Sale of In-Store Marketing Business and Presentation as Discontinued Operations | 2. Sale of In-Store Marketing Business and Presentation as Discontinued Operations. On August 3, 2023, the Company completed the sale of certain assets and certain liabilities relating to the Company’s In-Store Marketing Business for a price of $3.5 million to TIMIBO LLC, an affiliate of Park Printing, Inc. (the “Buyer”), under an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”). The Company retained accounts receivable, as well as cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. The cash consideration for the sale was subject to a post-closing adjustment depending on the net balance of (i) cash received by the Company for programs that remained unexecuted as of August 3, 2023, minus (ii) the payments made by the Company to vendors for unexecuted programs. The final purchase adjustment for the net balance was to reduce the cash consideration by $1.5 million, with the Company retaining an equal amount of cash that had been received for unexecuted programs. Under the Purchase Agreement, $200,000 was escrowed for a twelve-month period for any future claims, as defined in the Purchase Agreement, by the Buyer against the Company. The gain on sale (before income taxes) of the In-Store Marketing Business was determined as follows: Gross sale price $ 3,500,000 Adjustments per Purchase Agreement (1,555,000 ) Adjusted Price 1,945,000 Liabilities assumed in excess of assets 1,308,000 Transaction costs not previously expensed (209,000 ) Gain on sale of In-Store Marketing Business $ 3,044,000 The Company incurred transaction-related severance and other separation benefits in connection with the termination of certain officers and employees of the discontinued operations of approximately $490,000, as well as retention award payouts totaling $343,000, of which $48,000 was included in continuing operations, and employee bonuses totaling $164,000, each of which was recorded as expense in the year ended December 31, 2023. The results of the In-Store Marketing Business have been presented as discontinued operations and the related assets and liabilities have been classified as related to discontinued operations, for all periods presented. The carrying amounts of major classes of assets and liabilities that were reclassified as related to discontinued operations on the Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows: December 31, December 31, 2023 2022 Current Assets: Accounts receivable $ 292,000 $ 5,557,000 Inventories - 29,000 Prepaid production costs - 535,000 Other prepaid expense - 50,000 Current assets related to discontinued operations $ 292,000 $ 6,171,000 Other Assets: Property and equipment, net $ - $ 71,000 Operating lease right-of-use assets - 144,000 Non-current assets related to discontinued operations $ - $ 215,000 Current Liabilities: Accounts payable $ 7,000 $ 2,515,000 Sales tax 169,000 717,000 Accrued liabilities 81,000 1,003,000 Current portion of operating lease liabilities - 4,000 Deferred revenue - 2,427,000 Current liabilities related to discontinued operations $ 257,000 $ 6,666,000 Long-Term Liabilities: Operating lease liabilities $ - $ 140,000 Non-current liabilities related to discontinued operations $ - $ 140,000 Results of discontinued operations are summarized below: Years Ended December 31 2023 2022 Net services revenues $ 21,078,000 $ 18,800,000 Cost of services 16,087,000 15,499,000 Gross Profit 4,991,000 3,301,000 Operating Expenses: Selling 1,136,000 1,325,000 Marketing 805,000 1,050,000 General and administrative 679,000 878,000 Total Operating Expenses 2,620,000 3,253,000 Gain from litigation settlement, net - 12,000,000 Operating Income 2,371,000 12,048,000 Other income 91,000 68,000 Income from discontinued operations before income taxes 2,462,000 12,116,000 Income tax benefit (12,000 ) (224,000 ) Income from discontinued operations, net of tax $ 2,474,000 $ 12,340,000 Gain from sale of discontinued operations before income taxes $ 3,044,000 $ - Income tax expense 83,000 - Gain from sale of discontinued operations, net of tax $ 2,961,000 $ - In July 2019, the Company filed suit against News Corporation, News America Marketing FSI L.L.C., and News America Marketing In-Store Services L.L.C. (collectively, “News America”), alleging violations of federal and state antitrust and tort laws by News America. On July 1, 2022, the Company entered into a $20 million settlement agreement with News America. The agreement resulted in net proceeds before income tax of $12,000,000 for the Company, which was recorded as a gain on litigation settlement in the discontinued operations of the In-Store Marketing Business for the year ended December 31, 2022. The income tax benefit for 2022 included a decrease of approximately $678,000 in unrecognized tax benefits related to state exposure in the third quarter of 2022, which reduced accrued income taxes and increased the current tax benefit. |