Nature of Operations [Text Block] | 1. Organization and Description of Business ReachLocal, Inc.’s (the “Company”) operations are located in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Brazil, Mexico, and India. The Company’s mission is to provide more customers to local businesses around the world. The Company offers online marketing products and solutions in three categories: software (ReachEdge™ and Kickserv™), web presence (including ReachSite + ReachEdge™, ReachSEO™, ReachCast™, and TotalLiveChat™), and digital advertising (including ReachSearch™, ReachDisplay™, ReachRetargeting™, and ReachDisplay InApp TM Liquidity and Capital Resources During the first nine months of 2015, the Company experienced declining revenues as a result of challenging market conditions and worse than expected performance in the Company’s international markets. In conjunction with the Company’s initiatives to transform the business and focus on profitable revenue, these conditions have had a significant negative impact on its operating results and cash flows. As a result the Company has taken a number of steps to reduce expenses and improve its business through, for example, its 2015 Restructuring Plan, including significant cost-saving measures such as workforce reductions, downsizing certain facilities in North America, as well as reductions of general corporate expenses and capital expenditures. In order to provide further liquidity to meet working capital and capital resource requirements, on April 30, 2015 the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) for a $25.0 million term loan. See Note 11, Term Loan, for more information. The Company received $24.7 million of net proceeds from the term loan, $17.5 million of which is considered restricted cash required under the terms of the Loan Agreement. The Company’s overall performance and capital expenditures more than offset the $7.2 million of net unrestricted cash from the term loan, resulting in cash balances at September 30, 2015, that decreased $25.9 million from December 31, 2014. The Company’s current liabilities exceeded its current assets by $63.1 million at September 30, 2015, and it has incurred an operating loss of $56.4 million for the nine months then ended. Under the Loan Agreement, the Company is required to maintain minimum cash in North America in an amount equal to $17.5 million at all times, unless the Company achieves positive “Adjusted EBITDA” as defined in the Loan Agreement for three consecutive quarters, in which case the minimum cash balance decreases to $12.5 million. The Company achieved positive “Adjusted EBITDA” during the quarter ended September 30, 2015, which qualifies as the potential first of the required three consecutive quarters. The Loan Agreement includes covenants applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries, which include restrictions on transferring collateral, incurring additional indebtedness, creating liens, selling assets, and undergoing a change in control, in each case subject to certain exceptions, as well as financial covenant requirements to maintain certain minimum levels of revenue and earnings during each three-month period, tested monthly, during the term. The Loan Agreement also contains a subjective acceleration clause that can be triggered if the Company experiences a Material Adverse Effect, as defined in the Loan Agreement, which would be considered an event of default. On August 3, 2015, the Company entered into an amendment to the Loan Agreement, which reduced the Loan Agreement’s covenant thresholds for revenue for the months ending September 30, 2015 through December 31, 2015. On November 9, 2015, the Company entered into an amendment to the Loan Agreement with Hercules, which waives compliance with the term loan’s revenue and earnings covenant thresholds for November and December 2015. In connection with the amendment, the Company (i) paid Hercules a one-time fee of $0.2 million, (ii) reset the schedule of prepayment fees to begin from the November 9, 2015, instead of April 30, 2016, and (iii) agreed to amend the Hercules warrant as described below no later than November 16, 2016. As of September 30, 2015, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants of the Loan Agreement. The Company will need to make further cost reductions in its operating expenses and capital expenditures to maintain a sufficient cash balance to fund its operations and maintain compliance with the minimum cash balance requirement under the Loan Agreement. Management is committed to execute further cost reductions throughout all aspects of the business, including in the areas of product and technology, sales and marketing, service and support, and general corporate expenses. These additional cost-saving measures are estimated to result in expense reductions of approximately $24.0 million during the next twelve months, although some of these cost-saving measures are expected to negatively impact revenues. The Company will continue to evaluate the extent and effectiveness of its cost-saving measures and monitor its expenses compared to revenue and intends to implement additional cost reductions in future periods if and as circumstances warrant. The Company believes that it will be able to maintain compliance with the minimum cash balance in North America in excess of $17.5 million in addition to the other financial covenants contained in the Loan Agreement through 2016 as a result of its cost control measures. The Company believes that it will be able to achieve the revenue and earnings targets under the Loan Agreement during the fourth quarter of 2015, as well as the revenue and earnings targets for 2016, which will equal 90% and 80% of the respective amounts contained in the Company’s 2016 operating plan, when approved by the Company’s board of directors. However, there can be no assurance that these actions will be successful or that further adverse events outside of the Company’s control may arise that would result in the Company’s inability to comply with the Loan Agreement’s covenants. If an event of default were to occur, the Company may be required to obtain a further amendment or a waiver to the Loan Agreement, refinance the term loan, divest non-core assets or operations and/or obtain additional equity or debt financing. If the Company was unable to obtain such a waiver or amendment, or consummate such transactions, the administrative agent could exercise remedies against the Company and the collateral securing the term loan, including potential foreclosure against the Company’s assets securing the Loan Agreement, including the Company’s cash. In consideration of these conditions, the Company currently anticipates that funds expected to be generated from operations, including cost-saving measures the Company has taken and intends to take, will be sufficient to meet the Company’s anticipated cash requirements for at least the next twelve months. However, there is no assurance that the results of operations and cash flows expected during that period of time will be achieved. |