UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

[X]

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023.

For the quarterly period endedSeptember 30, 2017.

or

 

[  ]TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ___________ to __________.
Commission File Number: 001-33899

 

For the transition period from __________ to __________.

Commission File Number:001-33899

Digital Ally, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada20-0064269

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

9705 Loiret Blvd, 14001 Marshall Drive, Lenexa, KS 6621966215

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(913)814-7774

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.001 par value per shareDGLYThe Nasdaq Capital Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [  ]

Indicate 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 [X] No [  ]

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

Large accelerated filer [  ]Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-accelerated filer   [  ](Do not check if a smaller reporting company)Smaller reporting company [X]
Emerging growth company [  ]

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes [  ] No [X]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

ClassOutstanding at November 1, 2017August 14, 2023
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share6,979,7312,800,752

 

 

 
 

FORM 10-Q

DIGITAL ALLY, INC.

SEPTEMBERJUNE 30, 20172023

(Unaudited)

TABLE OF CONTENTSPage(s)
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 (Unaudited) and December 31, 201620223
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and NineSix Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 (Unaudited)4
Condensed Consolidated StatementStatements of Stockholders’ Equity for the NineThree and Six Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2022 (Unaudited)5
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the NineSix Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 (Unaudited)6
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)7-267-40
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.27-5241-64
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.5364
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.5364
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.53-5565
Item 1A. Risk Factors.65
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.5665
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.Securities5665
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.Disclosures5665
Item 5. Other Information.5665
Item 6. Exhibits.5665
SIGNATURES57
EXHIBITS
CERTIFICATIONS66

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1 – Financial Statements.

DIGITAL ALLY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

SEPTEMBERJUNE 30, 20172023 AND DECEMBER 31, 20162022

 

September 30,

2017

 

December 31,

2016

 
 (Unaudited)    June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) December 31, 2022 
Assets             
Current assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents $316,174  $3,883,124  $2,923,881  $3,532,199 
Accounts receivable-trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $70,000 – 2017 and 2016  1,861,009   2,519,184 
Accounts receivable-other  434,891   341,326 
Accounts receivable – trade, net of $176,876 allowance – June 30, 2023 and $152,736 – December 31, 2022  1,834,849   2,044,056 
Other receivables, net of $5,000 allowance – June 30, 2023 and $0 – December 31, 2022 (including $138,384 due from related parties – June 30, 2023 and $138,384 – December 31, 2022, refer to Note 20)  2,753,080   4,076,522 
Inventories, net  10,061,991   9,586,311   5,840,216   6,839,406 
Restricted cash  500,000    
Prepaid expenses  451,787   402,158   6,962,494   8,466,413 
        
Total current assets  13,625,852   16,732,103   20,314,520   24,958,596 
                
Furniture, fixtures and equipment, net  778,095   873,902 
Restricted cash     500,000 
Intangible assets, net  511,141   467,176 
Property, plant, and equipment, net  7,604,194   7,898,686 
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net  17,203,366   17,872,970 
Operating lease right of use assets, net  1,124,291   782,129 
Income tax receivable  9,347    
Other assets  141,853   261,915   7,248,205   5,155,681 
        
Total assets $15,056,941  $18,835,096  $53,503,923  $56,668,062 
                
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity                
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable $2,732,336  $2,455,579  $12,543,492  $9,477,355 
Accrued expenses  1,161,985   1,542,729   2,939,881   1,090,967 
Derivative liabilities  15,729   33,076 
Capital lease obligation-current  16,866   32,792 
Deferred revenue-current  1,258,226   925,932 
Subordinated notes payable, net of discount of $117,000-2017 and $0-2016  533,000    
Secured convertible debentures, at fair value  3,183,210    
Current portion of operating lease obligations  291,074   294,617 
Contract liabilities – current portion  2,905,052   2,154,874 
Debt obligations, net – current portion  1,468,857   485,373 
Warrant derivative liabilities  3,276,146    
Income taxes payable  10,143   7,048      8,097 
        
Total current liabilities  8,911,495   4,997,156   23,424,502   13,511,283 
                
Long-term liabilities:                
Secured convertible debentures, at fair value     4,000,000 
Capital lease obligation-less current portion     8,492 
Deferred revenue-long term  2,077,479   2,073,176 
Debt obligations – long term  158,615   442,467 
Operating lease obligation – long term  901,412   555,707 
Contract liabilities – long term  6,554,473   5,818,082 
Lease Deposit  10,445    
                
Total liabilities  10,988,974   11,078,824   31,049,447   20,327,539 
                
Commitments and contingencies          -   - 
                
Stockholders’ Equity:                
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized; shares issued: 7,065,249– 2017 and 5,552,449 – 2016  7,065   5,552 
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 200,000,000 shares authorized; shares issued: 2,800,752 shares issued – June 30, 2023 and 2,720,170 shares issued – December 31, 2022  2,801   2,721 
Additional paid in capital  63,728,254   59,565,288   128,283,343   127,869,342 
Treasury stock, at cost (63,518 shares)  (2,157,226)  (2,157,226)
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiary  647,688   448,694 
Accumulated deficit  (57,510,126)  (49,657,342)  (106,479,356)  (91,980,234)
        
Total stockholders’ equity  4,067,967   7,756,272   22,454,476   36,340,523 
        
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $15,056,941  $18,835,096  $53,503,923  $56,668,062 

See Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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DIGITAL ALLY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE THREE AND NINESIX MONTHS ENDED

SEPTEMBERJUNE 30, 20172023 AND 20162022

(Unaudited)(unaudited)

 Three months ended
September 30,
 Nine months ended
September 30,
  2023 2022 2023 2022 
 2017 2016 2017 2016  

For the

three months ended June 30,
 

For the

six months ended June 30,
 
          2023 2022 2023 2022 
Revenue:                         
Product $2,521,663  $3,836,691  $10,263,833  $11,946,100  $3,077,661  $2,210,181  $5,531,469  $4,620,241 
Service and other  461,914   502,836   1,436,106   1,182,781   5,201,971   7,141,276   10,445,351   15,025,997 
                                
Total revenue  2,983,577   4,339,527   11,699,939   13,128,881   8,279,632   9,351,457   15,976,820   19,646,238 
                                
Cost of revenue:                                
Product  1,709,046   2,235,489   6,450,570   7,487,747   2,219,515   2,070,476   4,520,616   4,892,527 
Service and other  265,918   70,467   790,691   488,708   3,323,077   5,561,903   7,174,375   11,095,015 
                
Total cost of revenue  1,974,964   2,305,956   7,241,261   7,976,455   5,542,592   7,632,379   11,694,991   15,987,542 
                                
Gross profit  1,008,613   2,033,571   4,458,678   5,152,426   2,737,040   1,719,078   4,281,829   3,658,696 
                
Selling, general and administrative expenses:                                
Research and development expense  831,573   731,077   2,495,924   2,353,081   540,276   540,222   1,475,215   1,038,222 
Selling, advertising and promotional expense  1,048,334   1,369,244   3,036,168   3,295,743   2,104,625   2,763,045   3,952,115   5,542,448 
Stock-based compensation expense  478,863   422,246   981,652   1,203,312 
General and administrative expense  1,766,538   2,752,645   5,356,439   6,772,483   5,032,843   5,077,063   9,968,010   10,542,616 
                
Total selling, general and administrative expenses  4,125,308   5,275,212   11,870,183   13,624,619   7,677,744   8,380,330   15,395,340   17,123,286 
                
Operating loss  (3,116,695)  (3,241,641)  (7,411,505)  (8,472,193)  (4,940,704)  (6,661,252)  (11,113,511)  (13,464,590)
                                
Other income (expense):                
Interest income  1,761   5,913   10,619   22,103   55,730   32,233   71,085   103,595 
Interest expense  (375,048)  (776)  (536,035)  (2,438)  (1,515,509)  (8,501)  (1,521,049)  (25,511)
Change in warrant derivative liabilities  3,628   (19,075)  17,347   18,740 
Change in fair value of secured convertible notes payable  (6,952)     66,790    
Loss before income tax expense  (3,493,306)  (3,255,579)  (7,852,784)  (8,433,788)
Income tax (expense) benefit            
Other income (loss)  25,394   (381)  50,786   43,059 
Loss on accrual for legal settlement  (1,792,308)     (1,792,308)   
Loss on conversion of convertible note  (93,386)     (93,386)   
Change in fair value of contingent consideration promissory notes     542,096   158,021   486,046 
Change in fair value of short-term investments           (84,818)
Change in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities  (59,766)  5,413,618   (59,766)  5,561,789 
                
Total other income (expense)  (3,379,845)  5,979,065   (3,186,617)  6,084,160 
                
Income (loss) before income tax benefit  (8,320,549)  (682,187)  (14,300,128)  (7,380,430)
Income tax benefit            
                
Net loss $(3,493,306) $(3,255,579) $(7,852,784) $(8,433,788)  (8,320,549)  (682,187)  (14,300,128)  (7,380,430)
                
Net (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests of consolidated subsidiary  (72,755)  (383,326)  (198,994)  (285,232)
                
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(8,393,304) $(1,065,513) $(14,499,122) $(7,665,662)
                
Net loss per share information:                                
Basic $(0.56) $(0.61) $(1.34) $(1.59) $(3.01) $(0.44) $(5.24) $(3.08)
Diluted $(0.56) $(0.61) $(1.34) $(1.59) $(3.01) $(0.44) $(5.24) $(3.08)
                                
Weighted average shares outstanding:                                
Basic  6,249,116   5,380,855   5,851,428   5,315,646   2,785,663   2,432,872   2,768,683   2,489,378 
Diluted  6,249,116   5,380,855   5,851,428   5,315,646   2,785,663   2,432,872   2,768,683   2,489,378 

See Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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DIGITAL ALLY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTSTATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE NINETHREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBERJUNE 30, 2017
(Unaudited)
2023 AND 2022

  Common Stock   Additional Paid In   Treasury   Accumulated    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  stock  deficit  Total 
Balance, December 31, 2016  5,552,449  $5,552  $59,565,288  $(2,157,226) $(49,657,342) $7,756,272 
                         
Stock-based compensation        981,652         981,652 
Restricted common stock grant  522,000   522   (522)         
Restricted common stock forfeitures  (9,200)  (9)  9          
Issuance of common stock purchase warrants related to issuance of subordinated notes payable        405,895         405,895 
Issuance of common stock and warrants, net of issuance costs of $223,068  940,000   940   2,775,392         2,776,332 
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of common stock purchase warrants  60,000   60   540         600 
                         
Net loss              (7,852,784)  (7,852,784)
Balance, September 30, 2017  7,065,249  $7,065  $63,728,254  $(2,157,226) $(57,510,126) $4,067,967 

(Unaudited)

  Shares  Amount  Capital  subsidiary  deficit  Total 
  Common Stock  

Additional

Paid In

  

Noncontrolling

interest in

consolidated

  Accumulated    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  subsidiary  deficit  Total 
Balance, December 31, 2021  2,545,220  $2,545  $124,476,447  $56,453  $(68,672,206) $55,863,239 
Balance  2,545,220  $2,545  $124,476,447   56,453  $(68,672,206) $55,863,239 
Stock-based compensation        394,749         394,749 
Restricted common stock grant  35,750   36   (36)         
Restricted common stock forfeitures  (750)  (1)  1          
Repurchase and cancellation of common stock  (93,802)  (94)        (2,063,674)  (2,063,768)
Distribution to noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiary           (15,692)     (15,692)
Net loss           (98,094)  (6,600,148)  (6,698,242)
                         
Balance, March 31, 2022  2,486,418  $2,486  $124,871,161  $(57,333) $(77,336,028) $47,480,286 
Balance  2,486,418  $2,486  $124,871,161  $(57,333) $(77,336,028) $47,480,286 
                         
Stock-based compensation        381,602         381,602 
Restricted common stock forfeitures  (2,500)  (3)  3          
Repurchase and cancellation of common stock  (92,498)  (92)        (1,962,663)  (1,962,755)
Net income (loss)           383,326   (1,065,513)  (682,187)
                         
Balance, June 30, 2022  2,391,420  $2,391  $125,252,766  $325,993  $(80,364,204) $45,216,946 
Balance  2,391,420  $2,391  $125,252,766  $325,993  $(80,364,204) $45,216,946 
                         
Balance, December 31, 2022  2,720,170  $2,721  $127,869,342   448,694  $(91,980,234) $36,340,523 
Balance,  2,720,170  $2,721  $127,869,342   448,694  $(91,980,234) $36,340,523 
Stock-based compensation        114,848         114,848 
Restricted common stock grant  35,000   35   (35)         
Issuance due to rounding from reverse stock split  54                 
Net Income (loss)           126,239   (6,105,818)  (5,979,579)
                         
Balance, March 31, 2023  2,755,224  $2,756  $127,984,155  $574,933  $(98,086,052) $30,475,792 
Balance  2,755,224  $2,756  $127,984,155  $574,933  $(98,086,052) $30,475,792 
                         
Stock-based compensation        179,483         179,483 
Restricted common stock forfeitures  (3,625)  (4)  4          
Issuance due to rounding from reverse stock split  24,154   24   (24)         
Conversion of convertible note into common stock  25,000   25   119,725         119,750 
Net Income (loss)           72,755   (8,393,304)  (8,320,549)
                         
Balance, June 30, 2023  2,800,753  $2,801  $128,283,343  $647,688  $(106,479,356) $22,454,476 
Balance  2,800,753  $2,801  $128,283,343  $647,688  $(106,479,356) $22,454,476 

See Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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DIGITAL ALLY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE NINESIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBERJUNE 30, 20172023 AND 2016
(Unaudited)
2022

  2017  2016 
       
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:        
Net loss $(7,852,784) $(8,433,788)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows used in operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  507,358   430,537 
Stock-based compensation  981,652   1,203,312 
Change in derivative liabilities  (17,347)  (18,740)
Change in fair value of secured convertible debentures  (66,790)   
Provision for inventory obsolescence  417,732   253,048 
Amortization of discount on subordinated note payable  288,895    
Provision for doubtful accounts receivable     (4,997)
Change in assets and liabilities:        
(Increase) decrease in:        
Accounts receivable - trade  658,175   856,388 
Accounts receivable - other  (93,565)  (147,047)
Inventories  (893,412)  (3,558)
Prepaid expenses  (49,629)  (47,746)
Other assets  120,062   24,527 
Increase (decrease) in:        
Accounts payable  276,757   403,607 
Accrued expenses  (380,744)  311,666 
Income taxes payable  3,095   (3,091)
Deferred revenue  336,597   449,271 
         
Net cash used in operating activities  (5,763,948)  (4,726,611)
         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:        
Purchases of furniture, fixtures and equipment  (316,751)  (284,644)
Additions to intangible assets  (138,765)  (89,263)
Net cash used in investing activities  (455,516)  (373,907)
         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:        
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated notes payable  1,000,000    
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants, net of issuance costs  2,776,332    
Principal payment on secured convertible debentures  (750,000)   
Principal payment on subordinated notes payable  (350,000)   
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants  600   19,055 
Principal payments on capital lease obligation  (24,418)  (26,917)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  2,652,514   (7,862)
         
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents  (3,566,950)  (5,108,380)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period  3,883,124   6,924,079 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $316,174  $1,815,699 
         
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:        
Cash payments for interest $166,138  $2,425 
Cash payments for income taxes $6,906  $10,591 
         
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:        
Restricted common stock grant $522  $200 
Restricted common stock forfeitures $9  $ 

(Unaudited)

  2023  2022 
  For the six months ended June 30, 
  2023  2022 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:        
Net loss $(14,300,128) $(7,380,430)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows used in operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  1,091,042   1,024,238 
Stock-based compensation  294,331   776,350 
Non-cash interest expense  576,380    
Change in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities  59,766   (5,561,789)
Convertible debt discount amortization  925,455    
Loss on conversion of debt  93,386     
Provision for inventory obsolescence  (75,007)  192,622 
Provision for doubtful accounts receivable  24,140   (161,768)
Allowance for doubtful lease reserve  5,000    
Change in fair value of contingent consideration promissory note  (158,021)  (486,046)
         
Change in operating assets and liabilities:        
(Increase) decrease in:        
Accounts receivable – trade  155,015   721,540 
Accounts receivable – other  1,318,442   (776,216)
Inventories  1,074,197   60,960 
Prepaid expenses  1,503,919   1,848,058 
Operating lease right of use assets  195,894   201,376 
Other assets  (2,092,524)  (4,799,982)
Increase (decrease) in:        
Accounts payable  3,066,137   1,994,602 
Accrued expenses  1,848,914   (73,127)
Income taxes payable  (17,444)  9,969 
Lease deposit  10,445    
Operating lease obligations  (195,894)  (201,375)
Contract liabilities  1,486,569   1,678,503 
         
Net cash used in operating activities  (3,109,986)  (10,932,515)
         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:        
Purchases of property, plant and equipment  (52,338)  (1,923,501)
Additions to intangible assets  (74,608)  (54,866)
Cash paid for acquisition of Medical Billing Company     (1,153,627)
Cash paid for asset acquisition of Medical Billing Company     (230,000)
         
Net cash used in investing activities  (126,946)  (3,361,994)
         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:        
Repurchase and cancellation of common stock     (4,026,523)
Distribution to noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiary     (15,692)
Net proceeds of convertible debt with detachable warrants  2,640,000    
Proceeds – Commercial Extension of Credit – Entertainment Segment  1,000,000    
Payments on Commercial Extension of Credit – Entertainment Segment  

(794,332

)   
Principal payment on contingent consideration promissory notes  (217,054)  (216,822)
         
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  2,628,614   (4,259,037)
         
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents  (608,318)  (18,553,546)
Cash, cash equivalents, beginning of period  3,532,199   32,007,792 
         
Cash, cash equivalents, end of period $2,923,881  $13,454,246 
         
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:        
Cash payments for interest $18,129  $27,059 
         
Cash payments for income taxes $8,097  $9,969 
         
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:        
Commercial extension of credit repaid through accrued revenue – Entertainment segment $30,052  $ 
         
ROU and lease liability recorded on extension of lease $538,056  $ 
         
Conversion of convertible notes payable into common stock $119,750  $ 
         
Issuance of contingent consideration promissory note for business acquired $  $855,000 
         
Assets acquired in business acquisitions $  $190,631 
         
Liabilities assumed in the business acquisition $  $387,005 
         
Goodwill acquired in business acquisitions $  $2,100,000 
         
Restricted common stock grant $35  $36 
         
Reverse stock split rounding issuances $24  $ 
         
Restricted common stock forfeitures $4  $3 
         
Debt discount on convertible note $3,000,000  $ 

See Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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DIGITAL ALLY, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1. NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Nature of Business:Operations:

Digital Ally, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively, “Digital Ally,” “Digital,” the “Company,” “we,” “ours” and “us”) produces digital video imaging and storage products for use in law enforcement, security and commercial applications. Its products are an in-car digital video/audio recorder contained in a rear-view mirror for use in law enforcement and commercial fleets; a system that provides its law enforcement customers with audio/video surveillance from multiple vantage points and hands-free automatic activation of body-worn cameras and in-car video systems; a miniature digital video system designed to be worn on an individual’s body; a weather-resistant mobile digital video recording system for use on motorcycles, ATV’s and boats; a hand-held laser speed detection device that it is offering primarily to law enforcement agencies; and cloud storage solutions. The Company has active research and development programs to adapt its technologies to other applications. It can integrate electronic, radio, computer, mechanical, and multi-media technologies to create unique solutions to address needs in a variety of other industries and markets, including mass transit, school bus, taxi cab and the military. The Company sells its products to law enforcement agencies and other security organizations and consumer and commercial fleet operators through direct sales domestically and third-party distributors internationally.

The Company was originally incorporated in Nevada on December 13, 2000 as Vegas Petra, Inc. and had no operations until 2004. On November 30, 2004, Vegas Petra, Inc. entered into a Plan of Merger with Digital Ally, Inc., at which time the merged entity was renamed Digital Ally, Inc. (such merged entity, the “Predecessor Registrant”).

Management’s LiquidityOn August 23, 2022 (the “Effective Time”), the Predecessor Registrant merged with and into its wholly owned subsidiary, DGLY Subsidiary Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Registrant”), pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger, dated as of August 23, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), between the Predecessor Registrant and the Registrant, with the Registrant as the surviving corporation in the merger (such transaction, the “Merger”). At the Effective Time, Articles of Merger were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, pursuant to which the Registrant was renamed “Digital Ally, Inc.” and, by operation of law, succeeded to the assets, continued the business and assumed the rights and obligations of the Predecessor Registrant immediately prior to the Merger. Under the Nevada Revised Statutes, shareholder approval was not required in connection with the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby.

At the Effective Time, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) each outstanding share of Predecessor Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Predecessor Common Stock”) automatically converted into one share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Registrant (“Registrant Common Stock”), (ii) each outstanding option, right or warrant to acquire shares of Predecessor Common Stock converted into an option, right or warrant, as applicable, to acquire an equal number of shares of Registrant Common Stock under the same terms and conditions as the original options, rights or warrants, and (iii) the directors and executive officers of the Predecessor Registrant were appointed as directors and executive officers, as applicable, of the Registrant, each to serve in the same capacity and for the same term as such person served with the Predecessor Registrant immediately before the Merger.

The business of the Registrant, Digital Ally, Inc. (with its wholly owned subsidiaries, Digital Ally International, Inc., Shield Products, LLC, Digital Ally Healthcare, LLC, TicketSmarter, Inc., Worldwide Reinsurance, Ltd., Digital Connect, Inc., BirdVu Jets, Inc., Kustom 440, Inc., Kustom Entertainment, Inc., and its majority-owned subsidiary Nobility Healthcare, LLC, collectively, “Digital Ally,” “Digital,” and the “Company”), is divided into three reportable operating segments: 1) the Video Solutions Segment, 2) the Revenue Cycle Management Segment and 3) the Entertainment Segment. The Video Solutions Segment is our legacy business that produces digital video imaging, storage products, disinfectant and related safety products for use in law enforcement, security and commercial applications. This segment includes both service and product revenues through our subscription models offering cloud and warranty solutions, and hardware sales for video and health safety solutions. The Revenue Cycle Management Segment provides working capital and back-office services to a variety of healthcare organizations throughout the country, as a monthly service fee. The Entertainment Segment acts as an intermediary between ticket buyers and sellers within our secondary ticketing platform, ticketsmarter.com, and we also acquire tickets from primary sellers to then sell through various platforms. The accounting guidance on Segment Reporting establishes standards for reporting information regarding operating segments in annual financial statements and requires selected information of those segments to be presented in financial statements. Such required segment information is included in Note 19.

Business Combination

On June 1, 2023, the Company, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Clover Leaf Capital Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Clover Leaf”), CL Merger Sub, Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Clover Leaf (“Merger Sub”), Yntegra Capital Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in the capacity as the representative from and after the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) for the stockholders of Clover Leaf in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement (the “Sponsor” or the “Purchaser Representative”), and Kustom Entertainment, Inc., a Nevada corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, with a focus and mission to own and produce events, festivals, and entertainment alongside its evolving primary and secondary ticketing technologies (“Kustom”).

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Closing”), Merger Sub will merge with and into Kustom (the “Merger” and, together with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”), with Kustom continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of Clover Leaf. In the Merger, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Kustom immediately prior to the Effective Time shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist in exchange for the right for the Company to receive the Merger Consideration (as defined below). Upon consummation of the Business Combination, Clover Leaf will change its name to “Kustom Entertainment, Inc.”

The aggregate merger consideration to be paid pursuant to the Merger Agreement to the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will be an amount equal to (the “Merger Consideration”) (i) $125 million, minus (ii) the estimated consolidated indebtedness of Kustom as of the Closing (“Closing Indebtedness”). The Merger Consideration to be paid to the Company will be paid solely by the delivery of new shares of Clover Leaf Class A Common Stock, each valued at $11.14 per share (the “Merger Consideration Shares”). The Closing Indebtedness (and the resulting Merger Consideration) is based solely on estimates determined shortly prior to the Closing and is not subject to any post-Closing true-up or adjustment.

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Kustom is comprised of TicketSmarter, Inc. (“TicketSmarter”) and Kustom 440, Inc. (“Kustom 440”), both currently wholly owned subsidiaries. Both TicketSmarter and Kustom 440 will combine their management teams and focus on concerts, entertainment and garnering additional ticketing partnerships in 2023 and beyond. Kustom 440 and TicketSmarter will use their existing sponsorships and sports property partnerships to develop alternative entertainment options for consumers.

The combined company will be known as Kustom Entertainment and will operate under the same management team as Kustom. which is currently led by Stanton E. Ross, the current CEO of the Company. The transaction contemplates an equity value of $125 million for Kustom. The combined company is expected to have an implied initial pro forma equity value of approximately $222.2 million, with the proposed Business Combination expected to provide approximately $18.1 million in gross proceeds from the cash held in trust by Clover Leaf, assuming no redemptions. Additionally, the Company will distribute to its shareholders 15% of the Merger Consideration Shares obtained in Kustom immediately following the closing of the Merger and intends to distribute the balance of such Merger Consideration Shares following a six-month lock-up period.

The transaction has been approved by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) and the board of directors of Clover Leaf and is subject to approval by the stockholders of Clover Leaf and other customary closing conditions. The Company, incurred substantial operating lossesas the sole holder of Kustom common stock, has approved the transaction.

Due to the plan to consummate the Business Combination, the Company no longer expects to pursue a separation of Kustom into its own independent publicly traded company via spin-off, as announced on December 8, 2022.

Basis of Presentation:

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the nine months ended September 30, 2017United States for interim financial information and recent years primarily duewith the instructions to reduced revenuesForm 10-Q and gross margins causedArticle 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by specific product quality issues resultinggenerally accepted accounting principles in the significant delays in customer ordersUnited States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three- and product rework expenditures. In addition, the Company accessed the public and private capital markets to raise debt and equity of approximately $300,000 on September 29, 2017, $3.0 million on August 23, 2017, $700,000 onsix-month period ended June 30, 2017, $4.0 million2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023.

The balance sheet at December 31, 2022 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles in December 2016the United States for complete financial statements.

For further information, refer to the audited financial statements and $11.0 millionfootnotes included in 2015 to fund its operations until it achieves positive cash flows from operations. As of September 30, 2017, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $57.5 million and has financed its recent operations primarily through debt and equity financings. DuringCompany’s annual report on Form 10-K for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and year ended December 31, 2016,2022.

Liquidity and Going Concern

During the second quarter of 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. This update provided U.S. GAAP guidance on management’s responsibility in evaluating whether there is substantial doubt about a company’s ability to continue as a going concern and about related footnote disclosures. Under this standard, the Company incurred net losses of approximately $7.85is required to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern each reporting period, including interim periods. In evaluating the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, management considered the conditions and $12.7 million, respectively, and used cash in operating activities of $5.8 million and $5.9 million, respectively. The $300,000 principal amount of subordinated notes payable (the “Notes”) matures on November 30, 2017 and the remaining $350,000 principal amount matures on December 31, 2017. Additionally, the $4.0 million principal amount of 8% Secured Convertible Debentures (the “Debentures”) matures in March 2018 unless the Debentures are converted by their holders ($5.00 per share conversion rate) before maturity. The Notes and Debentures represent current liabilities as of September 30, 2017 and will require the Company toevents that could raise substantial funds to liquidate if operating results do not improve before the maturity dates of such Notes and Debentures. These conditions indicate that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year12 months after the date that theCompany’s financial statements are issued.were issued (August 14, 2023). Management considered the Company’s current financial condition and liquidity sources, including current funds available, forecasted future cash flows and the Company’s obligations due before August 14, 2024.

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The Company has experienced net losses and cash outflows from operating activities since inception. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company had a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $14,499,122 net cash used in operating activities of $3,109,986, $126,946 used in investing activities and $2,628,614 provided by financing activities. The Company will needhave to restore positive operating cash flows and profitability over the next twelve monthsyear and/or raise additional capital to fund operations, accommodate the potential liquidity needs to retire the Debentures at their maturity,its operational plans, meet its customary payment obligations and otherwise execute its business plan. There can be no assurance that it will be successful in restoring positive cash flows and profitability, or that it can raise additional financing if and when needed, and obtain it on terms acceptable or favorable to the Company.

ManagementThe Company has implemented aan enhanced quality control function that is tasked with the detectionprogram to detect and correction ofcorrect product issues before they result in significant rework expenditures affecting the Company’sits gross margins. In addition, the Companymargins and has undertaken cost reduction initiatives, including restructuring its direct sales force and reducing other selling, general and administrative costs.seen progress in that regard. The Company has introducedalso implemented a marketing and advertisement reduction plan for its entertainment segment, which will focus on reducing and alleviating current obligations from its media marketing agreements and place a hold on entering into any new full high definition in-car video system (DVM-800 HD), which is intended to help it regain market share and improve revenues in its law enforcement division.agreements. The Company has increased its addressable market to non-law enforcement customers and obtained significant new non-law enforcement contracts in 2017, which contracts include recurring revenue over the 2017 to 2019 period. Management believes that its quality control, cost-cutting initiatives, and cost cutting initiatives,new product introduction of the DVM-800 HD for law enforcement and expansion to non-law enforcement sales channels will eventually restore positive operating cash flows and profitability, during the next year, although it can offer no assurances in this regard. The

Management has evaluated the significance of the conditions described above in relation to the Company’s plan also includes raising additional capital if required. The Company has demonstrated its ability to raise new debt or equity capital in recent yearsmeet its obligations and believesconcluded that, it could raisewithout additional capital during the next 12 months if required, but again can offer no assurances in this regard. Based on the uncertainties described above,funding, the Company believeswill not have sufficient funds to meet its business plan does not alleviate the existence of substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concernobligations within one year afterfrom the date that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in this Report.were issued.

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The following is a summary of the Company’s Significant Accounting Policies:

Basis of Consolidation:

The accompanying financial statements include the consolidated accounts of Digital Ally, and its wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiaries, Digital Ally International, Inc., MPShield Products, LLC, Digital Ally Healthcare, LLC, Medical Devices Ally, LLCTicketSmarter, Worldwide Reinsurance, Ltd., Digital Connect, Inc., BirdVu Jets, Inc., Kustom 440, Kustom, and Digitaldeck,its majority-owned subsidiary Nobility Healthcare, LLC. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated during consolidation.

The Company formed Digital Ally International, Inc. during August 2009 to facilitate the export sales of its products. In addition, Medical Devices Ally,The Company formed Shield Products, LLC wasin May 2020 to facilitate the sales of its Shield™ line of disinfectant/cleanser products and ThermoVu® line of temperature monitoring equipment. The Company formed in July 2014, MP Ally,Nobility Healthcare, LLC was formed in July 2015, and Digitaldeck, LLC was formed in June 2017, all2021 to facilitate the operations of its revenue cycle management solutions and back-office services for healthcare organizations. The Company formed TicketSmarter, Inc. on September 1, 2021, upon its acquisition of Goody Tickets, LLC and TicketSmarter, LLC, to facilitate its global entertainment operations. The Company formed Worldwide Reinsurance Ltd. in December 2021, which have been inactive since formation.is a captive insurance company domiciled in Bermuda. It will provide primarily liability insurance coverage to the Company for which insurance may not be currently available or economically feasible in today’s insurance marketplace. The Company formed Digital Connect, Inc. and BirdVu Jets, Inc. for travel and transportation purposes in 2022. The company formed Kustom 440, Inc. in 2022 to create unique entertainment experiences directly for consumers.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments:

The carrying amounts of financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accountssubordinated notes payable approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of these items.

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Revenue Recognition:

The Company accounts forapplies the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 606-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and all related appropriate guidance. The Company recognizes revenue under the core principle to depict the transfer of control to its derivative liabilitiescustomers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which it expects to be entitled. In order to achieve that core principle, the Company applies the following five-step approach: (1) identify the contract with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenue when a performance obligation is satisfied.

The Company has two different revenue streams, product and service, represented through its secured convertible debenturesthree segments. The Company reports all revenues on a fair value basis.

Revenue Recognition:

Revenuesgross basis, other than service revenues from the saleCompany’s entertainment and revenue cycle management segments. Revenues generated by all segments are reported net of sales taxes.

Video Solutions

The Company considers customer purchase orders, which in some cases are governed by master sales agreements, to be customer contracts. In situations where sales are to a distributor, the Company has concluded that such contracts are with the distributor as in such cases the Company holds contract bearing enforceable rights and obligations only with the distributor. As part of its consideration for the contract, the Company evaluates certain factors including the customers’ ability to pay (or credit risk). For each contract, the Company considers the promise to transfer products, each of which is distinct, to be the identified performance obligations. In determining the transaction price, the Company evaluates whether the price is subject to refund or adjustment to determine the net consideration to which it expects to be entitled. As the Company’s standard payment terms are recordedless than one year, it has elected the practical expedient under ASC 606-10-32-18 to not assess whether a contract has a significant financing component. The Company allocates the transaction price to each distinct product based on its relative standalone selling price. The product price as specified on the purchase order is considered the standalone selling price as it is an observable input which depicts the price as if sold to a similar customer in similar circumstances. Revenue is recognized when control of the product is shipped, title and risk of loss has transferred to the purchaser,customer (i.e. when the Company’s performance obligations are satisfied), which typically occurs at shipment. Further in determining whether control has been transferred, the Company considers if there is a present right to payment terms are fixed or determinable and payment is reasonably assured.legal title, along with risks and rewards of ownership having transferred to the customer. Customers do not have a right to return the product other than for warranty reasons for which they would only receive repair services or replacement product.

The Company sells its products and serviceshas also elected the practical expedient under ASC 340-40-25-4 to law enforcement and commercial customers inexpense commissions for product sales when incurred as the following manner:amortization period of the commission asset the Company would have otherwise recognized is less than one year.

Sales to domestic customers are made direct to the end customer (typically a law enforcement agency or a commercial customer) through its sales force, which is composed of its employees. Revenue is recorded when the product is shipped to the end customer.
Sales to international customers are made through independent distributors who purchase products from the Company at a wholesale price and sell to the end user (typically law enforcement agencies or a commercial customer) at a retail price. The distributor retains the margin as its compensation for its role in the transaction. The distributor generally maintains product inventory, customer receivables and all related risks and rewards of ownership. Revenue is recorded when the product is shipped to the distributor consistent with the terms of the distribution agreement.
Repair parts and services for domestic and international customers are generally handled by its inside customer service employees. Revenue is recognized upon shipment of the repair parts and acceptance of the service or materials by the end customer.

Sales taxes collected on products sold are excluded from revenues and are reported as an accrued expense in the accompanying balance sheets until payments are remitted.

Service and other revenue is comprised of revenues from extended warranties, repair services, cloud revenue and software revenue. Revenue is recognized upon shipment of the product and acceptance of the service or materials by the end customer for repair services. Revenue for extended warranty, cloud service or other software-based are treated as deferred revenue and recognizedproducts is over the term of the contractedcontract warranty or service periodperiod. A time-elapsed method is used to measure progress because the Company transfers control evenly over the contractual period. Accordingly, the fixed consideration related to these revenues is generally recognized on a straight-line method.

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Extended warranties are offered on selected products and when a customer purchases an extended warranty the associated proceeds are treated as deferred revenue and recognizedbasis over the contract term, ofas long as the extended warranty on a straight-line method.other revenue recognition criteria have been met.

Multiple element arrangements consisting of product, software, cloud and extended warranties are offered to our customers. Revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables are divided into separate units and revenue is allocated using the relative selling price method based upon vendor-specific objective evidence of selling price or third-party evidence of the selling prices if vendor-specific objective evidence of selling prices does not exist. If neither vendor-specific objective evidence nor third-party evidence exists, management uses its best estimate of selling price. The majority of the Company’s allocations of arrangement consideration under multiple element arrangements are performed using vendor-specific objective evidence by utilizing prices charged to customers for deliverables when sold separately. The Company’s multiple element arrangementsperformance obligations may include future in-car or body-worn camera devices to be delivered at defined points within a multi-year contract, and in those arrangements, the Company allocates total arrangement consideration over the life of the multi-year contract to future deliverables using management’s best estimate of selling price.

Revenue Cycle Management

The Company reports revenue cycle management revenues on a net basis, as its primary source of revenue is its end-to-end service fees which is generally determined as a percentage of the invoice amounts collected. These service fees are reported as revenue monthly upon completion of the Company’s performance obligation to provide the agreed upon service.

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Entertainment

The Company reports entertainment revenue on a gross or net basis based on management’s assessment of whether the Company is acting as a principal or agent in the transaction. The determination is based upon the evaluation of control over the event ticket, including the right to sell the ticket, prior to its transfer to the ticket buyer.

The Company sells tickets held in inventory, which consists of one performance obligation, being to transfer control of an event ticket to the buyer upon confirmation of the order. The Company acts as the principal in these transactions as the ticket is owned by the Company at the time of sale, therefore controlling the ticket prior to transferring to the customer. In these transactions, revenue is recorded on a gross basis based on the value of the ticket and is recognized when an order is confirmed. Payment is typically due upon delivery of the ticket.

The Company also acts as an intermediary between buyers and sellers through the online secondary marketplace. Revenues derived from this marketplace primarily consist of service fees from entertainment operations, and consists of one primary performance obligation, which is facilitating the transaction between the buyer and seller, being satisfied at the time the order has been confirmed. As the Company does not utilized third-party evidencecontrol the ticket prior to the transfer, the Company acts as an agent in these transactions. Revenue is recognized on a net basis, net of selling price.the amount due to the seller when an order is confirmed. The seller is then obligated to deliver the tickets to the buyer per the seller’s listing, and payment is due at the time of sale.

Other

Contract liabilities consist of deferred revenue and include payments received in advance of performance under the contract and are reported separately as current liabilities and non-current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Such amounts consist of extended warranty contracts, prepaid cloud services and prepaid installation services and are generally recognized as the respective performance obligations are satisfied. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recognized revenue of $1.0 million related to its contract liabilities. Contract liabilities consist of deferred revenue and include payments received in advance of performance under the contract and are reported separately as current liabilities and non-current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Such amounts consist of extended warranty contracts, prepaid cloud services and prepaid installation services and are generally recognized as the respective performance obligations are satisfied. Total contract liabilities consist of the following:

SCHEDULE OF CONTRACT LIABILITIES

  June 30, 2023 
  

December 31,

2022

  

Additions/

Reclass

  

Recognized

Revenue

  

June 30,

2023

 
Contract liabilities, current $2,154,874  $1,246,212  $496,034  $2,905,052 
Contract liabilities, non-current  5,818,082   1,223,497   487,106   6,554,473 
                 
  $7,972,956  $2,469,709  $983,140  $9,459,525 

  June 30, 2022 
  

December 31,

2021

  

Additions/

Reclass

  

Recognized

Revenue

  

June 30,

2022

 
Contract liabilities, current $1,665,519  $611,938  $333,075  $1,944,382 
Contract liabilities, non-current  2,687,786   2,174,949   775,309   4,087,426 
                 
  $4,353,305  $2,786,887  $1,108,384  $6,031,808 

Sales returns and allowances aggregated $12,390$116,629 and $61,673$118,027 for the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016, respectively, and $(15,195) and $263,663 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016,December 31, 2022, respectively. Obligations for estimated sales returns and allowances are recognized at the time of sales on an accrual basis. The accrual is determined based upon historical return rates adjusted for known changes in key variables affecting these return rates. A customer paid under a sales transaction in March 2017 that had been accrued to be returned at December 31, 2016, which the caused the negative sales returns for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

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Use of Estimates:

The preparation of the consolidated 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 and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management utilizes various other estimates, including but not limited to determining the estimated lives of long-lived assets, determining the potential impairment of long-lived assets, the fair value of warrants, options, the recognition of revenue, inventory valuation reserve, fair value of assets and liabilities acquired in a business combination, incremental borrowing rate on leases, the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets and other legal claims and contingencies. The results of any changes in accounting estimates are reflected in the financial statements in the period in which the changes become evident. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically, and the effects of revisions are reflected in the period that they are determined to be necessary.

Cash and cash equivalents:

Cash and cash equivalents include funds on hand, in bank and short-term investments with original maturities of ninety (90) days or less.

SCHEDULE OF SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS

  June 30, 2023 
  Adjusted
Cost
  Realized
Gains
  Realized
Losses
  Fair
Value
 
Demand deposits $582,380  $  $  $582,380 
Short-term investments with original maturities of 90 days or less (Level 1)(1):                
Money market funds  2,341,501         2,341,501 
                 
  $2,923,881  $  $  $2,923,881 

  December 31, 2022 
  Adjusted
Cost
  Unrealized
Gains
  Unrealized
Losses
  Fair
Value
 
Demand deposits $897,745  $  $  $897,745 
Short-term investments with original maturities of 90 days or less (Level 1)(1):                
Money market funds  2,634,454         2,634,454 
                 
  $3,532,199  $  $  $3,532,199 

Cash and cash equivalents that are restricted as to withdrawal or use under the terms of the secured convertible debentures are presented as restricted cash separate fromThe Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents onin banks insured by the accompanyingFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in accounts that at times may be in excess of the federally insured limit of $250,000 per bank. The Company minimizes this risk by placing its cash deposits with major financial institutions. At June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the uninsured balance sheet.amounted to $2,232,909 and $2,495,189, respectively.

Accounts Receivable:

Accounts receivable are carried at original invoice amount less an estimate made for doubtful receivables based on a review of all outstanding amounts on a weekly basis. The Company determines the allowance for doubtful accounts by regularly evaluating individual customer receivables and considering a customer’s financial condition, credit history, and current economic conditions.

Trade receivables are written off when deemed uncollectible. Recoveries of trade receivables previously written off are recorded when received.

A trade receivable is considered to be past due if any portion of the receivable balance is outstanding for more than thirty (30) days beyond terms. No interest is charged on overdue trade receivables.

Inventories:

Inventories consist of electronic parts, circuitry boards, camera parts and ancillary parts (collectively, “components”), work-in-process and finished goods, and are carried at the lower of cost (First-in, First-out Method) or market value. The Company determines the estimate for the reserve for slow moving or obsolete inventories by regularly evaluating individual inventory levels, projected sales and current economic conditions.

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Furniture, fixtures

Goodwill and equipment:Other Intangibles:

Furniture, fixturesGoodwill - In connection with acquisitions, the Company applies the provisions of ASC 805, Business Combinations, using the acquisition method of accounting. The excess purchase price over the fair value of net tangible assets and equipment is stated at cost net of accumulated depreciation. Additions and improvements are capitalized while ordinary maintenance and repair expenditures are charged to expense as incurred. Depreciationidentifiable intangible assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. In accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other, the Company assesses goodwill for impairment annually as of December 31, and more frequently if events and circumstances indicate that goodwill might be impaired.

Goodwill impairment testing is performed at the reporting unit level. Goodwill is assigned to reporting units at the date the goodwill is initially recorded. Once goodwill has been assigned to reporting units, it no longer retains its association with a particular acquisition, and all of the activities within a reporting unit, whether acquired or internally generated, are available to support the value of the goodwill.

Traditionally, goodwill impairment testing is a two-step process. Step one involves comparing the fair value of the reporting units to its carrying amount. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit is greater than zero and its fair value is greater than its carrying amount, there is no impairment. If the reporting unit’s carrying amount is greater than the fair value, the second step must be completed to measure the amount of impairment, if any. Step two involves calculating an implied fair value of goodwill. The Company has adopted ASU 2017-04 which simplifies subsequent goodwill measurement by eliminating step two from the goodwill impairment test. As a result, the Company compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its respective carrying value and recognized an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeded the reporting unit’s fair value.

The Company determines the fair value of its reporting units using the market approach. Under the market approach, we estimate the fair value based on multiples of comparable public companies and precedent transactions. Significant estimates in the market approach include: identifying similar companies with comparable business factors such as size, growth, profitability, risk and return on investment, and assessing comparable revenue and operating income multiples in estimating the fair value of the reporting unit.

Long-lived and Other Intangible Assets - The Company periodically assesses potential impairments of its long-lived assets in accordance with the provisions of ASC 360, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets. An impairment review is performed whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. The Company groups its assets at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of the other assets and liabilities. The Company has determined that the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are available is the operating segment level.

Factors considered by the straight-line method overCompany include, but are not limited to, significant underperformance relative to historical or projected operating results; significant changes in the estimated useful lifemanner of use of the acquired assets or the strategy for the overall business; and significant negative industry or economic trends. When the carrying value of a long-lived asset may not be recoverable based upon the existence of one or more of the above indicators of impairment, the Company estimates the future undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected future undiscounted cash flows and eventual disposition is less than the carrying amount of the asset, the Company recognizes an impairment loss. An impairment loss is reflected as the amount by which ranges from two to ten years. Amortization expensethe carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset, based on capitalized leasesthe fair value if available, or discounted cash flows, if fair value is included with depreciation expense.not available. The Company last assessed potential impairments of its long-lived assets as of June 30, 2023 and concluded that there was no impairment.

Intangible assets:

Intangible assets include deferred patent costs, license agreements, and license agreements.intangibles related to acquisitions. Legal expenses incurred in preparation of patent application have been deferred and will be amortized over the useful life of granted patents. Costs incurred in preparation of applications that are not granted will be charged to expense at that time. The Company has entered into several sublicense agreements under which it has been assigned the exclusive rights to certain licensed materials used in its products. These sublicense agreements generally require upfront payments to obtain the exclusive rights to such material. The Company capitalizes the upfront payments as intangible assets and amortizes such costs over their estimated useful life on a straight-line method.

Secured convertible debentures:

The Company has elected to record its Debentures at fair value. Accordingly, the Debentures will be marked-to-market at each reporting date with the change in fair value reported as a gain (loss) in the statement of operations. All issuance costs related to the Debentures were expensed as incurred in the statement of operations.

Long-Lived Assets:

Long-lived assets such as property, plant and equipment and purchased intangible assets subject to amortization are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and third-party appraisals, as considered necessary.

Warranties:

The Company’s products carry explicit product warranties that extend up to two years from the date of shipment. The Company records a provision for estimated warranty costs based upon historical warranty loss experience and periodically adjusts these provisions to reflect actual experience. Accrued warranty costs are included in accrued expenses. Extended warranties are offered on selected products and when a customer purchases an extended warranty the associated proceeds are treated as deferred revenue and recognized over the term of the extended warranty.

Shipping and Handling Costs:

Shipping and handling costs for outbound sales orders totaled $11,858 and $26,077 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $51,949 and $72,296 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Such costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Advertising Costs:

Advertising expense includes costs related to trade shows and conventions, promotional material and supplies, and media costs. Advertising costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. The Company incurred total advertising expense of approximately $346,935 and $615,586 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $617,264 and $936,998 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Such costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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Income Taxes:

Segment Reporting

Deferred taxes

The accounting guidance on Segment Reporting establishes standards for reporting information regarding operating segments in annual financial statements and requires selected information of those segments to be presented in financial statements. Operating segments are providedidentified as components of an enterprise for which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the liability methodchief operating decision maker (the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or “CODM”) in making decisions on how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company’s three operating segments are Video Solutions, Revenue Cycle Management, and Entertainment, each of which deferred tax assetshas specific personnel responsible for that business and reports to the CODM. Corporate expenses capture the Company’s corporate administrative activities and are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between thealso to be reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax basis. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinionsegment information.

Contingent Consideration

In circumstances where an acquisition involves a contingent consideration arrangement that meets the definition of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

The Company applies the provisions ofa liability under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 740 - Income Taxes that provides480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, the Company recognizes a framework for accounting for uncertainty in income taxesliability equal to the fair value of the contingent payments the Company expects to make as of the acquisition date. The Company remeasures this liability each reporting period and provided a comprehensive model to recognize, measure, present, and disclose in its financial statements uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. It initially recognizes tax positionsrecords changes in the financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. Such tax positions are initially and subsequently measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the tax authority assuming full knowledge of the position and all relevant facts. Application requires numerous estimates based on available information. The Company considers many factors when evaluating and estimating its tax positions and tax benefits, and it recognized tax positions and tax benefits may not accurately anticipate actual outcomes. As it obtains additional information, the Company may need to periodically adjust its recognized tax positions and tax benefits. These periodic adjustments may have a material impact on its consolidated statements of operations.

The Company’s policy is to record estimated interest and penalties related to the underpayment of income taxes as income tax expense in the consolidated statements of operations. There was no interest expense related to the underpayment of estimated taxes during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016. There have been no penalties in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

The Company is subject to taxation in the United States and various states. As of September 30, 2017, the Company’s tax returns filed for 2013, 2014, and 2015 and to be filed for 2016 are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authorities. With few exceptions, as of September 30, 2017, the Company is no longer subject to Federal, state, or local examinations by tax authorities for years before 2013.

Research and Development Expenses:

The Company expenses all research and development costs as incurred. Development costs of computer software to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed are subject to capitalization beginning when a product’s technological feasibility has been established and ending when a product is available for general release to customers. In most instances, the Company’s products are released soon after technological feasibility has been established. Costs incurred subsequent to achievement of technological feasibility were not significant, and software development costs were expensed as incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

Common Stock Purchase Warrants:

The Company has common stock purchase warrants that are accounted for as liabilities under the caption of derivative liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet and recorded at fair value due to the warrant agreements containing anti-dilution provisions. The change in fair value being recorded inthrough the consolidated statement of operations.

Repurchase and Cancellation of Shares

From time to time, the Board may authorize share repurchases of common stock. Shares repurchased under Board authorizations are held in treasury for general corporate purposes and cancelled when it is determined appropriate by management. The Company hasaccounts for repurchases of common stock common stock purchase warrants that are accounted forunder the cost method. Shares repurchased and cancelled during the period were recorded as equity based on their relative fair value and are not subjecta reduction to re-measurement.stockholders’ (deficit) equity. See further discussion of the Company’s share repurchase program in Note 15 –Stockholders’ Equity.

Stock-Based Compensation:Non-Controlling Interests

The Company grants stock-based compensation to its employees, board of directors and certain third-party contractors. Share-based compensation arrangements may include the issuance of options to purchase common stockNon-controlling interests in the futureCompany’s Consolidated Financial Statements represent the interest in subsidiaries held by our venture partner. The venture partner holds a noncontrolling interest in the Company’s consolidated subsidiary Nobility Healthcare, LLC. Since the Company consolidates the financial statements of all wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries, the noncontrolling owners’ share of each subsidiary’s results of operations are deducted and reported as net income or loss attributable to noncontrolling interest in the issuanceConsolidated Statements of restricted stock, which generally are subject to vesting requirements. The Company records stock-based compensation expense for all stock-based compensation granted based on the grant-date fair value. The Company recognizes these compensation costs on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award.Operations.

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The Company estimates the grant-date fair value of stock-based compensation using the Black-Scholes valuation model. Assumptions used to estimate compensation expense are determined as follows:

Expected term is determined using the contractual term and vesting period of the award;
Expected volatility of award grants made in the Company’s plan is measured using the weighted average of historical daily changes in the market price of the Company’s common stock over the period equal to the expected term of the award;
Expected dividend rate is determined based on expected dividends to be declared;
Risk-free interest rate is equivalent to the implied yield on zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bonds with a maturity equal to the expected term of the awards; and
Forfeitures are accounted for as they occur.

New Accounting Standards

Segments of Business:

Management has determined that its operations are comprised of one reportable segment: the sale of digital audio and video recording and speed detection devices. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, sales by geographic area were as follows:

  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
Sales by geographic area:                
United States of America $2,747,053   3,512,075  $11,373,569  $11,974,469 
Foreign  236,524   827,452   326,370   1,154,412 
  $2,983,577  $4,339,527  $11,699,939  $13,128,881 

Sales to customers outside of the United States are denominated in U.S. dollars. All Company assets are physically located within the United States.

Reclassification of Prior Year Presentation:

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09,“Revenue from Contracts with Customers”(“ASU 2014-09”), which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. The standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company has selected the cumulative effect transition method and is currently evaluating the guidance to determine the impact on retained earnings but it does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330):Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. The amendments in the ASU require entities that measure inventory using the first-in, first-out or average cost methods to measure inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is defined as estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation. The Company adopted this new standard on January 1, 2017 and such adoption did not have any impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-17,Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. This ASU simplifies the presentation of deferred income taxes by eliminating the requirement for entities to separate deferred tax liabilities and assets into current and noncurrent amounts in classified balance sheets. Instead, it requires deferred tax assets and liabilities be classified as noncurrent in the balance sheet. The Company adopted this new standard on January 1, 2017 and such adoption did not have any impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In FebruaryJune 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses” to improve information on credit losses for financial assets and net investment in leases that are not accounted for at fair value through net income. ASU 2016-13 replaces the current incurred loss impairment methodology with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses. In April 2019 and May 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02,2019-04, “Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments” and ASU No. 2019-05, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Targeted Transition Relief” which provided additional implementation guidance on the previously issued ASU. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-10, “Financial Instruments - Credit Loss (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842). The objective of ASU 2016-02 is,” which defers the effective date for public filers that are considered small reporting companies (“SRC”) as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous U.S. GAAP. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018,2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption of ASU 2016-02 is permitted.As such, we adopted ASC 326 effective January 1, 2023. The Company is evaluating the effects adoption of this guidance willstandard did not have on its consolidated financial statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09,Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718). The objective of ASU 2016-09 is to reduce the complexity of certain aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions. As a result of this ASU, there are changes to minimum statutory withholding requirements, accounting for forfeitures, and accounting for income taxes. The Company adopted this new standard on January 1, 2017 and elected to account for forfeitures as they occur and has resulted in a credit to stock-based compensation of $256,167 relative to forfeitures during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15,Clarification on Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Paymentssignificant impact on the StatementCompany’s financial position and results of Cash Flows, to create consistency in the classification of eight specific cash flow items. This standard is effective for calendar-year SEC registrants beginning in 2018. The Company is evaluating the effects adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.operations.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18,Statement of Cash Flows - Restricted Cash (Topic 230), which amends the existing guidance relating to the disclosure of restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-18 is effective for the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within that fiscal year, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of adoption of ASU 2016-18 on its Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09,Stock Compensation (Topic 718)-Scope of Modification Accounting, to provide guidance on determining which changes to terms and conditions of share-based payment awards require an entity to apply modification accounting under Topic 718. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company is evaluating the effects adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 2. BASIS OF PRESENTATIONINVENTORIES

The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2017.

The balance sheet at December 31, 2016 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States for complete financial statements.

For further information, refer to the financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

NOTE 3. CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of accounts receivable. Sales to domestic customers are typically made on credit and the Company generally does not require collateral while sales to international customers require payment before shipment or backing by an irrevocable letter or credit. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and maintains an allowance for estimated losses. Accounts are written off when deemed uncollectible and accounts receivable are presented net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowance for doubtful accounts totaled $70,000 as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

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The Company uses primarily a network of unaffiliated distributors for international sales and employee-based direct sales force for domestic sales. No distributor individually exceeded 10% of total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 or September 30, 2016. No individual customer receivable balance exceeded 10% of total accounts receivable as of September 30, 2017 or September 30, 2016.

The Company purchases finished circuit boards and other proprietary component parts from suppliers located in the United States and on a limited basis from Asia. Although the Company obtains certain of these components from single source suppliers, it generally owns all tooling and management has located alternative suppliers to reduce the risk in most cases to supplier problems that could result in significant production delays. The Company has not historically experienced significant supply disruptions from any of its principal vendors and does not anticipate future supply disruptions. The Company acquires most of its components on a purchase order basis and does not have long-term contracts with its suppliers.

NOTE 4. INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following at SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and December 31, 2016:2022:

SCHEDULE OF INVENTORIES

  

September 30,

2017

  

December 31,

2016

 
Raw material and component parts $4,828,517  $4,015,170 
Work-in-process  141,900   355,715 
Finished goods  7,509,227   7,215,346 
Subtotal  12,479,644   11,586,231 
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory  (2,417,653)  (1,999,920)
Total $10,061,991  $9,586,311 
  

June 30,

2023

  

December 31,

2022

 
Raw material and component parts– video solutions segment $3,656,511  $4,509,165 
Work-in-process– video solutions segment  17,005   3,164 
Finished goods – video solutions segment  6,545,100   6,846,091 
Finished goods – entertainment segment  1,036,134   970,527 
Subtotal  11,254,750   12,328,947 
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory– video solutions segment  (5,095,330)  (5,230,261)
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory – entertainment segment  (319,204)  (259,280)
Total inventories $5,840,216  $6,839,406 

Finished goods inventory includes units held by potential customers and sales agents for test and evaluation purposes. The cost of such units totaled $711,024$217,441 and $634,059$171,071 as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and December 31, 2016,2022, respectively.

NOTE 5. FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT3. DEBT OBLIGATIONS

Furniture, fixtures and equipment consisted of the following at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

  

Estimated

Useful Life

 September 30,
2017
  December 31,
2016
 
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment 3-10 years $881,874  $1,074,533 
Warehouse and production equipment 3-5 years  509,292   643,250 
Demonstration and tradeshow equipment 2-5 years  426,582   451,750 
Leasehold improvements 2-5 years  160,198   153,828 
Rental equipment 1-3 years  93,137   60,354 
Total cost    2,071,083   2,383,715 
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization    (1,292,988)  (1,509,813)
Net furniture, fixtures and equipment   $778,095  $873,902 

Depreciation and amortization of furniture, fixtures and equipment aggregated $412,558 and $399,950 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

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NOTE 6. SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES, SUBORDINATED NOTES PAYABLE, AND CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS

2016 Secured Convertible Debentures. Secured Convertible DebenturesDebt obligations is comprised of the following:

SUMMARY OF DEBT OBLIGATIONS

  

September 30,

2017

  

December 31,

2016

 
Secured convertible debentures, at fair value $3,183,210  $4,000,000 
Less: Current maturities of secured convertible debentures, at fair value  (3,183,210)   
Secured convertible debentures, at fair value-long-term $  $4,000,000 
  

June 30,

2023

  

December 31,

2022

 
Economic injury disaster loan (EIDL) $150,000  $150,000 
Convertible note payable, net of unamortized debt discount of $1,975,909  899,091    
Contingent consideration promissory note – Nobility Healthcare Division Acquisition  259,303   388,955 
Contingent consideration promissory note – Nobility Healthcare Division Acquisition  117,637   176,456 
Contingent consideration promissory note – Nobility Healthcare Division Acquisition  5,937   208,083 
Contingent consideration promissory note – Nobility Healthcare Division Acquisition  19,887   4,346 
Commercial Extension of Credit – Entertainment Segment  175,617    
Debt obligations  1,627,472   927,840 
Less: current maturities of debt obligations  1,468,857   485,373 
Debt obligations, long-term $158,615  $442,467 

On December 30, 2016, the Company completed a private placement (the “Private Placement”) of $4.0 million in principal amount of the Debentures and common stock warrants (the “Warrants”) to two institutional investors. The Debentures and Warrants were issued pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and the purchasers’ signatory thereto (the “Holders”). The Private Placement resulted in gross proceeds of $4.0 million before placement agent fees and other expenses associated with the transaction totaling $281,570, which was expensed as incurred.

The Company elected to account for the Debentures on the fair value basis. Therefore, the Company determined the fair value of the Debentures utilizing Monte Carlo simulation models which yielded an estimated fair value of $4.0 million for the Debentures including their embedded derivatives as of the origination date. No value was allocated to the detachable Warrants as of the origination date because of the relative fair value of the convertible note including its embedded derivative features approximated the gross proceeds of the financing transaction. The Company made principal payments of $750,000 on August 24, 2017 against the Debentures. The change in the fair value of the Debentures between December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017 was $(66,790) and was reflected as income in the Condensed Statement of Operations.

Prior to the maturity date, the Debentures bear interest at 8% per annum with interest payable in cash quarterly in arrears on the first business day of each calendar quarter following the issuance date. The Debentures rank senior to the Company’s existing and future indebtedness and are secured by substantially all tangible and certain intangible assets of the Company.

The Debentures are convertible at any time six months after their date of issue at the option of the holders into shares of the Company’s common stock at $5.00 per share (the “Conversion Price”). The Debentures mature on March 30, 2018. The Warrants are exercisable to purchase up to an aggregate of 800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock commencing on the date of issuance at an exercise price of $5.00 per share (the “Exercise Price”). The Warrants will expire on the fifth anniversary of their date of issuance. The Conversion Price and Exercise Price are subject to adjustment upon stock splits, reverse stock splits, and similar capital changes.

The Company has the right, subject to certain limitations, to redeem the Debenture with 30 days advance notice with the redemption amount determined as the sum of (a) 112% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Debenture, (b) accrued but unpaid interest and (c) all liquidated damages and other amounts due in respect of the Debenture, if any.

Additionally, if following the six-month anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the VWAP (volume weighted average price), for each of any ten (10) consecutive trading days exceeds $7.50 per share, the Company has the right, subject to certain limitations, to provide written notice to the Holders to cause them to convert all or part of the then outstanding principal amount of the Debenture plus accrued but unpaid interest.

Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the Debentures bear interest at 18% per annum and a Holder may require the Company to redeem all or a portion of its Debenture. The Company has agreed to maintain a cash balance of $500,000 while the Debentures are outstanding, which is reflected as restricted cash in the accompanying balance sheet. The Holders have agreed to beneficial conversion limitation that effectively blocks either Holder from converting the Debenture or exercising the Warrant to the extent that such conversion or exercise would result in the Holder being the beneficial owner in excess of 4.99% (or, upon election of purchaser, 9.99%), which beneficial ownership limitation may be increased or decreased up to 9.99% upon notice to the Company, provided that any increase in such limitation will not be effective until 61 days following notice to the Company.

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During the nine months ended September

Debt obligations mature as follows as of June 30, 2017,2023:

SCHEDULE OF MATURITY OF DEBT OBLIGATIONS

  

June 30, 2023

 
2023 (July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023) $374,915 
2024  3,083,972 
2025  3,412 
2026  3,542 
2027 and thereafter  137,541 
     
Total $3,603,382 

2020 Small Business Administration Notes.

On May 12, 2020, the Company received $150,000 in loan funding from the SBA under the EIDL program administered by the SBA, which program was required to make payments totaling $750,000expanded pursuant to the holdersrecently enacted CARES Act. The EIDL is evidenced by a secured promissory note, dated May 8, 2020, in the original principal amount of $150,000 with the SBA, the lender.

Under the terms of the Debentures resulting fromnote issued under the repayment provisions ofEIDL program, interest accrues on the Debentures relative to additional capital raises.

Subordinated Notes Payable. Subordinated notes payable is comprised of the following:

  

September 30,

2017

  

December 31,

2016

 
Subordinated notes payable, at par $650,000  $ 
Unamortized discount  (117,000)   
         
Total subordinated notes payable $533,000  $ 

On June 30, 2017, the Company, in two separate transactions, borrowed an aggregate of $700,000 under two unsecured notes payable to private, third-party lenders. The loans were funded on June 30, 2017 and both were represented by promissory notes (the “Notes”) that bore interestoutstanding principal at the rate of 8%3.75% per annum withannum. The term of such note is thirty years, though it may be payable sooner upon an event of default under such note. Monthly principal and accrued interest payable on or before their maturitypayments began in November 2022, after being deferred for thirty months after the date of September 30, 2017. The Notes were unsecureddisbursement and subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness, as such term is definedtotal $731.00 per month thereafter. Such note may be prepaid in the Notes.part or in full, at any time, without penalty. The Company granted the lenders warrants (the “Warrants”) exercisablesecured party a continuing interest in and to purchaseany and all collateral, including but not limited to tangible and intangible personal property.

Contingent Consideration Promissory Notes

On June 30, 2021, Nobility Healthcare, a total of 200,000 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $3.65 per share until June 29, 2022. The Company allocated $288,895subsidiary of the proceeds of the Notes to additional paid-in-capital, which represented the grant date relative fair value of the Warrants for 200,000 common sharesCompany, issued to the lenders. The discount was amortized to interest expense ratably over the terms of the Note. On September 30, 2017, the Company obtained an extension of the maturity date of one of the Notes to December 31, 2017. The Company paid the second Notea contingent consideration promissory note (the “June Contingent Note”) in full in August 2017.

On September 29, 2017, the Company borrowed $300,000 under an unsecured note payableconnection with a stock purchase agreement between Nobility Healthcare and a private third party lender (also referred to as the “Note”company (the “June Seller”) of $350,000. The loan is represented byJune Contingent Note has a promissory note thatthree-year term and bears interest at 8%a rate of 3.00% per annumannum. Quarterly principal and interest payments are deferred for six months and is payabledue in cashequal quarterly installments on or before the maturity date.seventh business day of each quarter. The principal amount of the June Contingent Note is duesubject to an earn-out adjustment, being the difference between $975,000 (the “June Projected Revenue”) and payablethe cash basis revenue (the “June Measurement Period Revenue”) collected by the June Seller in fullits normal course of business from the clients existing on NovemberJune 30, 20172021, during the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “June Measurement Period”) measured on a quarterly basis and mayannualized as of the relevant period. If the June Measurement Period Revenue is less than the June Projected Revenue, such amount will be prepaid without penalty at any time. Thesubtracted from the principal balance of this June Contingent Note on a dollar-for-dollar basis. If the June Measurement Period Revenue is unsecured and subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness, asmore than the June Projected Revenue, such term is defined in the Note. The Company issued warrantsamount will be added to the lender exercisableprincipal balance of this June Contingent Note on a dollar-for-dollar basis. In no event will the principal balance of this June Contingent Note become a negative number. The maximum downward earn-out adjustment to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock for $2.75 per share until September 30, 2022. The Company allocated $117,000the principal balance will be a reduction to zero. There are no limits to the increases to the principal balance of the proceedsJune Contingent Note as a result of the Note to additional paid-in-capital, which represented the grant date relative fair value of the warrants issued to the lender. The discount will be amortized to interest expense ratably over the terms of the note.earn-out adjustments.

The discount amortized to interest expense totaled $288,895 and $-0- for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, and 2016, respectively.

Capital Leases. Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable capital leases having terms in excess of one year are as follows:

Year ending December 31:   
    
2017 (period from October 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017) $8,575 
2018  8,574 
Total future minimum lease payments  17,149 
Less amount representing interest  283 
Present value of minimum lease payments  16,866 
Less current portion  16,866 
Capital lease obligations, less current portion $ 

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Assets

The June Contingent Note is considered to be additional purchase price; therefore, the estimated fair value of the contingent liability is recorded as a liability at the acquisition date and the fair value is considered part of the consideration paid for the acquisition with subsequent changes in fair value recorded as a gain or loss in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Management recorded the contingent consideration promissory note at its estimated fair value of $350,000 at the acquisition date. Total principal payments, since inception, on this contingent consideration promissory note totaled $172,436. The estimated fair value of the June Contingent Note at June 30, 2023 is $117,637, representing a reduction in its estimated fair value of $58,919 as compared to its estimated fair value as of March 31, 2023. This reduction only relates to the principal payments made for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023. Therefore, the Company recorded no gain or loss in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.

On August 31, 2021, Nobility Healthcare issued another contingent consideration promissory note (the “August Contingent Payment Note”) in connection with a stock purchase agreement between Nobility Healthcare and a private company (the “August Sellers”) of $650,000. The August Contingent Payment Note has a three-year term and bears interest at a rate of 3.00% per annum. Quarterly principal and interest payments are deferred for six months and is due in equal quarterly installments on the seventh business day of each quarter. The principal amount of the August Contingent Payment Note is subject to an earn-out adjustment, being the difference between $3,000,000 (the “August Projected Revenue”) and the cash basis revenue (the “August Measurement Period Revenue”) collected by the August Sellers in its normal course of business from the clients existing on September 1, 2021, during the period from December 1, 2021 through November 30, 2022 (the “August Measurement Period”) measured on a quarterly basis and annualized as of the relevant period. If the August Measurement Period Revenue is less than the August Projected Revenue, such amount will be subtracted from the principal balance of this August Contingent Payment Note on a dollar-for-dollar basis. If the August Measurement Period Revenue is more than the August Projected Revenue, such amount will be added to the principal balance of this August Contingent Payment Note on a dollar-for-dollar basis. In no event will the principal balance of this August Contingent Payment Note become a negative number. The maximum downward earn-out adjustment to the principal balance will be a reduction to zero. There are no limits to the increases to the principal balance of the August Contingent Payment Note as a result of the earn-out adjustments.

The August Contingent Payment Note is considered to be additional purchase price, therefore the estimated fair value of the contingent liability is recorded as a liability at the acquisition date and the fair value is considered part of the consideration paid for the acquisition with subsequent changes in fair value recorded as a gain or loss in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Management recorded the contingent consideration promissory note at its estimated fair value of $650,000 at the acquisition date. Total principal payments, since inception, on this contingent consideration promissory note totaled $422,604. The estimated fair value of the August Contingent Note at June 30, 2023 is $259,303, representing a reduction in its estimated fair value of $64,826 as compared to its estimated fair value as of March 31, 2023. This reduction only relates to the principal payments made for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023. Therefore, the Company recorded no gain or loss in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.

On January 1, 2022, Nobility Healthcare issued another contingent consideration promissory note (the “January Contingent Payment Note”) in connection with a stock purchase agreement between Nobility Healthcare and a private company (the “January Sellers”) of $750,000. The January Contingent Payment Note has a two and a half year term and bears interest at a rate of 3.00% per annum. Quarterly principal and interest payments are deferred for seven months and is due in equal quarterly installments on the tenth business day of each quarter. The principal amount of the January Contingent Payment Note is subject to an earn-out adjustment, being the difference between $3,500,000 (the “January Projected Revenue”) and the cash basis revenue (the “January Measurement Period Revenue”) collected by the January Sellers in its normal course of business from the clients existing on January 1, 2022, during the period from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023 (the “January Measurement Period”) measured on a quarterly basis and annualized as of the relevant period. If the January Measurement Period Revenue is less than the January Projected Revenue, such amount will be subtracted from the principal balance of this January Contingent Payment Note on a dollar-for-dollar basis. If the January Measurement Period Revenue is more than the January Projected Revenue, such amount will be added to the principal balance of this January Contingent Payment Note on a dollar-for-dollar basis. In no event will the principal balance of this January Contingent Payment Note become a negative number. The maximum downward earn-out adjustment to the principal balance will be a reduction to zero. There are no limits to the increases to the principal balance of the January Contingent Payment Note as a result of the earn-out adjustments.

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The January Contingent Payment Note is considered to be additional purchase price, therefore the estimated fair value of the contingent liability is recorded as a liability at the acquisition date and the fair value is considered part of the consideration paid for the acquisition. Management has recorded the contingent consideration promissory note at its estimated fair value of $750,000 at the acquisition date. Principal payments, since its inception, on this contingent consideration promissory note totaled $147,833. The estimated fair value of the January Contingent Note at June 30, 2023 is $5,936, representing a reduction in its estimated fair value of $175,146 as compared to its estimated fair value as of December 31, 2022. Therefore, the Company recorded a gain of $175,146 in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2023.

On February 1, 2022, Nobility Healthcare issued another contingent consideration promissory note (the “February Contingent Payment Note”) in connection with an asset purchase agreement between Nobility Healthcare and a private company (the “February Sellers”) of $105,000. The February Contingent Payment Note has a three-year term and bears interest at a rate of 3.00% per annum. Quarterly principal and interest payments are deferred for seven months and is due in equal quarterly installments on the tenth business day of each quarter. The principal amount of the February Contingent Payment Note is subject to an earn-out adjustment, being the difference between $440,000 (the “February Projected Revenue”) and the cash basis revenue (the “February Measurement Period Revenue”) collected by the February Sellers in its normal course of business from the clients existing on February 1, 2022, during the period from May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023 (the “February Measurement Period”) measured on a quarterly basis and annualized as of the relevant period. If the February Measurement Period Revenue is less than the February Projected Revenue, such amount will be subtracted from the principal balance of this February Contingent Payment Note on a dollar-for-dollar basis. If the February Measurement Period Revenue is more than the February Projected Revenue, such amount will be added to the principal balance of this February Contingent Payment Note on a dollar-for-dollar basis. In no event will the principal balance of this February Contingent Payment Note become a negative number. The maximum downward earn-out adjustment to the principal balance will be a reduction to zero. There are no limits to the increases to the principal balance of the February Contingent Payment Note as a result of the earn-out adjustments.

The February Contingent Payment Note is considered to be additional purchase price, therefore the estimated fair value of the contingent liability is recorded as a liability at the acquisition date and the fair value is considered part of the consideration paid for the acquisition. Management has recorded the contingent consideration promissory note at its estimated fair value of $105,000 at the acquisition date. Principal payments, since its inception, on this contingent consideration promissory note totaled $1,584. The estimated fair value of the February Contingent Note at June 30, 2023 is $19,888, representing an increase in its estimated fair value of $17,125 as compared to its estimated fair value as of December 31, 2022. Therefore, the Company recorded a loss of $17,125 in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2023.

2023 Commercial Extension of Credit

On February 23, 2023, the Company’s Entertainment segment entered into an extension of credit in the form of a loan to use in marketing and operating its business in accordance with the Private Label Agreement previously entered into with the Lender. The Lender agreed to extend, subject to the conditions hereof, and Borrower agreed to take, a Loan for Principal Sum of $1,000,000.

Lender shall retain 25% of each remittance owed to Borrower under capital leasesthe terms of the Private Label Agreement. Such remittances shall include regular weekly remittances and any additional incentive payments to which the Borrower may be entitled. The 25% withholding of the Borrower’s applicable remittance shall be deemed a “Payment” under the terms of this Note, and Payments shall continue until the earlier of (i) repayment of the Principal Sum, accrued Interest, and a fee of $35,000.00 or (ii) expiration of the Private Label Agreement on December 31, 2023.

As of the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company’s Entertainment segment had repaid $824,383 towards the principal on the loan through remittances and had an outstanding balance of $175,617.

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Convertible Note

On April 5, 2023, the Company entered into and consummated the initial closing (the “First Closing”) of the transactions contemplated by a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2023 (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and certain investors (the “Purchasers”).

At the First Closing, the Company issued and sold to the Purchasers Senior Secured Convertible Notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $3,000,000 (the “Notes”) and warrants (the “Warrants”). The Purchase Agreement provided for a ten percent (10%) original interest discount resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $2,700,000. No interest accrues under the Notes. The Warrants are includedexercisable for an aggregate 1,125,000 shares comprised of 375,000 warrants at an exercise price of $5.50 per share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Stock”), 375,000 warrants at an exercise price of $6.50 per share of Common Stock, and 375,000 warrants at an exercise price of $7.50 per share of Common Stock.

Subject to certain conditions, within 18 months from the effectiveness date and while the Notes remain outstanding, the Purchasers have the right to require the Company to consummate a second closing of up to an additional $3,000,000 of Notes (the “Second Notes”) and Warrants on the same terms and conditions as the First Closing, except that the Second Notes may be subordinate to a mortgage on the Company’s headquarters building (the “Bank Mortgage”).

The Notes are convertible into shares of Common Stock at the election of the Purchasers at any time at a fixed conversion price of $5.00 (the “Conversion Price”) per share of Common Stock. The Conversion Price is subject to customary adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications and the like, and subject to price-based adjustment in furniture, fixturesthe event of any issuances of Common Stock, or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock at a price below the then-applicable Conversion Price (subject to certain exceptions). Subject to certain conditions, including certain equity conditions, the Company may redeem some or all of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note for cash in an amount equal to 110% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (the “Optional Redemption Amount”). In addition, the Purchasers may, at their option, demand repayment at the Optional Redemption Amount upon five (5) business days’ written notice following (i) the closing by the Company of the Bank Mortgage, or (ii) a sale by the Company of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents.

The Notes rank senior to all outstanding and equipmentfuture indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries, and are secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets, as follows:evidenced by (i) a security agreement entered into at the Closing, (ii) a trademark security agreement entered into at the Closing, (iii) a patent security agreement entered into at the Closing, (iv) a guaranty executed by all direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company pursuant to which each of them has agreed to guaranty the obligations of the Company under the Notes, and (v) a mortgage on the Company’s headquarters building in favor of the Purchasers.

Also at the Closing, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Purchasers. Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to prepare and file with the SEC within the 10th business day following the First Closing (the “Filing Date”) a registration statement covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants, and to use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as promptly as possible, but in any event no later than 45 days following the Filing Date (the “Effectiveness Date”). If the Registration Statement is not filed by the Filing Date or is not declared effective by the Effectiveness Date, or under certain other circumstances described in the Registration Rights Agreement, then the Company shall be obligated to pay, as partial liquidated damages, to each Purchaser an amount in cash equal to 2% of the original principal amount of the Notes each month until the applicable event giving rise to such payments is cured. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 10% per annum.

 

  September 30,
2017
  December 31,
2016
 
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment $250,843  $382,928 
Less: accumulated amortization  (208,353)  (294,895)
Net furniture, fixtures and equipment $42,490  $88,033 

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The Company recognized the full warrant derivative value, with the remaining amount being allocated to the debt obligation. As the warrant derivative value exceeded the net proceeds from the issuance, the excess amount is recognized as a loss on the date of the issue date. Thus, the Company recorded a loss of $576,380 as an interest expense on the date of issuance relating to the Convertible note. The following is the assumptions used in calculating the estimated grant-date fair value of the detachable warrants to purchase common stock granted in connection with the Convertible Note:

SCHEDULE OF WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK GRANTED

Terms at
April 5, 2023
(issuance date)
Volatility - range106.0%
Risk-free rate3.36%
Dividend0%
Remaining contractual term5.0 years
Exercise price$5.507.50
Common stock issuable under the warrants1,125,000

Following is a summary of activity relative to the Convertible Note for the six months ended June 30, 2023:

SUMMARY OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE ACTIVITY

  Amount 
    
Balance, December 31, 2022 $ 
Convertible Note, at par  3,000,000 
Conversion of convertible note into common stock  (125,000)
Principal payments   
Unamortized debt discount  (1,975,909)
     
Balance, June 30, 2023 $899,091 

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 the Company amortized $925,455 of debt discount under interest expense, compared to $-0- for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.

On June 2, 2023, the Purchasers elected to convert $125,000 principal, at the fixed price of $5.00 per share of common stock, 25,000 shares valued at $119,750. The loss on conversion of convertible note into common shares, of $93,386, was recorded during the period.

 

NOTE 7. 4. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

In accordance with ASC Topic 820 —Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), the Company utilizes the market approach to measure fair value for its financial assets and liabilities. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets, liabilities or a group of assets or liabilities, such as a business.

ASC 820 utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities
Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities)

Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (including the Company’s own assumptions in determining the fair value)

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The following table represents the Company’s hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and December 31, 2016.2022:

SCHEDULE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MEASURED AT FAIR VALUE ON RECURRING BASIS

  September 30, 2017 
  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Liabilities:            
Secured convertible debentures $  $  $3,183,210  $3,183,210 
Warrant derivative liability $  $  $15,729  $15,729 
  $  $  $3,198,939  $3,198,939 
                 
   December 31, 2016 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Liabilities:                
Secured convertible debentures $  $  $4,000,000  $4,000,000 
Warrant derivative liability $  $  $33,076  $33,076 
  $  $  $4,033,076  $4,033,076 
  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
  June 30, 2023 
  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Liabilities:            
Contingent consideration promissory notes and contingent consideration earn-out agreement $  $  $402,764  $402,764 
Warrant derivative liabilities        3,276,146   3,276,146 
Liabilities, fair value $  $  $3,678,910  $3,678,910 

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  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
  December 31, 2022 
  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Liabilities:            
Contingent consideration promissory notes and contingent consideration earn-out agreement $  $  $777,840  $777,840 
Warrant derivative liabilities            
Liabilities, fair value $  $  $777,840  $777,840 

The following table represents the change in levelLevel 3 tier value measurements:measurements for the periods ended June 30, 2023:

SCHEDULE OF FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS CHANGE IN LEVEL 3 INPUTS

  Warrant derivative liability  Secured convertible debentures  Total 
December 31, 2016 $33,076  $4,000,000  $4,033,076 
Payments made on debentures     (750,000)  (750,000)
Change in fair value  (17,347)  (66,790)  (84,137)
September 30, 2017 $15,729  $3,183,210  $3,198,939 
  Contingent Consideration Promissory Notes  Warrant Derivative Liabilities 
       
Balance, December 31, 2022 $777,840  $ 
         
Principal payments on contingent consideration promissory notes – Revenue Cycle Management Acquisitions  (120,789)   
         
Change in fair value of contingent consideration promissory notes – Revenue Cycle Management Acquisitions  (158,022)   
         
Balance, March 31, 2023 $499,029  $ 
         
Issuance of warrant derivative liabilities     3,216,380 
         
Principal payments on contingent consideration promissory notes – Revenue Cycle Management Acquisitions  (96,265)   
         
Change in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities     59,766 
         
Balance, June 30, 2023 $402,764  $3,276,146 

NOTE 8. 5. ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses consisted of the following at SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and December 31, 2016:2022:

SCHEDULE OF ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

September 30,

2017

 

December 31,

2016

  

June 30,

2023

 

December 31,

2022

 
Accrued warranty expense $140,596  $374,597  $15,936  $15,694 
Accrued senior convertible note issuance costs     204,000 
Accrued litigation costs  2,040,292   247,984 
Accrued sales commissions  20,629   36,389   45,875   55,000 
Accrued payroll and related fringes  464,134   270,781   467,116   504,020 
Accrued insurance  103,480   81,610 
Accrued rent  147,333   182,409 
Accrued sales returns and allowances  51,316   215,802   116,629   118,026 
Accrued taxes  95,514   46,408 
Other  234,497   177,141   158,519   103,835 
 $1,161,985  $1,542,729 
Total accrued expenses $2,939,881  $1,090,967 

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Accrued warranty expense was comprised of the following for the six months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017:2023:

SCHEDULE OF ACCRUED WARRANTY EXPENSE

 2017    
Beginning balance $374,597  $15,694 
Provision for warranty expense  103,206  36,372 
Charges applied to warranty reserve  (337,207)  (36,130)
   
Ending balance $140,596  $15,936 

NOTE 9. 6. INCOME TAXES

The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 varied from the expected statutory rate due to the Company continuing to provide a 100%100% valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets. The Company determined that it was appropriate to continue the full valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172023, primarily because of the current yearCompany’s history of operating losses.

The Company has incurred operating losses in recent years, and it continues to be in a three-year cumulative loss position at June 30, 2023. Accordingly, the Company determined there was not sufficient positive evidence regarding its potential for future profits to outweigh the negative evidence of our three-year cumulative loss position under the guidance provided in ASC 740. Therefore, it is determined to continue to provide a 100% valuation allowance on its net deferred tax assets totaled $25,535,000 and $22,455,000 as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

assets. The Company recordsexpects to continue to maintain a full valuation allowance until it determines that it can sustain a level of profitability that demonstrates its ability to realize these assets. To the benefit it will derive in future accounting periods from tax losses and credits and deductible temporary differences as “deferred tax assets.” In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 740, “Income Taxes,”extent the Company records a valuation allowance to reducedetermines that the carrying valuerealization of its deferred tax assets if, based onsome or all available evidence, itof these benefits is more likely than not that somebased upon expected future taxable income, a portion or all of the deferredvaluation allowance will be reversed. The Company has available to it approximately $113.3 million (based on its December 31, 2022 tax assets will not be realized.

At September 30, 2017, the Company had available approximately $46,750,000 ofreturn) in net operating loss carryforwards available to offset future taxable income generated. Such tax net operating loss carryforwards expire betweenas of June 30, 2023.

NOTE 7. PREPAID EXPENSES

Prepaid expenses were the following at June 30, 2023 and 2037. In addition,December 31, 2022:

SCHEDULE OF PREPAID EXPENSE

  

June 30,

2023

  

December 31,

2022

 
Prepaid inventory $5,857,504  $6,110,321 
Prepaid advertising  655,429   1,931,628 
Other  449,561   424,464 
Total prepaid expenses $6,962,494  $8,466,413 

NOTE 8. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the Company had research and development tax credit carryforwards approximating $2,110,000 available as of Septemberfollowing at June 30, 2017, which expire between 2023 and 2037.December 31, 2022:

SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

  Estimated
Useful Life
 

June 30,

2023

  

December 31,

2022

 
Building 25 years $4,537,037  $4,537,037 
Land Infinite  739,734   739,734 
Office furniture, fixtures, equipment, and aircraft 3-20 years  2,025,598   2,048,169 
Warehouse and production equipment 3-7 years  40,181   51,302 
Demonstration and tradeshow equipment 3-7 years  74,582   72,341 
Building improvements 5-7 years  1,328,601   1,334,374 
Total cost    8,745,733   8,782,957 
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization    (1,141,539)  (884,271)
           
Net property, plant and equipment   $7,604,194  $7,898,686 

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Depreciation expense for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022 was $174,261 and $171,890, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses. Depreciation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022 was $345,892 and $307,328, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses.

NOTE 9. OPERATING LEASE

On May 13, 2020, the Company entered into an operating lease for new warehouse and office space, which the Company currently utilizes as one of its office, assembly and warehouse locations. The Internal Revenue Code contains provisionsoriginal lease agreement was amended on August 28, 2020 to correct the footage under Section 382 which limitlease and monthly payment amounts resulting from such correction. The lease terms, as amended, include no base rent for the first nine months and monthly payments ranging from $12,398 to $14,741 thereafter, with a company’s abilitytermination date of December 2026. The Company is responsible for property taxes, utilities, insurance and its proportionate share of common area costs related to utilize netthis location. The Company took possession of the leased facilities on June 15, 2020. The remaining lease term for the Company’s office and warehouse operating loss carry-forwardslease as of June 30, 2023, was forty-two months. The Company’s previous office and warehouse space lease expired in April 2020 and the eventCompany paid holdover rent for the time period until it moved to and commenced occupying the new space on June 15, 2020.

The Company entered into an operating lease with a third party in October 2019 for copiers used for office and warehouse purposes. The terms of the lease include 48 monthly payments of $1,598 with a maturity date of October 2023. The Company has the option to purchase the equipment at maturity for its estimated fair market value at that it has experiencedpoint in time. The remaining lease term for the Company’s copier operating lease as of June 30, 2023, was four months.

On June 30, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of a more than 50% changeprivate medical billing company, through its revenue cycle management segment. Upon completion of this acquisition, the Company became responsible for the operating lease for the seller’s office space. The lease terms include monthly payments ranging from $2,648 to $2,774, with a termination date of July 2024. The Company is responsible for property taxes, utilities, insurance and its proportionate share of common area costs related to this location. The Company took possession of the leased facilities on June 30, 2021. The remaining lease term for the Company’s office operating lease as of June 30, 2023, was thirteen months.

On August 31, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of a private medical billing company, through its revenue cycle management segment. Upon completion of this acquisition, the Company became responsible for the operating lease for the seller’s office space. The lease terms include monthly payments ranging from $11,579 to $11,811, with a termination date of March 2023. The Company is responsible for property taxes, utilities, insurance and its proportionate share of common area costs related to this location. The Company took possession of the leased facilities on September 1, 2021. The Company signed an eighty-four-month extension for the lease, the extension terms include monthly payments ranging from $7,436 to $8,877, with a termination date of March 2030. The remaining lease term for the Company’s operating lease as of June 30, 2023 was eighty-one months.

On September 1, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of Goody Tickets, LLC and TicketSmarter, LLC through TicketSmarter. Upon completion of this acquisition, the Company became responsible for the operating lease for TicketSmarter’s office space. The lease terms include monthly payments ranging from $7,211 to $7,364 thereafter, with a termination date of December 2022. The Company is responsible for property taxes, utilities, insurance and its proportionate share of common area costs related to this location. The Company took possession of the leased facilities on September 1, 2021. The Company signed a six-month extension for the lease, extending the remaining lease term for the Company’s office with an expiry date of June 30, 2023. The Company signed a three-month extension for the lease, extending the remaining lease term for the Company’s office and the remaining lease term for the Company’s operating lease as of June 30, 2023 was three months. The Company plans to relocate the entertainment operating segment acquired operations to existing owned or leased facilities upon termination of this operating lease.

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On January 1, 2022, the Company completed the acquisition of a private medical billing company, through its revenue cycle management segment. Upon completion of this acquisition, the Company became responsible for the operating lease for the seller’s office space. The lease terms include monthly payments ranging from $4,233 to $4,626, with a termination date of June 2025. The Company is responsible for property taxes, utilities, insurance and its proportionate share of common area costs related to this location. The Company took possession of the leased facilities on January 1, 2022. The remaining lease term for the Company’s office operating lease as of June 30, 2023, was twenty-four months.

Lease expense related to the office space and copier operating leases were recorded on a straight-line basis over their respective lease terms. Total lease expense under the six operating leases was approximately $156,856 and $297,117, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively.

The weighted-average remaining lease term related to the Company’s lease liabilities as of June 30, 2023 was 4.6 years.

The discount rate implicit within the Company’s operating leases was not generally determinable and therefore the Company determined the discount rate based on its incremental borrowing rate on the information available at commencement date. As of commencement date, the operating lease liabilities reflect a weighted average discount rate of 8%.

The following sets forth the operating lease right of use assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2023:

SCHEDULE OF OPERATING LEASES RIGHT OF USE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

    
Assets:   
Operating lease right of use assets, net $1,124,291 
     
Liabilities:    
Operating lease obligations-current portion $291,074 
Operating lease obligations-less current portion  901,412 
Total operating lease obligations $1,192,486 

The components of lease expense were as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2023:

SCHEDULE OF LEASE EXPENSE

     
Selling, general and administrative expenses $297,117 

Following are the minimum lease payments for each year and in ownership over a three-year period. Current estimates preparedtotal:

SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MINIMUM LEASE PAYMENTS

    
Year ending December 31:   
2023 (July 1, to December 31, 2023) $201,602 
2024  336,992 
2025  290,417 
2026  271,868 
Thereafter  334,650 
Total undiscounted minimum future lease payments  1,435,529 
Imputed interest  (243,043)
Total operating lease liability $1,192,486 

NOTE 10. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Intangible assets consisted of the following at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

SCHEDULE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS

  June 30, 2023  December 31, 2022 
  Gross
value
  Accumulated
amortization
  Net
carrying
value
  Gross
value
  Accumulated
amortization
  Net
carrying
value
 
Amortized intangible assets:                        
Licenses (video solutions segment) $215,071  $86,212  $128,859  $211,183  $80,378  $130,805 
Patents and trademarks (video solutions segment)  374,693   197,089   177,604   472,077   305,021   167,056 
Sponsorship agreement network (entertainment segment)  5,600,000   2,053,333   3,546,667   5,600,000   1,493,333   4,106,667 
SEO content (entertainment segment)  600,000   275,000   325,000   600,000   200,000   400,000 
Personal seat licenses (entertainment
segment)
  180,081   11,003   169,078   180,081   8,001   172,080 
Client agreements (revenue cycle management segments)  999,034   176,816   822,218   999,034   126,864   872,170 
                         
   7,968,879   2,799,453   5,169,426   8,062,375   2,213,597   5,848,778 
                         
Indefinite life intangible assets:                        
Goodwill (entertainment and revenue cycle management segments)  11,367,514      11,367,514   11,367,514      11,367,514 
Trade name (entertainment segment)  600,000      600,000   600,000      600,000 
Patents and trademarks pending
(video solutions segment)
  66,426      66,426   56,678      56,678 
                         
Total $20,002,819  $2,799,453  $17,203,366  $20,086,567  $2,213,597  $17,872,970 

Patents and trademarks pending will be amortized beginning at the time they are issued by the Company indicate that dueappropriate authorities. If issuance of the final patent or trademark is denied, then the amount deferred will be immediately charged to ownership changes which have occurred, approximately $765,000 of its net operating loss and $175,000 of its research and development tax credit carryforwards are currently subject to an annual limitation of approximately $1,151,000, but may be further limited by additional ownership changes which may occur inexpense.

Amortization expense for the future. As stated above, the net operating loss and research and development credit carryforwards expire betweenthree months ended June 30, 2023 and 2037, allowing2022 was $374,714 and $358,944, respectively, and $745,150 and $716,910, for the Company to potentially utilize all ofsix months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Estimated amortization for intangible assets with definite lives for the limited net operating loss carry-forwards duringnext five years ending December 31 and thereafter is as follows:

SCHEDULE OF ESTIMATED AMORTIZATION FOR INTANGIBLE ASSETS

    
Year ending December 31:   
2023 (July 1, to December 31, 2023) $753,931 
2024  1,457,745 
2025  1,365,249 
2026  867,722 
2027 and thereafter  724,779 
Total $5,169,426 

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NOTE 11. OTHER ASSETS

Other assets were the carryforward period.following at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

SCHEDULE OF OTHER ASSETS 

As discussed in Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” tax positions are evaluated in a two-step process. The Company first determines whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination. If a tax position meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, it is then measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. The tax position is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Management has identified no tax positions taken that would meet or exceed these thresholds and therefore there are no gross interest, penalties and unrecognized tax expense/benefits that are not expected to ultimately result in payment or receipt of cash in the consolidated financial statements.

The Company’s federal and state income tax returns are closed for examination purposes by relevant statute and by examination for 2012 and all prior tax years.

  

June 30,

2023

  

December 31,

2022

 
Lease receivable $5,409,353  $4,700,923 
Sponsorship network  1,441,667   116,828 
Other  397,185   337,930 
Total other assets $7,248,205  $5,155,681 

NOTE 10. 12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Operating Leases.Litigation The Company has several non-cancelable operating lease agreements for office space

From time to time, we are notified that we may be a party to a lawsuit or that a claim is being made against us. It is our policy to not disclose the specifics of any claim or threatened lawsuit until the summons and warehouse spacecomplaint are actually served on us. After carefully assessing the claim, and assuming we determine that expirewe are not at various dates through April 2020. The Company has also entered into month-to-month leases for equipment. Rent expense was $99,431fault or we disagree with the damages or relief demanded, we vigorously defend any lawsuit filed against us. We record a liability when losses are deemed probable and $99,431reasonably estimable. When losses are deemed reasonably possible but not probable, we determine whether it is possible to provide an estimate of the amount of the loss or range of possible losses for the three months ended September 30, 2017claim, if material for disclosure. In evaluating matters for accrual and 2016, respectively, and $298,293 and $298,293, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Following are the minimum lease payments for each year and in total.

Year ending December 31:   
2017 (period from October 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017) $112,080 
2018  451,248 
2019  457,327 
2020  154,131 
  $1,174,786 

License agreements.The Company has several license agreements whereby it has been assigned the rights to certain licensed materials used in its products. Certain of these agreements require the Company to pay ongoing royalties based on the number of products shipped containing the licensed material on a quarterly basis. Royalty expense related to these agreements aggregated $6,250 and $6,250 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $14,938 and $18,911 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Litigation.

The Company is subject to various legal proceedings arising from normal business operations. Although there can be no assurances, based on the information currently available, management believes that it is probable that the ultimate outcome of each of the actions will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial statement of the Company. However, an adverse outcome in certain of the actions could have a material adverse effect on the financial results of the Company in the period in which it is recorded.

Axon Enterprise, Inc. – (Formerly Taser International, Inc.)

The Company owns U.S. Patent No. 8,781,292 (the “ ‘292 Patent”), which is directed to a system that determines when a recording device,disclosure purposes, we take into consideration factors such as our historical experience with matters of a law enforcement officer’s body camera or in-car video recorder, begins recordingsimilar nature, the specific facts and automatically instructs other recording devices to begin recording. The technology described incircumstances asserted, the ‘292 Patent is incorporated inlikelihood of our prevailing, the Company’s VuLink product.

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The Company received notice in April 2015 that Taser International, Inc., now known as Axon Enterprises, Inc. (“Axon”), had commenced an action inavailability of insurance, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) for a re-examination of the ‘292 patent. A re-examination is essentially a request that the USPTO review whether the patent should have issued in its present form in view of the “prior art,” e.g., other patents in the same technology field. The prior art used by Axon was from an unrelated third party and was not the resultseverity of any of Axon’s own researchpotential loss. We reevaluate and development efforts.update accruals as matters progress over time.

On January 14, 2016 the USPTO ultimately rejected Axon’s efforts and confirmed the validity of the ‘292 Patent with 59 claims covering various aspects of the Company’s auto-activation technology. On February 2, 2016 the USPTO issued another patent relating to the Company’s auto-activation technology for law enforcement cameras. U.S. Patent No. 9,253,452 (the “ ‘452 Patent”) generally covers the automatic activation and coordination of multiple recording devices in response to a triggering event, such as a law enforcement officer activating the light bar on the vehicle.

The Company filed suit on January 15, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (Case No: 2:16-cv-02032) against Axon, alleging willful patent infringement against Axon’s body camera product line. The Company later added the ‘452 patent to the suit and is seeking both monetary damages and a permanent injunction against Axon for infringement of both the ‘452 and ‘292 Patents.

In addition to the infringement claims, the Company added a new set of claims to the lawsuit alleging that Axon conspired to keep the Company out of the marketplace by engaging in improper, unethical, and unfair competition. The amended lawsuit alleges Axon bribed officials and otherwise conspired to secure no-bid contracts for its products in violation of both state law and federal antitrust law. The Company’s lawsuit also seeks monetary and injunctive relief, including treble damages, for these alleged violations.

Axon filed an answer which denied the patent infringement allegations on April 1, 2016. In addition, Axon filed a motion to dismiss all allegations in the complaint on March 4, 2016 for which the Company filed an amended complaint on March 18, 2016 to address certain technical deficiencies in the pleadings. Axon amended and renewed its motion to seek dismissal of the allegations that it had bribed officials and otherwise conspired to secure no-bid contracts for its products in violation of both state law and federal antitrust law on April 1, 2016. Formal discovery commenced on April 12, 2016 with respect to the patent related claims. In January 2017, the Court granted Axon’s motion to dismiss the portion of the lawsuit regarding claims that it had bribed officials and otherwise conspired to secure no-bid contracts for its products in violation of both state law and federal antitrust law. The Company has appealed this decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Company has filed its timely, opening brief; Axon has sought but not yet recieved an extension of time in which to file its own responding brief, and accordingly, the matter has not yet been fully briefed or scheduled for argument.

In December 2016, Axon announced that it had commenced an action in the USPTO forinter partes review (“IPR”) of the Company’s ‘292 Patent. Previously Axon had attempted to invalidate the ‘292 Patent through a re-examination procedure at the USPTO. Axon is again attempting through its recently filed petition to convince the USPTO that Digital Ally’s patents lack patentability. Axon subsequently filed another action for an IPR against the ‘292 Patent and two more petitions against the ‘452 Patent. The USPTO rejected one of Axon’s requests on the ‘292 Patent and instituted an investigation of the other petition. As for the ‘452 Patent, the court rejected both of Axon’s requests on the petition challenging the claims at issue in the lawsuit. Axon is now statutorily precluded from filing any more IPR petitions against either the ‘292 or ‘452 Patents.

The District Court litigation in Kansas has been stayed since the filing of the petitions for IPR, The Court, however, requested an update on the status of the petitions and the Company has provided such an update after the decision was rendered which denied the final ‘452 Patent petition. Because both of Axon’s petitions for an IPR on the ‘452 Patent that related to the claims in the lawsuit were denied, the Company is seeking to lift the stay and proceed with the lawsuit to a trial where the question of infringement and damages can be addressed.

Enforcement Video, LLC d/b/a WatchGuard Video

On May 27, 2016 the Company filed suit against Enforcement Video, LLC d/b/a WatchGuard Video (“WatchGuard”), (Case No. 2:16-cv-02349-JTM-JPO) alleging patent infringement based on WatchGuard’s VISTA Wifi and 4RE In-Car product lines.

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The USPTO has granted multiple patents to the Company with claims covering numerous features, such as automatically activating all deployed cameras in response to the activation of just one camera. Additionally, Digital Ally’s patent claims cover automatic coordination as well as digital synchronization between multiple recording devices. Digital Ally also has patent coverage directed to the coordination between a multi-camera system and an officer’s smartphone, which allows an officer to more readily assess an event on the scene while an event is taking place or immediately after it has occurred.

The Company’s lawsuit alleges that WatchGuard incorporated this patented technology into its VISTA Wifi and 4RE In-Car product lines without its permission. Specifically, Digital Ally is accusing WatchGuard of infringing three patents: the ‘292 and ‘452 Patents and U.S. Patent No. 9,325,950 the (“ ‘950 Patent”). The Company is aggressively challenging WatchGuard’s infringing conduct, seeking both monetary damages, as well as seeking a permanent injunction preventing WatchGuard from continuing to sell its VISTA Wifi and 4RE In-Car product lines using Digital Ally’s own technology to compete against it. On May 8, 2017, Watchguard filed a petition seeking IPR of the ‘950 Patent. The Company will vigorously oppose that petition. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) will not issue a decision on whether to institute that petition until approximately November 2017. The lawsuit has been stayed pending a decision from the USPTO on whether to institute that petition.

Utility Associates, Inc.

On October 25, 2013,31, 2022, the Company filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas (2:13-cv-02550-SAC) to eliminate threats by a competitor, Utility Associates,lawsuit against Culp McAuley, Inc. (“Utility”defendant”), of alleged patent infringement regarding U.S. Patent No. 6,831,556 (the “ ‘556 Patent”). Specifically, the lawsuit seeks a declaration that the Company’s mobile video surveillance systems do not infringe any claim of the ‘556 Patent. The Company became aware that Utility had mailed letters to current and prospective purchasers of its mobile video surveillance systems threatening that the use of such systems purchased from third parties not licensed to the ‘556 Patent would create liability for them for patent infringement. The Company rejected Utility’s assertion and is vigorously defending the right of end-users to purchase such systems from providers other than Utility. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas dismissed the lawsuit because it decided that Kansas was not the proper jurisdictional forum for the dispute. The District Court’s decision was not a ruling on the merits of the case. The Company appealed the decision and the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court’s previous decision.

In addition, the Company began proceedings to invalidate the ‘556 Patent through a request for IPR of the ‘556 patent at the USPTO. On July 27, 2015, the USPTO invalidated key claims in Utility’s ‘556 Patent. The Final Decision from the USPTO significantly curtails Utility’s ability to threaten law enforcement agencies, municipalities, and others with infringement of the ‘556 Patent. Utility appealed this decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Utility’s appeal and therefore confirmed the ruling of the USPTO. This denial of Utility’s appeal finalized the USPTO’s ruling in the Company’s favor and the matter is now concluded.

On June 6, 2014 the Company filed an Unfair Competition lawsuit against Utility in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. InThe lawsuit arises from the lawsuit it contends that Utility has defameddefendant’s multiple breaches of its obligations to the Company. The Company seeks monetary damages and injunctive relief based on certain conduct by the defendant. On July 18, 2022, the defendant filed its Answer to the Company’s Verified Complaint and included Counterclaims alleging breach of contract and seeking monetary damages. On August 8, 2022, the Company filed its Reply and illegally interfered with its contracts, customer relationships and business expectanciesAffirmative Defenses to the Counterclaims by, falsely asserting to its customers and others that its products violate the ‘556 Patent, of which Utility claims to be the holder.

The suit also includes claims against Utility for tortious interference with contracts and violation of the Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (KUSTA), arising out of Utility’s employment of the Company’s employees, in violation of that employee’s Non-Competition and Confidentiality agreements with the Company. In addition to damages, the Company seeks temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief, prohibiting Utility from, among other things, continuingdenying the allegations and any and all liability.

As of June 30, 2023, we are able to threatenestimate a range of reasonably possible loss related to the Culp McCauley case, our estimate of the aggregate reasonably possible loss (in excess of any accrued amounts) was approximately $1.8 million. Our estimate with respect to the aggregate reasonably possible loss is based upon currently available information and is subject to significant judgment and a variety of assumptions and known and unknown uncertainties, which may change quickly and significantly from time to time, particularly if and as we engage with applicable governmental agencies or otherwise interfereplaintiffs in connection with a proceeding. Also, the Company’s customers. On March 4, 2015, an initial hearing was held uponmatters underlying the Company’s request for injunctive relief.reasonably possible loss will change from time to time. As a result, actual results may vary significantly from the current estimate.

Based upon facts revealed atWhile the March 4, 2015 hearing,ultimate resolution is unknown, based on March 16, 2015, the Company sought leave to amend its Complaintinformation currently available, we do not expect that these lawsuits will individually, or in the Kansas suitaggregate, have a material adverse effect to assert additional claims against Utility. Those new claims include claimsour results of actualoperations, financial condition or attempted monopolization,cash flows. However, the outcome of any litigation is inherently uncertain and there can be no assurance that any expense, liability or damages that may ultimately result from the resolution of these matters will be covered by our insurance or will not be in violationexcess of § 2 of the Sherman Act, claims arising underamounts recognized or provided by insurance coverage and will not have a new Georgia statute that prohibits threats of patent infringement in “bad faith,” and additional claims of unfair competition/false advertising in violation of § 63(a) of the Lanham Act. As these statutes expressly provide, the Company will seek treble damages, punitive damages and attorneys’ fees as well as injunctive relief. The Court concluded its hearingmaterial adverse effect on April 22, 2015, and allowed the Company leave to amend its complaint, but denied its preliminary injunction. The discovery stage of the lawsuit expired in May 2016. Utility filed a Motion for Summary Judgment and the Company filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. On March 30, 2017, the Court entered its order granting Utility’s motion and denying the Company’s motion for summary judgment in their entireties. The Company believes the District Court made several errors when ruling on the motions for summary judgment in light of the USPTO’s final decision issued on July 27, 2015 and the various facts and admissions already presented to such Court and has filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Oral arguments are set to occur on January 17, 2018.our operating results, financial condition or cash flows.

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On September 13, 2014, Utility filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against the Company alleging infringement of the ‘556 Patent. The suit was served on the Company on September 20, 2014. As alleged in the Company’s first filed lawsuit described above, the Company believes that the ‘556 Patent is both invalid and not infringed. Further, the USPTO has issued its final decision invalidating 23 of the 25 claims asserted in the ‘556 Patent, as noted above. The Company believes that the suit filed by Utility is without merit and is vigorously defending the claims asserted against the Company. An adverse resolution of the foregoing litigation or patent proceedings could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity. The Court stayed all proceedings with respect to this lawsuit pending the outcome of the patent review performed by the USPTO and the appellate court. Based on the USPTO’s final decision to invalidate substantially all claims contained in the ‘556 Patent and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit full denial of Utility’s appeal, the Company intends to file for summary judgment in its favor if Utility does not request outright dismissal.

The Company is also involved as a plaintiff and defendant in ordinary, routine litigation and administrative proceedings incidental to its business from time to time, including customer collections, vendor and employment-related matters. The Company believes the likely outcome of any other pending cases and proceedings will not be material to its business or its financial condition.

Sponsorship.On April 16, 2015 the Company entered into a Title Sponsorship Agreement (the “Agreement”) under which it became the title sponsor for a Web.com Tour golf tournament (the “Tournament”) held annually in the Kansas City Metropolitan area. The Agreement provides the Company with naming rights and other benefits for the 2015 through 2019 annual Tournament in exchange for the following sponsorship fee:

Year Sponsorship
fee
 
2015 $375,000 
2016 $475,000 
2017 $475,000 
2018 $500,000 
2019 $500,000 

The Company has the right to sell and retain the proceeds from the sale of additional sponsorships, including but not limited to a presenting sponsorship, a concert sponsorship and founding partnerships for the Tournament. The Company recorded a net sponsorship expense of $256,452 and $497,235 for the three months ended September 30, 2017, and 2016, respectively, and $263,047 and $499,271, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

401 (k) Plan.In July 2008, the Company amended and restated its 401(k) retirement savings plan. The amended plan requires the Company to provide 100% matching contributions for employees who elect to contribute up to 3% of their compensation to the plan and 50% matching contributions for employee’s elective deferrals on the next 2% of their contributions. The Company has made matching contributions totaling $43,455 and $46,346 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $137,781 and $135,058 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Each participant is 100% vested at all times in employee and employer matching contributions.

Consulting and Distributor Agreements.The Company entered into an agreement that requires it to make monthly payments which will be applied to future commissions and/or consulting fees to be earned by the provider. The agreement is with a limited liability company (“LLC”) that is minority owned by a relative of the Company’s chief financial officer. Under the agreement, dated January 15, 2016, the LLC provides consulting services for developing a new distribution channel outside of law enforcement for its body-worn camera and related cloud storage products to customers in the United States. The Company paid the LLC and advance against commissions ranging from $5,000 to $6,000 per month plus necessary and reasonable expenses for a period of one year beginning January 2016, which can be automatically extended based on the LLC achieving minimum sales quotas. The agreement was renewed in January 2017 for a period of three years, subject to yearly minimum sales thresholds that would allow the Company to terminate the contract if such minimums are not met. As of September 30, 2017, the Company had advanced a total of $301,115 pursuant to this agreement.

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NOTE 11. 13. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company recorded pretaxpre-tax compensation expense related to the grant of stock options and restricted stock issued of $478,863$179,482 and $422,246,$294,331 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, and $981,652$321,779 and $1,203,312$776,350 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively.

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, the Company had adopted seventen separate stock option and restricted stock plans: (i) the 2005 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2005 Plan”), (ii) the 2006 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2006 Plan”), (iii) the 2007 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2007 Plan”), (iv) the 2008 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2008 Plan”), (v) the 2011 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2011 Plan”), (vi) the 2013 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2013 Plan”) and, (vii) the 2015 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2015 Plan”), (viii) the 2018 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2018 Plan”), (ix) the 2020 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2020 Plan”), and (x) the 2022 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2022 Plan”). The 2005 Plan, 2006 Plan, 2007 Plan, 2008 Plan, 2011 Plan, 2013 Plan, 2015 Plan, 2018 Plan, 2020 Plan and 20152022 Plan are referred to as the “Plans.”

These Plans permit the grant of stock options or restricted stock to its employees, non-employee directors and others for up to a total of 2,425,000333,750 shares of common stock.Common Stock. The 2005 Plan terminated during 2015 with 281,078 shares not awarded or underlying options, which shares are now unavailable for issuance. Stock options granted under the 2005 Plan that remain unexercised and outstanding as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 total 18,563.284. The 2006 Plan terminated during 2016 with 4,5052,739 shares not awarded or underlying options, which shares are now unavailable for issuance. Stock options granted under the 2006 Plan that remain unexercised and outstanding as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 total 62,080.531. The 2007 Plan terminated during 2017 with 48,5004,733 shares not awarded or underlying options, which shares are now unavailable for issuance. StockThere are no stock options granted under the 2007 Plan that remain unexercised and outstanding as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017 total 41,875.2023. The 2008 Plan terminated during 2018 with 2,025 shares not awarded or underlying options, which shares are now unavailable for issuance. There are no stock options granted under the 2008 Plan that remain unexercised and outstanding as of June 30, 2023.

Stock option grants.The Company believes that such awards better align the interests of our employees with those of its stockholders. Option awards have been granted with an exercise price equal to the market price of its stock at the date of grant with such option awards generally vesting based on the completion of continuous service and having ten-year contractual terms. These option awards typically provide for accelerated vesting if there is a change in control (as defined in the Plans). The Company has registered all shares of common stockCommon Stock that are issuable under its Plans with the SEC. A total of 86,363137,042 shares remained available for awards under the various Plans as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023.

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option valuation model. There were 100,000

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A summary of all stock options issued duringoption activity under the ninePlans for the six months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023 is as follows:

SUMMARY OF STOCK OPTIONS OUTSTANDING

Options 

Number of

Shares

  

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price

 
Outstanding at December 31, 2022  53,950  $45.80 
Granted      
Exercised      
Forfeited  (350)  (83.20)
Outstanding at June 30, 2023  53,600  $45.55 
Exercisable at June 30, 2023  53,600  $45.55 

Activity in the various Plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is reflected in the following table:

Options Number of
Shares
  Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2017  362,440  $18.46 
Granted  100,000   3.00 
Exercised      
Forfeited  (52,609)  (12.02)
Outstanding at September 30, 2017  409,831  $14.65 
Exercisable at September 30, 2017  301,031  $19.84 
Weighted-average fair value for options granted during the period at fair value  100,000  $2.49 

The Plans allow for the cashless exercise of stock options. This provision allows the option holder to surrender/cancel options with an intrinsic value equivalent to the purchase/exercise price of other options exercised. There were no shares surrendered pursuant to cashless exercises during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023 and 2022.

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At September 30, 2017, theThe aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding was approximately $-0-$-0- and $-0-, at June 30, 2023 and theDecember 31, 2022, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable was approximately $-0-. No options were exercised in the nine months ended September$-0- and $-0-, at June 30, 2017.2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, the unrecognized portion of stock compensation expense on all existing stock options was $218,034, which will be recognized over the next ten months.$-0-.

The following table summarizes the range of exercise prices and weighted average remaining contractual life for outstanding and exercisable options under the Company’s option plans as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017:2023:

SCHEDULE OF SHARES AUTHORIZED UNDER STOCK OPTION PLANS BY EXERCISE PRICE RANGE

    Outstanding options  Exercisable options 
 

Exercise price

range

   Number of
options
   

Weighted average

remaining

contractual life

   Number of
options
   

Weighted average

remaining

contractual life

 
                   
$0.01 to $49.99   37,000   7.1 years   37,000   7.1 years 
$50.00 to $69.99   15,100   5.0 years   15,100   5.0 years 
$70.00 to $89.99   1,500   2.9 years   1,500   2.9 years 
                   
     53,600   6.4 years   53,600   6.4 years 

 

     Outstanding options  Exercisable options
 Exercise price
range
   Number of
options
  Weighted average
remaining
contractual life
  Number of
options
  Weighted average
remaining
contractual life
               
$0.01 to $3.99   198,124  8.4 years  89,324  6.8 years
$4.00 to $6.99   34,125  5.0 years  34,125  5.0 years
$7.00 to $9.99   18,444  4.0 years  18,444  4.0 years
$10.00 to $12.99   6,200  1.7 years  6,200  1.7 years
$13.00 to $15.99   51,438  2.9 years  51,438  2.9 years
$16.00 to $18.99     0.0 years    0.0 years
$19.00 to $29.99   6,500  1.8 years  6,500  1.8 years
$30.00 to $55.00   95,000  0.2 years  95,000  0.2 years
     409,831  5.1 years  301,031  3.5 years

Restricted stock grants. The Board of Directors has granted restricted stock awards under the Plans. Restricted stock awards are valued on the date of grant and have no purchase price for the recipient. Restricted stock awards typically vest over nine monthsone to fourfive years corresponding to anniversaries of the grant date. Under the Plans, unvested shares of restricted stock awards may be forfeited upon the termination of service to or employment with the Company, depending upon the circumstances of termination. Except for restrictions placed on the transferability of restricted stock, holders of unvested restricted stock have full stockholder’s rights, including voting rights and the right to receive cash dividends.

A summary of all restricted stock activity under the equity compensation plansPlans for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 is as follows:

SUMMARY OF RESTRICTED STOCK ACTIVITY

 Number of Restricted shares Weighted average
grant date fair
value
  

Number of Restricted

shares

 

Weighted

average

grant date
fair value

 
Nonvested balance, January 1, 2017  495,300  $5.75 
Nonvested balance, December 31, 2022  79,125  $21.73 
Granted  522,000   3.80   35,000   5.00 
Vested  (136,750)  (6.47)  (26,375)  (35.83)
Forfeited  (9,200)  (6.47)  (3,625)  (22.41)
Nonvested balance, September 30, 2017  871,350  $5.78 
Nonvested balance, June 30, 2023  84,125  $10.33 

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The Company estimated the fair market value of these restricted stock grants based on the closing market price on the date of grant. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, there were $2,193,353$298,313 of total unrecognized compensation costs related to all remaining non-vested restricted stock grants, which will be amortized over the next 39fifty-two months in accordance with thetheir respective vesting scale.

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The nonvested balance of restricted stock vests as follows:

SCHEDULE OF NON-VESTED BALANCE OF RESTRICTED STOCK

Year ended December 31, Number of
shares
 
    
2017 (October 1 through December 31)  55,300 
2018  505,450 
2019  289,100 
2020  21,500 
Years ended 

Number of shares

 
    
2023 (July 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023)  30,250 
2024  27,750 
2025  19,000 
2026  4,125 
2027  2,000 
2028  1,000 

NOTE 12. 14. COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANTS

2021 Purchase Warrants

The Company has issued common stockCommon Stock purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) in conjunction with various debt and equity issuances. The Warrantswarrants are either immediately exercisable or have a delayed initial exercise date, no more than six months from their respective issue date and allow the holders to purchase up to 3,013,4661,148,286 shares of common stock at $2.75$5.50 to $16.50$52.00 per share as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017. 2023. The Warrantswarrants expire from July 22, 201731, 2023 through September 30, 2022April 5, 2028 and under certain circumstances allow for cashless exercise.

  Warrants  Weighted
average
exercise price
 
Vested Balance, January 1, 2017  2,379,290  $10.47 
Granted  1,334,000   3.37 
Exercised  (60,000)  3.00 
Cancelled  (639,824)  13,43 
Vested Balance, September 30, 2017  3,013,466  $6.84 

On January 14, 2021 and February 1, 2021, the Company issued warrants to purchase a total of 2,127,500 shares of Common Stock. The warrant terms provide for net cash settlement outside the control of the Company under certain circumstances in the event of tender offers. As such, the Company is required to treat these warrants as derivative liabilities which are valued at their estimated fair value at their issuance date and at each reporting date with any subsequent changes reported in the consolidated statements of operations as the change in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities. Furthermore, the Company re-values the fair value of warrant derivative liability as of the date the warrant is exercised with the resulting warrant derivative liability transitioned to change in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities through the consolidated statement of operations.

On August 19, 2021, the Company entered into a Warrant Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with the Investors cancelling February Warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 384,077 shares of Common Stock (the “February Warrants”) in consideration for its issuance of (i) new warrants (the “Exchange Warrants”) to the Investors exercisable for an aggregate of up to 384,077 shares of Common Stock. The Company also issued warrants (the “Replacement Original Warrants”) replacing the February Warrants for the remaining shares of Common Stock exercisable thereunder, representing an aggregate of 330,923 shares of Common Stock, and extended the expiration date of the February Warrants to September 18, 2026. The Exchange Warrants provide for an initial exercise price of $65.00 per share, subject to customary adjustments thereunder, and are immediately exercisable upon issuance for cash and on a cashless basis. On the date of the exchange, the Company calculated the fair value, using the Black-Scholes method, of the cancelled February Warrants and the newly issued Exchange Warrants, the difference in fair value measurement of the respective warrants was attributed to warrant modification expense in the consolidated statement of operations.

On the date of the exchange, the February Warrants and Exchange Warrants were valued at $11,818,644 and $12,114,424 using the original and modified expiry date of the warrants, respectively, using the Black-Scholes method. The difference of $295,780 was accordingly recorded as a warrant modification expense in the consolidated statement of operations.

SCHEDULE OF WARRANT MODIFICATION

  Original terms at August 19, 2021  Modified terms at August 19, 2021 
Volatility - range  109.3%  104.7%
Risk-free rate  0.78%  0.78%
Dividend  0%  0%
Remaining contractual term  4.5 years   5.1 years 
Exercise price $65.00  $65.00 
Common stock issuable under the warrants  715,000   715,000 

On August 23, 2022, the Company entered into Warrant Exchange Agreements (the “Warrant Exchange Agreements”) with certain investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to the Investors an aggregate of 303,750 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the cancellation by the Investors of the January Warrants, the Exchange Warrants and the Replacement Originals Warrants. On the date of the exchange, the Company calculated the fair value of the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Warrant Exchange Agreements, attributing that value to Common Stock and additional paid in capital. The remaining value of the warrant derivative liability was attributed to an income from change in fair market value of warrant derivative liabilities and gain on extinguishment of warrant derivative liabilities in the consolidated statement of operations. On the date of the Warrant Exchange Agreement, using the Black-Scholes method, the fair value of the warrant derivative liability was $8.1 million, compared to $9.3 million at June 30, 2022, resulting in income from change in fair market value of warrant derivative liabilities of $1.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2022. Further, the value of the issued shares of Common Stock was $4.5 million, applied to additional paid in capital, resulting in a gain on the extinguishment of warrant derivative liabilities of $3.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2022.

  Terms at
August 23, 2022
 
Volatility - range  103.7%
Risk-free rate  3.17 - 3.36%
Dividend  0%
Remaining contractual term  3.4 - 4.1 years 
Exercise price $65.00 
Common stock issuable under the warrants  1,215,000 

Fluctuations in the Company’s stock price is a primary driver for the changes in the derivative valuations during each reporting period. As the stock price increases for each of the related derivative instruments, the value to the holder of the instrument generally increases, therefore increasing the liability on the Company’s balance sheet. Additionally, stock price volatility is one of the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of each of the Company’s derivative instruments. The simulated fair value of these liabilities is sensitive to changes in the Company’s expected volatility. Increases in expected volatility would generally result in higher fair value measurement. A 10% change in pricing inputs and changes in volatilities and correlation factors would not result in a material change in our Level 3 fair value.

2023 Purchase Warrants

On April 5, 2023, the Company issued warrants to purchase a total of 1,125,000 shares of Common Stock. The warrant terms provide for net cash settlement outside the control of the Company under certain circumstances. As such, the Company is required to treat these warrants as derivative liabilities which are valued at their estimated fair value at their issuance date and at each reporting date with any subsequent changes reported in the consolidated statements of operations as the change in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities. Furthermore, the Company re-values the fair value of warrant derivative liability as of the date the warrant is exercised with the resulting warrant derivative liability transitioned to change in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities through the consolidated statement of operations.

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The Company has utilized the following assumptions in its Black-Scholes option valuation model to calculate the estimated fair value of the warrant derivative liabilities as of their date of issuance and as of June 30, 2023:

  Issuance date assumptions  June 30, 2023 assumptions 
Volatility - range  106.0%  106.2%
Risk-free rate  3.36%  4.13%
Dividend  0%  0%
Remaining contractual term  5.0 years   4.8 years 
Exercise price $5.50 - 7.50  $5.50 - 7.50 
Common stock issuable under the warrants  1,125,000   1,125,000 

The following table summarizes information about shares issuable under warrants outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2023:

SUMMARY OF WARRANT ACTIVITY

  Warrants  

Weighted

average

exercise price

 
Vested Balance, January 1, 2023  67,459  $60.26 
Granted  1,125,000   6.50 
Exercised      
Forfeited/cancelled  (44,173)  (64.62)
Vested Balance, June 30, 2023  1,148,286  $7.42 

The total intrinsic value of all outstanding Warrantswarrants aggregated $-0-$-0- as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172023, and the weighted average remaining term is 46fifty-six months.

The following table summarizes the range of exercise prices and weighted average remaining contractual life for outstanding and exercisable Warrantswarrants to purchase shares of Common Stock as of June 30, 2023:

SUMMARY OF RANGE OF EXERCISE PRICES AND WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING CONTRACTUAL LIFE OF WARRANTS

    Outstanding and exercisable warrants 
 Exercise price   Number of
warrants
   

Weighted average

remaining contractual life

 
$52.00   23,286   0.1 years 
$5.50   375,000   4.8 years 
$6.50   375,000   4.8 years 
$7.50   375,000   4.8 years 
           
     1,148,286   4.7 years 

NOTE 15. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

2023 Issuance of Restricted Common Stock

On January 10, 2023, the board of directors approved the grant of 22,500 shares of Common Stock to officers of the Company. Such shares will generally vest over a period of one to five years on their respective anniversary dates in January through January 2028, provided that each grantee remains an officer or employee on such dates. Additionally, the board of directors approved the grant of 12,500 restricted common shares to certain new employees of the Company. Such shares will generally vest over a period of one to two years on their respective anniversary dates in January through January 2025, provided that each grantee remains an employee of the company on such dates.

Reverse Stock Split

On February 6, 2023, we filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to effect a 1-for-20 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the shares of our Common Stock. The Reverse Stock Split was effective as of September 30, 2017:time of filing. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Any fractional shares of our Common Stock that would have otherwise resulted from the Reverse Stock Split were rounded up to the nearest whole number. In connection with the Reverse Stock Split, our board approved appropriate and proportional adjustments to all outstanding securities or other rights convertible or exercisable into shares of our Common Stock, including, without limitation, all preferred stock, warrants, options, and other equity compensation rights. All historical share and per-share amounts reflected throughout our consolidated financial statements and other financial information in this Report have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split as if the split occurred as of the earliest period presented. The par value per share of our Common Stock was not affected by the Reverse Stock Split.

     Outstanding and exercisable warrants
Exercise price   Number of options  Weighted average
remaining
contractual life
$2.75   100,000  5.0 years
$2.75   12,200  1.9 years
$3.36   680,000  5.4 years
$3.36   200,000  4.4 years
$3.65   200,000  4.7 years
$3.75   94,000  4.9 years
$5.00   800,000  4.2 years
$8.50   42,500  1.1 years
$13.43   879,766  3.3 years
$16.50   5,000  2.8 years
$16.50       
     3,013,466  3.8 years

As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, no fractional shares of new common stock will be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split, all of which shares of new common stock shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number of such shares. Therefore, the Company issued 24,206 shares pursuant to Reverse Stock Split related to rounding up to the nearest whole number of shares. 

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Noncontrolling Interests

The Company owns a 51% equity interest in its consolidated subsidiary, Nobility Healthcare. As a result, the noncontrolling shareholders or minority interest is allocated 49% of the income/loss of Nobility Healthcare which is reflected in the statement of (income) loss as “net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests of consolidated subsidiary”. We reported net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of consolidated subsidiary of $72,754 and $383,326 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, and $198,993and $285,232 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Noncontrolling Interests

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company cancelled 3,625 shares for various reasons.

Conversion of Convertible Note

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, pursuant to the Convertible Note, the Purchasers elected to convert $125,000 principal, at the fixed price of $5.00 per share of common stock, 25,000 shares valued at $119,750.

NOTE 13. 16. NET LOSSEARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

The calculationscalculation of the weighted average number of shares outstanding and loss per share outstanding for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING AND LOSS PER SHARE OUTSTANDING

  2023  2022  2023  2022 
  

For the three months ended
June 30,

  For the six months ended
June 30,
 
  2023  2022  2023  2022 
Numerator for basic and diluted income per share – Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(8,393,304) $(1,065,513) $(14,499,122) $(7,665,662)
                 
Denominator for basic loss per share – weighted average shares outstanding  2,785,663   2,432,872   2,768,683   2,489,378 
Dilutive effect of shares issuable under stock options and warrants outstanding            
                 
Denominator for diluted loss per share – adjusted weighted average shares outstanding  2,785,663   2,432,872   2,768,683   2,489,378 
                 
Net loss per share:                
Basic $(3.01) $(0.44) $(5.24) $(3.08)
Diluted $(3.01) $(0.44) $(5.24) $(3.08)

  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
Numerator for basic and diluted income per share – Net loss $(3,493,306) $(3,255,579) $(7,852,784) $(8,433,788)
Denominator for basic loss per share – weighted average shares outstanding  6,249,116   5,380,855   5,851,428   5,315,646 
Dilutive effect of shares issuable under stock options and warrants outstanding            
Denominator for diluted loss per share – adjusted weighted average shares outstanding  6,249,116   5,380,855   5,851,428   5,315,646 
Net income (loss) per share:                
Basic $(0.56) $(0.61) $(1.34) $(1.59)
Diluted $(0.56) $(0.61) $(1.34) $(1.59)

Basic lossincome (loss) per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. For the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, all shares issuable upon conversion of convertible debt and the exercise of outstanding stock options to purchase common stockand warrants were antidilutive, and, therefore, not included in the computation of diluted net lossincome (loss) per share.

NOTE 17. DIGITAL ALLY HEALTHCARE VENTURE

On June 4, 2021, Digital Ally Healthcare, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a venture with Nobility LLC (“Nobility”), an eight-year-old revenue cycle management (“RCM”) company servicing the medical industry, to form Nobility Healthcare, LLC (“Nobility Healthcare”). Digital Ally Healthcare is capitalizing the venture with $13.5 million to support the venture’s business strategy to make acquisitions of RCM companies. Digital Ally Healthcare owns 51% of the venture that entitles it to 51% of the distributable cash as defined in the venture’s operating agreement plus a cumulative preferred return of 10% per annum on its invested capital. Nobility will receive a management fee and 49% of the distributable cash, subordinated to Digital Ally Healthcare’s preferred return. The venture comprises the Company’s revenue cycle management segment.

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On June 30, 2021, the Company’s revenue cycle management segment completed the acquisition of a private medical billing company (the “Healthcare Acquisition”). In accordance with the stock purchase agreement, the Company’s revenue cycle management segment agreed to a non-refundable initial payment (the “June Initial Payment Amount”) of $850,000. In addition to the June Initial Payment Amount, the Company’s revenue cycle management segment agreed to issue a promissory note to the stockholders of the Healthcare Acquisition in the principal amount of $350,000 that is subject to an earn-out adjustment. Management’s estimate of the fair value of this contingent promissory note at December 31, 2021 is $317,212. The gain associated with the adjustment in the estimated fair value of this contingent promissory note is recorded as a gain in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. Lastly, the Company’s revenue cycle management segment agreed to pay $162,552 representing the principal and accrued interest balance due under a promissory note issued to the selling shareholders prior to the acquisition closing date. The Company’s revenue cycle management segment anticipates the estimated fair value of the contingent promissory note to be paid in full and, therefore, the total aggregate purchase price was determined to be approximately $1,376,509. Total acquisition related costs aggregated $164,630, which was expensed as incurred. Subsequent to the acquisition date, the Company received further information regarding the purchased assets and assumed liabilities. As a result, the initial allocation of the purchase price was adjusted by increasing accounts receivable by $75,000 with a corresponding reduction of goodwill during the year ended December 31, 2021.

The Company accounts for business combinations using the acquisition method and the Company has early adopted the amendments of Regulation S-X dated May 21, 2020 and has concluded that this acquisition was not significant. Accordingly, the presentation of the assets acquired, historical financial statements under Rule 3-05 and related pro forma information under Article 11 of Regulation S-X, respectively, are not required to be presented. Under the acquisition method, the purchase price of the Healthcare Acquisition has been allocated to the acquired tangible and identifiable intangible assets and assumed liabilities based on their estimated fair values at the time of the Healthcare Acquisition. This allocation involves a number of assumptions, estimates, and judgments that could materially affect the timing or amounts recognized in our financial statements. Our assumptions and estimates are based upon information obtained from the management of the Company’s revenue cycle management segment. The acquisition was structured as stock purchase, therefore the excess purchase price over the fair value of net tangible assets acquired was recorded as goodwill, which will not be amortized for income tax filing purposes. The results of operations of acquired businesses are included in the consolidated financial statements from the acquisition date.

The purchase price of the Healthcare Acquisition was allocated to the tangible assets, and assumed liabilities based on their preliminary estimated fair values at the time of the Healthcare Acquisition. The preliminary and final estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Healthcare Acquisition were as follows:

SCHEDULE OF PRELIMINARY FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS ACQUIRED AND LIABILITIES ACQUISITION

Description Preliminary
as allocated
June 30, 2021
  Final
as allocated
June 30, 2022
 
  Purchase price allocation 
Description Preliminary
as allocated
June 30, 2021
  Final
as allocated
June 30, 2022
 
Assets acquired:        
Tangible assets acquired, consisting of acquired cash, accounts receivable and right of use asset $174,351  $174,351 
Intangible assets acquired – Client Agreements $174,351  $174,351 
Intangible assets acquired – client agreements     457,079 
Goodwill  1,125,000   667,921 
Liabilities assumed consisting of a promissory note issued by the selling shareholders which was paid off at closing, net of lease liability assumed  77,158   77,158 
Liabilities assumed pursuant to stock purchase agreement  77,158   77,158 
Net assets acquired and liabilities assumed $1,376,509  $1,376,509 
Consideration:        
Cash paid at Healthcare Acquisition date $1,026,509  $1,026,509 
Contingent consideration earn-out agreement  350,000   350,000 
         
Total Healthcare Acquisition purchase price $1,376,509  $1,376,509 

The following table sets forth the components of identifiable intangible assets acquired and their estimated useful lives in years as of the date of acquisition:

SCHEDULE OF IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS ACQUIRED AND THEIR ESTIMATED USEFUL LIVES

  Cost  Amortization through
June 30, 2023
  Estimated
useful life
Identifiable intangible assets:          
Client agreements $457,079  $91,415  10 years

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For the period from the date of the Healthcare Acquisition to June 30, 2022, the Company adjusted its preliminary fair value estimates and estimated useful lives based upon information obtained through June 30, 2022, which resulted in adjustments to the preliminary allocation of the purchase price. These adjustments primarily related to estimated identifiable intangible asset fair values of client agreements and goodwill.

During the measurement period (which is the period required to obtain all necessary information that existed at the acquisition date, or to conclude that such information is unavailable, not to exceed one year), additional assets or liabilities may be recognized, or there could be changes to the amounts of assets or liabilities previously recognized on a preliminary basis, if new information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have resulted in the recognition of these assets or liabilities as of that date. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration is more fully described in Note 3, “Debt Obligations”.

On August 31, 2021, the Company’s revenue cycle management segment completed the acquisition of another private medical billing company (the “Medical Billing Acquisition”). In accordance with the stock purchase agreement, Nobility Healthcare agreed to a non-refundable initial payment (the “August Initial Payment Amount”) of $2,270,000. In addition to the August Initial Payment Amount, the Company’s revenue cycle management segment agreed to issue a contingent promissory note to the stockholders of the Medical Billing Acquisition in the principal amount of $650,000 that is subject to an earn-out adjustment. The Company’s revenue cycle management segment anticipates the estimated fair value of the contingent promissory note to be paid in full, therefore, the total aggregate purchase price was determined to be approximately $2,920,000. Total acquisition related costs aggregated $5,602, which was expensed as incurred.

The Company accounts for business combinations using the acquisition method and that the Company has early adopted the amendments of Regulation S-X dated May 21, 2020 and has concluded that this acquisition was not significant. Accordingly, the presentation of the assets acquired, historical financial statements under Rule 3-05 and related pro forma information under Article 11 of Regulation S-X, respectively, are not required to be presented. Under the acquisition method, the purchase price of the Medical Billing Acquisition has been allocated to the acquired tangible and identifiable intangible assets and assumed liabilities based on their estimated fair values at the time of the Medical Billing Acquisition. This allocation involves a number of assumptions, estimates, and judgments that could materially affect the timing or amounts recognized in our financial statements. The acquisition was structured as stock purchase, therefore the excess purchase price over the fair value of net tangible assets acquired was recorded as goodwill, which will not be amortized for income tax filing purposes. The results of operations of acquired businesses are included in the consolidated financial statements from the acquisition date.

The purchase price of the Medical Billing Acquisition was allocated to the tangible assets, and assumed liabilities based on their preliminary estimated fair values at the time of the Medical Billing Acquisition. The preliminary and final estimated fair value of assets acquired, and liabilities assumed in the Medical Billing Acquisition were as follows:

SCHEDULE OF PRELIMINARY FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS ACQUIRED AND LIABILITIES ACQUISITION

  Preliminary As
allocated
  Final As
allocated
 
  Purchase price
allocation
 
  Preliminary As
allocated
  Final As
allocated
 
Description September 30, 2021  September 30, 2022 
Assets acquired:        
Tangible assets acquired $401,547  $401,547 
Identifiable intangible assets acquired – client agreements     206,955 
Goodwill  2,920,000   2,713,045 
Liabilities assumed pursuant to stock purchase agreement  (401,547)  (401,547)
Net assets acquired and liabilities assumed $2,920,000  $2,920,000 
Consideration:        
Cash paid at Healthcare Acquisition date $2,270,000  $2,270,000 
Contingent consideration earn-out agreement  650,000   650,000 
         
Total Healthcare Acquisition purchase price $2,920,000  $2,920,000 

The following table sets forth the components of identifiable intangible assets acquired and their estimated useful lives in years as of the date of acquisition:

SCHEDULE OF IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSET ACQUIRED AND THEIR ESTIMATED USEFUL LIVES

  Cost  Amortization through
June 30, 2023
  Estimated
useful life
Identifiable intangible assets:          
Client agreements $206,955  $37,942  10 years

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For the period from the date of the Healthcare Acquisition to August 31, 2022, the Company adjusted its preliminary fair value estimates and estimated useful lives based upon information obtained through August 31, 2022, which resulted in adjustments to the preliminary allocation of the purchase price. These adjustments primarily related to estimated identifiable intangible asset fair values of client agreements and goodwill.

During the measurement period (which is the period required to obtain all necessary information that existed at the acquisition date, or to conclude that such information is unavailable, not to exceed one year), additional assets or liabilities may be recognized, or there could be changes to the amounts of assets or liabilities previously recognized on a preliminary basis, if new information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have resulted in the recognition of these assets or liabilities as of that date. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration is more fully described in Note 3, “Debt Obligations”.

On January 1, 2022, the Company’s revenue cycle management segment completed the acquisition of another private medical billing company (the “Medical Billing Acquisition”). In accordance with the stock purchase agreement, Nobility Healthcare agreed to a non-refundable initial payment (the “January Initial Payment Amount”) of $1,153,626. In addition to the January Initial Payment Amount, the Company’s revenue cycle management segment agreed to issue a contingent promissory note to the stockholders of the Medical Billing Acquisition in the principal amount of $750,000 that is subject to an earn-out adjustment. The Company’s revenue cycle management segment anticipates the estimated fair value of the contingent promissory note to be paid in full, therefore, the total aggregate purchase price was determined to be approximately $1,903,626. Total acquisition related costs aggregated $7,996, which was expensed as incurred.

The Company accounts for business combinations using the acquisition method and that the Company has early adopted the amendments of Regulation S-X dated May 21, 2020 and has concluded that this acquisition was not significant. Accordingly, the presentation of the assets acquired, historical financial statements under Rule 3-05 and related pro forma information under Article 11 of Regulation S-X, respectively, are not required to be presented. Under the acquisition method, the purchase price of the Medical Billing Acquisition has been allocated to the acquired tangible and identifiable intangible assets and assumed liabilities based on their estimated fair values at the time of the Medical Billing Acquisition. This allocation involves a number of assumptions, estimates, and judgments that could materially affect the timing or amounts recognized in our financial statements. The acquisition was structured as stock purchase, therefore the excess purchase price over the fair value of net tangible assets acquired was recorded as goodwill, which will not be amortized for income tax filing purposes. The results of operations of acquired businesses are included in the consolidated financial statements from the acquisition date.

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The purchase price of the Medical Billing Acquisition was allocated to the tangible assets, and assumed liabilities based on their preliminary estimated fair values at the time of the Medical Billing Acquisition. There was no change from the preliminary estimated fair value to the final estimated fair value of assets acquired, and liabilities assumed in the Healthcare Acquisition, those value were as follows:

SCHEDULE OF PRELIMINARY FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS ACQUIRED AND LIABILITIES ACQUISITION

Description 

Final purchase

price allocation

 
Assets acquired:    
Tangible assets acquired $190,631 
Goodwill  2,100,000 
Liabilities assumed pursuant to stock purchase agreement  (387,005)
Total assets acquired and liabilities assumed $1,903,626 
Consideration:    
Cash paid at acquisition date $1,153,626 
Contingent consideration promissory note  750,000 
     
Total acquisition purchase price $1,903,626 

During the measurement period (which is the period required to obtain all necessary information that existed at the acquisition date, or to conclude that such information is unavailable, not to exceed one year), additional assets or liabilities may be recognized, or there could be changes to the amounts of assets or liabilities previously recognized on a preliminary basis, if new information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have resulted in the recognition of these assets or liabilities as of that date. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration is more fully described in Note 3, “Debt Obligations”.

On February 1, 2022, the Company’s revenue cycle management segment completed an asset acquisition from another private medical billing company (the “Medical Billing Asset Acquisition”). In accordance with the asset purchase agreement, Nobility Healthcare agreed to a non-refundable initial payment (the “February Initial Payment Amount”) of $230,000. In addition to the February Initial Payment Amount, the Company’s revenue cycle management segment agreed to issue a contingent promissory note to the stockholders of the Medical Billing Asset Acquisition in the principal amount of $105,000 that is subject to an earn-out adjustment. The Company’s revenue cycle management segment anticipates the estimated fair value of the contingent promissory note to be paid in full, therefore, the total aggregate purchase price was determined to be approximately $335,000. Total acquisition related costs aggregated $10,322, which was expensed as incurred.

In accordance ASC 805, “Business Combinations”, the acquisition method of accounting is used, and recognition of the assets acquired is at fair value as of the acquisition dates. All acquisition costs were expensed as incurred. The consideration paid has been allocated to the assets acquired based on their estimated fair values at the acquisition date. The estimate of fair values for the intangible assets acquired were agreed to by both buyer and seller. The acquisition was structured as asset purchase and are included in the consolidated financial statements from the acquisition date. The preliminary estimated fair value of intangible assets acquired in the Medical Billing Asset Acquisition were as follows:

SCHEDULE OF PRELIMINARY FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS ACQUIRED AND LIABILITIES ACQUISITION

Description Amount 
Assets acquired:    
Intangible assets acquired – Client Agreements $335,000 
Total assets acquired and liabilities assumed $335,000 
Consideration:    
Cash paid at acquisition date $230,000 
Contingent consideration promissory note  105,000 
     
Total acquisition purchase price $335,000 

The following table sets forth the components of identifiable intangible assets acquired and their estimated useful lives in years as of the date of acquisition:

SCHEDULE OF IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS ACQUIRED AND THEIR ESTIMATED USEFUL LIVES

  Cost  Amortization through
June 30,2023
  Estimated
useful life
Identifiable intangible assets:          
Client agreements $335,000  $47,457  10 years

The change in fair value of the contingent consideration is more fully described in Note 10, “Debt Obligations” and will be estimated on a quarterly basis.

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NOTE 18. TICKETSMARTER ACQUISITION

On September 1, 2021, the Company formed TicketSmarter, through which the Company completed the acquisition of Goody Tickets, LLC, a Kansas limited liability company (“Goody Tickets”) and TicketSmarter, LLC, a Kansas limited liability company (“TicketSmarter LLC”) (such acquisitions, collectively, the “TicketSmarter Acquisition”). TicketSmarter, Inc. comprises the Company’s entertainment business segment. In accordance with the stock purchase agreement, the Company agreed to an initial payment (the “TicketSmarter Initial Payment Amount”) of $9,403,600 through a combination of cash and Common Stock. In addition to the TicketSmarter Initial Payment Amount, the Company agreed to issue an earn-out agreement to the stockholders of Goody Tickets and TicketSmarter LLC in the contingent amount of $4,244,400 that is subject to an earn-out adjustment based on actual EBITDA achieved in 2021, of which the Company gave a fair value of $3,700,000 on the date of acquisition. However, following the completion of 2021, it was determined that the actual EBITDA threshold for any earn-out adjustment to be paid was not met. Thus, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the fair value of the contingent earn-out is reduced to zero, and the associated gain related to this revaluation is recorded in our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. Lastly, included in the agreement, the Company agreed to place $500,000 in escrow, subject to a working capital adjustment based on actual working capital amounts on the acquisition date as defined in the agreement. This amount was subject to disbursement 45 days following the close of the acquisition. The parties completed the working capital adjustment resulting in the Company retaining $297,726 of the escrow amount with the $202,274 released to the sellers. The total acquisition related costs aggregated $40,625, which was expensed as incurred.

The Company accounts for business combinations using the acquisition method and that the Company has early adopted the amendments of Regulation S-X dated May 21, 2020 and has concluded that this acquisition was not significant. Accordingly, the presentation of the assets acquired, historical financial statements under Rule 3-05 and related pro forma information under Article 11 of Regulation S-X, respectively, are not required to be presented. Under the acquisition method, the purchase price of the TicketSmarter Acquisition has been allocated to Goody Tickets’ and TicketSmarter LLC’s acquired tangible and identifiable intangible assets and assumed liabilities based on their estimated fair values at the time of the TicketSmarter Acquisition. This allocation involves a number of assumptions, estimates, and judgments that could materially affect the timing or amounts recognized in our financial statements. The TicketSmarter Acquisition was structured as a stock purchase; however the parties agreed to coordinate the election to invoke IRS Section 338(h)(10) relative to this transaction for tax purposes. Therefore, the excess purchase price over the fair value of net tangible assets acquired was recorded as goodwill, which will be amortized over 15 years for income tax filing purposes. Likewise, the other acquired assets were stepped up to fair value and is deductible for income tax purposes. The results of operations of acquired businesses are included in the consolidated financial statements from the acquisition date.

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The purchase price of the TicketSmarter Acquisition was allocated to Goody Tickets’ and TicketSmarter LLC’s tangible assets, goodwill, identifiable intangible assets, and assumed liabilities based on their preliminary estimated fair values at the time of the TicketSmarter Acquisition. The Company retained the services of an independent valuation firm to determine the fair value of these identifiable intangible assets. The Company will continue to evaluate the fair value of the identified intangible assets. The preliminary estimated fair value of assets acquired, and liabilities assumed in the TicketSmarter Acquisition were as follows:

SCHEDULE OF PARLIAMENT AND FINAL ESTIMATED FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS ACQUIRED AND LIABILITIES ASSUMED ACQUISITION

  As allocated  As allocated 
  Preliminary purchase price allocation 
  As allocated  As allocated 
Description 

September 30, 2021

  

December 31, 2021

 
Assets acquired:      
Tangible assets acquired, including $51,432 of cash acquired $7,139,930  $5,748,291 
Identifiable intangible assets acquired     6,800,000 
Goodwill  11,839,308   5,886,547 
Liabilities assumed  (5,128,964)  (5,128,964)
Liabilities assumed pursuant to stock purchase agreement  (5,128,964)  (5,128,964)
Net assets acquired and liabilities assumed $13,850,274  $13,305,874 
Consideration:        
Cash paid at TicketSmarter Acquisition date $8,413,240  $8,413,240 
Common stock issued as consideration for TicketSmarter Acquisition at date of acquisition  990,360   990,360 
Contingent consideration earn-out agreement  4,244,400   3,700,000 
Cash paid at closing to escrow amount  500,000   500,000 
Cash retained from escrow amount pursuant to settlement of working capital target  (297,726)  (297,726)
         
Total TicketSmarter Acquisition purchase price $13,850,274  $13,305,874 

The following table sets forth the components of identifiable intangible assets acquired and their estimated useful lives in years as of the date of acquisition:

SCHEDULE OF COMPONENTS OF IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS ACCRUED AND ESTIMATED USEFUL LIVES

  Cost  Amortization through
June 30, 2023
  

Estimated

useful life

Identifiable intangible assets:          
Trademarks $600,000  $  indefinite
Sponsorship agreement network  5,600,000   2,053,333  5 years
Search engine optimization/content  600,000   275,000  4 years
           
  $6,800,000  $2,328,333   

For the period from the date of the TicketSmarter Acquisition to December 31, 2021, the Company adjusted its preliminary fair value estimates and estimated useful lives based upon information obtained through December 31, 2021, which resulted in adjustments to the preliminary allocation of the purchase price. These adjustments primarily related to estimated identifiable intangible asset fair values (primarily related to the sponsorship agreement network), the estimated fair value of the contingent earn-out agreement liability and goodwill. There were no adjustments to the allocation of the purchase price during the six months ended June 30, 2023.

During the measurement period (which is the period required to obtain all necessary information that existed at the acquisition date, or to conclude that such information is unavailable, not to exceed one year), additional assets or liabilities may be recognized, or there could be changes to the amounts of assets or liabilities previously recognized on a preliminary basis, if new information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have resulted in the recognition of these assets or liabilities as of that date. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration is more fully described in Note 3, “Debt Obligations”.

NOTE 19. SEGMENT DATA

The accounting guidance on Segment Reporting establishes standards for reporting information regarding operating segments in annual financial statements and requires selected information of those segments to be presented in financial statements. Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise for which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker (the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or “CODM”) in making decisions on how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company’s three operating segments are Video Solutions, Revenue Cycle Management, and Entertainment, each of which has specific personnel responsible for that business and reports to the CODM. Corporate expenses capture the Company’s corporate administrative activities, is also to be reported in the segment information. The Company’s captive insurance subsidiary provides services to the Company’s other business segments and not to outside customers. Therefore, its operations are eliminated in consolidation and is not considered a separate business segment for financial reporting purposes.

The Video Solutions Segment encompasses our law, commercial, and shield divisions. This segment includes both service and product revenues through our subscription models offering cloud and warranty solutions, and hardware sales for video and health safety solutions. The Revenue Cycle Management Segment provides working capital and back-office services to a variety of healthcare organizations throughout the country, as a monthly service fee. The Entertainment Segment acts as an intermediary between ticket buyers and sellers within our secondary ticketing platform, ticketsmarter.com, and we also acquire tickets from primary sellers to then sell through various platforms.

The Company’s corporate administration activities are reported in the corporate line item. These activities primarily include expense related to certain corporate officers and support staff, certain accounting staff, expense related to the Company’s Board of Directors, stock option expense for options granted to corporate administration employees, certain consulting expenses, investor relations activities, and a portion of the Company’s legal, auditing and professional fee expenses. Corporate identifiable assets primarily consist of cash, invested cash (if any), refundable income taxes (if any), and deferred income taxes.

Summarized financial information for the Company’s reportable business segments is provided for the indicated periods and as of June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2022:

SCHEDULE OF SEGMENT REPORTING

  2023  2022  2023  2022 
  For the three months ended June 30,  For the six months ended June 30, 
  2023  2022  2023  2022 
Net Revenues:                
Video Solutions $1,899,590  $2,049,756  $3,798,953  $4,059,805 
Revenue Cycle Management  1,724,772   2,120,738   3,506,361   4,024,695 
Entertainment  4,655,270   5,180,963   8,671,506   11,561,738 
Total Net Revenues $8,279,632  $9,351,457  $15,976,820  $19,646,238 
                 
Gross Profit:                
Video Solutions $779,408  $759,010  $1,313,601  $1,027,440 
Revenue Cycle Management  802,174   957,263   1,578,107   1,654,432 
Entertainment  1,155,458   2,805   1,390,121   976,824 
Total Gross Profit $2,737,040  $1,719,078  $4,281,829  $3,658,696 
                 
Operating Income (loss):                
Video Solutions $(1,364,987) $(1,130,749) $(3,328,173) $(2,846,004)
Revenue Cycle Management  152,044   247,301   255,809   118,783 
Entertainment  (328,929)  (2,320,694)  (1,561,936)  (3,766,541)
Corporate  (3,398,832)  (3,457,110)  (6,479,211)  (6,970,828)
Total Operating Loss $(4,940,704) $(6,661,252) $(11,113,511) $(13,464,590)
                 
Depreciation and Amortization:                
Video Solutions $203,987  $209,442  $402,109  $385,516 
Revenue Cycle Management  25,887   218   51,394   364 
Entertainment  318,058   319,175   637,539   638,358 
Total Depreciation and Amortization $547,932  $528,835  $1,091,042  $1,024,238 

  

June 30, 2023

  

December 31, 2022

 
Assets (net of eliminations):        
Video Solutions $28,924,558  $28,509,706 
Revenue Cycle Management  2,556,696   2,201,570 
Entertainment  7,731,275   11,190,491 
Corporate  14,291,394   14,766,295 
Total Identifiable Assets $53,503,923  $56,668,062 

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The segments recorded noncash items effecting the gross profit and operating income (loss) through the established inventory reserves based on estimates of excess and/or obsolete current and non-current inventory. The Company recorded a reserve for excess and obsolete inventory in the video solutions segment of $5,095,330 and a reserve for the entertainment segment of $319,204.

The segment net revenues reported above represent sales to external customers. Segment gross profit represents net revenues less cost of revenues. Segment operating income, which is used in management’s evaluation of segment performance, represents net revenues, less cost of revenues, less all operating expenses. Identifiable assets are those assets used by each segment in its operations. Corporate assets primarily consist of cash, property, plant and equipment, accounts receivable, inventories, and other assets.

NOTE 20. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Transactions with Managing Member of Nobility Healthcare

Nobility, LLC is currently the managing member of Nobility Healthcare, LLC. The Company has advanced a total of $158,384 in the form of a working capital loan to Nobility, LLC in order to fund capital expenditures necessary for the initial growth of the joint venture during 2021. The outstanding balance of the working capital loan was $138,384 as of June 30, 2023 and the Company anticipates full repayment of this advance during the year ended December 31, 2023.

 

NOTE 21. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

None.

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Item 2.Management’s2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.

This Reportquarterly report on Form 10-Q (the “Report”) of Digital Ally, Inc. (the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The words “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “anticipate,“feel,” “forecast,” “intend,” “estimate,“may,“may,“outlook,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “could,” “will,” “plan,” “future,” “continue,“would,” and othersimilar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and trends and that do not relateintended to historical matters identify forward-looking statements.statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based largely on our expectations or forecasts of future events, can be affected by inaccurate assumptions, and are subject to various business risks and known and unknown uncertainties, a number of which are beyond our control. Therefore, actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this document, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. A wide variety of factors could cause or contribute to such differences and could adversely impact revenues, profitability, cash flows and capital needs. There can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this document will, in fact, transpire or prove to be accurate.

Factors that could cause or contribute to our actual results differing materially from those discussed herein or for our stock price to be adversely affected include, but are not limited to: (1) our losses in recent years, including fiscal 2017 and 2016, andthe substantial doubt about our ability to pay the Debenturescontinue as a going concern; (2) economic and Notes when due; (2) macro-economicother risks for our business from the effects of the decrease in budgets forCOVID-19 pandemic, including the impacts on our law-enforcement community;and commercial customers, suppliers and employees and on our ability to raise capital as required; (3) our ability to increase revenues, increase our margins and return to consistent profitability in the current economic and competitive environment, including whether deliveries will resume under the AMR contract;environment; (4) our operation in developing markets and uncertainty as to market acceptance of our technology and new products; (5) the availability of funding from federal, state and local governments to facilitate the budgets of law enforcement agencies, including the timing, amount and restrictions on such funding; (6) our ability to deliver our new product offerings as scheduled and have such new products perform as planned or advertised; (7) whether there will be commercial markets, domestically and internationally, for one or more of our newer products, and the degree to which the interest shown in our products, including the DVM-800 HD, FirstVU HD, VuLink, VuVault.net, FleetVU and MicroVU HD, will translate into sales during 2017; (8) our ability to maintain or expand our share of the market for our products in the domestic and international markets in which we compete, including increasing our international revenues to their historical levels; (9)revenues; (7) our ability to produce our products in a cost-effective manner; (10)(8) competition from larger, more established companies with far greater economic and human resources; (11)(9) our ability to attract and retain quality employees; (12)(10) risks related to dealing with governmental entities as customers; (13)(11) our expenditure of significant resources in anticipation of sales due to our lengthy sales cycle and the potential to receive no revenue in return; (14)(12) characterization of our market by new products and rapid technological change; (15)(13) our dependence on sales of our EVO-HD, DVM-800, DVM-800 HD,DVM-250 and FirstVU First VU HD and DVM-250 products; (16) potential(14) that stockholders may lose all or part of their investment if we are unable to compete in our markets and return to profitability; (17)(15) defects in our products that could impair our ability to sell our products or could result in litigation and other significant costs; (18) our dependence on key personnel; (19) our reliance on third-party distributors and sales representatives for part of our marketing capability; (20)(16) our dependence on a few manufacturers and suppliers for components of our products and our dependence on domestic and foreign manufacturers for certain of our products; (21)(17) our ability to protect technology through patents and to protect our proprietary technology and information, such as trade secrets, and through other similar means; (22)(18) our ability to generate more recurring cloud and service revenues; (23)(19) risks related to our license arrangements; (24)(20) the fluctuation of our revenues and operatingoperation results may fluctuate unexpectedly from quarter to quarter; (25)(21) sufficient voting power by coalitions of a few of our larger stockholders, including directors and officers, to make corporate governance decisions that could have a significant effect on us and the other stockholders; (26)(22) the issuance or sale of substantial amounts of our common stockCommon Stock, or the perception that such sales may occur in the future, which may have a depressive effect on the market price of the outstanding shares of our common stock; (27) possiblesecurities; (23) potential dilution from the issuance of common stock subject toCommon Stock underlying outstanding options and warrants that may dilute the interest of stockholders; (28) our ability to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 404 as it may be required; (29) our nonpayment of dividends and lack of plans to pay dividends in the future; (30) future sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock that could depress the trading price of our common stock, lower our value and make it more difficult for us to raise capital; (31)warrants; (24) our additional securities available for issuance, which, if issued, could adversely affect the rights of the holders of our common stock; (32)Common Stock; (25) the volatility of our stock price is likely to be highly volatile due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, a relatively limited public float; (33) whether(26) our ability to integrate and realize the legal actions thatanticipated benefits from acquisitions; (27) our ability to maintain the Company is taking or has taken against Utility Associates, Axon and WatchGuard will achieve their intended objectives; (34) whether the USPTO rulings will curtail, eliminate or otherwise have an effectlisting of our Common Stock on the actions of Axon, WatchGuard and Utility Associates respecting us, our products and customers; (35) whether the remaining two claims under the ‘556 Patent have applicability to us or our products; and (36) whether our patented VuLink technology is becoming thede-facto “standard” for agencies engaged in deploying state-of-the-art body-worn and in-car camera systems; (37) the USPTO’s decision on Watchguard’s petition seeking IPR of the ‘950 Patent; (38) whether such technology will have a significant impact on our revenues in the long-term; and (39) indemnification of our officers and directors.Nasdaq Capital Market.

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Current Trends and Recent Developments for the Company

Segment Overview

WeVideo Solutions Operating Segment – Within our video solutions operating segment we supply technology-based products utilizing our portable digital video and audio recording capabilities for the law enforcement and security industries and for the commercial fleet and mass transit markets. We have the ability to integrate electronic, radio, computer, mechanical, and multi-media technologies to create uniquepositive solutions to our customers’ requests. We began shipping our flagship digital video mirror product in March 2006. We have developed additionalOur products to complement our originalinclude: the EVO-HD, DVM-800 and DVM-800 Lite, which are in-car digital video products, including an array of in-car digital video mirrors (the DVM-100, DVM-400, DVM-800, DVM-800 HD and MicroVU HD), and body worn camera (FirstVU HD) products designedsystems for law enforcement usage. In recent years we have launchedand commercial markets; the following products:FirstVu body-worn camera line, consisting of the FirstVUFirstVu Pro, FirstVu II, and the FirstVu HD; DVM-800; the DVM-800 HD; the MicroVU HD; theour patented and revolutionary VuLink product which integrates our body-worn cameras with our in-car systems by providing hands-free automatic activation;activation for both law enforcement and acommercial markets; the FLT-250, DVM-250, and DVM-250 Plus, which are our commercial line of digital video mirrors (the DVM-250 and DVM-250 Plus) that serve as “event recorders” for the commercial fleet and mass transit marketsmarkets; and FleetVu and VuLink, which are our cloud-based evidence management systems. We further diversified and broadened our product offerings in order to expand2020, by introducing two new lines of branded products: (1) the ThermoVu® which is a line of self-contained temperature monitoring stations that provides alerts and controls facility access when an individual’s temperature exceeds a pre-set threshold and (2) our customer base beyond the traditionalShield™ disinfectants and cleansers which are for use against viruses and bacteria.

Our video solutions segment revenue encompasses video recording products and services for our law enforcement agencies.and commercial customers and the sale of Shield disinfectant and personal protective products. This segment generates revenues through our subscription models offering cloud and warranty solutions, and hardware sales for video and personal protective safety products and solutions. Revenues for product sales are recognized upon delivery of the product, and revenues from our cloud and warranty subscription plans are deferred over the term of the subscription, typically 3 or 5 years.

Revenue Cycle Management Operating Segment We have entered the revenue cycle management business late in the second quarter of 2021 with the formation of our wholly owned subsidiary, Digital Ally Healthcare, Inc. and its majority-owned subsidiary Nobility Healthcare. Nobility Healthcare completed its first acquisition on June 30, 2021, when it acquired a private medical billing company, and a second acquisition on August 31, 2021 upon the completion of its acquisition of another private medical billing company, along with two more acquisitions completed during the first quarter of 2022, in which we assist in providing working capital and back-office services to healthcare organizations throughout the country. Our assistance consists of insurance and benefit verification, medical treatment documentation and coding, and collections. Through our expertise and experience in this field, we aim to maximize our customers’ service revenues collected, leading to substantial improvements in their operating margins and cash flows.

Our revenue cycle management segment consists of our medical billing subsidiaries. Revenues of this segment are recognized after we perform the obligations of our revenue cycle management services. Our revenue cycle management services are services, performed and charged monthly, generally based on a contractual percentage of total customer collections, for which we recognize our net service fees.

Entertainment Operating Segment - We have also entered into live entertainment and events ticketing services through the formation of our wholly owned subsidiary, TicketSmarter and its completed acquisitions of Goody Tickets, LLC and TicketSmarter, LLC, on September 1, 2021. TicketSmarter provides ticket sales, partnerships, and mainly, ticket resale services through its online ticketing marketplace for live events, TicketSmarter.com. TicketSmarter offers tickets for over 125,000 live events through its platform, for a wide range of events, including concerts, sporting events, theatres, and performing arts, throughout the country.

Our entertainment operating segment consists of entertainment services provided through TicketSmarter and its online platform, TicketSmarter.com. Revenues of this segment include ticketing service charges generally determined as a percentage of the face value of the underlying ticket and ticket sales from our ticket inventory which are recognized when the underlying tickets are sold. Entertainment direct expenses include the cost of tickets purchased for resale by the Company and held as inventory, credit card fees, ticketing platform expenses, website maintenance fees, along with other administrative costs.

Business Combination

On June 1, 2023, the Company, entered into the Merger Agreement with Clover Leaf, Merger Sub, the Sponsor, and Kustom.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into Kustom, with Kustom continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of Clover Leaf. In the Merger, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Kustom immediately prior to the Effective Time shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist in exchange for the right for the Company to receive the Merger Consideration. Upon consummation of the Business Combination, Clover Leaf will change its name to “Kustom Entertainment, Inc.”

The aggregate merger consideration to be paid pursuant to the Merger Agreement to the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will be an amount equal to (i) $125 million, minus (ii) the estimated Closing Indebtedness. The Merger Consideration to be paid to the Company will be paid solely by the delivery of the Merger Consideration Shares. The Closing Indebtedness (and the resulting Merger Consideration) is based solely on estimates determined shortly prior to the Closing and is not subject to any post-Closing true-up or adjustment.

Kustom is comprised of TicketSmarter and Kustom 440, both currently wholly owned subsidiaries. Both TicketSmarter and Kustom 440 will combine their management teams and focus on concerts, entertainment and garnering additional research and development projects that we anticipate will resultticketing partnerships in several new product launches in 20172023 and beyond. We believe that the launch of these new productsKustom 440 and TicketSmarter will helpuse their existing sponsorships and sports property partnerships to diversify and broaden the marketdevelop alternative entertainment options for our product offerings.consumers.

 

The combined company will be known as Kustom Entertainment and will operate under the same management team as Kustom. which is currently led by Stanton E. Ross, the current CEO of the Company. The transaction contemplates an equity value of $125 million for Kustom. The combined company is expected to have an implied initial pro forma equity value of approximately $222.2 million, with the proposed Business Combination expected to provide approximately $18.1 million in gross proceeds from the cash held in trust by Clover Leaf, assuming no redemptions. Additionally, the Company will distribute to its shareholders 15% of the Merger Consideration Shares obtained in Kustom immediately following the closing of the merger and intends to distribute the balance of such Merger Consideration Shares following a six-month lock-up period.

The transaction has been approved by the Board and the board of directors of Clover Leaf and is subject to approval by the stockholders of Clover Leaf and other customary closing conditions. The Company, as the sole holder of Kustom common stock, has approved the transaction.

Results of Operations

Summarized financial information for the Company’s reportable business segments is provided for the indicated periods and as of June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2022:

  For the three months ended June 30,  For the six months ended June 30, 
  2023  2022  2023  2022 
Net Revenues:                
Video Solutions $1,899,590  $2,049,756  $3,798,953  $4,059,805 
Revenue Cycle Management  1,724,772   2,120,738   3,506,361   4,024,695 
Entertainment  4,655,270   5,180,963   8,671,506   11,561,738 
Total Net Revenues $8,279,632  $9,351,457  $15,976,820  $19,646,238 
                 
Gross Profit:                
Video Solutions $779,408  $759,010  $1,313,601  $1,027,440 
Revenue Cycle Management  802,174   957,263   1,578,107   1,654,432 
Entertainment  1,155,458   2,805   1,390,121   976,824 
Total Gross Profit $2,737,040  $1,719,078  $4,281,829  $3,658,696 
                 
Operating Income (loss):                
Video Solutions $(1,364,987) $(1,130,749) $(3,328,173) $(2,846,004)
Revenue Cycle Management  152,044   247,301   255,809   118,783 
Entertainment  (328,929)  (2,320,694)  (1,561,936)  (3,766,541)
Corporate  (3,398,832)  (3,457,110)  (6,479,211)  (6,970,828)
Total Operating Income (Loss) $(4,940,704) $(6,661,252) $(11,113,511) $(13,464,590)
                 
Depreciation and Amortization:                
Video Solutions $203,987  $209,442  $402,109  $385,516 
Revenue Cycle Management  25,887   218   51,394   364 
Entertainment  318,058   319,175   637,539   638,358 
Total Depreciation and Amortization $537,932  $528,835  $1,091,042  $1,024,238 

  

June 30,

2023

  

December 31,

2022

 
Assets (net of eliminations):        
Video Solutions $28,924,558  $28,509,706 
Revenue Cycle Management  2,556,696   2,201,570 
Entertainment  7,731,275   11,190,491 
Corporate  14,291,394   14,766,295 
Total Identifiable Assets $53,503,923  $56,668,062 

Segment net revenues reported above represent only sales to external customers. Segment gross profit represents net revenues less cost of revenues. Segment operating income (loss), which is used in management’s evaluation of segment performance, represents net revenues, less cost of revenues, less all operating expenses. Identifiable assets are those assets used by each segment in its operations. Corporate assets primarily consist of cash, property, plant and equipment, accounts receivable, inventories, and other assets.

Consolidated Results of Operations

We experienced operating losses for allthe first half of the2023 and all quarters during 2017 and 2016.2022. The following is a summary of our recent operating results on a quarterly basis:

  For the three months ended: 
  

June 30,

2023

  

March 31,

2023

  

December 31,

2022

  

September 30, 2022

  

June 30,

2022

 
Total revenue $8,279,632  $7,697,190  $8,879,504  $8,484,153  $9,351,457 
Gross profit  2,737,040   1,544,792   (1,932,256)  595,500   1,719,078 
Gross profit margin %  33.1%  20.1%  (21.8)%  7.0%  18.4%
Total selling, general and administrative expenses  7,677,744   7,717,598   7,769,389   7,162,523   8,380,330 
Operating loss  (4,940,704)  (6,172,806)  (9,701,645)  (6,567,023)  (6,661,252)
Operating loss %  (59.7)%  (80.2)%  (109.3)%  (77.4)%  (71.2)%
Net loss $(8,320,549) $(5,979,579) $(9,574,258) $(1,919,071) $(682,187)

  Sept 30, 2017  June 30, 2017  March 31, 2017  December 31, 2016  September 30, 2016  June 30, 2016  March 31, 2016 
Total revenue $2,983,577  $3,486,502  $5,229,860  $3,445,610  $4,339,527  $4,384,411  $4,404,943 
Gross profit  1,008,613   1,173,216   2,276,849   148,807   2,033,571   1,265,236   1,853,619 
Gross profit margin percentage  33.8%  33.7%  43.5%  4.3%  46.9%  28.9%  42.1%
Total selling, general and administrative expenses  4,125,308   3,665,813   4,079,062   4,162,802   5,275,212   4,157,893   4,191,514 
Operating loss  (3,116,695)  (2,492,597)  (1,802,213)  (4,013,995)  (3,241,641)  (2,892,657)  (2,337,895)
Operating income percentage  (104.5)%  (71.5)%  (34.5)%  (116.5)%  (74.7)%  (66.0)%  (53.1)%
Net loss $(3,493,306) $(2,326,523) $(2,032,955) $(4,276,900) $(3,255,579) $(2,865,084) $(2,313,125)

Our business is subject to substantial fluctuations on a quarterly basis as reflected in the significant variations in revenues and operating results in the above table. These variations result from various factors, including but not limited to: 1)(1) the timing of large individual orders; 2)(2) the traction gained by our newer products, such as the DVM-800recently released FirstVu Pro, FirstVu II, FLT-250, EVO HD, FirstVU HDthe ThermoVu™ and FleetVU; 3)the Shield™ lines; (3) production, quality and other supply chain issues affecting our cost of goods sold; 4)(4) unusual increases in operating expenses, such as our sponsorship of the Digital Ally Open golf tournament, the timing of trade shows and stock-based and bonus compensation; (5) the timing of patent infringement litigation settlements (6) ongoing patent and 5)other litigation and related expenses respecting outstanding lawsuits.lawsuits; (7) the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and our businesses; and (8) the completion of corporate acquisitions. We reported an operatinga net loss of $3,116,695$8,320,550 on revenues of $2,983,577$8,279,632 for thirdsecond quarter 2017, which continued a series of quarterly losses resulting from competitive pressures, product quality control issues and product warranty issues, and infringement of our patents by direct competitors such as Axon and Watchguard that reduced our revenues and that hurt our gross margins.2023.

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There have been a number of factors and trends affecting our recent performance, which include:

Revenues decreased in third quarter 2017 to $2,983,577 from $3,486,502 in second quarter 2017, $5,229,860 in first quarter 2017, $3,445,610 in fourth quarter 2016, and $4,339,527 in third quarter 2016. The primary reason for the revenue decrease in the third quarter is the halt of deliveries under the AMR contract, which was expected to generate significant revenues in the second and third quarters of 2017. Deliveries under the AMR contract were placed on hold after AMR experienced two catastrophic accidents involving the loss of life in vehicles equipped with our DVM-250’s. AMR alleged that the DVM-250 units in those vehicles failed to record the accidents. We met with AMR representatives in the third quarter 2017 to discuss the accidents and the performance of our equipment including a plan to re-start the contract deliveries. We have proposed to AMR that it update and upgrade its existing equipment and resume deliveries under the contract including the roll out to new locations in the first quarter of 2018. AMR has yet to approve our proposal, but we are encouraged by the dialogue we have had with AMR and are hopeful that deliveries will resume under the contract during first quarter 2018, although we can offer no assurances in this regard.
Recognizing a critical limitation in law enforcement camera technology, during 2014 we pioneered the development of our VuLink ecosystem that provided intuitive auto-activation functionality as well as coordination between multiple recording devices. The USPTO has recognized these pioneering efforts by granting us multiple patents with claims covering numerous features, such as automatically activating an officer’s cameras when the light bar is activated or a data-recording device such as a smart weapon is activated. Additionally, our patent claims cover automatic coordination between multiple recording devices. Prior to this work, officers were forced to manually activate each device while responding to emergency scenarios - a requirement that both decreased the usefulness of the existing camera systems and diverted officers’ attention during critical moments. We believe law enforcement agencies have recognized the value of our VuLink technology and that a trend is developing where the agencies are seeking information on “auto-activation” features in requests for bids and requests for information involving the procurement process of body-worn cameras and in-car systems. We believe this trend may result in our patented VuLink technology becoming thede-facto “standard” for agencies engaged in deploying state-of-the-art body-worn and in-car camera systems. We expect that this technology will have a significant positive impact on our revenues in the long-term, particularly if we are successful in our prosecution of the patent infringement litigation currently pending with Axon and Watchguard, although we can make no assurances in this regard.
Service and other revenues increased 21% in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from the nine months ended September 30, 2016. We are concentrating on expanding our recurring service revenue to help stabilize our revenues on a quarterly basis. Revenues from extended warranty services increased approximately $271,000 in 2017. Additionally, cloud storage revenues increased approximately $156,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 2016. We are pursuing several new market channels that do not involve our traditional law enforcement and private security customers. If successful, we believe that these new market channels could yield substantial recurring service revenues for us in 2018. We are testing a new revenue model that involves the long-term lease of our body-worn and/or in-car hardware, together with a monthly subscription for our cloud storage, search and archiving services for the underlying audio and video material. This new service revenue model could have a substantial impact on our revenues and improve the stability of our quarter-to-quarter revenues and operating results, although we can make no assurances in this regard. We believe this service revenue model may appeal to our customers, in particular our commercial and other non-law enforcement customers, because it reduces the initial capital outlay and eliminates repairs and maintenance in exchange for making level monthly payments for the utilization of the equipment, data storage and management services.
Our newer products, including the DVM-800 and FirstVU HD, contributed 60% of total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, compared to 59% for the nine months ended Sept 30, 2016. We have recently announced the launch of the DVM-800 HD in-car video system, which we believe will give us a competitive advantage in the market. The DVM-800 HD system provides full 1080P high definition video at a cost-effective price point. In addition, our commercial event recorders (DVM-250 Plus) increased from 7% to 10% of total revenues in the period.

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Our international revenues decreased to $326,370 (3% of total revenues) during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, compared to $1,154,412 (9% of total revenues) during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Our third quarter 2016 revenues were aided by approximately $760,000 of revenue from the sale of our FirstVU HD body worn cameras, storage systems and extended service agreement to a non-law enforcement international customer. Our 2017 revenues have been disappointing after several positive quarters in 2016; however, the international sales cycle generally takes longer than domestic business and we have provided bids to a number of international customers. We also believe that our new products may appeal to international customers, in particular the DVM-800 HD and FirstVU HD, although we can make no assurances in this regard.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet debt, nor did we have any transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations) or other relationships with any unconsolidated entities or other persons that may have a material current or future effect on financial conditions, changes in the financial conditions, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources, or significant components of revenue or expenses.expenses other than the following:

We are a party to operating leases title sponsorship, and license agreements that represent commitments for future payments (described in Note 109, “Operating Leases,” to our condensed consolidated financial statements) and we have issued purchase orders in the ordinary course of business that represent commitments to future payments for goods and services.

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For the Three Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022

Results of Operations

Summarized immediately below and discussed in more detail in the subsequent subsections is an analysis of our operating results for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, represented as a percentage of total revenues for each respective year:such quarter:

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

  For the three months ended June 30, 
 2017 2016  2023 2022 
Revenue  100%  100%  100%  100%
Cost of revenue  66%  53%  67%  82%
                
Gross profit  34%  47%  33%  18%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:                
Research and development expense  28%  17%  7%  6%
Selling, advertising and promotional expense  35%  32%  25%  30%
Stock-based compensation expense  16%  10%
General and administrative expense  59%  63%  61%  54%
        
Total selling, general and administrative expenses  138%  122%  93%  90%
        
Operating loss  (104%)  (75%)  (60)%  (71)%
Change in fair value of secured notes payable  (1%)  —% 
Other income and interest expense, net  (12%)  —% 
Loss before income tax benefit  (117%)  (75%)
        
Loss on accrual for legal settlement  (22)%  %
Change in fair value of contingent consideration promissory notes  %  6%
Loss on conversion of convertible notes  (1)%  %
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities  (1)%  58%
Other income and interest income (expense), net  (17)%  %
        
Income (loss) before income tax benefit  (100)%  (7)%
Income tax (provision)  —%   —%   %  %
Net loss  (117%)  (75%)
                
Net loss per share information:        
Net income/(loss)  (100)%  (7)%
        
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests of consolidated subsidiary  (1)%  (4)%
        
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders  (101)%  (11)%
        
Net income/(loss) per share information:        
Basic $(0.56) $(0.61) $(3.01) $(0.44)
Diluted $(0.56) $(0.61) $(3.01) $(0.44)

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Revenues

Revenues

Revenues by Type and by Operating Segment

Our currentoperating segments generate two types of revenues:

Product revenues primarily includes video operating segment hardware sales of in-car and body-worn cameras, along with sales of our ThermoVuTM units, disinfectants, and personal protective equipment. Additionally, product offeringsrevenues also include the following:sale of tickets by our entertainment operating segment that have been purchased or received through our sponsorships and partnerships and held in inventory by our entertainment segment until their sale.

Product Description 

Retail

Price

 
DVM-750 An in-car digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror primarily designed for law enforcement customers. We offer local storage as well as cloud storage solutions to manage the recorded evidence. We charge a monthly storage fee for our cloud storage option and a one-time fee for the local storage option. $3,995 
MicroVU HD A compact in-car digital audio/video system that records in high definition primarily designed for law enforcement customers. This system uses an internal fixed focus camera that records in high definition quality. $2,595 
DVM-100 An in-car digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror primarily designed for law enforcement customers. This system uses an integrated fixed focus camera. $1,895 
DVM-400 An in-car digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror primarily designed for law enforcement customers. This system uses an external zoom camera. $2,795 
DVM-250 Plus An in-car digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror primarily designed for commercial fleet customers. We offer a web-based, driver management and monitoring analytics package for a monthly service fee that is available for our DVM-250 customers. $1,295 
DVM-800 HD An in-car digital audio/video system which records in full 1080P high definition video that is integrated into a rear view mirror primarily designed for law enforcement customers. This system can use an internal fixed focus camera or two external cameras for a total of four video streams. We also offer the Premium Package which has additional warranty and retails for $4,795. We offer local storage as well as cloud storage solutions to manage the recorded evidence. We charge a monthly storage fee for our cloud storage option and a one-time fee for the local storage option. $4,295 
DVM-800 An in-car digital audio/video system which records in 480P standard definition video that is integrated into a rear view mirror primarily designed for law enforcement customers. This system can use an internal fixed focus camera or two external cameras for a total of four video streams. We also offer the Premium Package which has additional warranty and retails for $3,995. We offer local storage as well as cloud storage solutions to manage the recorded evidence. We charge a monthly storage fee for our cloud storage option and a one-time fee for the local storage option. $3,495 
Laser Ally A hand-held mobile speed detection and measurement device that uses light beams rather than sound waves to measure the speed of vehicles. $1,995 
FirstVU HD A body-worn digital audio/video camera system primarily designed for law enforcement customers. We also offer a cloud based evidence storage and management solution for our FirstVU HD customers for a monthly service fee. $595 
VuLink An in-car device that enables an in-car digital audio/video system and a body worn digital audio/video camera system to automatically and simultaneously start recording. $495 

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Service and other revenues consist of cloud and warranty services revenues from our subscription plan and storage offerings of our video solutions segment. Our entertainment operating segments’ secondary ticketing marketplace revenues are included in service revenue. We sellrecognize service revenue from sales generated through its secondary ticketing marketplace as we collect net services fees on secondary ticketing marketplace transactions. Lastly, our revenue cycle management segment revenues are included in the service revenues for services provided to medical providers throughout the country.

Our video operating segment sells our products and services to law enforcement and commercial customers in the following manner:

Sales to domestic customers are made directly to the end customer (typically a law enforcement agency or a commercial customer) through our sales force, comprised of our employees. Revenue is recorded when the product is shipped to the end customer.
Sales to international customers are made through independent distributors who purchase products from us at a wholesale price and sell to the end user (typically law enforcement agencies or a commercial customer) at a retail price. The distributor retains the margin as its compensation for its role in the transaction. The distributor generally maintains product inventory, customer receivables and all related risks and rewards of ownership. Revenue is recorded when the product is shipped to the distributor consistent with the terms of the distribution agreement.
Repair parts and services for domestic and international customers are generally handled by our inside customer service employees. Revenue is recognized upon shipment of the repair parts and acceptance of the service or materials by the end customer.

Our revenue cycle management operating segment sells its services to customers in the following manner:

Our revenue cycle management operating segment generates service revenues through relationships with medium to large healthcare organizations, in which the underlying service revenue is recognized upon execution of services. Service revenues are generally determined as a percentage of the dollar amount of medical billings collected by the customer.

Our entertainment operating segment sells our products and services to customers in the following manner:

Our entertainment operating segment generates product revenues from the sale of tickets directly to consumers for a particular event that the entertainment operating segment has previously purchased and held in inventory for ultimate resale to the end consumer. Service sales through TicketSmarter, are driven largely in part to the usage of the TicketSmarter.com marketplace by buyers and sellers, in which the Company collects service fees for each transaction completed through this platform.

We may discount our prices on specific orders based upon the size of the order, the specific customer and the competitive landscape. We believe that our systems are at least comparable to those of our principal competitors and are generally lower priced when considering comparable features and capabilities.

Revenues for the third quarters of 2017 and 2016 were derived from the following sources:

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  Three months ended September 30, 
  2017  2016 
DVM-800 and DVM 800HD  47%  32%
FirstVU HD  12%  22%
DVM-750  8%  10%
DVM- 250 Plus  6%  5%
Cloud service revenue  3%  1%
DVM-100 & 400  2%  1%
VuLink  1%  3%
LaserAlly  1%  %
Repair and service  8%  5%
Accessories and other revenue  12%  21%
   100%  100%

Product revenues by operating segment is as follows:

  For the three months ended
June 30,
 
  2023  2022 
Product Revenues:        
Video Solutions $1,148,602  $1,404,242 
Revenue Cycle Management      
Entertainment  1,929,059   805,939 
Total Product Revenues $3,077,661  $2,210,181 

Product revenues for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 were $2,521,663$3,077,661 and $3,836,691,$2,210,181 respectively, a decreasean increase of $1,315,028 (34%$867,480 (39%), due to the following factors:

Revenues generated by the new entertainment operating segment began with the Company’s September 2021 acquisition of TicketSmarter. The primary reasonnew entertainment operating segment generated $1,929,059 in product revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $805,939 for the three months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of $1,123,120 (39%). This product revenue relates to the first Kustom 440 music festival, as well as the resale of tickets purchased for live events, including sporting events, concerts, and theatre, then sold through various platforms to customers.

The Company’s video segment operating segment generated revenues totaling $1,148,602 during the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared to $1,404,242 for the three months ended June 30, 2022, a decrease in the third quarter was the halt of deliveries under the AMR contract, which was expected to generate significant$255,640 (18%). In general, our video solutions operating segment has experienced pressure on its product revenues in the secondas our in-car and third quarters of 2017, as discussed above.body-worn systems are facing increased competition because our competitors have released new products with advanced features. Additionally, our law enforcement revenues declined overcompared to the priorsame period in 2022 due to price-cutting and othercompetitive actions by our competitors, and adverse marketplace effects related to our patent litigation proceedings and our recent financial condition.
Our video solutions operating segment management has continued to focus on migrating commercial customers, from a hardware sale to a service fee model. Therefore, we expect a reduction in commercial hardware sales (principally DVM-250’s, FLT-250’s, and a portion of our body-worn camera line) as we convert these customers to a service model under which we provide the patent litigation. We shipped one individual orders in excesshardware as part of $100,000,a recurring monthly service fee. In that respect, we introduced a monthly subscription agreement plan for a total of approximately $153,000 in revenueour body worn cameras and deferred revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to three individual orders in excess of $100,000, for a total of approximately $1,133,000 in revenue and deferred revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2016. Our average order size decreased to approximately $2,410 in the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $2,875related equipment during the second quarter of 2020 that allowed law enforcement agencies to pay a monthly service fee to obtain body worn cameras without incurring a significant upfront capital outlay. This program has gained some traction, resulting in decreased product revenues and increasing our service revenues. We expect this program to continue to hold traction, resulting in recurring revenues over a span of three months ended September 30, 2016. Our DVM-800 in-car video product represented 47% of total revenues. For certain opportunities that involve multiple units and/or multi-year contracts, we have occasionally discounted our products to gain or retain market share and revenues.five years.

Service and other revenues by operating segment is as follows:

  For the three months ended
June 30,
 
  2023  2022 
Service and Other Revenues:        
Video Solutions $750,988  $645,514 
Revenue Cycle Management  1,724,772   2,120,738 
Entertainment  2,726,211   4,375,024 
Total Service and Other Revenues $5,201,971  $7,141,276 

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We have recently announced the launch of the DVM-800 HD in-car video system, which we believe will give us a competitive advantage in the market. The DVM-800 HD system provides full 1080P high definition video at a cost-effective price point that is comparable feature-wise with our competitor’s products, but at a better price-point.
Our international revenues decreased to $236,524 (8% of total revenues) during third quarter 2017, compared to $827,452 (19% of total revenues) during third quarter 2016. Third quarter 2016 revenues were aided by approximately $760,000 of revenue generated by an order from a non-law enforcement international customer for our FirstVU HD body worn cameras, storage systems and extended service agreement.

Service and other revenues for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 were $461,914$5,201,971 and $502,836,$7,141,276, respectively, a decrease of $40,922 (8%$1,939,305 (27%), due to the following factors:

Cloud revenues generated by the video solutions operating segment were $118,016$471,949 and $45,622$365,599 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, an increase of $72,394 (159%$106,350 (29%). We have experienced increased interest in our cloud solutions for law enforcement and severalprimarily due to the deployment of our commercial customers have implementedcloud-based EVO-HD in-car system and our FleetVU and asset tracking solutions,next generation body-worn camera products, which contributed to our increased cloud revenues in 2017.the three months ended June 30, 2023. We believeexpect this trend to continue throughout 2023 as the trend of increased cloud service revenues will continue for the balance of 2017 because AMR awarded us the FleetVU managermigration from local storage to cloud storage contract for DVM-250 systemscontinues in early 2017 and an increasing number of other commercial customers have elected to utilize our recurring service fee-based FleetVu and asset tracking solutions.customer base.
RevenuesVideo solutions operating segment revenues from extended warranty services were $236,628$221,228 and $142,718$163,639 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, an increase of $93,910 (66%$57,589 (35%). We have many customers who have purchasedThis correlates with the increase in sales of DVM-800 hardware systems resulting in an increase in their associated extended warranty packages, primarily in our DVM-800 premium service program, and we expect the trend of increased revenues from these services to continue throughout 2017.warranty.
Our installationentertainment operating segment generated service revenues were $14,458totaling $2,726,211 and $152,197$4,375,024 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, a decrease of $137,739 (91%$1,648,813 (38%). InstallationThe Company completed the acquisitions of Goody Tickets, LLC and TicketSmarter, LLC on September 1, 2021, thus resulting in the new revenue stream for the Company. TicketSmarter collects fees on transactions administered through the TicketSmarter.com platform for the buying and selling of tickets for live events throughout the country. We expect our entertainment operating segment to continue to fluctuate as we look to right-size this segment and work towards profitability.
Our revenue cycle management operating segment generated service revenues tend to vary more than othertotaling $1,724,772 and $2,120,738 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, a decrease of $395,966 (19%). Our revenue cycle management operating segment has completed four acquisitions since formation in June of 2021, thus resulting in the new service revenue typesstream added in the three months ended June 30, 2022. Our revenue cycle management operating segment provides revenue cycle management solutions and are dependentback-office services to healthcare organizations throughout the country. The slight decrease in revenue is due to refinement within one of the recent acquisitions, as they strive to maximize profitability rather than focus on larger customer implementations. In June 2017, AMR’s installation roll out had been put on hold, which significantly reduced third quarter 2017 installation revenues. By contrast, in third quarter 2016 we had a non-law enforcement international customer complete a large installation.top line revenue.

Total revenues for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 were $2,983,577$8,279,632 and $4,339,527,$9,351,458, respectively, a decrease of $1,355,950 (31%$1,071,826 (11%), due to the reasons noted above.

Cost of Product Revenue

CostOverall cost of product revenue on units sold for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023, and 20162022 was $1,709,046$2,219,515 and $2,235,489,$2,070,476, respectively, a decreasean increase of $526,443 (24%$149,039 (7%). Overall cost of goods sold for products as a percentage of product revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2023, and 2022 were 72% and 94%, respectively. Cost of products sold by operating segment is as follows:

  For the three months ended
June 30,
 
  2023  2022 
Cost of Product Revenues:        
Video Solutions $805,389  $1,029,403 
Revenue Cycle Management      
Entertainment  1,414,126   1,041,073 
Total Cost of Product Revenues $2,219,515  $2,070,476 

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The decrease in cost of goods sold for our video solutions segment products is commensuratedirectly correlated with the 34% decrease in product revenues offset with product cost of sales as a percentage of revenues increasing to 68% during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from 58% for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016. We increased the reserve for obsolete and excess inventories by approximately $103,000 during2023 compared to the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 due to increased levels2022. In addition, the Video Solutions Segment recorded valuation allowances for its older product lines and a portion of excess component partsits Shield products during the first quarter of older versions of PCB boards, used trade-in inventory requiring refurbishment, and legacy products. Additionally, our production department spent time reworking returned product and were not able to be as efficient manufacturing new products.

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2023. Cost of service and otherproduct sold as a percentage of product revenues for the video solutions segment decreased to 70% for the three months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to 73% for the three months ended June 30, 2022.

The increase in entertainment operating segment cost of product sold directly correlates to the increase in product revenues for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 and 2016 was $265,918 and $70,467, respectively, an increase of $195,451 (277%). The primary reason for the increase is the reclassification of certain technical support personnel to generate direct installation and other service revenues in the three months ended September 30, 20172023 compared to SeptemberJune 30, 2016. In recent quarters, certain members of our technical support staff have been reclassified and their respective payroll expenses are now being charged to service2022, resulting in cost of sales for product installation insteadrevenue of executive, sales and administrative payroll as they were in 2016. The payroll reclassification for three months ended September 30, 2017 was approximately $103,000.

Total cost of sales as a percentage of revenues increased to 66% during the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 53%$1,414,126 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016. 2023, compared to $1,041,073 for the three months ended June 30, 2022. Cost of product sold as a percentage of product revenues for the entertainment segment was 73% for the three months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to 129% for the three months ended June 30, 2022.

We believe our gross margins will return to more normal levels in future quarters if we improve revenue levelsrecorded $5,414,534 and reduce product warranty issues.

We had $2,417,653 and $1,999,920$5,489,541 in reserves for obsolete and excess inventories at SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and December 31, 2016,2022, respectively. Total raw materials, and component parts, and work-in-progress were $4,828,517$3,673,516 and $4,015,170$4,512,329 at SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and December 31, 2016,2022, respectively, an increasea decrease of $813,347 (20%$838,813 (19%). The increase in raw materials was mostly in refurbished parts for FirstVU HD products. Finished goods balances were $7,509,227$7,581,234 and $7,215,346$7,816,618 at SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and December 31, 2016,2022, respectively, an increasea decrease of $293,881 (4%$235,384 (3%). The increase which was attributable to a decrease in finished goods was primarily in the FirstVU HD and DVM-250 products.from our entertainment segment. The increase in in DVM-250 product levels is primarily attributable to the halt of deliveries under the AMR contract in 2017. The increasesmall decrease in the inventory reserve is primarily due to the changereduction in sales mix of our products, which has resulted in a higher levelfinished goods and movement of excess component parts ofinventory, offset by the older versions of our PCB boards and legacy products. Additionally, we increased our reserves on selected refurbished and items requiring repair duringincrease in reserve at the nine months ended September 30, 2017.entertainment segment. We believe the reserves are appropriate given our inventory levels at Septemberas of June 30, 2017.2023.

Cost of Service Revenue

Overall cost of service revenue sold for the three months ended June 30, 2023, and 2022 was $3,323,077 and $5,561,903, respectively, a decrease of $2,238,826 (40%). Overall cost of goods sold for services as a percentage of service revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2023, and 2022 were 64% and 78%, respectively. Cost of service revenues by operating shipment is as follows:

  For the three months ended
June 30,
 
  2023  2022 
Cost of Service Revenues:        
Video Solutions $314,794  $261,363 
Revenue Cycle Management  922,598   1,163,476 
Entertainment  2,085,685   4,137,064 
Total Cost of Service Revenues $3,323,077  $5,561,903 

The increase in cost of service revenues for our video solutions segment is commensurate with the increase in service revenues in the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2022. Cost of service revenues as a percentage of service revenues for the video solutions segment increased to 42% for the three months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to 40% for the three months ended June 30, 2022.

Cost of service revenues as a percentage of service revenues for the revenue cycle management operating segment was 53% for the three months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to 55% for the three months ended June 30, 2022.

The decrease in entertainment operating segment cost of service revenues is commensurate with the decrease in service revenues in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2022. Cost of service revenues as a percentage of service revenues for the entertainment segment was 77% for the three months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to 95% for the three months ended June 30, 2022.

Gross Profit

GrossOverall gross profit for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 was $1,008,613$2,737,040 and $2,033,571,$1,719,078, respectively, a decreasean increase of $1,024,958 (50%$1,017,962 (59%). Gross profit by operating segment was as follows:

  For the three months ended June 30, 
  2023  2022 
       
Gross Profit:        
Video Solutions $779,407  $759,010 
Revenue Cycle Management  802,174   957,263 
Entertainment  1,155,459   2,805 
Total Gross Profit $2,737,040  $1,719,078 

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The decreaseoverall increase is commensurate withattributable to the 31% decreaselarge increase in revenuesgross profit for the entertainment segment for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 combined2023 along with a decrease in the overall cost of sales as a percentage of overall revenues increasing to 66% during67% for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 from 53%82% for the sixthree months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016. We believe that gross margins will improve during the remainder of 2017 and beyond if we improve revenue levels and continue to reduce product warranty issues.2022. Our goal is to continue to improve our margins to 60% over the longer term based on the expected margins ofgenerated by our newer products, in particular thenew recent revenue cycle management and entertainment operating segments together with our video solutions operating segment and its expected margins from our EVO-HD, DVM-800, DVM-800 HDVuLink, FirstVu Pro, FirstVu II, ShieldTM disinfectants and FirstVU HD, ifour cloud evidence storage and management offering, provided that they continue to gain traction in the marketplace and we are able to increase our commercial market penetration for the balance of 2017 and in 2018.marketplace. In addition, if revenues from these productsthe video solutions segment increase, we will seek to further improve our margins from themthis segment through economies of scaleexpansion and more efficientlyincreased efficiency utilizing fixed manufacturing overhead components. We plan to continue our initiative onto more efficientefficiently management of our supply chain through outsourcing production, quantity purchases and more effective purchasing practices.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $4,125,308$7,677,744 and $5,275,212$8,380,330 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, a decrease of $1,149,904 (22%$702,586 (8%). OverallThe decrease was primarily attributable to the reduction in new sponsorships being entered into by the Company. Our selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales increased to 138% in 201793% for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared to 122%90% in the same period in 2016.2022. The significant components of selling, general and administrative expenses are as follows:

  Three Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016 
Research and development expense $831,573  $731,077 
Selling, advertising and promotional expense  1,048,334   1,369,244 
Stock-based compensation expense  478,863   422,246 
Professional fees and expense  411,945   432,325 
Executive, sales and administrative staff payroll  694,475   1,641,014 
Other  660,118   679,306 
Total $4,125,308  $5,275,212 
  For the three months ended June 30, 
  2023  2022 
Research and development expense $540,276  $540,222 
Selling, advertising and promotional expense  2,104,625   2,763,045 
General and administrative expense  5,032,843   5,077,063 
         
Total $7,677,744  $8,380,330 

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Research and development expense.We continue to focus on bringing new products to market, including updates and improvements to current products. Our research and development expenses totaled $831,573$540,276 and $731,077$540,222 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016, respectively, an increase2022, respectively. Most of $100,496 (14%). We employed a total of 32our engineers at September 30, 2017 compared to 29 engineers at September 30, 2016, most of whom are dedicated to research and development activities for new products.products, primarily the new generation of body-worn cameras, EVO-HD and EVO Fleet that can be located in multiple places in a vehicle. We increasedexpect our engineering staff of web-based developers as we expanded our offerings to include, among other items, cloud-based evidence storage and management for our law enforcement customers (VuVault.net) and our web-based commercial fleet driver monitoring and management tool (FleetVU Manager). Research and development expenses as a percentage of total revenues were 28% for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 17% for the three months ended September 30, 2016. We have active research and development projectsactivities will continue to trend higher in future quarters as we continue to expand our product offerings based on severalour new products,body-worn camera and EVO-HD product platform and as well as upgrades to our existing product lines.we outsource more development projects. We consider our research and development capabilities and new product focus to be a competitive advantage and willintend to continue to invest in this area on a prudent basis.basis and consistent with our financial resources.

Selling, advertising and promotional expenses.Selling, advertising and promotional expense totaled $1,048,334$2,104,625 and $1,369,244$2,763,045 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, a decrease of $320,910 (23%$658,420 (24%). Salesman salariesPromotional and commissions representsadvertising expenses represent the primary componentscomponent of these costs and were $701,399 and $753,658 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, a decrease of $52,259 (7%). The effective commission rate was 23.5% and 17.4% for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Promotional and advertising expenses totaled $346,935$1,654,593 during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023, compared to $615,586$2,361,235 during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2022, a decrease of $268,651 (44%$706,642 (30%). The decrease is primarily attributable net promotionalto the reduction in new sponsorships being entered into by the Company. Additionally, TicketSmarter remains active in sponsorship and advertising, as it continues to build its brand and gain recognition.

General and administrative expense. General and administrative expenses associated with being the title sponsor of the Web.com Tour golf tournament held annually in the Kansas City Metropolitan area being less in 2017 compared to 2016. We incurred net promotional expenses of $263,047 in the third quarter 2017 relative to this sponsorship compared to $497,235 for the third quarter of 2016. The Company is also decreasing the number of trade shows attended during 2017 because it has lost some of its confidence in the efficiencytotaled $5,032,843 and effectiveness of many of the lesser attended trade shows

Stock-based compensation expense.Stock based compensation expense totaled $478,863 and $422,246$5,077,063 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016, respectively, a decrease of $56,617 (13%).2022, respectively. The increase is primarily due to the amortization of the restricted stock granted in August 2017 to the Company’s officers and other employees that had the effect of increasing the stock compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 2016.

Professional fees and expense. Professional fees and expenses totaled $411,945 and $432,325 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, a decrease of $20,380 (5%). Theminor decrease in professional feesgeneral and administrative expenses in the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 compared to 2016the same period in 2022 is primarily attributable to lower litigationa decrease in administrative salaries, as payroll begins to adjust from the new acquisitions completed by the Company. General and administrative expenses related to the Utility, Axon and WatchGuard lawsuits. These matters continue and the reduced litigation charges are generallyalso decreased due to timing issuesa decline in the litigation. The Axonrent expenses, and Watchguard lawsuits were both under a stay order pending final USPTO rulings on the various IPR requests, which have largely been ruled in our favor. We intend to pursue recovery from Utility, Axon, WatchGuard, their insurerslegal and other responsible parties as appropriate.

Executive, sales and administrative staff payroll.Executive, sales and administrative staff payrollprofessional expenses totaled $694,475 and $1,641,014 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, a decrease of $946,539 (58%). The primary reason for the decrease in executive, sales and administrative staff payroll was a reduction of $730,000 in executive bonuses and the reclassification of certain technical support personnel to generate direct installation and other service revenues in the three months ended September 30, 20172023 compared to September 30, 2016. We have increasedthe same period in 2022.

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Operating Loss

For the reasons stated above, our technical support staff in recent quarters to handle field inquiriesoperating loss was $4,940,704 and requests for product installation services because our installed customer base has expanded and additional technical support and marketing was required for our new products, such as the DVM-800 and FirstVU HD. In recent quarters, certain members of our technical support staff have been reclassified to direct services for product installation and other services for our customers and their respective payroll related expenses are now being charged to service cost of sales in 2017 compared to 2016. During the quarter ended September 30, 2016 a special bonus of $630,000 was awarded to our CEO, which did not occur in 2017.

Other. Other selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $660,118 and $679,306$6,661,252 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016, respectively, a decrease of $19,188 (3%).

Operating Loss

For the reasons previously stated, our operating loss was $3,116,695 and $3,241,641 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016,2022, respectively, an improvement of $124,946 (4%$1,720,548 (26%). Operating loss as a percentage of revenues increased to 104%60% in 2017the three months ended June 30, 2023 from 75%71% in 2016.the same period in 2022.

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Interest Income

Interest income decreasedincreased to $1,761$55,730 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023, from $5,913$32,233 in 2016.the same period of 2022, which reflects our change in cash and cash equivalent levels in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2022.

Interest Expense

We incurred interest expenseexpenses of $375,048$1,515,509 and $776$8,501 during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016. We2022, respectively. The increase is attributable to the convertible note issued an aggregate of $4.0 million principal amount of Debentures on December 30, 2016 which bore interest atin the rate of 8% per annum that remained outstanding at September 30, 2017. In addition, we issued Notessecond quarter, along with a principal balance of $700,000reduction in June 2017. One of these Notes and a new Note had an outstanding principal balance of $650,000 at September 30, 2017. No similar interest-bearing debt was outstanding during the 2016 period.

We amortized the interest expense of $288,895 and $-0-, representing the discountcontingent earn-out notes associated with the $700,000four Nobility Healthcare acquisitions.

Change in Fair Value of Contingent Consideration Promissory Notes

The Company recognized a gain on the change in fair value of contingent consideration promissory notes of $-0- and $542,096 during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively. The discount resulted from the issuance of detachable common stock purchase warrants togetherThis is in connection with the $700,000 principal amount of the Notes, which is recorded as a discount and amortized to interest expense over the term of the Notes. The total remaining unamortized discount was $117,000 and $-0- at September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.four acquisitions made by our revenue cycle management segment.

Change in WarrantFair Value of Derivative Liabilities

DetachableDuring the second quarter of 2023, the Company issued detachable warrants exercisable to purchase a total of 398,916 common1,125,000 shares as adjusted, were issuedof Common Stock in conjunctionassociation with $2.0 million and $4.0 million Secured Convertible Notes during March and August 2014.the two secured convertible notes previously described. The warrants wereunderlying warrant agreement terms provide for net cash settlement outside the control of the Company in the event of tender offers under certain circumstances. As such, the Company is required to be treatedtreat these warrants as derivative liabilities becausewhich are valued at their estimated fair value at their issuance date and at each reporting date with any subsequent changes reported in the condensed consolidated statement of their anti-dilution and down-round provisions. Accordingly, we estimatedoperations as the change in fair value of such warrants as of their respective date of issuance and recorded a corresponding derivative liability in the balance sheet. Upon exercise of the warrants we recognized a gain/loss based on the closing market price of the underlying common stock on the date of exercise. In addition, the warrant derivative liability is adjusted to the estimated fair value of any unexercised warrants as of December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017. There remained warrants outstanding exercisable to purchase 12,200 shares of common stock at December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017 and the warrant derivative liability balance was $33,076 at December 31, 2016 and $15,729 at September 30, 2017.

liabilities. The changeschange in the fair value of the warrant derivatives relatedderivative liabilities from March 31, 2023, to unexercised warrants resultedJune 30, 2023, totaled $59,766 which was recognized as a loss in the second quarter of 2023.

Loss on accrual for legal settlement

The Company recognized a gainloss on accrual for legal settlement of $3,628$1,792,308 and $-0- during the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. This is in connection with the ongoing lawsuit with Culp McCauley, Inc.

Loss on conversion of convertible debt

The Company recognized a loss on conversion of convertible debt of $93,386 and $-0- during the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. This is in connection with the convertible note issued during the three months ended June 30, 2023 and the conversion from debt to equity during the period.

Other income (loss)

Other income (loss) increased to $25,394 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 compared to a loss of $19,075 for2023, from ($381) during the three months ended September 30, 2016.

Change in Fair Value of Secured Convertible Notes Payable

We elected to account for the $4.0 million principal amount of Debentures outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 on their fair value basis. Therefore, we determined the fair value of the Debentures utilizing Monte Carlo simulation models which yielded an estimated fair value of $3,183,210 and $4,000,000 for the Debentures including their embedded derivatives as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. No value was allocated to the detachable Warrants as of the origination date because of the relative fair value of the Debentures including its embedded derivative features approximated the gross proceeds of the financing transaction. We made payments of $750,000 against the Debentures on August 24, 2017. The fair value of the Debentures was $3,183,210 at September 30, 2017 representing a fair value change of $6,952 from June 30, 2017,2022, which was recognized asreflects income related to a charge inwarehouse lease within the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended September 30, 2017.corporate headquarters.

Loss before Income Tax Benefit

As a result of the above results of operations, we reported a loss before income tax benefit of $3,493,306$8,320,549, and $3,255,579$682,187 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, a deteriorationdecrease of $237,727 (7%$7,638,362 (1,120%).

Income Tax Benefit

We did not record an income tax benefitexpense related to our lossesincome for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 due to our overall net operating loss carryforwards available. We have further determined to continue providing a full valuation reserve on our net deferred tax assets as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017. During 2017, we increased our valuation reserve on deferred tax assets by $3,080,000 whereby our deferred tax assets continue to be fully reserved due to our recent operating losses.

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2023. We had approximately $46,745,000$113.3 million of net operating loss carryforwards and $2,110,000$1.8 million of research and development tax credit carryforwards as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 available to offset future net taxable income.

Net Loss

As a result of the above results of operations, we reported a net loss of $8,320,549 and $682,187 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, a decrease of $7,638,362 (1,120%).

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Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests of Consolidated Subsidiary

The Company owns a 51% equity interest in its consolidated subsidiary, Nobility Healthcare. As a result, the noncontrolling shareholders or minority interest is allocated 49% of the income of Nobility Healthcare which is reflected in the statement of income as “net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of consolidated subsidiary”. We reported net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of consolidated subsidiary of $72,755 and $383,326 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders

As a result of the above, we reported a net lossesloss attributable to common stockholders of $3,493,306$8,393,304 and $3,255,579$1,065,513 for the years three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, improvementa decrease of $237,727 (7%$7,327,791 (688%).

Basic and Diluted Loss per Share

The basic and diluted loss per share was $0.56$3.01 and $0.61$0.44 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016, respectively, for2022, respectively. Basic loss per share is based upon the reasons previously noted. Allweighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. For the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, all shares issuable upon conversion of convertible debt and the exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants were considered antidilutive, and, therefore, excluded fromnot included in the calculationcomputation of diluted loss per share for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 because of the net loss reported for each period.share.

For the NineSix Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022

Results of Operations

Summarized immediately below and discussed in more detail in the subsequent subsections is an analysis of our operating results for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, represented as a percentage of total revenues for each respective year:such quarter:

  

For the six months ended June 30,

 
  2023  2022 
Revenue  100%  100%
Cost of revenue  73%  81%
         
Gross profit  27%  19%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:        
Research and development expense  9%  5%
Selling, advertising and promotional expense  25%  28%
General and administrative expense  62%  54%
         
Total selling, general and administrative expenses  96%  87%
         
Operating loss  (70)%  (69)%
Loss on accrual for legal settlement  (11)%  %
Change in fair value of contingent consideration promissory notes  1%  2%
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities  %  28%
Other income and interest income (expense), net  (21)%  1%
Income (loss) before income tax benefit  (90)%  (38)%
Income tax (provision)  %  %
         
Net income/(loss)  (90)%  (38)%
         
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests of consolidated subsidiary  (1)%  (1)%
         
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders  (91)%  (39)%
         
Net income/(loss) per share information:        
Basic $(5.24) $(3.08)
Diluted $(5.24) $(3.08)

  

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
  

2017

 

  

2016

 

 
Revenue  100%  100%
Cost of revenue  62%  61%
         
Gross profit  38%  39%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:        
Research and development expense  21%  18%
Selling, advertising and promotional expense  26%  25%
Stock-based compensation expense  8%  9%
General and administrative expense  46%  52%
         
Total selling, general and administrative expenses  101%  104%
         
Operating loss  (63%)  (65%)
Other income and interest expense, net  (4%)  1%
         
Loss before income tax benefit  (67%)  (64%)
Income tax benefit  %  %
         
Net loss  (67%)  (64%)
         
Net loss per share information:        
Basic $(1.34) $(1.59)
Diluted $(1.34) $(1.59)

Product revenues by operating segment is as follows:

  For the six months ended June 30, 
  2023  2022 
Product Revenues:        
Video Solutions $2,341,622  $2,740,472 
Revenue Cycle Management      
Entertainment  3,189,847   1,879,769 
Total Product Revenues $5,531,469  $4,620,241 

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Revenues for the nine months ended 2017 and 2016, respectively, were derived from the following sources:

  Nine months ended September 30, 
  2017  2016 
DVM-800 and DVM 800HD  48%  40%
FirstVU HD  12%  19%
DVM-250 Plus  10%  7%
DVM-750  3%  7%
DVM-100 & DVM-400  2%  3%
DVM-500 Plus  %  1%
VuLink  2%  2%
Cloud service revenue  2%  1%
Repair and service  8%  5%
Accessories and other revenues  13%  15%
   100%  100%

Our commercial event recorders (DVM-250 Plus) increased from 7% to 10% of total revenues, which trend is expected to continue because of the appeal of our FleetVU driver management and monitoring tool.

Product revenues for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 were $10,263,833$5,531,469 and $11,946,100,$4,620,241 respectively, a decreasean increase of $1,682,267 (14%$911,228 (20%), due to the following factors:

OurRevenues generated by the new entertainment operating segment began with the Company’s September 2021 acquisition of TicketSmarter. The new entertainment operating segment generated $3,189,847 in product revenues decreased infor the 2017 periodsix months ended June 30, 2023, compared to 2016 principally due$1,879,769 for the six months ended June 30, 2022. This product revenue relates to the AMR contract issuesfirst Kustom 440 music festival, as well as the resale of tickets purchased for live events, including sporting events, concerts, and a decrease intheatre, then sold through various platforms to customers.

The Company’s video segment operating segment generated revenues totaling $2,341,622 during the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to $2,740,472 for the six months ended June 30, 2022. In general, our law enforcementvideo solutions operating segment has experienced pressure on its product revenues over the prior period.as our in-car and body-worn systems are facing increased competition because our competitors have released new products with advanced features. Additionally, our law enforcement revenues declined overcompared to the priorsame period in 2022 due to price-cutting and othercompetitive actions by our competitors, and adverse marketplace effects related to theour patent litigation. litigation proceedings and our recent financial condition.

Our video solutions operating segment management has been focusing on migrating customers, and in particular commercial event recorder revenues were bettercustomers, from a hardware sale to a service fee model. Therefore, we expect a reduction in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 comparedcommercial hardware sales (principally DVM-250’s, FLT-250’s, and our body-worn camera line) as we convert these customers to 2016. In early 2017 we were awarded the AMR contract for 1,550 DVM-250 systems, as well as FleetVU manager cloud storage and system implementation, which had a positive impact on revenues. We had expected more substantial increases in our commercial event recorder revenues given the AMR contract, which was awarded in early 2017. AMR halted deliveriesservice model under the contract after it experienced two catastrophic accidents involving the loss of life in vehicles equipped with our DVM-250’s. AMR alleged that the DVM-250 units in those vehicles failed to record the accidents. We met with AMR representatives in the third quarter 2017 to discuss the accidents and the performance of our equipment including a plan to re-start the contract deliveries. We proposed that AMR update and upgrade its existing equipment and resume deliveries under the contract including a roll-out to new locations in the first quarter of 2018. AMR has yet to approve the proposal, but we are encouraged by the dialogue we have had with AMR and are hopeful that deliveries will resume under the contract during first quarter 2018, although we can offer no assurances in this regard.
We shipped nine individual orders in excess of $100,000, for a total of approximately $2,331,000 in revenue and deferred revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to eight individual orders in excess of $100,000, for a total of approximately $2,591,000 in revenue and deferred revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Our average order size decreased to approximately $2,740 in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $2,860 during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Our newer mirror-based products include the DVM-800 and DVM-800 HD, which are sold at lower retail pricing levels compared to our legacy products. For certain opportunities that involve multiple units and/or multi-year contracts, we have occasionally discounted our products to gain or retain market share and revenues.
We have recently announced the launch of the DVM-800 HD in-car video system, which we believe will give usprovide the hardware as part of a competitive advantage in the market. The DVM-800 HD system provides full 1080P high definition video atrecurring monthly service fee. In that respect, we introduced a cost-effective price point that is competitive feature wise withmonthly subscription agreement plan for our competitor’s products but at a better price-point.
Our international revenues decreased to $326,370 (3% of total revenues) during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, compared to $1,154,412 (9% of total revenues) during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Our third quarter 2016 revenues were aided by approximately $760,000 of revenue from the sale of our FirstVU HD body worn cameras storage systems and extendedrelated equipment during the second quarter of 2020 that allowed law enforcement agencies to pay a monthly service agreementfee to obtain body worn cameras without incurring a non-law enforcement international customer. Our 2017significant upfront capital outlay. This program has continued to gain traction, resulting in decreased product revenues have been disappointing after several positive quartersand increased service revenues. We expect this program to continue to gain momentum, resulting in 2016; however, the international sales cycle generally takes longer than domestic business and we have provided bidsrecurring revenues over a span of three to a number of international customers. We also believe that our new products may appeal to international customers, in particular the DVM-800 HD and FirstVU HD, although we can make no assurances in this regard.five years.

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Service and other revenues by operating segment is as follows:

  For the six months ended June 30, 
  2023  2022 
Service and Other Revenues:        
Video Solutions $1,457,331  $1,319,333 
Revenue Cycle Management  3,506,361   4,024,695 
Entertainment  5,481,659   9,681,969 
Total Service and Other Revenues $10,445,351  $15,025,997 

Service and other revenues for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 were $1,436,106$10,445,351 and $1,182,781,$15,025,997, respectively, an increase of $253,325 (21%$4,580,646 (30%), due to the following factors:

Cloud revenues generated by the video solutions operating segment were $259,962$894,773 and $104,390$627,874 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, an increase of $155,572 (149%$266,899 (43%). We have experienced increased interest in our cloud solutions for law enforcement and severalprimarily due to the deployment of our commercial customers have implementedcloud-based EVO-HD in-car system and our FleetVU and asset tracking solutions,next generation body-worn camera products, which contributed to our increased cloud revenues in 2017.the six months ended June 30, 2023. We believeexpect this trend to continue throughout 2023 as the trend of increased cloud service revenues will continue for the balance of 2017 because AMR awarded us the FleetVU managermigration from local storage to cloud storage contract for DVM-250 systemscontinues in early 2017 and an increasing number of other commercial customers have elected to utilize our recurring service fee-based FleetVu and asset tracking solutions. Revenuescustomer base.
Video solutions operating segment revenues from extended warranty services were $638,982$433,074 and $368,055$363,130 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, an increase of $270,927 (74%$69,944 (19%). We have many customers that have purchasedThis correlates with the increase in sales of DVM-800 hardware systems resulting in an increase in their associated extended warranty packages, primarily in our DVM-800 premium service program, and we expect the trend of increased revenues from these services to continue throughout 2017.warranty.
InstallationOur new entertainment operating segment generated service revenues were $161,408totaling $5,481,659 and $175,075$9,681,969 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, a decrease of $13,667 (8%$4,200,310 (43%). The Company completed the acquisitions of Goody Tickets, LLC and TicketSmarter, LLC on September 1, 2021, thus resulting in the new revenue stream for the Company. TicketSmarter collects fees on transactions administered through the TicketSmarter.com platform for the buying and selling of tickets for live events throughout the country. We expect our entertainment operating segment to continue to fluctuate as we look right-size this segment and work towards profitability.
Our new revenue cycle management operating segment generated service revenues totaling $3,506,361 and $4,024,695 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, a decrease of $518,334 (13%). Our revenue cycle management operating segment has completed four acquisitions since formation in June of 2021, thus resulting in the new service revenue stream added in the six months ended June 30, 2023. Our revenue cycle management operating segment provides revenue cycle management solutions and back-office services to healthcare organizations throughout the country. The slight decrease in 2017 was partiallyrevenue is due to AMR halting its roll outrefinement within one of deliveries and installationsthe recent acquisitions, as they strive to additional locations in June 2017 as noted above.maximize profitability rather than focus on top line revenue.

Total revenues for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 were $11,699,939$15,976,820 and $13,128,881,$19,646,238, respectively, a decrease of $1,428,942 (11%$3,669,418 (19%), due to the reasons noted above.

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Cost of Product Revenue

CostOverall cost of product revenue on units sold for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023, and 20162022 was $6,450,570$4,520,616 and $7,487,747,$4,892,527, respectively, a decrease of $1,037,177 (14%$371,911 (8%). Overall cost of goods sold for products as a percentage of product revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2023, and 2022 were 82% and 106%, respectively. Cost of products sold by operating segment is as follows:

  For the six months ended June 30, 
  2023  2022 
Cost of Product Revenues:        
Video Solutions $1,842,983  $2,507,118 
Revenue Cycle Management      
Entertainment  2,677,633   2,385,409 
Total Cost of Product Revenues $4,520,616  $4,892,527 

The decrease in cost of goods sold for our video solutions segment products is directly correlated with the decrease in product sales for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022. In addition, the video solutions segment recorded valuation allowances for its older product lines and a portion of its Shield products during the first six months of 2023, directly increasing cost of goods sold for the period. Cost of product sold as a percentage of product revenues for the video solutions segment improved to 79% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to 91% for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

The increase in entertainment operating segment cost of product sold directly correlates to the increase in product revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to June 30, 2022, resulting in cost of product revenue of $2,677,633 for the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $2,385,409 for the six months ended June 30, 2022. Cost of product sold as a percentage of product revenues for the entertainment segment was 84% for the three months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to 127% for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

We recorded $5,414,534 and $5,489,541 in reserves for obsolete and excess inventories at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Total raw materials, component parts, and work-in-progress were $3,673,516 and $4,512,329 at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, a decrease of $838,813 (19%). Finished goods balances were $7,581,234 and $7,816,618 at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, a decrease of $235,384 (3%) which was attributable to a decrease in finished goods from our entertainment segment. The small decrease in the inventory reserve is primarily due to the reduction in finished goods and movement of excess inventory, offset by the increase in reserve at the entertainment segment. We believe the reserves are appropriate given our inventory levels as of June 30, 2023.

Cost of Service Revenue

Overall cost of service revenue sold for the six months ended June 30, 2023, and 2022 was $7,174,375 and $11,095,015, respectively, a decrease of $3,920,640 (35%). Overall cost of goods sold for services as a percentage of service revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2023, and 2022 were 69% and 74%, respectively. Cost of service revenues by operating segment is as follows:

  For the six months ended June 30, 
  2023  2022 
Cost of Service Revenues:        
Video Solutions $642,369  $525,247 
Revenue Cycle Management  1,928,253   2,370,263 
Entertainment  4,603,753   8,199,505 
Total Cost of Service Revenues $7,174,375  $11,095,015 

The increase in cost of service revenues for our video solutions segment is commensurate with the 14%increase in service revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022. Cost of service revenues as a percentage of service revenues for the video solutions segment increased to 44% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to 40% for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

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The decrease in productrevenue cycle management operating segment cost of service revenue is commensurate with the decrease in service revenues coupledin the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022. Cost of service revenues as a percentage of service revenues for the revenue cycle management operating segment was 55% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to 59% for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

The decrease in entertainment operating segment cost of service revenues is commensurate with productthe decrease in service revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022. Cost of service revenues as a percentage of service revenues for the entertainment operating segment was 84% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to 85% for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

Gross Profit

Overall gross profit for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 was $4,281,829 and $3,658,696, respectively, an increase of $623,133 (17%). Gross profit by operating segment was as follows:

  For the six months ended June 30, 
  2023  2022 
Gross Profit:        
Video Solutions $1,313,601  $1,027,440 
Revenue Cycle Management  1,578,107   1,654,432 
Entertainment  1,390,121   976,824 
Total Gross Profit $4,281,829  $3,658,696 

The overall increase is attributable to the large overall increase in revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and an increase in the overall cost of sales as a percentage of overall revenues decreasing to 62% in 2017 from 63% in 2016. We increased73% for the reserve for obsolete and excess inventories by approximately $418,000 during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 due to increased levels of excess component parts of older versions of PCB boards, used trade-in inventory requiring refurbishment and legacy products.

Cost of service and other revenues2023 from 81% for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 and 2016 was $790,691 and $488,708, respectively, an increase of $301,983 (62%). The increase in service and other cost of goods sold is commensurate with the 21% increase in service and other revenues coupled with service cost of sales increasing to 55% from 41% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to September 30, 2016. The primary reason for the increase is the reclassification of certain technical support personnel to generate direct installation and other service revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to September 30, 2016. In recent quarters, certain members of our technical support staff have been reclassified and their respective payroll expenses are now being charged to service cost of sales for product installation instead of executive, sales and administrative payroll as they were in 2016. The payroll reclassification for nine months ended September 30, 2017 was approximately $309,000.

Total cost of sales as a percentage of revenues increased to 62% during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 61% for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. We believe our gross margins will increase if we improve revenue levels and continue to reduce product warranty issues.

Gross Profit

Gross profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was $4,458,678 and $5,152,426, respectively, a decrease of $693,748 (13%). The decrease is primarily attributable to the 11% decrease in revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and cost of sales as a percentage of revenues increasing to 62% during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from 61% for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. We believe that gross margins will improve in 2017 and beyond if we improve revenue levels and reduce product warranty issues.2022. Our goal is to improve our margins to 60% over the longer term based on the expected margins ofgenerated by our newer products, in particular thenew recent revenue cycle management and entertainment operating segments together with our video solutions operating segment and its expected margins from our EVO-HD, DVM-800, DVM-800 HDVuLink, FirstVu Pro, FirstVu II, ShieldTM disinfectants and FirstVU HD, ifour cloud evidence storage and management offering, provided that they continue to gain traction in the marketplace and we are able to increase our commercial market penetration in 2017 and 2018.marketplace. In addition, asif revenues from these productsthe video solutions segment increase, we will seek to further improve our margins from themthis segment through economies of scaleexpansion and more efficientlyincreased efficiency utilizing fixed manufacturing overhead components. We plan to continue our initiative onto more efficient management of our supply chain through outsourcing production, quantity purchases and more effective purchasing practices.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $11,870,183$15,395,340 and $13,624,619$17,123,286 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, a decrease of $1,754,436 (13%$1,727,946 (10%). Selling,The decrease was primarily attributable to the reduction in new sponsorships being entered into by the Company. Our selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales decreased to 101% in 201796% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to 104%87% in 2016.the same period in 2022. The significant components of selling, general and administrative expenses are as follows:

  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016 
Research and development expense $2,495,924  $2,353,081 
Selling, advertising and promotional expense  3,036,168   3,295,743 
Stock-based compensation expense  981,652   1,203,312 
Professional fees and expense  1,187,435   1,487,657 
Executive, sales and administrative staff payroll  2,065,327   3,259,773 
Other  2,103,677   2,025,053 
Total $11,870,183  $13,624,619 
  

For the six months ended June 30,

 
  2023  2022 
Research and development expense $1,475,215  $1,038,222 
Selling, advertising and promotional expense  3,952,115   5,542,448 
General and administrative expense  9,968,010   10,542,616 
         
Total $15,395,340  $17,123,286 

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Research and development expense.We continue to focus on bringing new products to market, including updates and improvements to current products. Our research and development expenses totaled $2,495,924$1,475,215 and $2,353,081$1,038,222 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, an increase of $142,843 (6%$436,993 (42%). We employed a totalMost of 32our engineers at September 30, 2017 compared to 29 engineers at September 30, 2016, most of whom are dedicated to research and development activities for new products.products, primarily the new generation of body-worn cameras, EVO-HD and EVO Fleet that can be located in multiple places in a vehicle. We have increasedexpect our engineering staff of web-based developersresearch and development activities will continue to trend higher in future quarters as we expandedcontinue to expand our product offerings to include, among other items, cloud-based evidence storagebased on our new body-worn camera and management for our law enforcement customers (VuVault.net)EVO-HD product platform and our web-based commercial fleet driver monitoring and management tool (FleetVU Manager). Research andas we outsource more development expenses as a percentage of total revenues were 21% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 18% for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.projects. We consider our research and development capabilities and new product focus to be a competitive advantage and willintend to continue to invest in this area on a prudent basis.basis and consistent with our financial resources.

Selling, advertising and promotional expenses.Selling, advertising and promotional expense totaled $3,036,168$3,952,115 and $3,295,743$5,542,448 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, a decrease of $259,575 (8%). Salesman salaries and commissions represent the primary components of these costs and were $2,418,904 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to $2,358,745 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, an increase of $60,159 (3%). We have increased the number of salesman in 2017 compared to 2016, in particular in our commercial sales channel. The overall effective commission rate was 20.7% and 18.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively.

Promotional and advertising expenses totaled $617,264 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to $936,998 during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, a decrease of $319,734 (34%$1,590,333 (29%). The decrease is primarily attributable net promotionalto the reduction in new sponsorships being entered into by the Company. Additionally, TicketSmarter remains active in sponsorship and advertising, as it continues to build its brand and gain recognition.

General and administrative expense. General and administrative expenses associated with beingtotaled $9,968,010 and $10,542,616 for the title sponsor of the Web.com Tour golf tournament held annually in the Kansas City Metropolitan area being less in 2017 compared to 2016. We incurred net promotional expenses of $263,047 in the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 relative to this sponsorship compared to $499,271 for nine months ended September 30, 2016. The Company is also decreasing the number of trade shows attended during 2017 because it has lost some of its confidence in the efficiency2023 and effectiveness of many of the lesser attended trade shows.

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Stock-based compensation expense.Stock based compensation expense totaled $981,652 and $1,203,312 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016,2022, respectively, a decrease of $221,660 (18%). In 2017, the Company adopted the new accounting standard issued by the FASB to reduce the complexity of accounting for stock compensation and elected to account for stock option forfeitures as they occur. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 there were 52,609 stock options that expired and were forfeited, which decreased stock compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 2016. Additionally, the amortization of the restricted stock granted during 2017 and 2016 to our officers, directors, and other employees when the general market price of our common stock was lower also had the effect of decreasing the stock compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 2016.

Professional fees and expense. Professional fees and expenses totaled $1,187,435 and $1,487,657 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, a decrease of $300,322 (20%$574,606 (5%). The decrease in professional feesgeneral and administrative expenses in 2017the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to 2016the same period in 2022 is primarily attributable to lower litigation expenses related to the Utility, Axon and WatchGuard lawsuits. These matters continue and the reduced litigation charges are generally due to timing issues in the litigation, although the Axon and Watchguard lawsuits were both under a stay order pending final USPTO rulings on the various IPR requests which have largely now been ruled in our favor. We intend to pursue recovery from Utility, Axon, WatchGuard, their insurers and other responsible parties as appropriate.

Executive, sales and administrative staff payroll.Executive, sales and administrative staff payroll expenses totaled $2,065,327 and $3,259,773 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, a decrease of $1,194,446 (37%). The primary reason forin administrative salaries, as payroll begins to adjust from the decrease in executive, sales and administrative staff payroll was a reduction of $855,000 in executive bonuses andnew acquisitions completed by the reclassification of certain technical support personnel to generate direct installation and other service revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to September 30, 2016. We have increased our technical support staff in recent quarters to handle field inquiries and requests for product installation services because our installed customer base has expanded and additional technical support and marketing was required for our new products, such as the DVM-800 and FirstVU HD. In recent quarters, we have reclassified certain members of our technical support staff to direct services for product installation and other services for our customers and their respective payroll related expenses are now being charged to service cost of sales in 2017 compared to 2016. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016 a special bonus of $630,000 was awarded to our CEO, which did not occur in 2017.

Other. Other selling, generalCompany. General and administrative expenses totaled $2,103,677also decreased due to a decline in rent expenses, and $2,025,053legal and professional expenses for the ninethree months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, an increase of $78,624 (4%). The increase in other expenses in 20172023 compared to 2016 is primarily attributable to increased health insurance premiums for our associates.the same period in 2022.

Operating Loss

For the reasons previously stated above, our operating loss was $(7,411,505)$11,113,511 and $(8,472,193)$13,464,590 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, an improvement of $1,060,688 (13%$2,351,079 (17%). Operating loss as a percentage of revenues decreasedchanged to 63% for70% in the first ninesix months of 2017ended June 30, 2023 from 65% for69% in the same period in 2016.2022.

Interest Income

Interest income decreased to $10,619$71,085 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023, from $22,103$103,595 in 2016.the same period of 2022, which reflects our change in cash and cash equivalent levels in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2022. The Company held significant cash and cash equivalents throughout the second quarter of 2022, allowing a full six months of interest income.

Interest Expense

We incurred interest expense of $536,035$1,521,049 and $2,438$25,511 during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016. We issued an aggregate2022, respectively. The increase is attributable to the convertible note entered into in the second quarter of $4.0 million principal amount of Debentures on December 30, 2016, which bore interest at2023, and the rate of 8% per annum on the unpaid balance outstanding at September 30, 2017. In addition, we issued two Notes with a principal balance of $700,000 in June 2017. One of these Notes and a new Note had an outstanding principal balance of $650,000 at September 30, 2017. No similar interest-bearing debt was outstanding during the 2016 period.

We amortized to interest expense $288,895 and $-0-, representing the discountcontingent earn-out notes associated with the $1,000,000 subordinated notesfour Nobility Healthcare acquisitions, with interest rates of 3.00% per annum.

Change in Fair Value of Short-Term Investments

We recognized a loss on change in fair value of short-term investments totaling $-0- and $84,818 during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023 and 20162022, respectively. Such short-term investments are included in cash and cash equivalents as they contain original maturities of ninety (90) days or less.

Change in Fair Value of Contingent Consideration Promissory Notes

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, The discount resulted fromCompany recognized a gain on the issuancechange in fair value of detachable common stock purchase warrants togethercontingent consideration promissory notes of $158,021 and $486,046 during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. This is in connection with the $700,000 principal amount of Notes, which is recorded as a discount and amortized to interest expense over the term of the underlying Notes. The total remaining unamortized discount was $117,000 and $-0- at September 30, 2017, and 2016 respectively.four acquisitions made by our revenue cycle management segment.

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Change in WarrantFair Value of Derivative Liabilities

DetachableDuring the second quarter of 2023, the Company issued detachable warrants exercisable to purchase a total of 398,916 common1,125,000 shares as adjusted, were issuedof Common Stock in conjunctionassociation with $2.0 million and $4.0 million Secured Convertible Notes during March and August 2014.the two secured convertible notes previously described. The warrants wereunderlying warrant agreement terms provide for net cash settlement outside the control of the Company in the event of tender offers under certain circumstances. As such, the Company is required to be treatedtreat these warrants as derivative liabilities becausewhich are valued at their estimated fair value at their issuance date and at each reporting date with any subsequent changes reported in the condensed consolidated statement of their anti-dilution and down-round provisions. Accordingly, we estimatedoperations as the change in fair value of such warrants as of their respective date of issuance and recorded a corresponding derivative liability in the balance sheet. Upon exercise of the warrants we recognized a gain/loss based on the closing market price of the underlying common stock on the date of exercise. In addition, the warrant derivative liability is adjusted to the estimated fair value of any unexercised warrants as of December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017. There remained warrants outstanding exercisable to purchase 12,200 shares of common stock at December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017 and the warrant derivative liability balance was $33,076 at December 31, 2016 and $15,729 at September 30, 2017.

liabilities. The changeschange in the fair value of the warrant derivatives related to unexercised warrants resulted in a gain of $17,347 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to a gain of $18,740 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

Change in Fair Value of Secured Convertible Notes Payable

We elected to account for the $4.0 million principal amount of Debentures outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 on their fair value basis. Therefore, we determined the fair value of the Debentures utilizing Monte Carlo simulation models which yielded an estimated fair value of $3,183,210 and $4,000,000 for the Debentures including their embedded derivatives as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. No value was allocated to the detachable Warrants as of the origination date because of the relative fair value of the Debentures including its embedded derivative features approximated the gross proceeds of the financing transaction. We made payments totaling $750,000 against the Debentures on August 24, 1997. The fair value of the Debentures was $3,183,210 at September 30, 2017 representing a fair value change of $66,790liabilities from December 31, 2016,2022, to June 30, 2023, totaled $59,766 which was recognized as incomea loss in the Condensed Consolidated Statementsecond quarter of Operations.2023.

Loss on conversion of convertible debt

The Company recognized a loss on conversion of convertible debt of $93,386 and $-0- during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. This is in connection with the convertible note issued during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and the conversion from debt to equity during the period.

Other income

Other income increased to $50,786 for the six months ended June 30, 2023, from $43,059 during the six months ended June 30, 2022, which reflects income related to a warehouse lease within the corporate headquarters.

 

Loss before Income Tax Benefit

As a result of the above results of operations, we reported a loss before income tax benefit of $7,852,784$14,300,128 and $8,433,788$7,380,430 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, an improvementa decline of $581,004 (7%$6,919,698 (94%).

Income Tax Benefit

We did not record an income tax benefitexpense related to our lossesincome for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 due to our overall net operating loss carryforwards available. We have further determined to continue providing a full valuation reserve on our net deferred tax assets as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017. During 2017, we increased our valuation reserve on deferred tax assets by $3,080,000 whereby our deferred tax assets continue to be fully reserved due to our recent operating losses.

2023. We had approximately $46,745,000$113.3 million of net operating loss carryforwards and $2,110,000$1.8 million of research and development tax credit carryforwards as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 available to offset future net taxable income.

Net Loss

As a result of the above results of operations, we reported a net loss of $14,300,128 and $7,380,430 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, a decline of $6,919,698 (94%).

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests of Consolidated Subsidiary

The Company owns a 51% equity interest in its consolidated subsidiary, Nobility Healthcare. As a result, the noncontrolling shareholders or minority interest is allocated 49% of the income of Nobility Healthcare which is reflected in the statement of income as “net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of consolidated subsidiary”. We reported net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of consolidated subsidiary of $198,994 and $285,232 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders

As a result of the above, we reported a net lossesloss attributable to common stockholders of $7,852,784$14,499,122 and $8,433,788$7,665,662 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, an improvementa deterioration of $581,004 (7%$6,833,460 (89%).

Basic and Diluted Loss per Share

The basic and diluted loss per share was $1.34$5.24 and $1.59$3.08 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016, respectively, for2022, respectively. Basic loss per share is based upon the reasons previously noted. Allweighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, all shares issuable upon conversion of convertible debt and the exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants were considered antidilutive, and, therefore, excluded fromnot included in the calculationcomputation of diluted loss per share forshare.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overall:

Management’s Liquidity Plan. We have experienced net losses and cash outflows from operating activities since inception. Based upon our current operating forecast, we anticipate that we will need to restore positive operating cash flows and/or raise additional capital in the nine months ended September 30, 2017short-term to fund operations, meet our customary payment obligations and 2016 becauseotherwise execute our business plan over the next 12 months. We are continuously in discussions to raise additional capital, which may include a variety of the net loss reported for each period.equity and debt instruments; however, there can be no assurance that our capital raising initiatives will be successful. Our recurring losses and level of cash used in operations, along with uncertainties concerning our ability to raise additional capital, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

On June 30, 2017, we borrowed $700,000 under unsecured notes payable with two private, third party lenders. The loans were represented by two promissory notes (the “Notes”) that bore interest at 8% per annum and were payable in cash on or before the maturity date of September 30, 2017. The Notes were unsecured and subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness, as such term is defined in the Notes. We issued warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock for $3.65 per share in connection with the Notes. Such warrants are exercisable immediately and expire on June 29, 2022. We used the proceeds of this private placement for general working capital purposes. We paid one of the Notes in the principal amount of $350,000 on September 1, 2017 and extended the maturity date of the other Note to December 31, 2017.

On September 29, 2017, we borrowed $300,000 under an unsecured note payable with a private, third party lender. The loan is represented by a promissory note (also referred to as the “Note”) that bears interest at 8% per annum and is payable in cash on or before the maturity date. The Note is due and payable in full on November 30, 2017 and may be prepaid without penalty at any time. The Note is unsecured and subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness, as such term is defined in the Note. We issued warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock for $2.75 per share in connection with the Note. Such warrants are exercisable immediately and expire on September 30, 2022. We used the proceeds of this private placement for general working capital purposes.

On August 23, 2017, we closed a $3.0 million offering of our common stock and common stock purchase warrants in a registered direct offering. At the closing, we sold to institutional investors in a registered direct offering an aggregate of 940,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $3.00 per share and Series B Warrants, for gross offering proceeds of $3.0 million. For each share of common stock purchased, investors received two registered warrants, each with an exercise price of $3.36 per share (the “Series A-1 Warrant” and the “Series A-2 Warrant”). The Series A-1 Warrants are exercisable to purchase up to 680,000 shares of common stock and have a term of five years commencing six months following the closing date. The Series A-2 warrants are immediately exercisable to purchase a 200,000 shares of common stock and have a term of five years commencing on the closing date. Additionally, the Company issued to certain of the investors, in lieu of shares of common stock at closing, Series B Warrants that are immediately exercisable (the “Series B Warrant”) to purchase 60,000 shares of common stock for which the investors paid $2.99 per share at the closing and will pay $0.01 per share upon exercise of the Series B Warrant so that such investors’ beneficial ownership interest would not exceed 9.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock. The Series B Warrant terminates upon exercise in full. After placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses, the net offering proceeds to us totaled approximately $2.8 million. The foregoing warrants issued in this transaction did not contain terms that would require us to record derivative warrant liabilities that could affect our financial statements. Proceeds of the offering were used to pay a portion of the outstanding principal balance of the Debentures, retire one of the Notes and for other working capital purposes.

On December 30, 2016, we completed a private placement of $4.0 million principal amount of Debentures with two institutional investors. Such Debentures bear interest at 8% per annum payable in cash on a quarterly basis and are secured by substantially all of our tangible and certain intangible assets. In addition, we issued the investors warrants to acquire 800,000 shares of common stock at $5.00 per share. We made payments of $750,000 against the Debentures on August 24, 2017. The Debentures mature on March 30, 2018 and are convertible at any time six months after their date of issue at the option of the holders into shares of common stock at $5.00 per share. In addition, we can elect to redeem the Debentures at 112% of their outstanding principal balance and could force conversion by the holders if the market price exceeds $7.50 per share for ten consecutive trading days. We used the proceeds of this private placement for general working capital purposes.

We may find it necessary to retire the Debentures by the payment of cash at maturity, which would be a significant requirement. We plan to obtain such funding from operations or a capital raise or a combination of the two. We believe that we have the capability to retire the Debentures by a cash payment when they become due, although we can offer no assurances in this regard.

If we had to supplement our liquidity to support our operations in 2017, given our recent history of net operating losses and negative cash flows, we do not believe that traditional banking indebtedness would be available to us given our recent operating history. Our 2017/2018 operating plan could include raising additional capital through a public offering or private placement of debt or equity. We have demonstrated our ability to raise new debt or equity capital in recent years and, if necessary, we believe that we could raise additional capital during the next 12 months if required, but again can offer no assurances in this regard.

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Further, we had warrants outstanding exercisable to purchase 3,013,466 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price $6.84 per share outstanding as of September 30, 2017. In addition, there are common stock purchase options outstanding exercisable to purchase 301,031 shares at an average price of $19.84 per share and the recently issued 800,000 warrants at an exercise price of $5.00 per share, 200,000 warrants at an exercise price of $3.65 per share and 100,000 warrants at an exercise price of $2.75 per share. We could potentially use such warrants to provide near-term liquidity and could induce their holders to exercise their warrants by adjusting/lowering the exercise price on a temporary or permanent basis if the exercise price was below the then market price of our common stock, although we can offer no assurances in this regard. Ultimately, we must restore profitable operations and positive cash flows to provide liquidity to support our operations and, if necessary, to raise capital on commercially reasonable terms in 2017 and 2018.

Based on the uncertainties described above, the Company believes its business plan does not alleviate the existence of substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements in this Report.

We had $816,174 of available cash and equivalents (including $500,000 of restricted cash) and net working capital of approximately $4.7 million as of September 30, 2017. Net working capital as of September 30, 2017 includes approximately $1.9 million of accounts receivable and $10.1 million of inventory.

Cash, and cash equivalents balances:equivalents: As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, we had cash and cash equivalents with an aggregate balance of $316,174,$2,923,881, a decrease from a balance of $3,883,124$3,532,199 at December 31, 2016.2022. Summarized immediately below and discussed in more detail in the subsequent subsections are the main elements of the $3,566,950$608,318 net decrease in cash during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017:2023:

Operating activities:$5,763,9483,109,986 of netcash used in operating activities. Net cash used in operating activities was $5,763,948$3,109,986 and 4,726,611$10,932,515 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, a deteriorationdecrease of $1,037,337.$7,822,529. The deterioration was primarilyimprovement is attributable to the resultnon-cash gain attributable to the change in value of increasesthe warrant derivative liability no longer being applicable to 2023, as well as the decline in inventory and decreases in accrued expenses, offset by increases in deferred revenue and decreases in accounts receivable. Our goal isthe usage of cash to increase revenues, return to profitabilityaccounts receivable, prepaid expenses, and decrease our inventory levelsother operating assets during the remainder of 2017, thereby providing positive cash flows from operations, although there can be no assurances that we will be successfulsix months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the same period in this regard.2022.
Investing activities:activities: $455,516$126,946 of netcash used in investing activities. Cash used in investing activities was $455,516$126,946 and $373,907$3,361,994 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively. In 2017During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we made capital expenditures for: (i) building improvements of the newly purchased office and 2016, we incurred costs for an integrated display system, demo equipment, tooling of new productswarehouse building; and for(ii) patent applications on our proprietary technology utilized in our new products and included in intangible assets.
Financing activities:$2,652,5142,628,614 of netcash provided byfinancing activities. Cash provided by (used in) financing activities was $2,652,514$2,628,614 and ($4,259,037) for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 compared to cash used in financing activities2023 and 2022, respectively. During the first six months of $7,8622023, we most notably completed a convertible note agreement, made principal payments on contingent consideration promissory notes, received a Commercial Extension of Credit for our Entertainment Segment, and made principal payments on that extension of credit. During the ninefirst six months ended September 30, 2016. On August 23, 2017, we closed a $3.0 million offering of our2022 the Company repurchased its common stock and commonon the open market pursuant to the stock purchase warrants. After placement fees and other estimated offering expenses, the net offering proceeds to us totaled approximately $2.8 million prior to any exercise of the warrants. Proceeds of the offering were used to pay down a portion of therepurchase plan, as well as principal balance of the Debentures and one of the Notes and for general working capital purposes. We received $1,000,000 of proceeds in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from the issuance of the Notes. During 2015 we acquired capital equipment financed through capital lease obligations and payments on such obligations represented the cash used in financing activities.contingent consideration promissory notes.

The net result of these activities was a decrease in cash of $3,566,950 to $316,174 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.Commitments:

Commitments:

We had $316,174$2,923,881 of cash and cash equivalent balancesequivalents and net positivenegative working capital approximating $4.7 millionof ($3,109,982) as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023. Accounts receivable and other receivables balances represented $1,861,009$4,587,929 of our net working capital at SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023. We intend to collect our outstanding receivables on a timely basis and reduce the overall level during the balance of 2017,2023, which would help to provide positive cash flow to support our operations during such period.2023. Inventory represented $10,061,991represents $5,840,216 of our net working capital at SeptemberJune 30, 2017 and finished goods represented $7,509,227 of total inventory.2023. We are actively managing the overall level of inventory and our goal is to reduce such levelslevel during the balance of 20172023 by our sales activities, the increase of which should provide additional cash flow to help support our operations during 2017.2023.

Capital Expenditures:

We had the following material commitments for capital expenditures at June 30, 2023:

Lease commitments. Total lease expense under the six operating leases was approximately $156,856 and $297,117, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively.

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Capital Expenditures.We had no material commitments for capital expenditures at September 30, 2017.

Lease Commitments-Operating Leases.We have a non-cancelable long-termThe following sets forth the operating lease agreement for officeright of use assets and warehouse space that expires during April 2020. We have also entered into month-to-month leases for equipment. Rentliabilities as of June 30, 2023:

Assets:    
Operating lease right of use assets, net $1,124,291 
     
Liabilities:    
Operating lease obligations-current portion $291,074 
Operating lease obligations-less current portion  901,412 
Total operating lease obligations $1,192,486 

The components of lease expense were as follows for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 and 2016 was $298,293 and $298,293, respectively, related to these leases.2023:

Selling, general and administrative expenses$297,117

Following are ourthe minimum lease payments for each year and in total.total:

Year ending December 31:   
2017(period from October 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017) $112,080 
2018  451,248 
2019  457,327 
2020  154,131 
     
  $1,174,786 
Year ending December 31:  
2023 (July 1, to December 31, 2023)$201,602 
2024 336,992 
2025 290,417 
2026 271,868 
Thereafter 334,650 
Total undiscounted minimum future lease payments 1,435,529 
Imputed interest (243,043)
Total operating lease liability$1,192,486 

Debt obligations – Outstanding debt obligations comprises the following:

License agreements.We have several license agreements under which we have been assigned the rights to certain materials used in its products. Certain of these agreements require us to pay ongoing royalties based on the number of products shipped containing the licensed material on a quarterly basis. Royalty expense related to these agreements aggregated $14,938 and $18,911 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

  

June 30,

2023

  

December 31,

2022

 
Economic injury disaster loan (EIDL) $150,000  $150,000 
Convertible note payable, net of unamortized debt discount of $1,975,909  899,091    
Contingent consideration promissory note – Nobility Healthcare Division Acquisition  259,303   388,955 
Contingent consideration promissory note – Nobility Healthcare Division Acquisition  117,637   176,456 
Contingent consideration promissory note – Nobility Healthcare Division Acquisition  5,937   208,083 
Contingent consideration promissory note – Nobility Healthcare Division Acquisition  19,887   4,346 
Commercial Extension of Credit – Entertainment Segment  175,617    
Debt obligations  1,627,472   927,840 
Less: current maturities of debt obligations  1,468,857   485,373 
Debt obligations, long-term $158,615  $442,467 

Following is a summary of our licensesDebt obligations mature as follows as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017:2023:

License Type

Effective
 

June 30, 2023

 
2023 (July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023)$374,915 
2024 3,083,972 
2025 3,412 
2026 3,542 
2027 and thereafter 137,541 
    
Total$3,603,382 

Date

Expiration
Date
Terms
Production software license agreementApril 2005April 2018Automatically renews for one-year periods unless terminated by either party.
Software sublicense agreementOctober 2007October 2018Automatically renews for one-year periods unless terminated by either party.
Software development and software services agreementJune 2015June 2018Renewable by mutual agreement of the parties unless terminated by Digital Ally for convenience.

Litigation.

The Company is subject to various legal proceedings arising from normal business operations. Although there can be no assurances, based on the information currently available, management believes that it is probable that the ultimate outcome of each of the actions will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial statement of the Company. However, an adverse outcome in certain of the actions could have a material adverse effect on the financial results of the Company in the period in which it is recorded.

Axon Enterprise, Inc. – (Formerly Taser International, Inc.)

The Company owns U.S. Patent No. 8,781,292 (the “ ‘292 Patent”), which is directed to a system that determines when a recording device, such as a law enforcement officer’s body camera or in-car video recorder, begins recording and automatically instructs other recording devices to begin recording. The technology described in the ‘292 Patent is incorporated in the Company’s VuLink product.

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The Company received notice in April 2015 that Taser International, Inc., now known as Axon Enterprises, Inc. (“Axon”), had commenced an action in the USPTO for a re-examination of the ‘292 Patent. A re-examination is essentially a request that the USPTO review whether the patent should have issued in its present form in view of the “prior art,” e.g., other patents in the same technology field. The prior art used by Axon was from an unrelated third party and was not the result of any of Axon’s own research and development efforts.

On January 14, 2016 the USPTO ultimately rejected Axon’s efforts and confirmed the validity of the ‘292 Patent with 59 claims covering various aspects of the Company’s auto-activation technology. On February 2, 2016 the USPTO issued another patent relating to the Company’s auto-activation technology for law enforcement cameras. U.S. Patent No. 9,253,452 (the “ ‘452 Patent”) generally covers the automatic activation and coordination of multiple recording devices in response to a triggering event, such as a law enforcement officer activating the light bar on the vehicle.

The Company filed suit on January 15, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (Case No: 2:16-cv-02032) against Axon, alleging willful patent infringement against Axon’s body camera product line. The Company later added the ‘452 patent to the suit and is seeking both monetary damages and a permanent injunction against Axon for infringement of both the ‘452 and ‘292 Patents.

In addition to the infringement claims, the Company added a new set of claims to the lawsuit alleging that Axon conspired to keep the Company out of the marketplace by engaging in improper, unethical, and unfair competition. The amended lawsuit alleges Axon bribed officials and otherwise conspired to secure no-bid contracts for its products in violation of both state law and federal antitrust law. The Company’s lawsuit also seeks monetary and injunctive relief, including treble damages, for these alleged violations.

Axon filed an answer which denied the patent infringement allegations on April 1, 2016. In addition, Axon filed a motion to dismiss all allegations in the complaint on March 4, 2016 for which the Company filed an amended complaint on March 18, 2016 to address certain technical deficiencies in the pleadings. Axon amended and renewed its motion to seek dismissal of the allegations that it had bribed officials and otherwise conspired to secure no-bid contracts for its products in violation of both state law and federal antitrust law on April 1, 2016. Formal discovery commenced on April 12, 2016 with respect to the patent related claims. In January 2017, the Court granted Axon’s motion to dismiss the portion of the lawsuit regarding claims that it had bribed officials and otherwise conspired to secure no-bid contracts for its products in violation of both state law and federal antitrust law. The Company has appealed this decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Company has filed its timely, opening brief; Axon has sought but not yet recieved an extension of time in which to file its own responding brief, and accordingly, the matter has not yet been fully briefed or scheduled for argument.

In December 2016, Axon announced that it had commenced an action in the USPTO forinter partes review (“IPR”) of the Company’s ‘292 Patent. Previously Axon had attempted to invalidate the ‘292 Patent through a re-examination procedure at the USPTO. Axon is again attempting through its recently filed petition to convince the USPTO that Digital Ally’s patents lack patentability. Axon subsequently filed another action for an IPR against the ‘292 Patent and two more petitions against the ‘452 Patent. The USPTO rejected one of Axon’s requests on the ‘292 Patent and instituted an investigation of the other petition. As for the ‘452 Patent, the court rejected both of Axon’s requests on the petition challenging the claims at issue in the lawsuit. Axon is now statutorily precluded from filing any more IPR petitions against either the ‘292 or ‘452 Patents.

The District Court litigation in Kansas has been stayed since the filing of the petitions for IPR, The Court, however, requested an update on the status of the petitions and the Company has provided such an update after the decision was rendered which denied the final ‘452 Patent petition. Because both of Axon’s petitions for an IPR on the ‘452 Patent that related to the claims in the lawsuit were denied, the Company is seeking to lift the stay and proceed with the lawsuit to a trial where the question of infringement and damages can be addressed.

Enforcement Video, LLC d/b/a WatchGuard Video

On May 27, 2016 the Company filed suit against Enforcement Video, LLC d/b/a WatchGuard Video (“WatchGuard”), (Case No. 2:16-cv-02349-JTM-JPO) alleging patent infringement based on WatchGuard’s VISTA Wifi and 4RE In-Car product lines.

The USPTO has granted multiple patents to the Company with claims covering numerous features, such as automatically activating all deployed cameras in response to the activation of just one camera. Additionally, Digital Ally’s patent claims cover automatic coordination as well as digital synchronization between multiple recording devices. Digital Ally also has patent coverage directed to the coordination between a multi-camera system and an officer’s smartphone, which allows an officer to more readily assess an event on the scene while an event is taking place or immediately after it has occurred.

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The Company’s lawsuit alleges that WatchGuard incorporated this patented technology into its VISTA Wifi and 4RE In-Car product lines without its permission. Specifically, Digital Ally is accusing WatchGuard of infringing three patents: the ‘292 and ‘452 Patents and U.S. Patent No. 9,325,950 (the “ ‘950 Patent”). The Company is aggressively challenging WatchGuard’s infringing conduct, seeking both monetary damages, as well as seeking a permanent injunction preventing WatchGuard from continuing to sell its VISTA Wifi and 4RE In-Car product lines using Digital Ally’s own technology to compete against it. On May 8, 2017, Watchguard filed a petition seeking IPR of the ‘950 Patent. The Company will vigorously oppose that petition. The PTAB will not issue a decision on whether to institute that petition until approximately November 2017. The lawsuit has been stayed pending a decision from the USPTO on whether to institute that petition.

Utility Associates, Inc.

On October 25, 2013, the Company filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas (2:13-cv-02550-SAC)to eliminate threats by a competitor, Utility Associates, Inc. (“Utility”), of alleged patent infringement regarding U.S. Patent No. 6,831,556 (the “ ‘556 Patent”). Specifically, the lawsuit seeks a declaration that the Company’s mobile video surveillance systems do not infringe any claim of the ‘556 Patent. The Company became aware that Utility had mailed letters to current and prospective purchasers of its mobile video surveillance systems threatening that the use of such systems purchased from third parties not licensed to the ‘556 Patent would create liability for them for patent infringement. The Company rejected Utility’s assertion and is vigorously defending the right of end-users to purchase such systems from providers other than Utility. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas dismissed the lawsuit because it decided that Kansas was not the proper jurisdictional forum for the dispute. The District Court’s decision was not a ruling on the merits of the case. The Company appealed the decision and the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court’s previous decision.

In addition, the Company began proceedings to invalidate the ‘556 Patent through a request for IPR of the ‘556 patent at the USPTO. On July 27, 2015, the USPTO invalidated key claims in Utility’s ‘556 Patent. The Final Decision from the USPTO significantly curtails Utility’s ability to threaten law enforcement agencies, municipalities, and others with infringement of the ‘556 Patent. Utility appealed this decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Utility’s appeal and therefore confirmed the ruling of the USPTO. This denial of Utility’s appeal finalized the USPTO’s ruling in Digital’s favor and the matter is now concluded.

On June 6, 2014, the Company filed an Unfair Competition lawsuit against Utility in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. In the lawsuit, it contends that Utility has defamed the Company and illegally interfered with its contracts, customer relationships and business expectancies by falsely asserting to its customers and others that its products violate the ‘556 Patent, of which Utility claims to be the holder.

The suit also includes claims against Utility for tortious interference with contract and violation of the Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (KUSTA), arising out of Utility’s employment of the Company’s employees, in violation of that employee’s Non-Competition and Confidentiality agreements with the Company. In addition to damages, the Company seeks temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief, prohibiting Utility from, among other things, continuing to threaten or otherwise interfere with the Company’s customers. On March 4, 2015, an initial hearing was held upon the Company’s request for injunctive relief.

Based upon facts revealed at the March 4, 2015 hearing, on March 16, 2015, the Company sought leave to amend its Complaint in the Kansas suit to assert additional claims against Utility. Those new claims include claims of actual or attempted monopolization, in violation of § 2 of the Sherman Act, claims arising under a new Georgia statute that prohibits threats of patent infringement in “bad faith,” and additional claims of unfair competition/false advertising in violation of § 63(a) of the Lanham Act. As these statutes expressly provide, the Company will seek treble damages, punitive damages and attorneys’ fees as well as injunctive relief. The Court concluded its hearing on April 22, 2015, and allowed the Company leave to amend its complaint, but denied its preliminary injunction. The discovery stage of the lawsuit expired in May 2016. Utility filed a Motion for Summary Judgment and the Company filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. On March 30, 2017, the Court entered its order granting Utility’s motion and denying the Company’s motion for summary judgment in their entireties. The Company believes the District Court made several errors when ruling on the motions for summary judgment in light of the USPTO’s final decision issued on July 27, 2015 and the various facts and admissions already presented to such Court and is filing an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Oral arguments are set to occur on January 17, 2018.

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On September 13, 2014, Utility filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against the Company alleging infringement of the ‘556 Patent. The suit was served on the Company on September 20, 2014. As alleged in the Company’s first filed lawsuit described above, the Company believes that the ‘556 Patent is both invalid and not infringed. Further, the USPTO has issued its final decision invalidating 23 of the 25 claims asserted in the ‘556 Patent, as noted above. The Company believes that the suit filed by Utility is without merit and is vigorously defending the claims asserted against the Company. An adverse resolution of the foregoing litigation or patent proceedings could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity. The Court stayed all proceedings with respect to this lawsuit pending the outcome of the patent review performed by the USPTO and the appellate court. Based on the USPTO’s final decision to invalidate substantially all claims contained in the ‘556 Patent and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit full denial of Utility’s appeal, the Company intends to file for summary judgment in its favor if Utility does not request outright dismissal. 

The Company is also involved as a plaintiff and defendant in ordinary, routine litigation and administrative proceedings incidental to its business from time to time, including customer collections, vendor and employment-related matters. The Company believes the likely outcome of any other pending cases and proceedings will not be material to its business or its financial condition.

Sponsorship.On April 16, 2015 the Company entered into a Title Sponsorship Agreement (the “Agreement”) under which it became the title sponsor for a Web.com Tour golf tournament (the “Tournament”) held annually in the Kansas City Metropolitan area. The Agreement provides the Company with naming rights and other benefits for the 2015 through 2019 annual Tournament in exchange for the following sponsorship fee:

Year Sponsorship
fee
 
2015 $375,000 
2016 $475,000 
2017 $475,000 
2018 $500,000 
2019 $500,000 

The Company has the right to sell and retain the proceeds from the sale of additional sponsorships, including but not limited to a presenting sponsorship, a concert sponsorship and founding partnerships for the Tournament. The Company recorded a net sponsorship expense of $263,047 and $499,271, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

401 (k) Plan.We sponsor a 401(k) retirement savings plan for the benefit of our employees. The plan, as amended, requires us to provide 100% matching contributions for employees who elect to contribute up to 3% of their compensation to the plan and 50% matching contributions for employee’s elective deferrals on the next 2% of their contributions. We made matching contributions totaling $137,781 and $135,058 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Each participant is 100% vested at all times in employee and employer matching contributions.

Consulting and Distributor Agreements.The Company entered into an agreement that requires it to make monthly payments which will be applied to future commissions and/or consulting fees to be earned by the provider. The agreement is with a limited liability company (“LLC”) that is minority owned by a relative of the Company’s chief financial officer. Under the agreement, dated January 15, 2016, the LLC provides consulting services for developing a new distribution channel outside of law enforcement for its body-worn camera and related cloud storage products to customers in the United States. The Company paid the LLC and advance against commissions ranging from $5,000 to $6,000 per month plus necessary and reasonable expenses for a period of one year beginning January 2016, which can be automatically extended based on the LLC achieving minimum sales quotas. The agreement was renewed in January 2017 for a period of three years, subject to yearly minimum sales thresholds that would allow the Company to terminate the contract if such minimums are not met. As of September 30, 2017, the Company had advanced a total of $301,115 pursuant to this agreement.

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Critical Accounting PoliciesEstimates

Our significant accounting policies are summarized in noteNote 1, “Nature of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 1, “Financial Statements,” of this report.statements. While the selection and application of any accounting policy may involve some level of subjective judgments and estimates, we believe the following accounting policies and estimates are the most critical to our financial statements, potentially involve the most subjective judgments in their selection and application, and are the most susceptible to uncertainties and changing conditions:

Revenue Recognition/Recognition / Allowance for Doubtful Accounts;
Allowance for Excess and Obsolete Inventory;
Warranty Reserves;Goodwill and other intangible assets;
Warranty Reserves;
Fair value of warrant derivative liabilities;
Stock-based Compensation Expense;
Accounting for Income Taxes; and
Determination of Fair Value Calculation for Financial Instruments and Derivatives; and
Going Concern Analysis.

Revenue Recognition / Allowances for Doubtful Accounts. Revenue is recognized for the shipment of products or delivery of service when all fourfive of the following conditions are met:

(i)Identify the contract with the customer;
(ii)Identify the performance obligations in the contract;
(iii)Determine the transaction price;
(iv)Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and
(v)Recognize revenue when a performance obligation is satisfied.

We consider the terms and conditions of the contract and our customary business practices in identifying our contracts under ASC 606. We determine we have a contract when the customer order is approved, we can identify each party’s rights regarding the services to be transferred, we can identify the payment terms for the services, we have determined the customer has the ability and intent to pay and the contract has commercial substance. At contract inception we evaluate whether the contract includes more than one performance obligation. We apply judgment in determining the customer’s ability and intent to pay, which is based on a variety of factors, including the customer’s historical payment experience or, in the case of a new customer, credit and financial information pertaining to the customer.

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 (i)Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists;
(ii)Delivery has occurred;
(iii)The price is fixed or determinable; and
(iv)Collectability is reasonably assured.

Performance obligations promised in a contract are identified based on the services and the products that will be transferred to the customer that are both capable of being distinct, whereby the customer can benefit from the service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available from third parties or from us, and are distinct in the context of the contract, whereby the transfer of the services and the products is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. Our performance obligations consist of (i) products, (ii) professional services, and (iii) extended warranties.

The transaction price is determined based on the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for transferring services to the customer. Variable consideration is included in the transaction price if, in our judgment it is probable that a significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will not occur. None of our contracts contain a significant financing component.

If the contract contains a single performance obligation, the entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price (“SSP”).

Revenue for our video solutions segment is recognized at the time the related performance obligation is satisfied by transferring the control of the promised service to a customer. Revenue is recognized when control of the service is transferred to the customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for our services. We generate all our revenue from contracts with customers.

Revenue for our revenue cycle management segment is recorded on a net basis, as its primary source of revenue is its end-to-end service fees. These service fees are reported as revenue monthly upon completion of our performance obligation to provide the agreed upon services.

Revenue for our entertainment segment is recorded on a gross or net basis based on management’s assessment of whether we are acting as a principal or agent in the transaction. The determination is based upon the evaluation of control over the event ticket, including the right to sell the ticket, prior to its transfer to the ticket buyer.

We sell our tickets held in inventory, which consists of one performance obligation, being to transfer control of an event ticket to the buyer upon confirmation of the order. We act as the principal in these transactions as we own the ticket at the time of sale, therefore we control the ticket prior to transferring to the customer. In these transactions, revenue is recorded on a gross basis based on the value of the ticket and is recognized when an order is confirmed. Payment is typically due upon delivery of the ticket.

We also act as an intermediary between buyers and sellers through the online secondary marketplace. Revenues derived from this marketplace primarily consist of service fees from entertainment operations, and consists of one primary performance obligation, which is facilitating the transaction between the buyer and seller, being satisfied at the time the order has been confirmed. As we do not control the ticket prior to the transfer, we act as an agent in these transactions. Revenue is recognized on a net basis, net of the amount due to the seller when an order is confirmed, the seller is then obligated to deliver the tickets to the buyer per the seller’s listing. Payment is due at the time of sale.

We review all significant, unusual, or nonstandard shipments of product or delivery of services as a routine part of our accounting and financial reporting process to determine compliance with these requirements. Extended warranties are offered on selected products, and when a customer purchases an extended warranty, the associated proceeds are treated as deferred revenuecontract liability and recognized over the term of the extended warranty.

OurFor our video solutions segment, our principal customers are state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies, which historically have been low risks for uncollectible accounts. However, we do have commercial customers and international distributors that present a greater risk for uncollectible accounts than such law enforcement customers and we consider a specific reserve for bad debts based on their individual circumstances. Our historical bad debts have been negligible, with less than $198,000$258,000 charged off as uncollectible on cumulative revenues of $214.1$248.0 million since we commenced deliveries during 2006. As

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For our entertainment segment, our customers are mainly online visitors that pay at the time of September 30, 2017the transaction, and December 31, 2016, we had provided a reservecollect the service fees charged with the transaction. Thus, leading to minimal risk for doubtfuluncollectible accounts, of $70,000.

We periodically performto which we then consider a specific review of significant individual receivables outstanding for risk of loss due to uncollectibility. Based on such review, we consider our reserve for doubtful accounts to be adequate as of September 30, 2017. However, should the balance due from any significant customer ultimately become uncollectible then our allowance for bad debts will not be sufficientbased on their individual circumstances. As we continue to coverlearn more about the charge-off andcollectability related to this recent acquisition, we will be requiredtrack historical bad debts and continue to record additionalassess appropriate reserves.

For our revenue cycle management segment, our customers are mainly medium to large healthcare organizations that are charged monthly upon the execution of our services. Being these customers are healthcare organizations with minimal risk for uncollectible accounts, we consider a specific reserve for bad debt expense in our statement of operations.debts based on their individual circumstances. As we continue to learn more about the collectability related to this recently added segment, we will track historical bad debts and continue to assess appropriate reserves.

Allowance for Excess and Obsolete Inventory.

We record valuation reserves on our inventory for estimated excess or obsolete inventory items. The amount of the reserve is equal to the difference between the cost of the inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. On a quarterly basis, management performs an analysis of the underlying inventory to identify reserves needed for excess and obsolescence. Management uses its best judgment to estimate appropriate reserves based on this analysis. In addition, we adjust the carrying value of inventory if the current market value of that inventory is below its cost.

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Inventories consisted of the following at SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and December 31, 2016:2022:

  

September 30, 2017

  December 31,  2016 
Raw material and component parts $4,828,517  $4,015,170 
Work-in-process  141,900   355,715 
Finished goods  7,509,227   7,215,346 
         
Subtotal  12,749,644   11,586,231 
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory  (2,417,653)  (1,999,920)
         
Total $10,061,991  $9,586,311 
  

June 30,

2023

  

December 31,

2022

 
Raw material and component parts– video solutions segment $3,656,511  $4,509,165 
Work-in-process– video solutions segment  17,005   3,164 
Finished goods – video solutions segment  6,545,100   6,846,091 
Finished goods – entertainment segment  1,036,134   970,527 
Subtotal  11,254,750   12,328,947 
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory– video solutions segment  (5,095,330)  (5,230,261)
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory – entertainment segment  (319,204)  (259,280)
Total inventories $5,840,216  $6,839,406 

We balance the need to maintain strategic inventory levels to ensure competitive delivery performance to our customers against the risk of inventory obsolescence due to changing technology and customer requirements. As reflected above, our inventory reserves represented 19.0%48% of the gross inventory balance at SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, compared to 17.3%45% of the gross inventory balance at December 31, 2016.2022. We had $2,417,653$5,414,534 and $1,999,920$5,489,541 in reserves for obsolete and excess inventories at SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and December 31, 2016,2022, respectively. Total raw materials, and component parts, and work-in-process were $4,828,517$3,673,516 and $4,015,170$4,512,329 at SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and December 31, 2016,2022, respectively, an increasea decrease of $813,347 (20%$838,813 (19%). The increase in raw materials and component parts was mostly in refurbished parts for FirstVU HD products. Finished goods balances were $7,509,227$7,581,234 and $7,215,346$7,816,618 at SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and December 31, 2016,2022, respectively, an increasea decrease of $293,881 (4%$235,384 (3%). The increase in finished goods at September 30, 2017 was primarily in FirstVU HD and DVM 250 products. The increasesmall decrease in the inventory reserve is primarily due to the changereduction in sales mix of our products, which has resulted in a higher levelfinished goods and movement of excess component parts ofinventory. Additionally, the older versions of our legacy products. Additionally, we increased our reserves on selected refurbishedCompany determined a reasonable reserve for inventory andheld at the ticket operating segment, in which some inventory items requiring repair duringsell below cost or go unsold, thus having to be fully written-off following the nine months ended September 30, 2017.event date. We believe the reserves are appropriate given our inventory levels at Septemberas of June 30, 2017.2023.

If actual future demand or market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management or significant engineering changes to our products that are not anticipated and appropriately managed, additional inventory write-downs may be required in excess of the inventory reserves already established.

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Goodwill and other intangible assets. When we acquire a business, we determine the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the date of acquisition, which may include a significant amount of intangible assets such as customer relationships, software and content, as well as goodwill. When determining the fair values of the acquired intangible assets, we consider, among other factors, analyses of historical financial performance and an estimate of the future performance of the acquired business. The fair values of the acquired intangible assets are primarily calculated using an income approach that relies on discounted cash flows. This method starts with a forecast of the expected future net cash flows for the asset and then adjusts the forecast to present value by applying a discount rate that reflects the risk factors associated with the cash flow streams. We consider this approach to be the most appropriate valuation technique because the inherent value of an acquired intangible asset is its ability to generate future income. In a typical acquisition, we engage a third-party valuation expert to assist us with the fair value analyses for acquired intangible assets.

Determining the fair values of acquired intangible assets requires us to exercise significant judgment. We select reasonable estimates and assumptions based on evaluating a number of factors, including, but not limited to, marketplace participants, consumer awareness and brand history. Additionally, there are significant judgments inherent in discounted cash flows such as estimating the amount and timing of projected future cash flows, the selection of discount rates, hypothetical royalty rates and contributory asset capital charges. Specifically, the selected discount rates are intended to reflect the risk inherent in the projected future cash flows generated by the underlying acquired intangible assets.

Determining an acquired intangible asset’s useful life also requires significant judgment and is based on evaluating a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the expected use of the asset, historical client retention rates, consumer awareness and trade name history, as well as any contractual provisions that could limit or extend an asset’s useful life.

The Company’s goodwill is evaluated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 350, which requires goodwill to be assessed for impairment at least annually and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable. In addition, an impairment evaluation of our amortizable intangible assets may also be performed if events or circumstances indicate potential impairment. Among the factors that could trigger an impairment review are current operating results that do not align with our annual plan or historical performance; changes in our strategic plans or the use of our assets; restructuring changes or other changes in our business segments; competitive pressures and changes in the general economy or in the markets in which we operate; and a significant decline in our stock price and our market capitalization relative to our net book value.

When performing our annual assessment of the recoverability of goodwill, we initially perform a qualitative analysis evaluating whether any events or circumstances occurred or exist that provide evidence that it is more likely than not that the fair value of any of our reporting units is less than the related carrying amount. If we do not believe that it is more likely than not that the fair value of any of our reporting units is less than the related carrying amount, then no quantitative impairment test is performed. However, if the results of our qualitative assessment indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its respective carrying amount, then we perform a two-step quantitative impairment test.

Evaluating the recoverability of goodwill requires judgments and assumptions regarding future trends and events. As a result, both the precision and reliability of our estimates are subject to uncertainty. Among the factors that we consider in our qualitative assessment are general economic conditions and the competitive environment; actual and projected reporting unit financial performance; forward-looking business measurements; and external market assessments. To determine the fair values of our reporting units for a quantitative analysis, we typically utilize detailed financial projections, which include significant variables, such as projected rates of revenue growth, profitability and cash flows, as well as assumptions regarding discount rates, the Company’s weighted average cost of capital and other data.

Our most recent annual impairment test of goodwill was a qualitative analysis conducted as of December 31, 2022 that indicated no impairment. Subsequent to completing our 2022 annual impairment test, no events or changes in circumstances were noted that required an interim goodwill impairment test. Note 1 — Nature of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 10 — Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements provide additional information regarding the Company’s goodwill and other intangible assets.

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Warranty Reserves.

We generally provide up to a two-year parts and labor standard warranty on our products to our customers. Provisions for estimated expenses related to product warranties are made at the time products are sold. These estimates are established using historical information on the nature, frequency, and average cost of claims. We actively study trends of claims and take action to improve product quality and minimize claims. Our warranty reserves were decreasedincreased to $140,596$15,936 as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 compared to $374,597$15,694 as of December 31, 2016 primarily for expected replacements associated with select FirstVU HD customers. We have limited experience with2022 due to newer products gaining a long history of claims to consider, which was slightly offset as we begin to slow our warranty exposures through the FirstVU HDroll-off of DVM-750 and DVM-800 units from warranty coverage. Standard warranty exposure on the DVM-800 and will monitorDVM-250plus are the responsibility of the contract manufacturers which reduced our reserve for alloverall warranty claims related toexposure as these two newer products.are very popular products in our line. There is a risk that we will have higher warranty claim frequency rates and average cost of claims than our history has indicated on our legacy mirror products on our new products for which we have limited experience. Actual experience could differ from the amounts estimated requiring adjustments to these liabilities in future periods.

Warrant derivative liabilities. On April 5, 2023, the Company issued warrants to purchase a total of 1,125,000 shares of Common Stock. The warrant terms provide for net cash settlement outside the control of the Company under certain circumstances in the event of tender offers. As such, the Company is required to treat these warrants as derivative liabilities which are valued at their estimated fair value at their issuance date and at each reporting date with any subsequent changes reported in the consolidated statements of operations as the change in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities. Furthermore, the Company revalues the fair value of warrant derivative liability as of the date the warrant is exercised with the resulting warrant derivative liability transitioned to equity.

The Company has utilized the following assumptions in its Black-Scholes option valuation model to calculate the estimated fair value of the warrant derivative liabilities as of their date of issuance and as of June 30, 2023:

  Issuance date assumptions  June 30, 2023 assumptions 
Volatility - range  106.0%  106.2%
Risk-free rate  3.36%  4.13%
Dividend  0%  0%
Remaining contractual term  5.0 years   4.8 years 
Exercise price $5.50 - 7.50  $5.50 - 7.50 
Common stock issuable under the warrants  1,125,000   1,125,000 

Stock-based Compensation Expense.

We grant stock options to our employees and directors and such benefits provided are share-based payment awards which require us to make significant estimates related to determining the value of our share-based compensation. Our expected stock-price volatility assumption is based on historical volatilities of the underlying stock whichthat are obtained from public data sources and there were 100,000no stock options granted during the ninethree or six months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023.

If factors change and we develop different assumptions in future periods, the compensation expense that we record in the future may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the current period. There is a high degree of subjectivity involved when using option pricing models to estimate share-based compensation. Changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect our estimates of fair values of our share-based compensation. Certain share-based payment awards, such as employee stock options, may expire worthless or otherwise result in zero intrinsic value compared to the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our financial statements. Alternatively, values may be realized from these instruments that are significantly in excess of the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our financial statements. Although the fair value of employee share-based awards is determined using an established option pricing model, that value may not be indicative of the fair value observed in a willing buyer/willing seller market transaction. In addition, we account for forfeitures as they occur.

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Accounting for Income Taxes.

Accounting for income taxes requires significant estimates and judgments on the part of management. Such estimates and judgments include, but are not limited to, the effective tax rate anticipated to apply to tax differences that are expected to reverse in the future, the sufficiency of taxable income in future periods to realize the benefits of net deferred tax assets and net operating losses currently recorded and the likelihood that tax positions taken in tax returns will be sustained on audit.

As required by authoritative guidance, we record deferred tax assets or liabilities based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities using currently enacted rates that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. Authoritative guidance also requires that deferred tax assets be reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that all or some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. As of December 31, 2016, cumulative valuation allowances in the amountJune 30, 2023, we have fully reserved all of $22,340,000 were recorded in connection with the netour deferred income tax assets. Based on a review of our deferred tax assets and recent operating performance, we determined that our valuation allowance should be increased by $17,220,000 to $25,535,000a balance of $34,200,000 to fully reserve our deferred tax assets at September 30, 2017.December 31, 2022. We determined that it was appropriate to continue to provide a full valuation reserve on our net deferred tax assets as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172023, because of the overall net operating loss carryforwards available. We expect to continue to maintain a full valuation allowance until we determine that we can sustain a level of profitability that demonstrates our ability to realize these assets. To the extent we determine that the realization of some or all of these benefits is more likely than not based upon expected future taxable income, a portion or all of the valuation allowance will be reversed. Such a reversal would be recorded as an income tax benefit and, for some portion related to deductions for stock option exercises, an increase in shareholders’ equity.

As required by authoritative guidance, we have performed a comprehensive review of our portfolio of uncertain tax positions in accordance with recognition standards established by the FASB, an uncertain tax position represents our expected treatment of a tax position taken in a filed tax return or planned to be taken in a future tax return, that has not been reflected in measuring income tax expense for financial reporting purposes. We have no recorded liability as of June 30, 20172023 representing uncertain tax positions.

We have generated substantial deferred income tax assets related to our operations primarily from the charge to compensation expense taken for stock options, certain tax credit carryforwards and net operating loss carryforwards. For us to realize the income tax benefit of these assets, we must generate sufficient taxable income in future periods when such deductions are allowed for income tax purposes. In some cases where deferred taxes were the result of compensation expense recognized on stock options, our ability to realize the income tax benefit of these assets is also dependent on our share price increasing to a point where these options have intrinsic value at least equal to the grant date fair value and are exercised. In assessing whether a valuation allowance is needed in connection with our deferred income tax assets, we have evaluated our ability to generate sufficient taxable income in future periods to utilize the benefit of the deferred income tax assets. We continue to evaluate our ability to use recorded deferred income tax asset balances. If we fail to generate taxable income for financial reporting in future years, no additional tax benefit would be recognized for those losses, since we will not have accumulated enough positive evidence to support our ability to utilize net operating loss carryforwards in the future. Therefore, we may be required to increase our valuation allowance in future periods should our assumptions regarding the generation of future taxable income not be realized.

Determination of Fair Value for Financial Instruments and Derivatives.

During 2016 we issued $4.0 million of Debentures with detachable warrants to purchase common stock and in 2014 in two separate transactions we issued a total of $6.0 million of Secured Convertible Notes with detachable warrants to purchase common stock. We elected to record the 2016 Debentures and 2014 Secured Convertible Notes on their fair value basis. In addition, the warrants to purchase common stock issued in conjunction with the 2014 Secured Convertible Notes contained anti-dilution provisions that required them to be accounted for as derivative liabilities. We were required to determine the fair value of these financial instruments outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and 2016 for financial reporting purposes. The entire principal balance of the Secured Convertible Notes issued in 2014 has been converted to equity and all warrants have been exercised, except for warrants exercisable to purchase 12,200 common shares at $5.00 per share, as of September 30, 2017. The 2016 Debentures remained outstanding as of September 30, 2017.

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In accordance with ASC Topic 820 —Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), the Company utilizes the market approach to measure fair value for its financial assets and liabilities. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets, liabilities or a group of assets or liabilities, such as a business.

ASC 820 utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities
Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities)

Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (including the Company’s own assumptions in determining the fair value)

The following table represents the Company’s hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2017.

  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Liabilities                
Secured convertible debenture $      -  $        -  $3,183,210  $3,183,210 
Warrant derivative liabilities $-  $-  $15,729  $15,729 
  $-  $-  $3,198,939  $3,198,939 

Going Concern Analysis.

In accordance with ASU 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements- Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40) – Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, we are required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that our financials are issued. When management identifies conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about their ability to continue as a going concern they should consider whether their plans to mitigate those relevant conditions or events will alleviate the substantial doubt. If conditions or events raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, but the substantial doubt is alleviated as a result of management’s plans, the entity should disclose information that enables user of financial statements to understand the principal events that raised the substantial doubt, management’s evaluation of the significance of those conditions or events, and management’s plans that alleviated substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

We performed the analysis and our overall assessment was there were conditions or events, considered in the aggregate as of September 30, 2017, which raised substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within the next twelve months but such doubt was not adequately mitigated by our plans to address the substantial doubt as disclosed in Note 1: Management’s Liquidity Plan.

Inflation and Seasonality

Inflation has not materially affected us during the past fiscal year. We do not believe that our Video Solutions and Revenue Cycle Management segments business is seasonal in nature; however, we generallynature, however; the Entertainment Segment is expected to generate higher revenues during the second half of the calendar year than in the first half.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

Not Applicable.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures, as such terms are defined in Rules 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).Act. The Company, under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of such disclosure controls and procedures for this report.Report. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 to provide reasonable assurance that material information required to be disclosed by the Company in this reportReport was recorded, processed, summarized and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate and within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms.

As part of our plan to remediate our controls which were not effective, we are performing a full review of our internal control procedures. We have implemented, and plan to continue to implement, new controls and new processes. We have hired and plan to continue to hire additional qualified personnel and establish more robust processes to support our internal control over financial reporting, including clearly defined roles and responsibilities. The Company anticipates time being required to complete the implementation and to assess and ensure the sustainability of these controls. The effectiveness will not be considered remediated until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act, during itsthe Company’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

The Companyinformation regarding certain legal proceedings in which we are involved as set forth in Note 12 – Contingencies of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q) is subjectincorporated by reference into this Item 1.

In addition to such legal proceedings, we are faced with or involved in various other claims and legal proceedings arising fromin the normal business operations. Although there cancourse of our businesses. At this time, we do not believe any material losses under such other claims and proceedings to be no assurances, based on the information currently available, management believes that it is probable thatprobable. While the ultimate outcome of eachsuch claims or legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, it is in the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, that the actions willfinal outcome in such proceedings, in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on theour consolidated financial statement of the Company. However, an adverse outcome in certain of the actions could have a material adverse effect on the financial results of the Company in the period in which it is recorded.

Axon Enterprise, Inc. – (Formerly Taser International, Inc.)

The Company owns U.S. Patent No. 8,781,292 (the “ ‘292 Patent”), which is directed to a system that determines when a recording device, such as a law enforcement officer’s body camera or in-car video recorder, begins recording and automatically instructs other recording devices to begin recording. The technology described in the ‘292 Patent is incorporated in the Company’s VuLink product.

The Company received notice in April 2015 that Taser International, Inc., now known as Axon Enterprises, Inc. (“Axon”), had commenced an action in the USPTO for a re-examination of the ‘292 Patent. A re-examination is essentially a request that the USPTO review whether the patent should have issued in its present form in view of the “prior art,” e.g., other patents in the same technology field. The prior art used by Axon was from an unrelated third party and was not the result of any of Axon’s own research and development efforts.

On January 14, 2016 the USPTO ultimately rejected Axon’s efforts and confirmed the validity of the ‘292 Patent with 59 claims covering various aspects of the Company’s auto-activation technology. On February 2, 2016 the USPTO issued another patent relating to the Company’s auto-activation technology for law enforcement cameras. U.S. Patent No. 9,253,452 (the “ ‘452 Patent”) generally covers the automatic activation and coordination of multiple recording devices in response to a triggering event, such as a law enforcement officer activating the light bar on the vehicle.

The Company filed suit on January 15, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (Case No: 2:16-cv-02032) against Axon, alleging willful patent infringement against Axon’s body camera product line. The Company later added the ‘452 Patent to the suit and is seeking both monetary damages and a permanent injunction against Axon for infringement of both the ‘452 and ‘292 Patents.

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In addition to the infringement claims, the Company added a new set of claims to the lawsuit alleging that Axon conspired to keep the Company out of the marketplace by engaging in improper, unethical, and unfair competition. The amended lawsuit alleges Axon bribed officials and otherwise conspired to secure no-bid contracts for its products in violation of both state law and federal antitrust law. The Company’s lawsuit also seeks monetary and injunctive relief, including treble damages, for these alleged violations.

Axon filed an answer which denied the patent infringement allegations on April 1, 2016. In addition, Axon filed a motion to dismiss all allegations in the complaint on March 4, 2016 for which the Company filed an amended complaint on March 18, 2016 to address certain technical deficiencies in the pleadings. Axon amended and renewed its motion to seek dismissal of the allegations that it had bribed officials and otherwise conspired to secure no-bid contracts for its products in violation of both state law and federal antitrust law on April 1, 2016. Formal discovery commenced on April 12, 2016 with respect to the patent related claims. In January 2017, the Court granted Axon’s motion to dismiss the portion of the lawsuit regarding claims that it had bribed officials and otherwise conspired to secure no-bid contracts for its products in violation of both state law and federal antitrust law. The Company has appealed this decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Company has filed its timely, opening brief; Axon has sought but not yet recieved an extension of time in which to file its own responding brief, and accordingly, the matter has not yet been fully briefed or scheduled for argument.

In December 2016, Axon announced that it had commenced an action in the USPTO for IPR of the Company’s ‘292 Patent. Previously Axon had attempted to invalidate the ‘292 Patent through a re-examination procedure at the USPTO. Axon is again attempting through its recently filed petition to convince the USPTO that Digital Ally’s patents lack patentability. Axon subsequently filed another IPR against the ‘292 Patent and two more petitions against the ‘452 Patent. The USPTO rejected one of Axon’s requests on the ‘292 Patent and instituted an investigation of the other petition. As for the ‘452 Patent, the court rejected Axon’s request on the petition challenging the claims at issue in the lawsuit while the other petition is still under consideration. A decision on this final petition will issue in August 2017. Axon is precluded from filing any more IPR petitions against either the ‘292 or ‘452 Patents.

Since the filing of the petitions the District Court litigation in Kansas has been stayed. The Court, however, requested an update on the status of the petitions and The Company will be providing such an update after the decision on the final ‘452 Patent petition. Because Axon’s petition on the ‘452 Patent that related to the claims in the lawsuit was denied, the Company will be seeking to lift the stay and proceed with the lawsuit to a trial where the question of infringement and damages can be addressed.

Enforcement Video, LLC d/b/a WatchGuard Video

On May 27, 2016 the Company filed suit against Enforcement Video, LLC d/b/a WatchGuard Video (“WatchGuard”), (Case No. 2:16-cv-02349-JTM-JPO) alleging patent infringement based on WatchGuard’s VISTA Wifi and 4RE In-Car product lines.

The USPTO has granted multiple patents to the Company with claims covering numerous features, such as automatically activating all deployed cameras in response to the activation of just one camera. Additionally, Digital Ally’s patent claims cover automatic coordination as well as digital synchronization between multiple recording devices. Digital Ally also has patent coverage directed to the coordination between a multi-camera system and an officer’s smartphone, which allows an officer to more readily assess an event on the scene while an event is taking place or immediately after it has occurred.

The Company’s lawsuit alleges that WatchGuard incorporated this patented technology into its VISTA Wifi and 4RE In-Car product lines without its permission. Specifically, Digital Ally is accusing WatchGuard of infringing three patents: the ‘292 and ‘452 Patents and U.S. Patent No. 9,325,950 (the ‘950 Patent”). The Company is aggressively challenging WatchGuard’s infringing conduct, seeking both monetary damages, as well as seeking a permanent injunction preventing WatchGuard from continuing to sell its VISTA Wifi and 4RE In-Car product lines using Digital Ally’s own technology to compete against it. On May 8, 2017, Watchguard filed a petition seeking IPR of the ‘950 Patent. The Company will vigorously oppose that petition. The PTAB will not issue a decision on whether to institute that petition until approximately November 2017. The lawsuit has been stayed pending a decision from the USPTO on whether to institute that petition.

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Utility Associates, Inc.

On October 25, 2013, the Company filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas (2:13-cv-02550-SAC)to eliminate threats by a competitor, Utility Associates, Inc. (“Utility”), of alleged patent infringement regarding U.S. Patent No. 6,831,556 (the “ ‘556 Patent”). Specifically, the lawsuit seeks a declaration that the Company’s mobile video surveillance systems do not infringe any claim of the ‘556 Patent. The Company became aware that Utility had mailed letters to current and prospective purchasers of its mobile video surveillance systems threatening that the use of such systems purchased from third parties not licensed to the ‘556 Patent would create liability for them for patent infringement. The Company rejected Utility’s assertion and is vigorously defending the right of end-users to purchase such systems from providers other than Utility. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas dismissed the lawsuit because it decided that Kansas was not the proper jurisdictional forum for the dispute. The District Court’s decision was not a ruling on the merits of the case. The Company appealed the decision and the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court’s previous decision.

In addition, the Company began proceedings to invalidate the ‘556 Patent through a request for IPR of the ‘556 Patent at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). On July 27, 2015, the USPTO invalidated key claims in Utility’s ‘556 Patent. The Final Decision from the USPTO significantly curtails Utility’s ability to threaten law enforcement agencies, municipalities, and others with infringement of the ‘556 Patent. Utility appealed this decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Utility’s appeal and therefore confirmed the ruling of the USPTO. This denial of Utility’s appeal finalized the USPTO’s ruling in Digital’s favor and the matter is now concluded.

On June 6, 2014 the Company filed an Unfair Competition lawsuit against Utility in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. In the lawsuit, it contends that Utility has defamed the Company and illegally interfered with its contracts, customer relationships and business expectancies by falsely asserting to its customers and others that its products violate the ‘556 Patent, of which Utility claims to be the holder.

The suit also includes claims against Utility for tortious interference with contract and violation of the Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (KUSTA), arising out of Utility’s employment of the Company’s employees, in violation of that employee’s Non-Competition and Confidentiality agreements with the Company. In addition to damages, the Company seeks temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief, prohibiting Utility from, among other things, continuing to threaten or otherwise interfere with the Company’s customers. On March 4, 2015, an initial hearing was held upon the Company’s request for injunctive relief.

Based upon facts revealed at the March 4, 2015 hearing, on March 16, 2015, the Company sought leave to amend its Complaint in the Kansas suit to assert additional claims against Utility. Those new claims include claims of actual or attempted monopolization, in violation of § 2 of the Sherman Act, claims arising under a new Georgia statute that prohibits threats of patent infringement in “bad faith,” and additional claims of unfair competition/false advertising in violation of § 63(a) of the Lanham Act. As these statutes expressly provide, the Company will seek treble damages, punitive damages and attorneys’ fees as well as injunctive relief. The Court concluded its hearing on April 22, 2015, and allowed the Company leave to amend its complaint, but denied its preliminary injunction. The discovery stage of the lawsuit expired in May 2016. Utility filed a Motion for Summary Judgment and the Company filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. On March 30, 2017, the Court entered its order granting Utility’s motion and denying the Company’s motion for summary judgment in their entireties. The Company believes the District Court made several errors when ruling on the motions for summary judgment in light of the USPTO’s final decision issued on July 27, 2015 and the various facts and admissions already presented to such Court and is filing an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Oral arguments are set to occur on January 17, 2018.

On September 13, 2014, Utility filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against the Company alleging infringement of the ‘556 Patent. The suit was served on the Company on September 20, 2014. As alleged in the Company’s first filed lawsuit described above, the Company believes that the ‘556 Patent is both invalid and not infringed. Further, the USPTO has issued its final decision invalidating 23 of the 25 claims asserted in the ‘556 Patent, as noted above. The Company believes that the suit filed by Utility is without merit and is vigorously defending the claims asserted against the Company. An adverse resolution of the foregoing litigation or patent proceedings could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, prospects,condition, results of operations financial condition, and liquidity. The Court stayed all proceedings with respector cash flows.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this lawsuit pending the outcome of the patent review performed by the USPTO and the appellate court. Based on the USPTO’s final decision to invalidate substantially all claims contained in the ‘556 Patent and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit full denial of Utility’s appeal, the Company intends to file for summary judgment in its favor if Utility does not request outright dismissal.Item.

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The Company is also involved as a plaintiff and defendant in ordinary, routine litigation and administrative proceedings incidental to its business from time to time, including customer collections, vendor and employment-related matters. The Company believes the likely outcome of any other pending cases and proceedings will not be material to its business or its financial condition.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

On June 30, 2017,There were no unregistered sales of equity securities during the first half of 2023 that were not disclosed by the Company borrowed an aggregate of $700,000 under the Notes with two private, third-party lenders. The unsecured Notes bear interest of 8% per annum with all principal and accrued interest due on or before their September 30, 2017 maturity date. In connection with the issuance of the Notes the Company issued the lenders warrants to purchase a total of 200,000 shares common stock at an exercise of $3.65 per share and an expiration date of June 29, 2022. On September 30, 2017 the Company negotiated an extension of the maturity date of one of the Notes to December 31, 2017. The Company retired the second Note which had a principal balance of $350,000.Current Report on Form 8-K.

On September 29, 2017, the Company borrowed $300,000 under the Note with a private, third-party lender. The unsecured Note bears interest of 8% per annum with all principal and accrued interest due on or before its November 30, 2017 maturity date. In connection with the Note the Company issued the lender warrants to purchase a total of 100,000 shares common stock at an exercise of $2.75 per share and an expiration date of September 30, 2022.

The Company relied on the exemption from registration set forth in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) for issuance of the foregoing warrants exercisable to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock. The Company did not pay any compensation or fees to any party in connection with the issuance of the Notes or the warrants.

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Exhibits.

(a) Exhibits.

(a)Exhibits.4.1

Form of Senior Secured Convertible Note, issued by Digital Ally, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 7, 2023).

4.2Form of Warrant, issued by Digital Ally, Inc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 7, 2023).
10.1

Form of Securities Purchase Agreement between Digital Ally, Inc. and certain Purchaser (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 7, 2023).

10.2

Form of Security Agreement between Digital Ally, Inc. and certain Purchasers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 7, 2023).

10.3

Form of Trademark Security Agreement between Digital Ally, Inc. and certain Purchasers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 7, 2023).

10.4

Form of Patent Security Agreement between Digital Ally, Inc. and certain Purchasers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 7, 2023).

10.5

Form of Subsidiary Guaranty by and among Digital Ally, Inc. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 7, 2023).

10.6

Form of Registration Rights Agreement between Digital Ally, Inc. and certain Purchasers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 7, 2023).

 31.1
31.1Certificate of Stanton E. Ross pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
 31.2Certificate of Thomas J. Heckman pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
 32.1Certificate of Stanton E. Ross pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
 32.2Certificate of Thomas J. Heckman pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
101.INSInline XBRL Instance Document
101.SCHInline XBRL Schema Document
101.CALInline XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEFInline XBRL Definition Linkbase Document
101.LABInline XBRL Label Linkbase Document
101.PREInline XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (Embedded within the Inline XBRL document and included in Exhibit)

In accordance with SEC Release 33-8238, Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 are being furnished and not filed.

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Signatures

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date:NovemberAugust 14, 20172023

DIGITAL ALLY, INC.,

a Nevada corporation

By:/s/Stanton E. Ross
Name:Stanton E. Ross
Title:President and Chief Executive Officer
By:/s/Thomas J. Heckman
Name:Thomas J. Heckman
Title:Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Principal Accounting OfficerOfficer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

ExhibitDescription
31.1Certificate of Stanton E. Ross pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
31.2Certificate of Thomas J. Heckman pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
32.1Certificate of Stanton E. Ross pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
32.2Certificate of Thomas J. Heckman pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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