Entertainment Publicity and Marketing revenue increases 23% year-over-year to a record $6.3 million
NEW YORK, NY, LOS ANGELES, CA and MIAMI, FL / ACCESSWIRE / August 13, 2019 / Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLPN), a leading independent entertainment marketing and premium content development company, announces its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.
Q2 2019 and Recent Highlights
- Total revenue increased 20% year-over-year to $6,273,983.
- Entertainment Publicity and Marketing revenue increased 23% year over year to a record $6,273,983.
- Operating loss of $(1,202,078), which included direct costs of $1,279,657 and non-cash items from depreciation and amortization of $478,560, compared to operating income of $69,267, which included direct costs of $295,765 and non-cash items from depreciation and amortization of $375,163, in the prior year.
- Net loss was $(891,867), compared to net income of $170,474 in the prior year.
- 42West and The Door were selected to lead marketing efforts for the 45th annual Saturn Awards.
- The Door celebrated clients Patrick O'Connell, Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz, who won 2019 James Beard Foundation Awards.
- Award-Winning creatives John Murnane and James Coulson joined Viewpoint.
- Viewpoint Creative developed a new brand campaign for Investigation Discovery, America's #1 true crime network.
Bill O'Dowd, CEO of Dolphin Entertainment, commented: "Our Q2 witnessed another historic quarter from our core Entertainment Publicity and Marketing segment, up 23% year over year and reaching a record $6.3 million of revenue."
Mr. O'Dowd continued, " As a reminder, there is seasonality in our movie marketing business, with Q2 representing the low point in any given year, as it is the only quarter without any awards business. Thus, for Q2 revenue to be better than Q1, and to improve by 23% from the prior year for the EPM segment, shows the power of the revenue diversification we are achieving with the creation of our Entertainment Marketing ‘Super Group.’”
Mr. O’Dowd added, “As stated in our Q1 Earnings Release and on our Q1 Earnings Call, we are managing toward revenue growth in 2019. On the bottom line, our Q2 operating loss, excluding depreciation and amortization expenses, was entirely the result of the seasonality of revenues in our movie marketing division. With the return of awards season in Q3, we expect continued revenue growth and a much stronger bottom line for the rest of the year, even as we invest in additional personnel, such as the Consumer Products PR team at The Door.”
Mr. O'Dowd concluded, "On the M&A front, we are confident we’ll have another acquisition done before the end of the year. Our goal is to have all 6 “core competency” companies of the ‘Super Group’ acquired within 2020. We believe reaching that goal will accelerate revenue growth even further as the cross-selling of services will amplify exponentially as the number of “sister” companies increase."
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About Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.
Dolphin Entertainment is a leading independent entertainment marketing and premium content development company. Through our subsidiaries 42West and The Door, we provide expert strategic marketing and publicity services to many of the top brands, both individual and corporate, in the entertainment and hospitality industries. The Door and 42West are both recognized global leaders in PR services for their respective industries and, in December 2017, the New York Observer listed them, respectively, as the third and fourth most powerful PR firms of any kind in the United States. Dolphin's recent acquisition of Viewpoint Creative adds full-service creative branding and production capabilities to our marketing group. Dolphin's legacy content production business, founded by Emmy-nominated CEO Bill O'Dowd, has produced multiple feature films and award-winning digital series.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These forward-looking statements may address, among other things, Dolphin Entertainment's expected financial and operational results and the related assumptions underlying its expected results. These forward-looking statements are distinguished by the use of words such as "will," "would," "anticipate," "expect," "believe," "designed," "plan," or "intend," the negative of these terms, and similar references to future periods. These views involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and, accordingly, Dolphin Entertainment's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in its forward-looking statements. Dolphin Entertainment's forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this press release. Factors or events Dolphin Entertainment cannot predict, including those described in the risk factors contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, may cause its actual results to differ from those expressed in forward-looking statements. Although Dolphin Entertainment believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved, and Dolphin Entertainment undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
| As of June 30, 2019 | As of December 31, 2018 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,559,367 | $ | 5,542,272 | ||||
| Restricted cash | 732,920 | 732,368 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $274,861 and $283,022, respectively. | 2,479,299 | 3,173,107 | ||||||
| Other current assets | 614,301 | 620,970 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 6,385,887 | 10,068,717 | ||||||
| Capitalized production costs, net | 785,039 | 724,585 | ||||||
| Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $3,494,560 and $2,714,785, respectively. | 8,086,773 | 9,395,215 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 15,996,977 | 15,922,601 | ||||||
| Right-of-use asset | 6,529,077 | - | ||||||
| Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net | 1,040,021 | 1,182,520 | ||||||
| Investments | 220,000 | 220,000 | ||||||
| Deposits and other assets | 534,735 | 475,956 | ||||||
| Total Assets | $ | 39,578,509 | $ | 37,989,594 | ||||
DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED)
(unaudited)
| As of June 30, 2019 | As of December 31, 2018 | |||||||
| LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| Current | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 769,974 | $ | 944,232 | ||||
| Other current liabilities | 6,110,389 | 7,238,507 | ||||||
| Line of credit | 1,700,390 | 1,700,390 | ||||||
| Put rights | 4,030,280 | 4,281,595 | ||||||
| Accrued compensation | 2,625,000 | 2,625,000 | ||||||
| Debt | 2,312,461 | 2,411,828 | ||||||
| Loan from related party | 1,107,873 | 1,107,873 | ||||||
| Contract liabilities | 192,471 | 522,620 | ||||||
| Lease liability | 1,408,120 | - | ||||||
| Convertible notes payable, net of debt discount | 1,988,462 | 625,000 | ||||||
| Notes payable | 283,952 | 479,874 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 22,529,372 | 21,936,919 | ||||||
| Noncurrent | ||||||||
| Put rights | 677,911 | 1,702,472 | ||||||
| Convertible notes payable | 1,044,232 | 1,376,924 | ||||||
| Notes payable | 769,338 | 612,359 | ||||||
| Contingent consideration | 460,000 | 550,000 | ||||||
| Lease liability | 5,608,045 | - | ||||||
| Other noncurrent liabilities | - | 1,034,393 | ||||||
| Total noncurrent liabilities | 8,559,526 | 5,276,148 | ||||||
| Total Liabilities | 31,088,898 | 27,213,067 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 19) | ||||||||
| STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
| Common stock, $0.015 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 14,394,562 and 14,123,157, respectively, issued and outstanding at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 | 215,918 | 211,849 | ||||||
| Preferred Stock, Series C, $0.001 par value, 50,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Additional paid in capital | 103,571,126 | 105,092,852 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (95,298,433 | ) | (94,529,174 | ) | ||||
| Total Stockholders' Equity | 8,489,611 | 10,776,527 | ||||||
| Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ | 39,578,509 | $ | 37,989,594 | ||||
DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
| For the three months ended | For the six months ended | |||||||||||||||
| June 30, | June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
| Entertainment publicity and marketing | $ | 6,273,983 | $ | 5,121,487 | $ | 12,523,890 | $ | 10,577,220 | ||||||||
| Content production | = | 97,961 | 78,990 | 427,153 | ||||||||||||
| Total revenues | 6,273,983 | 5,219,448 | 12,602,880 | 11,004,373 | ||||||||||||
| Expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct costs | 1,279,657 | 295,765 | 2,467,076 | 865,199 | ||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 1,071,460 | 585,214 | 1,859,623 | 1,381,958 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 478,560 | 375,163 | 960,203 | 746,343 | ||||||||||||
| Legal and professional | 449,060 | 356,002 | 832,732 | 844,488 | ||||||||||||
| Payroll | 4,197,324 | 3,538,037 | 8,510,486 | 7,196,042 | ||||||||||||
| Total expenses | 7,476,061 | 5,150,181 | 14,630,120 | 11,034,030 | ||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before other income (expenses) | (1,202,078 | ) | 69,267 | (2,027,240 | ) | (29,657 | ) | |||||||||
| Other income (expenses): | ||||||||||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | - | (53,271 | ) | (21,287 | ) | (53,271 | ) | |||||||||
| Acquisition costs | - | (34,672 | ) | - | (34,672 | ) | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liability | - | 350,115 | - | 518,432 | ||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of put rights | 251,350 | 333,043 | 1,778,376 | 1,416,639 | ||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of contingent consideration | 360,000 | - | 90,000 | - | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (301,139 | ) | (265,992 | ) | (589,108 | ) | (533,419 | ) | ||||||||
| Total other income (expenses) | 310,211 | 329,223 | 1,257,981 | 1,313,709 | ||||||||||||
| (Loss) income before income taxes | $ | (891,867 | ) | $ | 398,490 | $ | (769,259 | ) | $ | 1,284,052 | ||||||
| Income taxes | - | (228,016 | ) | - | (280,620 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net (loss) income | $ | (891,867 | ) | $ | 170,474 | $ | (769,259 | ) | $ | 1,003,432 | ||||||
| (Loss) income per Share: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.05 | ) | $ | 0.08 | ||||||
| Diluted | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.13 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | ||||
| Weighted average number of shares used in per share calculation | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | 15,969,926 | 12,349,014 | 15,957,085 | 12,432,872 | ||||||||||||
| Diluted | 19,172,087 | 14,032,001 | 19,671,124 | 14,533,224 | ||||||||||||
DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
| For the six months ended June 30, | ||||||||
| 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Net (loss) income | $ | (769,259 | ) | $ | 1,003,432 | |||
| Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 960,203 | 746,343 | ||||||
| Amortization of capitalized production costs | - | 203,560 | ||||||
| Amortization of beneficial conversion on debt | 72,657 | - | ||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | 21,287 | 53,271 | ||||||
| Bad debt and recovery of account receivable written off, net | (115,784 | ) | (7,421 | ) | ||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liability | - | (518,432 | ) | |||||
| Change in fair value of put rights | (1,778,376 | ) | (1,416,639 | ) | ||||
| Change in fair value of contingent consideration | (90,000 | ) | - | |||||
| Change in deferred tax | - | 249,276 | ||||||
| Change in deferred rent | - | 40,172 | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | 809,592 | 866,534 | ||||||
| Other current assets | 6,669 | (90,211 | ) | |||||
| Capitalized production costs | (60,454 | ) | (12,500 | ) | ||||
| Deposits and other assets | (58,779 | ) | 40,219 | |||||
| Contract liability | (330,149 | ) | - | |||||
| Accrued compensation | - | 125,000 | ||||||
| Accounts payable | (174,258 | ) | (363,066 | ) | ||||
| Lease liability, net | 100,574 | - | ||||||
| Other current liabilities | 346,511 | (441,992 | ) | |||||
| Other noncurrent liabilities | (217,713 | ) | (491,352 | ) | ||||
| Net Cash (Used in) Operating Activities | (1,277,279 | ) | (13,806 | ) | ||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Purchase of fixed assets | (37,929 | ) | (49,813 | ) | ||||
| Net Cash (Used in) Investing Activities | (37,929 | ) | (49,813 | ) | ||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from line of credit | - | 1,700,390 | ||||||
| Repayment of the line of credit | - | (750,000 | ) | |||||
| Proceeds from note payable | 1,110,457 | - | ||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of detachable warrants | 89,543 | - | ||||||
| Repayment of notes payable | (38,942 | ) | - | |||||
| Repayment of debt | (99,367 | ) | (1,038,728 | ) | ||||
| Sale of common stock and warrants (unit) in Offering | - | 81,044 | ||||||
| Employee shares withheld for taxes | - | (56,091 | ) | |||||
| Exercise of put rights | (1,365,500 | ) | - | |||||
| Repayment to related party | - | (601,001 | ) | |||||
| Advances from related party | - | (2,515,000 | ) | |||||
| Acquisition of Viewpoint | (230,076 | ) | - | |||||
| Acquisition of The Door | (771,500 | ) | - | |||||
| 42West settlement of change of control provision | (361,760 | ) | (20,000 | ) | ||||
| Net Cash (Used in) Financing Activities | (1,667,145 | ) | (3,199,386 | ) | ||||
| NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | (2,982,353 | ) | (3,263,005 | ) | ||||
| CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD | 6,274,640 | 5,296,873 | ||||||
| CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH END OF PERIOD | $ | 3,292,287 | $ | 2,033,868 | ||||
DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)
(Unaudited)
| For the six months ended June 30, | ||||||||
| 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION: | ||||||||
| Interest paid | $ | 151,100 | $ | 88,047 | ||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NON CASH FLOW INFORMATION: | ||||||||
| Conversion of note payable into shares of common stock | $ | 75,000 | $ | 276,425 | ||||
| Issuance of shares of Common Stock related to the acquisitions | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | - | ||||
| Liability for contingent consideration for the acquisitions | $ | 460,000 | $ | - | ||||
| Liability for put rights to the Sellers of 42West | $ | 4,708,191 | $ | 4,809,371 | ||||
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash. The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the statement of cash flows that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown in the statement of cash flows:
| For the six months ended June 30, | ||||||||
| 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,559,367 | $ | 2,033,868 | ||||
| Restricted cash | 732,920 | - | ||||||
| Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows | $ | 3,292,287 | $ | 2,033,868 | ||||
SOURCE: Dolphin Entertainment
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