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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
(Mark One) | ||
þ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |
For the Fiscal Year Ended February 28, 2007 | ||
or | ||
o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |
For the transition period from to |
COMMISSION FILENO. 000-24452
PREMIER EXHIBITIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida | 20-1424922 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
3340 Peachtree Rd., NE, Suite 2250
Atlanta, GA 30326
(Address of principal executive offices)
Atlanta, GA 30326
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:404-842-2600
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered | |
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Global Market) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 ofRegulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of thisForm 10-K or any amendment to thisForm 10-K. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer þ Non-accelerated filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
At August 31, 2006, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $95,825,000, based upon the closing price for such Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market on August 31, 2006. For purposes of the foregoing calculation only, all directors and officers of the registrant have been deemed affiliates.
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, as of April 20, 2007, was 29,236,645.
Portions of the registrant’s proxy statement, which will be filed within 120 days of the close of the registrant’s fiscal year in connection with the registrant’s 2007 annual meeting of shareholders, are incorporated by reference into Part III of thisForm 10-K.
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SAFE HARBOR FOR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS UNDER THE PRIVATE
SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995
SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995
Except for historical information contained herein, this Annual Report onForm 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involves certain risks and uncertainties. The actual results or outcomes of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company”) may differ materially from those anticipated. Although we believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any such assumptions could prove to be inaccurate, and therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this report will prove to be accurate.
In light of the significant uncertainties and risks inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, such information should not be regarded as a representation by us that our objectives and plans will be achieved. Included in these risks are fluctuations in operating results, uncertainty regarding the results of certain legal proceedings, competition and other risks set forth herein and in other reports we have filed. Such statements consisting of any statement other than a recitation of historical fact can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may”, “expect”, “will”, “anticipate”, “estimate” or “continue” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. We do not undertake an obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
PART I.
ITEM 1. | BUSINESS |
Overview of our Business
We are in the business of developing and touring museum quality exhibitions. We are perhaps best known for our Titanic exhibitions which we conduct through our wholly-owned subsidiary RMS Titanic, Inc. and which honor the ill-fated ocean liner, RMS Titanic. The Titanic has continued to captivate the thoughts and imaginations of millions of people throughout the world since 1912 when she struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage. More than 1,500 of the 2,228 lives on board the Titanic were lost. The Titanic lies at 12,500 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 400 miles off the southern coast of Newfoundland.
Since 1994, we have maintained ourSalvor-in-Possession status of the Titanic wreck and wreck site as awarded by a federal district court. As such, we have the exclusive right to recover objects from the Titanic wreck site. Through our explorations, we have obtained and are in possession of the largest collection of data, information, images, and cultural materials associated with the shipwreck. This includes oceanic material, metallurgical and scientific data, still photography and videotape (which has been converted to a digital format), as well as artifacts from the Titanic wreck site. We utilize this data and the artifacts for historical verification, scientific education and public awareness. We believe that ourSalvor-in-Possession status puts us in the best position to provide for the archaeological survey, scientific interpretation, public awareness, historical conservation, and stewardship of the Titanic shipwreck.
Our Titanic exhibitions continue to tour throughout the world and have been viewed by more than 18 million people. We currently operate seven Titanic exhibitions, six of which are known as “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” and one of which is known as “Titanic Science.” We generate income through ticket sales, third party licensing, sponsorship and merchandise sales. We intend to continue presenting Titanic exhibitions throughout the world in an enlightening and dignified manner that embodies respect for all of those who sailed with her.
In 2004, we expanded our exhibitions beyond the Titanic into human anatomy exhibitions that explore the marvels of the human body. We currently operate seven human anatomy exhibitions, six of which are known as “Bodies...The Exhibition” and one of which is known as “Bodies Revealed.” We plan to present additional human anatomy-based exhibitions in the future.
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We operate all of our exhibitions through wholly-owned subsidiaries. At this time, our wholly-owned subsidiary RMS Titanic, Inc. is operating our Titanic exhibitions. We also operate our human anatomy exhibitions through subsidiaries. We adopted this holding company structure in October 2004. Prior to that, we conducted all of our business activities, including our exhibitions, exclusively through RMS Titanic, Inc. In the future, we plan to conduct additional exhibitions, unrelated to the Titanic or human anatomy, and we expect to conduct those exhibitions through additional subsidiaries that we will organize as needed.
Through February 28, 2007, the end of our most recent fiscal year, we generated the majority of our revenue from activities related to our human anatomy exhibitions. Our principal sources of revenue are exhibition ticket sales, merchandise sales, licensing activities and sponsorship agreements.
Origins and History of the Company
Titanic Ventures Limited Partnership, or (“TVLP”), a Connecticut limited partnership, was formed in 1987 for the purposes of exploring the wreck of the Titanic and its surrounding oceanic areas. In August 1987, TVLP contracted with the Institute of France for the Research and Exploration of the Sea, or (“IFREMER”), to conduct an expedition and dive to the wreck of the Titanic. IFREMER is among the world’s largest oceanographic institutes and is owned by the French government. Usingstate-of-the-art technology provided by IFREMER, approximately 60 days of research and recovery operations were performed by TVLP at the Titanic wreck site through the use of a manned submersible named Nautile. Approximately 1,800 objects were recovered during the course of the 32 dives in that expedition. In addition to the recovery of historic objects, the 1987 expedition also produced approximately 140 hours of videotape footage and an estimated 7,000 still photographs of the wreck site. The French government subsequently conveyed to us title to these artifacts. In July 2004, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia concluded that such conveyance was not valid and sought to deprive us of title to these artifacts. We appealed that decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. On January 31, 2006, the Court of Appeals reversed and vacated the ruling of the lower court. This decision reconfirmed the validity of our title to the 1,800 artifacts recovered during the 1987 expedition.
On May 4, 1993, we acquired all the assets and assumed all the liabilities of TVLP. In June 1993, we successfully completed our second expedition to the Titanic wreck site, during which we recovered approximately 800 artifacts and produced approximately 105 hours of videotape footage over the course of fifteen dives. In July 1994, we recovered more than 1,000 objects and produced approximately 125 hours of videotape footage during our third expedition to the Titanic wreck site. In August 1996, we again recovered numerous objects and produced approximately 125 hours of videotape footage during our fourth expedition to the Titanic wreck site. In August 1998, we recovered numerous objects and produced approximately 350 hours of videotape footage during our fifth expedition to the Titanic wreck site. Among the highlights of our 1998 expedition were the successful recovery of the “Big Piece,” a section of the Titanic’s hull measuring approximately 26 feet by 20 feet and weighing approximately 15 tons, and extensive mapping of the Titanic and portions of the wreck site through the capture of thousands of high-resolution color digital photographs.
Our 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1998 Titanic expeditions were completed by charter agreements with IFREMER. Most of the objects recovered during those expeditions were ultimately transported to a privately owned conservation laboratory in France for restoration and preservation to prepare for exhibition. Certain of the objects that were recovered in 1987 as well as the “Big Piece,” recovered in 1998, went through their conservation processes in the United States. All of the artifacts not on exhibition are either in conservation or housed in our storage facility in Atlanta, Georgia.
During July and August of 2000, we conducted another expedition to the Titanic wreck site. During this expedition, we utilized the services of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Moscow, which provided us with the research vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh and two manned submersibles, the MIR-1 and the MIR-2. This expedition consisted of a total of twenty-eight dives over a four-week period and resulted in the recovery of more than 900 objects from the wreck site, as well as the discovery of a new debris field. Among the artifacts recovered during this expedition were the ship’s wheel and stand, nine leather bags containing more than 100 objects, the whistle control timer from the navigation bridge, the main telegraph base and the docking bridge telephone. Also recovered were binoculars, a pair of opera glasses, sixty-five intact perfume ampoules, a camera, a bowler hat, a first
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class demitasse and dinner plate, a base for a cherub (likely from the ship’s grand staircase), as well as gilded wood from a balustrade.
In August and September 2004, we conducted our seventh expedition to the Titanic wreck site. Expedition 2004 departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on August 25, 2004 and for the first time allowed us to rely exclusively on a deep ocean remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, that permitted the expedition to utilizeround-the-clock underwater operations. In addition to the recovery of 75 historic artifacts from the Titanic wreck site, we discovered a new debris field that includes remnants from the first class a la carte restaurant. We plan to continue recovery work in the future through additional expeditions to the Titanic wreck-site.
During 2004, we expanded our exhibitions beyond the Titanic into human anatomy exhibitions, which explore the marvels of the human body. We currently operate one exhibition known as ‘Bodies Revealed” and six exhibitions known as “Bodies...The Exhibition.” We plan to present additional anatomy-based exhibitions in the future.
Our executive offices are located at 3340 Peachtree Road, NE, Suite 2250, Atlanta, Georgia 30326 and our telephone number is(404) 842-2600. We are a Florida corporation and maintain web sites located at www.prxi.com, www.rmstitanic.net, www.titanicscience.com, www.bodiesrevealed.com, and www.bodiestheexhibition.com. Information on our websites is not part of this report.
Exhibitions Operated by the Company
Titanic Exhibitions
Our Titanic exhibitions have been exhibited in more than 60 venues throughout the world, including venues in the United States, Canada, Germany, Norway, France, Greece, Japan, Switzerland, Chile, Argentina, China, Mexico and England. The following is a list of our Titanic exhibition locations and dates during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2007 (or “fiscal year 2007”):
• | The Zappion, Athens, Greece (October 8, 2005 to March 1, 2006); | |
• | St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri (November 11, 2005 to April 15, 2006); | |
• | The AT Center, Seoul, South Korea (December 3, 2005 to March 1, 2006); | |
• | Queen Mary, Long Beach, California (December 17, 2005 to September 4, 2006); | |
• | OshKosh Public Museum, OshKosh, Wisconsin (February 4, 2006 to April 30, 2006); | |
• | Science Center of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa (May 20, 2006 to August 20, 2006); | |
• | Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium, Miami, Florida (March 25, 2006 to October 15, 2006); | |
• | The Tropicana Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada (June 1, 2006 to an undetermined date); | |
• | The Metreon, San Francisco, California (June 10, 2006 to January 28, 2007); | |
• | El Paso Science Museum, El Paso, Texas (September 16, 2006 to February 25, 2007); | |
• | Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 4, 2006 to May 13, 2007); | |
• | Science Spectrum, Lubbock, Texas (October 5, 2006 to January 1, 2007); | |
• | Foro Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico (October 16, 2007 to January 1, 2007); | |
• | Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia (November 11, 2006 to May 6, 2007); | |
• | Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, California (February 24, 2007 to May 28, 2007); and | |
• | Exploration Place, Wichita, Kansas (January 13, 2007 to March 25, 2007). |
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The following lists our Titanic exhibition locations and dates that, as of the date of this report, opened or have been announced during our fiscal year ending February 28, 2008 (or “fiscal year 2008”):
• | Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (April 14, 2007 to October 14, 2007); | |
• | Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, Florida (May 25, 2007 to September 3, 2007); | |
• | Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, Colorado (June 22, 2007 to January 6, 2008); | |
• | Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada (June 2, 2007 to January 6, 2008); and | |
• | European tour beginning in Kiel, Germany (June 16, 2007 to an undetermined date). |
We anticipate opening additional Titanic exhibitions during fiscal year 2008. Due to the uncertainties involved in the development and setup of exhibitions, the opening dates may vary and the exhibit locations may change.
“Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” Exhibitions
In March 2005, we acquired all of the membership interests in Exhibitions International, LLC, which enabled us to gain multi-year licenses and exhibition rights to multiple human anatomy exhibitions, each of which contains a collection of several whole human body specimens plus approximately 150 single human organs and body parts. We are presently in possession of eight sets of medical specimens, one of which is known as “Bodies Revealed” and seven of which are known as “Bodies...The Exhibition.” We acquired the rights to produce these exhibitions through separate exhibition agreements.
These specimens are assembled into anatomy-based exhibitions featuring preserved human bodies, and offer the public an opportunity to view the intricacies and complexities of the human body. The exhibitions include displays of dissected human bodies kept from decaying through a process called polymer preservation, also known as plastination. In essence, the bodies are drained of all fat and fluids, which are replaced with polymers such as silicone rubber, epoxy and polyester. This keeps the flesh from decaying and maintains its natural look. Skin from the bodies is removed, or partially removed, to reveal musculoskeletal, nervous, circulatory, reproductive or digestive systems. The full body specimens are complimented by presentation cases of related individual organs and body parts, both healthy and diseased, that provide a detailed look into the elements that comprise each system.
‘‘Bodies Revealed” debuted in August 2004 in Blackpool, England and was the first non-Titanic exhibition we produced. The following is a list of our “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” exhibition locations during fiscal year 2007:
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, Florida (August 18, 2005 to February 26, 2006; extended to September 5, 2006); | |
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” South Street Seaport, New York, New York (November 19, 2005 to an undetermined date); | |
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia (March 4, 2006 to September 4, 2006); | |
• | “Bodies Revealed,” Foro Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico (March 11, 2006 to September 11, 2006); | |
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre, London, England (April 12, 2006 to July 30, 2006); | |
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” The Tropicana Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada (June 23, 2006 to an undetermined date); | |
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” The Shops at Sunset Place, Miami, Florida (September 22, 2006 to March 25, 2007); | |
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” 800 Pike Street (across from the Washington State Convention Center), Seattle, Washington (September 30, 2006 to April 29, 2007); | |
• | “Bodies Revealed,” Campus De La Salud, Echnoligico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico (September 29, 2006 to January 1, 2007); |
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• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” Beurs van Berlage Concert and Conference Hall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (November 25, 2006 to April 14, 2007); and | |
• | “Bodies Revealed,” OCA Ibirapuera Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil (February 28, 2007 to July 29, 2007). |
The following lists our “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” exhibition locations, as of the date of this report, that opened or have been announced during fiscal year 2008:
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” The Streets at Southpoint, Durham, North Carolina (April 5, 2007 to an undetermined date); | |
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” 1101 Wilson Boulevard (the former Newseum site), Arlington, Virginia (Washington, D.C. Metro Area) (April 14, 2007 to an undetermined date); | |
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” Westfield UTC, San Diego, California (May 12, 2007 to an undetermined date); | |
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (October 1, 2007 to an undetermined date); | |
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” Palacio dos Condes do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal (May 5, 2007 to an undetermined date); and | |
• | “Bodies...The Exhibition,” Lucerna, Prague, Czech Republic (May 5, 2007 to an undetermined date). |
We anticipate opening additional “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” exhibitions during fiscal year 2008. Due to the uncertainties involved in the development and setup of exhibitions, opening dates may vary and exhibition locations may change.
Co-Production Agreements
On September 20, 2006, we finalized the terms of an agreement pursuant to which we agreed to work with Sam Tour (USA), Inc., JAM Exhibitions, LLC and Concert Productions International, which we refer to collectively as “JAM”, to jointly present several of our human anatomy exhibitions. Pursuant to the agreement, we agreed to present at least nine human anatomy exhibitions jointly with JAM in the following locations: Tampa, New York, Atlanta, Mexico City, Seattle, Las Vegas, Amsterdam, Washington D.C. and San Diego. At this time, the exhibitions in Tampa, Atlanta, Mexico City, Seattle and Amsterdam have been completed successfully and have closed, the exhibitions in New York, Las Vegas and Washington D.C. have commenced and are currently open, and the exhibition in San Diego is expected to open on or about May 12, 2007. Previously, we had worked with JAM in accordance with an April 2005 term sheet that we terminated on September 7, 2006.
Our September 20, 2006 agreement with JAM does not include certain of our human anatomy exhibitions which we are presenting independently or under separate license agreements and located in Monterrey, Mexico; Miami; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Lisbon, Portugal; Prague, Czech Republic; Pittsburgh; and Durham. In addition, the JAM agreement provides that, for the one-year period following the closing of the last jointly presented exhibition, JAM will not compete directly or indirectly with us in the presentation of a human anatomy exhibition.
Additional Exhibitions
We intend to develop and present new exhibitions in the future, including additional exhibitions both related and unrelated to the Titanic or to human anatomy.
Merchandising
We earn revenue from the sale of merchandise, such as catalogs, posters and Titanic-related jewelry. We have a contractual relationship with Event Management, Inc., which is an unaffiliated company that operates gift shops at exhibitions and other locations. Event Management sells our merchandise at exhibitions, as well as through its web site and its other distribution channels. In connection with these sales, we receive 30% of the net sale proceeds, and we receive license fees from Event Management for the use of our names and logos. We publish exhibition catalogs, which are sold at our exhibition gift shops.
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In addition, we have developed several retail products utilizing coal recovered from the Titanic. We intend to continue developing products to increase our merchandising revenues.
Titanic Expeditions
With the depth of the Titanic wreck approximately two and one-half miles below the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean, we are dependent upon chartering vessels outfitted with highly advanced deep sea technology in order to conduct expeditions to the wreck site. In our 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1998 expeditions, we entered into charter agreements with IFREMER, pursuant to which IFREMER supplied the crew and equipment necessary to conduct research and recovery efforts. In addition to utilization of the research vessel Nadir, recovery efforts were undertaken through the manned submersible Nautile. Small,hard-to-reach areas necessary for visual reconnaissance efforts were accessed by a small robot, known as Robin, controlled by crewmen on board the Nautile. The dive team had the capability of retrieving both heavy objects, such as a lifeboat davit weighing approximately 4,000 pounds, and fragile objects weighing only a few ounces. Because of the immense pressure of approximately 6,000 pounds per square inch at the depth of the wreck site, it is impossible for a dive team to reach such depths and explore the wreck site through any means other than a submersible or a remotely operated vehicle. The Nautile and Robin were each equipped with video and still cameras that recorded all recovery and exploration efforts. In connection with our 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2004 expeditions to the wreck site, we engaged maritime scientists and other professional experts to assist in the exploration and recovery efforts.
Our ability to conduct expeditions to the Titanic has been subject to the availability of necessary research and recovery vessels and equipment for chartering by us from June to September, which is the “open weather window” for such activities. Research and recovery efforts with a manned submersible are presently limited to the availability and the co-operation with the Nautile through charter arrangements with IFREMER and MIR I and MIR II using charter arrangements with P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. To our knowledge, no other manned submersible with the capability of reaching the depth of the Titanic is presently available commercially; however there are a number of remotely operated vehicles available for hire. Based upon our experience with the 2004 expedition, remotely operated vehicles are a viable alternative to manned submersibles. The availability of remotely operated vehicles has substantially increased our flexibility in chartering for future expeditions.
Restoration and Conservation of Titanic Artifacts
Upon recovery from the Titanic wreck site, artifacts are in varying states of deterioration and fragility. Having been submerged in the depths of the ocean for up to 95 years, objects have been subjected to the corrosive effects of chlorides present in seawater. The restoration of many of the metal, leather and paper artifacts requires the application of sophisticated electrolysis and other electrochemical techniques. Some of the artifacts recovered from the 1987 expedition were stabilized and conserved by the laboratories of Electricite de France, a French government-owned utility. Many of the artifacts recovered from the 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1998 expeditions have undergone conservation processes at LP3, a privately-owned conservation laboratory in Semur-en-Auxois, France. When not being exhibited or not being conserved at other conservation facilities, almost all of our Titanic artifacts are housed in our conservation and warehouse facility located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Science and Archaeology Related to the Titanic
The Titanic was a great ocean liner, which bequeathed to the world a classic story of tragedy at sea. Today, this shipwreck is treated as an archaeological site, historic structure, attraction for adventure tourism, ecological phenomenon, international memorial, and as valuable property to be recovered and shared with humanity. With the exception of adventure tourism, we believe that all of these purposes are legitimate and beneficial to society. We also believe that the multiple values associated with the Titanic and its status as a social and cultural icon demand the attention of many experts in scientific interpretation and stewardship of the site. We have developed a partnership with the Center for Maritime & Underwater Resource Management, a nonprofit corporation, for services in archaeology, scientific research, and resource management to aid in stewardship of the Titanic wreck site.
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We hope to work with the U.S. government and the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology to present our collection of knowledge and cultural materials to researchers, educators, and other audiences in the form of scientific reports, an associated interactive web site, and other intellectual products that advance our purposes. Revenues from the sale of these intellectual products are expected to at least meet the total production costs. The scientific reports will integrate the results of all expeditions to the Titanic wreck site since its discovery. In addition, the publication will include the first comprehensive site plan of the Titanic, which will assist in determining future products in research, materials conservation and education. The interactive web site will present this scientific knowledge as well as the entire collection of Titanic-related cultural materials.
RMS Carpathia
In May 2001, we acquired ownership of the wreck of the Carpathia, which was sunk by a German torpedo during World War I off the coast of Ireland. The Carpathia rescued more than 700 of the Titanic’s survivors in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912. On February 28, 2007, our wholly-owned subsidiary RMS Titanic, Inc. entered into a sale agreement with Seaventures Ltd. pursuant to which Seaventures Ltd. acquired from the Company all of its ownership interest in the RMS Carpathia for $3,000,000. Also, on February 28, 2007, Seaventures Ltd. purchased an option from the Company to present the first exhibition of objects recovered from the RMS Carpathia together with certain of the Company’s Titanic artifacts. The Company received payment of $1,500,000 from Seaventures Ltd. for the sale of this option. The principal of Seaventures Ltd., Joseph Marsh, is also a holder of more than 5% of our common stock. The above referenced agreements were negotiated by us on an arm’s length basis.
Information Regarding Exhibitions Outside the United States
Our exhibitions tour regularly outside the United States from time to time. Approximately 4% and 20% of our revenues in fiscal years 2007 and 2006, respectively, resulted from revenues from exhibition and merchandising activities outside the United States. Because our financial arrangements with our foreign vendors have historically been based upon foreign currencies, we are exposed to the risk of currency fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the currencies of the countries in which our exhibitions are touring. See “Risk Factors” in this annual report onForm 10-K for more information.
Competition
The entertainment and exhibition industries are intensely competitive. Given our limited capital resources, there can be no assurances that we will continue to be able to compete effectively. Many enterprises with which we compete or may compete have substantially greater resources than we do.
Following the success of the motion picture “Titanic” in 1997, a number of entities have undertaken, or announced an intention, to offer exhibitions or events with the Titanic theme or involving memorabilia related to its sinking. Although we are currently the only entity that exhibits artifacts recovered from the wreck site of the Titanic, we may encounter competition from other Titanic exhibitions or events in the future,
In addition, we compete with other human anatomy exhibitions that are similar to ours. We believe we have a competitive advantage over this competition because our exhibitions are presented using a unique educational approach and our specimens are of extremely high quality.
The success of our merchandising efforts will depend largely upon consumer appeal and the success of our exhibitions. We believe that our merchandise will effectively compete because of its unique character and quality.
Our many years of experience in the exhibition industry have enabled us to present exhibitions with mass appeal to consumers of entertainment, museum, scientific and educational offerings. These consumers recognize the quality and value of the educational experience of our exhibitions. We believe we compete with other entities based upon the mass appeal of our current and planned exhibitions to consumers of entertainment, museum, scientific and educational offerings, and the quality and value of the entertainment experience. Our Titanic exhibitions have no direct competitors that present Titanic artifacts recovered from the Titanic wreck site. However, our Bodies exhibitions have several competitors.
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Environmental Matters
We are subject to environmental laws and regulation by federal, state and local authorities in connection with our planned exhibition activities. We do not anticipate that the costs to comply with such laws and regulations will have any material effect on our capital expenditures, earnings, or competitive position.
Employees
As of the date of this report we had 56 full-time employees. We are not a party to any collective bargaining agreement and we believe that our relations with our employees are good.
Available Information
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, therefore, we file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Such reports may be read and copied at the Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains an Internet site (www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy statements and other information for registrants that file electronically.
Our corporate website is www.prxi.com. On our website, we make available, free of charge, documents we file with the SEC, including our Annual Reports onForm 10-K, Quarterly Reports onForm 10-Q, Current Reports onForm 8-K and any amendments to those reports filed with or furnished to the SEC. This information is available on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such materials with, or furnish such information to, the SEC. Our SEC reports can be accessed through the “Investor Relations” section of “The Company” link on our website. The other information found on our website is not part of this or any other report we file with, or furnish to, the SEC.
In addition, our corporate governance guidelines and the charters for our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee are available on our website.
ITEM 1A. | RISK FACTORS |
Until recently, we have had a history of operating losses, and there is no assurance that we will maintain profitability in the future.
We have a history of operating losses. As recently as our fiscal year ended February 28, 2005, we experienced a net loss from continuing operations of $2,417,000. Only in the last two fiscal years have we achieved profitability. We cannot predict if we will continue to be profitable. It is uncertain if our future prospects will result in profitable operations and, if we experience future losses, the value of an investment in our common stock could decline significantly.
Our future operating results will depend on our ability to successfully implement our new business strategy, which in turn depends on many factors, some of which are beyond our control.
We are a general exhibition company. Previously, we relied on third parties to produce our exhibitions, and we limited our exhibitions to displays of Titanic artifacts. However, we are now the sole producers of our Titanic exhibitions, and we no longer rely on third parties for the production of these exhibitions. Moreover, we have expanded our exhibitions beyond those related to the Titanic to include human anatomy exhibitions. Our future operating results will depend on many factors, some of which we believe are beyond our control, including:
• | our ability to continue to exhibit certain of the Titanic artifacts; | |
• | our ability to develop new exhibitions that the public will attend; | |
• | our ability to operate our exhibitions profitably; and | |
• | the continued popularity of and public demand for our exhibitions. |
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We may be unable to raise additional capital when needed, which would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and our ability to conduct our operations.
If we are unable to generate sufficient revenue for our planned operations, or if we encounter unforeseen costs, we will need to raise additional capital. We can give no assurances that additional capital will be available to us on favorable terms, or at all. Our inability to obtain additional capital, if and when needed, would have a material adverse effect upon our financial condition and our ability to continue to conduct our operations.
We may not be granted a salvage award that is commensurate with the efforts we have expended to recover items from the Titanic wreck site or may be prohibited from exhibiting certain of the Titanic artifacts already under our control.
At a future date, a trial may be held in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to determine a salvage award to compensate us for our efforts in recovering certain items from the wreck of the Titanic. Although the trial to determine the salvage award has been delayed indefinitely, the court has already ruled that it would likely not give us title to certain of the artifacts. As a result, at this time, the outcome of the salvage award trial is uncertain. It is possible that we may not be granted a salvage award that is commensurate with our recovery efforts. It is also possible that the court will take possession of certain of the Titanic artifacts, which may prevent us from conducting future Titanic exhibitions. These outcomes could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct Titanic exhibitions, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
If we are unable to maintain ourSalvor-in-Possession rights to the Titanic wreck and wreck site, our Titanic exhibitions could face increased competition and we could lose the right to exhibit certain of the Titanic artifacts.
As recently as January 31, 2006, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recognized that we are the exclusiveSalvor-in-Possession of the Titanic wreck and wreck site.Salvor-in-Possession status enables us to prevent third parties from salvaging the Titanic wreck and wreck site and from interfering with our rights to salvage the wreck and wreck site. To maintain ourSalvor-in-Possession rights, we must maintain a presence over the wreck site as interpreted by the courts. In addition, we may have to commence legal proceedings against third parties who attempt to violate our rights asSalvor-in-Possession, which may be expensive and time-consuming. Moreover, there are no assurances that the court will continue to recognize us as the sole and exclusiveSalvor-in-Possession of the Titanic wreck and wreck site. If we were to lose ourSalvor-in-Possession rights, our Titanic exhibitions could be exposed to competition and we could lose the right to exhibit certain of the Titanic artifacts. Either of these outcomes would have a material adverse effect on our operating results.
Our exhibitions are becoming subject to increasing competition.
We believe that our Titanic exhibition business is changing. For example, an adverse ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit left us with non-exclusive rights to photograph and film the Titanic wreck site. Because of this ruling, other companies can now photograph and film the Titanic wreck site, which exposes us to new competition that could, for example, result in our losing documentary opportunities. Moreover, it is possible that other companies may attempt to explore the Titanic wreck site in the future. If these companies were successful, we would face increased competition. Additionally, the availability of remote operated vehicles for charter from third parties to conduct expeditions may make it easier for others to gain access to the Titanic site in violation of ourSalvor-in-Possession rights. These changes, as well as others, such as new laws and treaties or new interpretations of existing laws or treaties, could have a material adverse effect on our business.
In addition, our “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” exhibitions are subject to competition from other human anatomy exhibition vendors. To the extent other exhibition companies are successful at marketing and promoting competing exhibitions that are perceived more favorably than our exhibitions by the public, there could be a material adverse effect on our business.
We are subject to currency exchange rate fluctuations, which may negatively affect our results of operations.
Our exhibitions tour outside the U.S. from time to time and our financial arrangements with our foreign vendors have historically been based upon foreign currencies. As a result, we are exposed to the risk of currency
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fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the currencies of the countries in which our exhibitions are touring. If the value of the U.S. dollar increases in relation to these foreign currencies, our potential revenues from exhibition and merchandising activities outside the U.S. would be lowered and our results of operations could be harmed.
Our success depends on the services of our executive officers and key employees and the loss of their services could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We believe that our future success depends to a significant degree on the skills and efforts of Arnie Geller, our president and chief executive officer; Stephen Couture, our vice president and chief financial officer; Tom Zaller, our vice president of exhibitions; and Brian Wainger, our vice president and chief legal counsel. If we lose the services of Messrs. Geller, Couture, Zaller or Wainger, our business and operating results could be adversely affected.
We may be unable to hire and retain the skilled personnel we need to expand our operations and, as a result, could lose our competitive position.
To meet our growth objectives and become a commercially successful general exhibition company, we must attract and retain skilled technical, operational, managerial and sales and marketing personnel. If we fail to attract and retain the necessary personnel, we may be unable to achieve our business objectives and may lose our competitive position, which could lead to a significant decline in revenues. We face significant competition for these skilled professionals from other companies, research and academic institutions, government entities and other organizations.
ITEM 1B. | UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS |
None.
ITEM 2. | PROPERTIES |
We have our principal executive offices located at Tower Place, 3340 Peachtree Road N.E., Suite 2250, Atlanta, Georgia. This space of approximately 9,600 square feet is used for management, administration, and marketing for our operations. The lease for our principal executive offices is presently scheduled to expire on February 28, 2009.
We also lease approximately 10,080 square feet of space at an undisclosed location (for security purposes) in Atlanta, Georgia. This facility is used for conservation, restoration, and storage of Titanic artifacts. This lease is presently scheduled to expire on December 31, 2007.
ITEM 3. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
Status of International Treaty Concerning the Titanic Wreck
The U.S. Department of State and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce are working together to implement an international treaty with the governments of the United Kingdom, France and Canada concerning the Titanic wreck site. If implemented in this country, this treaty could affect ourSalvor-in-Possession rights to the Titanic. These rights include the exclusive right to explore the wreck site, claim possession of and perhaps title to artifacts recovered from the site, restore and display recovered artifacts, and make other use of the wreck. We have raised numerous objections to the U.S. Department of State regarding the participation of the U.S. in efforts to reach an agreement governing salvage activities with respect to the Titanic. The proposed treaty, as drafted, does not recognize our existingSalvor-in-Possession rights to the Titanic. The United Kingdom signed the treaty in November 2003, and the U.S. signed the treaty in June 2004. For the treaty to take effect, the U.S. must enact implementing legislation. As no implementing legislation has been passed, the treaty currently has no binding legal effect.
Several years ago we initiated legal action to protect our rights to the Titanic wreck site from this treaty. On April 3, 2000, we filed a motion for declaratory judgment in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia asking that the court declare unconstitutional the efforts of the U.S. to implement the treaty. On September 15, 2000, the court ruled that our motion was not ripe for consideration and that we may renew our motion when and if the
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treaty is agreed to and signed by the parties, final guidelines are drafted, and Congress passes implementing legislation. As discussed above, the treaty has been finalized but is not yet in effect because Congress has not adopted implementing legislation; thus it is not yet time for us to refile our motion. Neither the implementation of the treaty nor our decision whether to refile the legal action regarding its constitutionality will likely have an impact on our ownership interest over the artifacts that we have already recovered.
As discussed in more detail below, in light of a January 31, 2006 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, title to the 1,800 artifacts recovered by us during the 1987 expedition now rests firmly with us. Title to the remaining artifacts in our collection will be resolved in the future.
Status ofSalvor-in-Possession and Interim Salvage Award Proceedings
On April 12, 2002, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed two orders of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in the Company’s ongoingSalvor-in-Possession case. These orders, dated September 26, 2001 and October 19, 2001, respectively, restricted the sale of artifacts recovered by us from the Titanic wreck site. In its opinion, the appellate court reviewed and declared ambiguous the June 1994 order of the district court that had awarded ownership to us of all items then salvaged from the wreck of the Titanic as well as all items to be salvaged in the future so long as we remainedSalvor-in-Possession. Having found the June 1994 order ambiguous, the court of appeals reinterpreted the order to convey only possession, not title, pending determination of a salvage award. On October 7, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court denied our petition of appeal.
On May 17, 2004, we appeared before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for a pre-trial hearing to address issues in preparation for an interim salvage award trial. At that hearing, we confirmed our intent to retain ourSalvor-in-Possession rights in order to exclusively recover and preserve artifacts from the wreck site of the Titanic. In addition, we stated our intent to conduct another expedition to the wreck site. As a result of that hearing, on July 2, 2004, the court rendered an opinion and order in which it held that it would not recognize the 1993 Proces-Verbal, pursuant to which the government of France granted us title to all artifacts recovered from the wreck site during the 1987 expedition. The court also held that we would not be permitted to present evidence at the interim salvage award trial for the purpose of arguing that we should be awarded title to the Titanic artifacts through the law of finds.
We appealed the July 2, 2004 Court Order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. On January 31, 2006, the Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s decision to invalidate the 1993 Proces-Verbal, pursuant to which the government of France granted us title to all artifacts recovered from the wreck site during the 1987 expedition. As a result, the court tacitly reconfirmed that we own the 1,800 artifacts recovered during the 1987 expedition. The appellate court affirmed that the lower court’s ruling held that we will not be permitted to present evidence at the interim salvage award trial for the purpose of arguing that we should be awarded title to the remainder of the Titanic artifacts through the law of finds.
Other Ongoing Litigation
On April 28, 2006, Stefano Arts filed an action against us in the State Court of Fulton County, State of Georgia. Stefano Arts alleges that we breached a contract which allegedly calls for us to pay to Stefano Arts moneys generated from our human anatomy exhibition in Tampa, Florida and additional moneys generated from our exhibition in New York City. Although we intend to vigorously defend the Company, the outcome of this matter cannot be predicted.
On August 22, 2006, we filed an action entitledRMS Titanic, Inc. v. Georgette Alithinos, International Advantage, Inc. and Renaissance Entertainment, EPEin the Circuit Court of the State of Florida for Hillsborough County, pursuant to which we allege damages stemming from the defendants’ failure to compensate us for moneys due under a contract for the presentation of a Titanic exhibition in Athens, Greece. We have alleged breach of contract, fraud, conversion, and breach of fiduciary duty in our complaint. Only one of the three defendants has been served and we cannot predict the outcome of the case.
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Recently Settled Litigation
In October 2005, Exhibit Human: The Wonders Within, Inc. filed for binding arbitration against us in an action entitledExhibit Human: The Wonders Within, Inc. and RMS Titanic, Inc. In its claim, Exhibit Human alleges that we breached our contract with Exhibit Human pursuant to which we acquired a license to exhibit certain anatomical specimens that we present in our “Bodies Revealed” exhibition. Later that month, we filed a counterclaim against Exhibit Human in which we allege that Exhibit Human breached its obligations to us under the same contract.
On April 6, 2006, we also filed an action entitledPremier Exhibitions, Inc. v. Exhibit Human: The Wonders Within, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia pursuant to which we were seeking a declaratory judgment finding that the parties reached an enforceable agreement for the acquisition of certain licensing rights to the anatomical specimens that we present in our “Bodies Revealed” exhibition. On December 19, 2006, the court granted summary judgment to Exhibit Human. It held proper jurisdiction over this matter lies with the arbitrator, not the court.
On March 6, 2007, we entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims with Exhibit Human: The Wonders Within, Inc. settling the outstanding arbitration and litigation between the parties. We do not believe that the terms of the settlement agreement, which are confidential, are material to our business.
ITEM 4. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
None.
Directors and Executive Officers
The following table sets forth information about our directors and executive officers as of the date of this report.
Name | Age | Position(s) | ||||
Arnie Geller | 66 | President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors | ||||
Stephen Couture | 37 | Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director | ||||
N. Nick Cretan | 72 | Director | ||||
Douglas Banker | 55 | Director | ||||
Alan Reed | 49 | Director | ||||
Tom Zaller | 35 | Vice President — Exhibitions | ||||
Brian Wainger | 37 | Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel; Corporate Secretary |
Members of the Board of Directors
There are five members of our board of directors, three of whom are “independent” under the marketplace rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market. Biographical information about each of our directors is set forth below.
Arnie Geller
Arnie Geller is the chairman of the Board of Directors, and he also serves as our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Geller has served as a director since May 1999, and he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in October 2005. Mr. Geller served as our President from May 1993 to May 1995, and he was reappointed as our President in November 1999 and has continued to serve us in that capacity ever since. Prior to 1993, for approximately 27 years Mr. Geller had principally been engaged in various executive capacities in the record industry. Mr. Geller was a self-employed corporate consultant prior to his reappointment as our President in 1999.
Stephen Couture
Stephen Couture joined the Board of Directors in February 2006, and has also served as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since that time. Since 1996, Mr. Couture has been a partner and principal in Couture &
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Company, Inc., a private corporate financial consulting firm formed in 1973 by his late father. As a partner and principal of Couture & Company, Inc., Mr. Couture has been involved in public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, reorganizations and the financial management of a number of growth enterprises. In such capacity, Mr. Couture has also provided financial management services to a diversified group of clients in the manufacturing, logistics, distribution, exhibition, entertainment, retail, service, product development and high technology sectors. Mr. Couture holds a B.S. degree in Management Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A. degree from The University of Tampa in Finance and Accounting.
N. | Nick Cretan |
N. Nick Cretan, one of our independent directors, has served as a director since April 2000. Mr. Cretan has more than 30 years of management experience, including his experience as Chief Operating Officer of the non-profit Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey, which is a trade association to develop and promote the Port of New York and New Jersey. Mr. Cretan retired from this position in 2004. He also serves as President of Friends of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island Foundation, President of Friends of Gateway National Parks Foundation and Trustee of the United Seamen’s Service. Previously, he served as deputy director of the San Francisco Marine Exchange, as staff assistant at the National Federation of Independent Business and as Executive Director of the American Merchant Marine Memorial Foundation.
Douglas Banker
Douglas Banker, one of our independent directors, has served as a director since August 2000. Mr. Banker has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry that includes providing management services to musicians and recording artists; marketing, merchandising, licensing, and sales of music media products; and the development and management of concerts and similar events. Mr. Banker also has authored several significant software programs that have achieved commercial success and has been involved with the management of the enterprises created for their commercialization. Mr. Banker was President of the Board of the Motor City Music Foundation in Detroit, Michigan from 1996 to 2000.
Alan Reed
Alan Reed, one of our independent directors, was appointed to the Board of Directors in February 2006 to fill an existing vacancy. Mr. Reed is the founder of Reed Financial Corporation, a firm created in 2002 to provide accounting and business advisory services. From 1983 to 2002, Mr. Reed was President of Alan B. Reed, CPA, P.C., an accounting firm specializing in the entertainment industry. From 1983 to 1993, Mr. Reed was president of Personal Business Management Services, Inc., a company that managed federally insured credit unions. Mr. Reed worked as a senior accountant with the firm of Zeiderman & Edelstein, P.C. in New York City from 1980 to 1982. From 1979 to 1980, Mr. Reed was a junior accountant with the entertainment accounting firm of Gelfand Bresslauer Rennert & Feldman in New York City. Mr. Reed graduated from Boston University, with a B.S. degree in accounting in 1979.
Executive Officers
No family relationship exists between or among any of the members of our board of directors or executive officers. None of our directors are serving as directors of any other company having a class of equity securities registered under or required to file periodic reports pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any company registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Our executive officers serve at the pleasure of our Board of Directors and are generally re-appointed to their positions by our Board of Directors at each annual meeting of shareholders. Biographical information about each of our executive officers is set forth below.
Arnie Geller, President and Chief Executive Officer
Arnie Geller serves as our President and Chief Executive Officer. Further information about Mr. Geller is set forth above under “Members of the Board of Directors.”
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Stephen Couture, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Stephen Couture serves as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Further information about Mr. Couture is set forth above under “Members of the Board of Directors.”
Tom Zaller, Vice President — Exhibitions
Tom Zaller has served as our Vice President — Exhibitions since August 2003. Mr. Zaller has more than 10 years experience in the production of exhibitions both internationally and domestically. Prior to his joining us, Mr. Zaller was Vice President for production at Clear Channel International Exhibitions for two years, where he collaborated on the development, design and production of numerous Clear Channel exhibitions that were shown internationally. While he was with Clear Channel, Mr. Zaller was production manager for “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition,” which included twenty domestic and nine foreign exhibitions. Prior to holding such position with Clear Channel, Mr. Zaller served in similar capacities with predecessor companies of Clear Channel.
Brian Wainger, Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel
Brian Wainger has served as our Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel since June 2004. He became our acting secretary in July 2005 and was appointed as our Corporate Secretary in August 2006. Before joining our company, Mr. Wainger was an attorney with the law firm of McGuireWoods, LLP, where he specialized in complex commercial litigation and represented us in a now settled action. Before his employment at McGuireWoods, Mr. Wainger served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
PART II.
ITEM 5. | MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES. |
Market Information
Our common stock is quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “PRXI.”
The following table provides the high and low sales prices for our common stock for the periods indicated. From June 19, 2006 to November 15, 2006, our common stock was quoted on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Previously, our common stock was quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.’s OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “PXHB.OB.” Theover-the-counter market quotations during such period reflect inter-dealer prices, without retailmark-up, mark-down or commission, and they may not represent actual transactions.
Closing Prices of our Common Stock
Fiscal Year 2007 | High | Low | ||||||
Fourth quarter ended February 28, 2007 | $ | 11.47 | $ | 5.92 | ||||
Third quarter ended November 30, 2006 | 6.96 | 4.75 | ||||||
Second quarter ended August 31, 2006 | 7.33 | 4.63 | ||||||
First quarter ended May 31, 2006 | 5.65 | 3.87 | ||||||
Fiscal Year 2006 | ||||||||
Fourth quarter ended February 28, 2006 | $ | 4.52 | $ | 3.51 | ||||
Third quarter ended November 30, 2005 | 4.39 | 1.78 | ||||||
Second quarter ended August 31, 2005 | 2.05 | 1.50 | ||||||
First quarter ended May 31, 2005 | 2.39 | 1.14 |
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Holders
On April 20, 2007, we had approximately 2,388 holders of record of our common stock. This number does not include shareholders for whom shares were held in a “nominee” or “street” name.
Dividends
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance our operations and future growth.
ITEM 6. | SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA |
The selected financial data set forth below is qualified by reference to, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements and notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in Item 7 of this report. The selected financial data have been derived from our consolidated financial statements that have been audited by independent certified public accountants. The consolidated financial statements as of February 28, 2007, February 28, 2006, and February 28, 2005 and for each of the three years in the period ended February 28, 2007 are included in Item 8 of this report.
Years Ended February 28 (29), | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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Operating Results | ||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 2,861 | $ | 2,864 | $ | 6,857 | $ | 13,041 | $ | 30,087 | ||||||||||
Total Operating Expenses | $ | 3,986 | $ | 3,961 | $ | 9,230 | $ | 10,468 | $ | 17,928 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | $ | (1,125 | ) | $ | (1,097 | ) | $ | (2,373 | ) | $ | 2,573 | $ | 12,159 | |||||||
Net Income (Loss) | $ | (827 | ) | $ | (1,088 | ) | $ | (2,417 | ) | $ | 5,283 | $ | 7,421 | |||||||
Cash Flows From Operations | $ | 2,526 | $ | (1,377 | ) | $ | (51 | ) | $ | 2,130 | $ | 11,476 | ||||||||
Common Stock Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted Income (Loss) per Common Share | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.24 | |||||||
Diluted Average Shares Outstanding(in thousands) | 18,615 | 18,960 | 20,819 | 28,230 | 31,047 | |||||||||||||||
Financial Position | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and Marketable Securities | $ | 1,945 | $ | 547 | $ | 1,258 | $ | 4,699 | $ | 16,811 | ||||||||||
Working Capital | $ | 1,042 | $ | 13 | $ | 857 | $ | 7,054 | $ | 22,684 | ||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 8,399 | $ | 7,253 | $ | 10,764 | $ | 22,363 | $ | 34,886 | ||||||||||
Total Debt | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 425 | $ | 1,350 | $ | — | ||||||||||
Stockholders’ Equity | $ | 6,550 | $ | 6,004 | $ | 7,679 | $ | 19,675 | $ | 32,900 | ||||||||||
Capital Expenditures | $ | 727 | $ | 21 | $ | 964 | $ | 1,774 | $ | 2,357 | ||||||||||
Financial Ratios | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current Ratio | 1.56 | 1.01 | 1.28 | 3.62 | 12.42 |
ITEM 7. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
Introduction
The following discussion provides information to assist in the understanding of our financial condition and results of operations, and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere herein. This discussion and analysis is organized into the following sections:
• | Business Overview; | |
• | Key Exhibitions; |
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• | Results of Operations; | |
• | Liquidity and Capital Resources; | |
• | Contractual Obligations; | |
• | Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements; | |
• | Critical Accounting Policies; and | |
• | Recent Accounting Pronouncements. |
Business Overview
We have been developing and touring first class museum quality exhibitions since 1993. Effective on October 14, 2004, we began to operate our business through our parent company, Premier Exhibitions, Inc. and our wholly-owned subsidiaries. Previously, we conducted our business through RMS Titanic, Inc., which is now our wholly-owned subsidiary. Presently our business consists of exhibitions based on the RMS Titanic and on human anatomy. We intend to present different exhibitions in the future, both related and unrelated to the Titanic and human anatomy.
As we continue to manage our own Titanic exhibitions directly, and with the expansion of our exhibitions to include anatomy-based exhibitions, we expect our operations to continue to be profitable. In addition, we are focusing on opportunities for future growth of our business by, among other things, developing and presenting new exhibitions in the future both related and unrelated to the Titanic or human anatomy. We are a major exhibitor of museum quality exhibitions and we intend to continue to implement and expand upon our present strategy.
Performance Summary
The following graph illustrates our revenues for the last five years:
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The following graph illustrates our net income (loss) for the last five years:
Key Exhibitions
Titanic Exhibitions
Until our 2007 fiscal year, we derived most of our revenue from our Titanic exhibitions. Our wholly-owned subsidiary, RMS Titanic, Inc., operates our Titanic exhibitions and for fiscal 2007, approximately 28% of our revenue was derived from Titanic exhibitions. RMS Titanic, Inc. is the only company permitted by law to recover objects from the wreck of the Titanic. The ocean liner Titanic sank approximately 400 miles off the southern coast of Newfoundland on April 15, 1912. The wreck lies 12,500 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. We have obtained oceanic material and scientific data available in various forms, including still photography, videotape and artifacts from the wreck site and are utilizing this data and the artifacts for historical verification, scientific education and public awareness. These activities generate revenue for us via ticket sales, third party licensing, sponsorship and merchandise sales for our multiple museum quality exhibitions that tour the world.
Our Titanic exhibitions have been exhibited in more than sixty venues throughout the world, including venues in the United States, Canada, Germany, Norway, France, Greece, Japan, Switzerland, Chile, Argentina, China, Mexico and England.
“Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” Exhibitions
In 2004, we leveraged our experience in the exhibition business and expanded our operations to conduct human anatomy exhibitions unrelated to the Titanic. For fiscal year 2007, approximately 72% of our revenue was derived from human anatomy exhibitions. We are already in possession of eight sets of specimens, one of which is known as “Bodies Revealed” and seven of which are known as “Bodies...The Exhibition.”
These specimens are assembled into anatomy-based educational exhibitions featuring preserved human bodies, and offer the public an opportunity to view the intricacies and complexities of the human body. The exhibitions include displays of dissected human bodies kept from decaying through a process called polymer
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preservation, also known as plastination. The bodies are drained of all fat and fluids, which are replaced with polymers, such as silicone rubber, epoxy and polyester. This keeps the flesh from decaying and maintains its natural look. Skin from the bodies is removed, or partially removed, to reveal musculoskeletal, nervous, circulatory, reproductive and digestive systems. The full body specimens are complemented by presentation cases of related individual organs and body parts, both healthy and diseased, that provide a detailed look into the elements that comprise each system.
“Bodies Revealed” debuted in August 2004 in Blackpool, England and was our first non-Titanic exhibition. We expanded our human anatomy exhibition business by creating seven additional exhibitions known as “Bodies...The Exhibition.” Our human anatomy exhibitions promote scientific education and public awareness of the human body. These activities generate revenue for us via ticket sales, licensing, sponsorship, and merchandise sales.
Co-Production Agreements
On September 20, 2006, we finalized the terms of an agreement pursuant to which we agreed to work with Sam Tour (USA), Inc., JAM Exhibitions, LLC and Concert Productions International, referred to collectively as “JAM”, to jointly present several of our human anatomy exhibitions. Previously, we had worked with JAM in accordance with an April 2005 term sheet that we terminated on September 7, 2006.
Pursuant to the agreement, we agreed to present at least nine human anatomy exhibitions jointly with JAM in the following locations: Tampa, New York, Atlanta, Mexico City, Seattle, Las Vegas, Amsterdam, Washington D.C. and San Diego. At this time, the exhibitions in Tampa, Atlanta, Mexico City, Seattle and Amsterdam have been completed successfully and have closed, the exhibitions in New York, Las Vegas and Washington D.C. have commenced and are currently open, and the exhibition in San Diego is expected to open on or about May 12, 2007. We are also working with JAM on additional exhibitions, determined on acase-by-case basis.
With respect to each exhibition we jointly present with JAM, we are responsible for producing the exhibition, as well as exhibition design, fabrication and installation, and exhibitry and specimens, and JAM is responsible for marketing and operations. JAM finances all costs of each jointly presented exhibition. After JAM has recouped its costs from an exhibition’s revenue, the profits from such exhibition are split equally between us and JAM. Thereafter, additional profits are calculated on a scale that favors us (e.g., up to 70% of exhibition profits are allocated to us, except for the Las Vegas exhibition where we are entitled to 80% of exhibition profits). In addition, JAM paid us a $500,000 license fee for the Seattle exhibition (exhibition six) and a $1,000,000 license fee for the Amsterdam exhibition (exhibition seven). If a jointly presented exhibition is extended beyond six months, JAM will pay us additional fees equal to $83,333 per month (determined on a pro rata basis) with respect to such extended exhibition.
Our September 20, 2006 agreement with JAM does not include certain of our human anatomy exhibitions which we are presenting independently or under separate license agreements in Monterrey, Mexico; Miami; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Lisbon, Portugal; Prague, Czech Republic; Pittsburgh; and Durham. In addition, the JAM agreement provides that, for the one-year period following the closing of the last jointly presented exhibition, JAM will not compete directly or indirectly with us in the presentation of a human anatomy exhibition.
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Results of Operations
A summary of our results of operations as a percentage of total revenue for the years ended February 28, 2007, 2006, and 2005 is set forth below:
Year Ended February 28, | ||||||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Revenue: | ||||||||||||
Exhibition revenues | 92.2 | % | 93.7 | % | 96.1 | % | ||||||
Merchandise and other | 7.4 | % | 5.5 | % | 3.5 | % | ||||||
Sale of coal | 0.4 | % | 0.8 | % | 0.4 | % | ||||||
Total revenue | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | ||||||
Cost of revenue: | ||||||||||||
Exhibition costs | 42.2 | % | 20.5 | % | 25.6 | % | ||||||
Cost of merchandise sold | 3.7 | % | 0.8 | % | 0.6 | % | ||||||
Cost of coal sold | 0.1 | % | 0.1 | % | 0.0 | % | ||||||
Total cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below) | 46.0 | % | 21.3 | % | 26.3 | % | ||||||
Gross profit | 54.0 | % | 78.7 | % | 73.7 | % | ||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | 64.1 | % | 50.8 | % | 32.5 | % | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 6.4 | % | 7.5 | % | 5.1 | % | ||||||
Litigation settlement | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | 1.2 | % | ||||||
Loss on sale of fixed assets | 5.2 | % | 0.6 | % | 0.0 | % | ||||||
Gain on sale of artifacts — Carpathia, Related Party | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | (5.4 | )% | ||||||
Expedition costs | 12.8 | % | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | ||||||
Total operating expenses | 88.6 | % | 58.9 | % | 33.3 | % | ||||||
Income from operations | (34.6 | )% | 19.7 | % | 40.4 | % | ||||||
Other income and expenses: | ||||||||||||
Interest income | 0.0 | % | 0.7 | % | 0.7 | % | ||||||
Interest expense | (0.7 | )% | (0.4 | )% | (0.2 | )% | ||||||
Other income | (0.0 | )% | 1.3 | % | 0.1 | % | ||||||
Total other income and expenses | (0.6 | )% | 1.6 | % | 0.7 | % | ||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | (35.2 | )% | 21.3 | % | 41.1 | % | ||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | 0.0 | % | (19.2 | )% | 16.4 | % | ||||||
Net income | (35.2 | )% | 40.5 | % | 24.7 | % | ||||||
Year Ended February 28, 2007 as Compared to Year Ended February 28, 2006
During the fiscal year ended February 28, 2007, our revenue increased approximately 131% to $30,087,000 as compared to $13,041,000 in the year ended February 28, 2006. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in exhibition revenue of approximately 137% to $28,916,000 during the year ended February 28, 2007 as compared to $12,217,000 for the year ended February 28, 2006. This increase in exhibition revenue reflects an increase in the number of locations of our directly managed Titanic exhibitions from five in the prior year period to seven in the current year. In addition, our five operating “Bodies...The Exhibition” and one “Bodies Revealed” exhibitions contributed significant revenue for the year ended February 28, 2007. During the year ended February 28, 2006 we had two operating “Bodies...The Exhibition” and one “Bodies Revealed” exhibitions. During the
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year ended February 28, 2007, our Titanic exhibitions contributed approximately 28% of our revenue and our “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” exhibitions contributed approximately 72% of our revenue.
Merchandise and other revenue increased approximately 47% from $722,000 to $1,061,000, during the year ended February 28, 2006 as compared to the year ended February 28, 2007. This increase is attributable to an increase in the number of locations of our Titanic exhibitions with gift shops that sell our merchandise to seven as compared to five in the prior year period. Our sale of coal recovered from the Titanic increased to $110,000 from $102,000, or approximately 8%, during the year ended February 28, 2007 as compared to the year ended February 28, 2006.
We incurred exhibition costs of $7,707,000 and $2,672,000 for the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Titanic exhibition costs primarily relate to costs directly associated with presenting our exhibitions, usually at museum venues for which we incur costs for advertising, marketing, promotion and installation and removal of exhibitry and artifacts. Exhibition costs related to our anatomical exhibitions primarily consist of the rental costs of the specimens as well as, costs directly associated with presenting our own exhibitions, costs for advertising, marketing, promotion, operations and administration, installation and removal of exhibitry and specimens, and venue rent. Exhibition costs as a percentage of exhibition revenues were 27% and 22%, respectively, for the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006. We had an increase in exhibition costs during the year ended February 28, 2007 primarily as a result of our anatomical exhibits for which we incur rental costs for the specimens in each exhibition. We also had exhibition costs in the current fiscal year related to presenting our own anatomical exhibitions independently without JAM, where we incurred all related exhibition costs.
During the year ended February 28, 2007, our gross profit increased approximately 116% to $22,185,000 as compared to $10,257,000 in the year ended February 28, 2006. Gross profit was 74% and 79% of revenue for the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006, respectively. This decrease in the gross profit percentage was principally attributable to an increase in the number of our independent anatomical exhibitions during the year ended February 28, 2007. As we present our own anatomical exhibitions without third party participation, we will incur all related exhibition costs, which will further reduce our gross margin percentage. However, under the JAM arrangement, JAM incurred the majority of the related exhibition costs and remitted our share of the exhibition profit to us, which ranged from 50/50 to 80/20 in our favor. As we present more of our anatomical exhibitions without third party participation, there will be no profit sharing and we will retain up to 100% of the gross profit.
Our general and administrative expenses increased to $9,773,000 from $6,620,000, or approximately 48%, during the year ended February 28, 2007 as compared to the year ended February 28, 2006. This increase is primarily attributable to increased personnel necessary to organize, administer, and manage our exhibitions. We also recorded additional non-cash charges in the form of stock compensation costs of approximately $2,241,000 during the year ended February 28, 2007. We fully charge our operations for stock options issued in the year such options are granted, subject to vesting schedules.
Our depreciation and amortization expenses increased $549,000 or 56% to $1,529,000 during the year ended February 28, 2007 as compared to $980,000 for the year ended February 28, 2006. This increase primarily reflects additional investments made in fixed assets for our exhibitions, primarily consisting of exhibitry. Depreciation expense was $770,000 and $395,000 during the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006, respectively. In addition, amortization expense associated with amortization of exhibition licenses was $759,000 and $585,000 during the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
We recorded a $350,000 charge for the settlement of a dispute related to commissions under an alleged agency agreement during the year ended February 28, 2007. This settlement requires us to make five installment payments of $70,000, which installment payments commenced June 2006 and continue every six months thereafter until June 2008.
On February 28, 2007, our wholly-owned subsidiary RMS Titanic, Inc. entered into a sale agreement with Seaventures Ltd. pursuant to which Seaventures Ltd. acquired all of its ownership interest in the RMS Carpathia for $3,000,000. Of such amount, $500,000 was paid to us on the date the sale agreement was entered into, with the balance of the purchase price being due and payable by Seaventures Ltd. to the Company on or before February 29, 2008. We recorded a gain on the sale of artifacts of $1,626,000 as a result of this sale. Also, on February 28, 2007,
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Seaventures Ltd. purchased an option from the Company to present the first exhibition of objects recovered from the RMS Carpathia together with certain of the Company’s RMS Titanic artifacts. The Company received payment of $1,500,000 from Seaventures Ltd. for the sale of this option. The principal of Seaventures Ltd., Joseph Marsh, is also a holder of more than 5% of our common stock. The above referenced agreements were negotiated by us on an arm’s length basis.
We realized income from operations of $12,159,000 during the year ended February 28, 2007 as compared to income of $2,573,000 from operations in the prior year. We attribute this increase in income from operations to the increase in the number of our ongoing Titanic exhibitions and a greater contribution from an increase in the number of our ongoing “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” exhibitions. As of February 28, 2007, we had 13 individual exhibitions being presented (seven Titanic and six Bodies exhibitions), as compared to eight individual exhibitions in the same prior year period (five Titanic and three Bodies exhibitions).
Interest income of $224,000 was primarily associated with interest earned on our bank cash balances during the year ended February 28, 2007. We incurred interest expense of $51,000 and $47,000 for the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006. Interest expense primarily pertained to interest payments made by us under a shareholder loan of $500,000 that we incurred in 2004 that supplemented our capital needs as we transitioned to the direct management of an increasing number of our exhibitions. This loan was repaid in April 2006.
We realized net income before provision for income taxes of $12,369,000 for the year ended February 28, 2007 as compared to net income before provision for income taxes of $2,779,000 in the prior year period. Our provision for income taxes was $4,948,000 or 40% for the year ended February 28, 2007. We recorded a benefit for income taxes of $2,504,000 during the year ended February 28, 2006 relating to the realizability of our net operating loss carryforwards during our fiscal year ended February 28, 2007. We realized net income of $7,421,000 during the year ended February 28, 2007 as compared to net income of $5,283,000 in the prior year.
Basic and diluted income before provision for income taxes per common share for the year ended February 28, 2007 was $0.45 and $0.40, respectively. Basic and diluted income before provision for income taxes per common share for the year ended February 28, 2006 was $0.12 and $0.10, respectively. We believe that basic and diluted income before provision for income taxes is relevant for comparability purposes since there was a provision for income taxes in the year ended February 28, 2007 and a benefit for income taxes in the year ended February 28, 2006.
Basic income per common share for each of the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006 was $0.27 and $0.22, respectively. The basic weighted average shares outstanding for each of the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006 was 27,674,221 and 24,081,186, respectively. Diluted income per common share for each of the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006 was $0.24 and $0.19, respectively. The diluted weighted average shares outstanding for the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006 was 31,047,056 and 28,230,491, respectively.
Year Ended February 28, 2006 as Compared to Year Ended February 28, 2005
During the fiscal year ended February 28, 2006, our revenue increased approximately 90% to $13,041,000, as compared to $6,857,000 for the year ended February 28, 2005. This increase was chiefly due to increases in exhibition revenue of approximately 93% to $12,217,000 during the year ended February 28, 2006, as compared to $6,320,000 for the year ended February 28, 2005. The increase in revenue for fiscal 2006 reflects both the increase in the number of Titanic exhibitions directly managed by us and the contributions of our “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” exhibitions.
We began directly managing our Titanic exhibitions during the first quarter of the fiscal year ended February 28, 2005. In our fiscal year ended February 28, 2005, we had five titanic exhibition locations compared to ten locations in our fiscal year ended February 28, 2006. This increase in the quantity of directly managed Titanic exhibitions contributed approximately $1,000,000 during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2006.
Our “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” exhibitions contributed additional revenue for the year ended February 28, 2006 of approximately $4,800,000. There was no material contribution from our “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” exhibitions during our fiscal year ended February 28, 2005.
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Our Titanic exhibitions contributed approximately 60% of our exhibition revenue while our “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” exhibitions contributed approximately 40% of our exhibition revenue during the year ended February 28, 2006. Approximately 95% of our exhibition revenue in the year ended February 28, 2005 was contributed by our Titanic exhibitions.
Merchandise and other revenue increased approximately 42% from $507,000 to $722,000 during the year ended February 28, 2005, as compared to the year ended February 28, 2006. This increase is attributable to an increase in the number of locations of our Titanic exhibitions with gift shops that sell our merchandise.
Our sale of coal recovered from the Titanic increased to $102,000 from $30,000, or approximately 240% during the year ended February 28, 2006 as compared to the year ended February 28, 2005. This increase is attributed to higher exhibit sales of coal. Coal-related jewelry is included in general merchandise sales.
We incurred exhibition costs of $2,672,000 and $2,891,000, respectively, for the year ended February 28, 2006 and 2005. Exhibition costs are reflective of us conducting our own exhibitions, usually presented at museum venues for which we incur costs for advertising, marketing, promotion and installation and de-installation of exhibitry and artifacts. Prior to our fiscal year ended February 28, 2005, those costs were borne by our licensee that conducted our Titanic exhibitions. Exhibition costs related to our anatomical exhibitions consist of the rental costs of the specimens. Exhibition costs as a percentage of exhibition revenues were 22% and 46%, respectively, for the year ended February 28, 2006 and 2005.
During the year ended February 28, 2006, our gross profit increased approximately 177% to $10,257,000, as compared to $3,700,000 in the year ended February 28, 2005. Gross profit was 79% and 54% of revenue for the years ended February 28, 2006 and 2005, respectively. This change was principally attributable to an increase in the number of locations of Titanic exhibitions directly managed by us to ten from five in the prior year as well as to contributions from our anatomical exhibitions during the year ended February 28, 2006.
Our general and administrative expenses increased to $6,620,000 during the year ended February 28, 2006, as compared to $4,397,000 for the year ended February 28, 2005. This 51% increase was attributable to increased personnel necessary to organize, administer and manage our exhibitions. We also recorded additional non-cash charges for the fair value of employee options and consultant warrants granted during the year ended February 28, 2006. We have elected to fully charge our operations for employee stock options issued in the year such options are granted.
Our depreciation and amortization expenses increased $539,000 or 122% to $980,000 during the year ended February 28, 2006, as compared to $441,000 for the year ended February 28, 2005. The increase primarily reflects additional investments made in fixed assets for our exhibitions. In addition, in the year ended February 28, 2005 and 2006, there was amortization expense associated with the amortization of exhibition licenses of $63,000 and $585,000, respectively.
During the year ended February 28, 2005, we sold the SV Explorer, a 178 foot- 1050 ton ship that was to be used in the expedition to the Titanic for $167,000 to Formaes ApS. Skelgaardsvej 10, DK-9340 Asss, a Danish company, which resulted in a loss on the sale of fixed assets of $356,000 and $84,000 during the years ended February 28, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
During the year ended February 28, 2005, we incurred expedition costs for our seventh expedition to the Titanic and Titanic wreck site in the amount of $879,000. As we have not conducted an expedition since 2004, there was no comparable charge in the year ended February 28, 2006.
We realized income of $2,573,000 from operations during the year ended February 28, 2006, as compared to a loss of $2,373,000 from operations in year ended February 28, 2005. We attribute this increase in income from operations to higher revenues we generated by conducting our own exhibitions, despite related increases in general and administrative expenses, as well as to revenue contributions from our newest exhibitions, “Bodies Revealed” and “Bodies...The Exhibition.” Our loss for the year ended February 28, 2005 was primarily the result of our expedition costs to the Titanic wreck site.
We incurred interest income of $85,000 and $2,000 for the year ended February 28, 2006 and 2005, respectively. We incurred interest expense of $47,000 and $46,000 for the year ended February 28, 2006 and
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2005, respectively. Interest expense during the year ended February 28, 2006 and 2005 primarily pertains to a shareholder loan of $500,000 that was made in 2004 in anticipation of our capital needs as we transitioned to the direct management of our exhibitions.
As a result of the default by Legal Access Technologies, Inc. and our subsequent termination of the agreement relating to the sale of the Carpathia interest, we retained marketable securities with a value of $168,000, which is reflected as other income during the year ended February 28, 2006.
Year Ended February 28, 2005 as Compared To Year Ended February 29, 2004
During our fiscal year ended February 28, 2005, our revenues increased to $6,857,000 from $2,864,000 in our fiscal year ended February 29, 2004. This increase of approximately 139% is primarily a result of an increase of $3,643,000 in our exhibition revenues. We believe that these significant increases in revenues reflect the commencement of our direct management of our Titanic exhibitions, which began during the first quarter of the year ended February 28, 2005.
Merchandise and other revenue increased approximately 326% from $119,000 to $507,000, during the year ended February 28, 2005 as compared to the year ended February 29, 2004. These increases are attributable to higher sales of Titanic merchandise sold separately from the exhibitions during year ended February 28, 2005. Our revenue from the sale of coal-related items decreased from $68,000 to $30,000 or approximately 56% during the year ended February 28, 2005 as compared to the year ended February 29, 2004. This decrease is attributable to lower exhibit sales of coal sold separately. Coal-related jewelry is included in general merchandise sales.
The cost of sales of merchandise sold increased 134% to $257,000 from $110,000 in the year ended February 28, 2005 as compared to the year ended February 28, 2004. This increase was the result of higher revenues of merchandise during the year ended February 28, 2005.
We incurred exhibition costs of $2,891,000 for the year ended February 28, 2005 as we began to conduct our own exhibitions with museum venues and thereby incur costs for advertising, marketing and promotion, as well as installation and de-installation of exhibitry and artifacts. There were no similar costs incurred in year ended February 29, 2004 as those costs were borne by our licensee who conducted our Titanic exhibitions.
During the year ended February 28, 2005, our gross profit increased approximately 2,310% to $3,157,000, as compared to $131,000 in the year ended February 29, 2004. Gross profit was 46% and 5% of revenue for the years ended February 28 (29), 2005 and 2004, respectively. This significant change was primarily the result of us managing our own Titanic exhibitions during the year ended February 28, 2005. Previously, a licensee managed our Titanic exhibitions.
Our general and administrative expenses increased $995,000, or approximately 29%, from $3,402,000 in the year ended February 29, 2004 to $4,397,000 in the year ended February 28, 2005. During the year ended February 28, 2005, we hired personnel to organize, administer, and manage our exhibitions. Increases in expenses for legal, insurance, conservation and occupancy for the year ended February 28, 2005 represented the largest portion of the remaining increase in general and administrative expenses.
Our depreciation and amortization expenses increased to $441,000 from $253,000, or 74%, during the year ended February 28, 2005 as compared to the year ended February 29, 2004. These increases primarily reflect the acquisition of fixed assets during the year ended February 28, 2005, including the five sets of exhibition exhibitry acquired from our former licensee, as well as additional investments made in fixed assets for our exhibitions.
During the year ended February 28, 2005, we sold the SV Explorer, a 178 foot- 1050 ton ship that was to be used in the expedition to the Titanic for $167,000 to Formaes ApS. Skelgaardsvej 10, DK-9340 Asss, a Danish company, which resulted in a loss on the sale of fixed assets of $356,000 during the year ended February 28, 2005.
Our loss from operations increased to $2,373,000 in the year ended February 28, 2005 as compared to $1,097,000 in the year ended February 29, 2004, an increase of approximately 116%. This increase in operating loss is primarily attributable to the losses incurred from our transition from being a licensor of Titanic artifacts to a direct operator of Titanic exhibitions and our 2004 expedition. In addition, we incurred a substantial loss on the sale of fixed assets of $356,000 during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2005 which contributed to our operating loss.
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Interest income for the year ended February 28, 2005 amounted to $2,000 as compared to $9,000 in the prior fiscal year. This decrease in interest income is a consequence of maintaining lower cash balances and the minimal interest earned on our bank accounts. We incurred interest expense of $46,000 for the year ended February 28, 2005 on a shareholder loan of $500,000 that was made in anticipation of our capital needs during our transition to the direct management of our exhibitions. There was no interest expense incurred during the year ended February 29, 2004, as we had no debt.
Our loss from continuing operations before provision for income taxes was $2,417,000 in the year ended February 28, 2005 as compared to a loss from continuing operations before taxes of $1,088,000 in the year ended February 29, 2004. There was no provision for income taxes in either fiscal year. We incurred a loss of $(0.12) per share for the year ended February 28, 2005, compared to a loss of $(.06) per share for the year ended February 29, 2004. The weighted average common shares outstanding were 20,818,898 and 18,960,047 for fiscal years 2005 and 2004, respectively.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash flows from operating activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was $11,476,000 for the year ended February 28, 2007, as compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $2,130,000 in the year ended February 28, 2006. This increase in net cash provided by operating activities is primarily the result of our expansion of our exhibition business. We attribute this increase in net cash provided by operating activities to the increase in the number of our ongoing Titanic exhibitions and a greater contribution from an increase in the number of our ongoing “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” exhibitions. As of February 28, 2007, we had 13 individual exhibitions being presented (seven Titanic and six Bodies exhibitions), as compared to eight individual exhibitions in the same prior year period (five Titanic and three Bodies exhibitions).
The following table sets forth our working capital (current assets less current liabilities) balances and our current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2006 and 2007:
As of February 28, | As of February 28, | |||||||
2006 | 2007 | |||||||
Working Capital(in thousands) | $ | 7,054 | $ | 22,684 | ||||
Current Ratio | 3.62 | 12.42 |
Our net working capital increased by $15,630,000 as of February 28, 2007, as compared to February 28, 2006. This increase is primarily the result of an increase in cash and cash equivalents of $10,176,000 associated with new anatomical exhibitions, which opened during our year ended February 28, 2007 as well as our receipt of proceeds from the exercise of outstanding options and warrants of approximately $2,288,000. Our accounts receivable increased $1,722,000 as of February 28, 2007 as compared to February 28, 2006, primarily as result of the opening an increased number of exhibitions. Our prepaid expenses and other current assets decreased by approximately $1,149,000, primarily as a result of the collection of reimbursable expenses for exhibitions from JAM, our co-presentation partner, and a reduction of prepaid leases and services. As a result, our current ratio increased from 3.62 to 12.42 from February 28, 2006 to February 28, 2007, respectively.
Cash flows from investing activities
For the year ended February 28, 2007, the total cash used in investing activities was $2,407,000, which was the result of purchases of property and equipment for $2,357,000. Purchases of property and equipment primarily consisted of the purchase of additional exhibitry for our “Bodies... Revealed” and “Bodies... The Exhibition” exhibitions. Capital expenditures, primarily consisting of additional exhibitry for our exhibitions, are expected to aggregate approximately $3,500,000 to $4,500,000 during the year ending February 29, 2008.
Cash flows from financing activities
For the year ended February 28, 2007, cash provided by financing activities was $3,640,000 and included repaying both the entire outstanding balance due on our shareholder loan in the amount of approximately $333,000,
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as well as the entire outstanding balance on our credit facility of approximately $334,000. In addition, upon the opening our fifth exhibition with our co-presentation partner during the year ended February 28, 2007, we made the final payment of $500,000 due under our original $2,425,000 loan from JAM, which was advanced to us in fiscal 2006. This loan has now been completely repaid. We also made payments of $500,000 due on a $750,000 promissory note we assumed in connection with our acquisition of Exhibition International, LLC in March 2005. In addition, we received approximately $2,288,000 in cash from the exercise of options and warrants during the year ended February 28, 2007. During the year ended February 28, 2007, we realized an excess tax benefit of approximately $2,630,000 from the exercise of stock options, which we recorded as income taxes receivable in our financial statements to reflect the value of the income tax benefit we anticipate receiving.
Our shareholders’ equity was $32,900,000 at February 28, 2007, as compared with $19,675,000 at February 28, 2006.
On June 30, 2006, we finalized a $2,500,000 revolving line of credit facility with Bank of America, N.A. in order to help finance the expansion of our exhibition business. The credit facility replaced our prior $750,000 revolving line of credit facility with Bank of America. The new credit facility allows us to make revolving borrowings of up to $2,500,000 during its term. Interest under the credit facility is calculated from the date of each advance by Bank of America to us and is equal to Bank of America’s prime rate. Under the credit facility, we must make interest only payments monthly, and the outstanding principal amount plus all accrued but unpaid interest is payable in full at the expiration of the credit facility on June 27, 2007. The credit facility requires us to maintain, on a consolidated basis, a debt service coverage ratio of at least 2.5 to 1.0 and a ratio of current assets to current liabilities of at least 3.0 to 1.0. The credit facility is secured by all of our property and contains customary representations, warranties and covenants. We were in compliance with all of the credit facility’s covenants as of February 28, 2007. On April 26, 2006, we borrowed $334,000 under the credit facility to repay the remaining principal on our shareholder loan. As of May 1, 2007, there was no balance on the credit facility.
The lease for our principal executive offices was amended for a third time on May 1, 2006, when the leased space was increased to approximately 9,600 square feet. The amended lease provides for base annual lease payments of approximately $199,000 with a 2.5% annual adjustment. The third amended lease, increased our office space by 3,563 square feet and we negotiated a coterminous lease end of February 28, 2009.
In the fiscal year ended February 28, 2005, we received a shareholder loan of $500,000 that provided funding to assist us in our transition to directly managing an increasing number of our own exhibitions. This shareholder loan was unsecured and had a five-year term with interest at six percent over the prime rate and required quarterly payments of interest and principal. We repaid this loan in April 2006.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $2,130,000 for the year ended February 28, 2006 as compared to $51,000 used by operating activities in the year ended February 28, 2005. This increase primarily reflects our change in operations to directly conducting our Titanic exhibitions with museums and the increase in the number of venue locations. Also, our newest exhibitions, “Bodies...The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed” have contributed to our cash provided by operating activities as we collect non-refundable license fees as well as receive additional exhibition revenue from these exhibitions.
For the year ended February 28, 2006, the total cash used in investing activities was $4,356,000, which included acquisition of property and equipment of $1,774,000 and the acquisition of exhibition licenses of $2,082,000. The increase in acquisition of property and equipment primarily consists of the purchase of additional exhibitry used in our Titanic, “Bodies Revealed” and “Bodies...The Exhibition” exhibits. The increase in acquisition of exhibition licenses includes licenses acquired from Exhibitions International, LLC for exclusive licensing rights to certain anatomical specimens. In addition, we have purchased multi-year license and exhibition rights for several additional separate human anatomy exhibitions.
For the year ended February 28, 2006, cash provided by financing activities was $5,127,000 and included advanced exhibit funding of $1,425,000 and a $1,000,000 credit facility made by our joint venture partner, SAM Tour (USA), Inc. pursuant to a joint venture we entered into in April 2005. This credit facility was repayable quarterly on account in the amount of $100,000 per quarter beginning September 30, 2005 and $150,000 per quarter in 2006, and accrued interest at the rate of ten percent per annum. This credit facility was originally repayable in full
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on September 30, 2006. We provided a general security interest in our assets as part of this facility. In December 2005, our joint venture partner exercised its option for two additional exhibitions, which caused the exhibition guarantee amounts to be set off against principal and interest payment obligations on the $1,000,000 credit facility. In addition, our joint venture partner purchased 300,000 shares of our common stock for $500,000. Currently, there are no amounts owed to our joint venture partner in connection with the aforementioned credit facilities.
During the year ended February 28, 2006, we received approximately $166,000 for the exercise of 224,000 warrants and options at exercise prices of $.32 per share to $1.50 per share.
In October 2005, we completed a private placement of our securities, in which we raised $4,968,477 by selling units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock. Each unit consisted of 20,000 shares of common stock at a price of $1.67 per share and a five-year warrant to purchase 13,320 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.50 per share. On a fully-diluted basis, the units sold in the October 2005 private placement represented a total of 4,956,577 shares of our common stock. This total consists of 2,975,136 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase up to 1,981,441 shares of common stock. The warrants provide for customary anti-dilution adjustments in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, and recapitalizations. The warrants do not confer any voting rights or any other shareholder rights. The proceeds of this private placement were used for general working capital purposes.
Our working capital and shareholders’ equity was $7,054,000 and $19,675,000, respectively, at February 28, 2006, as compared with working capital of $857,000 and shareholders’ equity of $7,679,000 at February 28, 2005. Our current ratio was 3.62 and 1.28 at February 28, 2006 and February 28, 2005, respectively.
For the year ended February 28, 2005, cash provided by financing activities was $1,703,000, which included a private placement of securities in August 2004 and a loan provided by two shareholders. In August 2004, we closed a private placement in which we sold 1,469,927 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 441,003 shares of common stock for aggregate consideration of $1,514,000. The net proceeds of this private placement were $1,278,000 after fees, expenses and other costs. In connection with this private placement, we also issued warrants to purchase 293,985 shares of common stock to our placement agent. All of the warrants issued in the private placement are exercisable over a five-year term at an exercise price of $1.50 per share. This private placement was used to supplement our working capital needs.
We conducted our seventh research and recovery expedition to the Titanic wreck site in fiscal year 2005. During the year ended February 28, 2005, we spent $879,000 on this expedition and expensed this amount as expedition costs in our financial statements.
In order to protect ourSalvor-in-Possession status and to prevent third parties from salvaging the Titanic wreck and wreck site, or interfering with our rights and ability to salvage the wreck and wreck site, we may have to commence judicial proceedings against third parties. Such proceedings could be expensive and time-consuming. Additionally, in order to maintain ourSalvor-in-Possession status we are required to maintain a reasonable presence over the wreck. We may be required to incur the costs for future expeditions so as to maintain ourSalvor-in-Possession status. Our ability to undertake future expeditions may be dependent upon the availability of financing. No assurances can be given that any financing will be available on satisfactory terms, if at all, as further discussed in this report under “Risk Factors.”
Contractual Obligations
We have a non-cancelable operating lease for the rental of each set of its specimens used in our anatomical exhibitions. The leases are payable quarterly for a term of five years with five annual options to extend.
We have non-cancelable operating leases for office space. The leases are subject to escalation for our pro rata share of increases in real estate taxes and operating costs. During the fiscal year ended February 28, 2005, we entered into another non-cancelable operating lease for warehouse space through December 31, 2007.
The lease for our principal executive offices was amended a second time on November 8, 2005 when the leased space was increased to approximately 6,000 square feet. The amended lease provides for base annual lease payments of $110,591 with a 2.5% annual adjustment. The second amended lease, which increased our office space
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by over 1,800 square feet, requires us to pay an additional total of $71,242 over the duration of the lease. The third amended lease, increased our office space by 3,563 square feet and we negotiated a coterminous lease end of February 28, 2009.
The following table illustrates our contractual obligations and commitments as of February 28, 2007:
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Specimen fixed rentals | $ | 18,750,000 | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 15,000,000 | $ | 3,750,000 | $ | — | ||||||||||
Real estate operating leases | 560,000 | 303,000 | 560,000 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 19,310,000 | $ | 5,303,000 | $ | 15,560,000 | $ | 3,750,000 | $ | — |
On October 1, 2005, we entered into two three-year consulting agreements for investor relations services with a firm and an individual that required aggregate monthly cash consulting fees of $52,250 in October 2005, November 2005 and December 2005. Thereafter, consulting fees are $22,550 per month during the first year and reduce to $13,000 for the remaining term. These agreements required us to issue 350,000 shares of common stock and 250,000 five-year warrants to purchase our common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share. The fair value of the warrants was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and is being amortized over the three-year agreement term. We recorded $428,000 and $178,000 in consulting expense related to these two agreements during the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The common stock and the common stock underlying the warrants have “piggyback” registration rights.
On February 28, 2007, our wholly-owned subsidiary RMS Titanic Inc. entered into a sale agreement with Seaventures Ltd. pursuant to which Seaventures Ltd. acquired all of its ownership interest in the RMS Carpathia for $3,000,000. Of such amount, $500,000 was paid to us on the date the sale agreement was entered into, with the balance of the purchase price being due and payable by Seaventures Ltd. to the Company on or before February 28, 2008. We recorded a gain on the sale of artifacts of $1,626,000 as a result of this sale. The principal of Seaventures Ltd., Joseph Marsh, is also a holder of more than 5% of our common stock. The above referenced agreements were negotiated by us on an arm’s length basis.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet financial arrangements.
Critical Accounting Policies
We have identified the policies below as critical to our business operations and the understanding of our results of operations. In the ordinary course of business, we have made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of results of operations and financial condition in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates under different assumptions and conditions. We believe that the following discussion addresses our most critical accounting policies, which are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require our most difficult, subjective, and complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.
Our critical accounting policies are as follows:
• | Revenue recognition; | |
• | Accounts receivables; | |
• | Income taxes; | |
• | Legal contingencies; | |
• | Property and Equipment; and | |
• | Impairment of long-lived and intangible assets. |
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Revenue Recognition
Exhibition Revenue. We recognize exhibition revenue for our Titanic and anatomical specimen exhibits when earned and reasonably estimable. Our exhibition agreements may have a fixed fee, may be based on a percentage of revenue, or a combination of the two. A variable fee arrangement may include a nonrefundable or recoupable guarantee paid in advance or over the exhibition period. The following are the conditions that must be met in order to recognize revenue:
• | persuasive evidence of an exhibition arrangement with a customer exists; | |
• | the exhibit is complete and, in accordance with the terms of the arrangement, has been delivered; | |
• | the exhibition period of the arrangement has begunand/or the customer can begin its exploitation, exhibition or sale; | |
• | the arrangement fee is fixed or determinable; and | |
• | collection of the arrangement fee is reasonably assured. |
Our revenue may be predicated on a percentage or share of our customers’ revenue from the exhibition. Our percentage of the ticket sales for these exhibits, as well as merchandise sales are recognized at point of sale. Advance ticket sales are recorded as deferred revenue pending the “event date” on the ticket.
In exhibition arrangements that have a variable fee structure, a customer or joint venture partner may guarantee to pay us a nonrefundable minimum amount that is to be applied against variable fees. We record this non-refundable guarantee as deferred revenue until all the conditions of revenue recognition have been met.
Our customers and joint venture partners provide us with gross receipt information, marketing costs, promotional costs, and any other fees and expenses. We utilize this information to determine our portion of the revenue by applying the contractual provisions included in our arrangements with our customers and joint venture partners. The amount of revenue recognized in any given quarter or quarters from all of our exhibitions depends on the timing, accuracy, and sufficiency of information we receive from our customers and joint venture partners to determine revenues and associated gross profits.
Audio Tour Revenue. Revenue derived from equipping and operating an audio tour is recognized upon customer purchase of the audio tour.
Merchandise Revenue. Revenues collected by third-party vendors with respect to the sale of exhibit-related merchandise is recorded when the merchandise is shipped to the third-party vendor. Revenue from sales of coal recovered from the Titanic wreck site is recognized at the date of shipment to customers. Recovery costs attributable to the coal are charged to operations as revenue from coal sales are recognized.
Sponsorship Revenue. Revenues from corporate sponsors of an exhibition are generally recognized over the period of the applicable agreements commencing with the opening of the related attraction. Revenue from the granting of sponsorship rights related to our dives is recognized at the completion of the expedition.
Licensing Revenue. Revenue from the licensing of the production and exploitation of audio and visual recordings by third parties, related to our expeditions, is recognized at the time that the expedition and dive takes place. Revenue from the licensing of still photographs and video is recognized at the time the rights are granted to the licensee.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are customer obligations due under normal trade terms. We regularly evaluate the need for an allowance for uncollectible accounts by taking into consideration factors such as the type of client; governmental agencies or private sector; trends in actual and forecasted credit quality of the client, including delinquency and late payment history; and current economic conditions that may affect a client’s ability to pay. In certain circumstances and depending on customer creditworthiness we may require a bank letter of credit to guarantee the collection of our receivables. Our allowance for bad debt is determined based on a percentage of aged receivables.
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Income Taxes
We determine our effective tax rate by estimating permanent differences resulting from the differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. The carrying value of our net deferred tax assets is based on our present belief that it is more likely than not we will be able to generate sufficient future taxable income to utilize such deferred tax assets, based on estimates and assumptions. If these estimates and related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record or adjust valuation allowances against our deferred tax assets resulting in additional income tax expense in our consolidated statement of operations. Management evaluates the realizability of the deferred tax assets quarterly and assesses the need for changes to valuation allowances quarterly. While we have considered future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the present need for a valuation allowance, in the event we were to determine that we would be able to realize our deferred tax assets in the future in excess of our net recorded amount, an adjustment to the valuation allowance would increase income in the period such determination was made. Should we determine that we would not be able to realize all or part of our net deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be charged to income in the period such determination was made.
Legal Contingencies
We are currently involved in certain legal proceedings, as discussed in Item 3 of this report. To the extent that a loss related to a contingency is reasonably estimable and probable, we accrue an estimate of that loss. Because of the uncertainties related to both the amount and range of loss on certain pending litigation, we may be unable to make a reasonable estimate of the liability that could result from an unfavorable outcome of such litigation. As additional information becomes available, we will assess the potential liability related to our pending litigation and make or, if necessary, revise our estimates. Such revisions in our estimates of the potential liability could materially impact our results of operations and financial position.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for major renewals and improvements are capitalized while expenditures for maintenance and repairs not expected to extend the life of an asset beyond its normal useful life are charged to expense when incurred. Equipment is depreciated over the estimated useful lives of the assets under the straight-line method of depreciation for financial reporting purposes and both straight-line and other methods for tax purposes.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Intangibles
In the event that facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of long lived assets, including associated intangibles may be impaired, an evaluation of recoverability is performed by comparing the estimated future undiscounted cash flows associated with the asset to the assets carrying amount to determine if a write down to market value or discounted cash flows is required.
Artifacts recovered in the 1987 Titanic expedition are carried at the lower of cost of recovery or NRV. The government of France granted us ownership of these artifacts. The costs of recovery are the direct costs of chartering of vessels and related crews and equipment required to complete the dive operations for that expedition.
To ascertain that the aggregate net realizable value, or NRV, of the artifacts exceeds the direct costs of recovery of such artifacts, we evaluate various evidential matters. Such evidential matters include documented sales and offerings of Titanic-related memorabilia, insurance coverage obtained in connection with the potential theft, damage or destruction of all or part of the artifacts and other evidential matter regarding the public interest in the Titanic.
At each balance sheet date, we evaluate the period of amortization of intangible assets. The factors used in evaluating the period of amortization include: (i) current operating results, (ii) projected future operating results, and (ii) other material factors that affect the continuity of the business.
We amortize our exhibition licenses on a straight line basis over a five year term commencing on the effective date of the exhibition license or right.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 108 (“SAB 108”), “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements.” SAB 108 provides interpretive guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. The SEC staff believes that registrants should quantify errors using both a balance sheet and an income statement approach and evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying a misstatement that, when all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors are considered, is material. The provisions of SAB No. 108 are effective for us for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2007. The adoption of SAB No. 108 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In the first quarter of 2006, we adopted SFAS No. 154 (“SFAS 154”), “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections — a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3.” SFAS 154 changed the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a voluntary change in accounting principle. The adoption of this Statement did not affect our Consolidated Financial Statements in the period of adoption. Its effects on future periods will depend on the nature and significance of any future accounting changes subject to this statement.
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109”. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” It prescribes that a company should use a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold based on the technical merits of the income tax position taken. Income tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold should be measured in order to determine the tax benefit to be recognized in the financial statements. FIN 48 is effective in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. We are currently evaluating the impact of FIN 48 on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition.
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), Fair Value Measurements. SFAS 157 provides guidance for measuring the fair value of assets and liabilities. It requires additional disclosures related to the extent to which companies measure assets and liabilities at fair value, the information used to measure fair value, and the effect of fair value measurements on earnings. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We are in the process of determining what effect, if any, the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159 (“SFAS 159”), The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — including an Amendment of SFAS No. 115 , which permits an entity to measure many financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. Entities that elect the fair value option will report unrealized gains and losses in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The fair value option may be elected on aninstrument-by-instrument basis, with few exceptions. SFAS 159 amends previous guidance to extend the use of the fair value option toavailable-for-sale andheld-to-maturity securities. The Statement also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements to help financial statement users understand the effect of the election. SFAS 159 is effective as of the beginning of the first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007. We are is in the process of determining what effect, if any, the adoption of SFAS 159 will have on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition.
ITEM 7A. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position due to adverse changes in financial market prices and rates. Market risk exposure is primarily a result of fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. We do not hold or issue financial instruments for trading purposes.
Interest Rate Risk
We have exposure to market rate risk for changes in interest rates related to our variable interest credit facility discussed in Item 7 of this report under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
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and Results of Operations.” Interest income on our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments is subject to interest rate fluctuations, but we believe that the impact of these fluctuations does not have a material effect on our financial position due to the short-term nature of any such investments. We do not have any long-term debt. Our interest income and interest expense are most sensitive to the general level of interest rates in the United States. Sensitivity analysis is used to measure our interest rate risk. For the year ended February 28, 2007, a 100 basis-point adverse change in interest rates would not have had a material effect on our consolidated financial position, earnings, or cash flow.
Foreign Currency Risk
We conduct a portion of our business activities outside of the United States, and are thereby exposed to the risk of currency fluctuations between the United States dollar and foreign currencies of the countries in which we are conducting business. If the value of the United States dollar decreases in relation to such foreign currencies, our potential revenue from exhibition and merchandising activities outside of the United States will be adversely affected. During the year ended February 28, 2007, we did not incur any material losses because of changes in the exchange rates with respect to foreign currencies. Although our financial arrangements with foreign parties may be based upon foreign currencies, we have sought, and will continue to seek where practicable, to make our financial commitments and understandings based upon the United States dollar in order to minimize the adverse potential effect of currency fluctuations.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
To the Board of Directors
Premier Exhibitions, Inc.
We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, that Premier Exhibitions, Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of February 28, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Premier Exhibitions, Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, management’s assessment that Premier Exhibitions, Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of February 28, 2007, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on the COSO criteria. Also, in our opinion, Premier Exhibitions, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of February 28, 2007, based on the COSO criteria.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended February 28, 2007 of the Company and our report dated May 1, 2007 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.
/s/ Kempisty & Company
Certified Public Accountants, P. C.
New York, New York
May 1, 2007
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors
Premier Exhibitions, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. and its subsidiaries as of February 28, 2007 and February 28, 2006, and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended February 28, 2007. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. and its subsidiaries as of February 28, 2007 and February 28, 2006 and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended February 28, 2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ Kempisty & Company
Certified Public Accountants, P. C.
New York, New York
May 1, 2007
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February 28, | February 28, | |||||||
2006 | 2007 | |||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents (Note 3) | $ | 4,129,000 | $ | 16,811,000 | ||||
Marketable securities (Note 3) | 570,000 | — | ||||||
Accounts receivable, net | 1,585,000 | 3,050,000 | ||||||
Carpathia receivable, related party | — | 2,500,000 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (Note 3) | 3,458,000 | 2,309,000 | ||||||
Total current assets | 9,742,000 | 24,670,000 | ||||||
Artifacts owned, at cost (Note 2) | 4,476,000 | 3,091,000 | ||||||
Salvor’s lien (Note 2) | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net (Note 3) | 2,033,000 | 3,620,000 | ||||||
Exhibition licenses, net (Note 3) | 3,475,000 | 3,266,000 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes (Note 4) | 2,504,000 | 238,000 | ||||||
Other assets | 132,000 | — | ||||||
$ | 22,363,000 | $ | 34,886,000 | |||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 3) | 1,038,000 | 1,450,000 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 300,000 | 536,000 | ||||||
Notes payable | 1,350,000 | — | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 2,688,000 | 1,986,000 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies | — | — | ||||||
Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||
Common stock; $.0001 par value; authorized 40,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 26,062,089 and 29,004,318 shares at February 28, 2006 and 2007, respectively | 3,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
Common stock payable | 920,000 | 90,000 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 27,178,000 | 34,252,000 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (8,324,000 | ) | (903,000 | ) | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (102,000 | ) | (129,000 | ) | ||||
Treasury stock, at cost; 56,641 shares at February 28, 2007 | — | (413,000 | ) | |||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 19,675,000 | 32,900,000 | ||||||
$ | 22,363,000 | $ | 34,886,000 | |||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||
February 28, | February 28, | February 28, | ||||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Revenue: | ||||||||||||
Exhibition revenues | $ | 6,320,000 | $ | 12,217,000 | $ | 28,916,000 | ||||||
Merchandise and other | 507,000 | 722,000 | 1,061,000 | |||||||||
Sale of coal | 30,000 | 102,000 | 110,000 | |||||||||
Total revenue | 6,857,000 | 13,041,000 | 30,087,000 | |||||||||
Cost of revenue: | ||||||||||||
Exhibition costs | 2,891,000 | 2,672,000 | 7,707,000 | |||||||||
Cost of merchandise sold | 257,000 | 102,000 | 182,000 | |||||||||
Cost of coal sold | 9,000 | 10,000 | 13,000 | |||||||||
Total cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below) | 3,157,000 | 2,784,000 | 7,902,000 | |||||||||
Gross profit | 3,700,000 | 10,257,000 | 22,185,000 | |||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | 4,397,000 | 6,620,000 | 9,773,000 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 441,000 | 980,000 | 1,529,000 | |||||||||
Litigation settlement | — | — | 350,000 | |||||||||
Loss on sale of fixed assets | 356,000 | 84,000 | — | |||||||||
Gain on sale of Carpathia, related party | — | — | (1,626,000 | ) | ||||||||
Expedition costs | 879,000 | — | — | |||||||||
Total operating expenses | 6,073,000 | 7,684,000 | 10,026,000 | |||||||||
Income (loss) from operations | (2,373,000 | ) | 2,573,000 | 12,159,000 | ||||||||
Other income and expenses: | ||||||||||||
Interest income | 2,000 | 85,000 | 224,000 | |||||||||
Interest expense | (46,000 | ) | (47,000 | ) | (51,000 | ) | ||||||
Other income | — | 168,000 | 37,000 | |||||||||
Total other income and expenses | (44,000 | ) | 206,000 | 210,000 | ||||||||
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes | (2,417,000 | ) | 2,779,000 | 12,369,000 | ||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | — | (2,504,000 | ) | 4,948,000 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (2,417,000 | ) | $ | 5,283,000 | $ | 7,421,000 | |||||
Net income (loss) per share: | ||||||||||||
Basic income (loss) per common share | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | 0.22 | $ | 0.27 | |||||
Diluted income (loss) per common share | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.24 | |||||
Shares used in basic per share calculations | 20,818,898 | 24,081,186 | 27,674,221 | |||||||||
Shares used in diluted per share calculations | 20,818,898 | 28,230,491 | 31,047,056 | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||
February 28, | February 28, | February 28, | ||||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (2,417,000 | ) | $ | 5,283,000 | $ | 7,421,000 | |||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided (used) by operating activities: | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 441,000 | 980,000 | 1,529,000 | |||||||||
Issuance of common stock for interest expense | 6,000 | — | — | |||||||||
Issuance of common stock in exchange for options | 1,569,000 | — | — | |||||||||
Issuance of compensatory stock options | — | 256,000 | 1,367,000 | |||||||||
Issuance of common stock and warrants for services | 277,000 | 1,285,000 | 874,000 | |||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts | — | — | 257,000 | |||||||||
(Increase) decrease in cost of artifacts | 3,000 | (1,000 | ) | 11,000 | ||||||||
Gain of the sale of Carpathia, related party | — | — | (1,626,000 | ) | ||||||||
Loss on disposal of fixed assets | 356,000 | 84,000 | — | |||||||||
Other income from default on sale of Carpathia | — | (168,000 | ) | — | ||||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable | (704,000 | ) | (528,000 | ) | (1,722,000 | ) | ||||||
(Increase) decrease in deferred income taxes | — | (2,504,000 | ) | 2,266,000 | ||||||||
(Increase) decrease in prepaid and refundable taxes | (1,000 | ) | 222,000 | — | ||||||||
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets | (1,031,000 | ) | (2,053,000 | ) | 1,149,000 | |||||||
(Increase) decrease in other assets | 39,000 | 596,000 | 132,000 | |||||||||
Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue | 1,000,000 | (700,000 | ) | 236,000 | ||||||||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 411,000 | (622,000 | ) | 412,000 | ||||||||
Increase (decrease) in common stock payable | — | — | (830,000 | ) | ||||||||
Total adjustments | 2,366,000 | (3,153,000 | ) | 4,055,000 | ||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | (51,000 | ) | 2,130,000 | 11,476,000 | ||||||||
Cash flows used by investing activities: | ||||||||||||
Purchases of property and equipment | (964,000 | ) | (1,774,000 | ) | (2,357,000 | ) | ||||||
Purchase of exhibition licenses | (233,000 | ) | (2,082,000 | ) | (550,000 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from sale of artifacts | 230,000 | — | — | |||||||||
Purchase/sale of certificate of deposit | — | (500,000 | ) | 500,000 | ||||||||
Net cash used by investing activities | (967,000 | ) | (4,356,000 | ) | (2,407,000 | ) | ||||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||||||
Proceeds from notes payable | 500,000 | 2,425,000 | 342,000 | |||||||||
Reduction in marketable securities | — | — | 70,000 | |||||||||
Principal payments on notes payable | (75,000 | ) | (2,932,000 | ) | (1,690,000 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from option and warrant exercises | — | 166,000 | 2,288,000 | |||||||||
Excess tax benefit on stock options | — | — | 2,630,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds from sale of common stock | 1,278,000 | 5,468,000 | ||||||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 1,703,000 | 5,127,000 | 3,640,000 | |||||||||
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 26,000 | (30,000 | ) | (27,000 | ) | |||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 711,000 | 2,871,000 | 12,682,000 | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | 547,000 | 1,258,000 | 4,129,000 | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | $ | 1,258,000 | $ | 4,129,000 | $ | 16,811,000 | ||||||
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | ||||||||||||
Cash paid during the period for interest | $ | 40,000 | $ | 39,000 | $ | 27,000 | ||||||
Non-cash investing and financing transactions: | ||||||||||||
Cashless exercise of compensatory stock options | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 413,000 | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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Years ended February 28, 2005, February 28, 2006, and February 28, 2007
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Number of | Stock | Paid-In | Accumulated | Comprehensive | Treasury | Stockholders’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Payable | Capital | Deficit | Income (Loss) | Stock, at Cost | Equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, February 29, 2004 | 19,125,047 | $ | 2,000 | $ | — | $ | 17,192,000 | $ | (11,190,000 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 6,004,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for services | 805,000 | — | — | 277,000 | — | — | — | 277,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock in exchange for options | 900,000 | — | — | 1,569,000 | — | — | — | 1,569,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock in equity raise | 1,469,892 | — | — | 1,278,000 | — | — | — | 1,278,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | — | — | — | — | (2,417,000 | ) | — | — | (2,417,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation gain | 26,000 | — | 26,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, February 28, 2005 | 22,299,939 | $ | 2,000 | $ | — | $ | 20,316,000 | $ | (13,607,000 | ) | $ | 26,000 | $ | — | $ | 6,737,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for exercise of warrants and options | 87,014 | — | 97,000 | 69,000 | — | — | — | 166,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for equity investment | 300,000 | — | — | 500,000 | — | — | — | 500,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock and warrants issued for acquisition | 200,000 | — | — | 608,000 | — | — | — | 608,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock issued in exchange for surrender of warrants | 200,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock and warrants issued for private placement | 2,975,136 | — | — | 4,968,000 | — | — | — | 4,968,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of employee stock options | — | — | — | 256,000 | — | — | — | 256,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of consulting warrants | — | — | — | 462,000 | — | — | — | 462,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of consulting stock for services | — | 823,000 | — | — | — | — | 823,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | — | — | — | — | 5,283,000 | — | — | 5,283,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized loss on marketable securities | — | — | — | — | — | (98,000 | ) | — | (98,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency transalation loss | — | — | — | — | — | (30,000 | ) | — | (30,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total other comprehensive loss | — | — | — | — | — | (128,000 | ) | — | (128,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, February 28, 2006 | 26,062,089 | $ | 3,000 | $ | 920,000 | $ | 27,178,000 | $ | (8,324,000 | ) | $ | (102,000 | ) | $ | — | $ | 19,675,000 | |||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for exercise of warrants | 1,087,436 | — | 80,000 | 1,852,000 | — | — | — | 1,932,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for exercise of options | 1,454,793 | — | (87,000 | ) | 856,000 | — | — | (413,000 | ) | 356,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Excess tax benefit on stock options | — | — | — | 2,630,000 | — | — | — | 2,630,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock compensation costs | 400,000 | — | (823,000 | ) | 1,736,000 | — | — | — | 913,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | — | — | — | — | 7,421,000 | — | — | 7,421,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized loss on marketable securities | — | — | — | — | — | (70,000 | ) | — | (70,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency transalation loss | — | — | — | — | — | 43,000 | — | 43,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total other comprehensive loss | — | — | — | — | — | (27,000 | ) | — | (27,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, February 28, 2007 | 29,004,318 | $ | 3,000 | $ | 90,000 | $ | 34,252,000 | $ | (903,000 | ) | $ | (129,000 | ) | $ | (413,000 | ) | $ | 32,900,000 | ||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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Note 1. | Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
Premier Exhibitions, Inc. initially conducted business as Titanic Ventures Limited Partnership (“TVLP”). In 1993, the Company acquired all of TVLP’s assets and assumed all of TVLP’s liabilities. The transaction was accounted for as a “reverse acquisition” with TVLP deemed to be the acquiring entity. Premier Exhibitions, Inc. and TVLP are referred to as the “Company” as the context dictates.
Effective at the close of business on October 14, 2004, the Company reorganized into a holding company structure whereby Premier Exhibitions, Inc. became the holding company of RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. RMS Titanic, Inc. is the entity that conducts the Company’s Titanic exhibitions.
The reorganization into a holding company structure was effected through the formation of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. as a wholly owned subsidiary of RMS Titanic, Inc. and the formation of RMST MergerSub, Inc., a Florida corporation, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. An agreement and plan of merger dated October 13, 2004 between RMS Titanic, Premier Exhibitions, and MergerSub provided for the merger of MergerSub with and into RMS Titanic, Inc. with RMS Titanic, Inc. as the surviving corporation. As a result of the merger, RMS Titanic, Inc. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and each outstanding share of common stock of RMS Titanic, Inc. issued and outstanding immediately prior to the merger was converted into one share of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. common stock. Also pursuant to the merger agreement, each option to purchase RMS Titanic, Inc. common stock was converted into an option to purchase, on the same terms and conditions, an identical number of shares of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. common stock.
In June 2000, the Company established a wholly-owned United Kingdom subsidiary, Danepath Ltd., for the purpose of purchasing the research vessel, RRS Challenger, a 178 foot- 1050 ton ship that was to be utilized in the expedition to the RMS Titanic wreck site during that summer. This vessel was acquired on June 30, 2000 from the Natural Environment Research Council, a British governmental agency. The name of the vessel was changed to the SV Explorer. On April 2, 2002, the Company sold its Danepath subsidiary to Argosy International Ltd., an affiliated party. In January 2003, in settlement of an outstanding obligation from Argosy, the Company acquired the vessel, the SV Explorer, and related marine equipment in a wholly owned United Kingdom subsidiary of the Company, Seatron Limited. On January 21, 2005, the Company sold the SV Explorer for $167,000 to Formaes ApS. Skelgaardsvej 10, DK-9340 Asss, a Danish company. The sale resulted in a loss of $440,000 during the years ended February 28, 2005 and 2006.
In May 2001, the Company acquired the ownership rights to the shipwreck the RMS Carpathia. The Carpathia was the vessel that rescued the survivors from the Titanic. The asset is valued at a cost of ($1,374,000) which is theun-amortized value of other intangible assets purchased by the Company in April 2000 from this same entity ($555,000), plus the fair market value of 1,104,545 newly issued shares of common stock ($819,000).
On February 28, 2007, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary RMS Titanic, Inc. entered into a purchase agreement with Seaventures Ltd. (“SV”) pursuant to which SV acquired from the Company all of its ownership interest in the RMS Carpathia for $3,000,000. Of such amount, $500,000 was paid to the Company on the date the purchase agreement was entered into, with the balance of the purchase price being due and payable by SV to the Company on or before February 29, 2008.
On March 6, 2002, in a separate agreement, the Company sold to Argosy International, for minimal consideration, its 100% ownership interest in White Star Marine Recovery, Ltd. That sale terminated the Company’s obligation under an agreement with Argosy International for the consulting services of Graham Jessop. At the time of this sale, White Star Marine Recovery had no assets other than this consulting contract.
The Company was formed in 1987 for the purposes of exploring the wreck and surrounding oceanic area of the vessel the Titanic; obtaining oceanic material and scientific data available in various forms, including still and moving photography and artifacts (together “Artifacts”) from the wreck site, and utilizing such data and Artifacts in
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revenue-producing activities such as touring exhibitions, television programs and the sale of still photography. The Company also earns revenue from the sale of coal and Titanic-related products.
The Company was declaredSalvor-in-Possession of the Titanic pursuant to a judgment entered in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. On April 12, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (the “Fourth Circuit”) affirmed two orders of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division.R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. The Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel..., 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 6799 (4th Cir. 2002). Dated September 26, 2001 and October 19, 2001, these orders restricted the sale of Artifacts recovered by the Company from the Titianic wreck site. In rendering its opinion, the Fourth Circuit reviewed and declared ambiguous the June 7, 1994 order of the District Court that had awarded ownership to the Company of all items then salvaged from the wreck of the Titanic as well as all items to be salvaged in the future by the Company so long as the Company remainedSalvor-in-Possession of the Titanic. Having found the June 7, 1994 order ambiguous, the Fourth Circuit reinterpreted the order to convey only possession, not title, pending determination of a salvage award.
As a consequence of the Fourth Circuit’s decision, the Company reviewed the carrying cost of Artifacts recovered from Titanic expeditions to determine impairment of values. Up until the ruling by the Fourth Circuit, the Company was carrying the value of the artifacts that it recovered from the Titanic wreck site at the respective costs of the expeditions, as the Company believed it was the owner of all Artifacts recovered. The Company had relied on ownership being granted by the United States District Court in the June 7, 1994 Order. As a consequence of this review and in compliance with the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142 — “Impairment of Long-Lived Assets” and SFAS No. 121 — “The Valuation of Non-Goodwill Intangibles,” it was determined that an impairment of realizable values had occurred because of the Fourth Circuit’s ruling that removed ownership of certain Artifacts from the Company that were under the jurisdiction of the United States District Court. The District Court has jurisdiction of all Artifacts that have been recovered from the Titanic wreck site, except for 1,800 Artifacts recovered in the Company’s 1987 expedition to the titanic. These 1987 Artifacts were previously granted to the Company by the government of France in 1993. Furthermore, the salvor’s lien that the Fourth Circuit Court acknowledged the Company was entitled to under itsSalvor-in-Possession status could not be quantified other than for a de minimus amount because of the uncertainty of the wide latitude given a United States Federal Maritime Court to apply the Blackwall factors for a salvor’s award and the adjustment to such an award, if any, for revenues the Company may have derived from the Artifacts. In this process of determining the appropriate award, courts generally rely on the six factors set out inThe Blackwall, 77. U.S. (10 Wall.) 1,14 (1869) that include: (1) the labor expended by the salvors in rendering the salvage service; (2) the promptitude, skill, and energy displayed in rendering the service and saving the property; (3) the value of the property employed by the salvors in rendering the service, and the danger to which such property was exposed; (4) the risk incurred by the salvors in securing the property from the impending peril; (5) the value of the property saved and (6) the degree of danger from which the property was rescued. Therefore an impairment charge of an amount equal to the costs of recovery for all expeditions after 1987, net of tax benefit, was established less a re-classification of $1,000, a de minimus amount, for the value of a salvor’s lien.
Since August 1987, the Company has completed seven expeditions to the wreck site of the Titanic and has recovered approximately 5,500 Artifacts, including a large section of the Titanic’s hull and coal from the wreck site.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and itswholly-owned subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
Costs associated with the care, management and preservation of recovered Artifacts are expensed as incurred. A majority of the Artifacts not in exhibition are located within the United States.
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To ascertain that the aggregate net realizable value (“NRV”) of the Artifacts exceeds the direct costs of recovery of such Artifacts, the Company evaluates various evidential matters. Such evidential matters includes documented sales and offerings of Titanic-related memorabilia, insurance coverage obtained in connection with the potential theft, damage or destruction of all or part of the Artifacts and other evidential matter regarding the public interest in the Titanic.
At each balance sheet date, the Company evaluates the period of amortization of intangible assets. The factors used in evaluating the period of amortization include: (i) current operating results, (ii) projected future operating results, and (iii) other material factors that affect the continuity of the business.
Management believes that the carrying values of financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities approximate fair value as a result of the short-term maturities of these instruments.
The Company maintains cash in bank accounts that, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses on these accounts. The Company considers highly liquid investments with original maturities of 90 days or less to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are stated at cost, which approximates market value. The Company’s cash equivalents are primarily invested in commercial paper, money market funds, and U.S. government-backed securities. The Company performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of the financial institutions and issuers of its cash equivalents.
Marketable securities which are available for sale are carried at fair value and the net unrealized gains and losses, net of the related tax effect, computed in marking these securities to market have been reported within stockholders’ equity.
Accounts receivable are customer obligations due under normal trade terms. The Company uses the allowance method to account for uncollectible accounts receivable. The Company regularly evaluates the need for an allowance for uncollectible accounts by taking into consideration factors such as the type of client; governmental agencies or private sector; trends in actual and forecasted credit quality of the client, including delinquency and late payment history; and current economic conditions that may affect a client’s ability to pay. The Company’s bad debt expense and allowance for doubtful accounts for its fiscal years ended February 28, 2006 and 2007 was $0 and $257,000, respectively. The Company’s policy is to write-off as uncollectible amounts not collected within 120 days, unless legal proceedings have been implemented to attempt to collect such amounts. In certain circumstances, and depending on customer creditworthiness, the Company may require a bank letter of credit to guarantee the collection of its receivables.
Prepaid expenses primarily consist of prepaid lease payments and prepaid services that are expensed when earned, and reimbursable expenses that are capitalized and recovered from museums, promoters or the Company’s co-presentation partner.
Exhibition licenses represent exclusive rights to exhibit certain anatomical specimens and organs paid for the use of the licensor’s technology, documentation, and know-how with respect to the plastination of human body specimens and organs. Depending upon the agreement with the rights holder, the Company may obtain the rights to use anatomical specimens and organs in multiple exhibitions over multiple years.
The Company evaluates the future recoverability of capitalized exhibition licenses on a quarterly basis or when events or circumstances indicate the capitalized license may not be recoverable. The recoverability of capitalized exhibition license costs is evaluated based on the expected performance of the exhibitions in which the anatomical specimens and organs are to be used. As the Company’s exhibition licenses extend for multiple exhibitions over multiple years, the Company also assesses the recoverability of capitalized exhibition license costs based on certain qualitative factors such as the success of other exhibitions utilizing anatomical specimens and whether there are any anatomical specimen-related exhibitions planned for the future. The Company expenses exhibition license costs
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when it believes such amounts are not recoverable. Capitalized exhibition license costs for those exhibitions that are cancelled are charged to expense in the period of cancellation.
Commencing upon the related exhibition’s debut, capitalized exhibition license costs are amortized under the contract terms. As exhibition license contracts may extend for multiple years, the amortization of capitalized exhibition license costs relating to such contracts may extend beyond one year. For exhibitions that have been opened, the Company evaluates the future recoverability of capitalized amounts on a quarterly basis. The primary evaluation criterion is actual exhibition performance.
Significant judgments and estimates are used by the Company’s management in the assessment of the recoverability of capitalized costs. In evaluating the recoverability of capitalized costs, the assessment of expected exhibition performance utilizes forecasted sales amounts and estimates of additional costs to be incurred. If actual exhibition revenues, combined with currently forecast future exhibition revenues, are less than the revenue required to amortize the remaining licensing costs an impairment charge could result. Additionally, as noted above, as many of exhibition licenses extend for multiple products over multiple years, the Company also assesses the recoverability of exhibition license costs based on certain qualitative factors such as the success of other exhibitions utilizing anatomical specimens and whether there are any anatomical specimen-related exhibitions planned for the future. Material differences may result in the amount and timing of charges for any period if Company management makes different judgments or utilizes different estimates in evaluating these qualitative factors.
Revenue from the licensing of the production and exploitation of audio and visual recordings by third parties, related to the Company’s expeditions, is recognized at the time that the expedition and dive takes place.
Revenue from the licensing of still photographs and video is recognized at the time the rights are granted to the licensee.
Revenue from the granting of sponsorship rights related to the Company’s expeditions and dives is recognized at the completion of the expedition.
Revenue sharing from the sale of Titanic-related products by third parties is recognized when the item is sold.
Revenue from licensing arrangements is recognized pro-rata over the life of the agreements. Amounts received in excess of amounts earned are shown as deferred revenue.
Revenue from exhibitions is recognized when earned and reasonably estimable. The Company’s exhibition agreements may have a fixed fee, may be based on a percentage of revenue, or a combination of the two. A variable fee arrangement may include a nonrefundable or recoupable guarantee paid in advance or over the exhibition period. The following are the conditions that must be met in order to recognize revenue:
• | persuasive evidence of an exhibition arrangement with a customer exists; | |
• | the exhibit is complete and, in accordance with the terms of the arrangement, has been delivered; | |
• | the exhibition period of the arrangement has begunand/or the customer can begin its exploitation, exhibition or sale; | |
• | the arrangement fee is fixed or determinable; and | |
• | collection of the arrangement fee is reasonably assured. |
The Company sells coal recovered from the Titanic wreck site. Revenue from sales of such coal is recognized at the date of shipment to customers. Recovery costs attributable to the coal are charged to operations as revenue from coal sales are recognized.
Income tax expense includes income taxes currently payable and deferred taxes arising from temporary differences between financial reporting and income tax bases of assets and liabilities. They are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.
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Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation of property and equipment is provided for by the straight-line method over the following estimated lives of the related assets
Exhibitry equipment | 5 years | |
Marine equipment | 10 years | |
Office equipment | 5 years | |
Furniture and fixtures | 5 years |
Basic earnings per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding adjusted by the number of additional shares that would have been outstanding had the potentially dilutive common shares been issued. Potentially dilutive shares of common stock include non-qualified stock options and nonvested share awards. The computation of dilutive shares outstanding excludes theout-of-the-money non-qualified stock options because such outstanding options’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of our common shares and, therefore, the effect would be antidilutive (i.e., including such options would result in higher earnings per share). The exercise prices of all of the Company’s outstanding options and warrants are less than the market value of the common stock underlying such securities. As a result, the Company has not excluded any securities in calculating its earnings per share because such securities would be antidilutive.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
In the event that facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of long lived assets, including associated intangibles may be impaired, an evaluation of recoverability is performed by comparing the estimated future undiscounted cash flows associated with the asset to the assets carrying amount to determine if a write down to market value or discounted cash flows is required.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 108 (“SAB 108”), “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements.” SAB 108 provides interpretive guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. The SEC staff believes that registrants should quantify errors using both a balance sheet and an income statement approach and evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying a misstatement that, when all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors are considered, is material. The provisions of SAB No. 108 are effective for the Company for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2007. The adoption of SAB No. 108 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In the first quarter of 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 154 (“SFAS 154”), “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections — a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3.” SFAS 154 changed the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a voluntary change in accounting principle. The adoption of this Statement did not affect the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements in the period of adoption. Its effects on future periods will depend on the nature and significance of any future accounting changes subject to this statement.
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109”. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”. It prescribes that a company should use a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold based on the technical merits
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of the income tax position taken. Income tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold should be measured in order to determine the tax benefit to be recognized in the financial statements. FIN 48 is effective in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of FIN 48 on its consolidated results of operations and financial condition
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), Fair Value Measurements. SFAS 157 provides guidance for measuring the fair value of assets and liabilities. It requires additional disclosures related to the extent to which companies measure assets and liabilities at fair value, the information used to measure fair value, and the effect of fair value measurements on earnings. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is in the process of determining what effect, if any, the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on its consolidated results of operations and financial condition.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159 (“SFAS 159”), The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — including an Amendment of SFAS No. 115 , which permits an entity to measure many financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. Entities that elect the fair value option will report unrealized gains and losses in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The fair value option may be elected on aninstrument-by-instrument basis, with few exceptions. SFAS 159 amends previous guidance to extend the use of the fair value option toavailable-for-sale andheld-to-maturity securities. The Statement also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements to help financial statement users understand the effect of the election. SFAS 159 is effective as of the beginning of the first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is in the process of determining what effect, if any, the adoption of SFAS 159 will have on its consolidated results of operations and financial condition.
Note 2. | Artifacts |
Artifacts recovered in the 1987 Titanic expedition are carried at the lower of cost of recovery or NRV. The Government of France granted the Company ownership of these Artifacts in 1993. The costs of recovery are the direct costs of chartering of vessels and related crews and equipment required to complete the dive operations for that expedition. Coal recovered in two expeditions is the only item available for sale. Periodically, as sales of coal occur, ten percent of the sale value is deducted from the carrying costs of Artifacts recovered. During 2007, 2006 and 2005, $11,000, $1,400, and $3,000, respectively, were deducted from Artifacts.
Artifacts, at cost, consists of the following:
February 28, 2006 | February 28, 2007 | |||||||
Artifacts recovered, Titanic | $ | 3,102,000 | $ | 3,091,000 | ||||
Artifacts, Carpathia | 1,374,000 | — | ||||||
$ | 4,476,000 | $ | 3,091,000 | |||||
On April 12, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reinterpreted the June 7, 1994 order that had awarded ownership of the Artifacts to the Company to convey only possession, not title, pending determination of a salvage award.
As a consequence of the Fourth Circuit’s decision, the Company reviewed the carrying cost of Artifacts recovered from Titanic expeditions to determine impairment of values. Up until the ruling by the Fourth Circuit, the Company was carrying the value of the Artifacts that it recovered from the Titanic wreck site at the respective costs of the expeditions as the Company believed it was the owner of all Artifacts recovered. The Company had relied on ownership being granted by the United States District Court in the June 7, 1994 Order. As a consequence of this review and in compliance with the requirements of “SFAS 142” — Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and “SFAS 121,” The Valuation of Non-Goodwill Intangibles, it was determined that an impairment of realizable values had occurred because of the Fourth Circuit’s ruling that removed ownership of certain Artifacts from the Company that were under the jurisdiction of the United States District Court. The District Court has jurisdiction of
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all Artifacts that have been recovered from the Titanic wreck site except for those 1,800 Artifacts recovered in the 1987 expedition. These 1987 Artifacts were previously granted to the Company by the government of France in 1993. Furthermore, the salvor’s lien that the Fourth Circuit Court acknowledged the Company was entitled to under itsSalvor-in-Possession status could not be quantified other than for a de minimus amount because of the uncertainty of the wide latitude given a United States Federal Maritime Court to apply the Blackwall factors for a salvor’s award and the adjustment to such an award, if any, for revenues the Company may have derived from the Artifacts. In this process of determining the appropriate award, courts generally rely on the six factors set out inThe Blackwall, 77. U.S. (10 Wall.) 1,14 (1869) that include: (1) the labor expended by the salvors in rendering the salvage service; (2) the promptitude, skill, and energy displayed in rendering the service and saving the property; (3) the value of the property employed by the salvors in rendering the service, and the danger to which such property was exposed; (4) the risk incurred by the salvors in securing the property from the impending peril; (5) the value of the property saved and (6) the degree of danger from which the property was rescued. Therefore an impairment charge of an amount equal to the costs of recovery for all expeditions after 1987, net of tax benefit, was established less a re-classification of $1,000, a de minimus amount, for the value of a salvor’s lien.
In May 2001, the Company acquired ownership of the wreck of the RMS Carpathia. The Company evaluated and reviewed the wreck’s impairment in compliance with the requirements of SFAS 142, “Impairment of Long-Lived Assets” and SFAS 121 — “The Valuation of Non-Goodwill Intangibles.” The Company evaluates and records impairment losses, as circumstances indicate that the assets may be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by the asset is less than the carrying amount of the asset. No such events had occurred with regard to the Carpathia.
On November 30, 2005, the Company sold a 3% ownership interest in the RMS Carpathia to Legal Access Technologies, Inc. for $500,000. In addition, the Company sold it a twenty-five year license to conduct joint expeditions with the Company to the Carpathia for the purpose of exploring and salvaging the Carpathia for $200,000. Under the terms of this agreement, Legal Access Technologies, Inc. was obligated to make payments under a payment schedule of $100,000 on December 12, 2005 and the balance of $400,000 on February 15, 2006. In the event of default, the Company had the option to terminate this agreement. The Company reflected this transaction as a gain on the sale of the Carpathia interest of $459,000 during the quarter ended November 30, 2005. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Legal Access Technologies, Inc. was obligated to make the following scheduled payments to the Company: (i) $100,000 on December 12, 2005; and (ii) $400,000 on February 15, 2006. The $100,000 payment was collateralized with 1,400,000 shares of Legal Access Technologies, Inc.’s common stock, which satisfied its obligation to make the first payment. Legal Access Technologies, Inc. failed to make the second scheduled payment and, on April 3, 2006, the Company terminated its agreement with Legal Access Technologies, Inc. In accordance with the agreement, the Company retained the collateral in the form of Legal Access Technologies, Inc.’s common stock. As a result of this default and the Company’s subsequent termination of the agreement, the Company reversed the gain of $459,000 net of the gain from the retention of the marketable securities of $168,000 that was recognized during the quarter ended November 30, 2005.
On February 28, 2007, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary RMS Titanic, Inc. entered into a purchase agreement with Seaventures Ltd. (“SV”) pursuant to which SV acquired from the Company all of its ownership interest in the RMS Carpathia for $3,000,000. Of such amount, $500,000 was paid to the Company on the date the Sale Agreement was entered into, with the balance of the purchase price being due and payable by SV to the Company on or before February 29, 2008. The principal of SV, Joseph Marsh, is also a holder of more than 5% of the Company’s common stock. The above referenced agreements were negotiated by the Company on an arms-length basis.
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Note 3. | Balance Sheet Details |
The composition cash, cash equivalents, andavailable-for-sale marketable securities is as follows:
February 28, 2006 | February 28, 2007 | |||||||
Cash | $ | 729,000 | $ | 3,764,000 | ||||
Money market mutual funds | 3,400,000 | 13,047,000 | ||||||
Total | 4,129,000 | 16,811,000 | ||||||
Certificate of deposit | 500,000 | — | ||||||
Securities | 70,000 | — | ||||||
Total | $ | 570,000 | $ | — |
The composition of prepaid expenses and other current assets is as follows:
February 28, 2006 | February 28, 2007 | |||||||
Deposits and advances | $ | 6,000 | $ | 62,000 | ||||
Prepaid insurance | 38,000 | 163,000 | ||||||
Prepaid commissions | 60,000 | — | ||||||
Reimbursable expenses — exhibitions(1) | 1,165,000 | 553,000 | ||||||
Prepaid lease payments | 921,000 | 607,000 | ||||||
Inventory | — | 176,000 | ||||||
Withholding taxes | — | 147,000 | ||||||
Other receivables | — | 76,000 | ||||||
Prepaid services | 1,242,000 | 525,000 | ||||||
Deferred financing costs | 26,000 | — | ||||||
Total | $ | 3,458,000 | $ | 2,309,000 |
The composition of property and equipment, which is stated at cost, is as follows:
February 28, 2006 | February 28, 2007 | |||||||
Exhibitry | $ | 3,955,000 | $ | 6,040,000 | ||||
Vehicles & equipment | — | 43,000 | ||||||
Office equipment | 276,000 | 473,000 | ||||||
Leasehold improvements | — | 196,000 | ||||||
Furniture and fixtures | 173,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
4,404,000 | 6,761,000 | |||||||
Less accumulated depreciation | 2,371,000 | 3,141,000 | ||||||
Total | $ | 2,033,000 | $ | 3,620,000 | ||||
(1) | Reimbursable expenses — exhibitions are primarily costs incurred by the Company for the installation of exhibitions that are reimbursed from museums, promoters or the Company’s co-presentation partner. The nature of these installation costs include construction costs, travel related expenses for the installation crew, labor, materials, artifact and specimen freight costs and other costs related to opening an exhibition. These costs are normally reimbursed within 45 to 60 days of opening of an exhibition. |
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On January 21, 2005, the Company sold the SV Explorer, a 178 foot — 1050 ton ship that was to be utilized in the expedition to the Titanic for $167,000 to Formaes ApS. Skelgaardsvej 10, DK-9340 Asss, a Danish company which resulted in a loss of $440,000 during the years ended February 28, 2006 and 2007.
The composition of exhibition licenses is as follows:
February 28, 2006 | February 28, 2007 | |||||||
Exhibition License (April 2004) | $ | 685,000 | $ | 685,000 | ||||
Exhibition License (May 2005) | 3,438,000 | 3,438,000 | ||||||
Exhibition License (February 2007) | — | 550,000 | ||||||
4,123,000 | 4,673,000 | |||||||
Less accumulated amortization | 648,000 | 1,407,000 | ||||||
Total | $ | 3,475,000 | $ | 3,266,000 | ||||
In April 2004, the Company entered into an exhibition tour agreement to license the rights to exhibit certain anatomical specimens owned by Exhibit Human: The Wonders Within, Inc. The licensed specimens are currently in the Company’s possession and are being exhibited in one of its exhibitions. The Company advanced $685,000 in cash to the licensor under the license and exhibition tour agreement. The Company recorded this amount as an intangible asset, and the Company is amortizing the license over its useful life, which is ten years (the original term of this license is five years with automatic extensions for an additional five years at the Company’s option, which extensions do not require payment of any additional consideration by the Company). The useful life of the April 2004 agreement coincides with the term of the agreement. As of February 28, 2007 accumulated amortization was $199,000.
In May 2005, the Company acquired a company that held certain exclusive licensing rights to certain anatomical specimens and exhibitry that significantly broadened the Company’s offerings in its human anatomy educational exhibition business. The purchase price paid for the license was $3,438,000 (see Note 11 — Acquisition) in the form of cash, common stock, warrants, and the assumption of debt which represents its fair value. This amount was recorded as an intangible asset and is being amortized over the period of its estimated benefit period of 5 years. As of February 28, 2007, accumulated amortization was $1,203,000.
In February 2007, the Company entered into a Specimen License Agreement to license specimens for use in the Company’s human anatomy exhibitions owned by Dalian Hoffen Bio Technique Company Limited. The licensed specimens are currently in the Company’s possession and are being exhibited in its exhibitions. The Company advanced $550,000 to the licensor under the Specimen License Agreement. The Company recorded this amount as an intangible asset, and the Company is amortizing the license over its useful life, which is ten years. The useful life of the February 2007 agreement coincides with the term of the agreement. As of February 28, 2007 accumulated amortization was $5,000.
Based on the current amounts of exhibition licenses subject to amortization, the estimated amortization expense for each of the succeeding 5 years is as follows: 2008, 2009, 2010 — $811,000; 2011 — $295,000; and 2012 — $123,000.
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The composition of accounts payable and accrued liabilities is as follows:
February 28, 2006 | February 28, 2007 | |||||||
Professional and consulting fees payable | $ | 280,000 | $ | 55,000 | ||||
Settlement accruals | 599,000 | 577,000 | ||||||
Payroll and payroll taxes | — | 175,000 | ||||||
Sales and use taxes | — | 181,000 | ||||||
Other | 159,000 | 462,000 | ||||||
$ | 1,038,000 | $ | 1,450,000 |
Note 4. | Income Taxes |
A summary of the components of the provision (benefit) for income taxes for the years ended February 28, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:
Year Ended February 28, | ||||||||
2006 | 2007 | |||||||
Current tax expense — federal | $ | 945,000 | $ | 2,077,000 | ||||
Current tax expense — state | 167,000 | 367,000 | ||||||
Deferred tax expense | — | 2,504,000 | ||||||
Net operating loss carry-forward | (1,112,000 | ) | — | |||||
Reverse of valuation allowance | (2,504,000 | ) | — | |||||
$ | (2,504,000 | ) | $ | 4,948,000 |
Deferred income taxes reflect the impact of “temporary differences” between the amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and such amounts measured by tax laws and regulations. These “temporary differences” are determined in accordance with SFAS No. 109.
The net deferred income tax asset consists of the following:
Year Ended February 28, | ||||||||
2006 | 2007 | |||||||
Net operating loss carry-forward | $ | 2,504,000 | $ | — | ||||
Deferred tax asset — expenses not currently deductible | — | 238,000 | ||||||
$ | 2,504,000 | $ | 238,000 |
The total provision for income taxes differs from that amount which would be computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate to income before provision for income taxes. The reasons for these differences are as follows:
Year Ended February 28, | ||||||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Current: | ||||||||||||
Statutory federal income tax rate | 34.0 | % | 34.0 | % | 34.0 | % | ||||||
State and local net of federal deferred | 6.0 | % | 6.0 | % | 6.0 | % | ||||||
Net operating loss carry-forward | (40.0 | )% | (40.0 | )% | 0.0 | % | ||||||
Reverse of valuation allowance | 0.0 | % | (90.0 | )% | 0.0 | % | ||||||
Effective income tax rate | 0.0 | % | (90.0 | )% | 40.0 | % |
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The Company determines its effective tax rate by estimating its permanent differences resulting from the differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. The carrying value of the Company’s net deferred tax assets is based on the Company’s present belief that it is more likely than not that it will be able to generate sufficient future taxable income to utilize such deferred tax assets, based on estimates and assumptions. If these estimates and related assumptions change in the future, the Company may be required to record or adjust valuation allowances against its deferred tax assets resulting in additional income tax expense in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. Management evaluates the realizability of the deferred tax assets quarterly and assesses the need for changes to valuation allowances quarterly. While the Company has considered future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the present need for a valuation allowance, in the event the Company were to determine that it would be able to realize its deferred tax assets in the future in excess of its net recorded amount, an adjustment to the valuation allowance would increase income in the period such determination was made. Should the Company determine that it would not be able to realize all or part of its net deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be charged to income in the period such determination was made.
Note 5. Stockholders’ Equity
Income (Loss) Per Share
Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period.
Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed by using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding and, when dilutive, potential shares from stock options and warrants to purchase common stock, using the treasury stock method.
The following table illustrates the computation of basic and dilutive net income (loss) per share and provides a reconciliation of the number of weighted-average basic and diluted shares outstanding:
Year Ended February 28, | ||||||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Numerator: | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (2,417,000 | ) | $ | 5,283,000 | $ | 7,421,000 | |||||
Denominator: | ||||||||||||
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding | 20,818,898 | 24,081,186 | 27,674,221 | |||||||||
Effect of dilutive stock options & warrants | — | 4,149,305 | 3,372,835 | |||||||||
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding | 20,818,898 | 28,230,491 | 31,047,056 | |||||||||
Net income (loss) per share: | ||||||||||||
Basic | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | 0.22 | $ | 0.27 | |||||
Diluted | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.24 | |||||
Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income
The composition of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of related taxes are as follows:
February 28, 2006 | February 28, 2007 | |||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments | $ | (30,000 | ) | $ | 43,000 | |||
Unrealized loss on marketable securities | (98,000 | ) | (70,000 | ) | ||||
$ | (128,000 | ) | $ | (27,000 | ) |
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Common Stock Issuances
During the year ended February 28, 2005, the Company issued 150,000 shares of common stock as payment for services and 625,000 shares as payment for compensation.
During the year ended February 28, 2006, the Company agreed to issue 350,000 shares of common stock as payment for services.
During the year ended February 28, 2005, the Company sold 1,469,927 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 441,003 shares of common stock for aggregate consideration of $1,514,000. The net proceeds of the private placement were $1,278,000 after fees, expenses and other costs. In connection with the private placement, the Company issued warrants to purchase 293,985 shares of common stock to its placement agent. All of the warrants issued in the private placement are exercisable over a five-year term at an exercise price of $1.50 per share.
On April 13, 2005, the Company received $500,000 in connection with the sale of 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to its joint venture partner. The common shares were issued in this transaction at a price of $1.67 per share in a private transaction.
During the year ended February 28, 2006, in connection with the Exhibitions International, LLC acquisition, the Company issued the following securities: (1) 200,000 shares of the Company stock, valued at $1.54 per share; and (2) 300,000 warrants to acquire Company common stock with a three year term, each of which is for 100,000 shares with at respective strike prices of $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75.
In October 2005, the Company completed a private placement of its securities, in which the Company sold units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock. Each unit consisted of 20,000 shares of common stock at a price of $1.67 per share and a five-year warrant to purchase 13,320 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.50 per share. The units sold in the October 2005 private placement represented a total of 4,956,577 shares of the Company’s common stock. This total consists of 2,975,136 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase up to 1,981,441 shares of common stock. The warrants provide for customary anti-dilution adjustments in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, and recapitalizations. The warrants do not confer any voting rights or any other shareholder rights.
On October 1, 2005, the company entered into two three-year consulting agreements for investor relations services with a firm and an individual which required monthly cash consulting fees of $52,250 in October 2005, November 2005 and December 2005. Thereafter, consulting fees are $22,250 per month during the first year and reduce to $13,000 for the remaining term. These agreements required the Company to issue 350,000 shares of common stock and 250,000 five-year warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share. The fair value of the warrants was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and is being amortized over the three-year agreement term. The Company recorded $428,000 and $178,000 in consulting expense related to these two agreements during the year ended February 28, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The common stock and the common stock underlying the warrants have piggyback registration rights.
During the year ended February 28, 2007, the Company received approximately $1,930,000 from the exercise of 1,087,436 warrants to purchase shares of common stock at exercise prices ranging from $1.25 to $2.50 per share.
During the year ended February 28, 2007, the Company issued an aggregate of 50,000 shares of common stock to two of its Directors (25,000 shares each) in connection with their appointment to the Company’s Board of Directors.
Note 6. | Stock Options |
In April 2000, the Company adopted an incentive stock option plan (the “2000 Plan”) under which options to purchase 3,000,000 shares of common stock may be granted to certain key employees, directors and consultants. The exercise price of the options granted is based on the fair market value of such shares as determined by the board
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of directors at the date of the grant of such options. In December 2003, the Company adopted a second incentive stock option plan (the “2004 Plan”) under which options to purchase 3,000,000 shares of common stock may be granted to certain key employees, directors and consultants. The exercise price was based on the fair market value of such shares as determined by the board of directors at the date of the grant of such options.
On October 16, 2005 the Company’s Board of Directors adopted resolutions to: (i) amend the 2000 Stock Option Plan to reduce the number of authorized but unissued options available for issuance under the 2000 Plan by 1,370,000; and (ii) amend the 2004 Plan to reduce the number of authorized but unissued options available for issuance under the 2004 Plan by 1,030,000. The net effect of these resolutions will be to reduce the aggregate available authorized but unissued options available under the Company’s shareholder approved stock option plans by 2,400,000.
On August 18, 2006, the Company’s stockholders approved an Amendment to the Company’s 2004 Stock Option Plan to increase the authorized number of shares available for issuance by 1,000,000.
The following table summarizes activity under the Company’s equity incentive plans for the years February 28, 2005, February 28, 2006, and February 28, 2007
February 28, 2005 | February 28, 2006 | February 28, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted | Weighted | Weighted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of | Average | Number of | Average | Number of | Average | |||||||||||||||||||
Unexercised | Exercise | Unexercised | Exercise | Unexercised | Exercise | |||||||||||||||||||
Options | Price | Options | Price | Options | Price | |||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding at beginning of year | 4,450,000 | $ | 0.89 | 2,350,000 | $ | 0.36 | 3,546,672 | $ | 1.05 | |||||||||||||||
Granted | 700,000 | 1.64 | 1,503,846 | 2.04 | 780,000 | 4.05 | ||||||||||||||||||
Exercised | — | (224,174 | ) | 0.73 | (1,247,966 | ) | 0.56 | |||||||||||||||||
Cancelled | (2,800,000 | ) | 1.90 | (83,000 | ) | 0.32 | (86,667 | ) | 2.01 | |||||||||||||||
Outstanding at end of year | 2,350,000 | $ | 0.36 | 3,546,672 | $ | 1.05 | 2,992,039 | $ | 2.00 | |||||||||||||||
In May 2001, the Company granted an option to purchase 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.88 per share to its Vice President and Director of Operations. This option has a5-year maturity from the date of grant. This option was canceled by its term ninety days after the employee’s resignation during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2003.
In February 2002, the Company granted an option to purchase 600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.40 per share to its former Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, with a10-year maturity from the date of grant.
In February 2002, the Company granted an option to purchase 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.40 per share to its President and Chief Executive Officer. This option has a10-year maturity from the date of grant.
In February 2002, the Company reset the option strike price for 300,000 outstanding options owned by its directors to $0.40.
During August 2004, two officers of the Company, its President and Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of Finance, as requested by the Company’s investment banker, exchanged options that they held for common stock at a ratio of two options for the issuance of one share of common stock. The purpose of this transaction was to make available more common shares to be sold in a private placement of the Company’s securities. The Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer exchanged 1.2 million options for 600,000 shares of common stock to vest over a two-year period. The Company’s Vice President of Finance exchanged 600,000 options for 300,000 shares of common stock to be vested over at two-year period.
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During the year ended February 29, 2004, the Company granted options to employees and directors on 950,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at exercise prices of $0.28 to $0.32 per share. These options have a10-year maturity from the date of grant.
During the year ended February 28, 2005, the Company granted options to employees and directors on 700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.64 per share. These options have a10-year maturity from the date of grant.
During the year ended February 28, 2006, the Company granted options to employees, directors, and consultants on 1,503,846 shares of the Company’s common stock at exercise prices of $0.85 to $3.65 per share. These options have a10-year maturity from the date of grant.
As of February 28, 2007, options to purchase 955,000 shares of common stock are outstanding under the 2000 Plan and 2,037,039 shares of common stock under the 2004 Plan. The following table summarizes the information about all stock options outstanding at February 28, 2007:
Options Outstanding | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted | Options Exercisable | |||||||||||||||||||
Options | Average | Options | ||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding | Remaining | Weighted- | Exercisable | Weighted- | ||||||||||||||||
at | Contractual | Average | at | Average | ||||||||||||||||
February 28, | Life | Exercise | February 28, | Exercise | ||||||||||||||||
Range of Exercise Prices | 2007 | (Years) | Price | 2007 | Price | |||||||||||||||
$.28 to $.32 | 555,800 | 6.79 | $ | 0.31 | 555,800 | $ | 0.31 | |||||||||||||
$.40 to $.65 | 735,000 | 3.93 | $ | 0.40 | 735,000 | $ | 0.40 | |||||||||||||
$.85 to $3.65 | 1,701,239 | 8.78 | $ | 3.24 | 483,033 | $ | 2.42 | |||||||||||||
2,992,039 | 1,773,833 | |||||||||||||||||||
In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“FAS 123R”), which replaces FASB Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“FAS 123”) and supercedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” FAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair values, beginning with the first annual period after June 15, 2005, with early adoption encouraged. The pro forma disclosures previously permitted under FAS 123, no longer are an alternative to financial statement recognition. The Company was required to adopt FAS 123R by March 1, 2006. Under FAS 123R, the Company must determine the appropriate fair value model to be used for valuing share-based payments, the amortization method for compensation cost and the transition method to be used at date of adoption. The Company early adopted the fair value recognition provisions of FAS 123R using the modified prospective transition method requiring it to recognize expense related to the fair value of our stock-based compensation awards during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2006. The adoption of FAS 123R did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
The Company has historically used, and continues to use, the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock options granted. This model assumes that option exercises occur at the end of an option’s contractual term, and that expected volatility, expected dividends, and risk-free interest rates are constant over the option’s term.
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The Company used the following weighted-average assumptions under the Black-Scholes model for its fiscal years ended February 28, 2005, 2006 and 2007:
2005 | 2005 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Dividend yield: | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||
Expected volatility: | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||||
Risk-free interest rate: | 4.75 | % | 4.75 | % | 6.00 | % | ||||||
Expected lives: | 6.07 | 8.00 | 10.00 |
The Company based its risk-free interest rate assumption on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant. The Company has historically not declared dividends and does not intend to do so in the future. As such, the Company assumed the dividend yield would be zero in its model.
The Company accounts for all other issuances of common stock, stock options, warrants or other equity instruments to employees and non-employees as the consideration for goods or services received by the Company based on the fair value of the equity instruments issued (unless the fair value of the consideration received can be more reliably measured. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to determine the fair value of any options, warrants or similar equity instruments issued by the Company.
Total compensation expense for the Company’s employee stock options, included in “general and administrative expense” on the Company’s Statement of Operations was approximately $256,000 and $1,367,000 during the years ended February 28, 2006 and 2007, respectively. Unamortized employee stock option expense totaled approximately $3,526,000 at February 28, 2007 and the Company will amortize this expense through the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, when the last presently issued option has fully vested.
The Company recognized a 100% valuation allowance against deferred tax assets relating to the exercise of employee stock options during the years ended February 28, 2006 and 2007.
The weighted-average fair value of stock options granted is based on a theoretical statistical model using the preceding Black-Scholes option pricing model. In actuality, because the Company’s stock options do not trade on a secondary exchange, employees can receive no value or derive any benefit from holding stock options under these arrangements without an increase in the market price of the Company. Such an increase in stock price would benefit all stockholders commensurately.
Note 7. | Litigation and Other Legal Matters |
Status of International Treaty Concerning the Titanic Wreck
The U.S. Department of State and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce are working together to implement an international treaty with the governments of the United Kingdom, France and Canada concerning the Titanic wreck site. If implemented in this country, this treaty could affect the way the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia monitors ourSalvor-in-Possession rights to the Titanic. These rights include the exclusive right to explore the wreck site, claim possession of and perhaps title to artifacts recovered from the site, restore and display recovered artifacts, and make other use of the wreck. The Company has raised numerous objections to the U.S. Department of State regarding the participation of the U.S. in efforts to reach an agreement governing salvage activities with respect to the Titanic. The treaty, as drafted, does not recognize the Company’s existingSalvor-in-Possession rights to the Titanic. The United Kingdom signed the treaty in November 2003, and the U.S. signed the treaty in June 2004. For the treaty to take effect, the U.S. must enact implementing legislation. As no implementing legislation has been passed, the treaty currently has no binding legal effect.
Several years ago the Company initiated legal action to protect its rights to the Titanic wreck site from this treaty. On April 3, 2000, the Company filed a motion for declaratory judgment in U.S. District Court for the Eastern
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District of Virginia asking that the court declare unconstitutional the efforts of the U.S. to implement the treaty. On September 15, 2000, the court ruled that the Company’s motion was not ripe for consideration and that the Company may renew its motion when and if the treaty is agreed to and signed by the parties, final guidelines are drafted, and Congress passes implementing legislation. As discussed above, the treaty has been finalized and is not yet in effect because Congress has not adopted implementing legislation, thus it is not yet time for the Company to refile its motion. Neither the implementation of the treaty nor the Company’s decision whether to refile the legal action regarding its constitutionality will likely have an impact on the Company’s ownership interest over the artifacts that it has already recovered.
As discussed in more detail below, in light of a January 31, 2006 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, title to the 1,800 artifacts recovered by the Company during the 1987 expedition now rests firmly with the Company; title to the remaining artifacts in the Company’s collection will be resolved by theSalvor-in-Possession legal proceedings pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Status ofSalvor-in-Possession and Interim Salvage Award Proceedings
On April 12, 2002, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed two orders of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in the Company’s ongoingSalvor-in-Possession case. These orders, dated September 26, 2001 and October 19, 2001, respectively, restricted the sale of artifacts recovered by the Company from the Titanic wreck site. In its opinion, the appellate court reviewed and declared ambiguous the June 1994 order of the district court that had awarded ownership to the Company of all items then salvaged from the wreck of the Titanic as well as all items to be salvaged in the future so long as the Company remainedSalvor-in-Possession. Having found the June 1994 order ambiguous, the court of appeals reinterpreted the order to convey only possession, not title, pending determination of a salvage award. On October 7, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Company’s petition of appeal.
On May 17, 2004, the Company appeared before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for a pre-trial hearing to address issues in preparation for an interim salvage award trial. At that hearing, the Company confirmed its intent to retain itsSalvor-in-Possession rights in order to exclusively recover and preserve artifacts from the wreck site of the Titanic. In addition, the Company stated its intent to conduct another expedition to the wreck site. As a result of that hearing, on July 2, 2004, the court rendered an opinion and order in which it held that it would not recognize the 1993 Proces-Verbal, pursuant to which the government of France granted the Company title to all artifacts recovered from the wreck site during the 1987 expedition. The court also held that the Company would not be permitted to present evidence at the interim salvage award trial for the purpose of arguing that it should be awarded title to the Titanic artifacts through the law of finds.
The Company appealed the July 2, 2004 Court Order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. On January 31, 2006, the Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s decision to invalidate the 1993 Proces-Verbal, pursuant to which the government of France granted the Company title to all artifacts recovered from the wreck site during the 1987 expedition. As a result, the court tacitly reconfirmed that the Company owns the 1,800 artifacts recovered during the 1987 expedition. The appellate court affirmed that the lower court’s ruling held that the Company will not be permitted to present evidence at the interim salvage award trial for the purpose of arguing that it should be awarded title to the remainder of the Titanic artifacts through the law of finds.
Other Ongoing Litigation
On April 28, 2006, Stefano Arts filed an action against the Company in the State Court of Fulton County, State of Georgia. Stefano Arts alleges that the Company breached a contract which allegedly calls for it to pay to Stefano Arts moneys generated from its human anatomy exhibition in Tampa, Florida and additional moneys generated from its exhibition in New York City. Although the Company intends to vigorously defend itself, the outcome of this matter cannot be predicted.
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On August 22, 2006, the Company filed an action entitledRMS Titanic, Inc. v. Georgette Alithinos, International Advantage, Inc. and Renaissance Entertainment, EPEin the Circuit Court of the State of Florida for Hillsborough County, pursuant to which it alleges damages stemming from the defendants’ failure to compensate the Company for moneys due under a contract for the presentation of a Titanic exhibition in Athens, Greece. The Company has alleged breach of contract, fraud, conversion, and breach of fiduciary duty in its complaint. Only one of the three defendants has been served and the Company cannot predict the outcome of the case.
Settled Litigation
In October 2005, Exhibit Human: The Wonders Within, Inc. filed for binding arbitration against the Company in an action entitledExhibit Human: The Wonders Within, Inc. and RMS Titanic, Inc. In its claim, Exhibit Human alleges that the Company breached its contract with Exhibit Human pursuant to which the Company acquired a license to exhibit certain anatomical specimens that it presents in the Company’s “Bodies Revealed” exhibition. Later that month, the Company filed a counterclaim against Exhibit Human in which it alleged that Exhibit Human breached its obligations to the Company under the same contract.
On April 6, 2006, the Company also filed an action entitledPremier Exhibitions, Inc. v. Exhibit Human: The Wonders Within, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia pursuant to which the Company was seeking a declaratory judgment finding that the parties reached an enforceable agreement for the acquisition of certain licensing rights to the anatomical specimens that it presents in its “Bodies Revealed” exhibition. On December 19, 2006, the court granted summary judgment to Exhibit Human. It held proper jurisdiction over this matter lies with the arbitrator, not the court.
On March 6, 2007, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims with Exhibit Human: The Wonders Within, Inc. settling the outstanding arbitration and litigation between the parties. The terms of the settlement agreement are confidential.
Note 8. | Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt |
Two of the Company’s shareholders lent the Company an aggregate of $500,000 on May 5, 2004. The loan was unsecured, and it had a term of five years. The interest rate for the loan was the prime rate plus six percent. The loan required quarterly payments of principal in the amount of $25,000 and accrued interest. In consideration of the loan, the Company also issued an aggregate of 30,000 shares of its common stock to these shareholders. This stock was valued at $35,000 and was recorded as a deferred financing cost and was amortized to interest expense over the term of the loan. This loan was repaid during the year ended February 28, 2007.
In April 2005, the Company entered into a term sheet with SAM Tour (USA), Inc. for a joint venture to co-produce four exhibitions for four domestic markets with a major entertainment producer. The joint venture partner provided the Company with $2,425,000 of funding. $1,000,000 of this funding was a credit facility provided to the Company. This joint venture arrangement provided the Company with minimum exhibition revenue guarantees and revenue participation and included provisions for repayment of the advance funding. The Company provided a general security interest over its assets as part of this transaction. The credit facility was repayable quarterly in the amount of $100,000 in 2005 commencing September 30th and $150,000 in 2006 and thereafter and accrued interest at the rate of ten percent per annum and was repayable in full on September 30, 2006. In December 2005, the Company’s joint venture partner exercised its option to extend for two additional exhibitions which caused the exhibition guarantee amounts to be set off against principal and interest payment obligations on this $1,000,000 credit facility. As of the option exercise date, there were no principal and interest payments remitted to the joint venture partner.
The Company re-payed the $2,425,000 promissory note in tranches as it opened new exhibitions. As of February 28, 2007, there was no balance outstanding on the promissory note.
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On September 20, 2006, the Company finalized the terms of an agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed to work with Sam Tour (USA), Inc., JAM Exhibitions, LLC and Concert Productions International, referred to collectively as “JAM”, to jointly present human anatomy exhibitions. Previously, the Company had worked with JAM in accordance with an April 2005 term sheet that the Company terminated on September 7, 2006.
Pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to jointly present nine human anatomy exhibitions with JAM. This number includes eight exhibitions that have already commenced (Tampa, New York, Atlanta, Mexico City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Amsterdam, and Washington D.C.) as well as one exhibition for which the location has not yet been finalized (exhibition nine). Five exhibitions under the agreement have been completed and have since closed (Tampa, Atlanta, Mexico City, Seattle, and Amsterdam).
With respect to each exhibition the Company jointly presents with JAM, the Company is responsible for producing the exhibition, as well as exhibition design and installation, including providing exhibition expertise, exhibitry and specimens, and JAM is responsible for marketing and operations. JAM will finance all costs of each jointly presented exhibition. After JAM has recouped its costs from an exhibition’s revenue, the profits from such exhibition will be split equally between the Company and JAM. Thereafter, additional profits will be calculated on a scale that favors the Company. In addition, JAM paid the Company a $500,000 license fee for the Seattle exhibition (exhibition six) and a $1,000,000 license fee for the Amsterdam exhibition (exhibition seven). If a jointly presented exhibition is extended beyond six months, JAM will pay the Company additional fees equal to $83,333 per month (determined on a pro rata basis) with respect to such extended exhibition. In addition, the agreement provides that, for a one-year period following the closing of the last jointly presented exhibition, JAM will not compete directly or indirectly with the Company in the presentation of a human anatomy exhibition.
On June 30, 2006, the Company finalized a $2,500,000 revolving line of credit facility with Bank of America, N.A. The credit facility replaced in its entirety the Company’s prior $750,000 revolving line of credit facility with Bank of America.
The credit facility, which is evidenced by a note and agreement made by the Company in favor of Bank of America, allows the Company to make revolving borrowings of up to $2,500,000 during its term. Interest under the credit facility is calculated from the date of each advance to the Company and is equal to Bank of America’s prime rate. Under the credit facility, the Company must make interest only payments monthly and the outstanding principal amount plus all accrued but unpaid interest is payable in full at the expiration of the credit facility on June 27, 2007. The credit facility requires the Company to maintain, on a consolidated basis, a debt service coverage ratio of at least 2.5 to 1.0 and a ratio of current assets to current liabilities of at least 3.0 to 1.0. The credit facility is secured by all of the Company’s property and contains customary representations, warranties and covenants. The Company was in compliance with all of the credit facility’s covenants as of February 28, 2007.
As of February 28, 2007, no amounts were outstanding under the credit facility.
Note 9. | Commitments and Contingencies |
On February 21, 2006, the Company executed an employment agreement with its new Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The employment agreement is for a three-year term and provides for an annual base salary of $210,000 per year, with annual 7% increases.
On March 14, 2006, the Company executed an employment agreement with its Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel. The employment agreement is for a three-year term and provides for an annual base salary of $173,250 per year.
On March 14, 2006, the Company entered into an amendment to its August 4, 2003 employment agreement with its Vice President — Exhibitions. The original employment agreement was for a three-year term and provided for an annual base salary of $150,000 per year, with annual 5% increases. The amendment extends the term of employment agreement for an additional three years from January 27, 2006, the effective date of the Amendment.
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On April 11, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved an extension of the employment agreement of the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer for an additional two-year period expiring February 4, 2011.
Lease Arrangements
The Company has a non-cancelable operating lease for the rental of each set of its specimens used in its exhibitions. The leases are payable quarterly for a term of one-year with five annual options to extend.
The Company has non-cancelable operating leases for office space. The leases are subject to escalation for the Company’s pro rata share of increases in real estate taxes and operating costs. During the fiscal year ended February 28, 2005, the Company entered into another non-cancelable operating lease for warehouse space through December 31, 2007.
The lease for the Company’s principal executive offices was amended a second time on November 8, 2005 when the leased space was increased to approximately 6,100 square feet. The first amended lease provided for base annual lease payments of $110,591 with a 2.5% annual adjustment. The second amended lease, which increased the Company’s office space by approximately 1,400 square feet, requires the Company to pay an additional total of approximately $82,000 over the duration of the lease. The lease was amended a third time when the leased space was increased to approximately 9,600 square feet. The third amendment requires the Company to pay an additional total of approximately $261,000 over the duration of the lease.
Rent expense charged to operations under these leases was as follows:
Year Ended February 28, | ||||||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Real estate fixed rentals | $ | 124,000 | $ | 207,000 | $ | 303,000 | ||||||
Specimen fixed rentals | — | 1,250,000 | 4,093,000 | |||||||||
$ | 124,000 | $ | 1,457,000 | $ | 4,396,000 |
Aggregate minimum rental commitments at February 28, 2007, are as follows:
Fiscal Year | ||||
2008 | $ | 5,303,000 | ||
2009 | 5,257,000 | |||
2010 | 5,000,000 | |||
2011 | 3,750,000 | |||
2012 | — | |||
Thereafter | — | |||
$ | 19,310,000 | |||
Note 10. | Related Party Transactions |
Two of the Company’s shareholders lent the Company an aggregate of $500,000 on May 5, 2004. The loan was unsecured and has a term of five years. The interest rate for the loan was the prime rate plus six percent. The loan required quarterly payments of principal in the amount of $25,000 and accrued interest. In consideration of the loan, the Company also issued an aggregate of 30,000 shares of its common stock to these shareholders. This stock was valued at $35,000 and was recorded as a deferred financing cost and was amortized to interest expense over the term of the loan. This loan was repaid during the year ended February 28, 2007.
On February 28, 2007, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary RMS Titanic, Inc. entered into a purchase agreement with Seaventures Ltd. (“SV”) pursuant to which SV acquired from the Company all of its ownership
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interest in the RMS Carpathia for $3,000,000. Of such amount, $500,000 was paid to the Company on the date the Sale Agreement was entered into, with the balance of the purchase price being due and payable by SV to the Company on or before February 29, 2008. The principal of SV, Joseph Marsh, is also a holder of more than 5% of the Company’s common stock. The above referenced agreements were negotiated by the Company on an arms-length basis.
The Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer’s wife, is a consultant to the Company and received payments for services of approximately $250,000 during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2007. The Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer’s wife provides consulting on the Company’s exhibition design, development and installation and catalog design and development. In addition, royalty payments on the sale of the Company’s exhibition catalogs of approximately $154,000 were paid to her during the year ended February 28, 2007 by the Company and the Company’s co-presentation partner pursuant to a royalty agreement with the Company.
Note 11. | Acquisitions |
In March 2005, the Company, through a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary, Premier Acquisitions, Inc. (“PAI”), a Nevada corporation, acquired all the membership interests in Exhibitions International, LLC (“EI”), a Nevada LLC. EI held certain exclusive licensing rights to certain anatomical specimens and exhibitry that would significantly broaden the Company’s offerings in its human anatomy educational exhibition business. The acquisition of EI was completed as follows: (1) payment of $1,500,000 by PAI for 100% of the membership interests of EI; (2) payment by PAI of a debt of EI in the amount of $582,000; (3) the assumption of $750,000 of debt; (4) the issuance of 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, valued at $1.54 per share; and (5) the issuance to EI of two-year warrants to acquire 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, which warrants have respective strike prices of $1.25 (with respect to 100,000 shares of common stock), $1.50 (with respect to 100,000 shares of common stock), and $1.75 (with respect to 100,000 shares of common stock). The common stock underlying the warrants has piggyback registration rights.
The fair value of the two-year warrants for EI to acquire 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:
Expected life of options: | 2 years | |||
Risk-free interest rate: | 4.75 | % | ||
Expected volatility: | 100.0 | % | ||
Expected dividend yield: | $ | -0- |
The estimated value of these warrants is approximately $299,000, which was recorded in exhibition licenses in the Company’s financial statements. These warrants were exercised during the year ended February 28, 2007, yielding the Company proceeds of $450,000.
Note 12. Employee Savings Plans
Effective March 2004, the Company adopted the RMS Titanic, Inc. 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan under section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Under the Plan, all employees eligible to participate may elect to contribute up to the lesser of 12% of their salary or the maximum allowed under the Code. All employees who are at least age 21 and have completed 1,000 hours of service are eligible. The Company may elect to make contributions to the Plan at the discretion of the Board of Directors. During the fiscal year ended February 28, 2007, the Company made no contributions to the plan. The Plan name has been changed to Premier Exhibitions 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan.
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Note 13. | Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) |
Quarter Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
As Originally | As | As | As | |||||||||||||||||
Reported | As Restated | Reported | Reported | Reported | ||||||||||||||||
May 31, | May 31, | August 31, | November 30, | February 28, | ||||||||||||||||
Fiscal 2006 | 2006 | 2006 | 2006 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 5,824,000 | $ | 5,824,000 | $ | 6,278,000 | $ | 7,946,000 | $ | 10,039,000 | ||||||||||
Expenses | 4,043,000 | 4,060,000 | (1) | 4,078,000 | 4,347,000 | 5,443,000 | ||||||||||||||
Net income | 1,074,000 | 1,064,000 | (1) | 1,329,000 | 2,200,000 | 2,828,000 | ||||||||||||||
Basic income per common share | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.10 | |||||||||||||||
Diluted income per common share | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.09 |
Quarter Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As Originally | As Originally | As Originally | As Originally | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reported | As Restated | Reported | As Restated | Reported | As Restated | Reported | As Restated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
May 31, | May 31, | August 31, | August 31, | November 30, | November 30, | February 28, | February 28, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fiscal 2006 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2006 | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 2,532,000 | $ | 2,532,000 | $ | 3,734,000 | $ | 3,734,000 | $ | 2,772,000 | $ | 2,772,000 | $ | 4,003,000 | $ | 4,003,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Expenses | 2,064,000 | 1,996,000 | (1) | 2,197,000 | 2,214,000 | (1) | 2,852,000 | 2,869,000 | (1) | 3,287,000 | 3,305,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | 455,000 | 438,000 | (1) | 1,503,000 | 1,486,000 | (1) | 107,000 | 90,000 | (1) | 2,883,000 | 3,269,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Basic income per common share | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.06 | (1) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted income per common share | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
Quarter Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As Originally | As Originally | As Originally | As Originally | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reported | As Restated | Reported | As Restated | Reported | As Restated | Reported | As Restated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
May 31, | May 31, | August 31, | August 31, | November 30, | November 30, | February 28, | February 28, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fiscal 2005 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2005 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 391,000 | $ | 391,000 | $ | 2,381,000 | $ | 2,381,000 | $ | 2,432,000 | $ | 2,432,000 | $ | 1,653,000 | $ | 1,653,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Expenses | 1,263,000 | 1,275,000 | (1) | 2,232,000 | 2,670,000 | (1)(2) | 2,178,000 | 2,521,000 | (1)(2) | 2,263,000 | 2,764,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | (875,000 | ) | (887,000 | )(1) | 134,000 | (304,000 | )(1)(2) | 240,000 | (103,000 | )(1)(2) | (974,000 | ) | (1,123,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Basic income (loss) per common share | (0.05 | ) | (0.05 | ) | 0.01 | (0.02 | )(1)(2) | 0.01 | 0.00 | (1)(2) | (0.04 | ) | (0.05 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diluted income (loss) per common share | (0.05 | ) | (0.05 | ) | 0.01 | (0.02 | )(1)(2) | 0.01 | 0.00 | (1)(2) | (0.04 | ) | (0.05 | ) |
(1) | Restated to record additional amortization for exhibition licenses acquired by the Company in April 2004. | |
(2) | Restated to record internally developedSalvor-in-Possession rights as an expense when incurred. | |
(3) | Restated to adjust the deferred tax asset relating to the company’s realization of net operating loss carry forward for the increased tax benefit. | |
(4) | On November 30, 2005, the Company sold a 3% ownership interest in the RMS Carpathia to Legal Access Technologies, Inc. for $500,000. In addition, the Company sold it a twenty-five year license to conduct joint expeditions with the Company to the Carpathia for the purpose of exploring and salvaging the Carpathia for $200,000. Under the terms of this agreement, Legal Access Technologies, Inc. was obligated to make payments under a payment schedule of $100,000 on December 12, 2005 and the balance of $400,000 on February 15, 2006. In the event of default, the Company had the option to terminate this agreement. The Company reflected this transaction as a gain on the sale of the Carpathia interest of $459,000 during the quarter ended November 30, 2005. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Legal Access Technologies, Inc. was obligated to make the following scheduled payments to the Company: (i) $100,000 on December 12, 2005; and (ii) $400,000 on February 15, 2006. The $100,000 payment was collateralized with 1,400,000 shares of Legal |
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Access Technologies, Inc.’s common stock, which satisfied its obligation to make the first payment. Legal Access Technologies, Inc. failed to make the second scheduled payment and, on April 3, 2006, the Company terminated its agreement with the Legal Access Technologies, Inc. In accordance with the agreement, the Company retained the collateral in the form of Legal Access Technologies, Inc.’s common stock. As a result of this default and the Company’s subsequent termination of the agreement, the Company reversed the gain of $459,000 net of the gain from the retention of the marketable securities of $168,000 that was recognized during our quarter ended November 30, 2005. |
Note 14. | Restated Financial Statements |
The Company has amended its financial statements for its fiscal years ended February 28, 2006 and February 28, 2005 to reflect a restatement of its consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended.
The restatement was made by the Company in order to more appropriately apply Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” in accounting for the Company’sSalvor-in-Possession rights as well as certain of its exhibition licenses.
The Company previously accounted for itsSalvor-in-Possession rights as an asset. However, since the Company’sSalvor-in-Possession rights are an internally developed intangible asset, the Company has determined that under SFAS No. 142 that such asset should have been recognized by the Company as an expense when incurred.
In addition, in accounting for exhibition licenses, the Company has recorded additional amortization in the fiscal years ended February 28, 2006 and 2005 as well as in the quarter ended May 31, 2006 for exhibition licenses acquired by the Company in April 2004. The Company had not recorded amortization on this asset because of ongoing litigation. However, the Company subsequently has determined that amortization on this asset should have been recorded over its useful life, which commenced in April 2004.
As a result of the reclassifications set forth above, the Company has adjusted its deferred tax asset relating to its realization of net operating loss carry forward for the increased tax benefit.
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The table below reconciles the amounts previously reported by the Company to the restated amounts for the year ended February 28, 2005:
As Originally | Effect of | |||||||||||
Reported | As Restated | Restatement | ||||||||||
Consolidated Balance Sheet — February 28, 2005 | ||||||||||||
Salvor-in-possession rights | 879,000 | — | (879,000 | )(2) | ||||||||
Exhibition licenses | 685,000 | 622,000 | (63,000 | )(1) | ||||||||
Accumulated deficit | (12,665,000 | ) | (13,607,000 | ) | (942,000 | ) | ||||||
Consolidated Statements of Operations — for the year ended February 28, 2005 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 378,000 | 441,000 | 63,000 | (1) | ||||||||
Expedition costs | — | 879,000 | 879,000 | (2) | ||||||||
Net Income | (1,475,000 | ) | (2,417,000 | ) | (942,000 | ) | ||||||
Basic income (loss) per common share | (0.07 | ) | (0.12 | ) | (0.05 | ) | ||||||
Diluted income (loss) per common share | (0.07 | ) | (0.12 | ) | (0.05 | ) | ||||||
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — for the year ended February 28, 2005 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 378,000 | 441,000 | 63,000 | (1) | ||||||||
Increase (decrease) in prepaid expenses and other current assets | (1,264,000 | ) | (1,031,000 | ) | 233,000 | (1) | ||||||
Purchase of exibition licenses | — | (233,000 | ) | (233,000 | )(1) | |||||||
Investement insalvor-in-possession rights | 879,000 | — | (879,000 | )(2) | ||||||||
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities | 595,000 | (51,000 | ) | (646,000 | ) | |||||||
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities | (1,613,000 | ) | (967,000 | ) | 646,000 | |||||||
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Loss — for the year ended February 28, 2005 | ||||||||||||
Net loss | (1,475,000 | ) | (2,417,000 | ) | (942,000 | ) |
(1) | Restated to record additional amortization for exhibition licenses acquired by the Company in April 2004 | |
(2) | Restated to record internally developedsalvor-in-possession rights as an expense when incurred. | |
(3) | Restated to adjust the deferred tax asset relating to the company’s realization of net operating loss carry forward for the increased tax benefit. |
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The table below reconciles the amounts previously reported by the Company to the restated amounts for the year ended February 28, 2006:
As Originally | Effect of | |||||||||||
Reported | As Restated | Restatement | ||||||||||
Consolidated Balance Sheet — February 28, 2006 | ||||||||||||
Salvor-in-possession rights | 879,000 | — | (879,000 | )(2) | ||||||||
Exhibition licenses | 3,607,000 | 3,475,000 | (132,000 | )(1) | ||||||||
Deferred income taxes | 2,100,000 | 2,504,000 | 404,000 | (3) | ||||||||
Accumulated deficit | (7,717,000 | ) | (8,324,000 | ) | (607,000 | ) | ||||||
Consolidated Statements of Operations — for the year ended February 28, 2006 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 911,000 | 980,000 | 69,000 | (1) | ||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (2,100,000 | ) | (2,504,000 | ) | (404,000 | )(3) | ||||||
Net Income | 4,948,000 | 5,283,000 | 335,000 | |||||||||
Basic income (loss) per common share | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.01 | |||||||||
Diluted income (loss) per common share | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.01 | |||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — for the year ended February 28, 2006 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 911,000 | 980,000 | 69,000 | (1) | ||||||||
Increase (decrease) in deferred income taxes | (2,100,000 | ) | (2,504,000 | ) | (404,000 | )(3) | ||||||
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (loss) — for the year ended February 28, 2006 | ||||||||||||
Net Income | 4,948,000 | 5,283,000 | 335,000 |
(1) | Restated to record additional amortization for exhibition licenses acquired by the Company in April 2004 | |
(2) | Restated to record internally developedsalvor-in-possession rights as an expense when incurred. | |
(3) | Restated to adjust the deferred tax asset relating to the company’s realization of net operating loss carry forward for the increased tax benefit. |
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ITEM 9. | CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE |
Not applicable.
ITEM 9A. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this annual report onForm 10-K. Based on such evaluation, our President and Chief Executive Officer and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by thisForm 10-K that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange ActRule 13a-15(f). Our internal control system was designed under the supervision of our president and chief executive officer and our vice president and chief financial officer and with the participation of management in order to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and our preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
All internal control systems, no matter how well designed and tested, have inherent limitations, including, among other things, the possibility of human error, circumvention or disregard. Therefore, even those systems of internal control that have been determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance that the objectives of the control system are met and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Under the supervision of our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and with the participation of management, we conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria set forth in “Internal Control — Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on an assessment of such criteria, management concluded that, as of February 28, 2007, we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of February 28, 2007 has been audited by Kempisty & Company, Certified Public Accountants, P.C., an independent registered public accounting firm. Kempisty & Company’s attestation report is included in Part II, Item 8 of this annual report onForm 10-K.
ITEM 9B. | OTHER INFORMATION |
Not applicable.
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PART III.
ITEM 10. | DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE. |
Except as set forth below, the information required by this Item 10 is: (i) incorporated into thisForm 10-K by reference to our proxy statement to be issued in connection with our Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on August 15, 2007 under the headings “Election of Directors,” “Corporate Governance” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” which proxy statement will be filed within 120 days after the year ended February 28, 2007; and (ii) set forth under “Directors and Executive Officers” in Item 4 of Part I.
We have adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer. Our Code of Ethics also applies to all of our other employees and, as set forth therein, to our directors. Our Code of Ethics is posted on our website atwww.prxi.comunder the heading “The Company”. We intend to satisfy any disclosure requirements pursuant to Item 5.05 ofForm 8-K regarding any amendment to, or a waiver from, certain provisions of our Code of Ethics by posting such information on our website under “The Company.”
ITEM 11. | EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. |
The information required by this Item 11 is incorporated into thisForm 10-K by reference to our proxy statement to be issued in connection with our Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on August 15, 2007 under the headings “Executive Compensation” and “Corporate Governance,” which proxy statement will be filed within 120 days after the year ended February 28, 2007.
ITEM 12. | SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS. |
Except as set forth below, the information required by this Item 12 is incorporated into thisForm 10-K by reference to our proxy statement to be issued in connection with our Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on August 15, 2007 under the heading “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management,” which proxy statement will be filed within 120 days after the year ended February 28, 2007.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans as of February 28, 2007
Equity Compensation Plan Information
Number of Securities | ||||||||||||
Remaining Available for | ||||||||||||
Number of Securities to | Weighted-Average | Future Issuance Under | ||||||||||
be Issued Upon Exercise | Exercise Price of | Equity Compensation | ||||||||||
of Outstanding Options, | Outstanding Options, | Plans (Excluding Securities | ||||||||||
Plan Category | Warrants and Rights | Warrants and Rights | Reflected in Column (a)) | |||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | ||||||||||
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders | 2,992,039 | $ | 2.00 | 71,668 | ||||||||
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders | — | — | — | |||||||||
Total | 2,992,039 | $ | 2.00 | 71,668 | ||||||||
ITEM 13. | CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE. |
The information required by this Item 13 is incorporated into thisForm 10-K by reference to our proxy statement to be issued in connection with our Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on August 15, 2007 under
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the headings “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Corporate Governance,” which proxy statement will be filed within 120 days after the year ended February 28, 2007.
ITEM 14. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES. |
The information required by this Item 14 is incorporated into thisForm 10-K by reference to our proxy statement to be issued in connection with our Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on August 15, 2007 under the heading “Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,” which proxy statement will be filed within 120 days after the year ended February 28, 2007.
PART IV.
ITEM 15. | EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES |
The following documents are filed as part of this report:
(a) Financial Statements.
The following financial statements of the Company are included in Item 8 of this Annual Report:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting | p. 33 | |||
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | p. 34 | |||
Consolidated Balance Sheets at February 28, 2006 and February 28, 2007 | p. 35 | |||
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended February 28, 2005, 2006 and 2007 | p. 36 | |||
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended February 28, 2005, 2006 and 2007 | p. 37 | |||
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended February 28, 2005, 2006 and 2007 | p. 38 | |||
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | p. 39 |
(b) Exhibits.
Exhibit | Filed | Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||
No. | Exhibit Description | Herewith | Form | Exhibit | Filing Date | |||||||
2.1 | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 13, 2004, among the Registrant, RMS Titanic, Inc. and RMST Mergersub, Inc. | 8-K | 2.3 | 10-20-04 | ||||||||
3.1 | Articles of Incorporation | 8-K | 3.1 | 10-20-04 | ||||||||
3.2 | Amendment to Articles of Incorporation | SB-2 | 3.2 | 01-05-06 | ||||||||
3.3 | Bylaws | 8-K | 3.2 | 10-20-04 | ||||||||
4.1 | Form of Common Stock Certificate | 8-K/A | 4.1 | 11-01-04 | ||||||||
4.2# | 2004 Stock Option Plan and Form of Stock Option | 8-K | 10.2 | 10-20-04 | ||||||||
4.3# | 2000 Stock Option Plan and Form of Stock Option | 8-K | 10.1 | 10-20-04 | ||||||||
10.1# | Employment Agreement dated February 4, 2002 between the Registrant and Arnie Geller | 10-K | 10.23.8 | 06-18-02 | ||||||||
10.2# | First Amendment, dated April 10, 2004, to Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Arnie Geller | 10-K | 10.50 | 06-15-04 | ||||||||
10.3# | Employment Agreement dated August 4, 2003 between the Registrant and Tom Zaller | 10-K | 10.54 | 06-15-04 | ||||||||
10.4 | Form of Registration Rights Agreement from October 2005 private placement | SB-2 | 10.10 | 01-05-06 |
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Exhibit | Filed | Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||
No. | Exhibit Description | Herewith | Form | Exhibit | Filing Date | |||||||
10.5 | Acquisition Letter Agreement among Premier Acquisitions, Inc. and Exhibitions International, LLC, et al. dated March 7, 2005 | 10-Q | 10.1 | 07-14-05 | ||||||||
10.6 | Commercial Security Agreement dated December 14, 2005 between the Company and Bank of America, N.A. | 8-K | 99.2 | 01-13-06 | ||||||||
10.7 | Settlement Agreement dated January 30, 2006 and approved by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in connection with the settlement of Lawrence D’Addario v. Arnie Geller, Gerald Couture, Joe Marsh and R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. | S-1 | 10.25 | 04-07-06 | ||||||||
10.8# | Employment Agreement dated February 21, 2006 between the Registrant and Stephen Couture | 8-K | 99.1 | 02-24-06 | ||||||||
10.9# | Employment Agreement dated March 14, 2006 | 8-K | 99.1 | 03-20-06 | ||||||||
between the Registrant and Brian Wainger | ||||||||||||
10.10# | First Amendment, dated March 14, 2006, to Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Tom Zaller | 8-K | 99.2 | 03-20-06 | ||||||||
10.11# | Second Amendment, dated March 14, 2006, to Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Arnie Geller | 8-K | 99.3 | 03-20-06 | ||||||||
10.12# | Third Amendment, dated March 21, 2006, to Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Arnie Geller | 8-K | 99.1 | 03-21-06 | ||||||||
10.13 | Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release, dated March 24, 2006, between the Registrant and Plastination Company, Inc. | 8-K | — | 03-31-06 | ||||||||
10.14# | Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated April 11, 2006, between the Registrant and Arnie Geller | 8-K | — | 04-19-06 | ||||||||
10.15 | Form of Exhibition Tour Agreement between the Company and Dr. Hong-Jin Sui and Dr. Shuyan Wang President of Dalian Hoffen Bio Technique Company Limited | 10-K | 10.29 | 06-01-06 | ||||||||
10.16 | Settlement Agreement and Mutual Special Release, dated June 1, 2006, between the Registrant and William Morris Agency | 10-Q | 10.2 | 07-14-06 | ||||||||
10.17 | Note and Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2006, between the Registrant and Bank of America, N.A. | 8-K | 99.1 | 07-07-06 | ||||||||
10.18 | Settlement Agreement, dated September 20, 2006, by and among the Registrant, Sam Tour (USA), Inc., JAM Exhibitions, LLC and Concert Productions International, Inc. | 8-K | 99.1 | 09-21-06 | ||||||||
10.19 | Option Agreement, dated February 28, 2007, between the Registrant and Seaventures, Ltd. | 8-K | 99.2 | 03-02-07 | ||||||||
10.20 | Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated February 28, 2007, between the Registrant and Seaventures, Ltd. | 8-K | 99.1 | 03-02-07 | ||||||||
11.1 | Computation of Earnings Per Share (See Notes to Financial Statements) | X | ||||||||||
21.1 | Subsidiaries of the Registrant | X | ||||||||||
31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | X |
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Exhibit | Filed | Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||
No. | Exhibit Description | Herewith | Form | Exhibit | Filing Date | |||||||
31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | X | ||||||||||
32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | X |
# | Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Premier Exhibitions, Inc.
By: /s/ Arnie Geller | Dated: May 10, 2007 | |||
Arnie Geller President and Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
/s/ Arnie Geller | May 10, 2007 | |
Arnie Geller, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
/s/ Stephen Couture | May 10, 2007 | |
Stephen Couture, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Directore (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | ||
/s/ N. Nick Cretan | May 10, 2007 | |
N. Nick Cretan, Director | ||
/s/ Doug Banker | May 10, 2007 | |
Doug Banker, Director | ||
/s/ Alan Reed | May 10, 2007 | |
Alan Reed, Director |
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