WEBM Webmediabrands (MM)

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements

March 31, 2013

1. THE COMPANY

WebMediaBrands Inc. (“WebMediaBrands” or the “Company”) is an Internet media company that provides content, education and career services to social media, traditional media and creative professionals through a portfolio of vertical online properties, communities and trade shows. The Company’s online business includes:

The mediabistro.com business also includes an industry-leading job board for media and business professionals focusing on job categories such as social media, online/new media, publishing, public relations/marketing, advertising, sales, design, web development, television and more;

Stocklogos.com is an identity design community offering creative and affordable logos.

The Company’s online business also includes community, membership and e-commerce offerings including a freelance listing service and premium membership services.

The Company’s education business features online and in-person courses and online conferences for social media and traditional media professionals. Online education conferences combine the concepts of a large-scale event and a small-group, educational workshop that offers attendees the opportunity to learn in a dynamic online setting with live weekly instruction via webcast, discussion forums, homework assignments, and small-group interaction where students receive one-on-one guidance and instruction from an advisor.

The Company’s trade shows include, among others, Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo, Semantic Technology and Business Conference, Inside Social Apps Conference & Expo, Social Gambling & Gaming Summit and AllFacebook Marketing Conference.

2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements have been prepared from the books and records of WebMediaBrands in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. The consolidated condensed statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any future interim period. These unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in WebMediaBrands’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year financial statements to conform to the current year presentation. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented have been reflected in such consolidated condensed financial statements.

The consolidated condensed financial statements include the accounts of WebMediaBrands and its wholly-owned subsidiaries: Mediabistro.com Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Inside Network, Inc., a California corporation. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

3. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In August 2012, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2012-03, “Technical Amendments and Corrections to SEC Sections: Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 114, Technical Amendments Pursuant to SEC Release No. 33-9250, and Corrections Related to FASB ASU 2010-22.”  This update amends various SEC paragraphs pursuant to the issuance of SAB No. 114. This pronouncement did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated condensed financial statements.

4. SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment information is presented in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 280, “Segment Reporting”. ASC Topic 280 is typically based on a management approach that designates the internal organization used for making operating decisions and assessing performance. Operating segments are defined as business areas or lines of an enterprise about which financial information is available and evaluated on a regular basis by the chief operating decision-makers, or decision-making groups, in deciding how to allocate capital and other resources to such lines of business. The Company operates in one reportable segment. The Company is affected by seasonality as customers generally post more job listings during the first calendar quarter and fewer job listings during the fourth calendar quarter. Also, advertisers generally place fewer advertisements during the first and third calendar quarters of each year, which together with fluctuations in online job postings, directly affect our business. The Company’s results will also be impacted by the number and type of education courses offered and by the number and size of trade shows held in each quarter. In addition, there may be fluctuations as trade shows held in one period in the current year may be held in a different period in future years.

5. REVERSE STOCK SPLIT AND AUTHORIZED COMMON STOCK

On August 16, 2012 (“Effective Date”), the Company amended its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the number of shares of common stock the Company is authorized to issue and to effect a one-for-seven reverse stock split of the Company's issued common stock. On the Effective Date, the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, the Company is authorized to issue decreased to 18,750,000 shares from 75,000,000 shares. As a result of the reverse stock split, each seven shares of common stock issued on the Effective Date were combined and converted into one share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. Any stockholder who otherwise would have been entitled to receive a fractional share as a result of the reverse stock split became entitled to receive a cash payment in lieu of such fractional share. Each stockholder's percentage ownership in the Company and proportional voting power remained unchanged after the reverse stock split, except for minor changes and adjustments resulting from the treatment of fractional shares. Immediately prior to the effectiveness of the reverse stock split, 42,902,316 shares of common stock were issued. Immediately after the reverse stock split, 6,128,879 shares of common stock were issued. Trading of WebMediaBrands's common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market began on a split-adjusted basis at the open of trading on August 17, 2012.  The ticker symbol remains "WEBM".

6. ACCOUNTING FOR EMPLOYEE STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Shares outstanding and per share data below have been adjusted to give effect to the one-for-seven reverse stock split implemented on August 16, 2012 as described in note 5 above.

Total employee stock-based compensation is as follows (in thousands):

Total employee stock-based compensation increased additional paid-in capital by $81,000 and $122,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The fair value of each stock option grant is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions used for grants during the periods presented:

The expected stock price volatility is based on the historical volatility of WebMediaBrands’s common stock. The risk-free interest rate is based on the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with an equivalent remaining term. The Company calculated the expected term using the simplified method for options issued through the third quarter of 2012. Since then, the Company has calculated the expected term for stock options issued using historical data. In 2010, the Company began issuing stock options with a 10-year life. As a result, the Company did not have enough historical data to calculate the expected term and therefore relied on the simplified method for the calculation of the expected life until the fourth quarter of 2012. 

The weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $1.52 and $4.48, respectively.

The following table summarizes stock option activity during the three months ended March 31, 2013:

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above is before income taxes, based on WebMediaBrands’s closing stock price of $1.64 as of March 29, 2013, the last trading day of the quarter. During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the total intrinsic value of stock options exercised was $2,000 and $105,000, respectively.

As of March 31, 2013, there was $408,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock-based compensation arrangements granted under the Company’s stock incentive plan. The Company expects to amortize that cost over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years.

The following table summarizes restricted stock activity during the three months ended March 31, 2013:

7. COMPUTATION OF LOSS PER SHARE

Shares outstanding and per share data have been adjusted to give effect to the one-for-seven reverse stock split implemented on August 16, 2012 as described in note 5 above.

The Company computes basic loss per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. The Company computes diluted loss per share using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Common equivalent shares consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options. Common equivalent shares are excluded from the calculation if their effect is anti-dilutive.

Computations of basic and diluted loss per share for the periods presented are as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

The following table summarizes the number of outstanding stock options excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share for the periods presented because the result would have been anti-dilutive (in thousands, except weighted average exercise price):

The Company amortizes intangible assets that are subject to amortization on a straight-line basis over their expected useful lives. The Company amortizes website and product development costs, customer relationships and copyrights and trademarks over three to seven years and content development costs over two years.  

Amortization expense related to intangible assets subject to amortization was $109,000 and $136,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Estimated annual amortization expense for the next five years, including the remainder of 2013, is expected to be as follows (in thousands):

Goodwill

There were no changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

10. DEBT

On May 29, 2009, WebMediaBrands entered into a loan agreement in the amount of $7.2 million with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Alan M. Meckler (the “2009 Meckler Loan”).

In conjunction with the 2009 Meckler Loan, the Company (1) entered into a promissory note jointly and severally payable by the Company and its subsidiary, Mediabistro, to Mr. Meckler (the “2009 Note”), (2) entered into a Security Agreement by and between the Company and Mr. Meckler (the “Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company granted to Mr. Meckler a security interest in the Company’s assets, (3) entered into an Intellectual Property Security Agreement by and between the Company and Mr. Meckler (the “IP Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company granted to Mr. Meckler a security interest in the Company’s intellectual property, (4) entered into a Pledge Agreement by the Company in favor of Mr. Meckler (the “Pledge Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company granted to Mr. Meckler a security interest in and an assignment of all of the shares of stock or other equity interest of Mediabistro owned by the Company, and (5) agreed to enter into a Blocked Account Control Agreement by and among the Company, Mr. Meckler and a depositary bank, to further secure the Note (the “Control Agreement” and, together with the 2009 Note, the Security Agreement, the IP Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, the “Company Loan Documents”).

Simultaneously, Mediabistro (1) entered into a Security Agreement by and between Mediabistro and Mr. Meckler pursuant to which Mediabistro granted to Mr. Meckler a security interest in Mediabistro’s assets (the “Mediabistro Security Agreement”), (2) entered into an Intellectual Property Security Agreement by and between Mediabistro and Mr. Meckler pursuant to which Mediabistro granted to Mr. Meckler a security interest in Mediabistro’s intellectual property (the “Mediabistro IP Security Agreement”), and (3) agreed to enter into a Blocked Account Control Agreement by and among Mediabistro, Mr. Meckler and a depositary bank, to further secure the 2009 Note (the “Mediabistro Control Agreement” and, together with the Mediabistro Security Agreement and the Mediabistro IP Security Agreement, the “Mediabistro Documents”).

To fund the 2009 Meckler Loan, Mr. Meckler used a portion of the proceeds of a residential mortgage loan that Bank of America, N.A. (“BOA”) granted to Mr. Meckler and Mrs. Ellen L. Meckler (the “BOA Loan”). Pursuant to a Collateral Assignment of the 2009 Note dated May 29, 2009, by Mr. Meckler to BOA, Mr. Meckler collaterally assigned the Note to BOA as additional collateral for the BOA Loan. Payment terms of the 2009 Meckler Loan reflect pass through of the BOA Loan payment terms (excluding those funds borrowed pursuant to the BOA Loan for Mr. Meckler’s personal use). As a result, the interest rate, amortization schedule and maturity date of each loan are identical.

On September 1, 2010, WebMediaBrands entered into a Note Modification Agreement with Mr. Meckler. The Note Modification Agreement reduced the interest rate of the 2009 Note from 4.7% to 3.4% per annum. Interest on the outstanding principal amount is due and payable on the first day of each calendar month through June 2014. Thereafter, principal and interest is due and payable in equal monthly payments in an amount sufficient to pay the loan in full based on an amortization term of 15 years. In addition to the interest rate reduction noted above, the Note Modification Agreement also reduced the required minimum monthly principal and interest payments that commence on July 1, 2014.  

On November 14, 2011, the Company and Mediabistro entered into a 2 ^nd Note Modification Agreement with Mr. Meckler. The 2 ^nd Note Modification Agreement amends the 2009 Note, which is described above.  Under the 2 ^nd Note Modification Agreement, the parties agreed to terminate the Company’s obligation to make a monthly accommodation fee of $40,000 to Mr. Meckler. As a result, the 2 ^nd Note Modification Agreement reduces the effective interest payable on the 2009 Meckler Loan by $480,000 per year. The Company granted Mr. Meckler a fully vested stock option to purchase 142,858 shares of the Company’s common stock (after giving effect to the August 16, 2012 one-for-seven reverse stock split) pursuant to the terms of the 2008 WebMediaBrands Stock Option Plan.  All other terms of the 2009 Meckler Loan remain unchanged.

Also on November 14, 2011, WebMediaBrands  and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Mediabistro and Inside Network: (1) entered into a promissory note jointly and severally payable by the Company, Mediabistro and Inside Network to Mr. Meckler (the “2011 Note”); (2) entered into a Security Agreement by and between the Company and Mr. Meckler (the “WEBM Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company granted to Mr. Meckler a security interest in the Company’s assets; (3) entered into an Intellectual Property Security Agreement by and between the Company and Mr. Meckler (the “2 ^nd IP Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company granted to Mr. Meckler a security interest in the Company’s intellectual property; and (4) entered into a Pledge Agreement by the Company in favor of Mr. Meckler (the “2 ^nd Pledge Agreement”) and, together with the 2011 Note, the WEBM Security Agreement and the 2 ^nd IP Security Agreement, (the “2011 Company Loan Documents”) pursuant to which the Company granted to Mr. Meckler a security interest in and assignment of all of the shares of stock or other equity interest of Mediabistro and Inside Network owned by the Company.

In the 2011 Note, Mr. Meckler loaned the Company $1,750,000 (the “2011 Meckler Loan”). The interest rate of the 2011 Note at the time of the loan was 3.10% per annum.  Interest on the outstanding principal amount is due and payable monthly until August 2014.  Thereafter, principal and interest is due and payable in equal monthly installments, with the outstanding principal amount, together with all accrued interest thereon, due and payable on August 18, 2016. The 2011 Note may be prepaid at any time without penalty or premium.

In partial consideration of the 2011 Note and the 2 ^nd Note Modification Agreement, Inside Network entered into a Security Agreement by and between Inside Network and Mr. Meckler pursuant to which Inside Network granted to Mr. Meckler a security interest in Inside Network’s assets (the “Inside Network Security Agreement”) to secure Inside Network’s obligations under the 2011 Note and the 2009 Note.

The 2011 Company Loan Documents and the Inside Network Security Agreement contain customary terms for a loan transaction of this type.  In an Event of Default (as defined in the 2011 Note) occurs and is continuing beyond a specified cure period, Mr. Meckler may declare the 2011 Meckler Loan immediately due and payable. The 2011 Meckler Loan also will become immediately due and payable upon certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency or in the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the 2011 Note) of Mediabistro, Inside Network, or the Company.

On July 27, 2012, the Company entered into a 3 ^rd Note Modification Agreement with Mr. Meckler that reduces the interest rate (i) of the 2009 Note to 2.975% from 3.40% effective June 1, 2012, and (ii) of the 2011 Note to 2.40% from 3.10% effective on June 18, 2012.  All other terms of the promissory notes remain unchanged. 

Interest expense on the 2009 Meckler Loan and 2011 Meckler Loan was $54,000 and $64,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. There are no future minimum principal payments due under the 2009 Meckler Loan and the 2011 Meckler Loan for the year ended December 31, 2013.  There are future minimum payments due to Mr. Meckler for the 2009 Meckler Loan and the 2011 Meckler Loan in the amount of $189,000 for the year ended December 31, 2014; $419,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015; and $7.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.

11. INCOME TAXES

The Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $12,000 and $11,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Based on current projections, management believes that it is more likely than not that WebMediaBrands will have insufficient taxable income to allow recognition of its deferred tax assets. Accordingly, a valuation allowance has been established against deferred tax assets to the extent that deductible temporary differences cannot be offset by taxable temporary differences. To the extent that the net book value of indefinite lived assets exceeds the net tax value of indefinite lived assets, an additional tax provision will be incurred as the assets are amortized.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits was $100,000 as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, all of which would affect the effective tax rate, if recognized, as of March 31, 2013.

12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

WebMediaBrands is subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business. In the opinion of management, the amount of ultimate liability with respect to these actions should not materially affect the financial statements of WebMediaBrands.