RIDDLE RECORDS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 − BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-QSB and Item 310 of Regulation S-B. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. The accompanying unaudited financial statements reflect all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for such periods are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year or for any future period. The accompanying unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of Riddle Records, Inc. included in the Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005.
Organization and Business
Riddle Records, Inc. (the "Company") (a development stage company) was incorporated on August 8, 2001 under the laws of the State of Nevada to engage in business as an independent record label that was established to capitalize on the growth of the music industry and that of the "hip-hop" and "rap" genres in particular. The fiscal year end is June 30. The Company is considered to be in the development stage as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 7, Accounting and Reporting by Development Stage Enterprises.
Going Concern and Plan of Operation
The Company's financial statements have been presented on the basis that it is a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company is in the development stage and has not earned any revenues from operations to date.
The Company is currently devoting its efforts to raising investment capital. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to develop additional sources of capital, and ultimately, achieve profitable operations. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
The Company entered into an agreement with NT Media Corp. of California ("NT"), a related party entity in which a director of the Company is also the president, dated July 9, 2004, wherein it agreed to pay an amount equal to all of NT's out of pocket costs associated with the project presently entitled "Rap Battle" in exchange for all of NT's rights in and to the project. The Company believes that it will be able to exploit the results and proceeds of the Project in the distribution of the "direct to DVD". The Company believes that it is too soon to project total sales related to the Project.
RIDDLE RECORDS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 2 − SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In February 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 155, "Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments". SFAS No. 155 amends SFAS No 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities", and SFAS No. 140, "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities". SFAS No. 155, permits fair value remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation, clarifies which interest-only strips and principal-only strips are not subject to the requirements of SFAS No. 133, establishes a requirement to evaluate interest in securitized financial assets to identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation, clarifies that concentrations of credit risk in the form of subordination are not embedded derivatives, and amends SFAS No. 140 to eliminate the prohibition on the qualifying special-purpose entity from holding a derivative financial instrument that pertains to a beneficial interest other than another derivative financial instrument. This statement is effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued after the beginning of the Company's first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. Management believes that this statement will not have a significant impact on the financial statements.
In March 2006 FASB issued SFAS 156 `Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets' this Statement amends FASB Statement No. 140, ACCOUNTING FOR TRANSFERS AND SERVICING OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND EXTINGUISHMENTS OF LIABILITIES, with respect to the accounting for separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. This Statement:
1. Requires an entity to recognize a servicing asset or servicing liability each time it undertakes an obligation to service a financial asset by entering into a servicing contract.
2. Requires all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities to be initially measured at fair value, if practicable.
3. Permits an entity to choose `Amortization method' or Fair value measurement method' for each class of separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities:
4. At its initial adoption, permits a one-time reclassification of available-for-sale securities to trading securities by entities with recognized servicing rights, without calling into question the treatment of other available-for-sale securities under Statement 115, provided that the available-for-sale securities are identified in some manner as offsetting the entity's exposure to changes in fair value of servicing assets or servicing liabilities that a servicer elects to subsequently measure at fair value.
RIDDLE RECORDS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
5. Requires separate presentation of servicing assets and servicing liabilities subsequently measured at fair value in the statement of financial position and additional disclosures for all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities.
This Statement is effective as of the beginning of the Company's first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. Management believes that this statement will not have a significant impact on the financial statements.
Earnings (Loss) per Share
The Company computes earnings per common share in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, Earnings per Share ("SFAS 128"). The Statement requires dual presentation of basic and diluted EPS on the face of the income statement for all entities with complex capital structures and requires a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic EPS computation to the numerator and denominator of the diluted EPS computation. Basic loss per share is computed by dividing loss available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. The computation of diluted loss per share is similar to the basic loss per share computation except the denominator is increased to include the number of additional shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares had been issued. In addition, the numerator is adjusted for any changes in income or loss that would result from the assumed conversions of those potential shares. As of March 31, 2006, the Company has no dilutive securities and therefore no such presentation is made.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation in accordance with SFAS No. 123R, "Share-Based Payment, an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 123." The Company recognizes in the statement of operations the grant- date fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation issued to employees and non-employees. To date the Company has not issued any equity instruments under its employee compensation plans.
NOTE 3 − RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
During the period ended June 30, 2002, the stockholders advanced a total of $300 for the payment of operating expenses. This note was paid in full on March 31, 2004.
During the year ended June 30, 2003, the Company's President advanced $3,700 to the Company under a bridge note payable agreement due upon the sooner of April 7, 2004, or upon the Company raising additional funding of more than $50,000, with interest at a rate of 5%. In April 2004, the note was extended for six months and is payable upon the sooner of October 7, 2004 or upon the Company raising additional funds of more than $50,000. $1,700 of this note was paid on December 31, 2004 and the remaining $2,000 was paid back on January 17, 2005.
RIDDLE RECORDS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
On January 30, 2004, the Company's President advanced an additional $1,000 for the payment of operating expenses. This note was paid in full on March 31, 2004.
On June 25, 2004, the Company's President advanced $10,000 to the Company under a promissory note agreement due June 5, 2005, with interest at a rate of 9%. This note was paid on December 28, 2004.
The Company entered into an agreement with NT on July 9, 2004, wherein it agreed to pay an amount equal to all of NT's out of pocket costs associated with the project presently entitled "Rap Battle" in exchange for all of NT's rights in and to the project. The payment for the rights mentioned herein will be due not later than December 31, 2005. The Company has recorded $12,717 of related film costs. The agreement due date was verbally extended by mutual consent of the parties.
On October 29, 2004, the Company entered into a bridge loan promissory note agreement with JRT Holdings, Inc. in the amount of $10,000, interest at 9% per annum, due December 31, 2004.
On November 16, 2004, the Company entered into a bridge loan promissory note agreement with JRT Holdings, Inc. in the amount of $10,000, interest at 9% per annum, due December 31, 2004.
On December 10, 2004, the Company's President, advanced $10,000 to the Company under a promissory note due March 10, 2005, with an interest rate of 12% per annum.
On December 31, 2004, the Company entered into a bridge promissory note agreement with the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, in the amount of $12,000, interest at 9% per annum, due June 30, 2005. This amount represents the $10,000 loaned to the Company on December 10, 2004 plus accrued interest of $800 and an additional $1,200 for extending the due date to June 30, 2005. In connection with this transaction, the officer agreed to forgive $1,700 of previous debt. The amount forgiven was credited to additional paid in capital.
On December 31, 2004, the Company entered into a promissory note agreement with JRT Holdings, Inc. in the amount of $21,000. This amount represents the $20,000 loaned to the Company from JRT Holdings, Inc. during October and November 2004 plus accrued interest of $263 and an additional $738 for extending the due date to June 30, 2005.
On January 27, 2005, the Company entered into an amendment to the bridge note dated December 31, 2004 with JRT Holdings. In consideration of JRT Holdings agreeing to reduce the amount owed them by the Company from $21,000 to $19,000, the due date was changed to January 27, 2005. This amount was paid in full by the Company on January 27, 2005. In connection with this transaction, the $2,000 of forgiven debt was credited to additional paid in capital.
RIDDLE RECORDS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
On January 27, 2005, the Company entered into an amendment to the bridge note dated December 31, 2004 with an officer of the Company. In consideration of the officer agreeing to reduce the amount owed them by the Company from $12,000 to $10,500, the due date was changed to January 27, 2005. This amount was paid in full by the Company on January 27, 2005. In connection with this transaction, the $1,500 of forgiven debt was credited to additional paid in capital.
On May 8, 2005, the Company's President, advanced $1,000 to the Company under a promissory note due June 30, 2005, with an interest rate of 9% per annum. This note was paid back on May 31, 2005.
On November 22, 2005 the Company’s president made payments on behalf of the Company in the amount of $2,000 to the Company under a promissory note due December 7, 2005, and verbally extended to a date to be mutually agreed upon by the parties, with an interest rate of 12% per annum.
On February 23, 2006 the Company’s president made payments on behalf of the Company in the amount of $500 to the Company under a promissory note due March 10, 2006, and verbally extended to a date to be mutually agreed upon by the parties, with an interest rate of 12% per annum.
On February 27, 2006 the Company’s president made payments on behalf of the Company in the amount of $10,500 to the Company under a promissory note due March 14, 2006, and verbally extended to a date to be mutually agreed upon by the parties, with an interest rate of 12% per annum.
NOTE 4 − NOTES PAYABLE
The following provides the principle terms of the outstanding debt as of March 31, 2006:
On June 5, 2004, the Company received $40,000 under a bridge note payable agreement with an unrelated party, due June 5, 2005, with interest at a rate of 10%. In connection with the note agreement, the Company paid loan fees in the amount of $4,000 to Astor capital (an entity owned by the Company's President & Secretary.) The company has not made its scheduled payments but the note has been verbally extended by mutual consent of the parties.
RIDDLE RECORDS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
On December 23, 2004, the Company received $50,000 under a promissory note agreement with an unrelated party, due June 30, 2005, with interest at a rate of 9%. On June 22, 2005 the note was amended to extend the due date until October 15, 2005. The company has not made its scheduled payments but the note has been verbally extended by mutual consent of the parties.
On January 19, 2005, the Company received $30,000 under a promissory note agreement with an unrelated party, due June 30, 2005, with interest at a rate of 9%. On June 22, 2005 the note was amended to extend the due date until October 15, 2005. The company has not made its scheduled payments but the note has been verbally extended by mutual consent of the parties.
On June 1, 2005, the Company received $25,000 under a promissory note agreement with an unrelated party, due September 30, 2005, with interest at a rate of 12% per annum. Loan fees of $5,000 are due at maturity. The Company has not made its scheduled payments but the note has been verbally extended by mutual consent of the parties.
On September 30, 2005, the Company received $25,000 under a promissory note agreement with an unrelated party, due December 30, 2005, with interest at a rate of 12%. Loan fees of $5,000 are due at maturity. The Company has not made its scheduled payments but the note has been verbally extended by mutual consent of the parties.
NOTE 5 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On April 13, 2006 the Company’s president made payments on behalf of the Company in the amount of $5,178 to the Company under a promissory note due April 27, 2006, and verbally extended to a date to be mutually agreed upon by the parties, with an interest rate of 12% per annum.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB. This quarterly report may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements with regard to descriptions of our plans or objectives for future operations, products or services, and forecasts of our revenues, earnings or other measures of economic performance. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," or "may." Forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties. A number of factors - many of which are beyond our control - could cause actual conditions, events or results to differ significantly from those described in the forward-looking statements and reported results should not be considered an indication of our future performance.
Some of these risk factors include, among others, our ability to successfully obtain additional financing to continue future operations, our ability to continue as a going concern, our limited experience in the market as an independent record label, our ability to attract new artists to our label and maintain agreements with them, our dependence on our artists' commercial success in order to sign additional new artists, the successful promotion of our artists and the commercial success of our music offerings in order to generate revenue, competition among record labels within the music industry, the limited experience of our management team and our ability to attract and retain key personnel, our ability to develop brand identity as a record label, potential liability to third parties for music and other content that we produce and distribute, enforcement of our intellectual property rights, control of our company by our majority stockholders, and the unpredictability of our operating results and other factors could cause the price of our Class A common stock to fluctuate significantly in the future assuming the successful development of a trading market for those securities.
These risk factors are not exhaustive, and additional factors that could have an adverse effect on our business and financial performance are set forth under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this quarterly report. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We do not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date forward-looking statements are made.
OVERVIEW
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms "Company," "we," "us," and "our" refer to Riddle Records, Inc., a Nevada corporation incorporated in August 2001. We file our annual report on Form 10-KSB, quarterly reports on Form 10-QSB, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). You can learn more about us by reviewing such filings and other information that we may file or furnish to the SEC at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
We recently established our company as an independent record label to focus on signing artists in the "hip-hop" and rap genres particularly. We believe the "hip-hop" and rap genres represent a growing portion of the music industry. By identifying and representing new, high-potential artists in these categories, our primary objective will be to successfully introduce these artists to large audiences and create a loyal following from fans. As a record label, Riddle Records expects to be directly involved in every stage of developing the careers of our artists. Our plan for the next 12 months is to focus on acquiring artists as clients and developing our brand name within the music industry.
As part of our activities we have actively organized rap battles in various locations around the US. In these events various artists take part in a lyrical competition against one another and sing to a beat in front of a large audience. The artist that receives a more pronounced applause from the public is the winner and moves to the next round to compete against others. In the end there will be one winner who wins a prize. This is also an efficient mechanism for identifying new talented artists with minimal related expenses.
We had no substantial operations from inception through August 2003. In August 2003, we commenced operations as an independent record label by establishing our business model, raising initial monies through the sale of our equity securities and solidifying informal advisory agreements with a number of industry professionals who agreed to afford our company access to their existing relationships in the music and entertainment industry. We have, and intend to continue to market our business model by generally making those in the music and entertainment industries aware of the services we will provide. We have had discussions with a number of artists, but have not signed any artist as of March 31, 2006.
During the next 12 months, we plan to focus on acquiring two artists as clients and developing our brand name within the music industry. We anticipate expenditures of approximately $225,000 over the next 12 months to maintain our business. Of this amount, approximately $75,000 will be spent on general and administrative costs (which includes legal and other professional costs), and $125,000 on artist development, which includes entertainment, travel, costs to promote those artists that we engage as clients and $25,000 for consultant and advisory fees. In addition, we require approximately $183,000 to repay indebtedness in the next twelve months. Given the current lack of revenues and the lack of a client base, we will be required to rely primarily on the sale of additional equity and debt securities to fund our operations. If we raise less than $225,000, we expect to scale back our planned operations and cut back our general and administrative and artist development costs in equal proportions. To the extent we are unable to raise sufficient financing, we will not have sufficient cash to continue operations. See "Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Financial Results.”
We expect that our promotional efforts on behalf of our clients will primarily consist of the creation of recordings of their projects and talent typically on compact disc or online, the distribution of these recordings to the appropriate parties in the music industry, the introduction of our clients to related industry decision-makers, and the making of personal presentations on behalf of our clients to prospective interested parties. During the next 12 months, we intend to focus our efforts on two aspects of the business. The first is creating awareness within the music industry of our business. While none of our existing directors or officers has prior business experience with a record label company, these persons have arranged informal advisory arrangements with a number of industry professionals who have agreed to afford our company access to their existing relationships in the music and entertainment industry. In addition, two artist and repertoire (A&R) advisors are providing us with introductions to their contacts within the music and entertainment industry as well as scouting and identifying for us new, high-potential artists performing at showcases, clubs and other small venues. These A&R advisors are providing their services with the understanding that if we sign any artists that they introduce to us, they will receive compensation at a negotiated royalty rate on future sales of those artists' products. We have and intend to continue to market our business by generally making those in the music and entertainment industry aware of the services we will provide. Our marketing efforts undertaken to date include generating interest in our record label by word-of-mouth and distributing business cards and other promotional materials and at concerts and other music events, as well as, networking with other professionals at courses, seminars and other music and entertainment industry gatherings.
Our goal is to build a database of industry participants through these advisory relationships and to thereafter build upon that database through referrals from existing contacts. After our initial marketing campaign, we anticipate that further marketing of our company will be conducted almost exclusively through word-of-mouth, as well as the successful distribution of our project "Rap Battle." During our first year of operations, we intend to start identifying clients that show promise but require our services to move forward, and clients that we determine are likely to generate recurring revenues. We intend to derive these initial clients from that pool of industry referrals and relationships referenced above. Following that, we anticipate using these initial clients to generate sufficient revenue to maintain our operating expenses. Our main focus is the production of additional editions and commencing the distribution of our first project, "Rap Battle."
We entered into an agreement dated July 9, 2004 with NT Media Corp. of California ("NT"), a related party entity in which one of our directors is also a director, wherein we agreed to pay an amount equal to all of NT's out of pocket costs associated with a project presently entitled "Rap Battle" in exchange for all of NT's rights in and to the project. The payment for the rights mentioned herein will be due not later than December 31, 2005. The agreement due date has been verbally extended by mutual consent of the parties. We have recorded $63,484 of related film costs. We believe that we will be able to exploit the results and proceeds of this project in the distribution of the "direct to DVD". We have produced 4 volumes of “Rap Battle” and are currently negotiating with a third party distributor to distribute "Rap Battle" through its distribution channels.