STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | NOTE 11 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY On March 21, 2022, the Company filed with the Nevada Secretary of State a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock, pursuant to NRS 78.1955 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “CoD”). Pursuant to the CoD, the Company authorized 500,000 shares of Series E Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, with a Stated Value of $100 per share. As of March 18, 2022, pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), we received a written consent in lieu of a meeting of Stockholders from 20 principal stockholders, representing approximately 57% of the total possible votes outstanding (the “Majority Stockholders”), authorizing the following: The sale of $50 million of shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Series E Preferred Stock”), with accompanying, 100% warrant coverage (the “Warrants”), with certain purchasers’ signatory thereto (the “Purchasers”). The Series E Preferred Stock and Warrants include certain reset and anti-dilution provisions that could reduce the conversion prices and exercise prices thereof down to $0.25 (the “Floor Price”) which is a significant discount to the current market price. For purposes of complying with Rule 5635(d) of the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, the shareholders approved the issuance of more than 19.99% of the current total issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock and exercise of the Warrants, including, but not limited to, reducing the Floor Price. In addition, the Majority Stockholders approved the amendment to Article Three of the Articles of Incorporation to reflect an increase in the number of authorized shares of all classes of stock which the Company shall have the authority to issue from 315,000,000 shares to 825,000,000 shares, such shares being designated as follows: (i) 800,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and (ii) 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share. REVERSE STOCK SPLIT In June 2020, our Board of Directors and stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding shares of our voting securities approved a resolution authorizing our Board of Directors to effect a reverse stock split of our common stock at a certain exchange ratios from 1:10 to 1:15 with our Board of Directors retaining the discretion as to whether to implement the reverse stock split and which exchange ratio to implement. In September 2020, the Company amended its articles of incorporation and enacted a reverse stock split of one share for each fifteen shares and the accompanying financials reflect the reverse stock split retroactively. The reverse stock split resulted in a decrease in authorized shares of all classes of stock from 615,000,000 to 315,000,000 shares consisting of 300,000,000 shares of common stock at a par value of $0.001 and 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock at a par value of $0.01 per share. Prior to the reverse stock split, the Company had 600,000,000 shares of common stock at a par value of $0.001, 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock at a par value of $0.20 per share. COMMON STOCK As of March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2021, the Company had 64,159,616 and 39,496,588 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, respectively. In the three months ending September 30, 2020, the holder of a convertible promissory note for $1,000,000 informed the Company that they had elected to convert the balance due to common shares at the agreed upon conversion price of $3.00 per share and 387,222 shares were issued representing the outstanding principal and accrued interest. In the three months ending September 30, 2020, the holder of a convertible promissory note for $200,000 informed the Company that they had elected to convert the balance due to common shares at the agreed upon conversion price of $3.75 per share and 56,000 shares were issued representing the outstanding principal and loan fee. In the three months ending September 30, 2020, the holder of a convertible promissory note for $200,000 informed the Company that they had elected to convert the balance due to common shares at the agreed upon conversion price of $3.75 per share and 56,000 shares were issued representing the outstanding principal and loan fee. In the three months ending September 30, 2020, the holder of a related party convertible promissory note of $1,300,000 elected to convert the debt into shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of $0.75 per share for 1,733,334 shares. In the three months ending December 31, 2021, the Company issued 66,666 shares of common stock to a former employee as per their employment agreement. The common stock was distributed in two separate issuances at an average closing price of $1.56 per share and $104,000 in stock-based compensation was recorded. In the three months ending December 31, 2021, the Company issued 20,000 shares of common stock to a contractor providing marketing services as per their vendor agreement. The common stock was issued at a price of $2.01 per share and $40,000 in expenses relating to professional fees was recorded. In the three months ending March 31, 2022, the Company issued 12,500,000 shares of common stock relating to its acquisition of Converge Direct, LLC. The common stock was issued at a price of $2.00 per share totaling $25,000,000 representing the equity portion of the acquisition price. The fair value of these shares was calculated at $14,875,000 based on the closing price of $1.19 per share on March 22, 2022. In the three months ending March 31, 2022, the Company awarded a total of 8,600,000 restricted stock units (RSU’s) as incentive compensation to executive officers, directors and employees. As of March 31, 2022, only 8,000,000 of those restricted stock units were vested and only 5,800,000 of those vested were distributed. For presentation purposes, the Company is reporting the 2,200,000 restricted stock units as issued as they are vested and simply not distributed by the transfer agent. PREFERRED STOCK The Company has authorized 15,000,000 shares as preferred stock, par value $0.01 series A, B, C, D, and E of which 5,000,000 shares have been designated as Series A preferred stock; 3,000,000 shares have been designated as Series B convertible preferred stock; 1,200,000 shares have been designated as Series C convertible preferred stock; 2,500,000 shares have been designated as Series D convertible preferred stock; and 500,000 shares have been designated as Series E convertible preferred stock. As of March 31, 2022, 720,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding; 0 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding; 0 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding; 0 shares of Series D Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding; and 500,000 shares of Series E Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. As of June 30, 2021, 720,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding; 0 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding; 0 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding; and 0 shares of Series D Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. On May 10, 2021, the Company converted all Preferred Stock Series B, C, and D into Common Stock following its uplisting to the Nasdaq Capital Market. At the time of the conversion the Company had 2,495,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock that were convertible into 594,048 shares of common stock at a price of $4.20 per share; 911,149 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock convertible into 12,287,386 shares of Common Stock at $0.75 per share; and 1,979,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock convertible into 5,277,334 shares of Common Stock at $3.75 per share for a total of 18,158,768 shares of Common Stock. In the three months ending March 31, 2022, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain institutional investors to issue and sell in a private offering an aggregate of $50,000,000 of securities, consisting of shares of Series E convertible preferred stock of the Company, par value $.01 per share and warrants to purchase (100% coverage) shares of common. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell 500,000 shares of its Series E Preferred Stock and Warrants to purchase up to 33,333,333 shares of the Company’s common stock. Each share of the Series E Preferred Stock has a stated value of $100 per share and is convertible into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $1.50 per share subject to adjustment. The Preferred Stock is perpetual and has no maturity date. The Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption or other similar provisions. All future shares of Preferred Stock shall rank junior to the Series E Preferred Stock, except if at least a majority of the Series E Preferred Stock expressly consent, to the creation of the Parity Stock of Senior Preferred Stock. The Conversion Price of the Series E Preferred Stock and the Exercise Price of the Warrants is subject to adjustment for: (a) stock dividends and stock distributions; (b) subsequent rights offerings; (c) pro rata distributions; and (d) Fundamental Transactions (as defined). The Conversion Price shall be downwardly adjusted (the “Registration Reset Price”) to the greater of (i) eighty (80%) percent of the average of the ten (10) lowest daily VWAPs during the forty (40) trading day period beginning on and including the Trading Day immediately follow the Effective Date of the initial Registration Statement in July 2022, and (ii) the Floor Price of $0.25 per share. The Company issued accompanying Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the “Warrants”) exercisable for five (5) years at $2.00 per share, to purchase an aggregate of 33,333,333 shares of Common Stock. The exercise price is subject to the same Registration Reset Price, as described above. The Floor Price is $0.25 per share. Using the Black-Scholes model, the Company recorded a market value of $28,407,000 on both March 22, 2022 and March 31, 2022. The fair market value of these warrants on March 31, 2022 was recorded as a warrant liability and a no gain on derivative liabilities was recorded in the three months ending March 31, 2022. A roll-forward of the warrant liability follows: Balance upon issuance Loan warrants $ 2,433,000 Preferred stock warrants 28,407,000 30,840,000 Change in fair value (201,000 ) Balance on March 31, 2022 $ 30,639,000 If at any time there is no effective registration statement, the Warrants are exercisable on a cashless basis. The Company has reserved up to 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon full conversion of a Series E Preferred Stock at a Floor Price of $0.25 per share. STOCK PAYABLE In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded a stock payable of $1,210,000 relating to the acquisition of Redeeem, LLC. As per the asset purchase agreement dated May 21, 2021, 452,929 shares of common stock valued at $2.6715 per share were due to be issued to Redeeem’s employees and these shares were issued in the three months ending September 30, 2021. DEFERRED COMPENSATION On May 21, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire the assets and specific liabilities of fintech platform Redeeem, LLC for $2.6 million consisting of $1.2 million in cash, $166,000 in specific liabilities, and $1.2 million of the Company’s common stock. In addition, the Company agreed to provide equity to its employees to be vested over three years valued at $9,680,000 representing 3,623,433 shares of the Company’s common stock at conversion price of $2.6715 per share. Given the equity is contingent on the employees being employed and are vested over three years, the Company is treating this as deferred compensation and the expenses are recorded as the equity is vested. The vested portion of the deferred compensation was charged to additional paid-in capital and the expenses are recorded as stock-based compensation In August 2021, all 3,623,433 shares of the Company’s common stock was issued to Redeeem’s employees and held in an escrow account subject to the vesting schedule in the aforementioned escrow agreement. Based on the vesting schedule summarized below, 2,583,801 shares of the Company’s common stock was issued as of March 31, 2022 but not vested. The following table summarizes the deferred compensation recorded: Amount Unvested Shares Deferred compensation balance recorded at acquisition date $ 9,680,000 3,623,433 Vested portion of deferred compensation in fiscal year 2021 (362,000 ) (135,425 ) Unamortized deferred compensation at June 30, 2021 9,318,000 3,488,008 Vested portion of deferred compensation in nine months ending March 31, 2022 (2,415,000 ) (904,207 ) Unamortized deferred compensation at March 31, 2022 $ 6,903,000 2,583,801 In the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded $805,000 and $2,415,000 in stock-based compensation associated with the vested portion of the deferred compensation. WARRANTS As of March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, the Company has outstanding warrant shares of 59,470,897 with an intrinsic value of $12,498,000 and 8,550,852 warrant shares with an intrinsic value of $12,039,000 The Company uses the Black-Scholes Model to determine the fair value of warrants granted. Option-pricing models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, particularly for the expected stock price volatility and the expected term of options. Changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate. The expected stock price volatility assumptions are based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock over periods that are similar to the expected terms of grants and other relevant factors. The Company derives the expected term based on an average of the contract term and the vesting period taking into consideration the vesting schedules and future employee behavior with regard to option exercise. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury yields for a maturity approximating the expected term calculated at the date of grant. The Company has never paid any cash dividends on its common stock and the Company has no intention to pay a dividend at this time; therefore, the Company assumes that no dividends will be paid over the expected terms of warrants awards. The Company determines the assumptions used in the valuation of warrants awards as of the date of grant. Differences in the expected stock price volatility, expected term or risk-free interest rate may necessitate distinct valuation assumptions at those grant dates. As such, the Company may use different assumptions for warrants granted throughout the year. The Company has utilized the following assumptions in its Black-Scholes warrant valuation model to calculate the estimated grant date fair value of the warrants during the nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021: 2022 2021 Volatility - range 63.6% - 64.0% 63.5% - 66.5 Risk-free rate 0.87% - 2.42% 0.2% - 0.5% Contractual term 4.0 – 5.0 years 4.0 - 5.0 years Exercise price $0.84 - $1.24 $0.75 - $3.75 A summary of the warrants granted, exercised, forfeited and expired for the nine months ended March 31, 2022 are presented in the table below: Number of Warrants Weighted-Average Exercise Price Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value Aggregate Intrinsic Value of Outstanding Warrant Shares Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) Outstanding July 1, 2021 8,296,408 1.05 1.90 12,158,467 2.2 Granted 51,366,341 1.13 0.78 2,289,988 4.0 Exercised - - - - - Expired/Forfeited (191,852 ) 0.75 0.70 (1,950,000 ) - Outstanding March 31, 2022 59,470,897 1.12 0.75 12,498,455 3.7 Vested and exercisable March 31, 2022 58,505,968 1.11 0.88 10,976,530 3.6 Non-vested March 31, 2022 964,929 1.47 2.29 1,521,925 2.3 The following table summarizes the range of exercise prices and weighted average remaining contractual life for outstanding and exercisable warrants under the Company’s warrant plans as of March 31, 2022. Outstanding Warrant Shares Exercisable Warrant Shares Exercise price range Number of Warrant Shares Weighted average remaining contractual life Number of Warrant Shares Weighted average remaining contractual life $ 0.01 2,179,439 4.0 years 2,179,439 4.0 years $ 0.75 7,109,555 2.1 years 6,535,182 2.0 years $ 0.84 25,000 - - - $ 1.05 49,011,902 4.0 years 49,011,902 4.0 years $ 1.24 150,000 - - - $ 1.50 400,000 2.2 years 400,000 2.2 years $ 1.95 26,667 3.8 years 8,889 3.8 years $ 3.00 66,667 2.9 years 66,667 2.9 years $ 3.75 501,667 2.9 years 303,889 3.3 years 59,470,897 3.7 years 58,505,968 3.6 years A summary of the warrants granted, exercised, forfeited and expired for the nine months ending March 31, 2021 are presented in the table below: Number of Warrant Shares Weighted- Average Exercise Price Weighted- Average Grant- Date Fair Value Aggregate Intrinsic Value of Outstanding Warrant Shares Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) Outstanding July 1, 2020 7,858,741 $ 1.52 $ 1.92 $ 9,234,295 3.0 Granted 1,256,667 0.93 3.04 3,845,945 4.7 Exercised - - - - - Forfeited - - - - - Expired (564,556 ) 3.16 3.13 (733,295 ) - Outstanding March 31, 2021 8,550,852 1.12 1.88 12,039,000 2.5 Vested and exercisable March 31, 2021 7,598,630 1.10 1.73 9,644,333 2.4 Non-vested March 31, 2021 952,222 $ 1.24 $ 3.02 $ 2,394,667 3.4 The following table summarizes the range of exercise prices and weighted average remaining contractual life for outstanding and exercisable warrants under the Company’s warrant plans as of March 31, 2021. Outstanding Warrant Shares Exercisable Warrant Shares Exercise price range Number of Warrant Shares Weighted average remaining contractual life Number of Warrant Shares Weighted average remaining contractual life $ 0.75 7,440,667 2.5 years 6,658,445 2.3 years $ 1.50 400,000 3.2 years 400,000 3.2 years $ 1.50 26,667 0.0 years - 0.0 years $ 3.00 66,667 3.9 years 66,667 3.9 years $ 3.75 435,000 3.2 years 291,667 3.7 years $ 6.00 163,333 0.2 years 163,333 0.2 years $ 27.00 18,518 0.4 years 18,518 0.4 years 8,550,852 2.5 years 7,598,630 2.4 years 2017 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN On June 13, 2017, the Board adopted and approved an amendment to the Troika Media Group, Inc. 2015 Employee, Director and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Plan”), to change the name from M2 nGage Group, Inc. to Troika Media Group, Inc., in order to attract, motivate, retain, and reward high-quality executives and other employees, officers, directors, consultants, and other persons who provide services to the Company by enabling such persons to acquire an equity interest in the Company. Under the Plan, the Board (or the compensation committee of the Board, if one is established) may award stock options, either stock grant of shares of the Company’s common stock, incentive stock option under IRS section 422 (“ISO’s”) or a non-qualified stock option (“Non-ISO’s”) (collectively “Options”). The Plan allocates 3,333,334 shares of the Company’s common stock (“Plan Shares”) for issuance of equity awards under the Plan. As of March 31, 2022, the Company has granted, under the Plan, awards in the form of NQSO’s for all 3,333,334 shares. 2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN On October 28, 2021, the Board adopted, and a majority of outstanding shares subsequently approved, the 2021 Employee, Director & Consultant Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”). The prior Equity Plan did not have any remaining authorized shares. The 2021 Plan is intended to attract and retain employees, directors and consultants, to involve them to work for the benefit of the Company or its affiliated entities, and to provide additional incentive for them to promote the Company’s success. The 2021 Plan provides for the award of stock options, either incentive stock options (ISOs) or non-qualified stock options (NQSOs), restricted shares and restricted stock units (RSUs). The 2021 Plan authorized 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock for the issuance of awards under the 2021 Plan. As of the date of this report, an aggregate of 4,400,000 RSUs had been awarded to executive officers and directors and 4,200,000 RSUs had been awarded to employees. ISO’s Awards During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company did not issue additional options. In the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded compensation of $256,000 relating to the vested portion of options that were issued in previous periods. The total compensation of the unvested options to be recognized in future periods is $748,000 and the weighted average remaining is 2.6 years. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company did not issue additional options. In the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recorded compensation of $271,000 relating to the vested portion of options that were issued in previous periods. The total compensation of the unvested options to be recognized in future periods is $360,000 and the weighted average remaining is 1.5 years. The Company uses the Black-Scholes Model to determine the fair value of Options granted. Option-pricing models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, particularly for the expected stock price volatility and the expected term of options. Changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate. The expected stock price volatility assumptions are based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock over periods that are similar to the expected terms of grants and other relevant factors. The Company derives the expected term based on an average of the contract term and the vesting period taking into consideration the vesting schedules and future employee behavior with regard to option exercise. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury yields for a maturity approximating the expected term calculated at the date of grant. The Company has never paid any cash dividends on its common stock and the Company has no intention to pay a dividend at this time; therefore, the Company assumes that no dividends will be paid over the expected terms of option awards. The Company determines the assumptions used in the valuation of Option awards as of the date of grant. Differences in the expected stock price volatility, expected term or risk-free interest rate may necessitate distinct valuation assumptions at those grant dates. As such, the Company may use different assumptions for options granted throughout the year. The Company has utilized the following assumptions in its Black-Scholes options valuation model to calculate the estimated grant date fair value of the options during the nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021: 2022 2021 Volatility - range 64.20%–65.22% 64.8 % Risk-free rate 0.7% – 1.2% 0.3 % Contractual term 3.0 years 3.0 years Exercise price $ 1.49 - $3.75 $ 3.75 A summary of the options granted, exercised, forfeited and expired for the nine months ended March 31, 2022 are presented in the table below: Number of Options Weighted-Average Exercise Price Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value Aggregate Intrinsic Value of Outstanding Option Shares Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) Outstanding July 1, 2021 3,088,333 $ 1.13 $ 1.06 1,829,999 0.4 Granted 720,169 2.51 1.18 273,207 3.0 Exercised - - - - - Expired/Forfeited - - - - - Outstanding March 31, 2022 3,808,502 1.39 1.13 2,103,206 0.7 Vested and exercisable March 31, 2022 3,056,125 1.02 1.14 2,054,017 0.2 Non vested March 31, 2022 752,377 $ 2.91 $ 1.29 $ 49,189 2.6 The following table summarizes the range of exercise prices and weighted average remaining contractual life for outstanding and exercisable options under the Company’s warrant plans as of March 31, 2022. Outstanding Option Shares Exercisable Option Shares Exercise price range Number of Option Shares Weighted average remaining contractual life Number of Option Shares Weighted average remaining contractual life $ 0.75 2,546,667 0.1 years 2,618,889 0.1 years $ 1.49 10,000 2.7 years - 0.0 years $ 1.50 200,000 0.0 years 200,000 0.0 years $ 2.08 258,334 2.1 years 2,917 1.8 years $ 2.61 383,500 3.3 years 31,958 3.3 years $ 2.84 1,667 0.9 years 139 3.3 years $ 3.75 408,334 1.2 years 202,222 0.9 years 3,808,502 0.7 years 3,056,125 0.2 years A summary of the options granted, exercised, forfeited and expired for the nine months ending March 31, 2021 are presented in the table below: Number of Option Shares Weighted-Average Exercise Price Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value Aggregate Intrinsic Value of Outstanding Option Shares Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) Outstanding July 1, 2020 3,377,222 $ 1.10 $ 1.06 $ 2,030,000 0.7 Granted 76,667 3.75 - - 2.8 Exercised - - - - - Forfeited - - - - - Expired (143,333 ) - - (200,000 ) - Outstanding March 31, 2021 3,310,556 1.10 1.01 1,830,000 0.5 Vested and exercisable March 31, 2021 2,883,458 0.89 0.93 1,469,818 0.3 Non-vested March 31, 2021 427,098 $ 2.59 $ 1.90 $ 360,182 1.5 The following table summarizes the range of exercise prices and weighted average remaining contractual life for outstanding and exercisable options under the Company’s warrant plans as of March 31, 2021. Outstanding Option Shares Exercisable Option Shares Exercise price range Number of Option Shares Weighted average remaining contractual life Number of Option Shares Weighted average remaining contractual life $ 0.75 2,768,889 0.3 years 2,628,458 0.2 years $ 1.50 200,000 0.5 years 166,667 0.5 years $ 3.75 341,667 2.0 years 88,333 1.9 years 3,310,556 0.5 years 2,883,458 0.3 years |