UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

10-K/A

(Mark One)

Amendment No. 1)

(Mark One)
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Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
 For the fiscal year ended October 31, 20142015
  
OR
  
¨oTransition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
 For the Transition Period from         to          


Commission File No. 000-51128


MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


DELAWARE06-1529524

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

160 Raritan Center Parkway

Edison,


4041-T Hadley Road
South Plainfield, New Jersey 08837

07080

(Address of principal executive office)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (732) 225-8910


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: NONE


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:


Common Stock, Par Value $0.001

(Title of class)

 

NASDAQ Capital Market

(Name of exchange on which registered)


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes o¨     No þ


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  Yes o¨     No þ


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 þ     No o¨


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ    No o¨


Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein and, will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  Rþ


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):


Large accelerated filer o¨
Accelerated filer o¨
Non-accelerated filer o¨
Smaller reporting company þ
 (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes o¨     No þ


The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates as of April 30, 20142015 was $14.8$8.5 million.


The outstanding number of shares of common stock as of January 27, 201525, 2016 was 6,690,254.

11,675,866.


The Registrant’s proxy or information statement is incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.


EXPLANATORY NOTE

Majesco Entertainment Company (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” or “Majesco”) is filing this annual reportAmendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this “Amendment”) to amend our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2016.  The purpose of this Amendment is to include Part III information.  This information was previously omitted from the 10-K in reliance on General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, which permits the Part III information to be incorporated in our Form 10-K by reference from our definitive proxy statement if such statement is filed no later than 120 days after our fiscal year-end.  We are filing this Amendment to include Part III information in our Form 10-K because a definitive proxy statement containing such information will not be filed by the Company within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by our Form 10-K.  The reference on the cover to the Form 10-K to the incorporation by reference to portions of our definitive proxy statement into Part III of the Form 10-K is hereby deleted.  This Amendment hereby amends and restates the cover page and Part III, Items 10 through 14 in their entirety.

In accordance with Rule 12b-15 under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), Part III, Items 10 through 14 of our Form 10-K are hereby amended and restated in their entirety.  In addition, new certifications of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer are attached, each as of the filing date of this Amendment.  This Amendment does not amend or otherwise update any other information in our 10-K.  Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with our Form 10-K and with our filings with the SEC subsequent to our Form 10-K.


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PART III

ITEM 10.  DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The following table sets forth information about our current Directors and Executive Officers.

We currently have a staggered board of directors comprised of three classes and each director serves until the Annual Meeting associated with their class. Class I board members will serve until our Annual Meeting in 2018, Class II Directors will serve until our Annual Meeting in 2019 and Class III Directors will serve until our Annual Meeting in 2017.
The Board has reviewed the materiality of any relationship that each of our directors has with Majesco, either directly or indirectly. Based upon this review, the Board has determined that the following members of the Board are “independent directors” as defined by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market: Michael Beeghley, Andrew Kaplan, Edward M. Karr and Mohit Bhansali.

NameAgePosition with the Company
Barry Honig44Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Class III Director
Michael Brauser60Co-Chairman and Class II Director
John Stetson30Chief Financial Officer
Edward Karr46Class I Director
Andrew Kaplan49Class II Director
Mohit Bhansali41Class III Director
David Rector69Class I Director
Michael Beeghley49Class III Director
Background Information

Barry Honig, age 44, was appointed our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director on September 25, 2015.  Mr. Honig has been President of GRQ Consultants, Inc., since January 2004, where he is a private investor and consultant to early stage companies. Mr. Honig is a founder and Director of Pershing Gold (PGLC), a Nasdaq listed emerging gold producer, since September 29, 2010. Mr. Honig is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Levon Resources Ltd.  Mr. Honig was the Founder/Co-Chairman of InterCLICK, Inc. (ICLK) from 2007 until its sale to Yahoo! Inc. in December 2011. Mr. Honig served as Co-Chairman of Chromadex Corporation (CDXC), a natural products company, from 2011 to 2015. Mr. Honig graduated from George Washington University in 1993 with a BA in Business Administration.  The Company believes Mr. Honig is qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive business and management expertise and his extensive knowledge of capital markets.
Michael Brauser, age 60, was appointed Co-Chairman of our Board of Directors on September 25, 2015. Mr. Brauser has been a self-employed investor/venture capitalist since 2003 investing in both public and private companies.  He has been the manager of, and an investor with, Marlin Capital Partners, LLC, a private investment company, since 2003. From 1999 through 2002, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Naviant, Inc. (eDirect, Inc.), an Internet marketing company.  He was also the founder of Seisant Inc. (eData.com, Inc.).  Between October 2005 and November 2006, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of SendTec, Inc. (SNDN), a publicly-traded customer acquisition ad agency.  He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chromadex Corp. (CDXC) from October 2011 to March 2015 and served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Interclick, Inc. (ICLK) from 2007 until its acquisition by Yahoo!.  Mr. Brauser is currently the Chairman of IDI, Inc. (IDI). The Company believes Mr. Brauser is qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive business and management expertise from his background as an executive officer of a number of public companies and his knowledge of accounting and finance.

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John Stetson, age 30, was appointed our Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Secretary on September 25, 2015.  Mr. Stetson has been the Managing Member of HS Contrarian Investments LLC, a private investment firm with a focus on early stage companies since 2010. In addition, Mr. Stetson served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Marathon Patent Group, Inc. (MARA), a Nasdaq listed patent monetization company from June 2012 to February 2015. Mr. Stetson was President & Co-Founder of Fidelity Property Group, Inc. from April 2010 to July 2014, a real estate development group focused on acquisition, rehabilitation, and short-term disposition of single family homes that completed 190 transactions, and generated over $46 million in sales. Mr. Stetson was an Investment Analyst from 2008 to 2009 for Heritage Investment Group and worked in the division of Corporate Finance of Toll Brothers from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Stetson received his BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Edward M. Karr, age 46, was appointed as a member of our Board of Directors on September 25, 2015.  Mr. Karr has been founder and Managing Director of Strategic Asset Management S.A. and also is a Director of Pershing Gold Corporation (PGLC), Dataram Corporation (DRAM) and Levon Resources (LVN.TO).  He is a former member of the board of directors Spherix serving from November 2012 until December 2014.  He has more than 20 years of capital markets experience as a financial analyst, money manager and investor. Prior to founding Strategic Asset Management, Mr. Karr managed a private Swiss asset management, investment banking and trading firm based in Geneva, Switzerland for ten years. At the firm, he was responsible for all of the capital market transactions, investment and marketing activities. In 2004, Futures Magazine named Mr. Karr as one of the world’s Top Traders. He has been featured on CNBC and has been quoted in numerous financial publications. Prior to moving to Europe, Mr. Karr worked for Prudential Securities in the United States and has been in the financial services industry for over twenty years. Before his entry into the financial services arena, Mr. Karr was affiliated with the United States Antarctic Program and spent thirteen consecutive months working in the Antarctic, receiving the Antarctic Service Medal for winter over contributions of courage, sacrifice and devotion. Mr. Karr studied at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Lansdowne College in London, England and received a B.S. in Economics/Finance with Honours (magna cum laude) from Southern New Hampshire University. Mr. Karr has lived in Geneva since 1997.  He is a current board member, Nominating Committee Chair and past President of the American International Club of Geneva and Chairman of Republican’s Overseas Switzerland.  Mr. Karr is qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive business and management expertise and his extensive knowledge of capital markets.  Mr. Karr qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” under the applicable SEC rules and accordingly contributes to the Board his understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and his skills in auditing, as well as in analyzing and evaluating financial statements.

Andrew Kaplan age 49, was appointed as a member of our Board of Directors on September 25, 2015.  Mr. Kaplan has been a Vice President of Barry Kaplan Associates for the past 20 years, a leading financial public relations firm for both public and private companies in the US, Canada and abroad. Prior to working at BKA, he had six years’ experience working at major investment banks involved in deal structure, mergers and acquisitions and trading. Mr. Kaplan is a member of the Board of Directors of Naked Brand Group (NAKD) and Coral Gold Resources, Ltd. (CLH.V).  He holds a BSBA from the University of Hartford in Finance and Insurance.  Mr. Kaplan is qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive business and management expertise and his extensive knowledge of capital markets.

Mohit Bhansali, age 41, has served as one of our directors since December 17, 2014.  He served as an executive officer and a director of Spiral Energy Tech Inc. from December 2011 through September 2014.  In addition, Mr. Bhansali has served as the President, Secretary and a director of Northern Wind Energy Corp. (formerly Icarus Wind Energy, Inc.) since December 2011 and as the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Northern Wind Energy Corp. from December 2011 through October 2013, as a director of Silver Horn Mining Ltd. since November 2013, as a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Equity Stock Transfer since November 2011, as a partner of Deadbeat Records LLC since 2010, as a securities specialist at Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP from 2009 through 2011 and as a securities specialist at Haynes and Boone, LLP from 2006 through 2009.  Mr. Bhansali worked as an equity trader with Tradescape and Etrade Securities from 1999 through 2002. In considering Mr. Bhansali as a director of the Company, the Board considered his entrepreneurial experience, his knowledge of capital markets and his experience in a variety of executive roles and his management experience.

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David Rector, age 69, has been a director for Sevion Therapeutics Inc. since February 2002 and was appointed Interim CEO in January 2015. In July 2015 Mr. Rector was appointed to serve as a Director of Majesco Entertainment Company.  Mr. Rector also served as a director and member of the compensation and audit committee of the Dallas Gold and Silver Exchange Companies Inc. (formerly Superior Galleries, Inc.) from May 2014 to September 2015.  From January 2014 through January 2015, Mr. Rector served on the board of directors of MV Portfolios, Inc. (formerly California Gold Corp.) Since 1985, Mr. Rector has been the Principal of The David Stephen Group, which provides enterprise consulting services to emerging and developing companies in a variety of industries. From November 2012 through January 2014, Mr. Rector served as the CEO and President of Valor Gold. Since February 2012 through January 2013, Mr. Rector served as the VP Finance & Administration of Pershing Gold Corp. From May 2011 through February 2012, Mr. Rector served as the President of Sagebrush Gold, Ltd. From October 2009 through August 2011, Mr. Rector had served as President and CEO of Li3 Energy, Inc. From July 2009 through May 2011, Mr. Rector had served as President and CEO of Nevada Gold Holdings, Inc. From September 2008 through November 2010, Mr. Rector served as President and CEO Universal Gold Mining Corp. Since October 2007 through February 2013, Mr. Rector has served as President and CEO of Standard Drilling, Inc. From May 2004 through December 2006, Mr. Rector had served in senior management positions with Nanoscience Technologies, Inc., a development stage company engaged in the development of DNA Nanotechnology. From 1983 until 1985, Mr. Rector served as President and General Manager of Sunset Designs, Inc., a domestic and international manufacturer and marketer of consumer product craft kits, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reckitt & Coleman N.A. From 1980 until 1983, Mr. Rector served as the Director of Marketing of Sunset Designs. From 1971 until 1980, Mr. Rector served in progressive roles in the financial and product marketing departments of Crown Zellerbach Corporation, a multi-billion dollar pulp and paper industry corporation. Mr. Rector received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business/Finance from Murray State University in 1969. As a result of these professional and other experiences, Mr. Rector has a deep business understanding of developing companies. Mr. Rector also brings corporate governance experience through his service on other company boards.

Michael Beeghley, age 49, was appointed to our Board of Directors on December 18, 2015.  Mr. Beeghley has 25 years of financial industry experience, including 23 years specifically in corporate finance and financial advisory services. Mr. Beeghley has been serving as President of Applied Economics LLC (“Applied Economics”), a national corporate finance and financial advisory services firm for 18 years. As President of Applied Economics, Mr. Beeghley has initiated managed and closed over $1 billion in corporate finance transactions and has managed, completed and signed over 2,000 financial advisory engagements. Mr. Beeghley is a national expert on mergers & acquisitions and securities valuation, and has been quoted or interviewed for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Business Chronicle, The Georgia Business Report (GPTV), Catalyst Magazine, and Reuters News Service (New York).  He has spoken on financial topics throughout the United States and has been an instructor for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, teaching business valuation to societies in ten states. Additionally, Mr. Beeghley has testified as an expert and provided expert opinions on numerous economic, financial and securities issues. Prior to forming Applied Economics, Mr. Beeghley was a Manager in the Corporate Finance Group of Ernst & Young, LLP and a Senior Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers.  Mr. Beeghley is qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive corporate finance background.

Arrangements between Officers and Directors
To our knowledge, there is no arrangement or understanding between any of our officers and any other person, including Directors, pursuant to which the officer was selected to serve as an officer.
Family Relationships
None of our Directors are related by blood, marriage, or adoption to any other Director, executive officer, or other key employees.

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Other Directorships
Other than as disclosed above, none of the Directors of the Company are also directors of issuers with a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (or which otherwise are required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act).

Legal Proceedings
We are not historical facts constitute forward-looking statementsaware of any of our directors or officers being involved in any legal proceedings in the past ten years relating to any matters in bankruptcy, insolvency, criminal proceedings (other than traffic and other minor offenses) or being subject to any of the items set forth under Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K.
Corporate Governance
General
We believe that are made pursuantgood corporate governance is important to ensure that the safe harbor provisionsCompany is managed for the long-term benefit of our stockholders. This section describes key corporate governance practices that we have adopted.

Section 21E16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our officers and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. These persons are required by regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports that they file. Based on our review of the copies of these reports received by us, or written representations from the reporting persons that no other reports were required, we believe that, during fiscal year 2015, all filing requirements applicable to our current officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were complied with, with the exception of the Form 4 filed by Michael Vesey on March 20, 2015, the Form 4 filed by Laurence Aronson on May 5, 2015, the Form 4 filed by Mohit Bhansali on May 29, 2015, the Form 4 filed by Trent Davis on May 5, 2015, the Form 4 filed by Jesse Sutton on May 29, 2015 and the Form 4 filed by David Rector on July 31, 2015, which were filed late.

Code of Business and Ethical Conduct

We have adopted a Corporate Code of Conduct and Ethics that applies to all employees, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, and directors. The code can be found on our website at www.majescoentertainment.com . We will provide, without charge, a copy of our Corporate Code of Conduct and Ethics upon request to: Secretary, Majesco Entertainment Company, 4041-T Hadley Road, S. Plainfield, New Jersey 07080. Disclosure regarding any amendments to, other than technical, administrative or non-substantive amendments, or waivers from, provisions of the Corporate Code of Conduct and Ethics that apply to our directors, principal executive and financial officers will be included in a Current Report on Form 8-K within four business days following the date of the amendment or waiver.

Committees of the Board of Directors and Meetings

The Board has a policy that directors make all reasonable efforts to attend our Company’s annual stockholder meetings. [At the time of the annual shareholder's meeting the Company had three directors, two of which attended last year’s annual stockholders’ meeting.  In fiscal year 2015, there were a total of 18 meetings of the Board and the various committees of the Board met a total of 8 times. No director attended fewer than 94% of the total number of meetings of the Board and of committees of the Board on which he served during fiscal year 2015. The independent members of the Board also met regularly in executive session.

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To assist it in carrying out its duties, the Board of Directors has delegated certain authority to an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating Committee as the functions of each are described below.

Director  Board  
Audit
Committee
  
Compensation
Committee
  
Nominating and
Governance Committee
Barry Honig  Chair         
Michael Brauser  Co-Chair         
Edward Karr*  X  Chair  X   
Andrew Kaplan *  X  X  Chair   Chair 
Mohit Bhansali*  X  X      
David Rector  X         
Michael Beeghley*  X        
Meetings in 2015:  18  6  2  0

*Denotes directors who meet our criteria for “independence.”
Audit Committee.   The Board has a standing Audit Committee, currently consisting of Edward Karr (Chairman), Andrew Kaplan and Mohit Bhansali. Our Audit Committee held 6 meetings during fiscal year 2015. The Audit Committee acts under a written charter, which more specifically sets forth its responsibilities and duties, as well as requirements for the Audit Committee’s composition and meetings. Our Audit Committee charter complies with Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act, and the requirements of The NASDAQ Capital Market. Our Audit Committee was established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements relating to industry prospects, our future economic performance including anticipated revenues and expenditures, results of operations or financial position, and other financial items, our business plans and objectives, including our intended product releases, and may include certain assumptions that underlie forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that may affect our future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements include, among other things, those listed under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this annual report. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are subject to business and economic risk and reflect management’s current expectations, and involve subjects that are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict. Actual events or results may differ materially. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these statements. We are under no duty to update anyThe charter of the forward-looking statements afterAudit Committee can be found on our website at www.majescoentertainment.com.

The Board has determined that each member of the dateaudit committee is “independent,” as that term is defined by applicable SEC rules. In addition, the Board has determined that each member of this annual report to conform these statements to actual results. References herein to “we,the audit committee is “independent,“us,”as that term is defined by the rules of The NASDAQ Capital Market.
The Board has determined that Mr. Edward Karr is a “financial expert” serving on its Audit Committee, and “the Company”that Mohit Bhansali and Andrew Kaplan are to Majesco Entertainment Company.

Introduction

We develop, publish and distribute video game products primarily for major current generation interactive entertainment hardware platforms, including Nintendo’s DS, DSi, 3DS, Wii and WiiU, Sony’s PlayStation 3, or PS4, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Xbox One and the personal computer, or PC. We also publish games for digital platforms, such as Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, or PSN, mobile platforms sucheach independent, as the iOSSEC has defined that term in Item 407 of Regulation S-K. Please see the biographical information for these individuals contained in the section above entitled, “The Board of Directors.”


Nominating and Android phones,Governance Committee.   The Board has a standing Nominating and online platforms suchGovernance Committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee consists of Andrew Kaplan (Chairman) and Michael Beeghley. The Nominating and Governance Committee may employ a variety of methods for identifying and evaluating nominees for director. Both members of the Nominating and Governance Committee qualify as Facebookindependent as defined by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Nominating and Steam.

Our video game titles are targeted at various demographics atGovernance Committee held no meetings during fiscal year 2015. The Nominating and Governance Committee acts under a range of price points. Due to the larger budgetwritten charter, which more specifically sets forth its responsibilities and duties, as well as requirements for developingits composition and marketing premium console titles for core gamers, we focus on publishing more casual games targeting casual-game consumers. In some instances, our titles are based on licenses of well-known properties and, in other cases based on original properties. We enter into agreements with content providers and video game development studios for the creation of our video games. We also will distribute games targeted at the hard core gamer demographic when we can offset costs of development by sharing a higher percentage of revenue with our development or publishing partner.

We have derived the majority of our revenues from the sale of games targeted at the casual game consumer for use on dedicated gaming platforms such as the Nintendo DS, 3DS and Wii and sold to large retail chains, specialty retail stores and distributors. Over the past several years our revenues from this market have declined substantially. We attribute this decline to several factors: 1) the introduction of competing “freemium” games on handheld devices such as the Apple iphone or itouch, and Android powered devices; 2) a shift in game distribution from retail to digital downloads; 3) a decline in the popularity of games we publish under the Zumba fitness brand; and 4) A decline in the interest for games using motion sensing technology usually utilized for the dance and fitness category. As a resultmeetings. The charter of the above factors, we have incurred substantial declines inNominating and Governance Committee can be found on our revenueswebsite at www.majescoentertainment.com.

The Nominating and incurred operating losses overGovernance Committee regularly assesses the past two fiscal years. In order to reduce our operating losses we have substantially reduced our game development activities for casual games for sale at retail and have substantially reduced our operating expenses. We continue to service our existing games and plan to release a limited number of digital games in fiscal 2015

During August 2014, we retained an investment bank, Bond Lane to assist us in evaluating various strategic alternatives to maximize company value, including the possible sale or merger of our operations. On December 17, 2014, we completed a private placement of up to $6.0 million of units (the “Units”), at a purchase price of $0.68 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and a five year warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at an initial exercise price of $0.68 per share. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources”. We have received $1.0 million of proceeds from the private placement. The release of the additional $5.0 million of proceeds is subject to certain conditions including, among others; the approval of the Company’s shareholders of the full conversion of the preferred shares and conversion of the warrants; the completion of a “Qualified Transaction”, as defined in the governing transaction documents; or approval of the lead investor in the unit financing. A Qualified Transaction may involve the acquisition of a business that is not related to our current operations.

In connection with the transaction, Jesse Sutton, our Chief Executive Officer, and Allan Grafman, our Chairmansize of the Board, resigned asthe need for particular expertise on the Board, the upcoming election cycle of the Board and whether any vacancies on the Board are expected due to retirement or otherwise. Candidates may be evaluated at regular or special meetings of the Nominating and Governance Committee, and may be considered at any point during the year.

As reflected in its charter, factors considered by the Nominating and Governance Committee in the selection of director nominees are those it may deem appropriate, including judgment, character, high ethics and standards, integrity, skills, diversity, independence, experience with businesses and organizations of a comparable size to the Company, the interplay of the candidate’s experience with the experience of other members of the Board of Directors and Trent Davis, whothe extent to which the candidate would be a desirable addition to the Board or any of its committees. In addition, in considering nominees for director, the Nominating and Governance Committee will servereview the qualifications of available candidates that are brought to the attention of the Nominating and Governance Committee by any member of the Board, stockholders and management or identified by the Nominating and Governance Committee through the use of search firms or otherwise.

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The Nominating and Governance Committee does not set specific, minimum qualifications that nominees must meet in order for the Nominating and Governance Committee to recommend them to the Board, but rather believes that each nominee should be evaluated based on his or her individual merits, taking into account the needs of the Company and the composition of the Board. Members of the Nominating and Governance Committee discuss and evaluate possible candidates in detail prior to recommending them to the Board. While we do not have a formal policy on diversity, the Nominating and Governance Committee considers diversity of experience as Chairmanone of the factors it considers in conducting its assessment of director nominees, along with such other factors as it deems appropriate given the then current needs of the Board and Mohit Bhansali were appointedthe Company, to fill the vacancies. Both new members were appointedmaintain a balance of knowledge, experience and capability.
If a stockholder wishes to the Company's Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee andpropose a candidate for consideration as a nominee by the Nominating and Governance Committee, it should follow the procedures described in this section and in the Company’s Nominating and Governance Committee Charter. The Nominating and Governance Committee Charter adopted by the Nominating and Governance Committee provides that nominees recommended by stockholders are given appropriate consideration and will be evaluated in the same manner as other nominees. Following verification of the stockholder status of persons proposing candidates, the Nominating and Governance Committee makes an initial analysis of the qualifications of any candidate recommended by stockholders or others pursuant to the criteria summarized above to determine whether the candidate is qualified for service on the Board of Directors before deciding to undertake a complete evaluation of the candidate. If any materials are provided by a stockholder or professional search firm in connection with the nomination of a director candidate, such materials are forwarded to the Nominating and Governance Committee as part of its review. Other than the verification of compliance with procedures and stockholder status, and the initial analysis performed by the Nominating and Governance Committee, a potential candidate nominated by a stockholder is treated like any other potential candidate during the review process by the Nominating and Governance Committee.
Compensation Committee; Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation.   The Compensation Committee of the Board is composed entirely of directors who are not our current or former employees, each of whom meets the applicable definition of “independent” as defined by the rules of The NASDAQ Capital Market. None of the members of the Compensation Committee during fiscal 2015 (i) had any relationships requiring disclosure by the Company under the SEC’s rules requiring disclosure of related party transactions or (ii) was an executive officer of a company of which an executive officer of the Company is a director. The current members of the Compensation Committee are Andrew Kaplan (Chairman), and Edward Karr. The Compensation Committee has no interlocks with other companies. The Compensation Committee held 2 meetings during fiscal year 2015. The charter of the Compensation Committee can be found on our website at  www.majescoentertainment.com.
The Compensation Committee is responsible for establishing and administering our executive compensation policies. The role of the Compensation Committee is to (i) formulate, evaluate and approve compensation of the Company’s directors, executive officers and key employees, (ii) oversee all compensation programs involving the use of the Company’s stock, and (iii) produce, if required under the securities laws, a report on executive compensation for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders. The duties and responsibilities of the Compensation Committee under its charter include:
Annually reviewing and setting compensation of executive officers;

Periodically reviewing and making recommendations to the Board with respect to compensation of non-employee directors;
Reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to Chief Executive Officer compensation, evaluating the Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of those goals and objectives, and setting the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation levels based on this evaluation;
Reviewing competitive practices and trends to determine the adequacy of the executive compensation program;
Approving and overseeing incentive compensation and equity-based plans for executive officers that are subject to Board approval;
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Making recommendations to the Board as to the Company’s compensation philosophy and overseeing the development and implementation of compensation programs;
Periodically reviewing and making recommendations to the Board with respect to compensation of non-employee directors;
Reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to Chief Executive Officer compensation, evaluating the Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of those goals and objectives, and setting the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation levels based on this evaluation;
When appropriate, the Compensation Committee may, in carrying out its responsibilities, form and delegate authority to subcommittees. The Chief Executive Officer plays a role in determining the compensation of our other executive officers by evaluating the performance of those executive officers. The Chief Executive Officer’s evaluations are then reviewed by the Compensation Committee. This process leads to a recommendation for any changes in salary, bonus terms and equity awards, if any, based on performance, which recommendations are then reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee.

The Compensation Committee has the authority, at the Company’s expense, to select, retain, terminate and set the fees and other terms of the Company’s relationship with any outside advisors who assist it in carrying out its responsibilities, including compensation consultants or independent legal counsel.

Board of Directors Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight.   The Board of Directors has responsibility for establishing broad corporate policies and reviewing our overall performance rather than day-to-day operations. The primary responsibility of our Board of Directors is to oversee the management of our company and, in doing so, serve the best interests of the company and our stockholders. The Board of Directors selects, evaluates and provides for the succession of executive officers and, subject to stockholder election, directors. It reviews and approves corporate objectives and strategies, and evaluates significant policies and proposed major commitments of corporate resources. Our Board of Directors also participates in decisions that have a potential major economic impact on our company. Management keeps the directors informed of company activity through regular communication, including written reports and presentations at Board of Directors and committee meetings.
Although we have not adopted a formal policy on whether the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer positions should be separate or combined, we have determined that it is in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to partially combine these roles. Due to the small size of the Company, we believe it is currently most effective to have the Chairman and Chief Executive Officers positions combined.  We also have a Co-Chairman who is not an executive officer of the Company.
The Company currently has seven directors, including Mr. Honig, its Chairman, who also serves as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Brauser, the Company’s Co-Chairman. The Co- Chairmen and the Board are actively involved in the oversight of the Company’s day to day activities.
While management is responsible for managing the day to day issues faced by the Company, the Board has an active role, directly and through its committees, in the oversight of the Company’s risk management efforts. The Board carries out this oversight role through several levels of review. The Board regularly reviews and discusses with members of management information regarding the management of risks inherent in the operation of the Company’s business and the implementation of the Company’s strategic plan, including the Company’s risk mitigation efforts.
Each of the Board’s committees also oversees the management of the Company’s risks that are under each committee’s areas of responsibility. For example, the Audit Committee oversees management of accounting, auditing, external reporting, internal controls, and cash investment risks. The Nominating and Governance Committee oversees the Company’s compliance policies, Code of Conduct and Ethics, conflicts of interests, director independence and corporate governance policies. The Compensation Committee oversees risks arising from compensation practices and policies. While each committee has specific responsibilities for oversight of risk, the Board is regularly informed by each committee about such risks. In this manner the Board is able to coordinate its risk oversight.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Executive Officers
 Summary Compensation Table
The following Summary Compensation Table sets forth summary information as to compensation paid or accrued during the last two fiscal years ended October 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014. During the last two fiscal years ended October 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014, none of our other executive officers earned compensation in excess of $100,000.
Name and Principal Position Year 
Salary
($)
 
Bonus
($)
 
Stock
Awards (1)
($)
 
Option
Awards (2)
($)
 
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation (3) ($)
 
All Other
Compensation (4) ($)
 
Total
($)
Jesse Sutton,  2014   363,000       -0-   -0-     13,859(11)  376,859 
Chief Executive Officer (5)
  2015   273,646       15,841(14)  30,546(19)    513,859(12)  833,892 
                               
Michael Vesey  2014   300,000       -0-   -0-     -0-   300,000 
Chief Financial Officer (6)
  2015   140,770       46,560(15)  14,684(20)    305,900(13)  507,914 
                               
John Stetson  2014   -0-       -0-             -0- 
Chief Financial Officer (7)
  2015   8,308       372,000
(16)
            380,308 
                               
Barry Honig  2014   -0-       -0-             -0- 
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors (8)
  2015   8,308       496,000
(17)
            504,308 
                               
David Rector  2014   -0-                       
Chief Executive Officer (9)
  2015   6,708       116,000
(18)
  6,273
(21)
        128,981 
                               
Gary Anthony  2014   145,500   12,000   -0-             157,500 
Chief Accounting Officer (10)  2015   89,200   30,000   28,000
(22)
            147,500 
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(1)  Represents the aggregate grant date fair value for restricted stock awards granted during fiscal years 2014 and 2015, respectively, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. See Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 for details as to the assumptions used to determine the grant date fair value of the restricted stock awards.

(2)  Represents the aggregate grant date fair value for option awards granted during fiscal years 2014 and 2015, respectively, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. See Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 for details as to the assumptions used to determine the grant date fair value of the option awards.

(3)  
Represents amounts paid to named executive officers in the applicable year pursuant to the Company’s STI Plan.
(4)  Represents health and dental insurance premiums in excess of coverage provided to other employees.

(5)  Resigned on July 27, 2015

(6)  Resigned on March 17, 2015

(7)  Appointed on September 25, 2015

(8)  Appointed on September 25, 2015

(9)  Served as Chief Executive Officer from July 27, 2015 until September 25, 2015

(10)  Served as Chief Accounting Officer from April 1, 2015 to September 25, 2015, prior to this beginning May 2011, he served as the Company’s Corporate Controller.

(11)  Represents $13,859 paid for health and dental insurance premiums in excess of coverage provided to other employees

(12)  Represents $13,859 paid for health and dental insurance premiums in excess of coverage provided to other employees as well as $500,000 paid in severance payments paid to Zift Interactive, LLC., of which Mr. Sutton is the Manager and over whose securities he has voting and dispositive power.

(13)  Represents $5,900 paid for health and dental insurance premiums in excess of coverage provided to other employees and $300,000 in severance payments.

(14)  Represents 23,295 shares at a grant date fair value of $0.68 per common share.

(15)  Represents 15,530 shares at a grant date fair value of $0.68 per common share and 30,000 shares at a grant date fair value of $1.20 per common share.

(16)  Represents 300,000 shares at a grant date fair value of $1.24 per common share.

(17)  Represents 400,000 shares at a grant date fair value of $1.24 per common share.

(18)  Represents 100,000 shares at a grant date fair value of $1.16 per common share.

(19)  Represents stock options to purchase 71,750 common shares at an exercise price of $0.68 per common share.

(20)  Represents stock options to purchase 34,470 common shares at an exercise price of $0.68 per common share.

(21)  Represents stock options to purchase 6,993 common shares at an exercise price of $1.43 per common share.

(22)  Represents 20,000 shares at a grant date fair value of $1.34 per common share.

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Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table
Incentive Bonus Opportunity
The Compensation Committee has the authority to award incentive bonuses to our executives. The incentive bonus program is based on the Company’s fiscal year performance.
The incentive bonus program is an important component of total cash compensation because it rewards our executives for achieving annual financial and operational goals and emphasizes variable or “at risk” compensation.
            On April 19, 2013, the Compensation Committee approved the adoption of a new annual short-term incentive plan for fiscal year 2013 and subsequent years (the “STI Plan”).  In 2013, under the STI Plan, each of the named executive officers was eligible to receive an incentive bonus based upon a targeted percentage of his base salary, which was 100% for the Chief Executive Officer and 50% for the Chief Financial Officer.  The incentives could be earned based on our performance relative to a mix of strategic objectives, such as (i) growing cash flow from our console business, (ii) expanding our digital games business, measured in terms of revenue, infrastructure and talent acquisitions, business acquisitions, and product pipeline, and (iii) managing to adjusted operating income, cash flow and liquidity goals, eliminating operating losses on certain platforms, and repositioning the Company to invest in growth areas. In addition, in determining the eligibility for bonuses under the plan, the payout level for the strategic objectives was based on the Committee’s discretionary assessment of each officer’s performance relative to the overall mix of objectives.  Based on its review of overall performance, the Compensation Committee approved an incentive payout of $150,000 for the Chief Executive Officer and $84,000 for the Chief Financial Officer.
No incentive plan was offered for fiscal year 2015.  
Long-Term Incentives
We believe that long-term performance will be enhanced through equity awards that reward our executives and other employees for maximizing stockholder value over time and that align the interests of our executives and other employees with those of stockholders. The Compensation Committee believes that the use of equity awards offers the best approach to achieving our compensation goals because equity ownership ties a significant portion of an individual’s compensation to the performance of our stock.

On March 30, 2015, at our 2015 Annual Meeting, our shareholder’s approved the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) and the reservation of 2,250,000 shares of our common stock thereunder.  Awards under the 2014 Plan may be granted pursuant to the 2014 Plan only to persons who are eligible persons. Under the 2014 Plan, “Eligible Person” means any person who is either: (a) an officer (whether or not a director) or employee of the Company or one of its subsidiaries; (b) a director of the Company or one of its subsidiaries; or (c) an individual consultant who renders bona fide services (other than services in connection with the offering or sale of securities of the Company or one of its subsidiaries in a capital-raising transaction or as a market maker or promoter of securities of the Company or one of its subsidiaries) to the Company or one of its subsidiaries and who is selected to participate in the 2014 Plan by the 2014 Plan administrator; provided, however, that an Eligible Person may only participate in the 2014 Plan if such participation would not adversely affect either the Company’s eligibility to use Form S-8 to register, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the offering and sale of shares issuable under the 2014 Plan by the Company or the Company’s compliance with any other applicable laws.
On December 17, 2014, the Company granted restricted stock shares to certain of its executive officers and directors in consideration for their respective roles in the Company.  These restricted stock awards, were granted under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2004 Employee, Director and Consultant Incentive plan and were subject to a trigger event that occurred on September 30, 2015, which vested the shares in full.
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The shares of granted to our officers and directors under these stock awards are as follows:

NameShares
Jesse Sutton23,295
Michael Vesey15,530
Laurence Aronson23,295
Stephen Wilson15,530
Trent Davis6,470
Mohit Bhansali6,470
Adam Sultan12,942

On December 17, 2014, the Company granted options to purchase common stock to certain of its executive officers and directors in consideration for their respective roles in the Company.  The stock options were granted with an exercise price of $0.68 per share and would fully vest upon a trigger event, which occurred on September 30, 2015, and are exercisable until December 17, 2019. They granted were granted under the Company 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.

 The shares of granted to our officers and directors under these stock awards are as follows:

NameOption Award
Jesse Sutton71,705
Michael Vesey34,470
Laurence Aronson71,705
Stephen Wilson64,470
Trent Davis56,030
Mohit Bhansali56,030
Adam Sultan12,058


On April 23, 2015, Laurence Aronson, Mohit Bhansali and Trent Davis were each granted 7,143 stock options on common shares each both with an exercise price of $1.40 per share. These awards were granted under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. The options fully vested on October 23, 2015, and they are exercisable until April 23, 2020.

On June 27, 2015, David Rector was granted 100,000 restricted stock units.  The vesting on this grant was accelerated on January 12, 2016. These awards were granted under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.

On July 27, 2015, David Rector was granted 6,993 stock options on common shares with an exercise price of $1.43 per share. These awards were granted under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.

On September 30, 2015, we entered into Restricted Stock Agreements with certain of our executive officers and directors.  The stock awards provide for grants of common stock to our officers and directors under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan which shall vest at a rate of 1/24 of the stock awarded each month for twenty-four months.  Vesting of the stock awards shall accelerate upon the occurrence of a Qualified Transaction. A Qualified Transaction includes one or more acquisitions with an aggregate value of at least $25 million.
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The shares of common stock granted to our officers and directors under these stock awards are as follows:

NameShares
Barry Honig400,000
John Stetson300,000
Michael Brauser400,000
Mohit Bhansali25,000
Edward Karr50,000
Andrew Kaplan50,000
On December 18, 2015, we entered into Restricted Stock Agreements with certain of our executive officers and directors.  The stock awards provide for grants of common stock to our officers and directors under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan which shall vest at a rate of 1/24 of the stock awarded each month for twenty-four months.  Vesting of the stock awards shall accelerate upon the occurrence of a Qualified Transaction. A Qualified Transaction includes one or more acquisitions with an aggregate value of at least $25 million.

The shares of common stock granted to our officers and directors under these stock awards are as follows:

NameShares
Michael Beeghley50,000

Additionally, on December 18, 2015, Michael Bauser, Andrew Kaplan, Edward Karr, and Michael Beeghley were granted 9,523 stock options on common shares each both with an exercise price of $1.05 per share. These options shall fully vest six months from the grant date.
Employment Agreements
During 2014 and 2015, we had employment agreements with each of the named executive officers. Mr. Sutton’s employment agreement provided for an annual base salary of $363,000 and a discretionary bonus of up to 100% of his base salary. Mr. Vesey’s employment agreement provided for an annual base salary of $300,000 and an annual cash bonus to be determined in the sole discretion of the Company and based on such factors as the Company establishes.  Mr. Honig’s and Mr. Stetson’s employment agreements each provide for an annual base salary of $120,000 and a discretionary bonus to be determined by the Compensation Committee.
Under the employment agreements, each of the named executive officers would be entitled to certain payments and benefits if the Company terminated the executive’s employment without “cause” or the executive terminated his employment for “good reason”. Benefits are also provided if the executive is terminated in connection with a change in control. The benefit levels under the employment agreements generally include continued payment of base salary, a bonus for the year of termination, accelerated vesting of equity awards and continued welfare benefits, and are described in more detail under the “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-In-Control” below.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
The following table shows grants of stock options and grants of unvested stock awards outstanding on the last day of the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015, to each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table.

  Option Awards Stock Awards
Name Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable (#) Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable (#) 
Option
Exercise Price
($)
 
Option
Expiration
Date
 
Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested
(#)
 
Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested
($) (1.26)(1)
Barry Honig  --   --   --  --  383,333(4) $483,000 
Michael Brauser  --             383,333(4) $483,000 
John Stetson  --   --   --  --  287,500((4) $362,250 
David Rector  6,993(2)  --  $1.43  July 27, 2020  --  $- 
Michael Beeghley  --       --     -   - 
Andrew Kaplan  --   --   --     47,917(4) $60,375 
Mohit Bhansali  56,030(7)     $0.68  December 31, 2021  23,958(4) $30,188 
   7,143(8)     $1.40  April 30, 2020        
Edward Karr  --       --     47,917(4) $60,375 
Trent Davis (4)
  71,705(9)  --  $0.68  December 31, 2021  --   -- 
   7,143(11)     $1.40  April 30, 2020        
Stephen Wilson (5)
  --   --   --  --  --   -- 
Laurence Aronson (6)
  2,323(9)  --  $15.19  August 1, 2016  --   -- 
   1,880      $4.76  August 1, 2017        
   1,961      $17.36  August 1, 2018        
   2,579      $12.32  August 2, 2019        
   7,559      $4.48  August 3, 2020        
   15,848      $1.66  August 3, 2021        
   71,705      $0.68  March 28, 2022        
   7,143      $1.40  April 23, 2020        

(1)  The market value of the shares is determined by multiplying the number of shares times $1.26, the closing price of our common stock on The NASDAQ Capital Market on October 31, 2015, the last business day of our fiscal year.

(2)  Option to purchase 6,993 common shares was exercisable on January 27, 2016.

(3)  Vests at the end of each calendar month, at a rate of 1/24 of such shares per month.

(4)  Resigned on July 27, 2015

(5)  Resigned on February 1, 2015

(6)  Resigned on September 25, 2015
(7)  Option to purchase 56,030 common shares was exercisable on September 30, 2015

(8)  Option to purchase 7,143 common shares was exercisable on October 22, 2015

(9)  Options to purchase 2,323 common shares exercisable on August 2011; options to purchase 1,880 common shares exercisable on August 2012; options to purchase 1,961 common shares exercisable on August 2013; options to purchase 2,579 common shares exercisable on August 2014; options to purchase 7,559 common shares exercisable on August 2015; options to purchase 15,848 common shares exercisable on September 25, 2015; options to purchase 71,705 common shares at $0.68 on September 25, 2015; and option to purchase 7,143 common shares was exercisable on September 25, 2015.

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Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-In-Control
We have entered into agreements that require us to make payments and/or provide benefits to certain of our executive officers in the event of a termination of employment or a change of control. The following summarizes the potential payments to each named executive officer for which we have entered into such an agreement assuming that one of the events identified below occurs.
Mr. Barry Honig, Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to his employment agreement, if the Company terminates Mr. Honig’s employment without “cause” (as such term is defined in the employment agreement) or Mr. Honig resigns for “good reason” or following a “Change of Control” (as such terms are defined in Mr. Honig’s employment agreement), he will receive severance benefits from the Company, including a cash amount equal to 100% of Mr. Honig’s base salary, annual bonus and share awards during the preceding year.
Mr. John Stetson, Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to his employment agreement, if the Company terminates Mr. Stetson’s employment without “cause” (as such term is defined in the employment agreement) or Mr. Stetson resigns for “good reason” or following a “Change of Control” (as such terms are defined in Mr. Stetson’s employment agreement), he will receive severance benefits from the Company, including a cash amount equal to 100% of Mr. Stetson’s base salary, annual bonus and share awards during the preceding year.
Mr. Jesse Sutton, remainsFormer Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to his employment agreement, if the Company terminates Mr. Sutton’s employment without Cause (as such term is defined in the employment agreement) or Mr. Sutton resigns for Good Reason (as such term is defined in the employment agreement), he will receive severance benefits from the Company, including:
 continued payment of his base salary on a regular payroll basis for a period of 12 months;
 within 30 days of termination, a payment equal to the average of the percentages used to calculate Mr. Sutton’s Annual Incentive Cash Bonus (as such term is defined in the employment agreement) in each of the previous three fiscal years times Mr. Sutton’s then current base salary (the “Severance Bonus”);
 acceleration and full vesting as of the date of termination of all unvested restricted stock, stock options and other equity awards held by Mr. Sutton at the time of such termination; and
 continued Company contributions toward Mr. Sutton’s health care, dental, disability and life insurance benefits on the same basis as immediately prior to the date of termination for 12 months following the date of termination, unless Mr. Sutton is actually covered or becomes covered by an equivalent benefit (at the same cost to him, if any) from another source.

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If the Company terminates Mr. Sutton’s employment without Cause or Mr. Sutton resigns for Good Reason within 24 months following a Change of Control (as such term is defined in the employment agreement), he will receive severance benefits (in lieu of all other severance programs/amounts) from the Company, including:
 within 30 days of termination, a payment in an amount equal to: (i) two years base salary; and (ii) the Severance Bonus;
 acceleration and full vesting as of the date of termination of all unvested restricted stock, stock options and other equity awards held by Mr. Sutton at the time of such termination; and
 continued Company contributions toward Mr. Sutton’s health care, dental, disability and life insurance benefits on the same basis as immediately prior to the date of termination for 12 months following the date of termination, unless Mr. Sutton is actually covered or becomes covered by an equivalent benefit (at the same cost to him, if any) from another source.
On July 27, 2015, Mr. Sutton resigned as our Chief Executive Officer. We entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Sutton (the “Sutton Separation Agreement”), under which terms Mr. Sutton will continue, for twenty-four months following his resignation, to provide certain consulting and support services (the “Services”) to us, as more fully described in the Sutton Separation Agreement.  Pursuant to the Sutton Separation Agreement, Mr. Sutton is to receive a severance payment, which included 50% of the Net Monthly Revenues (as defined in the Sutton Separation Agreement) generated by us from the Download Business (as defined in the Sutton Separation Agreement), but in no even more than $10,000 per month; provided that Mr. Sutton is still providing the Services. In addition, the Company will continue its contributions towards Mr. Sutton’s health care benefits for a period of twelve (12) months following Mr. Sutton’s resignation or until Mr. Sutton becomes covered by an equivalent benefit and Mr. Sutton shall have a period of eighteen (18) months from his date of resignation to exercise any previously issued stock options, except that the original expiration date of any such options shall not be extended.

Mr. Michael Vesey, Former Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to his amended and restated employment agreement, effective as of August 22, 2013, if the Company terminates Mr. Vesey’s employment without Cause (as such term is defined in the employment agreement) or Mr. Vesey resigns for Good Reason (as such term is defined in the employment agreement), he will receive severance benefits from the Company, including:
continued payment of his base salary on a regular payroll basis for a period of 12 months;
a bonus payment, which shall be an amount equal to his average “target” annual incentive opportunity over the prior three years and shall be payable immediately after the effective date of Mr. Vesey’s release;
acceleration and full vesting as of the date of termination of all unvested restricted stock, stock options and other equity awards held by Mr. Vesey at the time of such termination; and
continued Company contributions toward Mr. Vesey’s health care, dental, disability and life insurance benefits on the same basis as immediately prior to the date of termination for 12 months following the date of termination, unless Mr. Vesey is actually covered or becomes covered by an equivalent benefit (at the same cost to him, if any) from another source.

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If the Company terminates Mr. Vesey’s employment without Cause or Mr. Vesey resigns for Good Reason within 12 months following a Change of Control (as such term is defined in the employment agreement), he will receive severance benefits (in lieu of all other severance programs/amounts) from the Company, including:
continued payment of his base salary on a regular payroll basis for a period of 12 months;
a bonus payment, which shall be an amount equal to his average “target” annual incentive opportunity over the prior three years and shall be payable immediately after the effective date of Mr. Vesey’s release;
acceleration and full vesting as of the date of termination of all unvested restricted stock, stock options and other equity awards held by Mr. Vesey at the time of such termination; and
continued Company contributions toward Mr. Vesey’s health care, dental, disability and life insurance benefits on the same basis as immediately prior to the date of termination for 12 months following the date of termination, unless Mr. Vesey is actually covered or becomes covered by an equivalent benefit (at the same cost to him, if any) from another source.
We entered into a Separation Agreement with Mr. Vesey (the “Vesey Separation Agreement”) on February 17, 2015, pursuant to which Mr. Vesey resigned as our Chief Financial Officer on March 17, 2015.  Pursuant to the Vesey Separation Agreement, upon his resignation and in addition to the other benefits as outlined in the Vesey Employment Agreement, Mr. Vesey received a lump sum payment of $200,000 and an additional payment of $100,000 thereafter payable in six equal monthly installments.  In addition, the Company agreed to vest all of Mr. Vesey’s previously unvested securities held as of the date of the Vesey Separation Agreement, other than the securities granted pursuant to the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, and the Company further agreed that, subject to shareholder approval of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, in consideration for Mr. Vesey’s ongoing consulting services for a period of six months following the separation, the Company granted Mr. Vesey 30,000 shares of restricted common stock under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. 


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Director Compensation
The following table shows the total compensation paid or accrued during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 to each of our directors, current and former.
Name 
Fees Earned or Paid in Cash
($)
 
Stock
Awards
($) (1)
 
Option Awards
($) (2)
 
All Other Compensation
($)
 
Total
($)
Barry Honig  -   496,000(6)      -   496,000 
Michael Brauser  -   496,000(6)      -   496,000 
Mohit Bhansali  31,800   35,400(7)  30,140(11)  -   97,340 
Edward Karr  5,000   62,000(8)      -   67,000 
Andrew Kaplan  5,000   62,000(8)      -   67,000 
Michael Beeghley  5,000           -   5,000 
David Rector  -   116,000(9)  6,273(12)  -   122,273 
Trent Davis (3)
  31,000   4,400(10)  30,140(11)  -   65,540 
Stephen Wilson (4)
  12,500   -   30,546(13)  -   43,046 
Laurence Aronson (5)
  32,200   -   78,848(14)  -   69,018 

(1)  Represents the aggregate grant date fair value for stock awards granted by us in fiscal year 2015 computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. See Note 12 to our condensed consolidated financial statements reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 for details as to the assumptions used to determine the fair value of the stock awards.

(2)  Represents the aggregate grant date fair value of options granted in fiscal year 2015 computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. See Note 12 to our condensed consolidated financial statements reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 for details as to the assumptions used to determine the fair value of the option awards.

(3)  Resigned on July 27, 2015

(4)  Resigned on February 1, 2015

(5)  Resigned on September 25, 2015

(6)  Represents 400,000 shares at a grant date fair value of $1.24 per common share.

(7)  Represents 6,470 shares at a grant date fair value of $0.68 per common share and 25,000 shares at a grant date fair value of $1.24 per common share.

(8)  Represents 50,000 shares at a grant date fair value of $1.24 per common share.

(9)  Represents 100,000 shares at a grant date fair value of $1.16 per common share.

(10)  Represents 6,470 shares at a grant date fair value of $0.68 per common share.

(11)  Represents stock options to purchase 56,030 common shares at an exercise price of $0.68 per common share and stock options to purchase 7,143common shares at an exercise price of $1.40 per common share.

(12)  Represents stock options to purchase 6,993 common shares at an exercise price of $1.43 per common share.

(13)  Represents stock options to purchase 71,750 common shares at an exercise price of $0.68 per common share.

(14)  Represents stock options to purchase 71,750 common shares at $0.68; and option to purchase 7,143 common shares at $1.40 per common share.
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Name Number of Stock Options Held at Fiscal Year-End Number of Shares of Restricted Stock Held at Fiscal Year-End
Barry Honig  --   400,000(3)
Michael Brauser      400,000(3)
Mohit Bhansali  56,030(1)  25,000(3)
   7,143(2)  6,470((5)
Edward Karr      50,000(3)
Andrew Kaplan      50,000(3)
Michael Beeghley        
David Rector  6,993(2)  100,000(4)
Trent Davis (6)         56,030(1)  6,470(5)
Stephen Wilson (7)  --   -- 
Laurence Aronson (8)  2,323(9)  -- 
   1,880(10)    
   1,961(11)    
   2,579(12)    
   7,559(13)    
   15,848(14)    
   71,705(15)    
   7,143(16)    
(1)  
Options to purchase 56,030 common shares at $0.68 per share became exercisable on September 30, 2015.
(2)  
Options to purchase 7,143 common shares at $1.40 per shares became exercisable on January 27, 2016.
(3)  
Vests at the end of each calendar month, at a rate of 1/24 of such shares per month, starting on the grant date of September 30, 2015.
(4)  
Represents a restricted stock grant given to Mr. Rector on August 28, 2015, which was originally scheduled to vest in three equal installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date or upon a change in control of the Company, provided Mr. Rector was serving as Chief Executive Officer. The vesting schedule was accelerated, and the 100,000 shares vested in full on January 12, 2016.
(5)  
Shares vested on September 30, 2015.
(6)  
Resigned on July 27, 2015
(7)  
Resigned on February 1, 2015
(8)  
Resigned on September 25, 2015
(9)  
Options to purchase 2,323 common shares at $17.36 per share became fully exercisable on August 3, 2011.
(10)  
Options to purchase 1,880 common shares at $4.76 per shares became fully exercisable on August 3, 2012.
(11)  
Options to purchase 1,961 common shares at $17.36 per shares became fully exercisable on August 3, 2013.
(12)  
Options to purchase 2,579 common shares at $12.32 per shares became fully exercisable on August 3, 2014.
(13)  
Options to purchase 7,559 common shares at $4.48 per shares became fully exercisable on August 3, 2015.
(14)  
Options to purchase 15,848 common shares at $1.66 per shares became fully exercisable upon resignation, September 25, 2015.
(15)  
Options to purchase 71,705 common shares at $0.68 per share became exercisable upon resignation, September 25, 2015.
(16)  Options to purchase 7,143 common shares at $1.40 per share became exercisable upon resignation, September 25, 2015.
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 Director Compensation Policy
During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015, our directors were compensated in accordance with the following terms.  Each non-employee director received an annual cash retainer of $5,000, other than the Chair of the Company’s Audit Committee, who received $6,000. In addition, the Chairman of the Board received an additional annual cash retainer of $10,000.
Each non-employee director was also entitled to receive 5-year options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $10,000, calculated by dividing $10,000 by the closing stock price on the date the award was granted. The options vest in full six months after the grant date, provided the applicable director is still serving on the Board of Directors.

Each non-employee director was entitled to a fee of $2,500 for each board meeting at which the director was present in person, and each member of our Board committees was entitled to a fee of $800 for each committee meeting at which the director was present in person. Each non-employee director was entitled to a fee of $300 for each teleconference called by either the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President of the Company or the Chairman of a Board committee.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDERS MATTERS

The following table is based upon 11,915,804_shares of common stock outstanding as of January 31, 2016, and sets forth, based on the public filings of such individuals and entities and our knowledge of securities issued by us to them, certain information concerning the ownership of voting securities of: (i) each current member of the Board, (ii) our Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table, (iii) all of our current directors and executive officers as a group and (iv) each beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of our voting securities. Except as otherwise indicated, addresses are continuingc/o Majesco Entertainment Company, 4041-T Hadley Road, S. Plainfield, New Jersey 07080.


Common Stock
 
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned
 
Percentage of Common Stock
Greater than 5% Holders:
       
Melechdavid Inc. (1)
  
736,048
 (2)  
6.18%
 
5154 La Gorce Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33140
        
Executive Officers and Directors:
        
Barry Honig (3)
  
607,570
 (4)  
5.10%
 
Michael Brauser (5)
  
559,435
 (6)  
4.69%
 
John Stetson (7)
  
281,059
 (8)  
2.36%
 
David Rector
  
106,993
(9)  
*
 
Michael Beeghley
  
6,250
(10) (11)  
*
 
Andrew Kaplan
  
12,500
(10)  
*
 
Mohit Bhansali
  
69,423
(12)(13)  
*
 
Edward Karr
  
12,500
(10)  
*
 
Current Executive Officers and Directors as a Group(8 persons)
  
1,655,730
   
13.81%

*
Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1% of the shares of common stock.

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(1)
Mark Groussman is the President of Melechdavid Inc. and the Trustee of Melechdavid Inc. Retirement Plan and in such capacity he is deemed to hold voting and dispositive power over the securities held by such entities.
(2)
Based solely on review of the holder's Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on July 9, 2015, includes 678,348 shares held by Melechdavid Inc. and 57,700 shares held by Melechdavid Inc. Retirement Plan.
Excludes 485,294 shares of common stock underlying Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, 346,640 shares of common stock underlying Series B Preferred Stock, 666,667 shares of common stock underlying Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and 666,667 shares of common stock underlying warrants held by Melechdavid Inc. Each of the forgoing classes of preferred stock and the warrants contains an ownership limitation such that the holder may not convert or exercise, as applicable, any of such securities to the extent that such conversion or exercise, as applicable, would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.
Excludes 367,648 shares of common stock underlying Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 262,606 shares of common stock underlying Series B Convertible Preferred Stock held by Melechdavid Inc. Retirement Plan.  Each of the forgoing classes of preferred stock contains an ownership limitation such that the holder may not convert any of such securities to the extent that such conversion would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.
(3)
Barry Honig is the Trustee of GRQ Consultants, Inc. 401K and GRQ Consultants, Inc. Roth 401K FBO Barry Honig, and he is a Manager of Marlin Capital Investments, LLC. In such capacities he is deemed to hold voting and dispositive power over the securities held by such entities.
(4)
Based solely on a review of the holder’s Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on October 13, 2015, includes 357,889 shares of common stock held by Barry Honig, of which 100,000 shares represent the vested portion (including shares vesting within 60 days) of a 400,000 share restricted stock award under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan approved by the Company’s shareholders, and which vest at a rate of 1/24 of such award shares per month or upon a Qualified Transaction as defined in the award.
Includes 91,076 shares of common stock held by GRQ Consultants, Inc. 401K, and 110,470 shares of common stock held by GRQ Consultants, Inc. Roth 401K FBO Barry Honig.
Excludes 2,205,883 shares of common stock underlying shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by Mr. Honig, and 1,575,600 shares of common stock underlying shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock held by Mr. Honig.  Each of the forgoing classes of preferred stock contains an ownership limitation such that the holder may not convert any of such securities to the extent that such conversion would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.
Excludes 154,657 shares of common stock underlying shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 833,334 shares of common stock underlying shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock held by GRQ Consultants, Inc. Roth 401K FBO Barry Honig; 117,648 shares of common stock underlying shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 84,000 shares of common stock underlying Series B Convertible Preferred Stock held by Marlin Capital Investments, LLC; and 833,334 shares of common stock underlying shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and 333,333 shares of Common Stock underlying shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock held by GRQ Consultants, Inc. 401K.  Each of the forgoing classes of preferred stock contains an ownership limitation such that the holder may not convert any of such securities to the extent that such conversion would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.
(5)
Michael Brauser is Chairman of the Betsy & Michael Brauser Charitable Family Foundation, Trustee of Grander Holdings, Inc. 401K and a Manager of Marlin Capital Investments, LLC. In such capacities he is deemed to hold voting and dispositive power over the securities held by such entities.

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(6)
Based solely on a review of the holder’s Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on October 13, 2015, includes 100,100 shares of common stock held by Michael Brauser, of which 100,000 shares represent the vested portion (including shares vesting within 60 days) of a 400,000 share restricted stock award under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan approved by our shareholders, and which vest at a rate of 1/24 of such award shares per month or upon a Qualified Transaction, as defined in the award.
Excludes 2,205,883 shares of common stock underlying Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 1,575,630 shares of Common Stock underlying shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock held by Michael Brauser. Each of the forgoing classes of preferred stock contains an ownership limitation such that the holder may not convert any of such securities to the extent that such conversion would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.
Includes 235,786 shares of common stock held by Michael & Betsey Brauser TBE, 125,000 shares of Common Stock held by Betsy & Michael Brauser Charitable Family Foundation, and 146,684 shares of common stock held by Grander Holdings, Inc. 401K.
(7)
John Stetson is President of Stetson Capital Investments, Inc. and Stetson Capital Investments, Inc. Retirement Plan. In such capacities he is deemed to hold voting and dispositive power over the securities held by such entities.
(8)
Includes 114,391 shares of common stock, of which 75,000 shares represent the vested portion (including shares vesting within 60 days) of a 300,000 share restricted stock award under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan approved by the Company’s shareholders, and which vest at a rate of 1/24 of such award shares per month or upon a Qualified Transaction as defined in the award.
Includes 83,334 shares of common stock held by Stetson Capital Investments and 83,334 shares of common stock held by Stetson Capital Investments, Inc. Retirement Plan.
Excludes 55,147 shares of common stock underlying Series A Preferred Stock and 66,660 shares of common stock underlying Series D Preferred Stock. Each of the forgoing classes of preferred stock contains an ownership limitation such that the holder may not convert any of such securities to the extent that such conversion would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.
(9)
Includes 100,000 common shares and options to purchase 6,993 shares of common stock that are exercisable within 60 days.
(10)
Includes 12,500 shares which represent the vested portion (including shares vesting within 60 days) of a 50,000 share restricted stock grant which vests at the end of each calendar month at a rate of 1/24 of such shares per month.
(11)
Includes 6,250 shares which represent the vested portion (including shares vesting within 60 days) of a 50,000 share restricted stock grant which vests at the end of each calendar month at a rate of 1/24 of such shares per month.
(12)
Includes 6,250 shares which represent the vested portion (including shares vesting within 60 days) of a 25,000 shares of restricted stock grant which vests at the end of each calendar month at a rate of 1/24 of such shares per month.
(13)
Includes options to purchase 63,173 shares of common stock that are exercisable.
Change in Control

The Company is not aware of any arrangement that might result in a change in control in the future. The Company has no knowledge of any arrangements, including any pledge by any person of our securities, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change in the Company’s control.

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Equity Compensation Plan Information (as of October 31, 2015)
Plan category Number of Securities to be Issued upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights (#) Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights ($) Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Reflected in Column (a)) (#)
   (a) (b) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders  579,485  $2.82   596,992 
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders  -0-   -0-   -0- 
Total  579,485  $2.82   596,992 
As to evaluate strategic alternativesthe options granted to date, there were no options exercised during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Transactions with Related Persons

Parties are considered related to the Company if the parties, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. As required by SEC rules, the Company discloses all related party transactions in which the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average of the smaller reporting company’s total assets at year-end for the last two fiscal years. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, the Company had no such related party transactions.

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Policy for Review of Related Party Transactions

The Company has a formal written policy governing the review and approval of related person transactions, which is posted under the heading “Corporate Governance” of the Investor Relations section of our website at www.majescoentertainment.com.  For purposes of this policy, consistent with The NASDAQ Stock Market rules, the terms “related person” and “transaction” are as defined in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The policy provides that each director and executive officer shall promptly notify our General Counsel of any transaction involving the Company and a related person. Such transaction will be presented to and reviewed by the Nominating and Governance Committee for approval, ratification or such other action as may be appropriate. The Nominating and Governance Committee shall approve only those related person transactions that are determined to be in, or not inconsistent with, the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, taking into account all available facts and circumstances as the Nominating and Governance Committee determines in good faith to be necessary. These facts and circumstances will typically include, but not be limited to, whether the transaction is on terms no less favorable than terms generally available to an unaffiliated third-party under the same or similar circumstances and the extent of the related person’s interest in the transaction, whether there are any compelling business reasons for the Company including merging with,to enter into the transaction, whether the transaction would impair the independence of an otherwise independent director and whether the transaction would present an improper conflict of interest for any director or acquiringexecutive officer, taking into account the size of the transaction, the overall financial position of the director, executive officer or other businesses, which mayrelated person, the direct or may not beindirect nature of the director’s, executive officer’s or other related person’s interest in the same industry as our historical operations.

Our operations involve similar productstransaction and customers worldwide. These products are developed and sold domestically and internationally. The Company is centrally managed and our chief operating decision makers, the chief executive and other officers, use consolidated and other financial information supplemented by sales information by product category, major product title and platform for making operational decisions and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, we operate in a single segment.

Corporate Background

Our principal executive offices are located at 4041T Hadley Road, Plainfield NJ 07080 and our telephone number is (732) 225-8910. Our web site address is www.majescoentertainment.com. Majesco Sales Inc. was incorporated in 1986 under the lawsongoing nature of the State of New Jersey. On December 5, 2003, Majesco Sales Inc. completed a reverse merger with Majesco Holdings Inc. (formerly ConnectivCorp), then a publicly traded company with no active operations. Majesco Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2004 underproposed relationship. In reviewing and approving such transactions, the laws ofNominating and Governance Committee shall obtain, or shall direct management to obtain on its behalf, all information that the State of Delaware. As a result of the merger, Majesco Sales Inc. became a wholly-owned subsidiaryNominating and the sole operating business of the public company. On April 4, 2005, Majesco Sales Inc. was merged into Majesco Holdings Inc., and, in connection with the merger, Majesco Holdings Inc. changed its name to Majesco Entertainment Company.

Industry Overview

The video game software market is comprised of two primary sectors. The first sector is software for dedicated console systems such as the Xbox, PlayStation and Wii, and handheld gaming systems, such as DS and 3DS. The majority of software for these platforms has historically been purchased in packaged form through retail outlets. However, in recent years an increasing amount of software has been made available digitally through online networks such as Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade, or XBLA, and Sony’s PlayStation Network, or PSN. The second sector is software for multipurpose devices such as personal computers and mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Recently, there has been significant growth in this area, particularly in the form of downloadable and online games for use with mobile devices or personal computers. These platforms often utilize different customer monetization models such as “freemium” gaming where a customer accesses certain game functionality for free, while paying for certain content in the form of in-game microtransactions for virtual goods or premium game features. Publishers may also earn advertising revenue by displaying third-party ads to users.

Strategy

Our objective is to reduce our operating expenses to minimize the use of our existing cash, and to conduct a strategic review of our business to identify ways to maximize Company value. AlternativesGovernance Committee believes to be relevant and important to review prior to its decision as to whether to approve any such transaction.

The Board may adopt any further policies and procedures relating to the approval of related person transactions that it deems necessary or advisable from time to time.
Director Independence

Our common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market. Under applicable NASDAQ rules, each of Messrs. Karr, Kaplan and Bhansali would be considered in this review include the possible merger with or acquisition of another business, which may or may not be inan independent director.

ITEM 14.  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The following table sets forth fees billed to us by our existing industry, however, we currently have no existing arrangements to do so.

Reduce our operating expenses to reduce our operating losses and preserve our cash balance.

Over the past two years our revenues have declined substantially and we have incurred operating losses of $13.3 million and $12.2 millionindependent auditors for the years ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 and 2013, respectively. In October 31, 2014 we reduced our workforce by approximately 40 % to 23 remaining employees. The operating lease for our previous office space expires on January 31, 2015. We are exploring ways to reduce our operating expenses further including(i) services rendered for the outsourcingaudit of our retail activitiesannual financial statements and further reductionsthe review of our quarterly financial statements, (ii) services rendered that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our workforce during the first halffinancial statements that are not reported as Audit Fees, and (iii) services rendered in connection with tax preparation, compliance, advice and assistance.

  2015  2014 
Audit Fees $139,900  $177,500 
Audit Related Fees  11,300   18,375 
Tax Fees  --   -- 
Other Fees  --   -- 
Total Fees $151,200  $195,875 
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Audit Fees
Consist of 2015. We plan to continue to service our existing game catalogue and release a limited number of games during the 2015, however, we expect a substantial decrease in operating revenues as a result.

Pursue strategic alternatives

In August 2014, we retained the investment bank, Bond Lane to evaluate strategic alternativesfees billed for professional services rendered for the Company. On December 17, 2014, we closed on a financing for $6.0 million of units with certain accredited investors, approximately $10 million of which has been released to the Company (See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Private Placement”). We plan to continue to pursue strategic alternatives to maximize company value as a result of this transaction. Alternatives being considered include a merger or the acquisition of a business, which may or may not be in our existing industry.

Products

We sell video game products for retail distribution for dedicated game consoles, and digital distribution for mobile or console and PC based online digital platforms. We own intellectual property related to certain games and license the rights to content from developers or media entertainment companies for certain games, such as copyrights for the titles. We also distribute games developed by others to retail and various online distribution platforms in return for a share of the net revenues of the game.

When a “hit” product proves to have strong consumer acceptance, it may account for a large percentageaudit of our overall net revenue. This occurred in the casefinancial statements and review ofZumba. In fiscal years 2014 and 2013, revenue from sales ofZumba represented approximately 54% and 55% of our total net revenue, respectively. Previously,Cooking Mamarepresented a significant portion of revenue in certain years. These brands grew through numerous iterations across multiple platforms.

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Retail distribution.

We have derived the majority of revenues from the sale of games for dedicated game consoles through retail distribution. We have generated a substantial amount of our revenues in this channel from two “hit” franchises,Cooking Mama and Zumba Fitness. These titles are late in their life cycle, and as a result, generate much lower levels of sales than they have in past years. We have also released a number other titles, primarily for the casual game consumer on the Nintendo DS, Nintendo WII and Microsoft 360 Kinect.

Zumba Fitness was introduced in November 2010. Together with its sequels, Zumba Fitness has sold over ten million copies worldwide and was the number one fitness title of 2011 according to NPD. Additional sequel releases includedZumba Fitness 2for the Nintendo Wii,Zumba Fitness Rush for Xbox 360 andZumba Core for the Wii and Xbox 360, in fiscal 2012, and Zumba World Party for the Wii, WiiU, Xbox 360 and Xbox One and Zumba Dance for iOS and Android mobile devices, in fiscal 2013.

The originalCooking Mama game was first introduced in 2006 for the Nintendo DS and theCooking Mama franchise has sold over nine million units across multiple titles in North America. The most recentCooking Mama game,Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic, was released in November 2011 for the Nintendo 3DS.

Selected titles, their compatible platforms and launch dates include:

Selected TitlesPlatformLaunch Date
Cooking MamaDSSeptember 2006
Hello Kitty PartyDSNovember 2009
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The SqueakquelWii, DSDecember 2009
Zumba FitnessWii, Xbox 360, PS3November 2010
Hulk Hogan’s Main EventXbox 360October 2011
Zumba Fitness 2WiiNovember 2011
Zumba RushXbox 360February 2012
NBA Baller BeatsXbox 360September 2012
Double DragonXBLA, PSNSeptember 2012
Hello Kitty Picnic3DSOctober 2012
Zumba CoreWii, Xbox 360October 2012
Monster High Skulltimate Roller MazeDS, 3DS, WiiMarch 2013
Zumba World PartyWii, WiiU, Xbox 360, Xbox OneNovember 2013
Bound by FlameXbox 360, PS3, PS4May 2014
Shadow WarriorXbox One, PS4October 2014

Mobile and online digital games

We have released titles for various mobile platforms, including Apple’s iOS and Android. Our mobile games released to date have not generated significant revenue. We currently have no mobile games scheduled for release.

We also have released several games for digital distribution over various third party networks for use on dedicated game consoles or PC, such as Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Steam. We sometimes publish our own digital games and also act as a distributor for other developer’s products in return for a percentage of net revenues generated by the game. Some of the games are distributed under the label “Midnight City” which we established to provide services to the indie game development community.

Selected digital titles, their compatible platforms and launch dates included:

Selected TitlesPlatformLaunch Date
Serious SamXBLAMarch 2010
BloodrayneXBLA, PSNJuly 2013
Greg Hastings PaintballXBLA, PSNJuly 2013
Zumba DanceiOSJuly 2013
Slender: The ArrivalSteamOctober 2013
Blood of the WerewolfSteamOctober 2013
The BridgeXBLANovember 2013
RBI BaseballXBLAApril 2014
Slender: The ArrivalXBLA, PSNSeptember 2014
Costume Quest 2Steam, XBLA, PSNOctober 2014

Prior to fiscal 2014, we also published social games for online play on platforms such as Facebook and Zynga. In January 2013, as part of a larger workforce realignment, we closed our social game development studio.

Other Markets

We have also attempted to enter new game markets that show the potential for higher growth. In October 2013, we acquired a 50% interest in GMS Entertainment, a provider of online social casino, and lottery games, for $3.5 million. The Company was in the early stage of development and incurred operating losses of approximately $1.0 million in fiscal 2014. After evaluation of the required additional funding required for GMS to develop its business to a profitable level, we determined it was in our best interests to exit the investment. In November 2014, we agreed to sell our stake in GMS and forgive indebtedness of $280,000 in exchange for $250,000 and certain other contingent consideration to be received if the operations of GMS are sold, or certain levels of profitability are achieved during the 24 months after the close of the transaction.

Product Development

We primarily use third party development studios to develop our games. However, we may employ game-production and quality-assurance personnel to manage the creation of the game and its ultimate approval by the first party hardware manufacturer. We carefully select third parties to develop video games based on their capabilities, suitability, availability and cost. We usually have broad rights to commercially utilize products created by the third party developers we work with. Development contracts are structured to provide developers with incentives to provide timely and satisfactory performance by associating payments with the achievement of substantive development milestones, and by providing for the payment of royalties to them based on sales of the developed product, only after we recoup development costs.

The process for producing video games also involves working with platform manufacturers from the initial game concept phase through approval of the final product. During this process, we work closely with the developers and manufacturers to ensure that the title undergoes careful quality assurance testing. Each platform manufacturer requires that the software and a prototype of each title, together with all related artwork and documentation, be submitted for its pre-publication approval. This approval is generally discretionary.

Intellectual Property

Like other entertainment companies, our business is affected by the creation, acquisition, exploitation and protection of intellectual property in many ways.

Platform Licenses

Hardware platform manufacturers require that publishers obtain a license from them to publish titles for their platforms. We currently have non-exclusive licenses from Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony for each of the popular console and handheld platforms. Each license generally extends for a term of between two to four years and is terminable under a variety of circumstances. Each license allows us to create one or more products for the applicable system, and requires us to pay a per-unit license fee and/or royalty payment from the title produced and may include other compensation or payment terms. All of the hardware manufacturers approve each of the titles we submit for approval on a title-by-title basis, at their discretion. We are also dependent on approvals from distributors for our video game software for PCs and mobile devices.

Licenses from Third Parties

While we develop original titles, most of our titles are based on rights, licenses and properties, including copyrights and trademarks, owned by third parties. Even our original titles may require rights to properties from third parties, such as rights to music or content. License agreements with third parties generally extend for a term of between two to four years, are limited to specific territories or platforms and are terminable under a variety of circumstances. Several of our licenses are exclusive within particular territories or platforms. The licensors often have strict approval and quality control rights. Typically, we are obligated to make minimum guaranteed royalty payments over the term of these licenses and advance payments against these guarantees, but other compensation or payment terms, such as milestone payments, are also common. From time to time, we may also license other technologies from third party developers for use in our products, which also are subject to royalties and other types of payment.

Enforcement

We actively engage in enforcement and other activities to protect our intellectual property. We typically own the copyright to our software code and content and register copyrights and trademarks in the United States as appropriate.

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Manufacturing

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft control the manufacturing of our products that are compatible with their respective video game consoles, as well as the manuals and packaging for these products, and ship the finished products to us for distribution. Video games for Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony game consoles consist of proprietary-format optical discs and are typically delivered to us within the relatively short lead time of approximately two to three weeks. With respect to DS and 3DS products, which use a cartridge format, Nintendo typically delivers these products to us within 30 to 45 days after receipt of a purchase order.

Initial production quantities of individual titles are based upon estimated retail orders and consumer demand. At the time a product is approved for manufacturing, we must generally provide the platform manufacturer with a purchase order for that product, and pay for the entire purchase price prior to production. To date, we have not experienced any material difficulties or delays in the manufacture and assembly of our products. However, manufacturers’ difficulties, which are beyond our control, could impair our ability to bring products to the marketplace in a timely manner. Some of our inventory items are packaged with accessories, such as belts for ourZumba games, basketballs for ourNBA Baller Beats game, and dolls for ourBabysitting Mama game. The purchase of these accessories involves longer lead times and minimum purchase amounts, which require us to maintain higher levels of inventory than for other games.

We operate in a capital intensive industry. Significant working capital is required to finance the manufacturing of inventory of products, especially during the peak holiday selling season.

We typically ship orders immediately upon receipt of the order. To the extent that any backlog exists at the end of any period, it is not a material indicator of future results.

Sales and Marketing

North America

We sell our products primarily to large retail chains, specialty retail stores and distributors. We believe our sales team has strong relationships with major retailers and communicates with them frequently. To supplement our sales team, we currently utilize sales representative organizations located throughout the United States. The firms we use were chosen based on their performance and retailer relationships. It is customary for the sales representatives and resellers of our games who are assigned specific customers to also distribute games produced by other publishers. Distribution channels are dominated by a select group of companies, and a publisher’s access to retail shelf space is a significant competitive factor.

International

We do business internationally through our office in the United Kingdom, primarily under license and distribution agreements with 505 Games s.r.l. for distribution in Europe and the PAL territories. These agreements may vary by product and by territory. In a distribution agreement, we manufacture the product, and sell it into the distributors at a wholesale price, with our distribution partner being responsible for retail sell-in and marketing the product. In a licensing agreement, our licensing partner is responsible for the manufacture and sale of the product and we receive royalties and usually an up-front royalty advance.

Digital

We also distribute games online through digital distributors such as XBLA, PSN and Steam and across networks for mobile devices such as Apple’s iPhone. We utilize various methods to market and drive awareness of our titles on these emerging platforms, including online advertising on Facebook, on platform homepages in the cases of XBLA and PSN, and on online sites. We also acquire users through both paid and unpaid channels, due to the viral nature of social and mobile games.

During fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2014, together with reducing our fixed costs associated with internal development activities, we have substantially eliminated our internal marketing resources. Marketing efforts related to games we distribute for others are primarily the management and financial responsibility of the games’ publishers. We expect to continue to evaluate future publishing and distribution opportunities as described above and may seek to add internal marketing personnel and other resources in the future accordingly.

Customers

Customers of our packaged software are comprised of national and regional retailers, specialty retailers and video game rental outlets. For the fiscal year ended 2014, our top two accounts were GameStop and U&I Entertainment, which accounted for approximately 19% and 11% of our revenue, respectively. Revenue from 505 Games s.r.l., under distribution and license arrangements in Europe, represented approximately 6% of revenue in 2014. During fiscal 2014, the distribution of our games to certain major retailers has been consolidated with distributors, who receive discounted pricing. As a result, we plan to outsource substantially all of our retail distribution activities to distributors so we can reduce the fixed costs of maintaining direct distribution to retailers. A substantial reduction in purchases, termination of purchases or business failure by any of our significant customers could have a material adverse effect on us.

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Competition

We compete with many other first and third party publishers and developers in the handheld, console and online segments. In the console and handheld segment, we compete with first party publishers such as Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, each of which develop software for their respective platforms, as well as third party publishers such as Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Sega, Take-Two Interactive and Ubisoft.

In general, our products compete with other forms of entertainment for leisure time and discretionary spending of consumers. These other forms of entertainment include movies, television, music, online content and social media. For example, we have experienced significant increased competition from providers of freemium casual games for smartphones. This has significantly eroded the market for games sold at retail for dedicated handheld gaming platforms such as the Nintendo DS. More specifically, the market for interactive entertainment products is highly competitive and relatively few products achieve significant market acceptance. We continue to face significant competition with respect to our products, which may also result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and loss of market share. Many of our competitors have significantly greater financial, marketing and product development resources than we do.

Current and future competitors may be able to:

respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies or changes in customer preferences;
carry larger inventories;
gain access to wider distribution channels;
undertake more extensive marketing campaigns;
adopt more aggressive pricing policies;
devote greater resources to securing the rights to valuable licenses;
develop stronger relationships with leading software developers;
make higher royalty payments; and
secure more and better shelf space.

Competitive factors such as the foregoing may have a material adverse effect on our business.

Seasonality

The interactive entertainment business is highly seasonal, with sales typically higher during the peak holiday selling season during the fourth quarter of the calendar year. Traditionally, the majority of sales of our packaged software for this key selling period ship in our fiscal fourth and first quarters, which end on October 31 and January 31, respectively. Significant working capital is required to finance the manufacturing of inventory of products that ship during these quarters.

Employees

We had 22 full-time employees in the United States and 1 full-time employee in the United Kingdom as of October 31, 2014. We have not experienced any work stoppages and consider our relations with our employees to be good. We currently have 16 full time employees and may further reduce our workforce during 2015.

Financial Information About Geographic Areas

See “Note 1—Principal Business Activity and Basis of Presentation” in the notes to the interim consolidated financial statements included on Page F-7.

Available Information

We file annual,in quarterly reports and current reports, proxyservices that are normally provided by the principal accountants in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

Audit Related Fees
Consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our consolidated financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.”
Tax Fees
Consist of fees billed for professional services for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. These services include preparation of federal and state income tax returns.
All Other Fees
Consist of fees for product and services other information withthan the Securitiesservices reported above.
Audit Committee Pre-approval Policies and Exchange Commission, referred to herein asProcedures

Our Audit Committee assists the SEC. Our SEC filings, including our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K,Board in overseeing and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a)monitoring the integrity of the Exchange ActCompany’s financial reporting process, its compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the quality of its internal and external audit processes. The role and responsibilities of the Audit Committee are available toset forth in a written charter adopted by the public free of charge over the Internet at our website at http://www.majescoentertainment.com or at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. Our SEC filings will beBoard, which is available on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we have electronically filed or furnished themat www.majescoentertainment.com. The Audit Committee is responsible for selecting, retaining and determining the compensation of our independent public accountant, approving the services they will perform, and reviewing the performance of the independent public accountant. The Audit Committee reviews with management and our independent public accountant our annual financial statements on Form 10-K and our quarterly financial statements on Forms 10-Q. The Audit Committee reviews and reassesses the charter annually and recommends any changes to the SEC. Information contained onBoard for approval. The Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing our website is not incorporated by reference into this 10-K. You may also read and copy any materials we file withoverall financial reporting process. In fulfilling its responsibilities for the SEC atfinancial statements for fiscal year 2015, the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington D.C. 20549. You may obtain information onAudit Committee took the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You can view our Code of Conduct and Ethics and the charters for each of our committees of the Board of Directors free of charge on the corporate governance section of our website.

following actions:
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reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 with management and EisnerAmper LLP (“EisnerAmper”), our independent public accountant;
 ● discussed with EisnerAmper the matters required to be discussed in accordance with the rules set forth by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”), relating to the conduct of the audit; and

Item 1A.  Risk Factors.

Our business and operations are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties asdescribed below. However, the risks and uncertainties described below are not theonly ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or thatwe may currently deem immaterial, may become important factors that could harm ourbusiness, financial condition or results of operations. If any of the following risksactually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations couldsuffer.

Our review of our strategic alternatives may result in a complete transformation of our Company and we may not be successful in this new venture.

We are currently evaluating our strategic alternatives. We have significantly reduced our video game publishing and development activities. We may (although we have no current arrangements in place) invest in a totally unrelated business or businesses. Such an action may result in a change in our board of directors, management or financial structure and may lead to substantial reduction in our cash balances or substantial dilution to existing shareholders should we utilize our shares for acquisition. Despite our best efforts, we may not be successful in financing and/or operating a new venture.

Our financial resources are limited and we will need to raise additional capital in the future to continue our business.

We do not expect to generate the level of revenues going forward as we have achieved in prior years from our video game business. This significantly reduced revenue will impact our needs for future capital. We cannot ensure that additional funding will be available or, if it is available, that it can be obtained on terms and conditions we will deem acceptable. Any additional funding derived from the sale of equity securities is likely to result in significant dilution to our existing stockholders. These matters involve risks and uncertainties that may prevent us from raising additional capital or may cause the terms upon which we raise additional capital, if additional capital is available, to be less favorable to us than would otherwise be the case. If we reach a point where we are unable to raise needed additional funds to continue as a going concern, we will be forced to cease our business activities and dissolve the Company. In such an event, we will need to satisfy various severances, contract termination and other dissolution-related obligations.

If we make a significant acquisition that requires the issuance of our shares we may be required to reapply for NASDAQ listing.

Reapplying for NASDAQ listing may require us to satisfy the more stringent original listing standards of the NASDAQ Capital Market, which has substantially higher standards than the continuing listing standards. If any such application is not approved, our shares of common stock could be delisted.

We could fail in future financing efforts or be delisted from NASDAQ if we fail to receive shareholder approval for the full conversion of the securities issued in the private placement or any future transaction(s).

We are required under the NASDAQ rules to obtain shareholder approval for any issuance of additional equity securities that would comprise more than 20% of the total shares of our common stock outstanding before the issuance of such securities sold at a discount to the greater of book or market value in an offering that is not deemed to be a “public offering” by NASDAQ. On December 17, 2014 we closed a private placement in connection with which we issued $6.0 million of units consisting of one share of series A convertible preferred stock and one warrant, $5.0 million of which is being held in escrow pending shareholder approval. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Private Placement” for more information on the private placement. In addition, funding of our operations in the future or acquisitions may require issuance of additional equity securities that would comprise more than 20% of the total shares of our common stock outstanding, but we might not be successful in obtaining the required shareholder approval for such an issuance. If we are unable to receive shareholder approval for thefull conversion of the securities issued in theprivate placement or obtain future financing due to shareholder approval difficulties, such failure may have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue operations or maintain our listing with NASDAQ, which could have a negative impact on the trading market for our stock and our ability to raise capital in the future.

We have experienced recent net losses and we may incur future net losses, which maycause a decrease in our stock price.

While we generated net income in certain years prior to fiscal 2013, we incurred net losses of $16.2 million in fiscal 2014 and $12.6 million in fiscal 2013. We may not be able to generate revenues sufficient to offset our costs and may sustain net losses in future periods. Any such losses may have an adverse effect on our future operating prospects, liquidity and stock price.

We are heavily reliant on our factoring arrangement.

We utilize credit under a factoring agreement with Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc. (referred to herein as Rosenthal) whereby we sell our receivables for immediate payment of a portion of the invoice amount and, in some instances, the ability to take additional cash advances. This is our primary source of financing. If Rosenthal suffered financial difficulty, or our relationship with Rosenthal deteriorated, this could significantly impact our liquidity.

We have experienced volatility in the price of our stock and are subject to volatility in the future.

The price of our common stock has experienced significant volatility. In the 24 months ended October 31, 2014, the high and low bid quotations for our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq Capital Market ranged between a high of $8.75 and a low of $0.81. The historic market price of our common stock may be higher or lower than the price paid for our shares and may not be indicative of future market prices, depending on many factors, some of which are beyond our control. In addition, as we have significantly reduced our video game operations, and are seeking strategic alternatives, we cannot predict the performance of our stock and the price of our stock may change dramatically in response to our success or failure to consummate such a strategic alternative transaction

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received written disclosures and the letter from EisnerAmper regarding its independence as required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding EisnerAmper’s communications with the Audit Committee and the Audit Committee further discussed with EisnerAmper its independence. The Audit Committee also considered the status of pending litigation, taxation matters and other areas of oversight relating to the financial reporting and audit process that the Audit Committee determined appropriate.

We may not be able to maintain our listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

Our common stock currently trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market, referred to herein as Nasdaq. This market has continued listing requirements that we must continue to maintain to avoid delisting. The standards include, among others, a minimum bid price requirement of $1.00 per share and any of: (i) a minimum stockholders’ equity of $2.5 million; (ii) a market value of listed securities of $35 million; or (iii) net income from continuing operations of $500,000 in the most recently completed fiscal year or in the two of the last three fiscal years. Our results of operations and our fluctuating stock price directly impact our ability to satisfy these listing standards. In the event we are unable to maintain these listing standards, we may be subject to delisting.

A delisting from Nasdaq would result in our common stock being eligible for listing on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (the “OTCBB”). The OTCBB is generally considered to be a less efficient system than markets such as Nasdaq or other national exchanges because of lower trading volumes, transaction delays and reduced security analyst and news media coverage. These factors could contribute to lower prices and larger spreads in the bid and ask prices for our common stock. Additionally, trading of our common stock on the OTCBB may make us less desirable to institutional investors and may, therefore, limit our future equity funding options and could negatively affect the liquidity of our stock.

A significant portion of our revenue in 2014 was generated from games based on theZumba Fitness property.

Approximately 54% of our net revenue in 2014 was generated from theZumba Fitness series of games. We license the rights to publish these games from a third party. In November 2011, we released the sequelsZumba Fitness 2 andZumba Fitness Rushfor the Wii and Kinect platforms, respectively. In November 2012, we released the sequelZumba Fitness Corefor the Wii and Kinect platforms. In November 2013, we released the sequelZumba Fitness World Partyfor the Wii and Kinect platforms. We do not expect to release any new Zumba games in the future, which may have a significant impact on our revenues.

A decrease in the popularity of our licensed brands and, correspondingly, the video games we publish based on those brands could negatively impact our revenues and financial position.

Certain games released in 2014 were based upon popular licensed brands. As previously mentioned, approximately 54% of our net revenues in 2014 were generated from theZumbafranchise games, first commercially released in November 2010. A decrease in the popularity of theZumbaproperty or other licensed properties would negatively impact our ability to sell games based upon such licenses and could lead to lower net sales, profitability, and/or an impairment of our licenses, which would negatively impact our profitability.

Customer accommodations could materially and adversely affect our business, resultsof operations, financial condition and liquidity.

When demand for our offerings falls below expectations, we may negotiate accommodations to retailers or distributors in order to maintain our relationships with our customers and access to our sales channels. These accommodations include negotiation of price discounts and credits against future orders commonly referred to as price protection. At the time of product shipment, we establish provisions for price protection and other similar allowances. These provisions are established according to our estimates of the potential for markdown allowances based upon historical rates, expected sales, retailer inventories of products and other factors. We cannot predict with certainty whether existing provisions will be sufficient to offset any accommodations we will provide, nor can we predict the amount or nature of accommodations that we will provide in the future. If actual accommodations exceed our provisions, our earnings would be reduced, possibly materially. Any such reduction may have an adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. The granting of price protection and other allowances reduces our ability to collect receivables and impacts our availability for advances from our factoring arrangement. The continued granting of substantial price protection and other allowances may require additional funding sources to fund operations, but there can be no assurance that such funds will be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all.

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Increased competition for limited shelf space and promotional support from retailerscould affect the sales of our products.

Retailers typically have limited shelf space and promotional resources, such as circulars and in-store advertising, to support any one product among an increasing number of newly introduced entertainment offerings.

Competition for retail support and shelf space is expected to increase, which may require us to increase our marketing expenditures or reduce prices to retailers. Competitors with more extensive lines, popular products and greater financial resources frequently have greater bargaining power with retailers. Accordingly, we may not be able to achieve or maintain the levels of support and shelf space

Our Audit Committee approved all services that our competitors receive. As a result, sales of our products may be less than expected, which would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

A weak global economic environment could result in increased volatility in our stock price.

Current uncertainty in global economic conditions poses a risk to the overall economy as consumers and retailers may defer or choose not to make purchases in response to tighter credit and negative financial news, which could negatively affect demand for our products. Additionally, due to the weak economic conditions and tightened credit environment, some of our retailers and customers may not have the same purchasing power, leading to lower purchases of our games for placement into distribution channels. Reduced consumer demand for our products could materially impact our operating results.

Termination or modification of our agreements with platform hardware manufacturers mayadversely affect our business.

We are required to obtain a license in order to develop and distribute software for each of the manufacturers of video game hardware. We currently have licenses from Sony to develop products for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, from Nintendo to develop products for the DS, DSi, 3DS, Wii and WiiU and from Microsoft to develop products for the Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. These licenses must be periodically renewed, and if they are not, or if any of our licenses are terminated or adversely modified, we may not be able to distribute any of our games on that platform or we may be required to do so on less attractive terms.

Our platform licensors control the fee structures for online distribution of our games on their platforms.

Pursuant to certain of our publisher license agreements, such platform licensors retain sole discretion to determine the fees to be charged for both base level and premium online services available via their online platforms. Each licensor’s ability to set royalty rates makes it challenging for us to predict our costs, and increased costs may negatively impact our operating margins. As a result of such varying fee structures, we may be unable to distribute our games in a cost-effective manner through such distribution channels.

Intellectual property claims may increase our costs or require us to cease selling affected products, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Development of original content, including publication and distribution, sometimes results in claims of intellectual property infringement. Although we make efforts to ensure our products do not violate the intellectual property rights of others, it is possible that third parties still may allege infringement. These claims and any litigation resulting from these claims may result in damage awards payable by us; could prevent us from selling the affected product; or require us to redesign the affected product to avoid infringement or obtain a license for future sales of the affected product.

Any of the foregoing could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Any litigation resulting from these claims could require us to incur substantial costs.

A reduced workforce presents additional risk to the effectiveness of our internal controls.

As discussed in this annual report, we have significantly reduced our workforce. A smaller workforce impacts our internal controls over financial reporting and can affect the adequacy of our controls. We cannot be certain that our internal controls over financial reporting will remain effective. If we cannot adequately maintain the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting, we may be subject to liability and/or sanctions or investigation by regulatory authorities, such as the SEC. Any such action could adversely affect our financial results and the market price of our common stock.

Item 1B.  Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2.  Properties.

During fiscal 2014, we leased 21,250 square feet of office, development and storage space located at 160 Raritan Center Parkway, Edison, NJ 08837 with base rents of approximately $24,000 per month. The lease expires on January 31, 2015. In January 2015, we leased approximately 1,800 square feet of office space for a period of less than one year for a cost of approximately $2,300 per month.

Item 3.  Legal Proceedings.

On September 20, 2012, a complaint for patent infringement was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by Intelligent Verification Systems, LLC against Microsoft Corporation and the Company. The complaint alleges that Kinect and certain Kinect games, including Zumba Fitness Rush, infringe the plaintiff’s patents relating to biometric facial recognition and facial expression recognition technology. Intelligent Verification Systems is seeking injunctive relief and monetary damages in an unspecified amount for the alleged infringement. We, in conjunction with Microsoft, are defending ourselves against the claim and have certain third party indemnity rights from developers for costs incurred in the litigation. We cannot currently estimate a potential range of loss if the claim against us is successful.

Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5.  Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related StockholderMatters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Our common stock is listed for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “COOL.” The market for our common stock has often been sporadic, volatile and limited.

The following table shows the high and low bid quotations for our common stock as reported by Nasdaq from November 1, 2011 through October 31, 2014. The prices reflect inter-dealer quotations, without retail markup, markdown or commissions, and may not represent actual transactions.

  High  Low 
Fiscal Year 2013        
First Quarter $8.75  $4.06 
Second Quarter $5.18  $3.64 
Third Quarter $5.53  $3.92 
Fourth Quarter $5.46  $3.71 
         
Fiscal Year 2014        
First Quarter $5.18  $3.78 
Second Quarter $3.92  $2.66 
Third Quarter $3.01  $1.72 
Fourth Quarter $1.84  $0.81 

Holders of Common Stock.  On January 27, 2015, we had approximately 120 registered holders of record of our common stock. On January 8, 2015, the closing sales price of our common stock as reported on Nasdaq was $1.33 per share.

Dividends and dividend policy.  We have never declared or paid any dividends on our common stock and we do not anticipate paying dividends on our common stock at the present time. We currently intend to retain earnings, if any, for use in our business. We do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future.

Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans.  The information called for by this item is incorporated by reference from our definitive proxy statement relating to our 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we will file with the SEC within 120 days after our October 31, 2014 fiscal year end.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.  All prior sales of unregistered securities have been previously reported either on a current report on Form 8-K or a quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

Item 6.Selected Financial Data

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information under this item, pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 301(c).

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Item 7.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditionand Results of Operations.

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition andresults of operations together with “Selected Financial Data” and our consolidatedfinancial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this annual report onForm 10-K. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statementsthat involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The actual results may differmaterially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result ofcertain factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth under “Risk Factors”and elsewhere in this annual report on Form 10-K.

Overview

We are a provider of video game products primarily for the, casual-game consumer. We sell our products primarily to large retail chains, specialty retail stores, video game rental outlets and distributors. We publish video games for almost all major current generation interactive entertainment hardware platforms, including Nintendo’s DS, DSi, 3DS and Wii, Sony’s PlayStation 3, or PS3, and PlayStation Portable, or PSP®, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Xbox One and the personal computer, or PC. We also publish games for numerous digital platforms such as Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, or PSN and Steam, and, prior to 2014, iOS and Android mobile devices and online platforms.

Our video game titles are targeted at various demographics at a range of price points. Due to the larger budget requirements for developing and marketing premium console titles for core gamers, we have focused on publishing more lower-cost games targeting casual-game consumers. In some instances, our titles are based on licenses of well-known properties and, in other cases, original properties. We enter into agreements with content providers and video game development studios for the creation of our video games.

On October 31, 2014, we implemented a reduction of our workforce to reduce our fixed costs. The reduction includes development and game-testing, selling and marketing, and support personnel. We incurred approximately $0.3 million of severance costs in connection with the workforce reduction. We are currently not developing any significant new games for release in fiscal 2015 and are evaluating strategic alternatives to maximize Company value, including the merger with or acquisition of a new business, which may be in a different business than our current and historical operations.

Our operations involve similar products and customers worldwide. These products are developed and sold domestically and internationally. The Company is centrally managed and our chief operating decision makers, the chief executive and other officers, use consolidated and other financial information supplemented by sales information by product category, major product title and platform for making operational decisions and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, we operate in a single segment.

Strategic Alternatives and December 2014 Financing

As discussed above, we plan to continue to pursue strategic alternatives to maximize Company value.

On December 17, 2014, we completed a private placement of up to $6.0 million of units at a purchase price of $0.68 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and a five year warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at an initial exercise price of $0.68 per share. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below. We have received $1.0 million of proceeds from the private placement. The release from escrow of an additional $5.0 million of proceeds is subject to approval of our shareholders for the full conversion of the preferred shares and conversion of the warrants and satisfaction of certain other conditions, including, the completion of a “Qualified Transaction” or approval of the lead investor in the private placement. A Qualified Transaction may involve the acquisition of a business that is not related to our current operations described in this report (See “Liquidity and Capital Resources – Private Placement”).

In connection with the transaction, Jesse Sutton, our Chief Executive Officer, and Allan Grafman, our Chairman of the Board, resigned as members of the Board of Directors and , Trent Davis, who will serve as Chairman of the Board, and Mohit Bhansali, were appointed to fill the vacancies. Both new members were appointed to the Company's Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee.

Video Game Products

Net Revenues.  Our revenues are principally derived from sales of our video games. We provide video games primarily for the mass market and casual-game player. Our revenues are recognized net of estimated provisions for price protection and other allowances. When we act as an agent in the distribution of games developed by others, we recognize revenue net of the share of revenue due to the developer in the form of wholesale price, royalties and/or distribution fees.

Cost of Sales.  Cost of sales consists of product costs and amortization and impairment of software development costs and license fees. A significant component of our cost of sales of packaged games is product costs. Product costs are comprised primarily of manufacturing and packaging costs of the disc or cartridge media, royalties to the platform manufacturer and manufacturing and packaging costs of peripherals. Commencing upon the related product’s release, capitalized software development and intellectual property license costs are amortized to cost of sales.

Gross Profit.  Gross profit is the excess of net revenues over product costs and amortization and impairment of software development and license fees. Development and license fees incurred to produce video games are generally incurred up front and amortized to cost of sales. The recovery of these costs and total gross profit is dependent upon achieving a certain sales volume, which varies by title.

Product Research and Development Expenses.  Product research and development expenses relate principally to our cost of supervision of third party video game developers, testing new products, development of social games and conducting quality assurance evaluations during the development cycle that are not allocated to games for which technological feasibility has been established. Costs incurred are primarily employee-related, may include equipment, and are not allocated to cost of sales.

Selling and Marketing Expenses.  Selling and marketing expenses consist of marketing and promotion expenses, including television advertising, the cost of shipping products to customers and related employee costs. Credits to retailers for trade advertising are a component of these expenses.

General and Administrative Expenses.  General and administrative expenses primarily represent employee related costs, including corporate executive and support staff, general office expenses, professional fees and various other overhead charges. Professional fees, including legal and accounting expenses, typically represent one of the largest components of our general and administrative expenses. These fees are partially attributable to our required activities as a publicly traded company, such as SEC filings.

Loss on Impairment of Software Development Costs and License Fees- CancelledGames.  Loss on impairment of software development costs and license fees — cancelled games consists of contract termination costs, and the write-off of previously capitalized costs, for games that were cancelled prior to their release to market. We periodically review our games in development and compare the remaining cost to complete each game to projected future net cash flows expected to be generated from sales. In cases where we don’t expect the projected future net cash flows generated from sales to be sufficient to cover the remaining incremental cash obligation to complete the game, we cancel the game, and record a charge to operating expenses. While we incur a current period charge on these cancellations, we believe we are limiting the overall loss on a game project that is no longer expected to perform as originally expected due to changing market conditions or other factors. Significant management estimates are required in making these assessments, including estimates regarding retailer and customer interest, pricing, competitive game performance and changing market conditions.

Interest and Financing Costs.  Interest and financing costs are directly attributable to our factoring and our purchase-order financing arrangements. Such costs include commitment fees and fees based upon the value of customer invoices factored.

Income Taxes.  Income taxes consists of our provision/(benefit) for income taxes, as affected by our net operating loss carryforwards. Future utilization of our net operating loss, or NOL, carryforwards may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to the “change in ownership” provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of NOL carryforwards before utilization. Due to our history of losses, a valuation allowance sufficient to fully offset our NOL and other deferred tax assets has been established under current accounting pronouncements, and this valuation allowance will be maintained unless sufficient positive evidence develops to support its reversal. In fiscal 2014 and 2013, we reversed our valuation allowance to the extent of our NOLs used, and recorded certain minimum state taxes.

Seasonality and Variations in Interim Quarterly Results

Our quarterly net revenues, gross profit and operating income from sales of packaged software are impacted significantly by the seasonality of the retail selling season, and the timing of the release of new titles. Sales of our catalog and other products are generally higher in the first and fourth quarters of our fiscal year (ending January 31 and October 31, respectively) due to increased retail sales during the holiday season. Sales and gross profit as a percentage of sales also generally increase in quarters in which we release significant new titles because of increased sales volume as retailers make purchases to stock their shelves and meet initial demand for the new release. These quarters also benefit from the higher selling prices that we are able to achieve early in the product’s life cycle. Therefore, sales results in any one quarter are not necessarily indicative of expected results for subsequent quarters during the fiscal year.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP.

The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We have identified the policies below as critical to our business operations and to the understanding of our financial results. The impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations is discussed throughout management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results.

Revenue Recognition.  We recognize revenue upon the shipment of our product when: (1) risks and rewards of ownership are transferred; (2) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (3) we have no continuing obligations to the customer; and (4) the collection of related accounts receivable is probable. Certain products are sold to customers with a street date (the earliest date these products may be resold by retailers). Revenue for sales of these products is not recognized prior to their street date. Included in advances from customers and deferred revenue as of October 31, 2013 was deferred revenue of $5.2 million on sales of products with a future street date. In connection with this deferred revenue, the Company had approximately $1.7 million of deferred cost of sales – product included in prepaid expenses and other current assets. There were no such balances at October 31, 2014. Some of our software products provide limited online features at no additional cost to the consumer. Generally, we have considered such features to be incidental to our overall product offerings and an inconsequential deliverable. Accordingly, we do not defer any revenue related to products containing these limited online features. However, in instances where online features or additional functionality is considered a substantive deliverable in addition to the software product, such characteristics will be taken into account when applying our revenue recognition policy. To date, the Company has not earned significant revenues from such features. In addition, some of our software products are sold exclusively as downloads of digital content for which the consumer takes possession of the digital content for a fee. Revenue from product downloads is generally recognized when the download is made available (assuming all other recognition criteria are met).

When we enter into license or distribution agreements that provide for multiple copies of games in exchange for guaranteed amounts, revenue is recognized in accordance with the terms of the agreements, generally upon delivery of a master copy, assuming our performance obligations are complete and all other recognition criteria are met, or as per-copy royalties are earned on sales of games.

When we operate hosted online games in which players can play for free and purchase virtual goods for use in the games. We recognize revenues from the sale of virtual goods as service revenues over the estimated period in which players use the game. We also recognize advertising revenue related to advertising placed on our game sites as ads are displayed. We have not earned significant revenue related to online games.

Price Protection and Other Allowances.  We generally sell our products on a no-return basis, although in certain instances, we provide price protection or other allowances on certain unsold products in accordance with industry practices. Price protection, when granted and applicable, allows customers a partial credit with respect to merchandise unsold by them. Revenue is recognized net of estimates of these allowances. Sales incentives and other consideration that represent costs incurred by us for benefits received, such as the appearance of our products in a customer’s national circular advertisement, are generally reflected as selling and marketing expenses. We estimate potential future product price protection and other discounts related to current period product revenue. In addition, some of our software products are sold exclusively as downloads of digital content for which the consumer takes possession of the digital content for a fee. Revenue from product downloads is generally recognized when the download is made available (assuming all other recognition criteria are met).

Our provisions for price protection and other allowances fluctuate over periods as a result of a number of factors including analysis of historical experience, current sell-through of retailer inventory of our products, current trends in the interactive entertainment market, the overall economy, changes in customer demand and acceptance of our products and other related factors. Significant management judgments and estimates must be made and used in connection with establishing the allowance for returns and price protection in any accounting period. However, actual allowances granted could materially exceed our estimates as unsold products in the distribution channels are exposed to rapid changes in consumer preferences, market conditions, technological obsolescence due to new platforms, product updates or competing products. For example, the risk of requests for allowances may increase as consoles pass the midpoint of their lifecycle and an increasing number of competitive products heighten pricing and competitive pressures. Additionally, the reduction in the scope of our game operations and elimination of games in development for future release could have an impact on our relationship with retailers. While management believes it can make reliable estimates regarding these matters, these estimates are inherently subjective. Accordingly, if our estimates change, this will result in a change in our provisions, which would impact the net revenues and/or selling and marketing expenses we report. For the 12-month periods ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, weindependent accountants provided allowances for future price protection and other allowances of $4.6 million and $3.0 million, respectively. Fluctuations in the provisions reflected our estimates of future price protection based on the factors discussed above. We limit our exposure to credit risk by factoring a portion of our receivables to a third party that buys without recourse. For receivables that are not sold without recourse, we analyze our aged accounts receivables, payment history and other factors to make a determination if collection of receivables is likely, or a provision for uncollectible accounts is necessary.

Capitalized Software Development Costs and License Fees.  Software development costs include development fees, primarily in the form of milestone payments made to independent software developers. Software development costs are capitalized once technological feasibility of a product is established and management expects such costs to be recoverable against future revenues. For products where proven game engine technology exists, this may occur early in the development cycle. Technological feasibility is evaluated on a product-by-product basis. Amounts related to software development that are not capitalized are charged immediately to product research and development costs. Commencing upon a related product’s release capitalized software development costs are amortized to cost of sales based upon the higher of (i) the ratio of current revenue to total projected revenue or (ii) straight-line charges over the expected marketable life of the product.

Prepaid license fees represent license fees to holders for the use of their intellectual property rights in the development of our products. Minimum guaranteed royalty payments for intellectual property licenses are initially recorded as an asset (capitalized license fees) and a current liability (accrued royalties payable) at the contractual amount upon execution of the contract or when specified milestones or events occur and when no significant performance commitment remains with the licensor. Licenses are expensed to cost of sales at the higher of (i) the contractual royalty rate based on actual sales or (ii) an effective rate based upon total projected revenue related to such license. Capitalized software development costs are classified as non-current if they relate to titles for which we estimate the release date to be more than one year from the balance sheet date. There were no Non-current costs as of October 31, 2014 and 2013.

The amortization period for capitalized software development costs and license fees is usually no longer than one year from the initial release of the product. If actual revenues or revised forecasted revenues fall below the initial forecasted revenue for a particular license, the charge to cost of sales may be larger than anticipated in any given quarter. The recoverability of capitalized software development costs and license fees is evaluated quarterly based on the expected performance of the specific products to which the costs relate.

When, in management’s estimate, future cash flows will not be sufficient to recover previously capitalized costs, we expense these capitalized costs to cost of sales — loss on impairment of software development costs and license fees – future releases, in the period such a determination is made. These expenses may be incurred prior to a game’s release. If a game is cancelled and never released to market, the amount is expensed to operating costs and expenses – loss on impairment of capitalized software development costs and license fees – cancelled games. As of October 31, 2014, the net carrying value of our licenses and software development costs was $0.7 million. If we were required to write off licenses or software development costs, due to changes in market conditions or product acceptance, our results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

License fees and milestone payments made to our third party developers are typically considered non-refundable advances against the total compensation they can earn based upon the sales performance of the products. Any additional royalty or other compensation earned beyond the milestone payments is expensed to cost of sales as incurred.

We have expensed as research and development all costs associated with the development of social games. These games have not earned significant revenues to date and we are continuing to evaluate alternatives for future development and monetization.

Inventory. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined by the first-in, first-out method. We estimate the net realizable value of slow-moving inventory on a title-by-title basis and charge the excess of cost over net realizable value to cost of sales. Some of our inventory items are packaged with accessories. The purchase of accessories may involve longer lead times and minimum purchase amounts, which require us to maintain higher levels of inventory than for other games. Therefore, these items have a higher risk of obsolescence, which we review periodically based on inventory and sales levels.

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.  Stock-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the vesting period. Determining the fair value of stock-based awards at the grant date requires judgment, including, in the case of stock option awards, estimating expected stock volatility. In addition, judgment is also required in estimating the amount of stock-based awards that are expected to be forfeited. If actual results differ significantly from these estimates, stock-based compensation expense and our results of operations could be materially impacted.

Commitments and Contingencies.  We record a liability for commitments and contingencies when the amount is both probable and reasonably estimable. We record associated legal fees as incurred.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our results of operations expressed as a percentage of total revenues:

  Year Ended October 31, 
  2014  2013 
Net revenues  100.0%  100.0%
Cost of sales        
Product costs  36.0   39.4 
Software development costs and license fees  47.4   34.9 
Gross profit  16.6   25.7 
Operating expenses        
Product research and development  6.6   11.7 
Selling and marketing  21.1   16.6 
General and administrative  24.3   19.4 
Workforce reduction  0.9   1.7 
Depreciation and amortization  2.2   0.8 
Loss on impairment of software development costs and license fees — canceled games  0.2   1.4 
Operating loss  (38.7)  (25.9)
Interest and financing costs and other non-operating gains and expenses  (8.3)  0.8 
Loss before income taxes  (47.0)  (26.7)
Income taxes  0.0   0.0 
Net loss  (47.0)%  (26.7)%

The following table sets forth the source of net revenues, by game platform, for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013.

  Year Ended October 31, 
  2014  2013 
  

Net

Revenues

  

% of

Total Net

Revenues

  

 

Net

Revenues

  

% of

Total Net

Revenues

 
Nintendo Wii and WiiU $11.4   33% $21.9   46%
Microsoft Xbox 360 and Xbox One  11.1   32%  10.4   22%
Sony Playstation 3 and 4  3.7   11%  0.9   2%
Nintendo DS and 3DS  5.1   15%  11.9   25%
Accessories and other  3.1   9%  2.2   5%
TOTAL $34.4   100% $47.3   100%

Year ended October 31, 2014 versus the year ended October 31, 2013

Net Revenues.Net revenues for the year ended October 31, 2014 decreased approximately 27% to $34.4 million from $47.3 million in the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to lower sales of our Zumba Fitness products and lower revenues from new releases on the Microsoft Kinect and Nintendo 3DS. We have released three sequels to our original Zumba fitness product released in November 2010, with each sequel generating a lower level of sales than the prior version. As a result, we are not developing future Zumba sequels. Additionally, sales of new games we have published in our traditional market of casual games for the Nintendo Wii, 3DS and Microsoxt Kinect for Xbox 360 have not performed as expected. We attribute this to changes in customer preference driven by competing digital technologies. For example, freemium games available on mobile devices such as the Apple iphone or Anroid powered smartphones have created competition and reduced sales of games distributed through retail outlets for dedicated handheld gaming devices such as the Nintendo 3DS. We have also seen increased competition for the casual game consumer at retail from online PC based platforms such as Facebook and STEAM. Net revenues in the European market decreased to approximately $3.4 million, from $8.2 million during the same period a year ago, primarily due to decreased sales of our Zumba products. Overall Zumba sales accounted for 54% of our net revenues during the period, compared to 55% in the prior year.

Gross Profit.Gross profit for the year ended October 31, 2014 was $5.7 million compared to a gross profit of $12.2 million in the same period last year. The decrease in gross profit was primarily attributable to decreased net revenues, as discussed above. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales was 17% for the year ended October 31, 2014, compared to 26% for the year ended October 31, 2013. The decrease in gross profit as a percentage of sales primarily reflects lower average net selling prices and higher fixed development costs and license fees in the current period as a percentage of sales. We developed Zumba World Party for both current generation, and next generation console platforms, resulting in higher development expense relative to our previous titles.

Product Research and Development Expenses.Research and development expenses were $2.3 million for the year ended October 31, 2014, compared to $5.5 million for the same period in 2013. Lower internal development expenses, including the effects of our January 2013 headcount reduction, were partially offset by increased third-party development costs of mobile games early in the current-year period. 2014 expenses include development expenses related to our mobile games, which we have subsequently terminated.

Selling and Marketing Expenses.Total selling and marketing expenses were approximately $7.3 million for the year ended October 31, 2014, compared to $7.9 million for the year ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily due to decreased media advertising related to Zumba and other new releases. Commissions and other costs were also lower due to lower sales volumes and our January 2013 headcount reduction. These decreases were partially offset by increased digital-distribution and marketing costs and by website development costs incurred during the period for an online gamestore project that was terminated.

General and Administrative Expenses.For the year October 31, 2014, general and administrative expenses decreased to $8.4 million from $9.2 million in the prior year. The decrease primarily reflected lower compensation costs, reduced consulting and professional fees and other administrative expenses.

Workforce Reduction. Workforce reduction costs amounted to $0.3 million and $0.8 million in the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. On January 8, 2013, we implemented a realignment of our workforce to reduce certain fixed costs and provide for a more flexible variable cost model using outside subcontractors in the production of our games. The realignment included a reduction in workforce of approximately 40 employees. Workforce reduction costs consisted primarily of severance costs. In the current fiscal year, we incurred additional severance costs for additional employee layoffs in October 2014.

Loss on Impairment of Capitalized Software Development Costs and License Fees – Cancelled Games.For the year ended October 31, 2014, loss on impairment of capitalized software development costs and license fees – cancelled games, amounted to $0.1 million compared to $0.7 million in the prior-year period. Our games in development are subject to periodic reviews to assess game design and changing market conditions. When we do not expect the projected future net cash flows generated from sales to be sufficient to cover the remaining incremental cash obligation to complete a game, we cancel the game, and record a charge to operating expenses for the carrying amount of the game. In fiscal 2014, we reduced the number of console-game development projects initiated.

Operating Loss.Operating loss for the year ended October 31, 2014 was approximately $13.3 million, compared to operating loss of $12.2 million in the comparable period in 2013, primarily as a result of decreased revenues and gross profits discussed above offset by our January 2013 workforce reduction and lower personnel and development costs and impairment losses.

Loss from equity method investment. We recorded a loss of approximately $3.8 million for fiscal 2014 representing a charge of $2.8 million for the loss in value of the investment and our 50% share of losses incurred by GMS in the period. GMS began operations in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013. Accordingly, there was no effect of GMS operations on the prior-year period. Our investment in GMS was sold in November 2014.

Extinguishment of liabilities.During the year ended October 31, 2014, we recognized gains on the extinguishment of liabilities of $1.3 million. The Company determined that certain accounts payable balances and claims for license fees and services would never be paid because they were no longer being pursued for payment and had passed the statute of limitations. There was no such activity in the prior-year period.

Income Taxes.In the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, our income tax expense was not significant, representing primarily minimum state income taxes.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of October 31, 2014, our cash and cash equivalents balance was $7.2 million and our working capital was approximately $5.4 million, compared to cash and equivalents of $13.4 million and working capital of $15.7 million at October 31, 2013. The decline in cash and working capital is the result of operating losses due to declining revenues which we attribute to three factors: 1) the introduction of competing “freemium” games on competing handheld devices such as the Apple iphone or itouch, and Android powered devices; 2) a shift in game distribution from retail to digital downloads; and 3) a decline in the popularity of motion based fitness games including games we publish under the Zumba fitness brand. We have incurred operating losses of approximately $13.3 million and $12.2 million in the fiscal years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As a result of these factors we have reduced our operating expenses, including the reduction of game production and marketing personnel, and have eliminated substantially all of our new game development activities. We are evaluating various strategic alternatives to maximize company value including the acquisition of businesses that are not related to our existing video game operations. Additionally, we have entered into a financing transaction in which we have received $1.0 million in cash, with another $5.0 million available if the Company satisfies certain conditions including, among other things, the completion of a business acquisition which meets the criteria of a “qualified transaction” as defined in the Subscription Agreements, and approval of its shareholders for the conversion of the preferred stock and warrants issued as part of the transaction (see private placement below for further information). There is no assurance that we will receive the necessary shareholder approvals to effect the release of the second tranche of financing or meet any of the other criteria including the completion of an acquisition that meets the terms of the agreement. If we do not complete a “qualified transaction” our substantially reduced operations may not be able to continue operations.

The factors above raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements included herein do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. As of October 31, 2014, we believe that there may not be sufficient capital resources from operations and existing financing arrangements in order to meet operating expenses and working capital requirements for the next twelve months.

Private Placement

On December 17, 2014, we entered into separate subscription agreements (together, the “Subscription Agreements”) with accredited investors (the Investors”) relating to the issuance and sale of completed a private placement of $6.0 million of Units (the “Units”) at a purchase price of $0.68 per Unit, with each Unit consisting of one share of the Company’s 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Shares”) and a five year warrant (the “Warrants”) to purchase one share of our common stock at an initial exercise price of $0.68 per share.

The Preferred Shares are convertible into shares of Common Stock based on a conversion calculation equal to the stated value of the of such Preferred Share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, on such Preferred Share, as of such date of determination, divided by the conversion price. The stated value of each Preferred Share is $0.68 and the initial conversion price is $0.68 per share, each subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, combinations, subdivisions or other similar events. In addition, in the event we issue or sell shares of Common Stock at a per share price that is less than the conversion price then in effect, the conversion price shall be reduced to such lower price, subject to certain exceptions. Pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”), we are prohibited from incurring debt or liens, or entering into new financing transactions without the consent of the lead investor (as defined in the Subscription Agreements). The Preferred Shares bear no interest.

The Warrants are exercisable, at any time, following the date the Warrants are issued, at a price of $0.68 per share, subject to adjustment, and expire five years from the date of issuance. The holders may, subject to certain limitations, exercise the Warrants for shares of common stock on a cashless basis. The Warrants are subject to certain adjustments upon certain actions by us as outlined in the Warrants, including, for twenty-four months following the initial issuance date, the issuance or sale, or deemed issuance or sale, by us of shares of our Common Stock at a per share price that is less than the conversion price then in effect, as a result of which the conversion price shall be reduced to such lower price, subject to certain exceptions.

The proceeds of the offering were deposited into an escrow account (the “Escrow Amount”) with Signature Bank as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) pursuant to an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) dated December 17, 2014, by and between the Company, the lead investor in the private placement and the Escrow Agent and certificates representing the Preferred Shares and Warrants underlying the Units were deposited with us, to be held in escrow, as the securities escrow agent (the “Securities Escrow Agent”) . Upon the closing of the private placement on December 17, 2014 (such date, the “Closing Date”), $1.0 million of the Escrow Amount was released by the Escrow Agent to us in exchange for the release of $1.0 million of Units by the Securities Escrow Agent. Following the Closing Date, in one or multiple tranches, the remaining $5.0 million will be released (the “Subsequent Release”) by the Escrow Agent to the Investors in exchange for the release of $5.0 million of Units by the Securities Escrow Agent, provided that the approval of NASDAQ and our stockholders has been obtained and, either, (i) the lead investor has approved the release, (ii) the approval of the requisite number of Investors has been obtained, (iii) we have executed definitive binding documents for certain transactions, as described in the Subscription Agreements, and such transaction(s) are to close contemporaneously with the release, following approval by our stockholders or (iv) the following conditions are present: (a) nine months has elapsed from the Closing Date and release is approved by each of the directors appointed at closing (being the non-continuing directors); (b) no subsequent release of the Escrow Amount has been consummated; and (c) no more than $1.0 million is released (the “Release Conditions”). In the event that on and as of the twelve month anniversary of the Closing Date none of the Release Conditions have been satisfied, the Escrow Agent shall return $5.0 million to the Investors, without interest or deduction, and the Securities Escrow Agent shall return the Units to us for cancellation.

Factoring and Purchase Order Financing.

We factor our receivables. Under our factoring agreement, we have the ability to take cash advances against eligible outstanding accounts receivable and inventory balances, subject to a maximum of $30.0 million, and the availability of up to $2.0 million in letters of credit. The factor, in its sole discretion, can reduce the availability of financing at any time. We had no outstanding advances against accounts receivable under our factoring agreement at October 31, 2014. We may also utilize financing to provide funding for the manufacture of our products. Under an agreement with a finance company, we have up to $10.0 million of availability for letters of credit and purchase order financing. In connection with these arrangements, the finance company and the factor have a security interest in substantially all of our assets. We had no outstanding advances for purchase order financing at October 31, 2014.

Under the terms of our factoring agreement, we sell our accounts receivable to the factor. The factor, in its sole discretion, determines whether or not it will accept the credit risk associated with a receivable. If the factor does not accept the credit risk on a receivable, we may sell the accounts receivable to the factor while retaining the credit risk. In both cases we surrender all rights and control over the receivable to the factor. However, in cases where we retain the credit risk, the amount can be charged back to us in the case of non-payment by the customer. past two fiscal years.

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 10-K
The factor is required to remit payments to us for the accounts receivable purchased from us, provided the customer does not have a valid dispute related to the invoice. The amount remitted to us by the factor equals the invoiced amount, adjusted for allowances and discounts we have provided to the customer, less factor charges of 0.45 to 0.5%following documents are filed as exhibits:
31.1                 Certificate under Section 302 of the invoiced amount.

In addition, we may request that the factor provide us with cash advances based on our accounts receivable and inventory. The factor may either accept or reject our request for advances at its discretion. Generally, the factor allowed us to take advances in an amount equal to 70%Sarbanes-Oxley Act of net accounts receivable, plus 60% of our inventory balance, up to a maximum of $2.5 million of our inventory balance. Occasionally, the factor allows us to take advances in excess of these amounts for short-term working capital needs. These excess amounts are typically repaid within a 30-day period. At October 31, 2014, we had no excess advances outstanding.

Amounts to be paid to us by the factor for any accounts receivable are offset by any amounts previously advanced by the factor. The interest rate is prime plus 1.5%, annually, subject to a 5.5% floor. In certain circumstances, an additional 1.0% annually is charged for advances against inventory.

Manufacturers require us to present a letter of credit, or pay cash in advance, in order to manufacture the products required under a purchase order. We utilize letters of credit either from a finance company or our factor. The finance company charges 1.5%2002 of the purchase order amount for each transaction for 30 days, plus administrative fees. Our factor provides purchase order financing at a cost of 0.5%Chief Executive Officer.

31.1                 Certificate under Section 302 of the purchase order amount for each transaction for 30 days. Additional charges are incurred if lettersSarbanes-Oxley Act of credit remain outstanding in excess2002 of the original time period and/or the financing company is not paid at the time the products are received. When our liquidity position allows, we will pay cash in advance instead of utilizing purchase order financing. This results in reduced financing and administrative fees associated with purchase order financing.

Advances from Customers.On a case by case basis, distributors and other customers have agreed to provide us with cash advances on their orders. These advances are then applied against future sales to these customers. In exchange for these advances, we may offer these customers beneficial pricing or other considerations.

Commitments and Contingencies.

On September 20, 2012, a complaint for patent infringement was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by Intelligent Verification Systems, LLC against Microsoft Corporation and the Company. The complaint alleges that Kinect and certain Kinect games, including Zumba Fitness Rush, infringe the plaintiff’s patents relating to biometric facial recognition and facial expression recognition technology. Intelligent Verification Systems is seeking injunctive relief and monetary damages of approximately $2.7 million for the alleged infringement. The Company intends, in conjunction with Microsoft, to defend itself against the claim. The Company cannot currently estimate a potential range of loss if the claim against the Company is successful.

In addition to the items above, we at times may be a party to claims and suits in the ordinary course of business. We record a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. We have not recorded a liability with respect to the Intelligent Verification Systems, LLC matter above. While we believe that we have valid defenses with respect to the legal matter pending and intend to vigorously defend the matter, given the uncertainty surrounding litigation and our inability to assess the likelihood of a favorable or unfavorable outcome, it is possible that the resolution of the matter could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations.

Commitments under development agreements amounted to $0.8 million at October 31, 2014.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of October 31, 2014, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Inflation

Our management currently believes that inflation has not had, and does not currently have, a material impact on continuing operations.

Cash Flows

Cash and cash equivalents were $7.2 million as of October 31, 2014 compared to $13.4 million at October 31, 2013.ad Working capital as of October 31, 2014 was $5.4 million compared to $15.7 million at October 31, 2013. During the year ended October 31, 2014, $1.3 million of accounts payable and accrued expenses were extinguished due to the passing of statutes of limitations pertaining to the claims. Decreases in cash and working capital balances primarily reflected operating losses of $13.3 million in the current fiscal year, net of the effect of lower factored accounts receivable, inventory and capitalized software compared to the October 31, 2013. Due to our lower factored accounts receivable and inventory balances, amounts available to us under our factoring agreement were not significant at October 31, 2014.

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Operating Cash Flows.Our principal operating source of cash is revenue from distribution of our interactive entertainment products, net of royalty and revenue-share payments to licensors, developers and publishers. During fiscal 2014, we reduced our development and marketing activities and distributed a greater number of games developed by others, compared to prior years. Accordingly, the portion of operating cash flows used for associated working capital requirements, including pre-release development and costs incurred to manufacture, sell and market our games has generally been reduced.

Investing Cash Flows.Cash used in investing activities in the year ended October 31, 2014 amounted to $0.9 million, primarily consisting of $0.5 million of advances to GMS, our online-gaming joint venture, prior to the sale of our investment in November 2014.

Financing Cash Flows.Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended October 31, 2014 reflected cash used to repay outstanding borrowings under our purchase order financing agreement for seasonal inventory in 2013.

Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About MarketRisk.

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information under this item, pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 305(e).

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

The financial statements required by Item 8 are submitted in a separate section of this report, beginning on Page F-1, are incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accountingand Financial Disclosure.

None.

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Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.  Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), as of the end of the period covered by this report.

In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

No system of controls can prevent errors and fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur. Controls can also be circumvented by individual acts of some people, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with its policies or procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Subject to the limitations above, management believes that the consolidated financial statements and other financial information contained in this report, fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented.

Based on the evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) were effective at a reasonable assurance level.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.  Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, or GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

·pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect transactions involving our assets;

·provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with the authorization of our management; and

·provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2014. In making this assessment, management used the framework set forth in the report entitled Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 1992, or COSO. The COSO framework summarizes each of the components of a company’s internal control system, including (i) the control environment, (ii) risk assessment, (iii) control activities, (iv) information and communication, and (v) monitoring. Based on this evaluation, management determined that our system of internal control over financial reporting was effective as of October 31, 2014.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered independent public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered independent public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 9B.  Other Information.

Not applicable.

Officer.

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PART III

The information required by Part III of Form 10-K under the items listed below are incorporated by reference from our definitive proxy statement relating to the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we will file with the SEC within 120 days after our October 31, 2014 fiscal year end.

Item 10 – Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

Item 11 – Executive Compensation.

Item 12 – Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners andManagement and Related Stockholder Matters.

Item 13 – Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and DirectorIndependence.

Item 14 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

PART IV

Item 15.  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

(1) Financial Statements.

The financial statements required by item 15 are submitted in a separate section of this report, beginning on Page F-1, incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

(2) Financial Statement Schedules.

Schedules have been omitted because of the absence of conditions under which they are required or because the required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto.

(3) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed with this report, or incorporated by reference as noted:

3.1Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on September 15, 2014).
3.2Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 17, 2005).
4.1Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued to investors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 18, 2014).
4.2Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Majesco Entertainment Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 18, 2014)
10.1Lease Agreement, dated as of February 2, 1999, by and between 160 Raritan Center Parkway, L.L.C. and Majesco Sales Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 11, 2004).
10.2Factoring Agreement, dated April 24, 1989, between Majesco Sales Inc. and Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 22, 2004).
10.3Amendment, dated March 18, 1999, to Factoring Agreement, dated April 24, 1989, between Majesco Sales Inc. and Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 22, 2004).
10.4Amendment, dated September 30, 2004, to Factoring Agreement, dated April 24, 1989, between Majesco Sales Inc. and Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 22, 2004).
10.5Assignment of Monies Due Under Factoring Agreement, dated July 21, 2000, by and among Majesco Sales Inc., Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc. and Transcap Trade Finance (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 22, 2004).
10.6Amendment, dated October 18, 2005, to Factoring Agreement, dated April 24, 1989, between Majesco Sales, Inc. and Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.46 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 1, 2006).
10.7Amendment, dated October 1, 2008, to Factoring Agreement, dated April 24, 1989, between Majesco Sales Inc. and Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on January 29, 2009)
#10.8Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on June 14, 2005).
#10.9Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on June 14, 2005).
10.10First Amendment to Lease by and between the Company and the Landlord dated May 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 6, 2009).
10.11Form of Personal Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on June 15, 2009).
10.12

Placement Agency Agreement dated September 17, 2009, by and between the Company and Roth Capital Partners, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 18, 2009).

10.15First Amendment to the Confidential License Agreement for the Wii Console (Western Hemisphere), effective January 4, 2010, by and between Nintendo of America Inc. and Majesco Entertainment Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on June 14, 2010).
10.16Add On Content Addendum to the Confidential License Agreement for the Wii Console, effective November 2, 2009, by and between Nintendo of America Inc. and Majesco Entertainment Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on June 14, 2010).
10.17Second Amendment to the Confidential License Agreement for the Wii Console, effective February 20, 2013, by and between Nintendo of America Inc. and Majesco Entertainment Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 21, 2013).
#10.18Amended Directors Compensation Policy (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on March 14, 2011)
10.19XBOX 360 Publisher License Agreement, effective September 13, 2005, by and between Microsoft Licensing, GP and Majesco Entertainment Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on September 14, 2011).
+10.20Amendment to the XBOX 360 Publisher License Agreement (2008 renewal, etc.), effective September 1, 2009, by and between Microsoft Licensing, GP and Majesco Entertainment Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on September 14, 2011).
+10.21Amendment to the XBOX 360 Publisher License Agreement (Russian Incentive Program, Hits Program Revisions), effective February 4, 2010, by and between Microsoft Licensing, GP and Majesco Entertainment Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on September 14, 2011).
#10.22Employment Agreement, dated January 8, 2009, between Jesse Sutton and Majesco Entertainment Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2009).

#10.23

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated August 22, 2013, between Michael Vesey and Majesco Entertainment Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 23, 2013).

#10.242012 Executive Officer Incentive Bonus Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 2, 2012).

#10.252011 Executive Officer Incentive Bonus Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 20, 2011).
#10.262010 Executive Officer Incentive Bonus Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2010).
#10.27Majesco Entertainment Company Short-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 25, 2013).
#10.28Amended and Restated 2004 Employee, Director and Consultant Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 24, 2012).
10.29Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated August 2, 2013, by and between Majesco Entertainment Company and Yair Goldfinger (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 6, 2013).
10.30Amended and Restated 2004 Employee, Director and Consultant Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 1, 2014).
10.31Form of Subscription Agreement between the Company and investors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our form 8-k filed with the commission on December 18, 2014).
10.32Form of Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and investors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our form 8-k filed with the commission on December 18, 2014).
*21.1Subsidiaries
*23.1Consent of EisnerAmper LLP
*31.1Certification of Principal Executive Officer
*31.2Certification of Principal Financial Officer
*32.1Section 1350 Certificate of President and Chief Financial Officer

*101.INSXBRL Instance Document
*101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
*101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
*101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
*101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
*101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

#Constitutes a management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.
±

We have requested confidential treatment of certain provisions contained in this exhibit. The copy filed as an exhibit omits the information subject to the confidentiality request.

*Filed herewith.
(b) Exhibits.
See (a)(3) above.
(c) Financial Statement Schedules.
See (a)(2) above.
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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.


 MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY

By:
/s/ Jesse Sutton
Barry Honig
Barry Honig, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: January 29, 2015February 26, 2016

By:    /s/ John Stetson
John Stetson, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Date: February 26, 2016


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


SignatureTitleTitleDate
   
/s/ Jesse SuttonBarry Honig
Barry Honig
Chief Executive Officer
January 29, 2015
Jesse Sutton (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Michael VeseyChief Financial Officer (PrincipalJanuary 29, 2015
Michael VeseyFinancial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Trent D. DavisChairmanCo-Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
January 29, 2015February 26, 2016
Trent D. Davis
/s/ John Stetson
John Stetson
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
February 26, 2016
/s/ Michael Brauser
Michael Brauser
Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
February 26, 2016
/s/ Laurence Aronson
Michael Beeghley
Michael Beeghley
DirectorJanuary 29, 2015February 26, 2016
Laurence Aronson
/s/ Mohit Bhansali
Mohit Bhansali
DirectorJanuary 29, 2015February 26, 2016
Mohit Bhansali
/s/ Stephen Wilson
Andrew Kaplan
Andrew Kaplan
DirectorJanuary 29, 2015February 26, 2016
Stephen Wilson
/s/ Edward Karr
Edward Karr
DirectorFebruary 26, 2016
/s/ David Rector
David Rector
Director

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Majesco Entertainment Company

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Majesco Entertainment Company and Subsidiary (the "Company") as of October 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended October 31, 2014. The financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Majesco Entertainment Company and Subsidiary as of October 31, 2014 and 2013, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended October 31, 2014, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered losses that raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to those matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

/s/ EISNERAMPER LLP

Iselin, New Jersey

January 29, 2015

MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

  

October 31,

2014

  

October 31,

2013

 
       
ASSETS        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents $7,196  $13,385 
Due from factor, net  -   2,134 
Accounts and other receivables  1,597   1,169 
Inventory  1,292   4,859 
Advance payments for inventory  57   1,064 
Capitalized software development costs and license fees  674   7,825 
Advances to GMS Entertainment Limited  250   - 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  192   2,827 
Total current assets  11,258   33,263 
Property and equipment, net  198   817 
Investment in GMS Entertainment Limited  -   3,500 
Other assets  -   69 
Total assets $11,456  $37,649 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
Current liabilities:        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $4,427  $8,994 
Due to distribution partner  1,286   - 
Customer credits  171   - 
Inventory financing  -   1,764 
Advances from customers and deferred revenue  21   6,838 
Total current liabilities  5,905   17,596 
Commitments and contingencies        
Stockholders’ equity:        
Common stock — $.001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 6,620,660 and 6,613,710 shares issued and outstanding at October 31, 2014 and October 31, 2013, respectively  7   7 
Additional paid-in capital  125,271   124,187 
Accumulated deficit  (119,727)  (103,530)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  -  (611)
Net stockholders’ equity  5,551   20,053 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $11,456  $37,649 

See accompanying notes

F-2February 26, 2016


MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

  Years Ended October 31, 
  2014  2013 
Net revenues $34,368  $47,267 
Cost of sales        
Product costs  12,381   18,625 
Software development costs and license fees  16,282   16,474 
   28,663   35,099 
Gross profit  5,705   12,168 
Operating costs and expenses        
Product research and development  2,263   5,542 
Selling and marketing  7,264   7,854 
General and administrative  8,366   9,176 
Workforce reduction  323   776 
Loss on impairment of software development costs and license fees — cancelled games  77   675 
Depreciation and amortization  745   381 
   19,038   24,404 
Operating loss  (13,333)  (12,236)
Other expenses (income)        
Interest and financing costs  361   409 
Loss from equity method investment  3,780     
Gain on extinguishment of liabilities  (1,287)    
Change in fair value of warrant liability  -   (17)
Loss before income taxes  (16,187)  (12,628)
Income taxes  10   14 
Net loss $(16,197) $(12,642)
Net loss per share:        
Basic $(2.52) $(2.13)
Diluted $(2.52) $(2.13)
Weighted average shares outstanding:        
Basic  6,420,775   5,943,049 
Diluted  6,420,775   5,943,049 

See accompanying notes

F-3

MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(in thousands)

  Year Ended October 31, 
  2014  2013 
       
Net loss $(16,197) $(12,642)
Other comprehensive loss        
Foreign currency translation adjustments  111   (39)
Reclassified to net loss  500  - 
Other comprehensive income (loss)  611  (39)
Comprehensive loss $(15,586) $(12,681)

See accompanying notes

MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

           Accumulated    
  Common Stock  Additional     Other  Net 
  $.001 par value  Paid-In  Accumulated  Comprehensive  Stockholders’ 
  Number  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Loss  Equity 
Balance — October 31, 2012  5,980,332   7   120,794   (90,888)  (572)  29,341 
Issuance of common stock in connection with:                        
Restricted stock grants — directors  43,486      188         188 
Restricted stock grants, net — employees  118,235      757         757 
Non-cash compensation charges — stock options        470         470 
Shares withheld for taxes  (4,533)     (19)        (19)
Sale of common stock  476,190      1,997         1,997 
Net loss           (12,642)     (12,642)
Foreign currency translation adjustment              (39)  (39)
Balance — October 31, 2013  6,613,710  $7  $124,187  $(103,530) $(611) $20,053 
Issuance of common stock in connection with:                        
Restricted stock grants — directors  62,065      176         176 
Restricted stock grants (forfeitures), net — employees  (37,570)     637         641 
Non-cash compensation charges — stock options        304         304 
Shares withheld for taxes  (17,545)     (33)        (33)
Net loss           (16,197)     (16,197)

Foreign currency translation recognized

              616   616 
Foreign currency translation adjustment              (5)  (5)
Balance — October 31, 2014  6,620,660  $7  $125,271  $(119,727) $- $5,551 

See accompanying notes

MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

  Year Ended October 31, 
  2014  2013 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES        
Net loss $(16,197) $(12,642)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  745   381 
Loss from equity method investment  3,780   - 
Non-cash compensation expense  1,117   1,416 
Provision for price protection  4,648   2,993 
Amortization of capitalized software development costs and license fees  10,695   6,460 
Impairment losses  1,259   675 
Provision for excess inventory  737   675 
Foreign currency exchange loss recognized  616   - 
Change in fair value of warrant liability  -   (17)
Gain on extinguishment of liabilities  (1,287)  - 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisition:        
Due from factor  (2,343)  7,374 
Accounts and other receivables  (428)  2,767 
Inventory  2,830   2,228 
Capitalized software development costs and license fees  (4,582)  (10,971)
Advance payments for inventory  1,007   (807)
Prepaid expenses and other assets  2,704   (1,086)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (1,993)  (6,417)
Advances from customers and deferred revenue  (6,817)  2,384 
Net cash used in operating activities  (3,509)  (4,587)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES        
Purchases of property and equipment  (347)  (274)
Investment in and advances to GMS Entertainment Limited  (530)  (3,500)
Net cash used in investing activities  (877)  (3,774)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES        
Sale of common stock  -   2,000 
Income tax withholding from exercise of options and warrants  (33)  (19)
Repayments of Borrowings for inventory financing  (1,765)  1,764 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  (1,798)  3,745 
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents  (5)  (37)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents  (6,189)  (4,653)
Cash and cash equivalents — beginning of year  13,385   18,038 
Cash and cash equivalents — end of year $7,196  $13,385 
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION        
Cash paid during the year for interest and financing costs $327  $455 
Cash paid during the year for income taxes $6  $- 

See accompanying notes

MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in thousands, except share amounts)

1.  PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying financial statements present the financial results of Majesco Entertainment Company and Majesco Europe Limited, its wholly owned subsidiary, (“Majesco” or “the Company”) on a consolidated basis.

The Company is a provider of video game products primarily for the mass-market consumer. It sells its products primarily to large retail chains, specialty retail stores, and distributors. It publishes video games for major current generation interactive entertainment hardware platforms, including Nintendo’s DS, 3DS, Wii and WiiU, Sony’s PlayStation 3 and 4, or PS3 and PS4, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Xbox One and the personal computer, or PC. It has also published games for digital platforms, including mobile platforms like the iPhone, iPad and Android devices, as well as online platforms such as Microsoft’s XBLA, Sony’s PSN and STEAM for PC..

The Company’s video game titles are targeted at various demographics at a range of price points. Due to the larger budget requirements for developing and marketing premium console titles for core gamers, it focuses on publishing more casual games targeting mass-market consumers. In some instances, its titles are based on licenses of well-known properties and, in other cases based on original properties. The Company enters into agreements with content providers and video game development studios for the creation of its video games.

On October 31, 2014, we implemented a reduction of our workforce to reduce our fixed costs. The reduction includes development and game-testing, selling and marketing, and support personnel. We are currently not developing any significant new games for release in fiscal 2015 and are evaluating strategic alternatives to maximize Company value.

The Company’s operations involve similar products and customers worldwide. These products are developed and sold domestically and internationally. The Company may also enter into agreements with licensees, particularly for sales of its products internationally. The Company is centrally managed and its chief operating decision makers, the chief executive and other officers, use consolidated and other financial information supplemented by sales information by product category, major product title and platform for making operational decisions and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, the Company operates in a single segment.

Geographic regions.Net revenues by geographic region were as follows:

  Years Ended October 31, 
  2014  %  2013  % 
United States $30,976   90% $39,109   83%
Europe  3,392   10%  8,158   17%
Total $34,368   100% $47,267   100%

Major customers.Sales to GameStop represented approximately 19% and 14% of net revenues in 2014 and 2013, respectively. Sales to Target represented approximately 14% of net revenues in 2013, respectively. Sales to U&I Entertainment, Inc. represented approximately 11% of net revenues in 2014. Revenue from 505 Games s.r.l, primarily reflecting revenue from Europe, represented approximately 15% of net revenues in 2013, respectively.

Concentrations.  The Company develops and distributes video game software for proprietary platforms under licenses from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft, which must be periodically renewed. The Company’s agreements with these manufacturers also grant them certain control over the supply and manufacturing of the Company’s products. In addition, for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 sales of the Company’s Zumba Fitness games accounted for approximately 54% and 55% of net revenues, respectively. We license the rights to publish these games from a third party. If we do not license rights for additional Zumba games or if any new versions are not successful, this may have a significant impact on our future revenues.

Reverse Stock Split.In 2013, the Company received a notification letter from NASDAQ notifying it that it was not in compliance with its $1.00 minimum bid price requirement because the bid price for the Company’s common stock closed below $1.00 over the prior 30 consecutive business days. To regain compliance with this requirement, we completed a reverse stock split, which was effected on June 13, 2014 at a ratio of one-for-seven with no change in par value. All share information presented in this Annual Report on Form 10-K gives effect to the reverse stock split.

F-7

Going Concern Basis. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has suffered losses that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. As of October 31, 2014, management believes that there may not be sufficient capital resources from operations and existing financing arrangements in order to meet operating expenses and working capital requirements for the next twelve months. Accordingly, the Company is evaluating various alternatives, including reducing operating expenses and personnel costs, securing additional financing for future business activities and other strategic alternatives including a sale or merger of the Company, although the Company has no present arangements to do so. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to generate the level of operating revenues in its business plan, or if additional sources of financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If no additional sources of financing are available, it could have a material effect on future operating prospects.

2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation.  The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary located in the United Kingdom. Significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. On October 31, 2014, the Company had 50% of the voting control of GMS Entertainment Limited (“GMS”) and the right to appoint one-half of the directors of GMS. All business activities and transactions that significantly impact GMS must be approved by both equity owners. Accordingly, the Company accounted for GMS on the equity method as a corporate joint venture. The Company exited the joint venture with GMS in November 2014.

Revenue Recognition.The Company recognizes revenue upon the shipment of its products when: (1) title and the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred; (2) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (3) there are no continuing obligations to the customer; and (4) the collection of related accounts receivable is probable. Certain products are sold to customers with a street date (the earliest date these products may be resold by retailers). Revenue for sales of these products is not recognized prior to their street date. Some of the Company’s software products provide limited online features at no additional cost to the consumer. Generally, such features have been considered to be incidental to the Company’s overall product offerings and an inconsequential deliverable. Accordingly, the Company does not defer any revenue related to products containing these limited online features. However, in instances where online features or additional functionality is considered a substantive deliverable in addition to the software product, such characteristics will be taken into account when applying the Company’s revenue recognition policy.

The Company generally sells its products on a no-return basis, although in certain instances, the Company provides price protection or other allowances on certain unsold products. Price protection, when granted and applicable, allows customers a partial credit against amounts they owe the Company with respect to merchandise unsold by them. Revenue is recognized, and accounts receivable is presented, net of estimates of these allowances.

The Company estimates potential future product price protection and other allowances related to current period product revenue. The Company analyzes historical experience, current sell through of retailer inventory of the Company’s products, current trends in the video game market, the overall economy, changes in customer demand and acceptance of the Company’s products and other related factors when evaluating the adequacy of price protection and other allowances.

Sales incentives or other consideration given by the Company to customers that are considered adjustments of the selling price of its products, such as rebates and product placement fees, are reflected as reductions of revenue. Sales incentives and other consideration that represent costs incurred by the Company for benefits received, such as the appearance of the Company’s products in a customer’s national circular ad, are reflected as selling and marketing expenses, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 605-50,Customer Payments and Incentives.

In addition, some of the Company’s software products are sold exclusively as downloads of digital content for which the consumer takes possession of the digital content for a fee. Revenue from product downloads is generally recognized when the download is made available (assuming all other recognition criteria are met).

When the Company operates hosted online games in which players can play for free and purchase virtual goods for use in the games, it recognizes revenues from the sale of virtual goods as service revenues over the estimated period in which players use the game. It currently estimates these periods of use to be three to four months. The Company periodically assesses its estimates for this period of use and future increases or decreases in these estimates and adjusts recognized revenues prospectively. The Company also recognizes advertising revenue as ads are served. The Company has not earned significant revenue to date related to its online games.

The Company records revenue for distribution agreements where it is acting as an agent as defined by ASC Topic 605,Revenue Recognition, Subtopic 45, Principal Agent Considerations, on a net basis. When the Company enters into license or distribution agreements that provide for multiple copies of games in exchange for guaranteed amounts, revenue is recognized in accordance with the terms of the agreements, generally upon delivery of a master copy, assuming our performance obligations are complete and all other recognition criteria are met, or as per-copy royalties are earned on sales of games.

Shipping and handling, which consist principally of transportation charges incurred to move finished goods to customers, amounted to $269 and $500 for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and are included in selling and marketing expenses.

In certain instances, customers and distributors provide the Company with cash advances on their orders. These advances are then applied against future sales to these customers. Advances are classified as advances from customers and deferred revenue in the accompanying balance sheets. Included in advances from customers and deferred revenue at October 31, 2013 are $1,179 of deferred license revenue and $5,204 of deferred revenue on sales of products with a future street date. In connection with this deferred revenue, the Company had $1,748 of deferred cost of sales – product included in prepaid expenses and other current assets as of October 31, 2013.

Capitalized Software Development Costs and License Fees.Software development costs include fees in the form of milestone payments made to independent software developers and licensors. Software development costs are capitalized once technological feasibility of a product is established and management expects such costs to be recoverable against future revenues. For products where proven game engine technology exists, this may occur early in the development cycle. Technological feasibility is evaluated on a product-by-product basis. Amounts related to software development that are not capitalized are charged immediately to product research and development costs. Commencing upon a related product’s release capitalized costs are amortized to cost of sales based upon the higher of (i) the ratio of current revenue to total projected revenue or (ii) straight-line charges over the expected marketable life of the product.

Prepaid license fees represent license fees to owners for the use of their intellectual property rights in the development of the Company’s products. Minimum guaranteed royalty payments for intellectual property licenses are initially recorded as an asset (prepaid license fees) and a current liability (accrued royalties payable) at the contractual amount upon execution of the contract or when specified milestones or events occur and when no significant performance remains with the licensor. Licenses are expensed to cost of sales at the higher of (i) the contractual royalty rate based on actual sales or (ii) an effective rate based upon total projected revenue related to such license. Capitalized software development costs are classified as non-current if they relate to titles for which the Company estimates the release date to be more than one year from the balance sheet date. There were no non-current portions of capitalized software development costs and license fees as of October 31, 2014 and 2013.

The amortization period for capitalized software development costs and prepaid license fees is usually no longer than one year from the initial release of the product. If actual revenues or revised forecasted revenues fall below the initial forecasted revenue for a particular license, the charge to cost of sales may be larger than anticipated in any given quarter. The recoverability of capitalized software development costs and prepaid license fees is evaluated quarterly based on the expected performance of the specific products to which the costs relate. When, in management’s estimate, future cash flows will not be sufficient to recover previously capitalized costs, the Company expenses these capitalized costs to “cost of sales-software development costs and license fees,” in the period such a determination is made. These expenses may be incurred prior to a game’s release for games that have been developed. If a game is cancelled prior to completion of development and never released to market, the amount is expensed to operating costs and expenses. If the Company was required to write off licenses, due to changes in market conditions or product acceptance, its results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

Costs of developing online free-to-play social games, including payments to third-party developers are expensed as research and development expenses. Revenue from these games is largely dependent on players’ future purchasing behavior in the game and currently the Company cannot reliably project that future net cash flows from developed games will exceed related development costs.

Prepaid license fees and milestone payments made to the Company’s third party developers are typically considered non-refundable advances against the total compensation they can earn based upon the sales performance of the products. Any additional royalty or other compensation earned beyond the milestone payments is expensed to cost of sales as incurred.

Advertising Expenses.  The Company generally expenses advertising costs as incurred except for production costs associated with media campaigns that are deferred and charged to expense at the first run of the advertisement. Advertising costs charged to operations were $2,323 and $3,361 for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Income taxes.  The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The Company evaluates the potential for realization of deferred tax assets at each quarterly balance sheet date and records a valuation allowance for assets for which realization is not likely.

Stock Based Compensation.Stock based compensation consists primarily of expenses related to the issuance of stock options and restricted stock grants. Stock options are granted to employees or directors at exercise prices equal to the fair market value of the Company’s stock at the dates of grant. Stock options generally vest over two to three years and have a term of seven to ten years. Compensation expense for stock options is recognized on a straight line basis over the vesting period of the award, based on the fair value of the option on the date of grant.

The fair value for options issued is estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The risk free rate is derived from the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant. The volatility factor is determined based on the Company’s historical stock prices.

Cash and cash equivalents.  Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase. At various times, the Company had deposits in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limit. The Company has not experienced any losses on these accounts.

Inventory.  Inventory is stated at the lower of cost as determined by the first-in, first-out method, or market. The Company estimates the net realizable value of slow-moving inventory on a title-by-title basis and charges the excess of cost over net realizable value to cost of sales. Such estimates may change and additional charges may be incurred until the related inventory items are sold or otherwise disposed of.

Property and equipment.  Property and equipment is stated at cost. Depreciation and amortization is being provided for by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally three to five years. Amortization of leasehold improvements is provided for over the shorter of the term of the lease or the life of the asset.

Estimates.The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities or the disclosure of gain or loss contingencies at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Among the more significant estimates included in these consolidated financial statements are price protection and customer allowances, the valuation of inventory and the recoverability of advance payments for software development costs and intellectual property licenses and the assessment of realization of deferred tax assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Foreign Currency Translation.  The functional currency of the Company’s foreign subsidiary is its local currency. All assets and liabilities of the Company’s foreign subsidiary are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect at the end of the year, and revenue and operating expenses are translated at weighted average exchange rates during the year. The resulting translation adjustments are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). In the year ended October 31, 2014, the Company substantially ceased operations related to the physical distribution of packaged software in the United Kingdom and reclassified $616 of accumulated foreign currency losses to general and administrative expenses.

Income (Loss) Per Share.Basic income (loss) per share of common stock is computed by dividing net income (loss) applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Basic income (loss) per share excludes the impact of unvested shares of restricted stock issued as long term incentive awards to directors, officers and employees. Diluted income per share reflects the potential impact of common stock options and unvested shares of restricted stock and outstanding common stock purchase warrants that have a dilutive effect under the treasury stock method.

Commitments and Contingencies.  We are subject to claims and litigation in the ordinary course of our business. We record a liability for commitments and contingencies when the amount is both probable and reasonably estimable.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements.

Income Taxes — In July 2013, the FASB issued an update to ASC 740,Income Taxes. The update to ASC 740 establishes standards for the financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. The update becomes effective for the Company on November 1, 2014. Adoption of the update is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.

Revenue.In May 2014, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update creating a new Topic 606,Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which broadly establishes new standards for the recognition of certain revenue and updates related disclosure requirements. The update becomes effective for the Company on November 1, 2017. The Company is reviewing the potential impact of the statement on its financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.

Going Concern. In August 2014, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update creating a new Subtopic 205-40,Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, which requires management to evaluate conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and establishes related disclosure requirements. The update becomes effective for the Company on November 1, 2016. The impact on the Company’s financial statements at the effective date is subject to future conditions or events.

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3. FAIR VALUE

The fair value accounting framework provides a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to estimates of fair value that gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs. Accordingly, the Company’s fair value estimates maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs, consistent with the characteristics of the asset or liability.

The table below segregates all financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis into the most appropriate level within the fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used to determine the fair value at the measurement date.

  October 31,
2014
  Quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
assets
(level 1)
  Significant
other
observable
inputs
(level 2)
  Significant
unobservable
inputs
(level 3)
 
Assets:                
Money market funds $6,099  $6,099  $  $ 
Bank deposits  1,097   1,097       
Total financial assets $7,196  $7,196  $  $ 

  October 31,
2013
  Quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
assets
(level 1)
  Significant
other
observable
inputs
(level 2)
  Significant
unobservable
inputs
(level 3)
 
Assets:                
Money market funds $7,283  $7,283  $  $ 
Bank deposits  6,102   6,102       
Total financial assets $13,385  $13,385  $  $ 

The Company had outstanding warrants that required settlement by transferring assets under certain change of control circumstances and were classified as liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company measured the fair value of the warrants at each balance sheet date, using the Black-Scholes method, and recorded a gain or loss in earnings each period as change in fair value of warrants. The warrants had a fair value of $0 at expiration in March 2013 and the Company recorded a gain of $17 to adjust the carrying amount of the liability in the year ended October 31, 2013.

The carrying value of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, due from factor, and advances from customers are reasonable estimates of their fair values because of their short-term maturity.

4. DUE FROM FACTOR AND CUSTOMER CREDITS, NET

The Company uses a factor to approve credit and to collect the proceeds from a substantial portion of its sales. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company sells to the factor and the factor purchases from the Company eligible accounts receivable.

Under the terms of the Company’s factoring agreement, the Company sells its accounts receivable to the factor. The factor, in its sole discretion, determines whether or not it will accept the credit risk associated with a receivable. If the factor does not accept the credit risk on a receivable, the Company may sell the accounts receivable to the factor while retaining the credit risk. In both cases, the Company surrenders all rights and control over the receivable to the factor. However, in cases where the Company retains the credit risk, the amount can be charged back to the Company in the case of non-payment by the customer. The factor is required to remit payments to the Company for the accounts receivable purchased from it, provided the customer does not have a valid dispute related to the invoice. The amount remitted to the Company by the factor equals the invoiced amount, adjusted for allowances and discounts the Company has provided to the customer, less factor charges of 0.45 to 0.5% of the invoiced amount.

The Company reviews the collectability of accounts receivable for which it holds the credit risk quarterly, based on a review of an aging of open invoices and payment history, to make a determination if any allowance for bad debts is necessary.

In addition, the Company may request that the factor provide it with cash advances based on its accounts receivable and inventory, up to a maximum of $30,000. The factor may either accept or reject the Company’s request for advances at its discretion. Generally, the factor allowed the Company to take advances in an amount equal to 70% of net accounts receivable, plus 60% of the Company’s inventory balance up to a maximum of $2,500. Occasionally, the factor allows the Company to take advances in excess of these amounts for short term working capital needs. These excess amounts are typically repaid within a 30-day period. At October 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had no excess advances outstanding.

Amounts to be paid to the Company by the factor for any accounts receivable are offset by any amounts previously advanced by the factor. The interest rate is prime plus 1.5%, annually, subject to a 5.5% floor. In certain circumstances, an additional 1.0% annually is charged for advances against inventory.

The Company also maintains purchase order financing through the factor, up to a maximum of $2,500, to provide funding for the manufacture of its products. In connection with these arrangements, the factor has a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s assets. The factor charges 0.5% of invoiced amounts, subject to certain minimum charges per invoice.

Due from factor and customer credits, net, consists of the following:

  October 31, 
  2014  2013 
Outstanding accounts receivable sold to factor $3,277  $9,131 
Less: customer allowances  (1,110)  (3,319)
Less: provision for price protection  (2,338)  (1,943)
Less: advances from factor  -   (1,735)
  $(171) $2,134 

Outstanding accounts receivable sold to factor as of October 31, 2014 and 2013 includes $164 and $260, respectively, for which the Company retained credit risk. As of October 31, 2014 and 2013, there were no allowances for uncollectible accounts.

5. ACCOUNTS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

The following table presents the major components of accounts and other receivables:

  October 31, 
  2014  2013 
Royalties receivable $-  $702 
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowances of $0 and $0  1,597   467 
  $1,597  $1,169 

6. INVENTORY

Inventory consists of the following:

  October 31 
  2014  2013 
Finished goods $1,245  $3,969 
Packaging and components  47   890 
  $1,292  $4,859 

7. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

The following table presents the major components of prepaid expenses:

  October 31, 
  2014  2013 
Deferred costs of sales $-  $1,748 
Prepaid advertising  -   994 
Other  192   85 
  $192  $2,827 

In October 2013, the Company sold certain products to customers with a street-date provision restricting customers from reselling the products until a specified release date, which was after October 31, 2013. Accordingly, the Company deferred revenue associated with the sales. Deferred cost of sales represents inventory costs associated with the revenue deferred.

8. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

The following table presents the components of property and equipment, net:

  October 31, 
  2014  2013 
Computers and software $1,239  $3,430 
Furniture and equipment  402   1,554 
Leasehold improvements  150   154 
   1,791   5,138 
Accumulated depreciation  (1,593)  (4,321)
  $198  $817 

During the year ended October 31, 2014, the Company designated certain fully-depreciated assets with no fair value as held for disposal with adjustments to reported costs and accumulated depreciation for in-service assets of $3,477.

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9. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

The following table presents the major components of accounts payable and accrued expenses:

  October 31, 
  2014  2013 
Accounts payable-trade $1,403  $4,436 
Royalty and software development  1,859   3,612 
Salaries and other compensation  867   742 
Income taxes payable  -   4 
Other accruals  298   200 
  $4,427  $8,994 

During the year ended October 31, 2014, the Company recognized a gain on extinguishment of liabilities of $1,287. The Company determined that certain accounts payable balances and claims for license fees and services would never be paid because they were no longer being pursued for payment and had passed the statute of limitations.

Salaries and other compensation includes accrued payroll expense, accrued severance liabilities and estimated employer 401K plan liabilities.

Due to distribution partners as of October 31, 2014 represents amounts due to publishers for games distributed by the Company as an agent.

10.  INVENTORY FINANCING PAYABLE

Certain manufacturers require the Company to prepay or present letters of credit upon placing a purchase order for inventory. The Company has arrangements with a finance company which provides financing secured by the specific goods underlying the goods ordered from the manufacturer. The finance company makes the required payment to the manufacturer at the time a purchase order is placed, and is entitled to demand payment from the Company when the goods are delivered. The Company pays a financing fee equal to 1.5% of the purchase order amount for each transaction, plus administrative fees. Additional charges of 0.05% per day (18% annualized) are incurred if the financing remains open for more than 30 days.

11.  STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common stock warrants

A summary of the status of the Company’s outstanding warrants and units as of October 31 and changes during the years then ended is presented below:

  2014  2013 
Outstanding at beginning of year  7,143   168,072 
Expired  -   (160,929)
Outstanding at end of year  7,143   7,143 

The outstanding stock purchase warrants at October 31, 2014 and 2013 consist of warrants issued in 2010 in connection with consulting services. The warrants have an exercise price of $7.42 per share and expire in March 2015.

In 2007, the Company completed a private placement of units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock. The warrants required settlement by transferring assets under certain change of control circumstances and were classified as liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets in accordance with ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities fromEquity. The Company measured the fair value of the warrants at each balance sheet date, using the Black-Scholes method, and recorded a gain or loss in earnings each period as change in fair value of warrants. The remaining outstanding warrants had a fair value of $0 at expiration in March 2013. The Company recorded a non-cash gain of $17 in the year ended October 31, 2013 due to changes in the fair value of the warrants (see Note 3).

In 2006, the Company issued warrants to purchase shares of common stock in connection with consulting services. The remaining outstanding warrants expired in July 2013.

Sale of common stock

On August 2, 2013, the Company sold shares of common stock to an investor and shareholder in Orid Media (See Note 17), with respect to a registered direct offer and sale by the Company of 476,190 shares of the Company’s common stock at an offering price of $4.20 per share, resulting in proceeds to the Company of $2,000.

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12. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS

On February 13, 2004, the stockholders approved a stock option plan that provides for the granting of stock-based awards. The plan covers employees, directors and consultants and provides for, among other things, the issuance of restricted stock, non-qualified options and incentive stock options under terms determined by the Company. In April 2014, the Company’s stockholders and Board of Directors approved an amendment to the Plan to increase the number of common shares available for issuance under the Plan by 428,571 shares. As of October 31, 2014, the Company had approximately 526,000 shares available for future issuances under the plan.

Non-cash compensation expenses related to stock options and restricted stock grants are recorded in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and totaled $1,117 and $1,416 for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

A summary of the status of the Company’s outstanding stock options as of October 31, 2014 and changes during the year then ended is presented below:

  

Number Of

Shares

  

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

 
Outstanding at beginning of year  480,526  $14.69 
Granted  58,639  $1.66 
Forfeited  (58,303) $4.29 
Expired  (51,662) $79.35 
Outstanding at end of year  429,200  $6.54 
Options exercisable at year-end  284,228  $8.18 
Weighted-average fair value of options granted during the year     $1.26 

The fair value of options granted during the year ended October 31, 2014 was $74. The intrinsic value of options outstanding at October 31, 2014 was $0. The weighted average contractual term of exercisable and outstanding options October 31, 2014 was 4.1 years and 4.8 years, respectively.

The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the years ended October 31:

  2014  2013 
Risk free annual interest rate  1.4%  0.9%
Expected volatility  76%  81%
Expected life  4.25 years   4.18 years 
Assumed dividends  None   None 

The value of stock option grants is amortized over the vesting period of, generally, one to three years. As of October 31, 2014, there was approximately $236 of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock option awards, which is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1 year.

A summary of the status of the Company’s restricted stock grants as of October 31, 2014 and changes during the year then ended is presented below:

2014
Balance at beginning of year228,737
Granted62,065
Vested(127,034)
Cancelled(37,529)
Outstanding at end of year126,239

The fair value of restricted shares granted during the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 was $178 and $888, respectively. The fair value of restricted shares vested during the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 was $255 and $605, respectively.

The value of restricted stock grants are measured based on their fair value on the date of grant and amortized over the vesting period of, generally, six months to three years. As of October 31, 2014, there was approximately $456 of unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock awards, which is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1.4 years.

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13.  INCOME TAXES

The provision (benefit) for income taxes for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 consisted of:

  2014  2013 
Current:        
Federal $-  $8 
State  10   6 
Deferred:        
Federal  (4,126)  (3,823)
State  (259)  99 
Impact of change in effective tax rates on deferred taxes  -   - 
Less: valuation allowance  4,385   3,724 
  $10  $14 

The difference between income taxes computed at the statutory federal rate and the provision for income taxes for 2014 and 2013 related to the following:

  2014  2013 
  

 

Amount

  Percent of
Pretax income
  

 

Amount

  

Percent of

Pretax income

 
Tax (benefit) at federal statutory rate $(5,503)  34% $(4,294)  34%
State income taxes, net of federal income taxes  (249)  1%  105   (1)%
Effect of warrant liability  -   -%  (6)  -%
Effect of other permanent items  1,361   (8)%  322   (2)%
Change in valuation allowance  4,385   (27)%  3,724   (29)%
Reduction of deferred benefits  16   -%  163   (2)%
  $10   -% $14   -%

The components of deferred income tax assets (liabilities) were as follows:

  October 31, 
  2014  2013 
Depreciation and amortization $215  $(9)
Impairment of inventory  277   482 
Compensation expense not deductible until options are exercised  759   392 
All other temporary differences  1,935   903 
Net operating loss carry forward  30,190   27,223 
Less valuation allowance  (33,376)  (28,991)
Deferred tax asset $-  $- 

Realization of deferred tax assets, including those related to net operating loss carryforwards, are dependent upon future earnings, if any, of which the timing and amount are uncertain. Accordingly, the net deferred tax assets have been fully offset by a valuation allowance, as management cannot conclude that it is more likely than not that such assets will be realized.

Utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to the “change in ownership” provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of net operating loss carryforwards before utilization. The net operating loss carryforwards available for income tax purposes at October 31, 2014 amounted to approximately $88,000 and expires between 2025 and 2034 for federal income taxes, and approximately $29,000 for state income taxes, which primarily expires between 2014 and 2021 and approximately $5,000 for United Kingdom income taxes.

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S., various states and the United Kingdom. As of October 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits, which would impact its tax rate if recognized. As of October 31, 2014, the Company had no accrual for the potential payment of penalties. As of October 31, 2014, the Company was not subject to any U.S. federal, state or foreign income tax examinations. The Company’s U.S. federal tax returns have been examined for tax years through 2011, and income taxes for Majesco Europe Limited have been examined for tax years through 2006 in the United Kingdom with the results of such examinations being reflected in the Company’s results of operations as of October 31, 2014. Subsequent years’ returns in the U.S. and United Kingdom remain subject to examination The Company does not anticipate any significant changes in its unrecognized tax benefits over the next 12 months.

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14. INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

Options, warrants and restricted stock grants representing a total of 676,506 and 716,406 potential shares of common stock at October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per common share for the years ended, as the effect of their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

The table below provides total potential shares outstanding, including those that are anti-dilutive, on October 31:

  2014  2013 
Shares issuable under common stock warrants  7,143   7,143 
Shares issuable under stock options  429,200   480,526 
Non-vested portion of restricted stock grants  126,239   228,737 

15.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Contingencies

On September 20, 2012, a complaint for patent infringement was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by Intelligent Verification Systems, LLC against Microsoft Corporation and the Company. The complaint alleges that Kinect and certain of the Company’s Kinect games, including Zumba Fitness Rush, infringe the plaintiff’s patents relating to biometric facial recognition and facial expression recognition technology. Intelligent Verification Systems is seeking injunctive relief and monetary damages of approximately $2,700 for the alleged infringement. The Company, in conjunction with Microsoft, is defending itself against the claim and has certain third party indemnity rights from developers for costs incurred in the litigation. The Company cannot currently estimate a potential range of loss if the claim against the Company is successful.

In addition to the item above, the Company at times may be a party to claims and suits in the ordinary course of business. We record a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company has not recorded a liability with respect to the matter above. While the Company believes that it has valid defenses with respect to the legal matter pending and intends to vigorously defend the matter above, given the uncertainty surrounding litigation and our inability to assess the likelihood of a favorable or unfavorable outcome, it is possible that the resolution of the matter could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations.

Commitments

At October 31, 2014, the Company was committed under agreements with certain software developers for future milestone payments aggregating $765. Milestone payments represent scheduled installments due to the Company’s developers based upon the developers providing the Company certain deliverables, as predetermined in the Company’s contracts. In addition, the Company may have to pay royalties for products sold. Certain of these payments will be used to reduce future royalties due to the developers from sales of the Company’s video games.

The Company is obligated under non-cancelable operating leases for administrative offices expiring at various dates through fiscal 2015. The future aggregate minimum rental commitments exclusive of required payments for operating expenses are expected to amount to $73 in the fiscal year ending October 31, 2015. Total rent expense amounted to $345 and $505 for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

The Company has entered into “at will” employment agreements with several key executives. These employment agreements include provisions for, among other things, annual compensation, bonus arrangements and equity grants. These agreements also contain provisions related to severance terms and change of control provisions.

Workforce Reduction

In January 2013, the Company implemented a realignment of its workforce to reduce certain fixed costs and provide for a more flexible cost model in the development and distribution of its games. The realignment included a reduction in workforce of approximately 40 employees, including employees related to the closure of its studio in Massachusetts, which focused on social games for Facebook, game-testing personnel in its New Jersey facility, and other marketing and support personnel.

The Company has no remaining obligations related to these activities.

In October 2014, the Company recorded severance charges of $323 in connection with other employee layoffs, which are included in current liabilities as of October 31, 2014 and are due to be paid in fiscal 2015.

The Company recorded the following charges in the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013:

  2014  2013 
Severance costs $323  $766 
Lease termination costs  -   10 
Total workforce reduction costs $323  $776 

17. INVESTMENT IN GMS ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED

In August 2013, the Company formed GMS Entertainment Limited (“GMS”), a company limited by shares and incorporated in the Isle of Man, with a shareholder of Orid Media to pursue online casino gaming. The Company sold its investment in GMS to its joint venture partner in November 2014.

In connection with the formation of GMS and upon completion of the asset purchase agreement described below in October 2013, the Company invested $3,500 in cash. An additional $1,000 payment, contingent on certain financial performance of GMS during fiscal 2014 was not earned. In exchange for its investment, the Company received shares of preferred stock in GMS, which share equally with shares of GMS common stock in dividends and have an aggregate liquidation preference of $3,500. The shares of preferred stock were convertible into an equal number of shares of GMS common stock, representing 50% of the total outstanding shares of GMS common stock. The Company had 50% of the voting control of GMS and the right to appoint one-half of the directors of GMS. All business activities and transactions that significantly impacted GMS required approval by both equity owners. The Company accounted for GMS on the equity method as a corporate joint venture.

In October 2013, GMS completed an asset purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Orid Media, a designer and developer of online casino games, including all of the outstanding share capital of its wholly-owned subsidiary Pariplay. Under the agreement, GMS purchased the assets for $2,500, plus an additional $1,000 contingent on the financial performance of GMS. Upon completion of the investment by the Company and the asset purchase, the assets of GMS consisted of approximately $1,100 of cash and working capital and $2,500 of intangible assets and goodwill. In addition, in August 2013, the Company sold shares of its common stock to another shareholder of Orid Media, resulting in proceeds to the Company of $2,000 (See Note 11).

During the year ended October 31, 2014, in order to provide GMS additional working capital, the Company made cash advances to GMS totaling $530, which were not required by the joint venture arrangements or asset purchase agreements described above.

Under the equity method of accounting, the Company recognized its share of GMS’s losses together with any loss in value of its investment that is other than a temporary decline. GMS’s fiscal year end is September 30 and, accordingly, the Company’s policy was to record its share of GMS’s results on the basis of a one-month delay.

The operations of GMS from the date of the asset purchase to October 31, 2013 were not material.

In the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014, the Company’s share of GMS’s net loss was $1,018, which was included in loss from equity method investment in the statement of operations. In addition, the Company recognized foreign currency translation gains of $61 which was initially included in foreign currency translation adjustments in other comprehensive loss and reclassified to net loss in the fourth quarter in connection with impairment losses recorded. The functional currency of GMS was the pound sterling.

In 2014, the Company determined that a loss in the value of GMS had occurred that was other than a temporary decline and recognized losses of $2,823.

In November 2014, the Company sold its investment in GMS, including its preferred stock investment and receivables from working capital advances to its joint venture partner, and received $250 in cash. Under the agreement for the sale of its investment, the Company may receive additional consideration in the future, contingent primarily upon GMS’s future financing activities. The contingencies do not represent derivatives under ASC 815,Derivatives and Hedging and, accordingly, any additional consideration is recognizable in future periods upon receipt.

18.  EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLAN

The Company has a defined contribution 401(k) plan covering all eligible employees. The Company charged to operations $48 and $68 for contributions to the retirement plan for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Certain stockholders and key employees of the Company serve as trustees of the plan. The Company believes that the operation of its 401k plan may not be in compliance with certain plan provisions. The Company is currently assessing what corrective actions may be needed to be taken to bring the plan back into compliance. The Company has recorded a liability for the estimated cost of correcting any plan deficiencies, including additional plan contributions, if required.

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19.  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company had an agreement with Morris Sutton, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Emeritus, under which he provides services as a consultant, which terminated in October 2014. The agreement provided for a monthly retainer of $13. For the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, consulting fees incurred under the agreement amounted to $131 and $150, respectively. The Company also purchased a portion of its Zumba belt accessories from a supplier. The Company estimates that Morris Sutton and another relative of Jesse Sutton, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, earned compensation from such supplier of approximately $16 and $254 in the fiscal years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, based on the value of the Company’s purchases.

The Company had an agreement with a Board member under which he provided specified strategic consulting services, which terminated in October 2014. The agreement provided for a monthly retainer of $10. For the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, consulting fees incurred under the agreement amounted to $105 and $120, respectively.

20. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Sale of GMS Entertainment

On November 6, 2014, Majesco Entertainment Company (the “Company”) entered into a binding term sheet for the sale of 500 preferred shares of GMS Entertainment Limited (“GMS Entertainment”), owned by the Company and representing its entire equity interest in GMS, a company incorporated in the Isle of Man, to Gili Lisani, an individual. In addition, the Company agreed to accept a reduced payment in satisfaction of approximately $530 in notes payable due from GMS. Pursuant to the binding term sheet, Mr. Lisani agreed to pay the Company $250 in cash, and to make an additional contingent payment of $270. If GMS, or Pariplay Limited, a subsidiary of GMS Entertainment (“Pariplay”), earns $2,000 in net revenues during the 24 months from the date of the binding term sheet. If all the equity of GMS Entertainment or Pariplay is valued at an amount equal to or greater than $20.0 million in a transaction within 36 months from the date of the binding term sheet, GMS Entertainment or Pariplay will pay an additional $1.0 million to the Company following such transaction.

On November 12, 2014, the Company entered into a share note and purchase agreement with Mr. Lisani, pursuant to which the Company sold its ownership interest in GMS Entertainment to Mr. Lisani in accordance with the terms of the binding term sheet.

Private Placement

On December 17, 2014, pursuant to subscription agreements entered into with certain accredited investors (the “Subscription Agreements”) the Company completed a private placement of $6,000 of units (the “Units”) at a purchase price of $0.68 per Unit, with each Unit consisting of one share of the Company’s 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Shares”) and a five year warrant (the “Warrants”) to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at an initial exercise price of $0.68 per share.

The Preferred Shares are convertible into shares of Common Stock based on a conversion calculation equal to the stated value of the of such Preferred Share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, on such Preferred Share, as of such date of determination, divided by the conversion price. The stated value of each Preferred Share is $0.68 and the initial conversion price is $0.68 per share, each subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, combinations, subdivisions or other similar events. In addition, in the event the Company issues or sells, or is deemed to issue or sell, shares of Common Stock at a per share price that is less than the conversion price then in effect, the conversion price shall be reduced to such lower price, subject to certain exceptions. Pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”), the Company is prohibited from incurring debt or liens, or entering into new financing transactions without the consent of the lead investor (as defined in the Subscription Agreements). The Preferred Shares bear no interest.

The Warrants are exercisable, at any time, following the date the Warrants are issued, at a price of $0.68 per share, subject to adjustment, and expire five years from the date of issuance. The holders may, subject to certain limitations, exercise the Warrants for shares of common stock on a cashless basis. The Warrants are subject to certain adjustments upon certain actions by the Company as outlined in the Warrants, including, for twenty-four months following the initial issuance date, the issuance or sale, or deemed issuance or sale, by the Company of shares of its Common Stock at a per share price that is less than the conversion price then in effect, as a result of which the conversion price shall be reduced to such lower price, subject to certain exceptions.

The proceeds of the offering were deposited into an escrow account (the “Escrow Amount”) with Signature Bank as the escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) pursuant to an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) dated December 17, 2014, by and between the Company, the lead investor in the unit financing and the Escrow Agent and certificates representing the Preferred Shares and Warrants underlying the Units were deposited with us, to be held in escrow, as the securities escrow agent (the “Securities Escrow Agent”). Upon the closing of the Private Placement on December 17, 2014 (such date, the “Closing Date”), $1,000 of the Escrow Amount was released by the Escrow Agent to the Company in exchange for the release of $1,000 of Units by the Securities Escrow Agent. Following the Closing Date, in one or multiple tranches, the remaining $5,000 will be released (the “Subsequent Release”) by the Escrow Agent to the Investors in exchange for the release of $5,000 of Units by the Securities Escrow Agent, provided that the approval of NASDAQ and the Company’s stockholders has been obtained and, either, (i) the lead investor has approved the release, (ii) the approval of the requisite number of Investors has been obtained, (iii) the Company has executed definitive binding documents for certain transactions, as described in the Subscription Agreements, and such transaction(s) are to close contemporaneously with the release, following approval by the Company’s stockholders or (iv) the following conditions are present: (a) nine months has elapsed from the Closing Date and release is approved by each of the directors appointed at closing (being the non-continuing directors); (b) no subsequent release of the Escrow Amount has been consummated; and (c) no more than $1,000 is released (the “Release Conditions”). In the event that on and as of the twelve month anniversary of the Closing Date none of the Release Conditions have been satisfied, the Escrow Agent shall return $5,000 to the Investors, without interest or deduction, and the Securities Escrow Agent shall return the Units to the Company for cancellation.

On December 17, 2014, Jesse Sutton and Allan Grafman resigned as members of the Board of Directors of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Trent D. Davis and Mohit Bhansali to fill the vacancies.

Equity Compensation

In December 2014, the Company approved restricted stock grants totaling 403,532 shares to certain directors, employees and consultants. Vesting of the grants is contingent on certain future events. In addition, the Company approved the issuance of stock options totaling 366,468 to certain directors and employees, subject to the approval by the Company’s shareholders of an equity compensation plan. The options have an exercise price of $0.68 per share and a term of five years.

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