of
Company common stock upon the closing of the HotPlay Share Exchange
on June 30, 2021.
As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had 0 shares
of Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.
Series C Preferred Stock
The Company has authorized and designated 3,828,500 shares of
Preferred Stock as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock. The Series
C Preferred Stock was issued to certain debt holders of Axion who
are party to the Axion Share Exchange Agreement and who agreed to
exchange certain debt owed to such debt holders by Axion for shares
of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to the Share Exchange
Agreement. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock automatically,
and without any required action by any holder, converted into one
share of the Company’s common stock, upon the closing of the
HotPlay Share Exchange on June 30, 2021.
As of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, the Company had 0 shares
of Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.
Series D Preferred Stock
On July 21, 2021, the Company designated Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred Stock”), by filing a
Certificate of Designation of such Series D Preferred Stock with
the Secretary of State of Nevada (the “Series D Designation”). The
Series D Designation, which was approved by the board of directors
of the Company on July 15, 2021, designated 6,100,000 shares of
Series D Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share. The Series
D Designation provides that the Series D Preferred Stock has a
liquidation preference which is (a) pari passu with respect to
the Company’s common stock; and (b) junior to all current and
future senior indebtedness and securities of the Company. If the
Company determines to liquidate, dissolve or wind-up its business
and affairs, the Company will prior to or concurrently with the
closing, effectuation or occurrence of any such action, pay the
holders of the Series D Preferred Stock, pari passu with the
holders of the common stock, an amount equal to the
Liquidation Preference per share of Series D Preferred Stock. The
“Liquidation Preference” per share of the Series D Preferred Stock
is equal to $1.00 per share, or $6,100,000 in aggregate. Each share
of Series D Preferred Stock is automatically convertible on the
fifth business day after the date that the shareholders of the
Company, as required pursuant to applicable rules and regulations
of NASDAQ, has approved the issuance of the shares of common stock
upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock, and such other
matters as may be required by NASDAQ or SEC rules and requirements
to allow the conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock, into that
number of shares of common stock as equal the Conversion Rate
multiplied by the then outstanding shares of Series D Preferred
Stock. For the purposes of the following sentence: “Conversion
Rate” equals 0.44 shares of Company common stock for each share of
Series D Preferred Stock converted, which equals (i) the
Liquidation Preference ($1.00 per share of Series D Preferred
Stock), divided by (ii) $2.28, the average of the closing sales
prices for the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market
for the 30 days prior to July 15, 2021, rounded to the nearest
hundredths place, subject to equitable adjustment for stock splits
and combinations.
The Company had 0 shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding as
of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022.
Common Stock
During the three-months ended May 31, 2022, the following shares of
common stock were issued:
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209,394 shares of common stock for employee compensation, valued at
$126,640. |
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250,000
shares of common stock for consulting
services, valued at $ 306,001. |
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2,916,667 shares of common stock for assets
purchased, valued at $1,210,417. |
The Company had 111,736,081 and 108,360,020 shares of common stock
issued and outstanding at May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022,
respectively.
Changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries without change
in control
On March 14, 2022, HotPlay (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (“HPT”) received a
promotional privileges approval from the Board of Investment, which
permitted majority foreign ownership, and on April 26, 2022,
HotPlay Enterprise Ltd. (“HPE”) completed the transfer of shares
from existing Thai shareholders without paying consideration in
accordance with the HotPlay Exchange Agreement and ultimately owns
100% interest in HPT. Upon the change in ownership interest in its
subsidiary, the Company has recognized deficit from changing
ownership interest in subsidiaries amounting to $1.6 million in its
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, presented as
deduction in additional paid-in capital. Subsequently, on May 26,
2022, HPT received foreign business license to operate the reserved
business in Thailand.
Common Stock Warrants
The following table sets forth common stock purchase warrants
outstanding as of May 31, 2022, and February 28, 2022, and changes
in such warrants outstanding for the quarter ending May 31,
2022:
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Warrants |
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Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price |
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Outstanding, February 28,
2022 |
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14,811,679 |
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$ |
2.05 |
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Outstanding, May 31, 2022 |
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14,811,679 |
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$ |
2.05 |
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Common stock
issuable upon exercise of warrants |
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|
14,811,679 |
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|
$ |
2.05 |
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Warrant
granted/exercised/forfeited/expired |
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On January 28, 2022, the Company held a Special Meeting of
Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) in a virtual format.
Stockholders did not approve an amendment to the exercise price
provisions of those warrants (the “Warrants”) issued in connection
with a registered direct offering of the Company’s securities
pursuant to that Stock Purchase Agreement entered into by and among
the Company and certain investors on November 1, 2021, and
specifically to remove the $1.97 floor price (the “Floor Price”) of
the Warrants such that the exercise price of the Warrants may be
reduced below the Floor Price in the event that the Company issues
or enters into any agreement to issue securities for consideration
less than the then current exercise price of the warrants (the
“Warrant Amendment”).
On April 22, 2022, the Company held its 2022 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in a virtual format, at which
Annual Meeting the Warrant Amendment was again presented to the
Company’s stockholders for approval, amongst other things.
Stockholders did not approve the Warrant Amendment at the Annual
Meeting.
The Company intends to continue to comply with the requirements
related to stockholder approval of the Warrant Amendment, as set
forth in the relevant transaction documents.
On May 31, 2022, there were warrants outstanding to purchase an
aggregate of 14,811,679 shares of common stock with a weighted
average exercise price of $2.05 and weighted average remaining life
of 0.64 year.
As discussed above, on November 1, 2021, the Company issued
Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 14,240,508 shares of Company
common stock in connection with the Offering. Each whole Warrant
sold in the Offering will be exercisable for one share of common
stock at an initial exercise price of $1.97 per share (the “Initial
Exercise Price”), the closing sales price of the Company’s common
stock on October 29, 2021 (the last trading day prior to the date
that the Purchase Agreement was entered into). The Warrants may be
exercised commencing six months after the issuance date (the
“Initial Exercise Date”) and terminating on the fifth anniversary
of the Initial Exercise Date. The Warrants are exercisable for
cash; provided, however that they may be exercised on a cashless
exercise basis if, at the time of exercise, there is no effective
registration statement registering, or no current prospectus
available for, the issuance or resale of the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The exercise of the
Warrants will be subject to a beneficial ownership limitation,
which will prohibit the exercise thereof, if upon such exercise the
holder of the Warrants, its affiliates and any other persons or
entities acting as a group together with the holder or any of the
holder’s affiliates would hold 4.99% (or, upon election of a
purchaser prior to the issuance of any shares, 9.99%) of the number
of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrant held by the applicable holder, provided
that the holders may increase or decrease the beneficial ownership
limitation (up to a maximum of 9.99%) upon 61 days advance notice
to the Company, which 61 day period cannot be waived.
The Warrants also include certain anti-dilution rights, which
provide that if at any time the Warrants are outstanding, the
Company issues or enters into any agreement to issue, or is deemed
to have issued or entered into an agreement to issue (which
includes the issuance of securities convertible or exercisable for
shares of Common Stock), securities for consideration less than the
then current exercise price of the Warrants, the exercise price of
such Warrants will be automatically reduced to the lowest price per
share of consideration provided or deemed to have been provided for
such securities; provided, however, that unless and until the
Company has received stockholder approval to reduce the exercise
price of the Warrants below $1.97 per share (the “Floor Price”), no
such adjustment to the exercise price may be made. Pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to use its reasonable
best efforts to obtain stockholder approval within 90 days from the
date of the prospectus supplement to remove the Floor Price of the
Warrants. In the event that such stockholder approval is not
obtained within 90 days of the date of the prospectus supplement,
the Company has agreed to hold a special meeting of its
stockholders every three months thereafter, for so long as the
Warrants remain outstanding, to obtain such stockholder
approval.
If the Company fails for any reason to deliver shares of Common
Stock upon the valid exercise of the Warrants, subject to its
receipt of a valid exercise notice and the aggregate exercise
price, by the time period set forth in the Warrants, the Company
will be required to pay the applicable holder, in cash, as
liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of shares
subject to such exercise (as calculated in the Warrant), $10 per
trading day (increasing to $20 per trading day on the third trading
day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each trading
day that such shares are not delivered. The Warrants also include
customary buy-in rights in the event the Company fails to deliver
shares of Common Stock upon exercise thereof within the time
periods set forth in the Warrant.
As of May 31, 2022, none of the Warrants have been exercised by the
holders thereof.
Note 11 – Commitments and Contingencies
The Company entered into an office lease in Sunrise, Florida where
we leased approximately 5,279 square feet of office space at 1560
Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Suite 130, Sunrise, Florida 33323. In
accordance with the terms of the office space lease agreement, the
Company will be renting the commercial office space, for a term of
almost eight years from March 1, 2021, through July 31, 2028.
Additionally, the Group rents office space located in Puerto Rico
and Thailand with lease terms ranging from five to nine years.
The following schedule represents obligations and commitments on
the part of the Company:
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Long Term |
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FYE 2023 |
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FYE 2024 |
|
|
Totals |
|
Office Leases |
|
$ |
383,759 |
|
|
$ |
1,574,961 |
|
|
$ |
1,958,720 |
|
Insurance and
Other |
|
|
138,121 |
|
|
|
7,200 |
|
|
|
145,321 |
|
Totals |
|
$ |
521,880 |
|
|
$ |
1,582,161 |
|
|
$ |
2,104,041 |
|
Legal Matters
The Company is involved, from time to time, in litigation, other
legal claims and proceedings involving matters associated with or
incidental to our business, including, among other things, matters
involving breach of contract claims, intellectual property,
employment issues, and other related claims and vendor matters. The
Company believes that the resolution of currently pending matters
could individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
However, assessment of the current litigation or other legal claims
could change considering the discovery of facts not presently known
to the Company or by judges, juries or other finders of fact, which
are not in accord with management’s evaluation of the possible
liability or outcome of such litigation or claims.
IDS Settlement
On August 15, 2019, the Company entered into an Intellectual
Property Purchase Agreement with IDS Inc. (“IDS” and the “IP
Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the agreement, the Company
purchased certain proprietary technology from IDS for the
reservation and booking of air travel, hotel accommodations, car
rentals, and ancillary products, services, and amenities,
integration of the same with the providers of such products and
services, associated functions, including website addresses,
patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets relating thereto,
and all goodwill associated therewith (collectively, the “IP
Assets”). In consideration for the purchase, the Company issued IDS
1,968,000 restricted shares of Company common stock (the “IDS
Shares”) valued at $2.50 per share, or $4,920,000 in the
aggregate.
On April 27, 2020, the Company filed a verified complaint for
injunctive relief against IDS and TD Assets Holding, LLC (“TD
Asset”), Navarro McKown, Aaron McKown and Ari Daniels, which
parties are affiliated with IDS, in the Circuit Court of the
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida
(Case No. CACE-20-007088). Pursuant to the complaint, the Company
alleged causes of action against the defendants, including IDS,
based on among other things, fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud,
aiding and abetting fraud, rescission, and breach of contract, and
sought a temporary and permanent injunction against the defendants,
requiring such persons to return the 1,968,000 IDS Shares issued
pursuant to the terms of the IP Purchase Agreement and preventing
such persons from selling or transferring any IDS Shares, sought
damages from the defendants, rescission of the IP Purchase
Agreement, attorneys fees and other amounts. The defendants
subsequently filed various counterclaims against the Company.
On April 29, 2020, the Company filed a Verified Motion for
Temporary Injunction (the “Injunction Motion”). Defendants IDS, TD
Assets, and Ari Daniels filed an answer, affirmative defenses, and
counterclaims (the “Answer and Counterclaim”). The Answer and
Counterclaim included alleged breach of contract and tort claims
against the Company. On September 17, 2020, the Company moved to
strike the affirmative defenses and dismiss the counterclaims. On
October 15, 2020, defendants IDS, TD Assets, and Ari Daniels filed
an amended Answer and Counterclaim, including alleged breach of
contract, tort, and federal securities claims against the Company,
Mr. William Kerby, our Co-Chief Executive Officer and an employee
of the Company.
On July 27, 2020, the Company entered into a confidential
settlement agreement with certain of the defendants in the IDS
matter, Navarro Hernandez, P.L., Aaron M. McKown, and Jeffery S.
Bailey. The settlement provided for mutual releases of the parties
and amounts payable from such parties to the Company in four
tranches, in consideration for such settlement, of which all such
payments have been timely paid pursuant to the terms of the
settlement.
The remaining parties to the litigation subsequently attempted to
mediate their claims pursuant to a court ordered mediation in
February 2021.
Effective on May 18, 2021, the Company, IDS, TD Asset and Ari
Daniels, the principal of IDS, entered into an Amendment to
Intellectual Property Purchase Agreement (the “IP Purchase
Amendment”). Pursuant to the IP Purchase Agreement, the parties
amended the IP Purchase Agreement, with the Company agreeing to
make a payment to IDS in the amount of $2,850,000 (the “Payment”),
payable by way of an initial payment of $500,000, and twelve
monthly payments of approximately $195,833 (collectively, the
“Required Payments”), with such monthly payments beginning 30 days
after the initial payment, which is due seven days after the date
of the IP Purchase Amendment. Such monthly payments may be pre-paid
at any time without penalty. At the Company’s option, any portion
of the amount due may be paid to IDS by a party separate from the
Company (either a related party of the Company or a third-party) (a
“Paying Party”), for the benefit of the Company, which shall be
treated for all purposes as a payment by the Company. As
consideration for such Paying Party making such payment on behalf
of the Company, IDS agreed to transfer the Paying Party a number of
the IDS Shares equal to the amount of the cash payment(s) made by a
Paying Party multiplied by 0.6888 as to the first $500,000 payment,
and 0.691 as to the monthly payments (as applicable, the
“Applicable Portion” of the IDS Shares). Upon each payment of
amounts due to IDS pursuant to the terms of the IP Agreement
Amendment as discussed above by the Company (instead of a Paying
Party), IDS agreed to transfer the portion of the IDS Shares equal
to the Applicable Portion, to the Company.
Pursuant to the IP Purchase Amendment, on May 19, 2021, the Company
made the initial payment of $500,000. Thereafter, the first 344,400
shares of common stock repurchased by the Company were returned to
treasury and cancelled.
On September 27, 2021, the Court entered the Agreed Order. The
Court ordered that:
|
(i) |
the
Company resume the monthly payment on or before September 28, 2021
(which payment has not been made due to failure of IDS to provide
required documents); |
|
(ii) |
$24,583.33
shall be paid monthly to one of IDS’s counsel and the balance of
each payment shall be paid to the IDS Defendants; |
|
(iii) |
$20,000
of the 12th monthly payments shall be withheld pending
further order of the court; and |
|
(iv) |
NextPlay
(formerly Monaker) was awarded its fees and costs associated with
the filing of the Motion. |
As of May 31, 2022, IDS still has not provided any of the necessary
documents in order make the stock transfers. The entire IDS
Settlement, agreements, and amendment are part of the proposed sale
of NextTrip, whereby upon closing of the proposed transaction, the
IDS settlement will no longer be a responsibility of the Company;
provided, however, that, if the Company fails to make certain
required installment payments to NextTrip within five (5) business
days of being due, such IDS payment obligations will revert back to
the Company.
Litigation between Axion and NextPlay
On January 15, 2021, Axion filed a civil claim in the Supreme Court
of British Columbia (Action No. S-209245), against J. Todd Bonner,
Chairman of the Company’s board of directors, Nithinan
Boonyawattanapisut, our Co-Chief Executive Officer and director,
the Company, William Kerby, our Co-Chief Executive Officer, Cern
One Limited, Red Anchor Trading Corp., CC Asia Pacific Ventures
Ltd., HotPlay, HotPlay (Thailand) Ltd., Next Fintech Holdings, Inc.
(formerly Longroot, Inc.). and certain other parties. The claim
alleges that Mr. Bonner and his wife, Ms. Boonyawattanapisut, used
their positions as directors and officers of Axion and certain of
its subsidiaries, together with the other defendants, to unlawfully
take ownership of Axion’s subsidiaries and assets, including its
intellectual property. Axion’s claim includes causes of action for
conspiracy and fraud; theft of Axion intellectual property and
ownership of Longroot; an investor scheme; breaches of fiduciary
duty by Mr. Bonner and Ms. Boonyawattanapisut and others;
negligence; knowing assistance of breach of fiduciary duty;
collective trust; knowing receipt of trust property; knowing
assistance in dishonest conduct; unjust enrichment; and breach of
honest performance. The claim seeks general and special damages for
conspiracy, damages for breaches of fiduciary duties, accountings
and repayments of amounts alleged improperly paid, including to the
Company, interim, interlocutory and permanent injunctions,
rescission of the issuance of shares of Longroot Cayman;
restitution; the return of Axion’s intellectual property; and other
accountings, damages, punitive damages, interest and special
costs.
On April 9, 2021, the Company, on behalf of itself, Mr. Kerby and
Next Fintech Holdings, Inc. (formerly Longroot, Inc.), filed a
response to Axion’s claim whereby all such parties disputed Axion’s
claims and argued all such transactions involving the Company, Mr.
Kerby and Next Fintech which are the subject of Axion’s claims were
legitimate and pleading various other defenses. The Company, Mr.
Kerby and Next Fintech dispute Axion’s claims and continue to
vigorously defend themselves against the allegations made.
The lawsuit states that J. Todd Bonner, Nithinan ‘Jess’
Boonyawattanapisut, Cern One Limited, and Red Anchor Trading Corp.
made loans totaling USD $9,141,372 to the defendants at various
times between March 2018 and June 2020. Mr. Bonner is the
Co-Chairman of NextPlay, and a past CEO and Director of Axion. His
wife, Ms. Boonyawattanapisut, is the Co-CEO of NextPlay. On or
about July 21, 2020, the Company and the lenders entered into a
share exchange agreement whereby the lenders transferred rights to
repayment of USD $7,657,023 of the debt owed by defendants plus
interest to the Company, in exchange for Company stock or warrants.
On or about August 23, 2021, counsel for NextPlay demanded
repayment of the debts owed by the defendants, and defendants have
not paid any portion of the amounts due.
On September 1, 2021, the Company filed a lawsuit in the Supreme
Court of British Columbia (Action No. S-217835) under the Canadian
Foreign Money Claims Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 155). The defendants
are Axion; Axion Interactive Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Axion; and Ying Pei Digital Technology (Shanghai) Company Ltd., a
Chinese wholly-owned subsidiary of Axion. NextPlay owns
approximately 33.85% of the outstanding shares of Axion.
The Company alleges debts that the defendants refuse to pay
totaling USD $7,657,023, under various promissory notes and loan
agreements acquired by the Company in July 2020. The Company also
seeks interest on the past-due amounts and costs associated with
collection.
In November 2021, the Company commenced a new claim for the debt
claimed to reflect the difference between what was owed and what
the Company is claiming to avoid double-claiming.
In February 2022, the court was receptive to loans related evidence
(e.g. loan agreements, bank statements, board resolutions, etc.),
and that it will be further resolved together with other Axion
issues in the next trial. The summary trial judge has advised that
he wishes to take case management over this and several related
proceedings, It is anticipated that the trial of this action would
be reset for 12 weeks sometime in 2023 or early 2024, a new trial
date has not been determined. Document and oral discovery are
ongoing, which will be necessary for the parties to make full
disclosure on all issues.
As of May 31, 2022, there has been no significant update in the
court proceedings.
Note 12 – Business Segment Reporting
Accounting Standards Codification 280-10 “Segment Reporting”
established standards for reporting information about operating
segments in annual consolidated financial statements and required
selected information about operating segments in interim financial
reports issued to stockholders. It also established standards for
related disclosures about products, services, and geographic areas.
Operating segments are defined as components of the enterprise
about which separate financial information is available that is
evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or
decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in
assessing performance.
As of May 31, 2022, the Company has two operating segments
consisting of (i) the NextMedia Division, which consists of
HotPlay, and (ii) the NextFinTech Division, which consists of
Longroot and NextBank. The Company’s chief operating decision
makers are considered to be the Co-Chief Executive Officers. The
chief operating decision makers allocate resources and assesses
performance of the business and other activities at the single
operating segment level. At the reporting date, only NextFinTech
generated revenue from operation.
As described in Note 14 for the strategic sales of NextTrip and
Reinhart/Zappware units, the business of NextTrip represented the
entirety of the NextTrip operating segment and Reinhart Digital TV
was a part of NextMedia operating segment prior to being classified
as held for sale. As of May 31, 2022, they were classified as held
for sale and therefore no longer presented in segment
reporting.
Schedule of segments
For
the three months ended May 31, 2022 |
|
NextFinTech |
|
|
NextMedia |
|
|
Totals |
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
466,551 |
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
|
$ |
466,551 |
|
Cost of
Revenue |
|
$ |
102,967 |
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
|
$ |
102,967 |
|
Gross
Profit |
|
$ |
363,584 |
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
|
$ |
363,584 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and
administrative |
|
$ |
841,604 |
|
|
$ |
141,206 |
|
|
$ |
982,810 |
|
Salaries and
benefits |
|
|
850,797 |
|
|
|
258,852 |
|
|
|
1,109,649 |
|
Depreciation
and Amortization |
|
|
25,366 |
|
|
|
146,598 |
|
|
|
171,964 |
|
Others |
|
|
136,037 |
|
|
|
45,325 |
|
|
|
181,362 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
$ |
1,853,804 |
|
|
$ |
591,981 |
|
|
$ |
2,445,785 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Loss |
|
$ |
(1,490,220 |
) |
|
$ |
(591,981 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,082,201 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Income/(Expense) |
|
$ |
35,228 |
|
|
$ |
(10,100 |
) |
|
$ |
25,128 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) before tax – reportable segment |
|
$ |
(1,454,992 |
) |
|
$ |
(602,081 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,057,073 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unallocated
distribution and administrative expenses and finance cost: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- General and
administrative |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,320,245 |
|
- Salaries and
benefits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
319,795 |
|
- Other
operating expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
784,233 |
|
- Interest
expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
145,385 |
|
-
Other income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(22,992 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,546,667 |
|
Net
(loss) before tax from continuing operation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(4,603,740 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment
assets |
|
|
49,744,076 |
|
|
|
19,838,787 |
|
|
|
69,582,863 |
|
Unallocated
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,388,861 |
|
Assets from discontinued operation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,514,136 |
|
Total asset |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
106,485,860 |
|
For the three
months ended May 31, 2021 |
|
HotPlay |
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
—
|
|
Cost of Revenue |
|
$ |
—
|
|
Gross
Profit |
|
$ |
—
|
|
There were no reconciling or inter-company items between segments
during the three-month period ended May 31, 2022.
There was only one segment for the three-month period ended May 31,
2021.
Schedule of geographic information
Revenue |
|
For three
months
ended
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
For three
months
ended
May 31,
2021
|
|
United States and Puerto
Rico |
|
$ |
466,551 |
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
Long-lived Assets
|
|
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
February 28,
2022 |
|
United States and Puerto
Rico |
|
$ |
40,673,604 |
|
|
$ |
44,128,496 |
|
Europe |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
11,913,658 |
|
Thailand |
|
|
10,129,772 |
|
|
|
9,951,343 |
|
|
|
$ |
50,803,376 |
|
|
$ |
65,993,497 |
|
Note 13 – Fair Value Measurements
The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 820, Fair Value
Measurements, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value in GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair
value measurements. ASC 820 does not require any new fair value
measurements but provides guidance on how to measure fair value by
providing a fair value hierarchy used to classify the source of the
information. The fair value hierarchy distinguishes between
assumptions based on market data (observable inputs) and an
entity’s own assumptions (unobservable inputs).
The hierarchy consists of three levels:
|
● |
Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities. |
|
● |
Level 2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either
directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets of
liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other
inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable
market data for substantially the full term of the assets or
liabilities. |
|
● |
Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no
market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the
assets or liabilities. |
Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the
fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and
considers factors specific to the asset or liability.
Other financial instruments of the Company are short-term in nature
or carrying interest at rates close to the market interest rates,
their fair value is not expected to be materially different from
the amounts presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Fair value of financial instruments
The methods and assumptions used by the Grouping estimating the
fair value of financial instruments are as follows:
a) For financial assets and liabilities which have short-term
maturities, including cash and cash equivalents, short term
investment, accounts receivable, loans receivable, unbilled
receivables, other receivables, line of credit and notes payable
and accounts payable, the carrying amounts in the balance sheets
approximate their fair value.
b) The fair value of investment in unconsolidated affiliates is
generally derived from quoted market prices or based on generally
accepted pricing models when no market price is available.
Note 14– Subsequent Events
Sales plan - Reinhart
Digital TV (Zappware) and NextTrip to TGS Esports,
Inc
On June 28, 2022, the Company entered into a series of agreements,
including a Securities Exchange Agreement, with William Kerby, the
Company’s co-Chief Executive Officer and director, Donald P.
Monaco, a director of the Company, and British Columbia-based TGS
E-Sports Inc. (TSX-V: TGS, OTC: TGSEF), a public company whose
securities are listed for trading on the Canadian TSX Venture
Exchange, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to sell the
Company’s travel business, NextTrip Group, LLC, and its 51%
ownership of Reinhart Digital TV (the 100% owner of Zappware) to
TGS in exchange for securities of TGS , as discussed in further
detail below. TGS is a leading esports tournament solutions
provider.
Prior to the execution of the securities exchange agreement,
NextTrip issued an aggregate of 915,000 units in NextTrip to
Messrs. Kerby and Monaco to resolve certain management unit
issuances provided for in NextTrip’s Operating Agreement as
consideration for services rendered.
As consideration for the sale, upon closing of the transaction, (i)
the Company will receive 232,380,952 shares of newly created TGS
Preferred stock, valued at $12.2 million, and (ii) Messrs. Kerby
and Monaco, both of whom hold certain equity interests in NextTrip
(discussed above), will receive an aggregate of 69,714,286 TGS
common shares, valued at $3.66 million, of which 11,619,048 TGS
common shares will be held in escrow for a period of time. The
TGS Preferred shares will be redeemable in certain situations, can
be sold subject to certain transfer restrictions (including a right
of first refusal in favor of TGS), and may be converted into shares
of TGS common shares in certain limited circumstances, including
mandatory conversion upon the occurrence of certain events. In the
event that the TGS Preferred shares are converted into shares of
TGS common shares by the Company at any time, the Company is
obligated to distributed all such shares of TGS common shares in a
stock dividend to its shareholders. Concurrently with a
determination to convert the TGS Preferred shares into shares of
TGS common shares, if ever, the Company will set a shareholder
record date for a special dividend to distribute all of the common
shares of TGS held by the Company to the Company’s shareholders, on
a pro-rata basis.
Concurrently with the execution of the Securities Exchange
Agreement, the Company, NextTrip, Reinhart and TGS entered into a
separation agreement (the “Separation Agreement”) to further
document the separation of NextTrip and Reinhart from the Company
and to assign, transfer and convey certain assets and liabilities
held in NextTrip or the Company’s name, respectively, to NextTrip
or the Company, respectively, to allow for the separation of the
businesses in the Securities Exchange Agreement at closing of the
transaction.
Further, the Separation Agreement terminates certain intercompany
agreements and accounts by and between the parties at closing of
the transaction, sets rights related to confidentiality,
non-disclosure and maintenance of attorney-client privilege matters
and also provides for a mutual release by and among the Company,
NextTrip and Reinhart for all pre-closing claims between themselves
and their officers, directors, affiliates, successors and
assigns.
In addition, the Separation Agreement provides for the contribution
of (i) $1.5 million to NextTrip and (ii) an additional $1.5 million
in ten (10) equal monthly installments beginning July 1, 2022, in
exchange for NextTrip, as of May 1, agreeing to assume the ongoing
operating expenses of NextTrip and Reinhart. NextTrip has also
agreed to assume payments under that certain payment obligation of
the Company pursuant an Amendment to Intellectual Property Purchase
Agreement effective May 18, 2021 by and between the Company, IDS
Inc., TD Assets Holding LLC, and Ari Daniels in the approximate
amount of $2,500,000, provided, however, that, if the Company fails
to make any of the above installment payments within five (5)
business days of being due, that such IDS payment obligation
reverts back to the Company.
Closing of the transaction remains subject to various conditions,
including (without limitation) regulatory approvals and
consummation of a financing by TGS, and is expected to occur in the
second half of 2022. Additionally, as a further condition of
closing the transaction, TGS shall hold a shareholder meeting as
soon as reasonably practicable to approve the transaction, an
amendment to the articles of incorporation of TGS to create the TGS
Preferred, a 40:1 share consolidation (reverse stock split) and
related matters (collectively, the “Transaction Proposals”). In
connection with the shareholder meeting, TGS is also obligated to
file a circular with the Canadian securities authorities in
accordance with Canadian law and the policies of the TSXV. No
assurances can be provided that the closing conditions will be
satisfied, or that the transaction will be consummated on the
anticipated timeline, or at all.
In addition, in order to induce the Company to enter into the
Securities Exchange Agreement, certain TGS shareholders agreed to
enter into a voting support agreement pursuant to which they agreed
to vote their TGS common shares in favor of the Transaction
Proposals.
At closing of the transaction, the Company shall enter into (i) a
right of first refusal and distribution agreement that governs
certain rights between the parties with respect to the subsequent
disposition of the TGS Preferred Shares, and (ii) a stock escrow
agreement, pursuant to which a portion of the TGS common shares
issued to Messrs. Kerby and Monaco will be held in escrow for a
period of up to four (4) years (the “Escrow Period”) at which
point, if the following conditions have not been met, such Escrow
Shares will be canceled and returned to TGS’ treasury: (x) the TGS
common share trading price at the time of a conversion of Preferred
Shares by the Company occurs is at or above $0.06375 (a 115%
premium on the closing price), or (y) the Preferred Shares are sold
or redeemed by the Company at or above a price of $14,030,000 (a
115% premium).
At the closing of the transaction, the board of directors of TGS
will consist of seven members, five of whom will be designated by
Messrs. Kerby and Monaco and two of which will be designated by Mr.
Spiro Khouri of TGS.
The transaction, once consummated, is expected to streamline the
Company’s business operations and management, improve capital
allocation, and is expected to unlock shareholder value by offering
investors a pure-play investment in the Digital Media and Financial
Technology sectors.
As a result of the foregoing, as of May 31, 2022, Reinhart/Zappware
and NextTrip were no longer consolidated nor treated as a division
of the Company; accordingly, for the three-month period ended May
31, 2022, the Company had two remaining reportable business
segments: NextFinTech and NextMedia.
In connection with the sale plan, the Company has reclassified
certain assets and liabilities to present as held for sale. As of
May 31, 2022, the Company has classified goodwill and intangible
assets as held for sale in current assets as follows:
|
|
As of May 31, 2022 |
|
|
|
Reinhart
/Zappware |
|
|
NextTrip |
|
|
Total |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount |
|
$ |
16,818,456 |
|
|
$ |
5,191,082 |
|
|
|
22,009,538 |
|
Accumulated
translation adjustment |
|
|
(983,733 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(983,733 |
) |
Allowance for impairment loss |
|
|
(5,040,460 |
) |
|
|
(5,191,082 |
) |
|
|
(10,231,542 |
) |
Goodwill, net |
|
$ |
10,794,263 |
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
|
$ |
10,794,263 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net book
value |
|
$ |
7,525,588 |
|
|
$ |
3,965,122 |
|
|
|
11,490,710 |
|
Allowance for impairment loss |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1,681,874 |
) |
|
|
(1,681,874 |
) |
Intangible assets, net |
|
$ |
7,525,588 |
|
|
$ |
2,283,248 |
|
|
$ |
9,808,836 |
|
During the three-month period ended May 31, 2022, the Company
performed the impairment assessment and recognized the impairment
loss in operation loss from discontinued operations to reflect the
expected recoverable amount, comprised of impairment loss on
intangible assets of NextTrip amounting to $0.5 million, and
impairment loss on goodwill of Reinhart/Zappware, amounting to $0.1
million.
As of February 28, 2022, the Company has classified goodwill and
intangible assets as held for sale in non-current assets as
follows:
|
|
As of February 28, 2022 |
|
|
|
Reinhart
/Zappware |
|
|
NextTrip |
|
|
Total |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount |
|
$ |
16,818,456 |
|
|
$ |
5,191,082 |
|
|
$ |
22,009,538 |
|
Accumulated
translation adjustment |
|
|
(844,568 |
) |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(844,568 |
) |
Allowance for impairment loss |
|
|
(4,977,023 |
) |
|
|
(5,191,082 |
) |
|
|
(10,168,105 |
) |
Goodwill, net |
|
$ |
10,996,865 |
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
|
$ |
10,996,865 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net book
value |
|
$ |
6,468,491 |
|
|
$ |
2,525,142 |
|
|
|
8,993,633 |
|
Allowance for impairment loss |
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1,215,746 |
) |
|
|
(1,215,746 |
) |
Intangible assets, net |
|
$ |
6,468,491 |
|
|
$ |
1,309,396 |
|
|
$ |
7,777,887 |
|
During the year ended February 28, 2022, the Company performed the
impairment assessment and recognized the impairment loss for
goodwill and intangible assets of Reinhart/Zappware and NextTrip
units, as we assessed that the fair value from expected recoverable
selling price was lower than the book value, therefore recorded
impairment on goodwill amounted to $10.2 million, comprised
Reinhart/Zappware in amount $5.0 million and NextTrip in amount
$5.2 million and impairment loss on intangible assets of NextTrip
amounting to $1.2 million.
The business of NextTrip represented the entirety of the NextTrip
operating segment and Reinhart Digital TV was a part of NextMedia
operating segment until February 28, 2022. Comparative figures
included in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial
statements have been reclassified to conform with current period
presentation.
The detail of assets and liabilities classified as held for sale as
of May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022 were as follows:
|
|
Reinhart/Zappware |
|
|
|
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
February 28,
2022 |
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalent |
|
$ |
1,194,230 |
|
|
|
2,185,719 |
|
Accounts
receivable, net |
|
|
1,073,312 |
|
|
|
839,612 |
|
Unbilled
receivables |
|
|
1,819,470 |
|
|
|
3,275,229 |
|
Other
receivable |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,251 |
|
Work in
progress |
|
|
647,743 |
|
|
|
691,863 |
|
Prepaid expenses
and other current assets |
|
|
194,514 |
|
|
|
123,084 |
|
Intangible
assets, net |
|
|
7,525,588 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Goodwill,
net |
|
|
10,794,263 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Computers,
furniture and equipment, net |
|
|
131,766 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Operating lease
right-of-use asset |
|
|
1,935,764 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Security deposits |
|
|
59,105 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total current
assets held for sale |
|
|
25,375,755 |
|
|
|
7,118,758 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible
assets, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
6,468,491 |
|
Goodwill,
net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
10,996,865 |
|
Computers,
furniture and equipment, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
149,791 |
|
Operating lease
right-of-use asset |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,067,942 |
|
Security deposits |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
71,401 |
|
Total non
current assets held for sale |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
19,754,490 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets |
|
$ |
25,375,755 |
|
|
|
26,873,248 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Line of credit
and notes payable, net |
|
$ |
3,030,849 |
|
|
|
2,878,274 |
|
Accounts payable
and accrued expenses |
|
|
3,138,538 |
|
|
|
3,557,080 |
|
Other current
liabilities |
|
|
264,906 |
|
|
|
264,905 |
|
Deferred
revenue |
|
|
1,007,698 |
|
|
|
2,040,787 |
|
Current portion of operating lease liability |
|
|
1,935,765 |
|
|
|
493,622 |
|
Total current liabilities held for sale |
|
|
9,377,755 |
|
|
|
9,234,668 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Line of Credit
and Notes Payable Long Term, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
270,808 |
|
Operating lease
liability, net of current portion |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,574,320 |
|
Other long term liability |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
28,761 |
|
Total non
current liabilities held for sale |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,873,889 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
|
$ |
9,377,755 |
|
|
|
11,108,557 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset |
|
$ |
15,998,000 |
|
|
|
15,764,691 |
|
|
|
NextTrip |
|
|
|
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
February 28,
2022 |
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalent |
|
$ |
536,429 |
|
|
|
151,122 |
|
Accounts
receivable, net |
|
|
3,856 |
|
|
|
1,056 |
|
Other
receivable |
|
|
204,891 |
|
|
|
1,197 |
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets |
|
|
66,227 |
|
|
|
60,861 |
|
Intangible
assets, net |
|
|
2,283,248 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Computers,
furniture and equipment, net |
|
|
28,730 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Security deposits |
|
|
15,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total current
assets held for sale |
|
|
3,138,381 |
|
|
|
214,236 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible
assets, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,309,396 |
|
Computers,
furniture and equipment, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
41,671 |
|
Security deposits |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
15,000 |
|
Total non
current assets held for sale |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,366,067 |
|
Total
assets |
|
$ |
3,138,381 |
|
|
|
1,580,303 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses |
|
|
449,837 |
|
|
|
315,595 |
|
Deferred
revenue |
|
|
147,544 |
|
|
|
157,790 |
|
Total current liabilities held for sale |
|
|
597,381 |
|
|
|
473,385 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
$ |
597,381 |
|
|
|
473,385 |
|
Net asset |
|
|
2,541,000 |
|
|
|
1,106,918 |
|
|
|
Total assets and
liabilities held for sale |
|
|
|
May 31,
2022 |
|
|
February 28,
2022 |
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalent |
|
|
1,730,659 |
|
|
|
2,336,841 |
|
Accounts
receivable, net |
|
|
1,077,168 |
|
|
|
840,668 |
|
Unbilled
receivables |
|
|
1,819,470 |
|
|
|
3,275,229 |
|
Other
receivable |
|
|
204,891 |
|
|
|
4,448 |
|
Work in
progress |
|
|
647,743 |
|
|
|
691,863 |
|
Prepaid expenses
and other current assets |
|
|
260,741 |
|
|
|
183,945 |
|
Intangible
assets, net |
|
|
9,808,836 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Goodwill,
net |
|
|
10,794,263 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Computers,
furniture and equipment, net |
|
|
160,496 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Operating lease
right-of-use asset |
|
|
1,935,764 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Security deposits |
|
|
74,105 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total current
assets held for sale |
|
|
28,514,136 |
|
|
|
7,332,994 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible
assets, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
7,777,887 |
|
Goodwill,
net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
10,996,865 |
|
Computers,
furniture and equipment, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
191,462 |
|
Operating lease
right-of-use asset |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,067,942 |
|
Security deposits |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
86,401 |
|
Total non
current assets held for sale |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
21,120,557 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets |
|
|
28,514,136 |
|
|
|
28,453,551 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Line of credit
and notes payable, net |
|
|
3,030,849 |
|
|
|
2,878,274 |
|
Accounts payable
and accrued expenses |
|
|
3,588,375 |
|
|
|
3,872,675 |
|
Other current
liabilities |
|
|
264,906 |
|
|
|
264,905 |
|
Deferred
revenue |
|
|
1,155,242 |
|
|
|
2,198,577 |
|
Operating lease liability |
|
|
1,935,765 |
|
|
|
493,622 |
|
Total current liabilities held for sale |
|
|
9,975,136 |
|
|
|
9,708,053 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Line of Credit
and Notes Payable Long Term, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
270,808 |
|
Operating lease
liability, net of current portion |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,574,320 |
|
Other long term liability |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
28,761 |
|
Total non
current liabilities held for sale |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,873,889 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
|
9,975,136 |
|
|
|
11,581,942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset |
|
|
18,539,000 |
|
|
|
16,871,609 |
|
The Consideration expected to be received by the Company upon
closing of the transaction – Nonvoting convertible preferred shares
of TGS compared with net book value of selling assets as of May 31,
2022 were as follows:
Net asset of
Reinhart/Zappware as of May 31, 2022 |
|
|
15,998,000 |
|
Net asset of
NextTrip as of May 31, 2022 |
|
|
2,541,000 |
|
Total net
asset |
|
|
18,539,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional cash contribution to TGS
per agreement |
|
|
3,000,000 |
|
Cash
transferred to NextTrip in May 2022 |
|
|
(1,500,000 |
) |
|
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Fair value of Reinhart/Zappware – non-controlling
interest |
|
|
(7,839,000 |
) |
Consideration expected to receive – Nonvoting convertible preferred
shares of TGS |
|
|
12,200,000 |
|
The operating results of held-for-sale entities included in the
Company’s Statement of Comprehensive Income for the three-month
period ended May 31, 2022 were as follows:
For the three months ended May 31,
2022 |
|
Reinhart/
Zappware |
|
|
NextTrip |
|
|
Total |
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
4,027,662 |
|
|
$ |
171,751 |
|
|
$ |
4,199,413 |
|
Cost of Revenue |
|
|
1,315,768 |
|
|
|
135,885 |
|
|
|
1,451,653 |
|
Gross Profit |
|
$ |
2,711,894 |
|
|
$ |
35,866 |
|
|
$ |
2,747,760 |
|
Operating expenses |
|
|
1,741,033 |
|
|
|
1,171,260 |
|
|
|
2,912,293 |
|
Other Expense |
|
|
117,216 |
|
|
|
526,497 |
|
|
|
643,713 |
|
Net profit (loss) before tax for the period
from discontinued operations |
|
$ |
853,645 |
|
|
$ |
(1,661,891 |
) |
|
$ |
(808,246 |
) |
Estimated corporate taxes |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Net profit (loss) after tax for the period
from discontinued operations |
|
$ |
853,645 |
|
|
$ |
(1,661,891 |
) |
|
$ |
(808,246 |
) |
Share profit of non-controlling
interest |
|
|
418,286 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
418,286 |
|
Net profit (loss) from discontinued
operation attributable to parent |
|
|
435,359 |
|
|
|
(1,661,891 |
) |
|
|
(1,226,532 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Comprehensive (loss)
income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency Translation from
discontinued operation |
|
$ |
(746,581 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(746,581 |
) |
Comprehensive (loss) income |
|
$ |
107,064 |
|
|
$ |
(1,661,891 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,554,827 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation allocated
to: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity holders of the Company |
|
$ |
(380,756 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(380,756 |
) |
Non-controlling interests of the
subsidiaries |
|
|
(365,825 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(365,825 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(746,581 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(746,581 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive (loss) income attributable
to: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity holders of the Company |
|
$ |
54,603 |
|
|
$ |
(1,661,891 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,607,288 |
) |
Non-controlling interests of the
subsidiaries |
|
|
52,461 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
52,461 |
|
|
|
$ |
107,064 |
|
|
$ |
(1,661,891 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,554,827 |
) |
The operating result included in the Company’s Statement of
Comprehensive income for the three-month period ended May 31, 2021
represented HotPlay only.
The net cashflow of held-for-sale entities are included in the
Company’s cash flow statement for the three-month period ended May
31, 2022 were as follows:
|
|
Reinhart/
Zappware |
|
|
NextTrip |
|
|
Total |
|
Net cash flows from (used
in) operating activities |
|
$ |
(312,682 |
) |
|
$ |
1,584,429 |
|
|
$ |
1,271,747 |
|
Net cash flows used in investing
activities |
|
|
(550,517 |
) |
|
|
(2,699,122 |
) |
|
|
(3,249,639 |
) |
Net cash flows
from (used in) financing activities |
|
|
(128,290 |
) |
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
|
1,371,710 |
|
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalent |
|
$ |
(991,489 |
) |
|
$ |
385,307 |
|
|
$ |
(606,182 |
) |
No cashflow of held-for-sale entities are included in the Company’s
cash flow statement for the three-month period ended May 31, 2021,
as it represented HotPlay only.
June 2022 Promissory
Notes
On June 13, 2022, the Company entered into two promissory notes,
each in the principal amount of approximately CAD $231,121 (USD
$178,234), with its former legal counsel, which notes were issued,
along with a CAD $10,000 (USD $7,712) in lieu of immediate payment
of outstanding amounts payable to such counsel for legal services
previously rendered to the Company. The first note will mature on
July 31, 2022, and the second note will mature on September 1,
2022; provided, however, that if the Company fails to repay the
first note in full on or before its maturity date, then the second
note will automatically become immediately due and payable. Both
notes are unsecured and accrue interest at a rate of 18% per
annum.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations.
General Information
This information should be read in conjunction with the interim
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes
thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the
“Report”), and Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28,
2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21,
2022.
Certain capitalized terms used below and otherwise defined below,
have the meanings given to such terms in the footnotes to our
consolidated financial statements included above under “Part I -
Financial Information - Item 1. Financial Statements”.
Our logo and some of our trademarks and tradenames are used in this
Report. This Report also includes trademarks, tradenames and
service marks that are the property of others. Solely for
convenience, trademarks, tradenames and service marks referred to
in this Report may appear without the ®, ™ and SM symbols.
References to our trademarks, tradenames and service marks are not
intended to indicate in any way that we will not assert to the
fullest extent under applicable law our rights or the rights of the
applicable licensors if any, nor that respective owners to other
intellectual property rights will not assert, to the fullest extent
under applicable law, their rights thereto. We do not intend the
use or display of other companies’ trademarks and trade names to
imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by,
any other companies.
The market data and certain other statistical information used
throughout this Report are based on independent industry
publications, reports by market research firms or other independent
sources that we believe to be reliable sources. Industry
publications and third-party research, surveys and studies
generally indicate that their information has been obtained from
sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the
accuracy or completeness of such information. We are responsible
for all of the disclosures contained in this Report, and we believe
these industry publications and third-party research, surveys and
studies are reliable. While we are not aware of any misstatements
regarding any third-party information presented in this Report,
their estimates, in particular, as they relate to projections,
involve numerous assumptions, are subject to risks and
uncertainties, and are subject to change based on various factors,
including those discussed under, and incorporated by reference in,
the section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of this Report. These
and other factors could cause our future performance to differ
materially from our assumptions and estimates. Some market and
other data included herein, as well as the data of competitors as
they relate to NextPlay Technologies, Inc., is also based on our
good faith estimates.
Unless the context requires otherwise, references to the “Company,”
“we,” “us,” “our,” and “NextPlay” refer specifically to NextPlay
Technologies, Inc., formerly Monaker Group, Inc., and its
consolidated subsidiaries.
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addition, unless the context otherwise requires and for the
purposes of this report only:
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Where You Can Find Other Information
We file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form
10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy and information statements
and amendments to reports filed or furnished pursuant to Sections
13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC. The SEC maintains
a website (https://www.sec.gov)
that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other
information regarding us and other companies that file materials
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available on our website at www.nextplaytechnologies.com. We do not
incorporate the information on or accessible through our websites
into this filing, and you should not consider any information on,
or that can be accessed through, our websites as part of this
filing.
Summary of The Information Contained in Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is provided in addition to the
accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes to assist
readers in understanding our results of operations, financial
condition, and cash flows. MD&A is organized as follows:
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OVERVIEW
During the three month period ended May 31, 2022, NextPlay
Technologies, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is
building a technology solutions company, offering games, in-game
advertising, digital asset products and services to consumers and
corporations within a growing worldwide digital ecosystem.
NextPlay’s engaging products and services utilize innovative
advertising technology (“AdTech”), Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)
and financial technology (“FinTech”) solutions to leverage the
strengths and channels of its existing and acquired
technologies.
As of May 31, 2022, NextPlay is organized into two divisions: (i)
NextMedia, the Company’s Interactive Digital Media Division and
(ii) NextFinTech, the Company’s Finance and Technology
Division.
NextMedia
Division
HotPlay
HotPlay Enterprise Limited (“HotPlay”), which is wholly-owned by
NextPlay, is an in-game advertising (“IGA”) platform that delivers
advertisements into video games without disrupting gameplay,
enabling video games to monetize without compromising on the
integrity of the game. The platform enables advertisers and
merchants of all sizes to hyper-locally deliver promotional coupons
to gamers, offering them real world rewards from playing video
games. Video games could also deliver relevant virtual rewards
through the platform in order to increase retention rate.
Upon receiving the rewards, gamers are able to access them via the
HotPlay redemption mobile application (“Redemption App”). The
redemption app also features a list of games integrated with
HotPlay IGA, giving video games visibility among the HotPlay user
base.
In order to increase HotPlay IGA adoption among third party video
game developers, HotPlay has established an in-house game
development studio dedicated to developing casual and hyper-casual
games that help showcase the capabilities of our technology.
NextFinTech
Division
Next Fintech
NextPlay owns 100% of Next Fintech Holdings, Inc. (formerly
Longroot, Inc.) (“Next Fintech”), which in turn owns 75% of
Longroot Limited, a Cayman Islands company (“Longroot Cayman”).
Longroot Cayman owns 49% of the outstanding ordinary shares (with
51% of the preferred shares owned by two Thai citizen nominee
shareholders) of Longroot Holding (Thailand) Company Limited
(“Longroot Thailand”), provided that Longroot Cayman controls 90%
of Longroot Thailand’s voting shares and therefore effectively
controls Longroot Thailand. Longroot Thailand is an Initial Coin
Offering (“ICO”) Portal that provides digital asset financing and
investment services that are fully regulated and licensed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (the “Thai SEC”). It
is focused on creating Thai regulated cryptocurrencies backed by
high quality assets that are designed to be more resistant to
market declines. The initial class of assets includes video games,
insurance, precious metals, and real estate.
Longroot Thailand is a licensed ICO Portal under the Thai SEC and
is regulated under the Thai Digital Asset Law which stipulates that
all offerings of digital assets have to be conducted via a Thai SEC
licensed ICO Portal.
NextBank International
NextBank International (“NextBank”) (previously International
Financial Enterprise Bank), which is wholly-owned by NextPlay, is
an International Financial Entity (“IFE”) operating under the laws
of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Licensed under Act 273 by the
Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (“OCIF”),
NextBank currently offers concierge services to high net worth
individuals and entrepreneurs, and loan products.
NextPlay plans to create a diversified FinTech solution company
that offers asset banking, asset management and mobile payment and
banking services.
Strategic Sale of Reinhart Digital TV (Zappware) and NextTrip
to TGS Esports, Inc.
On June 28, 2022, the Company entered into a series of agreements,
including a securities exchange agreement, with William Kerby, the
Company’s co-Chief Executive Officer and director, Donald P.
Monaco, a director of the Company, and British Columbia-based TGS
E-Sports Inc. (TSX-V: TGS, OTC: TGSEF) (“TGS”), a public
company whose securities are listed for trading on the Canadian TSX
Venture Exchange, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to sell
the Company’s travel business, NextTrip Group, LLC (“NextTrip”),
and its 51% ownership of Reinhart Digital TV (the 100% owner of
Zappware) to TGS in exchange for securities of TGS (discussed in
further detail below. TGS is a leading esports tournament solutions
provider.
Prior to the execution of the securities exchange agreement,
NextTrip issued an aggregate of 915,000 units in NextTrip to
Messrs. Kerby and Monaco to resolve certain management unit
issuances provided for in NextTrip’s Operating Agreement as
consideration for services rendered.
As consideration for the sale of Reinhart and NextTrip, upon
closing of the transaction, (i) the Company will receive
232,380,952 shares of newly created nonvoting convertible preferred
stock of TGS (the “TGS Preferred”), valued at $12.2 million, and
(ii) Messrs. Kerby and Monaco, both of whom hold certain equity
interests in NextTrip (discussed above), will receive an aggregate
of 69,714,286 TGS common shares, valued at $3.66 million, of which
11,619,048 TGS common shares will be held in escrow for a period of
time. The TGS Preferred shares will be redeemable in certain
situations, can be sold subject to certain transfer restrictions
(including a right of first refusal in favor of TGS), and may be
converted into shares of TGS common shares in certain limited
circumstances, including mandatory conversion upon the occurrence
of certain events. In the event that the TGS Preferred shares are
converted into shares of TGS common shares by the Company at any
time, the Company is obligated to distributed all such shares of
TGS common shares in a stock dividend to its shareholders.
Concurrently with a determination to convert the TGS Preferred
shares into shares of TGS common shares, if ever, the Company will
set a shareholder record date for a special dividend to distribute
all of the common shares of TGS held by the Company to the
Company’s shareholders, on a pro-rata basis.
In addition to the securities exchange agreement, the Company,
NextTrip, Reinhart and TGS also entered into a separation agreement
on June 28, 2022, to further document the separation of NextTrip
and Reinhart from the Company and to assign, transfer and convey
certain assets and liabilities held in NextTrip or the Company’s
name, respectively, to NextTrip or the Company, respectively, to
allow for the separation of the businesses in accordance with the
securities exchange agreement at closing of the transaction. The
separation agreement also provides for the termination of certain
intercompany agreements and accounts by and between the parties at
closing of the transaction, sets rights related to confidentiality,
non-disclosure and maintenance of attorney-client privilege
matters, and also provides for a mutual release by and among the
Company, NextTrip and Reinhart for all pre-closing claims between
themselves and their officers, directors, affiliates, successors
and assigns.
In addition, the separation agreement provides for the contribution
of (i) $1.5 million to NextTrip and (ii) an additional $1.5 million
in ten (10) equal monthly installments beginning July 1, 2022, in
exchange for NextTrip, as of May 1, 2022, agreeing to assume the
ongoing operating expenses of NextTrip and Reinhart. NextTrip has
also agreed to assume payments under that certain payment
obligation of the Company pursuant an Amendment to Intellectual
Property Purchase Agreement effective May 18, 2021, by and between
the Company, IDS Inc., TD Assets Holding LLC, and Ari Daniels in
the approximate amount of $2,500,000, provided, however, that, if
the Company fails to make any of the above installment payments
within five (5) business days of being due, that such IDS payment
obligation reverts back to the Company.
Closing of the transaction remains subject to various conditions,
including (without limitation) regulatory approvals, approval of
certain related matters by TGS’ shareholders and consummation of a
financing by TGS, and is expected to occur in the second half of
2022. No assurances can be provided that the closing
conditions will be satisfied, or that the transaction will be
consummated on the anticipated timeline, or at all.
The transaction, once consummated, is expected to streamline the
Company’s business operations and management, improve capital
allocation, and is expected to unlock shareholder value by offering
investors a pure-play investment in the Digital Media and Financial
Technology sectors.
As a result of the foregoing, as of May 31, 2022, Reinhart/Zappware
and NextTrip were no longer consolidated nor treated as a division
of the Company; accordingly, for the three-month period ended May
31, 2022, the Company had two remaining reportable business
segments: NextFinTech and NextMedia.
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, which causes the
infectious disease known as COVID-19, was reported in Wuhan, China.
The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a “Public Health
Emergency of International Concern” on January 30, 2020 and a
global pandemic on March 11, 2020. In March and April 2020, many
U.S. states and local jurisdictions began issuing ’stay-at-home’
orders. For example, the state of Florida, where the Company’s
principal business operations are, issued a ’stay-at-home’ order
effective on April 1, 2020, which remained in place, subject to
certain exceptions, through June 2020, when the order was gradually
lifted. Since then, many states have implemented various
restrictions in order to minimize the spread of COVID-19, many of
which have been fully lifted as of the date of this filing. There
can be no assurances that additional restrictions will not be
implemented again in the future.
The COVID-19 pandemic, and governmental responses thereto,
including travel restrictions, ‘stay-at-home’ orders and required
social distancing orders, severely restricted the level of economic
activity around the world, and had an unprecedented effect on the
global travel industry. Additionally, the ability to travel has
been curtailed through border closures, mandated travel
restrictions and limited operations of hotels, airlines, and may be
further limited through additional voluntary or mandated closures
of travel-related businesses, the majority of which have now been
lifted.
The measures implemented to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have had,
and may in the future have continue to have, a significant negative
effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations,
cash flows and liquidity position.
The duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic are still
uncertain and difficult to predict at this time. The pandemic could
continue to negatively affect global economic activity for an
extended period of time, even as restrictions have been lifted in
most jurisdictions and vaccines are widely available in the United
States and certain other countries. We also cannot predict the
long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our partners and
their business and operations or the ways that the pandemic may
fundamentally alter the travel industry. The aforementioned
circumstances could result in a material adverse impact on our
business, financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows, potentially for a prolonged period.
The Company’s liquidity could also be adversely impacted by delays
in payments of outstanding accounts receivable amounts beyond
normal payment terms and insolvencies.
It is difficult to estimate COVID-19’s impact on future revenues,
results of operations, cash flows, liquidity or financial
condition, but such impacts have been, and likely will continue to
be, significant and could continue to have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations,
cash flows and liquidity position for the foreseeable future. In
the near term, we do expect that the COVID-19 pandemic will
continue to negatively affect our operating results and
year-over-year results.
As a result of the above, we may be forced to scale back our
operations, adjust our plan of operations, borrow or raise
additional funding, which may not be available on favorable terms
if at all. In the event we require and are unable to raise
additional funding in the future, we may be forced to seek
bankruptcy protection.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
As discussed elsewhere in this report, as a result of the proposed
sale of NextTrip and Reinhart/Zappware to TGS, Reinhart/Zappware
and NextTrip were no longer consolidated nor treated as a division
of the Company, and instead have been classified as assets held for
sale; accordingly, unless otherwise stated, the results of
continuing operations included herein for the three-month period
ended May 31, 2022 exclude the results of NextTrip and
Reinhart/Zappware.
For
the Three months Ended May 31, 2022 Compared to three months Ended
May 31, 2021
Revenues
Our total revenues increased to $0.47 million for the three months
ended May 31, 2022, as compared to $0 for the three months ended
May 31, 2021 of HotPlay. The increase is derived from the loan
portfolio organic growth and increase in financial services of
NextBank.
Cost of Revenues
Our total cost of revenues increased to $0.1 million for the three
months ended May 31, 2022, compared to $0 for the three months
ended May 31, 2021. Our gross profit was $0.36 million for the
three months ended May 31, 2022, compared to $0 for the three
months ended May 31, 2021. Cost of revenues and gross profit
increased in line with revenue of NextBank.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses include general and administrative, salaries
and benefits, technology and development, stock-based compensation,
selling and promotion and depreciation and amortization. Our
operating expenses increased to $4.9 million for the three months
ended May 31, 2022, as compared to the $0.5 million for the three
months ended May 31, 2021.
This increase was mainly related to:
(i) general and administrative expenses, which increased to $2.3
million for the three months ended May 31, 2022, as compared to
$0.1 million for the three months ended May 31, 2021. The increase
is mainly due to professional and consultant fees of $1.8
million;
(ii) a $1.3 million increase in salaries and benefits, due to
having an increased number of employees 2022 compared to 2021;
(iii) a $0.4 million increase in stock-based compensation given to
consultants and business vendors; and
(iv) a $0.3 million increase in depreciation and amortization from
a larger asset size of the Company.
Other Income and Expenses
Our other income and expenses include valuation gain or loss on
investments, interest expense, and other income. Our total other
expenses amounted to $0.1 million for the three months ended May
31, 2022, compared to other income of $0.04 million for the three
months ended May 31, 2021. The period over period change is mainly
attributable to the interest expense of $0.12 million.
Non-Controlling Interest
We had an increase in profit in non-controlling interest of $0.5
million for the three months ended May 31, 2022, compared to a loss
in non-controlling interest of $0.2 million for the three months
ended May 31, 2021, mainly due to a profit from operation for the
period from Reinhart/Zappware in the 2022 period.
Net Loss after tax from continuing operation
We had a net loss attributable to the Company of $4.5 million for
the three months ended May 31, 2022, compared to a net loss
attributable to the Company of $0.58 million for the three months
ended May 31, 2021, primarily due to the increase in operating
expenses of $4.3 million.
Net Loss after tax from discontinued operation
Loss
from discontinued operations $0.8 million represents 2 reporting
entities below:
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The discontinued operations classified as held for sale were
considered for its impairment since March 1, 2022 and did not
continue to depreciate/amortize their fixed assets per accounting
standard, this primarily resulted in net profit for
Reinhart/Zappware.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
On May 31, 2022, we had $2.4 million of cash on-hand, which was
decreased from $6.6 million as of February 28, 2022 due primarily
to cash out flow from investing activities of $3.9 million for
intangible asset acquisition.
As of May 31, 2022, the Company had total current liabilities of
$41.8 million, which represented:
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Accounts payable and accrued
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Customer deposits of $19.0 million
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classified as held for sale of $10.0 million, mainly consisting of
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As of May 31, 2022, we had approximately $106.4 million in total
assets, $43.2 million in total liabilities, working capital of
$13.8 million and a total accumulated deficit of $44.9 million.
Cash provided by operating activities was $0.5 million for the
three months ended May 31, 2022, compared to $0.6 million of cash
used in operating activities during the three months ended May 31,
2021. The increase was mainly due to operating expense and other
related activities.
Net cash used in investing activities was $3.9 million for the
quarter ended May 31, 2022, as compared to net cash used in
investing activities of $12.5 million for three months ended May
31, 2021. The cash used in investing activities are mainly
attributable to the intangible asset acquisition of GoGame and
travel platform in 2022 while 2021 represented HotPlay’s cashflow
used for reverse takeover activities.
Net cash used in financing activities was $0.8 million for the
three months ended May 31, 2022, compared to net cash provided by
financing activities of $13.8 million for the three months ended
May 31, 2021. In 2022, the decrease was primarily due to repayment
of notes payable - related party of $1.0 million while 2021
represented HotPlay’s cashflow received from shareholders in
conjunction with the reverse takeover activities.
Additional information regarding our acquisitions and dispositions,
notes receivable, investments in equity instruments, notes payable
can be found under “Part I. Financial Statements—Item 1. Financial
Statements”, “Note 4 – Acquisitions and Dispositions”, “Note 5 –
Related party transactions”, “Note 6 – Investment in Unconsolidated
Affiliates”, “Note 7 – Notes Receivable”, and “Note 9 – Notes
Payable”, and “Note 14 – Subsequent Events”.
We have limited financial resources. As of May 31, 2022, we have
working capital of $13.8 million. Our monthly cash requirement is
approximately $1.5 million.
We will need to raise additional capital or borrow loans to support
the on-going operation, increase market penetration of our
products, expand the marketing and development of our technology
driven products, repay debt obligations, provide capital
expenditures for additional equipment and development costs,
payment obligations, and systems for managing the business
including covering other operating costs until our planned revenue
streams from all businesses and products are fully implemented and
begin to offset our operating costs. Our failure to obtain
additional capital to finance our working capital needs on
acceptable terms, or at all, would negatively impact our business,
financial condition, and liquidity. We currently have limited
resources to satisfy these obligations, and our inability to do so
could have a material adverse effect on our business and ability to
continue as a going concern.
To date, we have funded our operations with the proceeds from
equity and debt financings and we anticipate we will need to meet
our funding requirements through the sale of additional equity or
debt financing, which funds may not be available on favorable
terms, if at all. We anticipate that we would need several millions
of dollars to properly market our services and fund the operations
for the next 12 months.
Known Trends or Uncertainties
Although we have not seen any significant reduction in revenues to
date, we have seen some consolidation in our industry during
economic downturns. These consolidations have not had a negative
effect on our total sales; however, should consolidations and
downsizing in the industry continue to occur, those events could
adversely impact our revenues and earnings going forward.
As discussed in the Risk Factors section of this Report, the world
has been affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Until the pandemic
has passed, there remains uncertainty as to the effect of COVID-19
on our business in both the short and long-term.
The potential for growth in new markets is uncertain. We will
continue to explore these opportunities until such time as we
either generate sales or determine that resources would be more
efficiently used elsewhere.
Inflation
Inflation has increased during the periods covered by this Report,
and is expected to continue to increase for the near future.
Inflationary factors, such as increases in interest rates, overhead
costs and transportation costs may adversely affect our operating
results. Although we do not believe that inflation has had a
material impact on our financial position or results of operations
to date, we may experience some effect in the near future
(especially if inflation rates continue to rise) due to supply
chain constraints, consequences associated with COVID-19 and the
ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, employee availability
and wage increases.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Note Purchase Agreements:
Streeterville Capital, LLC
March 2021 Note Purchase Agreement
On March 22, 2021, we entered into the March 2021 Note Purchase
Agreement dated March 23, 2021 with Streeterville, pursuant to
which the Company sold Streeterville the March 2021 Streeterville
Note in the original principal amount of $9,370,000. Streeterville
paid consideration of (a) $7,000,000 in cash; and
(b) issued the Company the March 2021 Investor Note in the
amount of $1,500,000, in consideration for the March 2021
Streeterville Note, which included an OID of $850,000 and
reimbursement of Streeterville’s transaction expenses of $20,000. A
total of $700,000 of the OID was fully earned upon issuance and the
remaining $150,000 was not fully earned until the March 2021
Investor Note was fully-funded by Streeterville, which occurred on
May 26, 2021. Also on May 26, 2021, Streeterville funded the March
2021 Investor Note (in the amount of $1.5 million) in full.
We made a required Equity Payment of $1,857,250 to Streeterville
under the March 2021 Streeterville Note on May 26, 2021, with funds
raised through a May 2021 underwritten offering, which represented
approximately 20% of the funds raised in such offering. On November
4, 2021, the Company paid down the outstanding balance of the March
2021 Streeterville Note in the amount of $6,000,000 with funds
raised through the November 2021 registered direct offering.
As of May 31, 2022, the remaining aggregate principal balance of
the March 2021 Streeterville Notes was $0.
October 2021 Note Purchase Agreement
On October 22, 2021, the Company entered into the October 2021 Note
Purchase Agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which the
Company sold Streeterville the October 2021 Streeterville Note in
the original principal amount of $1,665,000. Streeterville paid
consideration of $1,500,000, which represents the original
principal amount less a $150,000 OID, which was fully earned upon
issuance, and a total of $15,000 to cover Streeterville’s
professional fees and transaction expenses.
The October 2021 Note Purchase Agreement and the October 2021
Streeterville Note contain customary events of default, including
if the Company undertakes a fundamental transaction (including
consolidations, mergers, and certain changes in control of the
Company), without Streeterville’s prior written consent. As
described in the October 2021 Streeterville Note, upon the
occurrence of certain events of default (mainly our entry into
bankruptcy), the outstanding balance of the October 2021
Streeterville Note will become automatically due and payable. Upon
the occurrence of other events of default, Streeterville may
declare the outstanding balance of the October 2021 Streeterville
Note immediately due and payable at such time or at any time
thereafter. After the occurrence of an event of default (and upon
written notice from Streeterville), interest on the October 2021
Streeterville Note will accrue at a rate of 22% per annum, or if
lesser, the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. The
October 2021 Note Purchase Agreement prohibits Streeterville from
shorting our stock through the period that Streeterville holds the
October 2021 Streeterville Note.
On April 29, 2022, the Company entered into the Standstill
Agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which, Streeterville
agreed not to seek to redeem any portion of the October 2021
Streeterville Note (in the original principal amount of $1,665,000)
until September 18, 2022. As consideration for such agreement, the
outstanding balance of the October 2021 Note was increased by
$87,639.33 (the “Standstill Fee”); as a result, the outstanding
balance of the October 2021 Note as of April 29, 2022 was
$1,840,912.84 (including outstanding interest).
As of May 31, 2022, the remaining aggregate principal balance of
the October 2021 Streeterville Notes was $1,752,639, plus accrued
interest of $104,708.
May 2022 Note Purchase Agreement
On May 5, 2022, the Company entered into the May 2022 Note Purchase
Agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which the Company sold
Streeterville the May 2022 Streeterville Note in the original
principal amount of $2,765,000. Streeterville paid consideration of
$2,500,000, which represents the original principal amount less a
$250,000 OID, which was fully earned upon issuance, and a total of
$15,000 to cover Streeterville’s professional fees and transaction
expenses.
The May 2022 Note Purchase Agreement and the May 2022 Streeterville
Note contain customary events of default, including if the Company
undertakes a fundamental transaction (including consolidations,
mergers, and certain changes in control of the Company), without
Streeterville’s prior written consent. As described in the May 2022
Streeterville Note, upon the occurrence of certain events of
default (mainly our entry into bankruptcy), the outstanding balance
of the May 2022 Streeterville Note will become automatically due
and payable. Upon the occurrence of other events of default,
Streeterville may declare the outstanding balance of the May 2022
Streeterville Note immediately due and payable at such time or at
any time thereafter. After the occurrence of an event of default
(and upon written notice from Streeterville), interest on the May
2022 Streeterville Note will accrue at a rate of 22% per annum, or
if lesser, the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. The May
2022 Note Purchase Agreement prohibits Streeterville from shorting
our stock through the period that Streeterville holds the May 2022
Streeterville Note.
As of May 31, 2022, the remaining aggregate principal balance of
the May 2022 Streeterville Notes was $2,765,000, plus accrued
interest of $20,039.
On June 2, 2022, the Company entered into a Global Amendment to
satisfy the requirement that HotPlay become a co-borrower on the
October 2021 Streeterville Note and the May 2022 Streeterville Note
and jointly and severally assume all of the obligations and duties
of the Company under those notes. As a result, all references to
“Borrower” or the “Company” in such notes now jointly refer to
HotPlay and NextPlay. Streeterville also agreed to waive its right
to enforce an increase in the balance of the October 2021
Streeterville Note due to the Company’s failure to add HotPlay as a
co-borrower on the October 2021 Streeterville Note within the
prescribed period of time to do so. The Global Amendment does not
alter any other terms of the notes.
June 2022 Promissory
Notes
On June 13, 2022, the Company entered into two promissory notes,
each in the principal amount of approximately CAD $231,121 (USD
$178,234), with its former legal counsel, which notes were issued,
along with a CAD $10,000 (USD $7,712) in lieu of immediate payment
of outstanding amounts payable to such counsel for legal services
previously rendered to the Company. The first note will mature on
July 31, 2022, and the second note will mature on September 1,
2022; provided, however, that if the Company fails to repay the
first note in full on or before its maturity date, then the second
note will automatically become immediately due and payable. Both
notes are unsecured and accrue interest at a rate of 18% per
annum.
Operating Leases
Obligation
The Company entered into an office lease in Sunrise, Florida where
we leased approximately 5,279 square feet of office space at 1560
Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Suite 130, Sunrise, Florida 33323. In
accordance with the terms of the office space lease agreement, the
Company will be renting the commercial office space, for a term of
almost eight years from March 1, 2021, through July 31, 2028, with
rental costs amounting to approximately $17,380 per month for the
duration of the lease. Additionally, the Company (in some cases
indirectly through its subsidiaries) rents office space located in
Puerto Rico, Thailand with lease terms ranging from five to nine
years, with rental costs for all such properties amounting to an
aggregate of approximately $19,546.14 per month.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
The discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition
and results of operations are based upon its consolidated unaudited
financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. The preparation of these unaudited financial statements
requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the
reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and
related disclosure of contingent liabilities. On an on-going basis,
management evaluates past judgments and estimates, including those
related to bad debts, accrued liabilities, convertible promissory
notes and contingencies. Management bases its estimates on
historical experience and on various other assumptions that are
believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of
which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values
of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other
sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under
different assumptions or conditions. The accounting policies and
related risks described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022, which was filed with
the SEC on June 21, 2022, are those that depend most heavily on
these judgments and estimates. As of May 31, 2022, there had been
no material changes to any of the critical accounting policies
contained therein.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
For more information on recently issued accounting standards, see
in “Note 1 – Summary of Business Operations and Significant
Accounting Policies”, to the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included herein under “Part I - Financial Information -
Item 1. Financial Statements”.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk.
Market Risk
This represents the risk of loss that may result from the potential
change in value of a financial instrument because of fluctuations
in interest rates and market prices. We do not currently have any
trading derivatives, nor do we expect to have any in the future. We
have established policies and internal processes related to the
management of market risks, which we use in the normal course of
our business operations.
Item
4. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains a set of disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act)
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the
Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act,
is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated
and communicated to the Company’s management, including the
Principal Executive Officer (Ms. Boonyawattanapisut, our Co-Chief
Executive Officer) and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate,
to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In
accordance with Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act, as of the end
of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was carried out
under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s
management, including its Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls
and procedures. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Co-Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the
Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of May 31, 2022,
the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q, were effective to provide reasonable assurance that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that
it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the
SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to the
Company’s management, including the Principal Executive Officer
(Ms. Boonyawattanapisut our Co-Chief Executive Officer) and our
Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
As of May 31, 2022, there were no changes in our internal control
over financial reporting that materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
Our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over
financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance of
achieving their objectives as specified above. Management does not
expect, however, that our disclosure controls and procedures or our
internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect
all error and fraud. Any control system, no matter how well
designed and operated, is based upon certain assumptions, and can
provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that its
objectives will be met. Further, no evaluation of controls can
provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud
will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud,
if any, within the Company have been detected.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
The Company is involved, from time to time, in litigation, other
legal claims and proceedings involving matters associated with or
incidental to our business, including, among other things, matters
involving breach of contract claims, intellectual property,
employment issues, and other related claims and vendor matters.
Such current litigation and prior settlements are described in, and
incorporated by reference in, this “Item 1. Legal Proceedings”
from, Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Note 11 -
Commitments and Contingencies”, under the heading “Legal Matters”.
The Company believes that the resolution of currently pending
matters could individually or in the aggregate have a material
adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
However, assessment of the current litigation or other legal claims
could change in light of the discovery of facts not presently known
to the Company or by judges, juries or other finders of fact, which
are not in accord with management’s evaluation of the possible
liability or outcome of such litigation or claims.
Additionally, the outcome of litigation is inherently uncertain. If
one or more legal matters were resolved against the Company in a
reporting period for amounts in excess of management’s
expectations, the Company’s financial condition and operating
results for that reporting period could be materially adversely
affected.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
There have been no material changes from the risk factors
previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2022, filed
with the SEC on June 21, 2022, under the heading “Risk Factors”,
and investors should review the risks provided in the Form 10-K,
Form 10-Q, and below, prior to making an investment in the Company.
The business, financial condition and operating results of the
Company can be affected by a number of factors, whether currently
known or unknown, including but not limited to those described in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28,
2022, or below, any one or more of which could, directly or
indirectly, cause the Company’s actual financial condition and
operating results to vary materially from past, or from anticipated
future, financial condition and operating results. Any of these
factors, in whole or in part, could materially and adversely affect
the Company’s business, financial condition, operating results and
stock price.
Risks Relating to Our Business Generally:
We need additional capital which may not be available on
commercially acceptable terms, if at all, which raises questions
about our ability to continue as a going concern.
As of May 31, 2022, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $45
million. Net loss from continuing operation and from discontinued
operations for the three months ended May 31, 2022, amounted to
$4.9 million and $0.6 million, respectively. Our FinTech Division
generated gross profits of $0.36 million for the three months ended
May 31, 2022, and as of May 31, 2022, we had working capital of
$13.8 million. The accompanying consolidated financial statements
have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going
concern.
We are subject to all the substantial risks inherent in the
development of a new business enterprise within an extremely
competitive industry. Due to the absence of a long-standing
operating history and the emerging nature of the markets in which
we compete, we anticipate operating losses until we can
successfully implement our business strategy, which includes all
associated revenue streams. Our revenue model is new and evolving,
and we cannot be certain that it will be successful. The potential
profitability of this business model is unproven. We may never ever
achieve profitable operations or generate significant revenues. Our
future operating results depend on many factors, including demand
for our products, the level of competition, and the ability of our
officers to manage our business and growth. As a result of the
emerging nature of the market in which we compete, we may incur
operating losses until such time as we can develop a substantial
and stable revenue base. Additional development expenses may delay
or negatively impact the ability of the Company to generate
profits. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that our business model
will be successful or that we can sustain revenue growth, achieve,
or sustain profitability, or continue as a going concern.
Furthermore, due to our relatively small size and market footprint,
we may be more susceptible to issues affecting cryptocurrency,
gaming and banking industries in general as compared to larger
competitors.
We currently have a monthly cash requirement of approximately $1.5
million. We believe that in the aggregate, we could require several
millions of dollars to support and expand the marketing and
development of our products, repay debt obligations, provide
capital expenditures for additional equipment and development
costs, payment obligations, office space and systems for managing
the business, and cover other operating costs until our planned
revenue streams from all products are fully implemented and begin
to offset our operating costs. We require additional funding in the
future and if we are unable to obtain additional funding on
acceptable terms, or at all, it will negatively impact our
business, financial condition, and liquidity. As of May 31, 2022
and February 28, 2022, we had $43.6 million and $27 million,
respectively, of current liabilities.
We have derived our funding of operations with equity transactions
and with the proceeds from debt offerings.
We have experienced liquidity issues due to, among other reasons,
our limited ability to raise adequate capital on acceptable terms.
We have historically relied upon the sale of common stock and other
equity securities and the issuance of promissory notes to fund our
operations and have devoted significant efforts to reduce that
exposure. We anticipate that we will need to issue equity to fund
our operations and continue to repay our outstanding debt for the
foreseeable future. If we are unable to achieve operational
profitability or are not successful in securing other forms of
financing, we will have to evaluate alternative actions to reduce
our operating expenses and conserve cash.
These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to
continue as a going concern for the next twelve months. The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America on a going concern basis, which contemplates the
realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the
normal course of business. Accordingly, the financial statements do
not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of
assets and classification of liabilities that might be necessary
should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. The
financial statements included herein also include a going concern
footnote from our auditors.
In the event we are unable to raise adequate funding in the future
for our operations and to pay our outstanding debt obligations, we
may be forced to scale back our business plan and/or liquidate some
or all of our assets or may be forced to seek bankruptcy
protection, which could result in the value of our outstanding
securities declining in value or becoming worthless.
The sale of the Company’s travel and media businesses is
contingent upon the satisfaction of a number of conditions, may not
be completed on the currently contemplated timeline, or at all, and
may not achieve the intended benefits.
On June 29, 2022, we announced that we had entered into a series of
agreements with TGS, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell
TGS its travel and Zappware media businesses, subject to
satisfaction of various closing conditions. The transaction may not
be completed as currently contemplated, or at all, and may not
provide the benefits that we intend. Completion of the proposed
sale is subject to certain closing conditions, including, without
limitation, TSXV’s consent and approval of the transaction,
approval of the transaction and certain related matters by TGS’
shareholders and consummation of a financing by TGS. The proposed
transaction is complex in nature, and may be affected by
unanticipated developments, disruptions in the credit or equity
markets, or changes in general economic conditions. These or other
unanticipated developments could delay or prevent the transaction
from closing or cause it to occur on terms or conditions that are
less favorable than anticipated.
Even if the transaction is completed, it may not be successful in
accomplishing our objectives. Additionally, even if completed, no
assurances can be provided that the TGS Preferred shares will ever
be converted into shares of TGS common shares and distributed to
our stockholders through a special dividend, sold by the Company or
redeemed by TGS at any point. Additionally, there is the potential
for business disruption to each company and significant separation
costs. Planning and executing the transaction will require
significant additional time, effort and expense, and may divert the
attention of our management and employees, and those of TGS from
other aspects of the business operations, and any delays in the
completion of the transaction may increase the amount of time,
effort, and expense that is devoted to the transaction. The sale of
our travel and media businesses to TGS could cause our customers or
customers of TGS to delay or defer decisions to purchase products
or renew contracts, or to end their relationships. Any of these
factors could have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or the price
of shares of our common stock.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds.
Sales of
Securities
There have been no sales of unregistered securities during the
three months ended May 31, 2022, and from the period from June 1,
2022, to the filing date of this report, which have not previously
been disclosed in our periodic reports or a Current Report on Form
8-K.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
None.
Item
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
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/s/
Nithinan “Jess” Boonyawattanapisut |
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