1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Description of the Company

 

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

 

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

 

Description of the Business

 

The Company is one of the largest integrated digital signage solution providers, offering enterprise-class digital signage solutions that are relied upon by a majority of Fortune 100 companies and thousands of overall customers in locations worldwide. Through an extensive suite of products that include proprietary software, software-embedded hardware, maintenance and creative content service, installation services, and third-party displays, the Company delivers complete end-to-end intelligent visual communication solutions to its clients for critical contact center, supply chain, internal 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. The Company’s installations deliver real-time intelligent visual content that enhance the ways in which organizations communicate with employees and customers to drive productivity and engagement. The solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly with a customer’s IT infrastructure, data and security environments. The Company conducts operations through its RMG Enterprise Solutions business unit.

 

On July 1, 2015, the Company divested its RMG Media Networks business unit which was focused on selling advertising across airline digital media assets in executive clubs, on in-flight entertainment, on in-flight Wi-Fi portals and in private airport terminals. Therefore, the financial information discussed below and in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes are exclusive of our Media business, classified as discontinued operations, unless specifically identified otherwise.

 

Basis of Presentation for Financial Statements

 

The audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for financial information and pursuant to the accounting and disclosure rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the opinion of management, the audited consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments and disclosures necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the reported years.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements of RMG Networks Holding Corporation include the accounts of Reach Media Group and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and the accounts of RMG Enterprise Holdings Corporation, f/k/a Symon Holdings Corporation (“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 $364 thousand and $676 thousand at December 31, 2016 and 2015, 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.

 

Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets include software and technology, customer relationships and customer order backlog associated with the acquisition of 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.

 

During the years 2016 and 2015 and at the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, impairment testing was performed for definite lived intangible assets and the Company determined that there were no impairments.

 

The Company’s remaining intangible assets in 2016 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 $0.2 million impairment of long-lived assets during 2015 related to Media assets and no impairment of long-lived assets during 2016.

 

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, 2016 and 2015, the Company had no accrual recorded for uncertain tax positions.  U.S. income taxes have not been provided on $4.9 million of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016.  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:

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

 

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 92% of sales have been generated solely by the Company’s sales team, with approximately 8% through resellers. Internationally, the situation is reversed, with around 66% of sales coming from the reseller channel. Overall, approximately 75% of the Company’s global sales have been derived from direct sales, with the remaining 25% 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 software support and updates as well as hardware maintenance and repair. 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 subscription 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 project management, installation, training and custom creative 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 Note 15, 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 $1.0 held in foreign countries as of December 31, 2016 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, 2016 and 2015 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 loss, a separate component of stockholders’ equity.

 

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 15, 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 shares 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 standard requires entities to recognize revenue through the application of a five-step model that includes the: identification of the contract; identification of the performance obligations; determination of the transaction price; allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations; and recognition of revenue as the entity satisfies the performance obligations. The guidance permits two methods of adoption, the full retrospective method applying the standard to each prior reporting period presented, or the modified retrospective method with a cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance recognized at the date of the initial application. The standard also allows entities to apply certain practical expedients at their discretion. The Company currently anticipates adopting the standard using the modified retrospective method with a cumulative catch up adjustment and providing the additional disclosures comparing results to previous rules. The Company continues to evaluate the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements but its initial assessment anticipates this standard will have no material impact on its consolidated financial statements. The Company will continue the process of evaluating the standard and its initial assessment may change as it continues to refine its systems, processes and assumptions.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 “Leases (Topic 842)”, which requires a lessee to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. The Company will further study the implications of this statement in order to evaluate the expected impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 781), Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting ("ASU 2016-09"), which amends and simplifies the accounting for share-based payment awards in three areas: (1) income tax consequences, (2) classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and (3) classification on the statement of cash flows. For public companies, ASU 2016-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company has assessed the implications of ASU2016-09 and there is no significant impact to its consolidated financial statements for its current options.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current period presentation. Specifically, $1.1 million of Maintenance and content services revenue related to custom creative services was reclassified to Professional services revenue in the December 31, 2015 Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Loss and the reported results of operations.