1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of the Company

RMG Networks Holding Corporation (“RMG Networks” or the “Company”) is a holding company which owns 100% of the capital stock of RMG Networks Holding, Inc. (formerly Reach Media Group Holdings, Inc.) and its subsidiaries and RMG Enterprise Solutions Holdings Corporation and its subsidiaries (formerly Symon Holdings Corporation).

RMG Networks (formerly SCG Financial Acquisition Corp.) was incorporated in Delaware on January 5, 2011. The Company was formed for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, exchangeable share transaction or other similar business transaction, one or more operating businesses or assets (“Initial Business Combination”). The Company had neither engaged in any operations nor generated any income, other than interest on the Trust Account assets (the “Trust Account”). Until its initial acquisition, the Company was considered to be in the development stage as defined in FASB Accounting Standards Codification 915, or FASB ASC 915, “Development Stage Entities,” and was subject to the risks associated with activities of development stage companies. The Company selected December 31 as its fiscal year end. All activity through April 8, 2013 was related to the Company’s formation, initial public offering (“Offering”) and identification and investigation of prospective target businesses with which to consummate an Initial Business Combination.

The registration statement for the Offering was declared effective April 8, 2011. The Company consummated the Offering on April 18, 2011 and received gross proceeds of approximately $80,000 before deducting underwriting compensation of $4,000 (which included $2,000 of deferred contingent underwriting compensation payable upon consummation of an Initial Business Combination) and including $3,000 received for the purchase of 4,000,000 warrants by SCG Financial Holdings LLC (the “Sponsor”), as described in the next paragraph. Total offering costs (excluding $2,000 in underwriting fees) were $434.

On April 12, 2011, the Sponsor purchased 4,000,000 warrants (“Sponsor Warrants”) from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $3,000. The Sponsor Warrants were identical to the warrants sold in the Offering, except that if held by the original holder or its permitted assigns, they (i) could be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis and (ii) were not subject to being called for redemption.

The Company sold 8,000,000 units in the Offering with total gross proceeds to the Company of $80,000. Each unit consisted of one share of common stock and one warrant (the “Public Warrants”). The Company’s management had broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Offering, although substantially all of the net proceeds of the Offering were intended to be generally applied toward consummating an Initial Business Combination.

On April 27, 2011, $80,000 from the Offering and Sponsor Warrants that had been placed in a Trust Account (“Trust Account”) was invested, as provided in the Company’s registration statement. The Company was permitted to invest the proceeds of the Trust Account in U.S. “government securities,” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) with a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the 1940 Act. The Trust Account assets were required to be maintained until the earlier of (i) the consummation of an Initial Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as required if no acquisition was consummated.

The Company’s common stock currently trades on The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”), under the symbol “RMGN”. Its warrants and units are quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board quotation system under the symbol “RMGNW” and “RMGNU”, respectively.

On April 8, 2013, the Company consummated the acquisition of RMG Networks Holdings, Inc., f/k/a Reach Media Group Holdings, Inc. (“RMG”). As a result of the acquisition, the Company was no longer considered a Development Stage Entity. In addition, on April 19, 2013, the Company acquired RMG Enterprise Holdings Corporation, f/k/a Symon Holdings Corporation (“Symon”). Symon is considered to be the Company’s predecessor corporation for accounting purposes.

In connection with the acquisition of RMG, the Company provided its stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of common stock for cash equal to $10.00 per share, upon the consummation of the acquisition, pursuant to a tender offer. The tender offer expired at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 5, 2013, and the Company promptly purchased the 4,551,228 shares of common stock validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the tender offer, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $45.5 million.

Description of the Business

The Company is a global provider enterprise-class digital signage solutions. Through an extensive suite of products, including proprietary software, software-embedded hardware, maintenance and creative content services, installation services, and third-party displays, the Company delivers complete end-to-end intelligent visual communication solutions to its clients. The Company is one of the largest integrated digital signage solution providers globally and conducts operations through its RMG Enterprise Solutions business unit.

The Company provides end-to-end digital signage applications to power intelligent visual communication implementations for critical contact center, supply chain, employee communications, hospitality, retail and other applications with a large concentration of customers in the financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, healthcare, pharmaceutical, utility and transportation industries, and in federal, state and local governments. These solutions are relied upon by approximately 70% of the North American Fortune 100 companies and thousands of overall customers in locations worldwide. The installations of Enterprise Solutions deliver real-time intelligent visual content that enhance the ways in which organizations communicate with employees and customers. The solutions provided are designed to integrate seamlessly with a customer’s IT infrastructure, data and security environments.

The Company, via its RMG Media Networks business unit, used to engage elusive audience segments with relevant content and advertising delivered through digital place-based networks and included the RMG Airline Media Network. The RMG Airline Media Network was primarily a U.S.-based network focused on selling advertising across airline digital media assets in executive clubs, on in-flight entertainment, or IFE, systems, on in-flight Wi-Fi portals and in private airport terminals. The network, which spanned almost all major commercial passenger airlines in the United States, delivered advertising to an audience of affluent travelers and business decision makers in a captive and distraction-free video environment.  On July 1, 2015, the Company exited its Media business, upon the sale of assets that comprised its Airline Media Network to an unaffiliated third party.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements of RMG Networks Holding Corporation include the accounts of RMG and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and the accounts of Symon and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For purposes of the statements of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include demand deposits in financial institutions and investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the date of purchase.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are comprised of sales made primarily to entities located in the United States of America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia. Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amounts and do not bear interest. Payment is generally due ninety days or less from the invoice date and accounts more than ninety days are analyzed for collectability.  The allowance for doubtful accounts is reviewed monthly and the Company establishes reserves for doubtful accounts on a case-by-case basis based on a current review of the collectability of accounts and historical collection experience. Once all collection efforts have been exhausted, the account is written-off against the allowance.  The allowance for doubtful accounts was $676 and $234 at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. As of and for the years presented, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of accounts receivable or revenues.

Inventory

Inventory consists primarily of software-embedded smart products, electronic components, computers and computer accessories. Inventories are stated at the lower of average cost or market. Write-offs of slow moving and obsolete inventories are provided based on historical experience and estimated future usage.

Property and Equipment

The Company records purchases of property and equipment at cost. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from three to seven years. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful life of the asset.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill represented the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net identifiable assets resulting from the acquisitions of RMG and Symon. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events and circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. At December 31, 2014, the Company determined that both the Media and Enterprise reporting units were impaired resulting in goodwill impairment charges of $8,461 and $20,783, respectively. The impairment charges were equal to the remaining carrying values of goodwill for the Media and Enterprise units. Neither entity had goodwill starting in 2015; therefore, no additional impairment testing of goodwill was performed in 2015.

Intangible assets include software and technology, customer relationships, partner relationships, trademarks and trade names, customer order backlog and covenants not-to-compete associated with the acquisitions of RMG and Symon. The intangible assets are being amortized over their estimated useful lives. The definite lived intangible assets are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. The impairment evaluation involves testing the recoverability of the asset on an undiscounted cash-flow basis, and, if the asset is not recoverable, recognizing an impairment charge, if necessary, to reduce the asset’s carrying amount to its fair value. Intangible assets are evaluated for impairment annually and on an interim basis as events and circumstances warrant by comparing the fair value of the intangible asset with its carrying amount.

In 2014, the Company tested the recoverability of the intangible assets for the Media and Enterprise reporting units, resulting in intangible asset impairment charges of $16,282 and $5,904, respectively. During 2015 and at December 31, 2015, impairment testing was performed for definite lived intangible assets and the Company determined that there was no additional impairment in 2015.

The Company’s remaining intangible assets in 2015 are being amortized as follows:

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue consists of billings or payments received in advance of revenue recognition from maintenance and some professional service agreements. Deferred revenue is recognized as the revenue recognition criteria are met. The Company generally invoices the customer in advance for maintenance agreements.

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

In accordance with ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment, long-lived assets, such as property, plant and equipment, and purchased intangibles subject to amortization, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to the estimated undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying value of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset.

There was a $209 impairment of long-lived assets during 2015 related to Media assets and no impairment of long-lived assets during 2014.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis.  The Company measures deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to be applied to taxable income in the years in which those differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The Company recognizes in income the effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities in the period that includes the enactment date.

Under ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), the Company recognizes the effect of uncertain tax positions, if any, only if those positions are more likely than not of being realized.  It also requires the Company to accrue interest and penalties where there is an underpayment of taxes, based on management’s best estimate of the amount ultimately to be paid, in the same period that the interest would begin accruing or the penalties would first be assessed.  The Company maintains accruals for uncertain tax positions until examination of the tax year is completed by the applicable taxing authority, available review periods expire or additional facts and circumstances cause it to change its assessment of the appropriate accrual amounts (see Note 6).  As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company had no accrual recorded for uncertain tax positions.  U.S. income taxes have not been provided on $4,603 of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015.  The Company reinvests earnings of foreign subsidiaries in foreign operations and expects that future earnings will also be reinvested in foreign operations indefinitely.  The Company has elected to recognize accrued interest and penalties related to income tax matters as a component of income tax expense if incurred.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue primarily from these sources:

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Products

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Maintenance and content services

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Professional services

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Advertising

The Company recognizes revenue when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (ii) delivery has occurred, which is when product title transfers to the customer, or services have been rendered; (iii) customer payment is deemed fixed or determinable and free of contingencies and significant uncertainties; and (iv) collection is reasonably assured. The Company assesses collectability based on a number of factors, including the customer’s past payment history and its current creditworthiness. If it is determined that collection of a fee is not reasonably assured, the Company defers the revenue and recognizes it at the time collection becomes reasonably assured, which is generally upon receipt of cash payment. If an acceptance period is required, revenue is recognized upon the earlier of customer acceptance or the expiration of the acceptance period. Sales and use taxes are reported on a net basis, excluding them from revenue and cost of revenue.

Multiple-Element Arrangements

Products consist of proprietary software and hardware equipment. The Company considers the sale of software more than incidental to the hardware as it is essential to the functionality of the hardware products. The Company enters into multiple-product and services contracts, which may include any combination of equipment and software products, professional services, maintenance and content services.

Multiple Element Arrangements (“MEAs”) are arrangements with customers which include multiple deliverables, including a combination of equipment and services. The deliverables included in the MEAs are separated into more than one unit of accounting when (i) the delivered equipment has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis, and (ii) delivery of the undelivered service element(s) is probable and substantially in the Company’s control. Revenue from arrangements for the sale of tangible products containing both software and non-software components that function together to deliver the product’s essential functionality requires allocation of the arrangement consideration to the separate deliverables using the relative selling price (“RSP”) method for each unit of accounting based first on Vendor Specific Objective Evidence (“VSOE”) if it exists, second on third-party evidence (“TPE”) if it exists, and on estimated selling price (“ESP”) if neither VSOE or TPE of selling price of the Company’s various applicable tangible products containing essential software products and services. The Company establishes the pricing for its units of accounting as follows:

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VSOE— For certain elements of an arrangement, VSOE is based upon the pricing in comparable transactions when the element is sold separately. The Company determines VSOE based on its pricing and discounting practices for the specific product or service when sold separately, considering geographical, customer, and other economic or marketing variables, as well as renewal rates or standalone prices for the service element(s).

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TPE— If the Company cannot establish VSOE of selling price for a specific product or service included in a multiple-element arrangement, it uses third-party evidence of selling price. The Company determines TPE based on sales of comparable amounts of similar products or services offered by multiple third parties considering the degree of customization and similarity of the product or service sold.

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ESP— The estimated selling price represents the price at which the Company would sell a product or service if it were sold on a stand-alone basis. When VSOE or TPE does not exist for an element, the Company determines ESP for the arrangement element based on sales, cost and margin analysis, as well as other inputs based on its pricing practices. Adjustments for other market and Company-specific factors are made as deemed necessary in determining ESP.

The Company has also established VSOE for its professional services and maintenance and content services based on the same criteria as previously discussed under the software revenue recognition rules.

The Company uses the estimated selling price to determine the relative sales price of its products. Revenue for elements that cannot be separated is recognized once the revenue recognition criteria for the entire arrangement has been met or over the period that our last remaining obligation to perform is fulfilled. Consideration for elements that are deemed separable is allocated to the separate elements at the inception of the arrangement on the basis of their relative selling price and recognized based on meeting authoritative criteria.

The Company sells its products and services through its global sales force and through a select group of resellers and business partners. In North America, approximately 91% of sales have historically been generated solely by the Company’s sales team, with 9% or less through resellers. In the United Kingdom, Western Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia, the situation is reversed, with around 67% of sales historically coming from the reseller channel. Overall, approximately 68% of the Company’s global sales have historically been derived from direct sales, with the remaining 32% generated through indirect partner channels.

The Company has formal contracts with its resellers that set the terms and conditions under which the parties conduct business. The resellers purchase products and services from the Company, generally with agreed-upon discounts, and resell the products and services to their customers, who are the end-users of the products and services. The Company does not normally offer contractual rights of return other than under standard product warranties and product returns from resellers have been insignificant to date. Therefore, the Company generally sells directly to its resellers and recognizes revenue on sales to resellers upon delivery, consistent with its recognition policies as discussed above. The Company bills the resellers directly for the products and services they purchase. Software licenses and product warranties pass directly from the Company to the end-users as well as applying to the resellers.

The Company recognizes revenue on sales to resellers consistent with its recognition policies as discussed below.

Product revenue

The Company recognizes revenue on product sales generally upon delivery of the product or customer acceptance depending upon contractual arrangements with the customer. Shipping charges billed to customers are included in revenue and the related shipping costs are included in cost of revenue.

Maintenance and content services revenue

Maintenance support consists of hardware maintenance and repair and software support and updates. Software updates provide customers with rights to unspecified software product upgrades and maintenance releases and patches released during the term of the support period. Support includes access to technical support personnel for software and hardware issues. Content services consist of providing customers live and customized news feeds.

Maintenance and content services revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the contracts, which is typically one to three years. Maintenance and support is renewable by the customer annually. Rates, including subsequent renewal rates, are typically established based upon specified rates as set forth in the arrangement. The Company’s hosting support agreement fees are based on the level of service provided to its customers, which can range from monitoring the health of a customer’s network to supporting a sophisticated web-portal.

Professional services revenue

Professional services consist primarily of installation and training services. Installation fees are contracted either on a fixed-fee basis or on a time-and-materials basis. For fixed-fee and time-and materials contracts, the Company recognizes revenue as services are performed. Such services are readily available from other vendors and are not considered essential to the functionality of the product. Training services are also not considered essential to the functionality of the product and have historically been insignificant; the fee allocable to training is recognized as revenue as the Company performs the services.

Advertising revenue

The RMG Airline Media Network (“Media”) was classified as discontinued operations and on July 1, 2015 was sold. See Footnote 16, Discontinued Operations for further detail.

This segment sold advertising through agencies and directly to a variety of customers under contracts ranging from one month to one year. Contracts usually specified the network placement, the expected number of impressions (determined by passenger or visitor counts) and the cost per thousand impressions (“CPM”) over the contract period to arrive at a contract amount. The Company billed for these advertising services as requested by the customer, generally on a monthly basis following delivery of the contracted number of impressions for the particular ad insertion. Revenue was recognized at the end of the month in which fulfillment of the advertising order occurred. Although the Company typically presented invoices to an advertising agency, collection was reasonably assured based upon the customer placing the order.

Payments to airline and other partners for revenue sharing were paid either under a minimum annual guarantee (based upon estimated advertising revenues), or as a percentage of the advertising revenues following collection from customers. The portion of revenue that the Company shared with its partners ranges from 25% to 80% depending on the partner and the media asset. The Company made minimum annual guarantee payments under two agreements (one to an airline partner and one to another partner). Payments to all other partners were calculated on a revenue sharing basis.

Research and Development Costs

Research and development costs incurred prior to the establishment of technological feasibility of the related software product are expensed as incurred. After technological feasibility is established, any additional software development costs are capitalized in accordance with ASC 985-20, Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased, or Marketed. The Company believes its process for developing software is essentially completed concurrent with the establishment of technological feasibility and, accordingly, no software development costs have been capitalized to date.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Concentration of Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable. The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities reflected in the financial statements approximates fair value due to the short-term maturity of these instruments; the short term debt and the long-term debt’s carrying value approximates its fair value due to the variable market interest rate of the debt.

The Company does not generally require collateral or other security for accounts receivable. However, credit risk is mitigated by the Company’s ongoing evaluations of customer creditworthiness. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts receivable balances.

The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents in the United States with three financial institutions. These balances routinely exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurable limit. Cash and cash equivalents of $1,380 held in foreign countries as of December 31, 2015 were not insured.

Net Income (Loss) per Common Share

Basic net income (loss) per share of common stock, excluding any dilutive effects of stock options, warrants and unvested restricted stock, is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted income (loss) per share is computed similar to basic; however diluted income (loss) per share reflects the assumed conversion of all potentially dilutive securities. Due to the reported net loss for all periods presented, all stock options, warrants, or other equity instruments outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2014 are anti-dilutive.

Foreign Currency Translation

The functional currency of the Company’s United Kingdom subsidiary is the British pound sterling. All assets and all liabilities of the subsidiary are translated to U.S. dollars at year-end exchange rates. Income and expense items are translated to U.S. dollars at the weighted-average rate of exchange prevailing during the year. Resultant translation adjustments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), a separate component of stockholders’ equity (deficit).

The Company includes currency gains and losses on temporary intercompany advances in the determination of net loss. Currency gains and losses are included in interest and other expenses in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss.

Business Segments

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available and evaluated regularly by the Company’s chief operating decision maker (the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”)) in assessing performance and deciding how to allocate resources. Until July 1, 2015, the Company’s business was comprised of two operating segments, Enterprise and Media. The CEO reviewed financial data that encompasses the Company’s Enterprise and Media revenues, cost of revenues, and gross profit. Since the Company operates as a single entity globally, it does not allocate operating expenses to each segment for purposes of calculating operating income, EBITDA, or other financial measurements for use in making operating decisions and assessing financial performance. The CEO manages the business based primarily on broad functional categories of sales, marketing and technology development and strategy. See Note 16, Discontinued Operations regarding the Company’s decision to exit the Media segment.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC No. 718-10 - “Compensation – Stock Compensation”. Stock-based compensation expense recognized during the period is based on the value of the portion of share-based awards that are ultimately expected to vest during the period. The fair value of each stock option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of restricted stock is determined based on the number of share granted and the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Compensation expense for all share-based payment awards is recognized using the straight-line amortization method over the vesting period.

Recent Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued guidance creating Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Section 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”. The new section will replace Section 605, “Revenue Recognition” and creates modifications to various other revenue accounting standards for specialized transactions and industries. The section is intended to conform revenue accounting principles with a concurrently issued International Financial Reporting Standards with previously differing treatment between United States practice and those of much of the rest of the world, as well as, to enhance disclosures related to disaggregated revenue information. To allow entities additional time to implement systems, gather data and resolve implementation questions, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue From Contracts with Customers – Deferral of the Effective Date, in August 2015, to defer the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 for one year.  We will be required to apply the guidance in FASB ASU No. 2014-09 to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. The Company will further study the implications of this statement in order to evaluate the expected impact on the consolidated financial statements.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current period presentation.  Specifically, $1,858 of Deferred revenues has been reclassified to Deferred rent and other liabilities for $1,782 and to Accrued liabilities for $76 in the December 31, 2014 Consolidated Balance Sheet and related Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.  These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations.