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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-QSB
Quarterly Report Pursuant To Section 13 Or 15(D)
Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934
For the quarterly period ended December 31, 1998
Commission File No. 0-24671
GOODNOISE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
FLORIDA 65-0207877
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
719 COLORADO AVE., PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94303
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 322-8910
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes [X] No [_]
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE 15,025,300
(Class) (Outstanding at January 30, 1999)
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GOODNOISE CORPORATION
FORM 10-QSB
INDEX
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Balance Sheets - June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1998................. 2
Statements of Operations - Periods from Inception to December 31,
1998 and the three and six months ended December 31, 1998........... 3
Statements of Cash Flows - Periods from Inception to December 31,
1998 and the three and six months ended December 31, 1998........... 4
Notes to Financial Statements....................................... 5
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation....... 8
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk...... 19
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2. Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds....................... 20
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K................................ 20
Signatures............................................................... 21
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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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GOODNOISE CORPORATION
(a development stage enterprise)
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
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Assets December 31, 1998 June 30, 1998
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Current Assets:
Cash.................................................... $ 348,101 $ 509,751
Accounts receivable..................................... 4,000 --
Prepaid expenses and other assets 153,067 21,362
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Total current assets................................. 505,168 531,113
Property and equipment, net............................... 101,407 34,227
Other assets.............................................. 16,520 16,520
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Total assets....................................... $ 623,095 $ 581,860
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LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current Liabilities:
Notes payable........................................... $ 410,348 $ --
Accounts payable........................................ 143,792 118,218
Accrued payroll and related benefits.................... 19,221 16,982
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Total current liabilities............................ 573,361 135,200
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Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock - Series A 182,307 --
Stockholders' Equity (Deficit):
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 500,000 shares
authorized; none issued or outstanding................. -- --
Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares
authorized; 15,025,300 and 14,715,300 shares issued
and outstanding at December 31 and June 30, 1998,
respectively........................................... 150,253 147,153
Additional paid-in capital.............................. 3,047,563 1,485,611
Notes receivable from employees......................... (6,000) (6,000)
Deficit accumulated during the development stage........ (3,324,389) (1,180,104)
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Total stockholders' equity (deficit).................. (132,573) 446,660
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Total liabilities, redeemable convertible
preferred stock and stockholders'
equity (deficit).................................. $ 623,095 $ 581,860
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GOODNOISE CORPORATION
(a development stage enterprise)
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
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Three months Six months January 8, 1998
ended ended (Inception) to
December 31, December 31, December 3,
1998 1998 1998
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Revenues...................................... $ 8,013 $ 20,465 $ 20,465
Cost of revenues.............................. 4,439 4,716 4,716
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Gross profit.................................. 3,574 15,749 15,749
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Operating expenses:
Product development......................... 925,249 1,591,961 2,553,310
General and administrative.................. 204,672 401,928 620,683
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1,129,921 1,993,889 3,173,993
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Operating loss................................ (1,126,347) (1,978,140) (3,158,244)
Interest income............................... 592 2,902 2,902
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Net loss...................................... $(1,125,755) $(1,975,238) $(3,155,342)
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Accretion of Series A Preferred to redemption
value........................................ (169,047) (169,047) (169,047)
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Net loss applicable to common stockholders.... $(1,294,802) $(2,144,258) $(3,324,389)
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Net loss per share - basic and diluted........ $ (0.09) $ (0.15) $ (0.27)
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Weighted average common shares outstanding
basic and diluted............................ 14,581,212 14,504,346 12,437,698
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GOODNOISE CORPORATION
(a development stage enterprise)
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
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Six months January 8, 1998
ended (Inception) to
December 31, December 31,
1998 1998
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss....................................................... $(1,975,238) $(3,155,342)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities (net of effect of acquisition):
Depreciation.................................................. 13,979 17,136
Issuance of common stock in exchange for services............. -- 12,600
Fair value of options issued to advisors...................... 630,440 1,382,154
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of merger:
Accounts receivable........................................ (4,000) (4,000)
Prepaid expenses and other assets.......................... (131,705) (153,067)
Accounts payable........................................... 25,574 142,142
Accrued payroll and related benefits....................... 2,239 19,221
Other assets............................................... -- (16,520)
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Net cash used in operating activities................... (1,438,711) (1,755,676)
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment............................ (36,274) (73,658)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock........................ 300,400 300,400
Common stock issued in connection with merger................. -- 690,000
Proceeds from issuance of Series A Preferred and warrants 500,000 500,000
Proceeds from repayment of notes receivable from employees.... -- 4,100
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable....................... 512,935 682,935
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Net cash provided by financing activities............... 1,313,335 2,177,435
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Net increase (decrease) in cash.................................. (161,650) 348,101
Cash at beginning of period...................................... 509,751 --
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Cash at end of period............................................ $ 348,101 $ 348,101
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Supplemental disclosure of non-cash transactions:
Conversion of notes payable into common stock................. $ -- $ 170,000
Issuance of common stock for notes receivable................. $ -- $ 10,100
Accretion of Series A Preferred to redemption value........... $ 169,047 $ 169,047
Issuance of common stock options for fixed assets............. $ 44,885 $ 44,885
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 - THE COMPANY AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
THE COMPANY, ITS RECAPITALIZATION AND LIQUIDITY
GoodNoise Corporation ("GoodNoise" or the "Company") was incorporated on
January 8, 1998 to develop and market a repertoire of musical recordings offered
for sale to consumers by direct file transfer, or "downloading," over the
Internet. Since its inception, the Company has been in the development stage
devoting its efforts primarily to organizing itself as a public reporting
entity, recruiting management and technical staff, developing its product,
acquiring operating assets and raising capital. The Company operates within one
industry and operating segment.
On May 11, 1998, Atlantis Ventures Corporation ("Atlantis"), a Florida
Corporation, acquired 9,335,000 shares of common stock of the Company
representing its then outstanding common stock in exchange for 11,015,300 shares
of Atlantis. Prior to the merger, Atlantis had 3,700,000 shares issued and
outstanding. For accounting purposes, this transaction was presented as a
recapitalization of the Company. Atlantis was a publicly traded company that
was organized in August 1989 and had no revenues or operations prior to the
merger with the Company. As of May 11, 1998, Atlantis had cash of $690,000,
liabilities of $1,650 and accumulated deficit of $1,650. Following the
recapitalization, Atlantis changed its name to GoodNoise Corporation.
The Company has incurred losses from operations since inception and has to
obtain additional capital to fund its ongoing operations. Management is in the
process of pursuing additional equity financing, although there is no assurance
that these efforts will be successful. The financial statements have been
prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, and do not
include any adjustments that might result if management is unsuccessful in
obtaining additional funding.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying interim financial statements of GoodNoise for the three
and six month periods ended December 31, 1998 and the period January 8, 1998
(inception) to December 31, 1998 are unaudited. In the opinion of management,
these financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting only of normal
recurring accruals) necessary to present fairly the financial position of the
Company as of December 31, 1998 and the results of operations and cash flows for
the periods then ended. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally
included in the financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, although the
Company believes that the disclosures in the unaudited interim financial
statements are adequate to ensure that the information presented is not
misleading.
The financial information as of June 30, 1998 is derived from the Company's
Form 10-SB/A as filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on December 24,
1998 (the "Form 10"). The interim financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto included in the
Form 10.
The results of operations for the interim period presented are not
necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
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REVENUE RECOGNITION
Advertising revenues are derived principally from short-term advertising
agreements. These revenues are generally recognized ratably over the term of
the agreements, provided that the Company has no significant remaining
obligations and collection of the resulting receivable is probable.
Music download transaction revenues are recognized in the period in which
the download occurs. Revenues from downloads have not been significant to date.
NET LOSS PER SHARE
The weighted average shares used to compute basic net loss per share
include outstanding shares of common stock from the date of issuance and
excludes, for the three and six month periods ended December 31, 1998 and for
the period from January 8, 1998 (inception) through December 31, 1998, shares of
common stock subject to repurchase rights. As of December 31, 1998, 409,772
shares remain subject to repurchase. In addition, the calculation of diluted
net loss per share excludes common stock issuable upon exercise of employee
stock options and shares subject to repurchase as their effect is antidilutive.
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
There are no differences between the Company's net loss for the three and
six months ended December 31, 1998 and for the period from January 8, 1998
(inception) to December 31, 1998 and the Company's comprehensive loss for each
of these periods.
NOTE 2 - NOTES PAYABLE
During the three months ended December 31, 1998, the Company received loans
in the form of convertible notes payable totaling $512,935. The notes bear
interest at 10% per annum and mature on March 31, 1999. Such loans represent
bridge loans in advance of a Series B Preferred Stock financing being pursued by
the Company. All outstanding principal and interest due under these notes will
convert into Series B Preferred Stock upon the closing of the proposed sale
such stock. The conversion will be effected at a price not greater than 85% of
the issue price of the Series B Preferred Stock. As a result, the Company has
recorded a charge to additional paid-in capital for the "in the money"
conversion feature of such notes of $102,587, resulting in a value for financial
statement purposes of $410,348 at December 31, 1998. The difference between the
carrying value and the proceeds (resulting from the value attributed to the "in
the money" conversion feature) will be charged to interest expense during the
quarter ended March 31, 1999.
NOTE 3 - STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
On October 28, 1998, the Company raised proceeds of approximately $500,000
through the sale of 500 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to
purchase 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock to one accredited
investor. The agreements, subject to various conditions, provide for the
issuance of an additional 500 Series A shares and warrants to purchase 100,000
shares of common stock under the same terms as the initial issuance, except that
the warrant price will be based on the then current market price of the common
stock. The Series A shares are convertible based on a conversion formula and
contain certain redemption provisions. As a result, the Series A is reflected
as redeemable stock and the Company has recorded a charge to additional paid-in
capital for the "in the money" conversion feature of such shares of $143,740.
The warrants, which have a term of four years with an initial exercise price of
$7.31 per share, have been valued for financial statement purposes at $343,000.
The difference between the Series A
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carrying value and its redemption value (resulting primarily from the values
attributed to the warrants and the "in the money" conversion feature) is being
accreted ratably as a charge to retained earnings through October 28, 2001.
NOTE 4 - PENDING ACQUISITIONS
On October 8, 1998, the Company entered into agreements to acquire on-line
music companies Nordic Entertainment Worldwide, Inc. ("Nordic"), a privately
held provider of downloadable music on the Internet, and Creative Fulfillment,
Inc. (dba "Emusic"), a privately held entertainment and Internet marketing
company, for stock and cash. Under the terms of the transactions, which the
Company intends to account for as purchase acquisitions, the Company will issue
up to 2.1 million shares of GoodNoise Common Stock, subject to certain closing
conditions.
NOTE 5 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Acquisitions
On January 31, 1999, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
dated as of October 8, 1998, as amended (the "Reorganization Agreement"), by and
among the Company, GN Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of GoodNoise, Emusic, and the shareholders of Emusic,
GoodNoise completed the acquisition of Emusic, and Emusic became a wholly-owned
subsidiary of GoodNoise (the "Merger"). Under the terms of the Reorganization
Agreement, GoodNoise will issue 630,190 shares of GoodNoise Common Stock and pay
approximately $300,000 in cash. The Company intends to account for this
transaction asa purchase acquisition.
Notes Payable
From January 1, 1999 through February 8, 1999, the Company has received an
additional $1,230,565 in loans in the form of convertible notes payable. See
Note 2 for information about these notes.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that are
subject to significant risks and uncertainties. There are several important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical
results and percentages and results anticipated by the forward-looking
statements. The Company has sought to identify the most significant risks to
its business, but cannot predict whether or to what extent any of such risks may
be realized nor can there be any assurance that the Company has identified all
possible risks that might arise. Investors should carefully consider all of
such risks before making an investment decision with respect to the Company's
stock. In particular, investors should refer to the section entitled, "Factors
That May Affect Future Results."
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The Company was formed on January 8, 1998 and is a development stage
enterprise that has incurred costs to organize and develop an Internet website
through which it will conduct its business. The Company began selling musical
recordings over the Internet on July 30, 1998. The Company expects to
experience significant fluctuations in operating results in future periods due
to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, market acceptance of the
Internet as a medium for consumers to obtain sound recordings, the Company's
ability to create, license, and deliver compelling music-related content, the
Company's ability to obtain additional financing in a timely manner and on terms
favorable to the Company, the Company's ability to complete proposed
acquisitions (see Note 4 and 5 of Notes to Financial Statements), the level of
traffic on the Company's website, intense competition from other providers of
music-related content over the Internet, delays or errors in the Company's
ability to effect electronic commerce transactions, the Company's ability to
upgrade and develop its systems and infrastructure in a timely and effective
manner, technical difficulties, system downtime or Internet brownouts, the
Company's ability to attract customers at a steady rate and maintain customer
satisfaction, seasonality of the recorded music industry, seasonality of
advertising sales, Company promotions and sales programs, the amount and timing
of operating costs and capital expenditures relating to expansion of the
Company's business, operations and infrastructure and the implementation of
marketing programs, key agreements and strategic alliances, the number of
recorded music releases introduced during the period, the level of returns
experienced by the Company and general economic conditions and economic
conditions specific to the Internet, on-line commerce and the recorded music
industry.
NET REVENUES
The Company is a development stage enterprise that launched its first
Internet website in April 1998 and began selling musical recordings over the
Internet on July 30, 1998. Revenue for the period July 30 through December 31,
1998 totaled $20,465. Of total revenues, $16,000 was derived from advertising
on the Company's website and $4,465 was from the download of musical recordings.
COST OF REVENUES
Cost of revenue for the period July 30 through December 31, 1998 totaled
$4,716, principally related to artist royalties and credit card processing fees.
The Company expects that future cost of revenues will consist primarily of
payments to third parties for fulfillment of customer orders, royalties,
copyrights, credit card processing charges and profit participation payable to
strategic alliance partners and others.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES
Product development expenses consist principally of website and other
software engineering, audio and video production, graphic design, certain non-
recoverable advances to artists, artist relations, telecommunications charges,
and the cost of computer operations, including related salaries, rent and
depreciation, that support the Company's music entertainment business. The
Company began its
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development efforts in February 1998, incurring costs of $2,553,310 through
December 31, 1998, related to software engineering, audio and video production,
and graphic design of the Company's website and music catalogue, including
$1,382,154 associated with stock and stock options granted to advisors. Product
development expenses were $925,249 and $1,591,961 in the three and six months
ended December 31, 1998, respectively, which includes $533,791 and $630,440 in
expense associated with stock and stock options granted to advisors during the
same periods. The Company is dependent upon raising additional financing in
order to continue or increase the level of product development activities from
that undertaken by the Company to date. The level of product development that
the Company pursues will be substantially impacted by the amount of additional
financing, if any, that the Company is able to raise. Assuming that adequate
funding is available, the Company currently intends, among other matters, to
acquire and develop a repertoire of songs available for customer downloads, and
to continue to develop the software necessary to manage such downloads.
SALES AND MARKETING EXPENSES
From inception through December 31, 1998, the Company incurred no sales and
marketing costs. The Company is dependent upon raising additional financing in
order to continue or increase the level of sales and marketing activities from
that undertaken by the Company to date. The level of sales and marketing
activities that the Company pursues will be substantially impacted by the amount
of additional financing, if any, that the Company is able to raise. Assuming
that adequate funding is available, the Company currently intends, among other
matters, to promote its website through strategic alliances, external
advertising, direct promotion and trade shows. The Company expects that the
costs related to such activities will consist principally of advertising,
personnel and consulting expenses.
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
General and administrative expenses consist of executive management,
accounting, legal and expenditures for applicable overhead costs, including
related rent, insurance and depreciation. The Company has incurred costs of
$620,683 from inception through December 31, 1998 related to general and
administrative expenses. Of these costs, $204,672 and $401,928 were incurred in
the three and six months ended December 31, 1998, respectively. The Company
expects general and administrative expenses to continue to increase in absolute
dollars as the Company expands its staff and incurs additional costs related to
the growth of its business.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
At December 31, 1998, the Company had a cash balance of $348,101. Net cash
of $1,755,676 was used for operating activities from inception through December
31, 1998 principally as a result of the net losses of $3,155,342 generated
during the period. Of the net loss, $1,382,154 represented the expense
associated with stock and stock options granted to advisors. Purchases of
property and equipment totaled $73,658.
For the six months ended December 31, 1998, net cash of $1,438,711 was used
for operating activities, principally as a result of the net losses of
$1,975,238 generated during the period. Of the net loss, $630,440 represented
the expense associated with stock options granted to advisors. Purchases of
property and equipment totaled $36,274. The Company expects to incur negative
cash flow from operations for the foreseeable future, as it continues to develop
its market and operations.
On October 28, 1998, the Company raised proceeds of approximately $500,000
through the sale of 500 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants to
purchase 100,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock to one accredited
investor.
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During the three months ended December 31, 1998, the Company received loans
in the form of convertible notes payable totaling $512,935. The notes bear
interest at 10% per annum and mature on March 31, 1999. Such loans represent
bridge loans in advance of a Series B Preferred Stock financing being pursued by
the Company. All outstanding principal and interest due under these notes will
convert into Series B Preferred Stock upon the closing of the proposed sale
such stock. The conversion will be effected at a price not greater than 85% of
the issue price of the Series B Preferred Stock. As a result, the Company has
recorded a charge to additional paid-in capital for the "in the money"
conversion feature of such notes of $102,587, resulting in a value for financial
statement purposes of $410,348 at December 31, 1998. The difference between the
carrying value and the proceeds (resulting from the value attributed to the "in
the money" conversion feature) will be charged to interest expense during the
quarter ended March 31, 1999.
The Company's existing capital resources will not be sufficient to enable
it to maintain its operations. The Company will require additional funds to
sustain and expand its sales and marketing and research and development
activities and its strategic alliances and may need additional funding.
Management is in the process of pursuing additional equity financing, although
there is no assurance that such efforts will be successful. Adequate funds for
these and other purposes, whether through additional equity financing, debt
financing or other sources, may not be available when needed or on terms
acceptable to the Company, or may result in significant dilution to existing
stockholders. The inability to obtain sufficient funds from operations and
external sources would have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
results of operations and financial condition.
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE YEAR 2000
The Year 2000 issue is the result of computer programs written using two
digits rather than four to define the applicable year. As a result, date-
sensitive software may recognize a date using "00" as the year 1900 rather than
the year 2000. This could result in system failures or miscalculations causing
disruptions of operations, including, among others, a temporary inability to
process transactions, send invoices, or engage in similar normal business
activities.
Since the Company's systems and software are relatively new, management
does not expect Year 2000 issues related to its own internal systems to be
significant and does not anticipate that it will incur significant operating
expenses or be required to invest heavily in computer systems improvements to be
Year 2000 compliant. As the Company makes arrangements with significant
suppliers and service providers, the Company intends to determine the extent to
which the Company's interface systems may be vulnerable should those third
parties fail to address and correct their own Year 2000 issues. The Company
anticipates that this will be an ongoing process as the Company begins to
implement supplier and service provider arrangements throughout 1999. There can
be no assurance that the systems of suppliers or other companies on which the
Company relies will be converted in a timely manner and will not have a material
adverse effect on the Company's systems. Additionally, there can be no
assurance that the computer systems necessary to maintain the viability of the
Internet or any of the Web sites that direct consumers to the Company's web site
will be Year 2000 compliant. As part of the Company's Year 2000 compliance
plan, the Company is developing plans to operate its website from different
systems and/or at a different location in the event of any significant
disruption as a result of the Year 2000 issues. The Company believes it is
taking the steps necessary regarding Year 2000 compliance with respect to
matters within its control. However, no assurance can be given that the
Company's systems will be made Year 2000 compliant in a timely manner or that
the Year 2000 problem will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations.
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FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS
DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY; LIMITED OPERATING HISTORY; ANTICIPATED LOSSES;
UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE RESULTS. GoodNoise Corporation has only a limited
operating history upon which an evaluation of the Company and its prospects can
be based. The Company's prospects must be evaluated with a view to the risks
encountered by a company in an early stage of development, particularly in light
of the uncertainties relating to the new and evolving markets in which the
Company intends to operate and acceptance of the Company's business model.
GoodNoise will be incurring costs to develop, introduce, and enhance its
website, to establish marketing and distribution relationships, to create and
enhance its music catalog, and to build an administrative organization. To the
extent that such expenses are not subsequently followed by commensurate
revenues, the Company's business, results of operations, and financial condition
will be materially adversely affected. There can be no assurance that the
Company will be able to generate sufficient revenues from the sale of music
recordings, related merchandise, advertising, and sponsorships to achieve or
maintain profitability on a quarterly or annual basis in the future. GoodNoise
expects negative cash flow from operations to continue for the foreseeable
future as it continues to develop and market its business. If cash generated by
operations is insufficient to satisfy the Company's liquidity requirements, the
Company may be required to sell additional debt or equity securities. The sale
of additional equity or convertible debt securities would result in additional
dilution to the Company's stockholders.
NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS. The Company's current capital resources will
not be sufficient to enable it to maintain its operations. The Company will
require additional funds to sustain and expand its sales and marketing, research
and development activities and its strategic alliances. The Company may also
need additional funding if a well-financed competitor emerges or if there is a
shift in the type of Internet services that are developed and ultimately receive
customer acceptance. The Company is currently seeking such funding. Adequate
funds for these and other purposes, whether through additional equity financing,
debt financing or other sources, may not be available on terms acceptable to the
Company, or may result in significant dilution to existing stockholders. The
inability to obtain sufficient funds from operations and external sources would
have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations
and financial condition.
LIMITED PUBLIC MARKET; POSSIBLE VOLATILITY OF SHARE PRICE. The Company's
Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board. As of January 30, 1999, there
were approximately 15,025,300 shares of Common Stock outstanding, of which
approximately 2.8 million are freely tradable without restriction under the
Securities Act. Substantially all of the remaining shares will not be tradable
under Rule 144 until May 1999. The trading market for the Company's Common
Stock is currently limited to relatively low volume and the current market price
is substantially above that at which the Company is proposing to sell Series B
Preferred Stock in a pending financing. There can be no assurance that a
trading market will be sustained in the future. Factors such as announcements
of the terms of new financing, technological innovations or new products by the
Company or its competitors, failure to meet securities analysts' expectations,
government regulatory action, patent or proprietary rights developments, and
market conditions for technology stocks in general could have a material effect
on the price of the Company's securities.
DEPENDENCE ON THE INTERNET; UNCERTAIN ACCEPTANCE OF THE INTERNET AS A
MEDIUM FOR COMMERCE. Use of the Internet by consumers is at an early stage of
development, and market acceptance of the Internet as a medium for commerce is
subject to a high level of uncertainty. The Company's future success will depend
on its ability to significantly increase revenues, which will require the
development and widespread acceptance of the Internet as a medium for commerce.
There can be no assurance that the Internet will be a successful retailing
channel. The Internet may not prove to be a viable commercial
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marketplace because of inadequate development of the necessary infrastructure,
such as reliable network backbones, or complementary services, such as high
speed access and security procedures for financial transactions. The viability
of the Internet may prove uncertain due to delays in the development and
adoption of new standards and protocols (for example, the next generation
Internet Protocol) to handle increased levels of Internet activity or due to
increased government regulation. If use of the Internet does not continue to
grow, or if the necessary Internet infrastructure or complementary services are
not developed to effectively support growth that may occur, the Company's
business, results of operations, and financial condition could be materially
adversely affected.
Use of the Internet by consumers is at an early stage of development, and
market acceptance of the Internet as a medium for obtaining recordings,
information, entertainment, commerce, and advertising is subject to a high level
of uncertainty. If Internet-based downloading of musical content is not widely
accepted by consumers and recording artists, the Company's business, results of
operations, and financial condition will be materially adversely affected.
The Company's future success will be significantly dependent upon its
ability to create, license, and deliver entertaining and compelling Internet
music-related content in order to attract users to its websites to purchase
music and related merchandise and to attract advertisers to its websites. There
can be no assurance that the Company's content will be attractive to a
sufficient number of users to generate significant revenues. There can also be
no assurance that the Company will be able to anticipate, monitor, and
successfully respond to rapidly changing consumer tastes and preferences so as
to continually attract a sufficient number of users to its websites. If the
Company is unable to develop Internet content that allows it to attract, retain,
and expand a loyal user base, its business, results of operations, and financial
condition will be materially adversely affected.
RISKS OF TECHNOLOGY TRENDS AND EVOLVING INDUSTRY STANDARDS (BANDWIDTH).
The Company's success will depend upon the development of the Internet
infrastructure such that large amounts of bandwidth are available to a wide
number of users. Online delivery of music, at current compression rates,
requires large amounts of Internet bandwidth to download to a customer's
computer in an acceptable time span. Until there is widespread access to high
speed Internet connections or deeper compression of music files, the market for
online music will remain limited to those Internet users with such high speed
access.
The Company's success will also depend upon its ability to develop and
provide new products and services. The delivery of music online is and will
continue to be, like the Internet, characterized by rapidly changing technology,
evolving industry standards, changes in customer requirements, and frequent new
service and product introductions. The Company's future success will depend, in
part, on its ability to effectively use leading technologies to continue to
develop its technological expertise, to enhance its current services, to develop
new services that meet changing customer requirements and to influence and
respond to emerging industry standards and other technological changes on a
timely and cost-effective basis. In addition, the Company's business could be
adversely affected if an industry standard for hardware used in the storage and
playback of the Company's products is slow or fails to develop.
COMPETITION. The market for Internet content providers is new, highly
competitive, and rapidly changing. Since the Internet's commercialization in the
early 1990's, the number of websites on the Internet competing for consumers'
attention and spending has proliferated. With no substantial barriers to entry,
the Company expects that competition will continue to intensify. Currently,
there are more than one hundred music retailing websites on the Internet. With
respect to competing for consumers' attention, in addition to intense
competition from Internet content providers, the Company also faces competition
from traditional media such as radio, television, and print. GoodNoise also
competes with major and independent record labels.
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The Company believes that the primary competitive factors in providing
music entertainment products and services via the Internet are name recognition,
content available on an exclusive basis, variety of value-added services, ease
of use, price, quality of service, availability of customer support,
reliability, technical expertise, and experience. The Company's success in this
market will depend heavily upon its ability to provide high quality,
entertaining content, along with cutting-edge technology and value-added
Internet services. Other factors that will affect the Company's success include
the Company's ability to attract experienced marketing, sales, and management
talent. In addition, the competition for advertising revenues, both on Internet
websites and in more traditional media, is intense. The Company believes that
its high-quality downloadable music content will be an important differentiation
from other music-related and music-merchandising websites.
Many of the Company's current and potential competitors in the Internet and
music entertainment businesses have longer operating histories, significantly
greater financial, technical and marketing resources, greater name recognition,
and larger existing customer bases than the Company. These competitors may be
able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in
customer requirements and to devote greater resources to the development,
promotion, and sale of their products or services than the Company. There can be
no assurance that the Company will be able to compete successfully against
current or future competitors.
POTENTIAL FLUCTUATIONS IN QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS. The Company's
quarterly operating results may fluctuate significantly in the future as a
result of a variety of factors, most of which are outside the Company's control,
including: the level of use of the Internet; the demand for downloadable music
content and Internet advertising; seasonal trends in both Internet use,
purchases of downloadable music, and advertising placements; the addition or
loss of advertisers; the level of traffic on the Company's Internet sites; the
amount and timing of capital expenditures and other costs relating to the
expansion of the Company's Internet operations; the introduction of new sites
and services by the Company or its competitors; price competition or pricing
changes in the industry; technical difficulties or system downtime; general
economic conditions, and economic conditions specific to the Internet and
Internet media. Due to the foregoing factors, among others, it is likely that
the Company's operating results will fall below the expectations of the Company
or investors in some future quarter.
RISKS INHERENT IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. The music industry, like other
creative industries, involves a substantial degree of risk. Each recording is an
individual artistic work, and its commercial success is primarily determined by
consumer taste, which is unpredictable and constantly changing. Accordingly,
there can be no assurance as to the financial success of any particular release,
the timing of any such success or the popularity of any particular artist, or
the Company's ability to attract and sign artists to the GoodNoise record label.
Furthermore, the Company believes that it is standard practice for record
companies to pay substantial advances to artists. The Company may incur
significant expenses in connection with paying its artists such advances, which
could materially adversely affect the Company's results of operations, and
financial position. In circumstances when the Company does not pay such
advances, it will be competing for artistic talent at a disadvantage to other
record labels that do pay such advances. There can be no assurance that the
Company will be able to generate sufficient revenues from successful releases to
cover the costs of unsuccessful releases. The music industry is dominated by a
small number of large record companies that have significantly greater
experience and financial, marketing, and distribution resources than the
Company. There can be no assurance of the Company's ability to compete
effectively in that market.
DEPENDENCE UPON STRATEGIC ALLIANCES. The Company intends to rely on
certain strategic alliances to attract users to its websites, to attract paid
advertising to its websites, and to provide alternative
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distribution channels for music rights and licenses it hopes to acquire. For
example, the Company will seek to enter into a strategic alliance with a major
music publishing company for the worldwide administration of any music
publishing rights the Company acquires from its recording artists. The Company
will seek alliances with computer and entertainment companies which the Company
believes will result in increased traffic to its websites. The inability to
enter into new, and to maintain any one or more of its existing, strategic
alliances could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
results of operations, and financial condition.
UNCERTAIN ACCEPTANCE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOODNOISE BRAND. The Company
believes that establishing and maintaining the GoodNoise brand is a critical
aspect of its efforts to attract and expand its Internet audience and that the
importance of brand recognition will increase due to the growing number of
Internet sites and the relatively low barriers to entry in providing Internet
content. If the Company is unable to provide high quality content or otherwise
fails to promote and maintain its brand, or if the Company incurs excessive
expenses in an attempt to improve its content or promote and maintain its brand,
the Company's business, results of operations, and financial condition will be
materially adversely affected.
DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL AND HIRING OF ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. The
Company's performance is substantially dependent on the services of Robert H.
Kohn (Chairman), Gene Hoffman, Jr. (Chief Executive Officer), and Joseph Howell
(Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer) as well as on the
Company's ability to recruit, retain, and motivate its other officers and key
employees. The Company's success also depends on its ability to attract and
retain additional qualified employees. Competition for qualified personnel is
intense and there are a limited number of persons with knowledge of and
experience in the Internet and music entertainment industries. There can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to attract and retain key personnel. The
loss of one or more key employees could have a material adverse effect on the
Company.
The Company believes its future success will also depend in large part upon
its ability to attract and retain highly skilled management, engineering, sales
and marketing, finance personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense,
and there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in attracting
and retaining such personnel. The loss of the services of any of the key
personnel, the inability to attract or retain qualified personnel in the future,
or delays in hiring required personnel, particularly engineers and sales
personnel, could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
results of operations, and financial condition. In addition, companies in the
Internet and music industries whose employees accept positions with competitive
companies frequently claim that their competitors have engaged in unfair hiring
practices. There can be no assurance that the Company will not receive such
claims in the future as it seeks to hire qualified personnel or that such claims
will not result in material litigation involving the Company. The Company could
incur substantial costs in defending itself against any such claims, regardless
of the merits of such claims.
DEPENDENCE ON THIRD PARTIES FOR INTERNET OPERATIONS. The Company's ability
to advertise on other Internet sites and the willingness of the owners of such
sites to direct users to the Company's Internet sites through hypertext links
are critical to the success of the Company's Internet operations. The Company
also relies on the cooperation of owners of copyrighted materials and Internet
search services and on its relationships with third party vendors of Internet
development tools and technologies. There can be no assurance that the
necessary cooperation from third parties will be available on acceptable
commercial terms or at all. If the Company is unable to develop and maintain
satisfactory relationships with such third parties on acceptable commercial
terms, or if the Company's competitors are better able to leverage such
relationships, the Company's business, results of operations and financial
condition will be materially adversely affected.
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RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUISITIONS. As part of its business strategy, the
Company may from time to time acquire assets and businesses principally relating
to or complementary to its operations. These acquisitions may include
acquisitions for the purpose of acquiring musical content and/or technology. The
Company has entered an agreement to acquire Nordic, and on January 31, 1999
acquired Emusic. Among other things, the closing of the Nordic transactions is
dependent upon satisfactory due diligence. These and any other acquisitions by
the Company involve risks commonly encountered in acquisitions of companies.
These risks include, among other things, the following: the Company may be
exposed to unknown liabilities of acquired companies; the Company may incur
acquisition costs and expenses higher than it anticipated; fluctuations in the
Company's quarterly and annual operating results may occur due to the costs and
expenses of acquiring and integrating new businesses or technologies; the
Company may experience difficulties and expenses in assimilating the operations
and personnel of the acquired businesses; the Company's ongoing business may be
disrupted and its management's time and attention may be diverted; the Company
may be unable to integrate successfully or to complete the development and
application of acquired technology and may fail to achieve the anticipated
financial, operating, and strategic benefits from these acquisitions; the
Company may experience difficulties in establishing and maintaining uniform
standards, controls, procedures, and policies; the Company's relationships with
key employees and customers of acquired businesses may be impaired, or these key
employees and customers may be lost as a result of changes in management and
ownership of the acquired businesses; and the Company may incur amortization
expenses if an acquisition is accounted for as a purchase, resulting in
significant goodwill or other intangible assets. In addition, the Company's
stockholders may be diluted if the consideration for the acquisition consists of
equity securities. The Company may not overcome these risks or any other
problems encountered in connection with acquisitions. If the Company is
unsuccessful in doing so, its business, results of operations and financial
condition could be materially and adversely affected.
SECURITY RISKS. A party who is able to circumvent the Company's security
measures could misappropriate proprietary information or cause interruptions in
the Company's Internet operations. The Company may be required to expend
significant capital and resources to protect against the threat of such security
breaches or to alleviate problems caused by such breaches. Consumer concern over
Internet security has been, and could continue to be, a barrier to commercial
activities requiring consumers to send their credit card information over the
Internet. Computer viruses, break-ins, or other security problems could lead to
misappropriation of proprietary information and interruptions, delays, or
cessation in service to the Company's customers. Moreover, until more
comprehensive security technologies are developed, the security and privacy
concerns of existing and potential customers may inhibit the growth of the
Internet as a merchandising medium.
DEPENDENCE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; RISKS OF INFRINGEMENT. The
Company relies on copyright and trade secret laws to protect its content and
proprietary technologies and information, but there can be no assurance that
such laws will provide sufficient protection to the Company, that others will
not develop technologies that are similar or superior to the Company's, or that
third parties will not copy or otherwise obtain and use the Company's content or
technologies without authorization.
DEPENDENCE ON LICENSED TECHNOLOGY. The Company may rely on certain
technology licensed from third parties, and there can be no assurance that these
third party technology licenses will be available to the Company on acceptable
commercial terms or at all.
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION AND LEGAL UNCERTAINTIES. The Company is not
currently subject to direct federal, state, or local regulation, and laws or
regulations applicable to access to or commerce on the Internet, other than
regulations applicable to businesses generally. However, due to the increasing
popularity and use of the Internet and other online services, it is possible
that a number of laws and regulations may be adopted with respect to the
Internet or other online services covering issues such as user
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privacy, "indecent" materials, freedom of expression, pricing, content and
quality of products and services, taxation, advertising, intellectual property
rights, and information security. The adoption of any such laws or regulations
might also decrease the rate of growth of Internet use, which in turn could
decrease the demand for the Company's products and services or increase the cost
of doing business or in some other manner have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business, results of operations, and financial condition. In addition,
applicability to the Internet of existing laws governing issues such as property
ownership, copyrights and other intellectual property issues, taxation, libel,
obscenity, and personal privacy is uncertain. The vast majority of such laws
were adopted prior to the advent of the Internet and related technologies and,
as a result, do not contemplate or address the unique issues of the Internet and
related technologies. The Company does not believe that such regulations, which
were adopted prior to the advent of the Internet, govern the operations of the
Company's business nor have any claims been filed by any state implying that the
Company is subject to such legislation. There can be no assurance, however, that
a state will not attempt to impose these regulations upon the Company in the
future or that such imposition will not have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Several states have also proposed legislation that would limit the uses of
personal user information gathered online or require online services to
establish privacy policies. The Federal Trade Commission has also initiated
action against at least one online service regarding the manner in which
personal information is collected from users and provided to third parties.
Changes to existing laws or the passage of new laws intended to address these
issues, including some recently proposed changes, could create uncertainty in
the marketplace that could reduce demand for the services of the Company or
increase the cost of doing business as a result of litigation costs or increased
service delivery costs, or could in some other manner have a material adverse
effect on the Company's business, results of operations, and financial
condition. In addition, because the Company's services are accessible
worldwide, and the Company facilitates sales of goods to users worldwide, other
jurisdictions may claim that the Company is required to qualify to do business
as a foreign corporation in a particular state or foreign country. The Company
is qualified to do business in California, and failure by the Company to qualify
as a foreign corporation in a jurisdiction where it is required to do so could
subject the Company to taxes and penalties for the failure to qualify and could
result in the inability of the Company to enforce contracts in such
jurisdictions. Any such new legislation or regulation, or the application of
laws or regulations from jurisdictions whose laws do not currently apply to the
Company's business, could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business, results of operations, and financial condition.
POTENTIAL LIABILITY FOR SALES AND OTHER TAXES. The Company does not
currently collect sales or other similar taxes in respect of the delivery of its
products into states other than California where the Company collects sales
taxes for sales of tangible products. New state tax regulations may subject the
Company to the assessment of sales and income taxes in additional states.
Although the Internet Tax Freedom Act precludes for a period of three years the
imposition of state and local taxes that discriminate against or single out the
Internet, it does not impact currently existing taxes. Tax authorities in a
number of states are currently reviewing the appropriate tax treatment of
companies engaged in Internet retailing and are currently considering an
agreement with certain of these companies regarding the assessment and
collection of sales taxes. The Company is not a party to any such discussions.
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. The future success of the
Company will depend in part on its ability to generate international sales.
There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will be successful in
generating international sales of its products. Sales to customers in certain
foreign countries will be subject to a number of risks, including: foreign
currency risk; the risks that agreements may be difficult or impossible to
enforce and receivables difficult to collect through a foreign country's legal
system; foreign customers may have longer payment cycles; or foreign countries
could impose withholding taxes or otherwise tax the Company's foreign income,
impose tariffs, embargoes, or exchange
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controls, or adopt other restrictions on foreign trade. In addition, the laws of
certain countries do not protect the Company's offerings and intellectual
property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. Failure of
the Company's efforts to compete successfully or to expand the distribution of
its offerings in international markets could have a material adverse effect on
the Company's business, results of operations, and financial condition.
MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH. The Company expects to experience significant growth
in the number of employees and the scope of its operations. In particular, the
Company intends to hire additional engineering, sales, marketing, and support
personnel. This hiring will result in increased responsibilities for
management. The future success of the Company will depend on its ability to
increase its customer support capability and to attract, train, and retain
qualified technical, sales, marketing, and management personnel, for whom
competition is intense. In particular, the current availability of qualified
sales and engineering personnel is quite limited, and competition among
companies for such personnel is intense. During strong business cycles, the
Company expects to experience continued difficulty in filling its needs for
qualified sales, engineering, and other personnel.
The Company's future success will be highly dependent upon its ability to
successfully manage the expansion of its operations. The Company's ability to
manage and support its growth effectively will be substantially dependent on its
ability to implement adequate improvements to financial and management controls,
reporting and order entry systems, and other procedures and hire sufficient
numbers of financial, accounting, administrative, and management personnel. The
Company's expansion and the resulting growth in the number of its employees has
resulted in increased responsibility for both existing and new management
personnel. The Company is in the process of establishing and upgrading its
financial and accounting systems and procedures. There can be no assurance that
the Company will be able to identify, attract, and retain experienced accounting
and financial personnel. The Company's future operating results will depend on
the ability of its management and other key employees to implement and improve
its systems for operations, financial control, and information management, and
to recruit, train, and manage its employee base. There can be no assurance that
the Company will be able to achieve or manage any such growth successfully or to
implement and maintain adequate financial and management controls and
procedures, and any inability to do so would have a material adverse effect on
the Company's business, results of operations, and financial condition.
The Company's future success depends upon its ability to address potential
market opportunities while managing its expenses to match its ability to finance
its operations. This need to manage its expenses will place a significant strain
on the Company's management and operational resources. If the Company is unable
to manage its expenses effectively, the Company's business, results of
operations, and financial condition will be materially adversely affected.
RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. The market in which the Company competes is
characterized by frequent new product introductions, rapidly changing
technology, and the emergence of new industry standards. The rapid development
of new technologies increases the risk that current or new competitors will
develop products or services that reduce the competitiveness and are superior to
the Company's products and services. The Company's future success will depend
to a substantial degree upon its ability to develop and introduce in a timely
fashion new products and services and enhancements to its existing products and
services that meet changing customer requirements and emerging industry
standards. The development of new, technologically advanced products and
services is a complex and uncertain process requiring high levels of innovation,
as well as the accurate anticipation of technological and market trends. There
is a potential for product development delay due to the need to comply with new
or modified standards. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able
to identify, develop, market, support, or manage the transition to new or
enhanced products or services successfully or on a timely basis, that new
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products or services will be responsive to technological changes or will gain
market acceptance, or that the Company will be able to respond effectively to
announcements by competitors, technological changes, or emerging industry
standards. The Company's business, results of operations, and financial
condition would be materially and adversely affected if the Company were to be
unsuccessful, or to incur significant delays, in developing and introducing new
products, services, or enhancements.
Y2K DISCLOSURE. The Year 2000 issue is the result of computer programs
written using two digits rather than four to define the applicable year. As a
result, date-sensitive software may recognize a date using "00" as the year 1900
rather than the year 2000. This could result in system failures or
miscalculations causing disruptions of operations, including, among others, a
temporary inability to process transactions, send invoices, or engage in similar
normal business activities.
Since the Company's systems and software are relatively new, management
does not expect Year 2000 issues related to its own internal systems to be
significant and does not anticipate that it will incur significant operating
expenses or be required to invest heavily in computer systems improvements to be
Year 2000 compliant. As the Company makes arrangements with significant
suppliers and service providers, the Company intends to determine the extent to
which the Company's interface systems may be vulnerable should those third
parties fail to address and correct their own Year 2000 issues. The Company
anticipates that this will be an ongoing process as the Company begins to
implement supplier and service provider arrangements throughout 1999. There can
be no assurance that the systems of suppliers or other companies on which the
Company relies will be converted in a timely manner and will not have a material
adverse effect on the Company's systems. Additionally, there can be no
assurance that the computer systems necessary to maintain the viability of the
Internet or any of the Web sites that direct consumers to the Company's web site
will be Year 2000 compliant. As part of the Company's Year 2000 compliance plan,
the Company is developing plans to operate its website from different systems
and/or at a different location in the event of any significant disruption as a
result of Year 2000 issues. The Company believes it is taking the steps
necessary regarding Year 2000 compliance with respect to matters within its
control. However, no assurance can be given that the Company's systems will be
made Year 2000 compliant in a timely manner or that the Year 2000 problem will
not have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial
condition and results of operations.
CONTROL BY MANAGEMENT AND EXISTING STOCKHOLDERS. The Company's executive
officers, directors, and affiliated entities together beneficially own a
majority of the voting control of the Company's capital stock. As a result,
these stockholders, acting together, are able to influence significantly and
control most matters requiring approval by the Company's stockholders, including
the election of directors. Such a concentration of ownership may have the
effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company.
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INTEREST RATE RISK
The Company does not hold derivative financial instruments, therefore the
Company is not subject to significant interest rate risk.
FOREIGN CURRENCY RATE RISK
Currently all of the Company's sales and expenses are denominated in U.S.
dollars; therefore, the Company has experienced no foreign exchange gains and
losses to date, and does not expect to incur significant such gains and losses
in at least the next twelve months. The Company has not engaged in foreign
currency hedging activities to date.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM 2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
ON OCTOBER 28, 1998 THE COMPANY RAISED PROCEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY $0.5
MILLION THROUGH THE SALE OF 500 SHARES OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANTS
TO PURCHASE 100,000 SHARES OF THE COMPANY'S COMMON.
THE ABOVE ISSUANCE WAS ONLY TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND WAS EXEMPT FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT PURSUANT TO REGULATION D. THERE
WERE NO UNDERWRITERS EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE TRANSACTION. THE
PROCEEDS OF THE ABOVE TRANSACTIONS ARE BEING USED TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUING
DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY. SEE ALSO NOTE 2 OF NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) EXHIBITS
3.1 Articles of Amendment for Series A Preferred Stock. (Incorporated by
reference to the Registrant's form 8-K filed on November 2, 1998.)
10.1 Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 28, 1998. (Incorporated
by reference to the Registrant's form 8-K filed on November 2, 1998.)
10.2 Registration Rights Agreement dated October 28, 1998. (Incorporated
by reference to the Registrant's form 8-K filed on November 2, 1998.)
10.3 Form of Warrant. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form
8-K filed on November 2, 1998.)
10.4 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of October 8, 1998, as
amended (the "Reorganization Agreement"), by and among the Company,
GN Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of GoodNoise, Emusic, and the shareholders of Emusic.
(Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on
February 10, 1999.)
27.1 Financial Data Schedule (EDGAR only)
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
On November 2, 1998, the Company filed a Form 8-K describing the initial closing
of a privately placed equity financing that raised proceeds of approximately $.5
million through the sale of 500 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock.
On February 10, 1999, the Company filed a Form 8-K describing the acquisition of
Creative Fulfillment, Inc. (dba "Emusic") on January 31, 1999, pursuant to an
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of October 8, 1998, as amended
(the "Reorganization Agreement"), by and among the Company, GN Acquisition
Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of GoodNoise,
Emusic, and the shareholders of Emusic.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: February 11, 1998 GoodNoise Corporation
/s/ JOSEPH HOWELL
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Joseph Howell
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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