Discontinued Operations | 3. Discontinued Operations Convergent As part of a transaction that closed in February 2021, the Company divested its Convergent business segment. The Company’s Convergent business segment delivered digital signage solutions and related services to large multi-location organizations in the United States and Canada. On February 1, 2021, the Company entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement (together with the other related documents defined therein, the “Purchase Agreement”), and closed the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, with SageNet LLC (“SageNet”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, a subsidiary of Ballantyne Strong sold 100 15.0 2.5 5.7 23.2 14.9 Strong Outdoor As part of transactions in May 2019 and August 2020, the Company divested its Strong Outdoor business segment. The Company’s Strong Outdoor business segment provided outdoor advertising and experiential marketing to advertising agencies and corporate accounts, primarily in New York City. On May 21, 2019, Strong Digital Media, LLC (“SDM”), an indirect subsidiary of Ballantyne Strong, entered into a Taxicab Advertising Collaboration Agreement (the “Commercial Agreement”) and a Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Unit Purchase Agreement”) with Firefly Systems, Inc. (“Firefly”), pursuant to which SDM agreed to make available to Firefly 300 digital taxi tops. Additionally, the parties agreed to coordinate the fulfilling of SDM’s agreements with the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, Inc. (“MTBOT”) and Creative Mobile Media, LLC (“CMM”), each dated February 8, 2018. Firefly agreed to fulfill the digital taxi top advertising obligations under the MTBOT agreement and CMM agreement, and SDM agreed to fulfill the non-digital taxi top advertising obligations under the MTBOT agreement and CMM agreement. Ballantyne Strong is a party to the Unit Purchase Agreement and agreed to guarantee the payment obligations of SDM under the Commercial Agreement. As consideration for entering into these agreements, Ballantyne Strong received $ 4.8 The 300 digital tops the Company has made available to Firefly are subject to a master equipment lease agreement which the Company entered into during 2017. Pursuant to the master lease agreement and the Unit Purchase Agreement, the Company will remain the primary obligor until such time as the lease expires. In addition, of the $ 4.8 1.2 1.2 The Unit Purchase Agreement contained an earnout provision pursuant to which SDM obtained additional Firefly Series A-2 Shares. The earnout period was from May 22, 2019 through June 30, 2020. SDM was eligible to earn additional Firefly Series B-1 Shares equivalent to the cash collections under certain digital top contracts that were in place at the closing of the transaction. Ballantyne Strong received the shares earned pursuant to the earnout provision on August 3, 2020. In connection with the additional Firefly Series B-1 Shares that were received pursuant to the earnout, Ballantyne Strong recorded an additional $ 0.7 On August 3, 2020, SDM entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with Firefly, pursuant to which SDM agreed to sell certain assets primarily related to its Strong Outdoor operating business to Firefly and continue to make available 300 digital taxi tops to Firefly. SDM retained certain accounts receivable as well as liabilities other than executory obligations under transferred contracts to the extent such liabilities are required to be performed following closing or constitute certain deferred revenue. The transaction closed on the same day. As consideration for entering into the Asset Purchase Agreement, SDM received approximately $ 0.6 million in cash consideration and approximately $ 3.2 million worth of Firefly Series A-3 preferred shares (the “Firefly Series A-3 Shares”). In connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement, (i) SDM received approximately $ 1.1 million worth of Firefly’s Series B-1 Shares, which constituted the remaining shares to be issued pursuant to the Unit Purchase Agreement; (ii) Firefly no longer had an option to repurchase any of the Series A-2 Shares held by SDM; (iii) all accounts payable to Firefly were cancelled and forgiven; and (iv) the Commercial Agreement dated May 21, 2019 was terminated, which relieved Ballantyne Strong of its obligation to exercise the purchase option contained within the master lease agreement. Ballantyne Strong recorded a gain of approximately $ 5.3 million during the third quarter of 2020 as a result of the transaction. As of June 30, 2021, SDM held approximately $ 5.7 million worth of Firefly Series B-1 Shares, which included the shares issued to SDM as part of the May 2019 transaction and $ 7.4 million worth of Firefly Series B-2 Shares (as defined below). As contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement, Firefly Series B-1 Shares are held by SDM. Additionally, the previously issued Firefly Series B-1 Shares held by Fundamental Global Venture Partners, LP (“FGVP”), an investment fund that was managed by Fundamental Global Investors, LLC in which SDM was the sole limited partner, were transferred to SDM. The Asset Purchase Agreement includes customary representations and warranties. In connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, SDM agreed to indemnify Firefly for excluded liabilities related to the transferred business. Ballantyne Strong entered into a Master Services Agreement (the “Master Services Agreement”) with Firefly, pursuant to which Ballantyne Strong agreed to provide certain support services to Firefly, including remote equipment monitoring and diagnostics of screens, until no later than December 31, 2022, and to provide transition advertising instruction and integration services, content management services, ad-hoc reporting and analysis, wireless service, advertising content management services, and mapping data until no later than six months from closing. As consideration for entering into the Master Services Agreement, Ballantyne Strong received $ 2.0 million in cash consideration which the Company is recognizing as revenue ratably through the end of 2022. The major classes of assets and liabilities included as part of discontinued operations as of December 31, 2020 are as follows (in thousands): Schedule of Financial Results of Discontinued Operations December 31, 2020 Convergent Strong Outdoor Total Accounts receivable, net $ 3,065 $ - $ 3,065 Inventories, net 312 - 312 Other current assets 371 - 371 Total current assets of discontinued operations 3,748 - 3,748 Property, plant and equipment, net 3,172 - 3,172 Intangible assets, net 753 - 753 Operating lease right-of-use assets 212 - 212 Finance lease right-of-use assets 2,235 - 2,235 Total long-term assets of discontinued operations 6,372 - 6,372 Total assets of discontinued operations $ 10,120 $ - $ 10,120 Accounts payable $ 449 $ - $ 449 Accrued expenses 812 - 812 Current portion of long-term debt 1,075 - 1,075 Current portion of operating lease obligation 108 - 108 Current portion of finance lease obligation 859 - 859 Deferred revenue and customer deposits 598 - 598 Total current liabilities of discontinued operations 3,901 - 3,901 Long-term debt, net of current portion 2,340 - 2,340 Operating lease obligation, net of current portion 107 - 107 Finance lease obligation, net of current portion 1,530 - 1,530 Other long-term liabilities 89 - 89 Total long-term liabilities of discontinued operations 4,066 - 4,066 Total liabilities of discontinued operations $ 7,967 $ - $ 7,967 The major line items constituting the net income (loss) from discontinued operations are as follows (in thousands): Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 Convergent Strong Outdoor Total Convergent Strong Outdoor Total Net revenues $ - $ - $ - $ 3,646 $ 242 $ 3,888 Cost of revenues - - - 2,017 517 2,534 Gross profit - - - 1,629 (275 ) 1,354 Selling and administrative expenses - - - 987 401 1,388 (Loss) income from operations - - - 642 (676 ) (34 ) Gain on Convergent transaction - - - - - - Gain on Firefly transaction - - - - 432 432 Other income (expense) 233 - 233 (133 ) 7 (126 ) Income (loss) from discontinued operations 233 - 233 509 (237 ) 272 Income tax benefit (expense) 91 - 91 (56 ) - (56 ) Total net income (loss) from discontinued operations $ 324 $ - $ 324 $ 453 $ (237 ) $ 216 Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 Convergent Strong Outdoor Total Convergent Strong Outdoor Total Net revenues $ 1,472 $ - $ 1,472 $ 8,609 $ 1,439 $ 10,048 Cost of revenues 746 - 746 4,957 1,391 6,348 Gross profit 726 - 726 3,652 48 3,700 Selling and administrative expenses 1,241 - 1,241 2,088 1,105 3,193 (Loss) income from operations (515 ) - (515 ) 1,564 (1,057 ) 507 Gain on Convergent transaction 14,937 - 14,937 - - - Gain on Firefly transaction - - - - 702 702 Other income (expense) 194 - 194 (317 ) 7 (310 ) Income (loss) from discontinued operations 14,616 - 14,616 1,247 (348 ) 899 Income tax benefit (expense) 33 - 33 (114 ) - (114 ) Total net income (loss) from discontinued operations $ 14,649 $ - $ 14,649 $ 1,133 $ (348 ) $ 785 |