---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------- FORM 10-K/A AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 (Mark One) [x] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2001 OR [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 000-26355 ------------------- eUNIVERSE, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) NEVADA 06-1556248 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 6300 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite #1700, Los Angeles, California 90048 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (323) 658-9089 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None. Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (Title of class) ------------------- 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. X Yes __ No Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation 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 this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ] As of June 30, 2001, there were 19,199,929 shares of the Registrant's common stock outstanding. The aggregate market value of such shares held by non-affiliates of the Registrant (based upon the closing sale price of such shares on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market on June 30, 2001) was approximately $24,415,372. Shares of the Registrant's common stock held by each executive officer and director and by each entity that owns 5% or more of the Registrant's outstanding common stock have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes. eUNIVERSE, INC. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended March 31, 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page --------- PART I. Item 1. Business........................................... 1 Factors Affecting eUniverse's Business, Operating Results, and Financial Condition................ 9 Item 2. Facilities......................................... 13 Item 3. Legal Proceedings.................................. 14 Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 15 PART II. Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters ......................... 16 Item 6. Selected Financial Data............................ 20 Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.......... 21 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.................................. 29 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data........ 29 Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.......... 29 PART III. Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrants 30 Item 11. Executive Compensation............................. 32 Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management................................... 37 Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions..... 38 PART IV. Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K........................... 39 Signatures PART I Information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K ("Form 10-K") for eUniverse, Inc. (referred to herein as "eUniverse" or the "Company") contains projections or other "forward-looking statements" regarding future events or the future financial performance of eUniverse. Sentences or phrases that use such words as "believes," "anticipates," "should," "plans," "may," "hopes," "can," "will," "expects," "is designed to," "with the intent," "potential" and others indicate forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. We wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements, including, among others, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, rapid technological and market change, acquisition strategy, risks associated with Internet infrastructure, volatility of stock price, financial risk management, and future growth subject to risks. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the section entitled "Factors Affecting eUniverse's Business, Operating Results, and Financial Condition" beginning on page 12 of this Form 10-K. Unless required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to revise of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Item 1. Business Overview eUniverse, Inc. operates a network of entertainment-related web sites focused on diversionary content and community offerings. Our network of web sites (www.euniverse.com) consists of diversion-oriented content and community properties revolving around two main themes: family and entertainment. We have also developed a proprietary email content delivery system (www.flowgo.com) that is among the largest of its type on the Internet, reaching over 25 million subscribers per day and delivering over 700 million emails per month. In fiscal year 2001, our revenue was generated primarily through paid third-party advertising on our network of sites. We offer advertising opportunities on web pages, through email newsletters, direct email placement and other proprietary content. We support campaigns for many types of advertisers and meet a wide variety of goals including branding initiatives, permission marketing programs, and customer acquisition plans. Expansion eUniverse intends to continue expanding its on-line community based offerings by focusing on the development of key partnerships and through the acquisition of other diversionary content-oriented web sites that have experienced high growth in unique monthly visitors and possess attractive demographics that cater to specific communities of interest in entertainment-related Internet user segments. Concurrently with its acquisition and partnering strategy, eUniverse is actively adding to and improving upon the existing content and functionality of its current web sites and related offerings. In the future, we intend to launch additional business ventures to leverage our large and loyal user base. The Company is experiencing a shift in the source of advertising revenues from Internet companies to those in more 1 traditional lines of business and plans to grow its direct sales force to go after these opportunities to enter into longer term and larger scale advertising agreements. The Company is excited to grow the additional ad products that were introduced in fiscal 2001 and plans to introduce commerce, subscription, sponsorships and private label partnerships models to diversify the revenue streams in the future. This will ensure the Company growth beyond the online ad market and provide better visibility into future revenues. Description of the Business eUniverse is one of the largest entertainment complexes on the Internet, delivering fun in the form of "entertainment-diversion", providing our audience with personal entertainment that people use to communicate and connect. People visit us for animated content, newsletters, online greeting cards, streaming media, and gaming information. For our advertising partners, we offer sponsorship, branding and direct marketing opportunities. With our knowledge of when, where and how we reach our audience, eUniverse provides a rich environment to deliver information, foster long-term relationships and enable transactions online. We work with our partner-advertisers to understand their goals for their media campaign. Then, based on performance history, we choose the most relevant, persuasive and efficient contact opportunities in our network to convey their message. We constantly test and reevaluate the media placement and creative content within our network, working with our partners to achieve the desired result. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2001, eUniverse had approximately 3 million unique monthly visitors. By the end of the fiscal year, that number had increased to 18 million with an additional 25+ million in e-mail newsletter subscribers. By the second quarter of fiscal year 2001, eUniverse was listed in the top 20 Web Properties and by the end of the fiscal year, was in the top 10 to 15 most visited Web properties according to Nielsen//NetRatings. We earn revenues from our network through a variety of ways, such as: o Banner and button advertisements on the various sites. o Pop-ups which are interstitial ads that appear as a separate window on top of content. o Superstitials which are interstitial commercials that seamlessly load while a visitor is surfing the site. o Sponsorships of email newsletters or parts of our sites. o Content specials such as Mother's Day, Back-to-School etc. o Contests which can either be a broad-based or focused promotion. o Newsletter advertisements which we can target by interest profile and responsiveness. o List development and management for advertisers looking to build their own database of registrants. o Customer publishing where we will create, build, and deliver a newsletter in the most efficient manner eUniverse enjoys a broad reach among some very lucrative demographic segments. According to Nielsen//NetRatings, the eUniverse Network currently reaches over 18 million total visitors on a monthly basis and holds a strong position in the most lucrative 2 segments of the Internet population. eUniverse reaches 6.8 million adult women at home and 3.4 million at work per month which amounts to approximately 1 in 5 adult women on the web. This demographic is believed to control over 80% of household spending. eUniverse reaches 3.8 million adults over age 50 at home and 1.8 million at work, which amounts to approximately 1 in 5 baby boomers. This demographic has the most leisure time and greatest buying power in the aggregate than other demographics. eUniverse also reaches 2.2 million teens, 4.4 million adult men at home, 2.2 million adult men at work and 6 million parents every month. Source: Nielsen//NetRatings March 2001. The eUniverse Network The eUniverse Network consists of entertainment delivered from both web sites and email. Web Based Entertainment Receiving approximately 18 million monthly unique visitors and 250 million page views, eUniverse's web based properties attract women and families with sites that feature daily updated entertainment. The entertainment content ranges from inspirational to humor and includes animated shows, jokes, contests, and greeting cards. The Web based audience is 65% female and falls heavily between the ages of 25 and 54. The following sites provide for the majority of unique monthly visitors to eUniverse's web properties: www.flowgo.com www.justsaywow.com www.funone.com www.send4fun.com Email Based Content eUniverse's email newsletters are received by over 25 million unique subscribers. The 15 different newsletters delivered via email provide content which includes general news, entertainment, and technology updates as well as specific updates to users on their favorite eUniverse web based sites. Some of the email newsletters include: o The IntelligentX Entertainment Newsletter - Daily gossip and entertainment from such sources as the National Enquirer, eOnline, and other entertainment publications - 4 million subscribers. o The IntelligentX Technology Newsletter - The latest technology news from the top sources on the Web, including ZDNet, CNet and others - 3 million subscribers. o Freebies and Fun Stuff Newsletter - 10 free offers and great deals sent weekly - 6 million subscribers. 3 Domain Names, Patents and Trademarks The domain names of eUniverse's web sites constitute important intellectual property for eUniverse that are essential to its business. There are currently 176 domain names registered to eUniverse. Also important to eUniverse's business are its trademarks and service marks. eUniverse currently has 4 registered service marks and 16 applications for trademarks and/or service marks filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office that are pending registration. At the present time, eUniverse does not own any patents. eUniverse believes that it presently has, or is capable of acquiring, ownership and/or control of the intellectual property rights which are necessary to conduct its operations and to carry out its strategic plans. Recent Transactions Disposal of CD Universe On October 10, 2000, eUniverse disposed of the retail products (e-commerce) segment of its business. This transaction provided for our subsidiary, CD Universe, to receive $1 million in exchange for the sale of tangible and intangible assets of the business to CLBL, Inc., a company owned by Charles Beilman, formerly a directly and officer of 4 eUniverse. Additionally, over the next 6 months, eUniverse received $500,000 from CLBL for advertising on the eUniverse sites. eUniverse treats CD Universe as a discontinued operation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Acquisition of Send4fun.com On August 23, 2000, eUniverse purchased Send4fun.com, an Internet web site offering diversionary content, for a total purchase price of $650,000, of which $300,000 was paid through issuance of eUniverse 116,742 shares of common stock. During the quarter ended December 31, 2000, 20,640 shares were issued, valued at $100,000. In the quarter ended March 2001, 96,102 shares were issued valued at $200,000. As of March 31, 2001, cash payments of $125,000 have been made. Of the remaining cash payments due, $175,000 has been included in a note payable with principal due September 1, 2003, which the Company issued in connection with a settlement of amounts due under an agreement with the seller. The note holder has the right at any time to convert the unpaid balance of the note into shares of unregistered, restricted common stock of the Company at $6 per share. Acquisition of Debsfunpages.com On September 13, 2000, the Company acquired Debsfunpages.com, an Internet web site providing inspirational content, for a total purchase price of $250,000. An initial installment payment of $100,000 was paid upon closing in the form of 10,724 shares of eUniverse common stock, valued at $50,000, and $50,000 in cash. This was followed by an additional $50,000 cash payment in November 2000. The balance of $100,000 has been included in a note payable with principal due September 1, 2003, which the Company issued in connection with a settlement of amounts due agreement with the seller. The note holder has the right at any time to convert the unpaid balance of the note into shares of unregistered, restricted common stock of the Company at $6 per share. Acquisition of Spreadingjoy.com On October 11, 2000, eUniverse purchased Spreadingjoy.com, an Internet web site offering inspirational content, from three of its employees for a total purchase price of $300,000 to be paid through the issuance of eUniverse common stock. An initial installment payment, equal to 25% of the purchase price or $75,000, was paid upon closing in the form of issuance of 21,426 shares of eUniverse common stock. This was followed by an issuance of 30,768 shares valued at $75,000 during the quarter ended March 2001. The balance of the purchase price will be issued over the eight months. Sale of $5 Million of eUniverse Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Acquisition of Permission-based E-mail Publishing Assets On July 13, 2001, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement by which an affiliate of Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. (the "Investor") agreed to invest $5 million in the Company in exchange for issuance by the Company of shares of Series B Senior Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred"), at a purchase price of $2.60 per share. As a condition to closing under the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Investor shall have the right to approve a "Use of Proceeds Plan," against which the $5 million to be invested shall be applied. As a further condition to closing, the Company shall discharge certain of its outstanding obligations and liabilities to third parties, or otherwise restructure such obligations and liabilities, in a manner to be approved by the Investor. 5 The holders of the Series B Preferred shall be entitled to participate pro rata in any dividends paid on the Company's common stock on an as-if-converted basis. In addition, the holders of the Series B Preferred shall be entitled to receive noncumulative dividends in preference to any dividend on the Company's common stock at the rate of 8% of the share price (established pursuant to the formula applicable to the Company's common stock as described below in connection with the Share Purchase Agreement) per annum, when and as declared by the Company's Board of Directors. In the event of any liquidation or winding up of the Company, the holders of the Series B Preferred shall be entitled to liquidating distributions up to the aggregate Original Issue Price of the Series B Preferred plus any accrued but unpaid dividends and then pro rata with common shareholders on an as-converted basis following payment of the liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred holders (the "Series B Liquidation Preference"). A merger, acquisition, sale of voting control or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company in which the shareholders of the Company do not own a majority of the outstanding shares of the surviving corporation shall be deemed to be a liquidation. The Series B Preferred may be converted, at any time, into the Company's common stock at the then applicable conversion price at the election of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Series B Preferred. The initial conversion rate shall be 1:1, subject to a weighted average adjustment (based on all outstanding shares of the Company's preferred stock and common stock) to reduce dilution in the event that the Company issues additional equity securities (other than the shares reserved as employee shares pursuant to any employee stock option plan) at a purchase price less than the applicable conversion price. The conversion price will also be subject to proportional adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalization and the like. The Company shall have the right to convert the Series B Preferred into shares of the Company's common stock within 60 days of the public filing of its Form 10-Q or 10-K report, as applicable, evidencing the Company's achievement of four consecutive post-closing quarters of operating profits equal to or greater than $750,000 for each applicable quarter. Each share of Series B Preferred shall have a number of votes equal to the number of shares of the Company's common stock then issuable upon conversion of such share of Series B Preferred. Additionally, the holders of Series B Preferred shall be entitled to designate at least one and not more than three members of the Company's Board of Directors, depending on the size of the Board. Certain material transactions by the Company shall require a two-thirds consent of the Company's Board of Directors, until such time as the Investor no longer owns more than 50% of its original Series B Preferred shares. The Company will also grant preemptive rights to the Investor to participate in any private sales of equity by the Company on the same terms as offered to other investors. Simultaneously with the execution of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the "Share Purchase Agreement") with the Investor for the purchase of Indimi, LLC, which owns and operates Infobeat, a permission-based e-mail publishing business that operates as a news and content email delivery service (the "Business"). Under the Share Purchase Agreement, the Company will acquire the Business for a total purchase price of $9.94 million, to be paid through issuance of the Company's common stock. The common stock to be issued as consideration under the Share Purchase Agreement shall be valued at $2.75 per share (the "Share Price"), provided that the Share Price may be adjusted in the following circumstances: in the event the average closing price of the Company's common stock for the 15 trading days immediately following the date of the Share Purchase Agreement (the "Average Share Price"), is (i) more than $3.00, the Share Price shall be increased by $0.02 for each 6 $0.01 that such Average Share Price exceeds $3.00 up to a maximum Share Price of $3.25; or (ii) less than $2.50, the Share Price shall be decreased by $0.015 for each $0.01 that such Average Share Price falls below $2.50. In the event that the Average Share Price is less than or equal to $2.00, then either party shall have the right to terminate the transactions contemplated under the Share Purchase Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement. Both the Company's common stock and Series B Preferred shares issued to the Investor shall be subject to restrictions on resale and may not be resold other than pursuant to an effective registration statement covering the shares or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"). Additionally, the Investor has agreed not to sell its shares of the Company's common stock or Series B Preferred for a period of 18 months from the date of closing (the "Lock-up Period"), except through a piggyback registration or private sale. After the Lock-up Period, the Investor may sell its shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act. The Company will grant to the Investor certain piggyback and demand registration rights, but the demand rights may not be exercised prior to 2 1/2 years after the closing. In connection with the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to redeem a warrant issued to the Investor that provided for the purchase of up to 1,101,260 shares of the Company's common stock in exchange for (i) $1 million of the Company's common stock at a price per share to be determined in accordance with the formula set forth under the Share Purchase Agreement; and (ii) the Company shall make available to the Investor and its affiliates between 1 and 5% of various categories of certain types of the Company's advertising inventory, such as "banner" and "pop-up" advertising for a period of up to 36 months following the closing. In connection with the transactions described above, the maturity of a $2,289,764 promissory note of the Company in favor of the Investor shall be extended until March 31, 2003 (the "Extended Demand Date"), subject to acceleration in certain events. The Company shall have the option, exercisable within 60 days following the Extended Demand Date, to convert the outstanding principal and interest to Series B Preferred shares, at a price per share equal to the 20-day trailing average closing price of the Company's common stock immediately prior to such conversion; provided that if the Company previously converts the Investor's Series B shares into common stock, then the outstanding principal and interest shall then be converted into Company common stock, at the above-described price per-share otherwise applicable to the Series B Preferred. Operations and Technology eUniverse maintains a technology center, with in-house technical staff. This staff monitors the eUniverse network 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. eUniverse also maintains a software development center, with in-house software engineers. This staff develops and maintains eUniverse's proprietary systems. eUniverse has developed proprietary technologies and systems that provide for reliable online entertainment in a secure and easy-to-use format. Using a combination of proprietary solutions and licensed technologies, eUniverse has deployed systems for online content dissemination, online transaction processing, customer service, market analysis and electronic data interchange. Chief among our proprietary systems is our Hermes Project. The Hermes Project is our own proprietary email transmission and reporting technology. All of our email is transmitted and tracked via the Hermes Project. The Hermes Project can dynamically send the appropriate type of email to specific domains based on information generated from previous email campaigns. Additionally we have built the Aquarius System to allow our users to freely transmit 7 greeting cards and other content to their friends and family. The Aquarius System has a full featured ad tracking subsystem that allows eUniverse to monitor usage of the system. Finally, we have built Hephaestus which is our full featured ad distribution system capable of meeting our dynamic ad creative, ad reporting and ad tracking needs. Hephaestus allows us to use many different types of ad creatives from pop-ups to dynamic flash creatives. eUniverse's sites are based on a Microsoft platform. The site is monitored twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, by an external partner who provides alerts to on-call technicians in the event that the site is not operating correctly. eUniverse's on-site network operations center is connected via a secure digital transmission link to its Internet service provider, Metro Media Fiber Corporation. This service is provided under a three year contract. Sales and Marketing eUniverse attracts and retains traffic through its network of web sites, strategic partnerships, acquisitions, and proprietary content. Since selling the e-commerce division, eUniverse focused on developing an entertainment network, and grew its traffic at a rapid rate. It has grown from 3 million unique visitors per month in the first quarter of fiscal year 2001, to where it is now consistently ranked as one of the Top 15 properties on the Internet by Nielsen//NetRatings, with over 18 million unique visitors each month. The main impetus behind this growing traffic is the proprietary content eUniverse offers in the form of flash animation, fun pages, and online greeting cards. eUniverse benefits from a very loyal user base that remains active within the eUniverse network for significant periods of time. Competition The market for online information, entertainment and community is rapidly evolving and intensely competitive. The past year has seen significant softening in the advertising markets, with ad budgets either declining or remaining stagnant from prior years, coupled with a decline in demand due to the wave of Internet-based or Internet-related companies shutting down or dramatically reducing operations. This trend may continue into the future. eUniverse faces direct competition from advertising networks such as Yahoo, DoubleClick Inc., 24/7 Media Inc., Sportsline.com, and CNet, as well as more focused information providers such as Goto.com and Primedia, which owns About.com. In addition, we also face competition from traditional offline media such as print, radio and television for a share of advertisers' budgets. We expect the advertising market to remain intensely competitive for the foreseeable future and barriers to entry are not prohibitive, thus new and/or existing competitors may expand their offerings at a relatively low cost. The market has experienced a significant proliferation of companies selling Web-based advertising, thus increasing the available advertising space inventory dramatically. eUniverse has experienced a corresponding increase in pricing pressure as the available inventory has grown. Some of our current competitors have larger user bases, longer operating history, higher brand recognition, and greater financial resources than eUniverse. As we expand the scope of our offerings, we will compete with a large number of Internet sites as well as media companies. In addition, as the Internet becomes increasingly ubiquitous, 8 larger, more well-financed or well-established entities may expand into, acquire, invest or continue to consolidate, thus increasing the competitive pressures that eUniverse faces. Employees eUniverse currently employs 82 full-time associates and one part-time employee. Of eUniverse's 82 full-time associates, 30 are in marketing, 30 are in programming, and 22 are in administration. The one part-time employee is in administration. FACTORS AFFECTING EUNIVERSE'S BUSINESS, OPERATING RESULTS, AND FINANCIAL CONDITION Risks Related to our Business If we are unable to maintain our strategic partnerships, traffic to our web site may be reduced and our revenues could decrease. Additionally, if our network infrastructure is not sufficient to service our customers, we could lose customers and our revenues could be reduced. Although eUniverse's ability to generate additional revenue from Internet commerce may depend on increased site traffic, purchases and advertising that eUniverse expects to generate through strategic partnerships, there can be no assurance that its existing relationships will be maintained through their initial terms or that additional third-party partnerships will be available to eUniverse on acceptable commercial terms or at all. The inability to enter into new, and to maintain any one or more of its existing, strategic partnerships, could result in decreased traffic to our web sites and our product and service sales revenue could decrease. Even if we can maintain our strategic partnerships, there can be no assurance that our infrastructure of hardware and software will be sufficient to handle the potential increased traffic and sales volume from these partnerships. Because we may not successfully identify and acquire other suitable existing internet-based businesses and web sites, our operating expenses could increase while our revenues could be reduced. eUniverse's growth and future profitability may depend in part upon its ability to identify companies that are suitable acquisition candidates, to acquire those companies upon appropriate terms and to effectively integrate and expand their operations within its own infrastructure. We may not be able to identify additional candidates that are suitable for acquisition or to consummate desired acquisitions on favorable terms. Acquisitions involve a number of special risks, including the diversion of management's attention to the assimilation of the operations and personnel of the acquired companies, adverse short-term effects on eUniverse's operating results and the potential inability to integrate financial and management reporting systems. A significant portion of eUniverse's capital resources could be used for these acquisitions. Accordingly, eUniverse may require additional debt or equity financing for future acquisitions, which may not be available on terms favorable to eUniverse, if at all. Moreover, eUniverse may not be able to successfully, integrate an acquired business into eUniverse's business or to operate an acquired business profitably. If we are not able to integrate and expand the operations of acquired companies, without excessive costs, delays or other adverse developments, our revenues could decrease. If we are unable to protect our trademarks and other proprietary rights, our reputation and brand could be impaired and we could lose customers. eUniverse regards its trademarks, trade secrets and similar intellectual property as valuable to its business, and relies on trademark and copyright law, trade secret protection and confidentiality and/or license agreements with its employees, partners and others to protect its 9 proprietary rights. There can be no assurance that the steps taken by eUniverse will be adequate to prevent misappropriation or infringement of its proprietary property. eUniverse has some of its trademarks or service marks registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is currently applying for registration of a number of its trademarks and service marks, we may not be able to successfully prosecute our applications for these trademarks. See "Business -- Domain Names, Patents, and Trademarks." Our future operating results may fluctuate. If we are unable to meet the expectations of investors and public market analysts, the market price of our common stock may decrease. eUniverse expects to experience fluctuations in future quarterly and long-term operating results that may be caused by a variety of factors, many of which are outside eUniverse's control. Factors that may affect eUniverse's quarterly operating results include, without limitation, o eUniverse's ability to retain existing users, attract new users at a steady rate and maintain user satisfaction, o the announcement or introduction of new or enhanced web sites, products and strategic partnerships by eUniverse and its competitors, o seasonality of advertising sales, o eUniverse promotions and sales programs, o the level of use of the Internet and increasing consumer acceptance of the Internet for entertainment and the purchase of consumer products o eUniverse's ability to upgrade and develop its systems and infrastructure in a timely and effective manner, o the amount and timing of operating costs and capital expenditures relating to expansion of eUniverse's business, operations and infrastructure and the implementation of marketing programs, key agreements and strategic partnerships, and general economic conditions and economic conditions specific to the Internet We are in need of additional funds. eUniverse currently has low balances of cash reserves and working capital surplus to fund its operations, and its ability to meet its obligations in the ordinary course of business is dependent upon its ability to raise additional financing through public or private equity financings, establish profitable operations, enter into collaborative or other arrangements with corporate sources, or secure other sources of financing to fund operations. Since March 31, 2000 eUniverse received short term loans of $5.326 million from new investors. Loans of approximately $1.5 million remain unpaid past their maturity date and are technically in default. eUniverse will incur additional default interest on these loans of approximately $15,000 per month. We are in discussions with the lenders to convert the debt to equity, however there can be no assurances that this will be effected. The lenders on these past-due loans could demand immediate payment and/or commence legal proceedings against eUniverse, which could result in court-ordered judgments and liens against eUniverse. As of March 31, 2001, eUniverse's principal commitments include obligations under leases amounting to approximately $281,000 per annum. On July 13, 2001, the Company entered into an agreement to sell shares of eUniverse Series B Convertible Preferred Stock in exchange for $5 million, as referenced in the "Recent Transactions" section of this Form 10-K on page 7. The Company expects that the closing of the funding will occur within 90 days of the date hereof. Following the closing of the funding, the Company expects that it will have adequate working capital for the next 12 months. The Company may, however, seek additional working capital through additional equity and/or debt financings in the upcoming year. There can be no assurance that such financing can be successfully completed on terms acceptable to the Company, and the closing of this transaction is 10 subject to certain contingencies, as described in the "Recent Transactions" section of this Form 10-K on page 7. Our prospects for financial success are difficult to forecast because we have a limited operating history. If we fail to meet the expectations of our investors and of public market analysts, the market price of our common stock may decline. The eUniverse business commenced in April 1999, and we have a limited operating history upon which an evaluation of eUniverse and its prospects can be based. Neither eUniverse nor any of its subsidiaries has ever made a profit in any fiscal quarter. Our prospects for financial success must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in new, unproven and rapidly evolving markets, such as the Internet market. To address these risks, eUniverse must, among other things, expand its customer base, respond effectively to competitive developments, continue to attract, retain and motivate qualified employees, and continue to upgrade its technologies. If we are not successful in further developing and expanding eUniverse's content and community business, including sales of advertising on its web sites and development of related business opportunities, our ability to achieve profitability may not be realized and our market price may decline. If we are unable to use new technologies effectively or adapt our web sites, proprietary technology and transaction-processing systems to customer requirements or emerging industry standards, customers may not visit our web sites, which could result in a decrease in our revenues. To remain competitive, eUniverse must continue to enhance and improve the responsiveness, functionality and features of its web sites and develop new features to meet customer needs. The Internet is characterized by rapid technological change, changes in user and customer requirements and preferences, frequent new product and service introductions, and the emergence of new industry standards and practices that could render our existing web network and sites, technology and systems obsolete. Our success will depend, in part, on eUniverse's ability to license leading technologies useful in its business, enhance its existing services, develop new, services and technology that address the needs of its customers, and respond to technological advances and emerging industry standards and practices on a cost-effective and timely basis. Competition in online business is intense. If we are unable to compete against current and future competitors, our revenues could decline. The online business market is new, rapidly evolving and intensely competitive, and eUniverse expects that competition will further intensify in the future. Barriers to entry are minimal, and current and new competitors can launch new sites at a relatively low cost. The primary competitive factors in providing entertainment services via the Internet are name recognition, variety of value-added services, ease of use, price, quality of service, availability of customer support and technical expertise. eUniverse's prospects for achieving its business objectives will depend heavily upon its ability to provide high quality, entertaining content, along with user-friendly web site features and value-added Internet services. Other factors that will affect eUniverse's prospects for success include its ability to attract experienced and qualified personnel, particularly in the areas of management, sales and marketing, and web site design. In addition, the competition for advertising revenues, both on Internet web sites and in more traditional media, is intense. If eUniverse fails to attract and retain significant sources of revenue from paid advertisements and sponsorships on its web sites, eUniverse's business, results of operations and financial condition will be materially adversely affected by the decreased revenue. 11 Risks Related to the Internet Industry Our future results and growth may not be realized if the use of the Internet does not continue to increase. Our market, users of the global computer network known as the Internet, is new and rapidly evolving. Our business could suffer if Internet usage does not continue to grow. Internet usage may be inhibited for a number of reasons, including: o inadequate network infrastructure; o security concerns; o inconsistent quality of service; o lack of availability of cost-effective and high-speed service; and o changes in government regulation of the Internet. If Internet usage grows, the Internet infrastructure might not be able to support the demands placed on it by this growth or its performance and reliability may decline. In addition, future outages and other interruptions occurring throughout the Internet could lead to decreased use of our network of web sites and would therefore harm our business. We could be sued for information retrieved from the Internet. Due to the fact that material may be downloaded from web sites and may be subsequently distributed to others, there is a potential that claims will be made against eUniverse under legal theories, such as defamation, negligence, copyright or trademark infringement or other theories based on the nature and content of the material. These claims have been brought, and sometimes successfully pressed, against on-line services in the past. In addition, we could be exposed to liability with respect to the material that may be accessible through our products and web sites, including claims asserting that, by providing hypertext links to web sites operated by third parties, we are liable for wrongful actions by those third parties through the web sites. Although eUniverse carries general liability insurance, its insurance may not cover potential claims of this type, or the level of coverage may not be adequate to fully protect eUniverse against all liability that may be imposed. Any costs or imposition of liability or legal defense expenses that are not covered by insurance or in excess of insurance coverage could reduce our working capital and have a material adverse effect on eUniverse's business, results of operations and financial condition. Also, the legal effectiveness of our terms and conditions of use is uncertain. We currently are not aware of any claims that can be expected to have a material adverse impact on our financial condition or our ability to conduct our business. Government regulation and legal uncertainties could increase our costs and risks to doing business on the Internet. There are currently few laws or regulations that specifically regulate communications or commerce on the Internet. However, laws and regulations may be adopted in the future that address issues, such as user privacy, pricing, taxation and the characteristics and quality of products and services. For example, in the United States, the Communications Decency Act of 1996 prohibits obscene and other unlawful information and content from being transmitted over the Internet. Several other nations have taken actions to restrict the free flow of material deemed to be objectionable on the Internet. On October 21, 1998, President Clinton signed the Internet Tax Freedom Act placing a three-year moratorium, beginning October 1, 1998 and continuing through October 21, 2001, on Internet access taxes, multiple taxes on electronic commerce, and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. On March 9, 2001, the Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity Act, a bill intended to foster the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, by amending the Internet Tax Freedom Act to effectively extend the moratorium on certain taxes on electronic commerce until December 31, 2005, was introduced and referred to the Senate's Committee on Finance. In addition, local telephone carriers have argued before the Federal Communications Commission that Internet service providers and online service 12 providers should be required to pay fees for access to local telephone networks in a manner similar to long distance telephone carriers. Although the FCC has informally stated that it has no intention of assessing per-minute charges on Internet traffic or changing the way consumers obtain and pay for access to the Internet, if the efforts of the local telephone carriers are successful, costs for Internet access and usage could increase sharply. Moreover, it may take years to determine the extent to which existing laws relating to issues such as property ownership, libel, taxation and personal privacy are applicable to the Internet. On January 3, 2001, the Online Privacy Protection Act of 2001, a bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to proscribe regulations to protect the privacy of personal information collected from and about individuals who are not covered by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 on the Internet and to provide greater individual control over the collection and use of that information, was introduced and referred to a House committee. The Online Privacy Protection Act would make it unlawful for an operator of a Web site or online service to collect, use or disclose personal information concerning an individual (age 13 and above) in a manner that violates regulations to be prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission requiring such operators to protect the confidentiality, security and integrity of personal information they collect from such individuals. The Act would also require such regulations to require such operators to provide a process for such individuals to consent to or limit the disclosure of such information. Pursuant to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, it is already unlawful for an operator of a Web site or online service directed at children, or any such operator that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child, to collect personal information from a child. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act also sets out requirements that must be followed by the Web site operator or online service provider. If we do not comply with these privacy protection laws, we could be subject to various penalties. In addition, any new laws or regulations relating to access to or use of the Internet could harm our business. If we are unable to protect our domain names, our reputation and brand could be impaired and we could lose customers. We own numerous Internet domain names. See "Domain Names, Patents and Trademarks" on page 7 of this Form 10-K. National and international Internet regulatory bodies generally regulate the registration of domain names. The regulation of domain names in the United States and in other countries is subject to change. Regulatory bodies could establish additional top-level domains, appoint additional domain name registrars or modify the requirements for holding domain names. As a result, we might not acquire or maintain the domain names listed in the Domain Names section or comparable domain names in all the countries in which we conduct business, which could harm our business. Furthermore, the relationship between regulations governing domain names and laws protecting trademarks and similar proprietary rights is unclear and still evolving. Therefore, we might be unable to prevent third parties from acquiring domain names that infringe or otherwise decrease the value of our trademarks and other proprietary rights. We may be not able to keep pace with rapid technological changes in the Internet industry, which could cause us to lose customers and revenue. Rapid technological developments, evolving industry standards and user demands, and frequent new product introductions and enhancements characterize the market for Internet products and services. These market characteristics are exacerbated by the emerging nature of the market and the fact that many companies are expected to introduce new Internet products and services in the near future. Our future success will depend on our ability to continually improve our content offerings and services. In addition, the widespread adoption of developing multimedia-enabling technologies could require fundamental and costly changes in our technology and could fundamentally affect the nature, viability and measurability of Internet-based advertising, which could harm our business. Item 2. Facilities eUniverse currently leases a 9,950 sq. ft. office in Los Angeles, California for its headquarters staff, including technical, sales and marketing, business development and administrative functions at a monthly rent of $17,405 through July 2002 and $18,400 per month through expiration. The lease with respect to this facility expires on December 30, 2004 and has no provisions for renewal. Subsequent to the end of the 2001 fiscal year, eUniverse acquired 3,339 square feet of additional space for its office in Los Angeles effective May 29, 2001 at a rate of $6,678 for the first 30 months of the lease and $7,179 for the second 30 months of the lease. eUniverse believes that the Los Angeles facility will be adequate to meet its office space needs for the foreseeable future. eUniverse leases office space in San Francisco of 2,133 square feet for sales and marketing staff. The terms of the agreement provide for monthly payments of $5,500 through June 2001 and $5,650 through expiration on June 30, 2002. The lease has no provisions for renewal. eUniverse anticipates that the San Francisco facility will be adequate to meet its sales and marketing needs for the foreseeable future. 13 eUniverse leases approximately 1,000 sq. ft. of office space for its sales and marketing staff in New York at a monthly cost of $1,725 on a month-to-month basis. eUniverse anticipates that the New York facility will be adequate to meet its sales and marketing needs for the foreseeable future. eUniverse leases approximately 1,646 square feet of office space for its Case's Ladder subsidiary in Mount Vernon, Washington at a monthly cost of $1,300. The lease with respect to this facility expires on August 31, 2001 and has no provisions for renewal. Item 3. Legal Proceedings The Company previously disclosed three lawsuits filed in Alameda County, California (collectively referred to as the "BNI Litigation") involving the Company, Brad Greenspan, the former shareholders of The Big Network, Inc. ("BNI Shareholders"), Stephen Sellers and John Hanke. The BNI Litigation arises out of, among other things, the Company's acquisition of BNI, disposition of the Company shares issued to the BNI Shareholders in connection with the acquisition ("BNI Shares"), and subsequent purported agreements concerning registration and sale of the BNI Shares. On April 18, 2001, the parties to the BNI Litigation participated in a voluntary mediation of their disputes administered by JAMS, an arbitration service, and presided over by a retired California State Judge. The mediation resulted in the parties executing a term sheet stipulating an enforceable settlement of the BNI Litigation ("BNI Settlement"). The terms of the BNI Settlement have been approved by the Company's Board of Directors and are currently being incorporated into definitive documentation of the settlement. The BNI Settlement principally concerns disposition of the approximately 1,800,000 BNI Shares. Pursuant to the terms of the BNI Settlement, the BNI Shares shall be placed into an escrow from which 37.5% of the shares shall be released to the BNI Shareholders over a period of fifteen (15) months. The Company shall have an option to purchase the remaining 62.5% of the shares ("Company Option") for a period of four (4) years contingent upon the Company making quarterly option payments to the BNI Shareholders to keep the Company Option alive. The Company Option is exercisable at $1.40 per share during the first fifteen (15) months of the Company Option, and $1.75 per share thereafter. The Company is obliged to use 10% of any proceeds received from debt or equity financing of between 5 and 10 million dollars, and 20% of the proceeds received from debt or equity financing over 10 million dollars, to exercise the Company Option. In the event the Company fails to make any option payments when due, fails to exercise the Company Option when required, or there is a change of control of the Company, the Option Shares shall be released from escrow to the BNI Shareholders and shall be freely saleable subject to applicable securities laws restrictions. On April 23, 2001, EP Opportunity Fund LLC and EP Opportunity Fund International, Ltd. (the "EP Funds") filed a Demand for Arbitration against the Company and Brad Greenspan with the American Arbitration Association in Chicago, Illinois. The EP Funds have asserted breach of contract, fraud and related claims, alleging that the Company and Greenspan have breached a fully executed Series A preferred stock subscription agreement and related agreements by (i) failing to register the common stock underlying the preferred stock held in the EP Funds' names and (ii) refusing to issue unrestricted common shares to the EP Funds pursuant to notices of conversion of preferred stock delivered to the Company in January, 2001. The EP Funds claim in excess of $250,000.00 in damages. The Company disputes the EP Funds' claims, believes that they are without merit and intends to vigorously defend the action. The case is in the early stages of the arbitration, with no arbitrators yet appointed. 14 On May 1, 2001, Krausz Puente LLC, a California limited liability company, served a Fourth Amended Complaint in the case of Krausz Puente LLC v. slam.site, Inc., et al., pending in the California Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles ("Krausz Litigation"), upon Case's Ladder, Inc., a California corporation and a subsidiary of the Company. Case's Ladder was previously named in this case as "Doe 1." The Krausz Litigation primarily concerns breach of a lease obligation by third-party companies ("Lessees") owned by certain former shareholders of Case's Ladder. The plaintiff has added Case's Ladder as a defendant in the Krausz Litigation because it contends that certain assets transferred into Case's Ladder at the time of its incorporation (prior to eUniverse's acquisition of Case's Ladder) were fraudulently transferred from Lessees in an effort to shield the assets from creditors, including the plaintiff. Case's Ladder believes these allegations to be without merit and will defend the suit vigorously. Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. No matters were submitted during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2001 to a vote of the Company's security holders, through the solicitation of proxies or otherwise. 15 PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters. (a) 1. Market Information As of June 30, 2001 there were 19,199,929 shares of the Company's common stock outstanding, which were held by 208 shareholders of record. To date, eUniverse has paid no cash dividends and has no intention to pay cash dividends on its common stock in the foreseeable future. From April 20, 2000 to present, our common stock has been listed on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market under the symbol EUNI. From April 30, 1999 to April 19, 2000, the common stock of eUniverse was traded on the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board under the symbol EUNI. The market price data provided in the following table includes data for eUniverse and Motorcycle Centers of America, Inc. The market prices provided in the table between April 1, 1999 and April 14, 1999 are for Motorcycle Centers, traded under the symbol MCAM. After the reorganization of Entertainment Universe, Inc. and Motorcycle Centers on April 14, 1999, the Company began trading on the OTC under the symbol MCAM. The Company's name was changed to eUniverse, Inc. on April 22, 1999, and eUniverse began trading under the symbol EUNI on April 30, 1999. The market price data prior to April 14, 1999 only provides the market price of MCAM. However, the historical information provided in other sections of this Form 10-K pertains to Entertainment Universe and its acquired subsidiaries. As a result, the market information provided below does not relate to the historical information provided in other sections hereof prior to April 14, 1999. The chart below sets forth the range of reported high and low bid quotations for the common stock of eUniverse for each full quarterly period from April 1, 1999 through March 31, 2001. The source of the quotations is Prophet Financial Systems. The quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions. Range of High and Quarterly Period Ending Low Bid Quotations ----------------------- ------------------ March 31, 2001 (EUNI) .......... $ 1.7500 - 3.00 December 31, 2000 (EUNI) ....... $ 1.5625 - 4.00 September 30, 2000 (EUNI) ...... $ 3.1875 - 6.375 June 30, 2000 (EUNI) ........... $ 4.7500 - 8.00 March 31, 2000 (EUNI)........... $ 3.8750 - 13.000 December 31, 1999 (EUNI)........ $ 3.9370 - 6.500 September 30, 1999 (EUNI)....... $ 5.0000 - 9.875 June 30, 1999 (MCAM/EUNI)(1).... $ 1.8750 - 14.00 --------- (1) The reorganization of Motorcycle Centers and Entertainment Universe closed on April 14, 1999. Thereafter, Motorcycle Centers changed its name to eUniverse, Inc. on April 26, 1999 and its symbol to EUNI as of April 30, 1999. 16 2. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities On June 2, 2000, the Company completed its acquisition of the remaining 5 percent of capital stock of the Big Network, Inc. by issuing an additional 90,160 shares of its common stock valued at $6.125 (market price at the original acquisition date of August 31, 1999). On June 29, 2000, the Company issued 19,531 additional shares of its common stock in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization with Gamer's Alliance dated January 25, 1999 that related to bonuses resulting from the performance of the Gamer's Alliance web site. In April 2000, the Company issued 15,653 shares of its common stock to the employee providing services in connection with FunOne.com. The transaction was valued at the cost of the services rendered of $124,139. During the period December 2000 through January 2001, the Company issued a total of 64,032 shares of its common stock to the employee providing services in connection with JustSayWow.com in exchange for services valued at $200,000. During the period December 2000 through March 2001, the Company issued a total of 18,539 shares of its common stock to the employee providing services in connection with FunPageLand.com in exchange for services valued at $50,000. On April 2, 2000, the Company acquired Dustcloud.com ("Dustcloud") for a purchase price of up to $300,000 in the form of issuance of shares of the Company's common stock. The Company issued 23,668 shares of the Company's common stock valued at $150,000. The Company may make contingent payments to the sellers in the form of the Company's common stock valued at up to $150,000, based on the attainment of certain performance goals and based upon the market price of common stock on the date of attainment. The market value of the contingent payments shall be determined as of the date upon which they are due. In consideration of their continued employment, the Company also issued to each of Dustcloud's two employees options to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock. The options have an exercise price of $6.50 and vest over three years. On September 30, 2000, the Company acquired RatedFun.com for a total purchase price of $175,000 in the form of issuance of shares of the Company's common stock valued at $75,000 and $100,000 in cash. The Company issued 13,941 shares of the Company's common stock valued at $37,500 and paid $10,000 in cash on January 1, 2001. On November 20, 2000, the Company issued 4,010 shares of the Company's common stock valued at $16,040 to Joseph Abrams in exchange for consulting services. On January 12, 2001, the Company issued 3,000 shares of the Company's common stock valued at $7,500 to Victoria Landies in exchange for marketing services. On February 12, 2001, the Company issued 154,117 shares of the Company's common stock valued at $337,500 to Mailbits in exchange for marketing services to be performed. 17 On February 9, 2001, the Company issued 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock valued at $262,500 to Take Two Interactive Software, Inc. in exchange for services to be performed. On February 28, 2001, the Company purchased from Cybercon Internet hosting services and equipment. In connection with this service, the Company issued 19,651 shares of the Company's common stock valued at $38,140. On May 31, 2000, in connection with a loan from GrayBox, LLC in the amount of $250,000 and in consideration for receiving $8,000, the Company issued warrants for 80,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock to the lender at exercise price of $6.00. In connection with this loan and as a replacement for the warrants there in, the Company agreed to cause one of its shareholders to sell 100,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Replacement Shares") to GrayBox at a purchase price of $1.80 per share by June 30, 2000. Upon receipt by GrayBox of the 100,000 Replacement Shares, GrayBox agreed to tender the warrants back to the Company. On June 22, 2000 the transaction involving the sale of Replacement Shares took place and the original 80,000 warrants were subsequently cancelled by the Company. The Replacement Shares have been valued at $458,421 on the financial statements using the Black Scholes option pricing model with a volatility of 104%, risk free interest rate of 6.25%, no expected dividend yield and life of one month. On July 31, 2000, the Company issued warrants to purchase 30,000 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $4.50 valued at $78,011 to Martin, Lucas and Chioffi, LLC in exchange for legal services to be performed. On September 6, 2000, in connection with a loan from New Technology Holdings, Inc. in the amount of $3,155,670, the Company issued 1,101,260 warrants to the lender. The first 701,260 of these warrants have an exercise price of $4.50 per share, the next 200,000 warrants, exercisable after the original 701,260 have been exercised, have an exercise price of $5.00 Per share. The last 200,000 warrants, exercisable after the purchase of 901,260 shares, have an exercise price of $6.00 per share. These warrants have been valued at $3,323,984 on the financial statements using the Black Scholes option pricing model with a risk free interest rate of 6.25%, a volatility of 108%, no expected dividend yield, and a life of 4 years. Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement with an affiliate of Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. dated July 13, 2001 described on page 5 of this Form 10-K in the "Recent Transactions" section, these warrants shall be redeemed upon the closing of the Stock Purchase Agreement. The Company agreed to purchase investor relations and international technical consulting services from Aura (Pvt), Ltd., for a three year period that commenced January 2, 2001. In connection with this agreement, the Company issued warrants for 385,000 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $2.50. The warrants have been valued at $495,232 on the financial statements using the Black Scholes option pricing model with a risk free interest rate of 5.75%, a volatility of 141% with no expected dividend yield and a life of three years. On November 21, 2000, the Company issued warrants to purchase 135,021 shares of the Company's common stock valued at $174,156 to 8 preferred shareholders in connection with financing activities. On December 31, 2000, the Company extended for an additional 12 months the warrants to purchase 60,000 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $6.00 valued at $110,908 to Michael Zaroff in exchange for investor relations services performed. On December 31, 2000, the Company extended for an additional 12 months the warrants to purchase 60,000 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $6.00 valued at $110,908 to Robert Agriogianis in exchange for investor relations services performed. 18 On March 4, 2001, the Company issued warrants to purchase 130,000 shares of the Company's common stock valued at to $153,599 to Joseph Cantone in exchange for investor relations services to be performed. During the year ended March 31, 2001, 340,452 shares of the Company's Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 481,068 shares of the Company's common stock. The foregoing sales of common stock were made in reliance upon the exemptions from registration set forth in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder for transactions not involving a public offering. No underwriters were engaged in connection with the foregoing sales of securities. These sales were made without general solicitation or advertising. Each purchaser was an "accredited investor" or a sophisticated investor with access to all relevant information necessary to evaluate the investment who represented to the Company that the shares were being acquired for investment. Item 6. Selected Financial Data. The following selected financial data are derived from our audited financial statements presented as of March 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999. The results presented for the year ended March 31, 1999 are those of CD Universe, Inc., the financial predecessor of eUniverse. The historical results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any future period. The effect of the merger along with other acquisitions is presented separately in pro forma statements. The data below should be read in conjunction with 'Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations' and the consolidated financial statements and the related notes to the financial statement included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. 19 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, ----------------------------------------- 2001 2000 | 1999 ---- ---- | ---- | CD UNIVERSE Revenue................................................. $ 15,668,203 $ 1,842,440 | $ -- Cost of goods sold...................................... 1,606,493 153,950 | -- ------------ ------------ | ---------- Gross profit............................................ 14,061,710 1,688,490 | -- Operating expenses: | Marketing and sales (excludes stock-based | compensation of $447,065 and $379,006, | respectively)..................................... 8,299,799 1,441,570 | -- Product development (excludes stock-based | compensation of $(19,656) and $37,326, | respectively)..................................... 3,827,600 1,139,836 | -- General and administrative (excludes stock-based | compensation of $164,598 and $164,598, | respectively)..................................... 4,755,772 3,731,298 | -- Amortization of goodwill and other intangibles...... 2,909,741 1,414,136 | -- Stock-based compensation............................ 262,811 580,930 | -- ------------ ------------ | ---------- Total operating expenses................................ 20,055,723 8,307,770 | -- ------------ ------------ | ---------- Operating loss.................................. (5,994,013) (6,619,280) | -- ------------ ------------ | ---------- Non-operating income (expense): | Interest and dividend income........................ 18,801 60,931 | -- Interest expense.................................... (6,351,875) -- | -- Loss on write-down of investment.................... (320,682) -- | -- Loss allocated to minority interest................. -- 4,110 | -- Impairment of goodwill ............................. (14,474,390) -- | -- Income taxes........................................ -- -- | -- ------------ ------------ | ---------- Loss from continuing operations ................ (27,122,159) (6,554,239) | -- | Discontinued Operations: | Loss from operations discounted segment | (net of applicable income taxes of $0) ............ (4,046,012) (4,513,407) | (407,164) Loss from disposal of segment | (net of applicable income taxes of $0) ............ (9,871,155) -- | -- ------------ ------------ | ---------- Net income (loss)............................... $(41,039,326) $(11,067,646) | $ (407,164) ------------ ------------ | ---------- ------------ ------------ | ---------- Continuing operations loss per common share............. $ (1.50) $ (0.42) | N/A Discontinued operations loss per common share........... $ ( .77) $ (0.29) | N/A ------------ ------------ | ---------- Basic and diluted loss per common share................. $ (2.27) $ (0.70) | N/A ------------ ------------ | ---------- Basic and diluted weighted average common shares | outstanding........................................ 18,094,670 15,765,108 | N/A BALANCE SHEET DATA MARCH 31, 2001 MARCH 31, 2000 -------------- -------------- Cash and cash equivalents............. $ 218,841 $ 2,323,087 Working capital (deficit)............. (6,569,061) (787,006) Total assets.......................... 11,879,131 37,778,444 Total shareholders' equity (deficit).. (1,558,489) 30,738,514 20 Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the accompanying notes that appear elsewhere in this report. The results for the current fiscal year 2001 reflect the consolidated operations of eUniverse, Case's Ladder, Gamer's Alliance and Big Network. Results for the comparable period in 2000 include only those of eUniverse, Case's Ladder (since May 30, 1999), Gamer's Alliance (since June 30, 1999) and Big Network (since September 1, 1999). Effective October 10, 2000, the assets of CD Universe which made up the products business segment of eUniverse were sold to CLBL, Inc., and the results of that segment are treated as a discontinued operation in the financial statements. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Overview eUniverse, Inc. operates a network of entertainment-related web sites focused on diversionary content and community offerings. Our network of web sites (www.euniverse.com) consists of diversion-oriented content and community properties revolving around two main themes: family and entertainment. We have also developed a proprietary email content delivery system (www.flowgo.com) that is among the largest of its type on the Internet, reaching over 25 million subscribers per day and delivering over 700 million emails per month. In fiscal year 2001, our revenue was generated primarily through paid third-party advertising on our network of sites. We offer advertising opportunities on web pages, through fun page newsletters, direct email placement and other proprietary content. We support campaigns for many types of advertisers and meet a wide variety of goals including branding initiatives, permission marketing programs, and customer acquisition plans. Results of Operations Net Revenues The Company's revenues were derived principally from the sale of banner and button advertisements. However, throughout the year, the Company launched several other ad products to better monetize the online ad environment. Products introduced are personalized email campaigns (Q4 2001) using permission-based marketing, rich media including pop-ups (Q3 2001), newsletters (Q2 2001) and the Flowgo referral engine (Q1 2001), which is monetized via offers for free subscriptions to newsletters, and ad buttons and text link transactions when users forward eUniverse's content to their friends. The duration of the Company's advertising commitments range from one week to three months and the Company enters in to Cost Per Click (CPC), Cost Per Impressions (CPM) and Cost Per Acquisition (CPA) agreements with its customers. We recognize as revenues the amount paid to us upon the delivery and fulfillment of advertising in the form of banner and button ads, email, rich media and newsletters, provided that the collection of the resulting receivable is probable. 21 YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, (dollars in thousands) -------------------------------------------- 2001 2000 % CHANGE ---- ---- -------- Net revenues ...................... $15,668 $ 1,842 751% For the year ended March 31, 2001, revenue increased 751% to $15.7 million, up from $1.8 million reported the same period for fiscal 2000. The increases were attributable to both the acquisitions that have occurred in the past year, primarily funpage web sites and the development of our advertising network. The increased development of our network and the funpage sites has caused traffic to grow over 300% to an audience of 18 million monthly unique visitors. Revenue also includes barter and non-cash advertising where we exchange advertising on our sites for similarly valued online advertising or other services, or in exchange for equity ownership in the partner. The barter value was $499,000, or 3% of total revenue, for the year ending March 31, 2001. The Company had $266,000 in barter transactions the prior year. We expect that advertising revenues will continue to grow as a result of our emphasis in developing our own sites and our network as well as realizing larger-scale benefits of the acquisitions. The Company plans to increase its revenue by continuing to develop its own sites and network, including expansion of various ad products launched over the past year. We also plan to introduce commerce, subscription, sponsorship and private label partnership revenue streams. Operating Costs With the CD Universe divestiture and consequent reporting of discontinued operations for the years ended March 31, 1999 through March 31, 2001, we believe that comparisons for our operating costs for these two years are not relevant for purposes of indicating the future trend of our operating costs. Our operating costs were as follows for the years indicated (dollars in thousands): YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, ------------------------- 2001 2000 Change ---- ---- ------ Operating costs: Cost of revenues ................. $ 1,606 $ 154 943% Sales and marketing .............. $ 8,300 $1,442 476% Product development .............. $ 3,828 $1,140 236% General and administrative ....... $ 4,756 $3,731 27% Amortization of goodwill and other intangibles, stock compensation and other ....................... $ 3,172 $1,995 59% ------- ------ --- Total Operating Costs ............. $21,662 $8,462 156% ======= ====== === Cost of Revenues Cost of revenues consists primarily of fees paid to third parties for media properties. Cost of revenues increased by 943% to $1.6 million, or 10% of total revenues, for the year ended March 31, 2001, from $154,000, or 8% of total revenues, for the year ended March 31, 2000. The increase in absolute dollars was primarily due to the growth in our affiliate program. The affiliate program grew to 70 affiliates during fiscal 2001. However, in Q4, the Company restructured the program to keep only the top- 22 performing web sites and reduced the number of affiliates to 14. Accordingly, cost of revenues decreased 86% to $49,000 in the quarter ended March 2001 from $346,000 in the quarter ended December 2000. The Company has terminated or reduced minimum payment obligations to certain affiliates that exceeded related revenues. As a result, the Company has not experienced a significant reduction in related revenues and anticipates increasing its gross margins. Sales and Marketing Sales and marketing costs consist primarily of promotional and advertising costs, personnel costs, commissions, agency and consulting fees, and allocated overhead costs such as computer systems and facilities. The Company has a direct sales force that sells our inventory of advertisements to advertisers and advertising agencies. Sales and marketing costs increased by 476% to $8.3 million, or 53% of total revenues, for the year ended March 31, 2001, from $1.4 million, or 78% of total revenues, for the year ended March 31, 2000. This $6.9 million increase was driven by the rapid expansion of our sites, acquisitions that occurred throughout the year and increases in compensation expense associated with growth in our direct sales force and marketing staff. Specific increases for the year over the same period last year include the following: commissions and incentive compensation relating to our acquisitions of $3.0 million; advertising and promotion of $1.4 million including increased barter costs of $0.5 million; payroll and related of $1.3 million; consulting and other services of $0.5 million; facilities of $0.3 million; and other expenses of $0.4 million. Stock-based compensation expenses of approximately $447,000 and $379,000 for the years ended March 2001 and 2000, respectively, are excluded from sales and marketing costs and shown separately in the financial statements. The Company successfully restructured the incentive compensation related to our fun page acquisitions in the fourth quarter and expects to see a decrease in commissions. The restructure saved the Company over $2 million compared to previously existing contract terms and expects further decreases after the current contract periods expire beginning in the fourth quarter of our next fiscal year. We intend to continue our branding and marketing campaigns and expect that sales and marketing expenses will increase primarily due to growth in salaries and related expenses. We plan to expand our direct sales force to support increased revenues and to focus on larger and longer-term customers. Product Development Product development expenses consist of payroll and related expenses for developing and maintaining the Company's web sites and supporting technology. Product and development costs increased by 236% to $3.8 million, or 24% of total revenues, for the year ended March 31, 2001, from $1.1 million, or 62% of total revenues, for the year ended March 31, 2000. The $2.7 million increase was primarily a result of growth in salaries and related and Internet expense due to our rapid expansion in network traffic and website development. 23 Stock-based compensation expenses of approximately $(20,000) and $37,000 for the years ended March 2001 and 2000, respectively, are excluded from product development costs and shown separately in the financial statements. Specific increases for the year over the same period last year include payroll and related of $1.4 million and facilities and Internet fees of $1.3 million. We anticipate that product development costs will continue to increase due to an increase in compensation expenses for design and development and increased Internet costs commensurate with our revenue and traffic increases. General and Administrative General and administrative expenses consist of payroll and related expenses for executive, finance and administrative personnel, recruiting, professional fees and other general corporate expenses. General and administrative costs increased by 27% to $4.8 million, or 30% of total revenues, for the year ended March 31, 2001, from $3.7 million, or 203% of total revenues, for the year ended March 31, 2000. The $1.1 million increase was due primarily to growth in the number of administrative personnel, expansion of facilities and computer systems, and an increase in legal and accounting services to support the growth of our operations and infrastructure. Specific increases for the year over the same period last year include the following: payroll and related of $0.5 million, recruiting expense of $0.2 million, legal and accounting services of $0.2 million, and other office, depreciation and facility expense increases of $0.2 million. We anticipate that general and administrative costs will increase commensurate with expansion plans. Stock-based compensation expenses of approximately $(164,000) and $164,000 for the years ended March 2001 and 2000, respectively, are excluded from general and administrative costs and shown separately in the financial statements. Amortization of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, (in thousands) ------------------------------------ 2001 2000 % Change ---- ---- -------- Amortization of goodwill and other intangibles $2,910 $1,414 106% Amortization of goodwill and acquisition-related intangible assets increased by 106% to $2.9 million for the year ended March 31, 2001 from $1.4 million for the year ended March 31, 2000. The increase is principally due to the larger acquisitions (the Big Network 9/99, Case's Ladder 6/99 and Gamer's Alliance 7/99) only having amortization for part of the prior period but for the full year in the current period. Effective January 1, 2001, the Company also changed the useful lives of these assets to 5 years from 10 years due to an assessment of anticipated future cash flows and the practice of comparable companies. The reduction in useful lives increased amortization by approximately $0.3 million in the quarter ended March 2001 compared to what would have been recorded had the Company used 10 years. 24 In addition to the stock acquisitions of Big Network, Case's Ladder and Gamer's Alliance, the current period charges also reflect the acquisitions of Pokemon Village, Funone, JustSayWow, Dustcloud and other minor acquisitions. It is likely that the Company will continue to expand its business through acquisitions and investments, which may cause amortization costs to increase. Stock-Based Compensation Stock-based compensation is comprised of the portion of acquisition related consideration conditioned on the continued tenure of key employees, which must be classified as compensation expense under generally accepted accounting principles. Additional stock-based compensation is recorded for stock price fluctuations that affect compensation expense for options that were repriced in December 1999. YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, (in thousands) ------------------------------------ 2001 2000 % Change ---- ---- -------- Stock-based Compensation ............. $263 $581 (55%) The expenses for the current period are attributable to performance bonuses in connection with the acquisitions of JustSayWow, Funpageland and Pokemon Village while expenses for the prior period resulted from variable stock compensation in connection with repricing of options to employees in December 1999. Impairment Write-Down of Goodwill, Other Intangible Assets and Other Assets During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2001, the Company ceased operations of the Big Network and decided to sell Case's Ladder, two of its subsidiaries. These events necessitated a review for goodwill and other intangible impairment. We performed asset impairment tests by business unit, the lowest level for which there are identifiable cash flows. YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, (in thousands) ------------------------------------ 2001 2000 ------ -------- Impairment of Goodwill ........... $14,474 $ -- In our review of Case's Ladder, we determined that the net goodwill balance prior to impairment as of March 31, 2001 of $6.3 million to be overstated by approximately $5.3 million. The Company calculated the impairment by the discounted cash flow method using an appropriate discount rate. The Company believes that Cases Ladder does not fit with its core market and will seek a buyer who can integrate the operations, technology and management into its core business. The Company decided to shut down the Big Network web site and terminate its employees during the quarter ended March 31, 2001. The Big Network, in the estimation of eUniverse, was not a viable business opportunity and its operations, technology and management could not be integrated into the Company's core business. As a result, the Company considered the entire March 31, 2001 net goodwill balance of $9.1 million to be impaired. Comparable market values are not reliably available and the Company does not 25 plan to sell Big Network or its technology. The Company anticipates no future cash flows from Big Network and has written off the entire carrying value of the asset. Interest and Other Income, Net YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, (in thousands) ------------------------------------------ 2001 2000 % Change -------- -------- -------- Interest income ........................... $ 19 $ 61 (69%) Interest and other financing expenses...... $(6,352) $ -- NA Minority interest ......................... $ -- $ 4 NA Loss on write-down of investments.......... $ (321) $ -- NA Interest and financing expense for the year was primarily due to recognition of the costs related to the issuance of warrants in connection with short-term loans provided during the year. A total of 1,701,260 options and warrants were issued and have been valued at $5.6 million. Additionally, stock valued at almost $0.3 million and expensed in the current period was issued in connection with the purchase of our common stock from the purchaser of the CD Universe assets. The remainder relates principally to interest of $0.3 million and additional financing-related warrant amortization of $0.2 million. For the year ended March 31, 2001, $6.4 million was expensed. In the prior year we had no interest or financing expense. The loss on sale of assets represents primarily the write off of Email Shows totaling $230,000 and other expenses. Income Taxes. Due to operating losses incurred since inception, we did not record a provision for income taxes in the year ended March 31, 2001. As of March 31, 2001, the balance of net deferred tax assets was $15,327,800. Utilization of the Company's net operating loss carry forwards, which begin to expire in 2020, may be subject to certain limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Due to uncertainties regarding reliability of the deferred tax assets, the Company has provided a valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset in an amount necessary to reduce the net deferred tax asset to zero. Loss from Continuing Operations YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, (in thousands) ------------------------------------------- 2001 2000 % Change --------- --------- -------- Net (Loss) ................................. $(27,122) $(6,554) 313% For the year ended March 31, 2001, net loss from continuing operations increased by 313% to $27.1 million from $6.6 million for the year ended March 31, 2000. The increase in the net loss was due predominantly to the write down of goodwill, other intangible assets and other assets of $14.5 million, interest and financing expenses of $6.4 million, and an increase in the amortization of intangible assets of $1.5 million. Excluding such items, net loss would have been $3.4 million and $5.1 million for the years ended March 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively, for a $1.7 million improvement. 26 Net Loss from Discontinued Operations YEARS END MARCH 31, (in thousands) ---------------------------------- 2001 2000 Change -------- ------------ -------- Loss from discontinued operations ........... $(4,046,012) $(4,513,407) 10% Loss from disposal of segment (net of taxes) ............................ $(9,871,155) $ -- NA On October 10, 2000, eUniverse disposed of the retail products (e-commerce) segment of its business. This transaction provided for our subsidiary, CD Universe, to receive $1 million in exchange for the sale of tangible and intangible assets of the business to CLBL, Inc., a company owned by Charles Beilman, formerly a directly and officer of eUniverse. Additionally, eUniverse received $500,000 for advertising on its sites of CLBL over the next six months. eUniverse has elected to treat this as a discontinued operation; as such presentation is believed to be clearer to shareholders. For the year, the discontinued operations incurred losses of $4.0 million, which were incurred during the first three quarters of the year. The loss in the previous year from discontinued operations was $4.5 million. A loss on the disposal of the segment of $9.9 million, principally consisting of a loss on disposal of intangible assets was incurred during the current period. Accordingly, we do not expect to record any material expense in the future relating to this segment. Year Ended March 31, 2000 Compared to Year Ended March 31, 1999 The Company began its advertising operations during the year ended March 31, 2000 and had no such operations in the year ended March 31, 1999. In 2000, the loss from discontinued operations increased to $4.5 million from $400,000 in 1999. Liquidity and Capital Resources Since April 14, 1999, the Company has satisfied its cash requirements primarily through private placements of equity securities (including the $6.3 million net proceeds raised in April 1999) and short-term loans and cash flow from sales of web site banner and button advertisements, personalized email campaigns, newsletters, rich media including pop-up ads and prior to the discontinuation of CD Universe, from the sale of music CD's and videos. Net cash used in operating activities was $7.9 million and $3.2 million for the years ended March 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Net operating cash flows for the year ended 2001 consist of the $41.0 million net loss and a reduction in current liabilities of $2.0 million offset by goodwill and other intangible impairment of $14.5 million, depreciation and amortization of $3.8 million; the loss from the disposal of discontinued operations of $9.9 million; non-cash financing related costs of $5.8 million; and other non-cash items of $1.2 million. The net losses before non-cash items included losses from operations for the discontinued segment of $4.0 million. The reduction in current liabilities of $2.0 million for the year ended 2001 resulted principally from decreases in deferred ad revenues of $2.4 million. Current assets declined $0.1 million due to increased receivables of $1.7 million related to the increase in ad revenues, offset by decreased prepaid expenses and deferred charges of $1.4 million and a decline in inventory related to discontinued operations of $0.4 million. 27 In the year ended March 31, 2000, net cash used in operating activities of $3.2 million was due to net losses excluding non-cash charges of $7.3 million and an increase in current assets of $1.7 million partially offset by an increase in current liabilities of $5.8 million. The net losses before non-cash items included losses from operations for the discontinued segment of $4.5 million. Current assets rose principally due to increased prepaid expenses related to the issuance of warrants for marketing services. The increase in current liabilities was due to increased accounts payable, principally related to the discontinued e-commerce operations, and increased accrued liabilities and deferred revenues. Net cash used in investing activities was $0.2 million and $2.6 million for the years ended March 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Investing activities for the year ended 2001 included proceeds of the sale of discontinued e-commerce operations for $1.0 million offset by $0.5 million for fixed asset purchases, and changes in other assets were $0.3 million. Net cash used in investing activities was $2.6 million for the year ended March 31, 2000. During the year, $0.7 million was used for acquisitions, consisting of $1.9 million in cash paid for the CD Universe acquisition, less $1.2 million received from acquisitions. Purchases of fixed assets amounted to $0.9 million and other asset changes were $0.9 million. Net cash provided by financing activities of $5.6 million for the year ended March 31, 2001 resulted from proceeds from short-term loans from new investors of $5.3 million less repayments of $1.6 million and proceeds from long-term notes of $1.8 million, which include the restructuring of $2.1 million of certain short-term notes into long-term notes. One loan with an outstanding balance of $2.3 million is payable on demand, and has been partially repaid through deductions from ongoing receivables. Loans of approximately $1.5 million remain unpaid past their maturity date and are effectively in default. The Company may incur additional default interest on these loans of approximately $15,000 monthly. The lenders on these past-due loans could demand immediate payment and initiate legal proceedings against the Company. Of the $1.5 million in past-due loans, one note in the principal amount of $1.02 million is secured by 4.8 million shares of our common stock owned by the Company's chairman. For the year ended March 31, 2000, cash flows from financing activities were $8.2 million, which resulted from net proceeds of $8.4 million from the sale of 1.8 million shares of preferred stock and 1,187,080 shares of common stock, less repayments of advances to an officer and affiliates. As of March 31, 2001, the Company's principal commitments include obligations for leases amounting to approximately $281,000, annually. Continued acquisitions and investments may also require future capital expenditures. On July 13, 2001 the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement by which an affiliate of a Sony Music Entertainment Inc. agreed to invest $5 million in the Company in exchange for issuance by the Company of shares of Series B Senior Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred"), at a purchase price of $2.60 per share. Further information on this transaction and certain related transactions are included in the "Recent Transactions" section of this document. For the year ending December 31, 2000, InfoBeat generated $2.7 million in revenue and incurred a net loss of $16.8 million. The Company expects that the closing of the funding will occur within 90 days of the date hereof. Following the closing of the funding, the Company expects that it will have adequate working capital for the next 12 months. The Company may, however, seek additional working 28 capital through additional equity and/or debt financings in the upcoming year. There can be no assurance that such financing can be successfully completed on terms acceptable to the Company. Also, the closing of this transaction is subject to certain contingencies, including: (i) in the event that the average closing price of the Company's common stock for the 15 trading days immediately following the date of the Stock and Share Purchase Agreements (the "Average Share Price") is less than or equal to $2.00, then either party shall have the right to terminate the transactions contemplated under the Stock Purchase Agreement and related documents; (ii) the execution of a voting agreement by holders of a majority of the Company's common stock, within 5 days of the signing of the Stock Purchase Agreement; (iii) the payment terms of two promissory notes by the Company must be revised; and (iv) consent to the Stock Purchase Agreement and related documents by holders of at least 75% of the Company's Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock. Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. eUniverse places its cash and cash equivalents in banks with high quality standards. Cash investments consist of high quality overnight investments that bear immaterial exposure to interest rate fluctuations. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. Financial statements required pursuant to this item are included in Part IV, Item 14 of this Form 10-K and are presented beginning on page F-2. The supplementary financial information required by this item is included under the subsection entitled "Quarterly Results of Operations/Supplementary Financial Information," beginning on page F-25. Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. Not Applicable 29 <Page> PART III Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrants. <Table> <Caption> Name Age Positions and Offices With eUniverse Brad D. Greenspan(1)(2)..................28 Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer Brett C. Brewer(1)(2)....................29 Co-President and Director Shawn Goldschein.........................36 Co-President and Chief Strategic Officer Joseph L. Varraveto......................39 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Christopher S. Lipp......................29 Secretary and Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs William R. Wagner........................54 Vice President Daniel L. Mosher(1)(3)...................28 Director Ryan A. Brant(3).........................29 Director </Table> (1) Member of the Compensation Committee. (2) Member of the Executive Committee. (3) Member of the Audit Committee. Brad D. Greenspan, Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 14, 1999 and Chief Executive Officer since August 29, 2000. Mr. Greenspan is a member of eUniverse's Executive and Compensation Committees. In 1997, he founded Palisades Capital, Inc., a private Beverly Hills merchant bank, and served as its President until March 1999. Mr. Greenspan received a B.A. degree in political science/business from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1997. Brett C. Brewer, Co-President and Director since August 29, 2000. Mr. Brewer is a member of eUniverse's Executive and Compensation Committees. He joined eUniverse in April 1999 and was named Vice President of its eCommerce Division in December 1999 and elected President of CD Universe, Inc., a subsidiary of eUniverse, in July 2000. Prior to joining eUniverse, Mr. Brewer helped run the Southern California Retail Sales Division of CB Richard Ellis between October 1996 and December 1998. Mr. Brewer received a B.A. degree in business/economics from the University of California at Los Angeles. Shawn Goldschein, Co-President and Chief Strategic Officer since August 29, 2000. Prior to joining eUniverse, Mr. Goldschein served as Vice President of Marketing and Communications for WhatsHotNow.com and previously to that as Vice President of Strategic Planning for Rare Medium, where he was instrumental in generating new business while employed at each position. Prior to Rare Medium, Mr. Goldschein was employed by Icon New Media, where he served as General Manager and founder of the company's Advertising/Sponsorship Division. Mr. Goldschein received a B.A. degree in finance and statistics from Syracuse University. Joseph L. Varraveto, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2, 2001. Prior to joining eUniverse, Mr. Varraveto served as President and Chief Operating Officer of ememories.com, where he was responsible for securing new capital financing and human resource management, strategic corporate development and planning, financial controls and investor relations. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer of AIR4LESS.com, a leisure travel Web site, where he secured early round financing and several strategic alliances before the company merged with McCord Travel. Prior to entering the online world, Mr. Varraveto served as Senior Vice President of Finance for PepsiCo's Frito Lay International Snack Foods Division for more than six years, where he oversaw the transformation of its overseas businesses into a single operating unit. He also spent nine years at PriceWaterhouseCoopers working on corporate acquisitions, reorganizations, public offerings and debt offerings. Mr. Varraveto received a B.A. in business economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. 30 Christopher S. Lipp, Secretary since March 30, 2001 and Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs since January 11, 2000. Prior to joining eUniverse, Mr. Lipp was employed as an attorney in the Intellectual Property Group of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP at Los Angeles, California. He has been a member of the California State Bar since 1997. Mr. Lipp received his J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School and a B.A. in government and sociology from Georgetown University. William R. Wagner, Vice President since April 6, 1999, Chief Financial Officer from April 6, 1999 to January 2, 2001 and Secretary from April 6, 1999 to March 30, 2001. Prior to joining eUniverse, Mr. Wagner was Chief Financial Officer of Heritage Marketing and Incentives, Inc., a Massachusetts-based marketing incentives company. From 1995 to 1997, he was Chief Financial Officer of ServiceSoft Corporation, a Massachusetts Internet software company, and from 1990 to 1994, he was Chief Financial Officer of General Scanning, Inc., a pioneer in laser technology and systems. Mr. Wagner resigned as Vice President of eUniverse effective July 15, 2001. Daniel L. Mosher, Director since April 17, 2000. Mr. Mosher is a member of eUniverse's Compensation and Audit Committees. He is employed as Director of Corporate Development of Verisign, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Mosher was employed by Webvan Group, Inc. from May 1999 to May 2001, most recently as Director, Business Development. From January 1998 to May 1999, Mr. Mosher served in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Technology Group, an investment banking firm. From February 1996 to January 1998, he held several positions in the Corporate Finance Group of Arthur Andersen, focused on technology private placements. Mr. Mosher holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley. Ryan A. Brant, Director since January 22, 2001. Mr. Brant is a member of eUniverse's Audit Committee. Mr. Brant was the founder of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. and has been Chairman and a director of the Take-Two since its inception in 1993. He received a B.S. degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Each director of eUniverse serves for a one-year term until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until his successor has been duly elected. Each officer of eUniverse serves at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Agreements Concerning the Election of Directors In connection with the purchase by E. P. Opportunity Fund, LLC ("E.P.") of 235,000 shares of preferred stock of Entertainment Universe, a letter agreement dated April 6, 1999 was entered into between E. P., Entertainment Universe and Brad D. Greenspan which, in effect, gave E. P. the right to select one of the directors of Entertainment Universe during the period that E.P. owns shares of Entertainment Universe preferred stock. On April 16, 1999, in connection with the reorganization between Motorcycle Centers and Entertainment Universe, the E. P. letter agreement was assigned by Entertainment Universe to eUniverse, which assumed the obligations to E. P. of Entertainment Universe. As a result, as long as it owns our preferred stock, E. P. has the right to appoint a member of the Board of Directors of eUniverse. E. P. has not exercised this right as of the date hereof. In connection with the acquisition of Falcon Ventures by eUniverse, an agreement dated December 16, 1999 was entered into by and between Brad D. Greenspan and Take-Two Interactive Software, which gives Take-Two the right to select an individual to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of eUniverse for a period of three years from February 2, 2000. On January 22, 2001, Take-Two exercised its right to select a director by selecting Ryan A. Brant. 31 Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act ("Section 16(a)") requires eUniverse's executive officers, directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of eUniverse's equity securities ("10% Stockholders") to file reports of ownership on a Form 3 and changes in ownership on a Form 4 or a Form 5 with the SEC. Based solely on its review of the copies of such forms received by eUniverse, or written representations from certain reporting persons, eUniverse believes that during fiscal year 2001 its executive officers, directors and 10% Stockholders complied with all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements, except that the Form 3's required to be filed by Brett C. Brewer, Shawn Goldschein, Joseph L. Varraveto and Ryan A. Brant (each of whom was either a director or executive officer of eUniverse during fiscal year 2001) were inadvertently filed late and the Form 5's required to be filed by Messrs. Brewer and Goldschein were inadvertently filed late. Item 11. Executive Compensation. The table below summarizes the compensation paid or awarded during the last three fiscal years to our Chief Executive Officer and our four other most highly compensated Executive Officers for services rendered to eUniverse in all capacities. These executives are referred to as the Named Executive Officers elsewhere in this Form 10-K/A. SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE ANNUAL COMPENSATION LONG TERM COMPENSATION ------------------------------------------------ AWARDS PAYOUTS ------------------------ ---------- OTHER ANNUAL RESTRICTED SECURITIES LTIP ALL OTHER FISCAL SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION STOCK AWARD UNDERLYING PAYOUTS COMPENSATION NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR ($) ($) ($) ($) OPTIONS # ($) ($) --------------------------- ---- ------ ----- ------------ ----------- ---------- ------- ----------- Brad D. Greenspan .......... 2001 99,800 -- 50,000(1) -- 170,000 -- -- Chairman of the Board 2000 -- -- 50,000(1) -- -- -- -- and Chief Executive Officer Brett C. Brewer ............ 2001 104,979 -- -- -- 312,500 -- -- Co-President, Chief Operat- 2000 75,000 -- -- -- -- -- -- ing Officer and Director Joseph L. Varraveto ......... 2001 37,657(2) -- -- -- -- -- -- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Leland Silvas .............. 2001 166,795 -- -- -- 136,667 -- -- Chief Executive Officer(3) 2000 200,000 -- 6,307(4) -- 291,668 -- -- William R. Wagner .......... 2001 135,416 27,500 -- -- 102,079 -- -- Vice President(5) 2000 125,000 -- -- -- 24,999 -- -- ----------- (1) Represents consulting fees paid to Mr. Greenspan prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of eUniverse on August 29, 2000. (2) Mr. Varraveto was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of eUniverse on January 2, 2001. (3) Mr. Silvas resigned as Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective July 21, 2000. (4) Mr. Silvas was issued 200,000 shares in conjunction with his employment with eUniverse. These have been valued at $.0315 per share, based upon the initial capitalization of Entertainment Universe. (5) Mr. Wagner resigned as Vice President of eUniverse effective July 15, 2001. 32 OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR INDIVIDUAL GRANTS PERCENT OF TOTAL POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE OPTIONS AT ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES NUMBER OF GRANTED TO OF STOCK PRICE APPRECIATION SECURITIES EMPLOYEES EXERCISE FOR OPTION TERM UNDERLYING IN FISCAL PRICE EXPIRATION ------------------------- NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION OPTIONS GRANTED YEAR $/SHARE DATE 5% 10% --------------------------- --------------- ---- ------- ---- -- --- Brad D. Greenspan ..................... 1,440,000(1) 26.9% $2.75 9/29/10 $ 617,000 $ 3,160,000 Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer Brett C. Brewer ..................... 750,000(1) 14.0% $2.75 9/29/10 $ 322,000 $ 1,646,000 Co-President, Chief Operating Officer And Director Joseph L. Varraveto.................... 350,000(1) 6.5% $2.25 3/30/11 $ 352,000 $ 1,027,000 Executive Vice President And Chief Financial Officer (1) One third of the options vest and are exercisable one year from the date of grant. Thereafter, one twelfth of the options vest and are exercisable each three months until all optioned shares are vested. Aggregated Option Exercises in last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-end Option Values/SAR Values Value of No. of Securities Unexercised Underlying Unexercised in-the-money Options/SAR's Options/SAR's No. of Shares at Fiscal Year-end at Fiscal Year-end Acquired Value Name On Exercise Realized Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable --------------------------- ---------------- ----------- -------------- ---------------- ------------- ---------------- Brad D. Greenspan ............. -- -- 170,000 1,570,000 -- -- Brett C. Brewer ............... -- -- 275,000 550,000 -- -- Joseph L. Varraveto ........... -- -- -- 350,000 -- -- Leland N. Silvas .............. -- -- 428,335 -- -- -- William R. Wagner ............. -- -- 115,208 27,292 -- -- Director Compensation Directors of eUniverse who are also employees or officers of eUniverse do not receive any compensation specifically related to their activities as directors, other than reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with their attendance at Board of Directors meetings. On April 17, 2000, Daniel L. Mosher, for his first year of service as a non-employee director, received options for 63,750 shares of the Company's common stock, at market price per share, which vested on December 8, 2000, one year after the date that he became a director, and expire ten years after the date that he became a director. On January 22, 2001, for his second year of service as a non-employee director, Mr. Mosher received options for 25,000 shares of the Company's common stock, at market price per share, which vest one year after the date of grant and expire ten years after the date of grant. On January 22, 2001, Ryan A. Brant, for his first year of service as a non-employee director, received options for 73,750 shares of the Company's common stock, at market price per share, which vest one year from the date of grant and expire ten years after the date of grant. For each board meeting they attend, non-employee directors are reimbursed for their expenses incurred in connection with their attendance at the meeting. 33 Employment Agreements As of April 14, 1999, eUniverse entered into an employment agreement (the "Silvas Employment Agreement") with Leland Silvas, Chief Executive Officer and President. The contract with Mr. Silvas was for an initial term expiring April 30, 2000 and automatically renewed for additional one-year periods unless terminated on three months notice. The agreement provided that eUniverse could terminate Mr. Silvas' employment for cause and upon death or disability. Mr. Silvas could terminate his employment with eUniverse upon 45 days prior written notice in the event (1) any duty assigned to Mr. Silvas was inconsistent with his positions and the assignment continued for ten days; (2) eUniverse failed to pay for a period of ten days after the due date any compensation owed to Mr. Silvas; and (3) of any purported termination by eUniverse except for cause, death or disability. The Silvas Employment Agreement stipulated an annual base salary of $200,000, to be reviewed annually, with a bonus opportunity of up to 50% of base salary upon achievement of goals determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. As additional consideration for his employment, commitment and consulting services, Mr. Silvas was granted options to purchase 825,000 shares of common stock of eUniverse at an exercise price of $3.00 per share, which options vest and become exercisable as follows: 91,667 of the options were immediately vested and fully exercisable on April 14, 1999 and 66,667 options vest and become exercisable on the 22nd of each July, October, January and April thereafter through January 22, 2002 or until Mr. Silvas is no longer employed by eUniverse. Upon a 50% or greater change in ownership control in eUniverse or a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of eUniverse, all of the unvested stock options granted to Mr. Silvas vest immediately. Mr. Silvas resigned as Chief Executive Officer and President on July 21, 2000. As of April 5, 1999, eUniverse entered into an employment agreement with William R. Wagner, employing him as Chief Financial Officer of eUniverse. The contract with Mr. Wagner was for an indefinite term, subject to termination on three months notice, and stipulates an annual salary of $125,000. As additional consideration for his employment, Mr. Wagner was granted options to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share under the 1999 Stock Awards Plan. These options vested in 1/12 increments every three months beginning July 5, 1999 until the earlier of April 6, 2002 or until Mr. Wagner was no longer employed by eUniverse. On June 15, 1999, Mr. Wagner was granted options to purchase 50,000 shares at an exercise price of $9.50 per share. These options were canceled and repriced on September 15, 1999. On September 15, 1999 Mr. Wagner was granted options to purchase 42,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $6.00 under the 1999 Stock Awards Plan, which vest and become exercisable as follows: 14,167 one year from September 15, 1999 and 1/12 of the remaining option shares each quarter thereafter until all 42,500 option shares are vested or until Mr. Wagner is no longer employed by eUniverse. Upon a 50% or greater change in ownership control in eUniverse or a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of eUniverse, all of the unvested stock options granted to Mr. Wagner vest immediately. Mr. Wagner served as Chief Financial Officer from April 6, 1999 to January 2, 2001 and as Vice President from April 6, 1999 to July 15, 2001. Mr. Wagner resigned as Vice President of eUniverse as of July 15, 2001. Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation Prior to establishing the Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors as a whole performed the functions delegated to the Compensation Committee. No member of the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee serves as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving as a member of eUniverse's Board of Directors or Compensation Committee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of eUniverse's previous filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that might affect future filings, including this Form 10-K/A, the Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation set forth below, and the Stock Performance Graph set forth on page 37 in accordance with Securities Exchange Commission requirements, shall not be incorporated by reference into any such filings. 34 COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION General Decisions as to certain compensation of eUniverse's executive officers are made by the Compensation Committee of eUniverse's Board of Directors. During eUniverse's fiscal year ending on March 31, 2001, the members of the Compensation Committee were Brad D. Greenspan and Leland N. Silvas from April 1, 2000 until Mr. Silvas' resignation from the Board on August 22, 2000. Thereafter, Brett C. Brewer was elected to the Compensation Committee on August 29, 2000 and Daniel L. Mosher was elected to the Committee on April 17, 2000. Compensation Policies The Compensation Committee's executive compensation policies are designed to attract and retain executives capable of leading eUniverse in a rapidly evolving Internet-based marketplace and to motivate such executives to maximize profitability and stockholder value. The Compensation Committee has designed eUniverse's executive compensation program with three components to achieve this objective--base salary; equity participation under a stock awards plan; and benefits. The philosophy and operation of each component is discussed herein. The Compensation Committee does not use qualitative methods or mathematical formulas in setting any element of compensation. In determining each component of compensation, the Compensation Committee considers all elements of an executive officer's total compensation package, including insurance and other benefits. Base Salary. Base salaries for its executive officers are designed to attract and retain superior, high-performing individuals. As such, eUniverse believes its base salaries for executive positions are, and should be, equal to or greater than those of comparable Internet-based companies. Stock Awards Plan. The Compensation Committee believes strongly that stock ownership by management and stock-based performance compensation arrangements are beneficial in aligning management's and stockholders' interests in the enhancement of stockholders' return. To this end, the Compensation Committee grants to key executives stock options under the Company's 1999 Stock Awards Plan (the "1999 Plan") which generally vest (i.e., become exercisable) over a three-year period following the date of grant as follows: 33 1/3% on the first anniversary; and 1/12 each quarter thereafter. Options under the 1999 Plan are granted at the current market price, have a term of ten years from the date of grant, and subject to the above vesting restrictions, may be exercised at any time during such term. The 1999 Plan, which is administered by the Compensation Committee, was approved by the stockholders at the 2001 Annual Meeting. See table entitled "Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year" on page 33 summarizing options granted to each Named Executive Officer and vesting terms of such options. Benefits. The benefits available to executive officers are the same as those afforded to all full-time employees, including medical, dental and death and disability coverage. Chief Executive Officer Compensation Lee Silvas served as eUniverse's chief executive officer from April 1, 2000 until his resignation on July 21, 2001. Brad Greenspan succeeded Mr. Silvas as chief executive officer of eUniverse, serving in such position since August 29, 2000. The Compensation Committee determined the components of Mr. Greenspan's fiscal year 2001 compensation as follows: Base Salary. Mr. Greenspan's base salary of $120,000 was increased to $170,000 on September 29, 2000 to be comparable with salaries for executive positions of other Internet-based companies. 35 Stock Awards Plan. As additional consideration for his employment, Mr. Greenspan was granted options on September 29, 2000 to purchase 1,400,000 shares of common stock of eUniverse at an exercise of $2.75 per share with vesting subject to certain conditions. On May 2, 2001, this grant was amended to reduce the number of options by 600,000 to a revised 800,000 options with the following vesting: (i) 25% of the options shall vest according to the standard vesting schedule whereby one-third vest and are exercisable one year from the date of grant and thereafter, one-twelfth of the options vest and are exercisable every three months until all optioned shares are vested; (ii) 25% shall vest upon the date that both eUniverse and its Web sites have been ranked in the top ten among the most visited Web sites by either Nielsen//NetRatings and/or Media Metrix for five consecutive months; (iii) 25% shall vest upon the date that eUniverse has achieved earnings before taxes, interest depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of at least $1 million in each of three consecutive quarters; and (iv) the remaining 25% shall vest upon the date that eUniverse (Nasdaq: EUNI) has had a stock closing price of at least $7 for 60 consecutive days. In addition, upon a 50% or greater change in ownership control in eUniverse, 50% of the then unvested stock options granted to Mr. Greenspan shall vest immediately. Benefits. Mr. Greenspan was provided benefits under eUniverse's medical, dental, and disability plans consistent with those provided to other full-time employees. As a member of the Compensation Committee, Mr. Greenspan participates in reviewing his annual salary and setting his bonus, subject to the review and approval of the Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee determined the components of Mr. Silvas's fiscal year 2001 compensation as follows: Base Salary. Mr. Silvas's base salary of $200,000 was not increased during fiscal year 2001. Stock Awards Plan. No additional options were granted to Mr. Silvas during fiscal year 2001. Benefits. Mr. Silvas was provided benefits under eUniverse's medical, dental, and disability plans consistent with those provided to other full-time employees. As a member of the Compensation Committee during fiscal year 2001, Mr. Silvas participated in reviewing his annual salary and setting his bonus, subject to the review and approval of the Board of Directors. Mr. Silvas terminated his contract with eUniverse as Chief Executive Officer and President as of July 21, 2000 and resigned as a Director and member of the Compensation Committee as of August 22, 2000. Other Executive Officers The compensation plans of most of eUniverse's other executive officers, including the persons listed in the Summary Compensation Table on page 32, provide for a base salary, option grants under eUniverse's 1999 Stock Awards Plan, and access to eUniverse's standard employee benefit plans. Submitted by the Compensation Committee of eUniverse's Board of Directors: Brad D. Greenspan, Daniel L. Mosher and Brett C. Brewer. 36 PERFORMANCE GRAPH The following graph compares the yearly percentage change in eUniverse's cumulative total shareholder return on eUniverse's common stock to the cumulative total return of the Nasdaq Composite Index and a peer group of Internet stocks for the period beginning April 14, 1999 to March 31, 2001. Peer group selected by Company consists of Amazon, AOL, CMGI, Doubleclick, ICG, Yahoo and 24/7 Media. The graph assumes that the value of the investment in the Company's common stock and the comparison index was $100 on April 14, 1999 and assumes the reinvestment of dividends. The Company has never declared a dividend on its common stock. The stock price performance depicted in the graph below is not necessarily indicative of future price performance. [PERFORMANCE GRAPH] Date eUniverse Peer Group Nasdaq ------------------------------------------------------ 30-Apr-99 100.00 100.00 100.00 1-Jun-99 76.29 100.42 94.86 30-Jun-99 80.41 94.86 105.63 30-Jul-99 58.76 103.13 103.18 31-Aug-99 50.52 116.28 107.73 30-Sep-99 48.45 137.10 107.99 29-Oct-99 42.27 168.06 116.66 30-Nov-99 53.09 211.74 131.20 30-Dec-99 32.99 262.99 160.03 31-Jan-00 69.07 222.63 154.96 29-Feb-00 73.20 205.56 184.70 31-Mar-00 74.23 180.38 179.83 28-Apr-00 63.92 138.61 151.82 31-May-00 52.58 133.23 133.74 30-Jun-00 44.85 110.42 155.97 31-Jul-00 36.86 104.35 148.14 31-Aug-00 41.24 116.00 165.42 29-Sep-00 31.96 81.17 144.44 31-Oct-00 28.87 73.18 132.51 30-Nov-00 18.56 44.16 102.17 29-Dec-00 13.40 36.32 97.16 31-Jan-01 19.59 40.20 109.04 28-Feb-01 21.13 31.38 84.62 30-Mar-01 16.49 22.47 72.37 Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management. The following table sets forth certain information as of July 26, 2001 with respect to the beneficial ownership of the Company's voting securities by the following individuals or groups: (a) each person who is known by eUniverse to own beneficially more than 5% of our common stock, including our preferred stock on an as-converted basis, (b) each Director of eUniverse, (c) each Named Executive Officer (as defined below under the caption "Compensation of Executive Officers") of eUniverse, and (d) all executive officers and Directors of eUniverse as a group. <Table> <Caption> Shares Percentage Beneficially Beneficially Name of Beneficial Owner Owned/(1)/ Owned/(2)/ Brad D. Greenspan /(9)/ 8,077,000/(3)/ 34.1% Brett C. Brewer 506,250/(4)/ 2.1% Christopher S. Lipp 41,667/(5)/ * William R. Wagner 138,958/(5)/ * Daniel L. Mosher 66,250/(6)/ * Ryan A. Brant /(10)/ 2,289,833/(7)/ 9.7% Leland N. Silvas 445,194/(8)/ 1.9% Directors and Executive Officers as a Group 11,565,152 48.8% </Table> --------------------------- * less than one percent. /(1)/ Unless otherwise noted, all of the shares shown are held by individuals or entities possessing sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares. Shares not outstanding but deemed beneficially owned by virtue of the right of a person to acquire them within 60 days, whether by the exercise of options or warrants or the conversion of shares of preferred stock into shares of common stock, are deemed outstanding in determining the number of shares beneficially owned by the person or group. We are treating our Series A Preferred Stock and common stock as one class of voting securities because the holders of our Series A Preferred Stock have the right to vote their shares with the common stock on an as-converted basis. 37 /(2)/ The "Percentage Beneficially Owned" is calculated by dividing the "Number of Shares Beneficially Owned" by the total outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock on an as-converted basis including shares beneficially owned by the person with respect to whom the percentage is calculated. /(3)/ Includes 236,000 shares represented by options exercisable within 60 days. /(4)/ Includes 306,250 shares represented by options exercisable within 60 days. /(5)/ Consists entirely of shares represented by options exercisable within 60 days. /(6)/ Includes 63,750 shares represented by options exercisable within 60 days. /(7)/ Consists entirely of shares owned by Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., of which Mr. Brant is Chairman. /(8)/ Includes 428,335 shares represented by options exercisable within 60 days. /(9)/ Mr. Greenspan's business address is 6300 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite # 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90048. /(10)/ Mr. Brant's business address is Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., 575 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10012. Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions. None. 38 <Page> PART IV Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K. (a) 1. Financial Statements. The following consolidated financial statements, and the related notes thereto, of eUniverse and the Report of Independent Auditors are filed as part of this Form 10-K. INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS eUniverse, Inc. Financials....................................... F-1 - F-26 2. Financial Statement Schedules. Schedules not included herein are omitted because they are inapplicable or not required or because the required information is given in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Separate financial statements of 50% or less owned subsidiaries accounted for by the equity method are not summarized herein and have been omitted because, in the aggregate, they would not constitute a significant subsidiary. 3. Exhibits. The Exhibits listed on the accompanying index to exhibits immediately following the signatures to this Form 10-K are filed as a part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Form 10-K. (b) Reports on Form 8-K. No Reports on Form 8-K were filed with the SEC by eUniverse during the last quarter of fiscal year 2001. 39 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS eUniverse, Inc. We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of eUniverse, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows of eUniverse, Inc. and its predecessor, CDUniverse for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. 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 consolidated financial position of eUniverse, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2001 and 2000, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2001 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our audit referred to above included an audit of the financial statement schedule listed under item 14(a)(2). In our opinion, this financial statement schedule presents fairly, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole, the information required to be stated therein. MERDINGER, FRUCHTER, ROSEN & CORSO, P.C. Certified Public Accountants New York, New York May 21, 2001 F-1 eUNIVERSE, INC. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Balance Sheets March 31, March 31, 2001 2000 ------------ ------------ ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents ..................................................................... $ 218,841 2,323,087 Accounts receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of 123,000 and $78,214, respectively .................................... 2,676,675 994,364 Inventory .................................................................................... -- 431,714 Due from employees ........................................................................... -- 153,200 Deferred charges ............................................................................. 440,061 283,991 Prepaid expenses and other current assets .................................................... 491,553 2,066,568 ------------ ------------ Total Current Assets ............. 3,827,130 6,252,924 PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, less accumulated depreciation of $264,383 and $270,188, respectively ........................................................ 902,004 1,190,071 GOODWILL, net of amortization of $7,404,624 and $2,287,420 respectively ................................................................... 4,739,981 29,114,844 OTHER INTANGIBLES, net of amortization of $160,559 and $340, respectively ................................................................................... 1,479,699 911,212 Prepaid expenses non-current ...................................................................... 363,134 -- Deferred charges non-current ...................................................................... 424,371 -- Deposits and other assets .......................................................................... 142,812 309,393 ------------ ------------ TOTAL ASSETS ......................................... $ 11,879,131 $ 37,778,444 ============ ============ LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES Accounts payable .............................................................................. $ 2,870,997 $ 2,273,672 Accrued expenses .............................................................................. 2,592,745 2,104,688 Deferred Revenue .............................................................................. 232,240 2,653,412 Notes payable ................................................................................. 3,760,209 -- Current maturities of notes payable, affiliates ............................................... 940,000 -- Short-term portion of lease obligations ....................................................... -- 8,158 ------------ ------------ Total Current Liabilities ......... 10,396,191 7,039,930 LONG-TERM DEBT .................................................................................... 976,190 -- LONG-TERM DEBT, AFFILIATES, LESS CURRENT MATURITIES ............................................... 2,065,239 -- ------------ ------------ TOTAL LIABILITIES .................................................................................. 13,437,620 7,039,930 ------------ ------------ COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES ..................................................................... -- -- SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT) Preferred stock, $.10 par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized; 1,454,572 and 1,795,024 shares issued and outstanding, respectively .................................................... 145,457 179,502 Common stock, $.001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 18,817,502 and 17,630,422 issued and outstanding, respectively .............................. 18,815 17,630 Additional paid-in capital .................................................................... 50,523,445 41,609,028 Deferred stock compensation cost .............................................................. (139,234) -- Retained deficit .............................................................................. (52,106,972) (11,067,646) ------------ ------------ Total Shareholders' (Deficit)/Equity (1,558,489) 30,738,514 ------------ ------------ TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) EQUITY ......................................... $ 11,879,131 $ 37,778,444 ============ ============ See accompanying notes to the financial statements F-2 eUNIVERSE, INC. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of Operations Year Ended March 31, -------------------------------------------- 2001 2000 | 1999 ------------ ------------ | ------------ | CD Universe | REVENUE .............................................................. $ 15,668,203 $ 1,842,440 | $ -- | COST OF GOODS SOLD ................................................... 1,606,493 153,950 | -- ------------ ------------ | ----------- | GROSS PROFIT ......................................................... 14,061,710 1,688,490 | -- ------------ ------------ | ------------ | OPERATING EXPENSES: | Marketing and sales (excludes stock-based | compensation of $447,065, $379,006 | and $0, respectively) .......................................... 8,299,799 1,441,570 | -- Product development (excludes stock-based | compensation of $(19,656), $37,326 and $0, respectively) ....... 3,827,600 1,139,836 | -- General and administrative (excludes | stock-based compensation of $(164,598), | $164,598, and $0 respectively .................................. 4,755,772 3,731,298 | -- Amortization of goodwill | and other intangibles ........................................... 2,909,741 1,414,136 | -- Stock-based compensation ......................................... 262,811 580,930 | -- ------------ ------------ | ----------- | TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES ............................................. 20,055,723 8,307,770 | -- ------------ ------------ | ----------- | OPERATING LOSS (5,994,013) (6,619,280) | -- | NONOPERATING INCOME (EXPENSE) | Interest income .................................................. 18,801 60,931 | -- Interest and other financing expenses ............................ (6,351,875) -- | -- Loss on write-down of investments ................................ (320,682) -- | -- Loss allocated to minority interest .............................. -- 4,110 | -- Impairment of goodwill ........................................... (14,474,390) -- | -- ------------ ------------ | ----------- | LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES (27,122,159) (6,554,239) | -- | INCOME TAXES ......................................................... -- -- | -- ------------ ------------ | ------------ | LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS $(27,122,159) $ (6,554,239) | $ -- | DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS: | Loss from operations of discontinued segment | (net of applicable income taxes of $0) .......................... (4,046,012) (4,513,407) | (407,164) Loss on disposition of segment | (net of applicable income taxes of $0) .......................... (9,871,155) -- | -- ------------ ------------ | ------------ | NET LOSS $(41,039,326) $ (11,067,646)| $ (407,164) ============ ============ | =========== | Continuing operations loss per common share .......................... $ (1.50) $ (0.42) | N/A Discontinued operations loss per common share ........................ $ (0.77) $ (0.29) | N/A ------------ ------------ | ------------ Basic and diluted loss per common share .............................. $ (2.27) $ (0.70) | N/A ============ ============ | ============ | Basic and diluted weighted average common | shares outstanding .................................................. 18,094,670 15,765,108 | N/A ============ ============ | ============ See accompanying notes to the financial statements F-3 eUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity (Deficit) Preferred Stock Common Stock Additional ------------------------- ----------------------- Paid-in Retained Shares Par Value Shares Par Value Capital Deficit Total ---------- ------------ ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------- ------------ Share issued to acquire option to purchase CD Universe ....... -- $ -- 8,061,000 $ 8,061 $ 247,039 -- $ 255,100 Shares issued for merger related services ...................... -- -- 1,539,000 1,539 47,145 -- 48,684 Shares issued pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D ...... -- -- 250,000 250 249,750 250,000 Shares issued pursuant to employment agreement .......... -- -- 200,000 200 6,036 -- 6,236 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ------------ ------------ Balance, March 31, 1999 .......... -- -- 10,050,000 10,050 549,970 -- 560,020 Sale of Preferred Stock .......... 1,795,024 179,502 6,282,584 6,462,086 Cost of offerings and issuance ... -- -- (2,184,449) (2,184,449) Shares issued in acquisition of eUniverse.com Website ......... -- -- 15,000 15 59,985 60,000 Shares issued in acquisition of CD Universe, Inc. ............. -- -- 2,425,000 2,425 7,272,575 7,275,000 Shares issued for services ....... -- -- 392,436 392 500,206 500,598 Shares retained by former MCA Shareholders .............. -- -- 1,220,993 1,221 857,256 858,477 Shares issued in acquisition of Mega DVD ...................... -- -- 4,605 4 52,496 52,500 Shares issued in acquisition of Cases Ladder, Inc. ............ -- -- 700,000 700 6,999,300 7,000,000 Stock options issued in connection with acquisition of Cases Ladder, Inc. ............ -- -- -- -- 1,111,100 1,111,100 Stock options issued in connection with services performed ....... -- -- -- -- 67,248 67,248 Fair Value of the warrants issued -- -- -- -- 1,921,217 1,921,217 Shares issued in acquisition of Gamers Alliance, Inc. ......... -- -- 78,125 78 999,922 1,000,000 Additional Shares issued in acquisition of Gamers Alliance, Inc. .......................... -- -- 8,789 9 85,684 85,693 Shares issued to employees as compensation expense .......... -- -- 42,506 42 269,561 269,603 Amortization of variable stock options issued to employees ... -- -- -- -- 207,010 207,010 Shares issued in acquisition of -- The Big Network, Inc. ......... -- 1,440,000 1,440 8,818,560 8,820,000 Shares issued in acquisition of FunOne.com .................... -- -- 8,733 9 49,991 50,000 Shares issued in acquisition of Falcon Ventures Corp. ......... -- -- 310,000 310 1,782,190 1,782,500 Shares issued in acquisition of PokemonVillage.com ............ -- -- 43,630 44 379,456 379,500 Shares issued in acquisition of JustSayWow.com ................ -- -- 11,976 12 99,988 100,000 Additional Shares issued in acquisition of Gamers Alliance, Inc. .......................... -- -- 8,789 9 51,626 51,635 Additional Shares issued in acquisition of The Big Network, Inc. .......................... -- -- 269,840 270 1,652,500 1,652,770 Shares issued to Take2 Corporation -- -- 600,000 600 3,599,400 3,600,000 Stock options issued in connection with affiliate agreements ..... -- -- -- -- 123,652 123,652 Net loss for the twelve months ended March 31, 2000 .......... -- -- -- -- (11,067,646) (11,067,646) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ------------ ------------ Balance at March 31, 2000 ........ 1,795,024 179,502 17,630,422 17,630 41,609,028 (11,067,646) 30,738,514 ========== ========== ========== ========== ============ ============ ============ Conversion of Preferred to common stock ......................... (340,452) (34,045) 481,068 482 557,936 524,373 Cost of offering Stock conversion (524,373) (524,373) Additional Shares issued in acquisition of The Big Network, Inc. .......................... -- -- 90,160 90 552,140 552,230 Additional Shares issued in acquisition of Gamers Alliance, Inc. .......................... -- -- 19,531 19 103,493 103,512 Shares issued to employees as compensation expense .......... -- -- 98,274 97 513,276 513,373 Less: Deferred stock compensation cost .......................... -- -- (139,234) (139,234) Shares issued in acquisition of websites ...................... -- -- 217,269 216 687,284 687,500 Shares issued in connection with services performed ............ -- -- 161,127 161 360,879 361,040 Shares issued in connection with financing activities .......... -- -- 100,000 100 262,400 262,500 Shares issued in connection with assets purchased .............. -- -- 19,651 20 38,120 38,140 New shares to be issued to Isosceles...................... -- -- -- -- (212,500) (212,500) Cost of offering Warrants issued to preferred shareholders...... -- -- -- -- (179,870) (179,870) Reversal of repriced employee options ....................... -- -- -- -- (207,011) (207,011) Options issued to websites for right of first refusal ........ -- -- -- -- 71,115 71,115 Warrants issued in connection with financing activities .......... -- -- -- -- 5,769,262 5,769,262 Warrants issued in connection with services to be performed....... -- -- -- -- 830,345 830,345 Options issued in connection with services performed ............ -- -- -- -- 291,921 291,921 Net loss for the twelve months ended March 31, 2001 .......... -- -- -- -- (41,039,326) (41,039,326) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ------------ ------------ Balance at March 31, 2001 ........ 1,454,572 145,457 18,817,502 18,815 50,384,211 (52,106,972) (1,558,489) ========== ========== ========== ========== ============ ============ ============ See accompanying notes to the financial statements F-4 eUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Statements of Cash flows Year Ended March 31, 2001 2000 | 1999 ------------ ------------ | ------------ | CD Universe | OPERATING ACTIVITIES | Net loss ................................................................... $(41,039,326) $(11,067,646) | $ (407,164) | Transactions not requiring cash: | Depreciation ............................................................. 243,333 143,955 | 46,322 Amortization ............................................................. 3,520,547 2,440,038 | -- Impairment of goodwill ................................................... 14,474,391 -- | -- Loss on write-down of investments ........................................ 320,684 -- | -- Loss on disposition of segment ........................................... 9,871,155 -- | -- Bad Debts ................................................................ 460,962 59,039 | -- Stock related employee compensation ...................................... 262,811 373,920 | -- Amortization of variable stock | option issued to employees ........................................... (207,011) 207,010 | -- Stock and warrants granted to | outside consultants and affiliates ................................... 397,491 567,204 | -- Non-cash financing related costs ......................................... 5,763,891 -- | -- Loss allocated to minority interest ...................................... -- (4,110) | -- Changes in current assets ................................................... (80,330) (1,763,158) | (58,306) Changes in current liabilities .............................................. (1,975,986) 5,809,149 | 407,741 Others ...................................................................... 104,822 -- | 1,000 ------------ ------------ | ------------ NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES ... (7,882,566) (3,234,599) | (10,407) ------------ ------------ | ------------ INVESTING ACTIVITIES | Purchases of websites ....................................................... (113,711) (2,015,000) | -- Proceeds from acquisitions .................................................. -- 330,983 | -- Proceeds from reverse acquisition ........................................... -- 858,477 | -- Proceeds from sale of assets ................................................ 1,000,000 -- | -- Changes in other assets ..................................................... (257,200) (907,115) | -- Purchases of fixed assets ................................................... (463,959) (899,287) | (113,508) ------------ ------------ | ------------ NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES ... 165,130 (2,631,942) | (113,508) ------------ ------------ | ------------ | FINANCING ACTIVITIES | Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock ................................... -- 5,875,204 | -- Proceeds from issuance of common stock ...................................... -- 2,505,000 | -- Proceeds from sale of options ............................................... 85,000 -- | -- Payment to repurchase common stock .......................................... -- (20,000) | -- Financing costs ............................................................. -- (6,672) | -- Advance from officer ........................................................ -- -- | 150,000 Repayment of advances from officer .......................................... -- (105,000) | (45,000) Loan from affiliates ........................................................ -- -- | 30,000 Repayment of loan from affiliates ........................................... -- (74,808) | (110,395) Proceeds from short term notes .............................................. 5,326,114 -- | -- Repayment of short term notes ............................................... (1,613,775) -- | -- Proceeds from long term notes ............................................... 1,815,851 | Advance to officer .......................................................... -- -- | (156,569) Receipt of advances to officer .............................................. -- 157,769 | Advances to employees ....................................................... -- (153,200) | -- ------------ ------------ | ------------ NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES 5,613,190 8,178,293 | (131,964) ------------ ------------ | ------------ | CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS ............................................. (2,104,246) 2,311,752 | (255,879) Cash and cash equivalents, | beginning of period ............................................................ 2,323,087 11,335 | 267,214 ------------ ------------ | ------------ CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | AT END OF PERIOD ............................................................ $ 218,841 $ 2,323,087 | $ 11,335 ============ ============ | ============ | CASH PAID DURING THE YEAR FOR: | Interest Expense ............................................................ $ 53,580 $ -- | $ 2,424 ============ ============ | ============ Income taxes ................................................................ $ -- $ -- | $ -- ============ ============ | ============ See accompanying notes to the financial statements F-5 eUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Supplemental Data to Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Year Ended March 31, 2001 2000 | 1999 ------------ ----------- | ----------- | CD Universe OTHER NON-CASH FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES | | Stock issued in connection with acquisitions: | Acquisition of The Big Network ...................... 552,230 10,472,770 | Acquisition of CD Universe .......................... -- 7,275,000 | Acquisition Cases Ladder ............................ -- 7,000,000 | Acquisition Gamer's Alliance ........................ 103,513 1,137,328 | Acquisition Falcon Ventures ......................... -- 1,782,500 | Acquisition of eUniverse.com website(1) ............. -- 60,000 | Acquisition of MegaDVD.com(1) ....................... -- 52,500 | Acquisition of FunOne.com(1) ........................ 124,319 50,000 | Acquisition of Pokemonvillage.com ................... -- 379,500 | Acquisition of Justsaywow.com ....................... 225,000 100,000 | Acquisition of Funpageland.com ...................... 25,000 -- | Acquisition of DustCloud.com ........................ 150,000 -- | Acquisition of debsfunpages.com ..................... 50,000 -- | Acquisition of ratedfun.com ......................... 37,500 -- | Acquisition of send4fun.com ......................... 300,000 -- | Acquisition of spreadingjoy.com ..................... 150,000 -- | Stock issued in connection with the preferred stock | offering, 319,000 shares(2) ............................ -- 159,500 | Stock issued in connection with services performed | shares(2) .............................................. -- 10,000 | Stock issued in connection with services performed, | shares(2) .............................................. -- 331,098 | Stock issued to employees, 42,506 shares ................. -- 269,603 | Stock options issued in connection with the acquisition | of Cases Ladder shares ................................. -- 1,111,100 | Stock options issued in connection with services | Performed and to be performed .......................... -- 67,248 | Stock options issued in connection with Affiliate | agreements ............................................. 71,115 123,652 | Warrants issued in connection with placement | agent services ......................................... -- 1,214,567 | Warrants issued in connection with services | Performed and to be performed .......................... 291,922 312,878 | Warrants issued in connection with Affiliate | agreements ............................................. 93,989 | Warrants issued to preferred shareholders ................ -- 299,783 | Amortization of variable stock options issued to employees (207,010) 207,010 | Shares issued to Take 2 Corporation in connection with | services ............................................... 262,500 1,600,000 | Fair value of warrants issued ............................ 6,599,607 -- | Shares issued in connection with services performed ...... 361,040 -- | Shares issued in connection with assets purchased ........ 38,140 -- | New shares to be issued to Isosceles ..................... (212,500) -- | (1) The purchase of the eUniverse.com website was accomplished through issuance of 15,000 shares of common stock priced at $4.00 per share for a total of $60,000 (fair value of the site at the date of purchase). Acquisition of the MegaDVD.com website was accomplished through issuance of 4,605 shares of common stock priced at $11.40 per share (market price of the stock on issue date). Acquisition of the FunOne.com website was accomplished on October 1, 1999, through issuance of 8,733 shares of common stock valued at $5.73 per share (market price on closing date). (2) Issuance of 339,000 shares of common stock valued at $.50 per share (fair value of the services performed) for various consulting services such as financial and legal services performed during March and April of 1999 in relation to the Company's stock offering completed in April 1999, and public relations services performed subsequent to the reorganization in April 1999. Moreover, 53,436 shares were issued during the year ended March 31, 2000 for various public relations and other consulting services. See accompanying notes to the financial statements F-6 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 (1) ORGANIZATION AND LINE OF BUSINESS eUniverse, Inc. (the "Company") is a Nevada Corporation engaged in developing and operating a network of web sites providing entertainment-oriented services. During the reporting period, the Company was engaged in providing online advertising and games on its network of web sites. The Company conducts operations from facilities located in Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; New York, NY and Mount Vernon, WA. The financial statements being presented include the accounts of eUniverse, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company previously engaged in sales of audio CDs, videotapes (VHS), and digital videodisks (`DVDs') over the Internet, prior to the discontinuation of these operations in October 2000. All significant inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company was founded in February 1999 and incorporated as Entertainment Universe, Inc. ('EUI'). EUI was formed as a holding company to acquire various operating companies. On April 14, 1999, EUI acquired Motorcycle Centers of America, Inc. ('MCA'), a publicly traded company, through a reverse acquisition. In connection with that acquisition, EUI shareholders exchanged all of EUI's common stock for 12,829,000 shares of MCA's $.001 par value restricted common stock. EUI shareholders also exchanged all of their preferred shares for 1,795,024 shares of MCA's Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock. As a result, EUI (the accounting acquirer) became a wholly owned subsidiary of MCA (the legal acquirer). The former shareholders of EUI owned approximately 91.6 percent of MCA after the reverse acquisition. The Company acquired CD Universe on April 14, 1999, a company whose business was selling compact audio CDs, videotapes and DVDs over the Internet (see Note 4 - Business Combinations). Subsequent to this, MCA changed its name to eUniverse, Inc. (2) ACCOUNTING POLICIES USE OF ESTIMATES The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. REVENUE RECOGNITION The Company recognizes service revenue upon fulfillment and delivery of customer's advertising. Additionally, the Company derives revenue from the sale of non-refundable memberships and sponsorships that are recognized ratably as earned. Barter transactions are recorded at the lower of the estimated fair value of advertisements received or the estimated fair value of the advertisements given with the difference recorded as an advance or prepaid. During the years ended March 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company recorded $499,000 and $266,000 as bartered advertising revenue, respectively. With respect to the discontinued e-commerce operations, the Company recognized revenue upon shipment of its products. Revenue included shipping and handling charges. The Company also maintained a partner program whereby partners provided links on their websites that brought customers to the CD Universe website. Revenue generated from these linked sites was recognized upon shipment of the products. The partner received a commission of 5% to 15% of sales of the Company's products that originated from the site, recognized as a selling expense concurrent with the sale. ADVERTISING AFFILIATES AGREEMENTS The Company has entered into advertising affiliate agreements under which minimum advertising payments are guaranteed to the affiliates in return for obtaining the exclusive right by the Company to sell Sponsorships on the affiliates' web sites. "Sponsorship" is defined by these agreements as advertising such as banners, buttons and pop-up windows of third parties on the affiliates' web sites. The fees payable to the affiliates are accrued as cost of advertising revenue in the period that such revenue is earned. F-7 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 ROYALTY PAYMENTS The Company had agreements to share revenue with individuals independent of the Company. These agreements terminated in the year ended March 31, 2001. The Company was required to pay royalties for the use of computer games based on a percentage of advertising revenue generated from the Company's usage of the games on its web sites. As the Company generated advertising revenue, a corresponding liability was accrued and was recorded as a cost of revenue (see Note 11 - Notes Payable). COMPARATIVE PERIODS Prior period financial statements have been restated to conform to the current period presentation, principally in regard to the presentation of results from discontinued operations. Since EUI, the accounting acquirer, has no operating history, financial statements are presented using CD Universe's historical data, as EUI's predecessor. CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK The Company places its cash in what it believes to be credit-worthy financial institutions. However, cash balances exceeded FDIC insured levels at various times during the year. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. INVENTORY At March 31, 2001 the Company has no inventory as a result of discontinuing its e-commerce operations. Inventory had consisted of compact discs, videos and packaging materials. Inventory was valued at the lower of cost or market using the first-in, first-out method. DEFERRED CHARGES Deferred charges consist of the unamortized fair value of warrants or options issued principally in connection with the securing of financing, investor relations services and online advertising and are amortized over service periods generally ranging from one to three years. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT Property and equipment is stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method based upon the estimated useful lives of the assets. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Estimated useful lives are as follows: Leasehold improvements......................... Life of the lease Computer equipment............................. 5 years Telephone equipment............................ 5 years Computer software.............................. 5 years Furniture, fixtures and other.................. 10 years INTANGIBLE ASSETS Intangible assets consist of goodwill, customer lists, and domain names. Excess cost over the fair value of net assets acquired (or goodwill) generally is amortized on a straight-line basis over 5 years. Customer lists and domain names are being amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of 3 and 5 years, respectively. Through December 31, 2000 goodwill and domain names were amortized over 10 years. Should events or circumstances occur subsequent to the acquisition of a business which bring into question the realization or impairment of the related goodwill, the company will evaluate the remaining useful life and balance of goodwill and make adjustments, if required. The Company's principal consideration in determining an impairment includes the strategic benefit to the Company of the particular assets as measured by undiscounted current and future operating income of that specified group of assets and expected undiscounted cash flows. Should an impairment be identified, a loss would be reported to the extent that the carrying value of the related goodwill exceeds the fair value of that goodwill as determined by discounted future cash flows. F-8 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 ORGANIZATION COSTS In accordance with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Statement of Position 98-5 "Reporting on the Costs of Start-Up Activities," the Company expenses, as incurred, costs related to organizational and start-up activities. INCOME TAXES Provisions for income taxes are based on taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred taxes on temporary differences between the amounts of taxable income and pretax financial income and between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are included in the financial statements at currently enacted income tax rates applicable to the period in which the deferred tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled as prescribed by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes." As changes in tax laws or rates are enacted, deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted through the provision for income taxes. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, receivable from employees, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value due to the relatively short maturity of these instruments. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME The Company has adopted SFAS 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income". SFAS 130 establishes standards for reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. There are no items of other comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended March 31, 2001, 2000, and 1999. LONG-LIVED ASSETS Long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles to be held and used are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amount may not be recoverable. When required, impairment losses on assets to be held and used are recognized based on the fair value of the assets and long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION The Company has adopted the intrinsic value method of accounting for stock-based compensation in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion ("APB") No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" and related interpretations. ADVERTISING COSTS Advertising costs, except for costs associated with direct-response advertising, are charged to operations when incurred. The costs of direct-response advertising, if any, are capitalized and amortized over the period during which future benefits are expected to be received. During the years ended March 31, 2001 and 2000 advertising expense from continuing operations amounted to $1,526,859 and $241,018, respectively. The Company had no direct-response advertising during the periods presented. EARNINGS PER SHARE The computation of basic earnings per share ("EPS") is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of outstanding common shares during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. The computation of diluted EPS does not assume conversion, exercise or contingent exercise of securities that would have an anti-dilutive effect. F-9 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 Securities that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would have been anti-dilutive are as follows: March 31, 2001 2000 ------ ------ Convertible preferred stock.......... 1,454,572 1,795,024 Warrants............................. 3,100,146 1,026,677 Options ............................. 6,694,439 4,037,594 ---------- ---------- Total ............................. 11,249,157 6,859,295 ========== ========== (3) DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS In September 2000, the Company decided to discontinue its e-commerce operations. This segment consisted of the sale of CD's, DVD's and videotapes, and computer games. The sale of the assets relating to this segment was consummated on October 10, 2000. The assets were sold to CLBL, Inc. a Connecticut corporation owned by a significant shareholder of the Company. The proceeds from the sale consisted solely of a note receivable from the purchaser in the amount of $1,000,000. The purchaser has paid off this note, in its entirety, as of the date of these statements. The revenue from the discontinued operations for the twelve months ended March 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 were $4,382,634, $9,091,757 and $8,851,247, respectively. Major assets disposed of consist of the following approximate values (in $000's): Net goodwill, $9,576; net customer list, $167; net domain names, $108; net fixed assets, $610; merchandise inventory $350; and prepaid expenses of $65. As a result of this discontinuance, the consolidated financial statements of eUniverse, Inc. and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and supplemental data have been restated to reflect the results of operations and assets of the e-commerce segment of business as a discontinued operation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The loss on disposal of the e-commerce segment was approximately, $9.9M. This loss provided for reserves necessary to write down assets disposed of to their net realizable values. (4) BUSINESS COMBINATIONS During the year ended March 31, 2001, the Company acquired certain web sites including FunnyGreetings, Send4Fun, SpreadingJoy, DebsFunPages, RatedFun, and DustCloud. The Company also made investments in Email Shows and Moviemaker for $250,000 and $30,584, respectively, which were accounted for using the cost method. Goodwill, domain names and customer lists were acquired for cash and/or stock at the following costs. No other assets were acquired and no liabilities were assumed in these transactions. Goodwill Domain Names Total -------- ------------ --------- FunnyGreetings.............. $1,380,000 $ 500,000 $1,880,000 Send4Fun.................... 487,500 162,500 650,000 SpreadingJoy................ -- 300,000 300,000 Deb's Funpages............. 187,500 62,500 250,000 RatedFun................ -- 175,000 175,000 DustCloud................ 110,000 40,000 150,000 Others................... -- 26,500 26,500 ---------- ---------- --------- $2,165,000 $1,266,500 $3,431,500 ========== ========== ========== F-10 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 During the year ended March 31, 2000, the Company completed the following acquisitions: CD Universe, Inc., Cases Ladder, Inc., Gamers Alliance, Inc., The Big Network, Inc., and Falcon Ventures Corporation. All acquisitions were recorded using the purchase method of accounting under the provisions of APB Opinion No. 16. In addition, the Company acquired websites including eUniverse.com, MegaDVD.com, FunOne.com, Pokemonvillage.com and Justsaywow.com during the year ended March 31, 2000. On April 14, 1999, the Company completed its acquisition of CD Universe, Inc., a company engaged primarily in selling compact audio disks, video disks, and video tapes to retail purchasers over the internet. According to the terms of this acquisition, the Company acquired all of the capital stock of CD Universe, Inc. for a total consideration of $1,915,000 in cash plus 2,425,000 shares of common stock of the company valued at $3.00 per share (fair value on acquisition date). This was an arm's length transaction between independent and unrelated parties. The Company also incurred direct costs related to the acquisition totaling $60,215, which has been added to the acquisition price. On May 31, 1999, the Company completed its acquisition of Cases Ladder, Inc., a company primarily engaged in providing online computer gaming with competitive rankings, tournaments and leagues among its more than 1.1 million registered members. The purchase price of this acquisition was 700,000 shares of the Company's common stock, valued at $10.00 per share (market price on acquisition date), issued in exchange for all the issued and outstanding shares of Cases Ladder, Inc. This was an arm's length transaction between independent and unrelated parties. The Company also incurred direct costs related to the acquisition totaling $1,112,150, which have been added to the acquisition price. Of this amount, $1,111,100 is attributable to 400,000 options issued (subsequently repriced) for services rendered. The options vest quarterly over three years and had an exercise price of $9.50 per share. These options were cancelled on September 15, 1999 and options were reissued for 340,000 shares at an exercise price of $6.00 per share. These options vest as follows: 113,333 vest on September 16, 2000 and 28,333 vest each 3 months thereafter. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model with a risk free interest rate of 5.86%, an annualized volatility of 78%, no expected dividend yield and an exercise term of three years was used to estimate the fair value of these options. On June 30, 1999, the Company completed its purchase of Gamers' Alliance, Inc. Gamers' Alliance operates and maintains one of the largest networks of computer gaming related sites on the Internet with more than 50 gaming related web sites. The purchase price of this acquisition was 78,125 shares of the Company's common stock, valued at $12.80 per share (market price on acquisition date), issued in exchange for all the issued and outstanding shares of Gamers' Alliance, Inc. Pursuant to the term of the agreement, the purchase price may increase to 175,781 shares of common stock based on achievement of earnings performance targets through June 30, 2000. As of March 31, 2000, 8,789 additional shares valued at $9.75 per share and 8,789 additional shares valued at $5.87 per share have been issued. In addition, purchase price adjustments equaling additional shares of 11,719 shares valued at $4.00 per share and 48,828 shares valued at $7.25 per share have been accrued pending issuance. As of March 31, 2001, 19,531 of these shares had been issued. An additional 19,531 shares valued at $5.44 per share, or $106,210, have been accrued and are pending issuance. All additional shares are valued at the market price at quarter end when they are earned. The Company also incurred direct costs related to the acquisition totaling $26,877, which have been added to the acquisition price. Effective as of August 31, 1999, the Company completed its acquisition of 95 percent of the outstanding capital stock of The Big Network, Inc., a company providing a suite of classic board and card games, such as spades, checkers, chess, and backgammon, allowing simultaneous play by its members. The Big Network has also developed LivePlace, a Java applet that provides users with an overview of activities around the site, allows them to follow public conversation, send private messages to other users, and co-navigate the web. The purchase price of this acquisition was 1,800,000 shares of the Company's common stock, valued at $6.125 per share (the market price on the acquisition date), issued in exchange for 100 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of The Big Network, Inc. At March 31, 2000, 1,709,840 shares had been issued in exchange for 95 percent of the outstanding shares and an additional 90,160 shares were issued valued at $6.125 (market price at the original acquisition date) for the remaining 5% by June 2, 2000. This was an arm's length transaction between independent and unrelated parties. The Company also incurred direct costs related to the acquisition totaling $100,524, which have been added to the acquisition price. F-11 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 On February 1, 2000, in an arms length transaction between unrelated third parties, eUniverse completed its acquisition of the Pokemonvillage.com and Quake City Gaming Network from D. Scott Smith. Pokemonvillage.com, with over 370,000 unique visitors in December 1999, as reported by Media Matrix, is one of the largest online communities for enthusiasts of Pokemon, computer/video games, and other collectibles. The purchase price of this transaction was 43,630 shares of the Company's common stock, valued at $8.698 per share (fair market value on the date of acquisition). After the closing, Mr. Scott became employed by eUniverse until June 30, 2001 when his employment terminated. Under Mr. Scott's employment agreement with eUniverse, additional payments of up to $190,000 in cash and up to an aggregate value of $450,000 in stock options, based upon a fair market exercise price at the date of grant, may be payable upon achievement of targeted numbers of banner advertisements displayed on the web pages of the Pokemonvillage.com and its related web sites through August 1, 2001. As of March 31, 2001 one such target had been achieved and $30,000 in bonus and $150,000 in stock related compensation were accrued. The Company incurred direct costs related to the acquisition totaling $5,194, which have been added to the acquisition price. On February 2, 2000, the Company completed its acquisition of Falcon Ventures Corporation, an online retailer of DVD and VHS movies as well as music CDs. The purchase price of this acquisition was 310,000 shares of the Company's common stock valued at $5.75 per share (market value on agreement date). This was an arm's length transaction between independent and unrelated parties. The Company also incurred direct costs related to the acquisition totaling $31,951, which have been added to the acquisition price. As of March 1, 2000, eUniverse acquired Justsaywow.com from Christian Walter in exchange for $200,000 cash ($100,000 upon closing and $100,000 in ten equal installments beginning May, 2000) and 11,696 shares of eUniverse common stock with a value of $100,000. This was an arms length transaction between unrelated parties. Justsaywow.com is a web site that provides fun and humorous electronic greetings with animated graphics. After the closing, Mr. Walter became employed by eUniverse. Under Mr. Walter's employment agreement with eUniverse, eUniverse may make contingent payments to Mr. Walter, over the period of six calendar months from the closing, contingent upon Justsaywow.com achieving specified milestones with respect to the number of page view requests received by the Justsaywow.com web site. The contingent payments will be made in shares of eUniverse's common stock and have an aggregate total value of up to $200,000, based upon the fair market value of eUniverse's common stock at the time of issuance. As of March 31, 2001 all such contingent payments had been earned and paid resulting in issuance of 64,032 shares valued at $200,000. The Company incurred direct costs related to the acquisition totaling $3,357, which have been added to the acquisition price. Effective March 15, 2001, Mr. Walter terminated his employment with the Company. During the year ended March 31, 2000, the estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed is summarized as follows: CD CASES GAMER'S THE BIG FALCON UNIVERSE LADDER ALLIANCE NETWORK VENTURES -------- ------ -------- ------- -------- Cash........................ $ 11,335 $ 20,286 $ 5,503 $ 99,204 $ 194,655 Accounts receivable......... 92,938 59,218 52,664 17,000 57,898 Inventory................... 22,647 -- -- -- 196,303 Fixed assets................ 225,718 33,916 20,240 71,685 72,786 Related party receivables... 157,569 -- -- -- -- Customer list............... 250,000 100,000 -- -- 50,000 Domain names................ 100,000 75,000 90,000 24,000 20,000 Other assets................ 10,139 10,254 -- 13,075 27,250 Accounts payable............ (942,321) (75,379) (35,284) (82,403) (409,404) Other liabilities........... (30,000) -- (29,528) (36,373) -- Notes payable, officers..... (105,000) -- -- -- -- Minority interest........... -- -- -- (4,110) -- Goodwill.................... 9,457,190 7,888,855 1,461,489 10,466,716 1,604,963 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- $9,250,215 $8,112,150 $1,565,084 $10,568,794 $1,814,451 ========== ========== ========== =========== ========== F-12 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 POKEMON- JUSTSAY- VILLAGE WOW -------- ------ Cash........................ $ -- $ -- Accounts receivable......... -- -- Inventory................... -- -- Fixed assets................ -- -- Related party receivables... -- -- Domain names................ 90,000 75,000 Other assets................ -- -- Accounts payable............ -- -- Other liabilities........... -- -- Notes payable, officers..... -- -- Minority interest........... -- -- Goodwill.................... 294,694 228,357 ---------- ---------- $ 384,694 $ 303,357 ========== ========== Total goodwill recorded through the acquisitions is $31,402,264 and has been amortized on a straight-line basis over ten years through December 31, 2000. Effective beginning with the quarter ended March 2001, the Company revised the amortization period to five years (see Note 5 - Amortization and Impairment of Intangible Assets). The operations of the acquired entities have been included in the statements of operations from the dates of acquisition, with the exception of CD Universe, which is included from the beginning of the period. PRO FORMA INFORMATION Pro forma information as if the foregoing acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of the period presented is as follows: PRO FORMA YEAR ENDING March 31, 2000 -------------- Revenue................................ $ 11,936,392 Net loss............................... (13,133,092) Loss per share......................... ($0.77) (5) AMORTIZATION AND IMPAIRMENT OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS The net carrying value of goodwill and other intangibles recorded through acquisitions is $6,219,680 as of March 31, 2001. These assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over five years effective beginning January 1, 2001. Prior to that date, the Company amortized goodwill and other intangibles on a straight-line basis over ten years. The Company evaluated the reduction in goodwill amortization periods based on management's assessment of future cash flows and the practice of other firms in the Internet industry. The operations of acquired entities are included in the statement of operations from the dates of acquisition. The Company has assessed the value of its goodwill and other intangibles as of March 31, 2001. Reviews were performed on its subsidiaries, Big Network and Case's Ladder, and the enterprise as a whole. Events triggering this review included the closure of the Big Network due to declining web site traffic, and the obsolescence and reduced need of Big Network customer service technology following the discontinuation of operations of the e-commerce subsidiary CD Universe in October 2000. The Company's decision to place Case's Ladder for sale was based on a decline in web site traffic and the lack of synergy with other Company services and markets. Valuations were based upon discounted cash flows and a review of comparable companies. The Company determined the amount of the impairment charge by comparing the carrying values of goodwill and related intangible assets such as domain name rights to their fair values. F-13 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 As a result of this review, the intangibles related to Big Network were written-off with an impairment charge of $9,097,730, its pre-impairment carrying value as of March 31, 2001. Case's Ladder was reduced from a pre-impairment value of $6,406,660 to a revised value of $1,030,000 with an impairment charge of $5,376,660. Based on a separate review of investments in Email Shows and Moviemaker, Email Shows was revalued to $20,000 from a purchase price of $250,000. The investment in Moviemaker of $30,584 was written off due to the investment's limited resources and prospects. PRO FORMA INFORMATION Pro forma information as if the foregoing change in amortization period from 10 years to 5 years had occurred at the beginning of the fiscal year is as follows: PRO FORMA YEAR ENDING March 31, 2001 ---------------------- Amortization........................... $ 4,584,273 Impairment charge...................... 13,173,293 Increase in net loss................... ( 373,435) Increase in basic and diluted loss per common share........................ $(0.02) Pro forma basic and diluted loss per common share........................ $(2.29) (6) FIXED ASSETS Fixed assets, at cost, consist of the following: March 31, 2001 2000 --------------- -------------- Furniture and fixtures................................ $ 25,575 $ 59,672 Computers and equipment............................... 898,519 1,098,907 Purchased software.................................... 242,293 253,137 Leasehold improvements................................ -- 48,543 --------- --------- 1,166,387 1,460,259 Less accumulated depreciation and amortization........ (264,383) (270,188) --------- --------- Fixed assets, Net................................ $ 902,004 $1,190,071 ========= ========= Accumulated amortization of purchased software as of March 31, 2001 and March 31, 2000, is $61,028 and $35,523, respectively. Depreciation expense for the reporting periods were as follows: Year Ended March 31, 2001 2000 1999 -------- -------- ------- Depreciation expense........................... $243,334 $143,955 $46,152 F-14 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 (7) OTHER INTANGIBLES Other Intangibles consist primarily of the cost of web site domain names and customer lists acquired: March 31, 2001 2000 ---------- ---------- Debsfunpage.......................................... $ 62,500 -- Domain Name - eUniverse.Com.......................... 60,000 $ 60,000 Domain Names - CD Universe, Inc...................... -- 100,000 Domain Names - Cases Ladder, Inc..................... -- 75,000 Domain Names - Gamer's Alliance, Inc................. 90,000 90,000 Domain Names - The Big Network, Inc.................. -- 28,500 Domain Names - Falcon Ventures Corp.................. -- 20,000 DustCloud.com........................................ 40,000 -- FunnyGreetings.com................................... 500,000 -- FunPageLand.com...................................... 5,000 -- JustPigs.com......................................... 20,000 -- JustSayWow.com....................................... 75,000 75,000 Pokemonvillage.com................................... 90,000 90,000 MegaDVD.com.......................................... -- 60,200 FunOne.com........................................... 58,758 58,758 RatedFun.com......................................... 175,000 -- Send4Fun.com......................................... 162,500 -- SpreadingJoy.com..................................... 300,000 -- Customer list -- CD Universe, Inc. .................. -- 250,000 Customer list -- Cases Ladder, Inc. ................. -- 100,000 Customer list -- Falcon Ventures Corp................ -- 50,000 Other................................................ 1,500 7,073 --------- ---------- 1,640,258 1,064,531 Less accumulated amortization........................ 160,559 153,319 --------- ---------- Other Intangibles, Net............................... $1,479,699 $ 911,212 ========= ========== The above Web sites are valued at their fair value based on management's judgment and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of five years. Customer lists, which were part of e-commerce operations that were discontinued in October 2000 were amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of three years. Amortization expense for goodwill and intangible assets for the years ending March 31, 2001 and 2000 was $2,909,741 and $1,414,136, respectively. (8) PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS Prepaid expenses consist of the short-term portion of the fair value of warrants or options issued or cash payments made in advance for marketing or other services to be rendered as follows: March 31, 2001 2000 ----------- ----------- Co-marketing agreement shares........................ $ 695,600 $ 1,600,000 Cost of options for financing services............... -- 154,039 Prepaid marketing expenses........................... 26,900 25,000 Prepaid investment banking expenses.................. 46,666 70,000 Prepaid investor relations expenses.................. 22,579 -- Prepaid insurance, advances & other.................. 62,942 217,529 ---------- ---------- 854,687 2,066,568 Less: Non-current portion Co-marketing agreement shares........................ (326,500) -- Prepaid investment banking expenses.................. (23,333) -- Prepaid investor relations expenses.................. (13,301) -- ---------- ---------- Total $ 491,553 $ 2,066,568 ========== ========== F-15 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 (9) DEFERRED CHARGES Deferred charges consist of the short-term portion of the unamortized fair value of warrants or options issued principally in connection with the securing of financing and investor relations services. Options issued to advertising affiliates for continued online advertising services are also included. All such options and warrants have been valued using the Black-Scholes method option pricing model (see also Note 15 - Warrants). March 31, 2001 2000 ------------- ------------- Options: Advertising network affiliates....................... $ 22,708 $ 104,121 Warrants: Granted for services................................. 841,724 -- Preferred shareholders............................... -- 179,870 ------------ ------------- 864,432 283,991 Less: non-current portion Warrants granted for services........................ (422,684) -- Options granted to advertising network............... (1,687) -- ------------ ------------- (424,371) -- ------------ ------------- Total $ 440,061 $ 283,991 ============ ============= (10) INCOME TAXES The components of the provision for income taxes for the year ended March 31, 2001 and 2000 are as follows: 2001 2000 ---- ---- Current tax expense U.S. Federal....................................... $ -- $ -- State and local.................................... -- -- -------- -------- Total current........................................... -- -- -------- -------- Deferred tax expense U.S. Federal....................................... -- -- State and local.................................... -- -- -------- -------- Total deferred.......................................... -- -- -------- -------- Total tax provision from continuing operations.......... $ -- $ -- ======== ======== The reconciliation of the effective income tax rate to the Federal statutory rate is as follows: 2000 1999 ---- ---- Federal income tax rate..................................... 34.0% 34.0% Deferred tax charge (credit)................................ -- -- ---- ---- Effect on valuation allowance............................... 34.0% 34.0% State income tax, net of Federal benefit.................... -- -- ---- ---- Effective income tax rate................................... 0.0% 0.0% ==== ==== F-16 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 At March 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company had net carry forward losses of approximately $24,832,000 and $8,753,000, respectively, of which $8,753,000 will expire in 2020 and $16,079,000 in 2021. A valuation allowance equal to the tax benefit for deferred taxes has been established due to the uncertainly of realizing the benefit of the tax carry forward. Deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and amount used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets (liabilities) are as follows: March 31, ---------------------- 2001 2000 Non-current deferred tax assets (liabilities): Stock compensation................ $ (286,800) $ (93,500) Amortization expense.............. (22,500) (12,500) Financing charges................. (2,070,500) -- Loss carry forward................ 17,707,600 3,258,000 ----------- ---------- 15,327,800 3,152,000 Less: Valuation allowance.............. (15,327,800) (3,152,000) ----------- ---------- Net deferred tax assets (liabilities).. $ -- $ -- =========== ========== (11) NOTES PAYABLE Notes payable consist of the following: March 31, --------------------- 2001 2000 Notes payable: New Technology Holdings........... $ 2,289,764 $ -- SFX Entertainment, Inc............ 1,020,445 -- Videogame Partners, LLC........... 450,000 -- --------- --------- $ 3,760,209 -- ========== ========= 1- A secured promissory note to New Technology Holdings, Inc. ("NTH"), dated September 6, 2000, in the amount of $3,155,670. This note bears an interest rate of prime rate (8.0% at March 31, 2001) plus 2%, is payable on demand after the six-month anniversary, and grants the lender a first priority security interest in all the assets of the Company. In a related transaction, the Company entered into a subscriber acquisition agreement to provide subscriber names to two of NTH's subsidiaries, Indimi, Inc. and Emazing, Inc. at a rate of $0.80 per new subscriber. According to this agreement NTH may, in its sole discretion, deduct $0.35 from each subscriber fee payable and apply it against the outstanding principal amount of the above promissory note. Through March 31, 2001, the Company has recorded approximately $3.2 million of advertising revenue in connection with this agreement and NTH has deducted $865,906 from its payments to the Company to be applied against the principal amount of the loan leaving a balance of $2,289,764 for this loan at March 31, 2001. The subscriber acquisition agreement was terminated as of January 1, 2001. The Company also has issued warrants in connection with this note, as described in Note 15 - Warrants. 2- On April 26, 2000 the Company received $1,020,445 pursuant to a promissory note to SFX Entertainment, Inc. This note is collateralized by 4,841,000 shares of the common stock of the Company belonging to the Chairman of eUniverse. The note bears an interest rate of 12% and was payable in full on August 25, 2000 but remains unpaid as of the date of this filing. F-17 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 3- On July 7, 2000, the Company received $450,000 pursuant to a promissory note to VideoGame Partners, LLC. The interest rate on this loan was 6% and the loan was payable on August 31, 2000. The interest rate on the unpaid balance of this note after the maturity date increased to prime rate plus 6%. This loan remains in default as of March 31, 2001. As a result, the Company has issued warrants to the noteholder (see Note 15-Warrants). 4- On May 31, 2000, pursuant to a promissory note to GrayBox, LLC, a Nevada company, the Company received $250,000. The interest rate on this loan was 6% and the maturity date was August 31, 2000. This note was fully paid off by the maturity date (see Note 15 - Warrants). (12) LONG TERM DEBT As of March 1, 2001 the Company entered into a settlement of amounts due pursuant to an agreement and promissory note with a former employee that had developed web sites and related content for the Company. A current obligation of $976,190 was settled by entering into a promissory note having a term of 30 months and with the entire principal due on September 1, 2003. Interest accrues at 8% with payments of interest only payable in July 2001, December 2001, July 2002, December 2002 and September 2003. The noteholder has the right at any time to convert the unpaid balance of the note into shares of unregistered, restricted common stock of the Company at $6 per share. Future maturity of long term debt is as follows: March 31, --------- 2004.................................. $ 976,190 (13) LONG TERM DEBT, AFFILIATES Notes payable - affiliates consist of the following: March 31, --------------------- 2001 2000 Notes payable concerning the following websites: Funnygreetings................... $ 1,840,289 $ -- Send4fun......................... 739,751 -- Debsfunpages..................... 312,336 -- Funpageland ..................... 112,863 -- --------- --------- 3,005,239 -- Less: Current maturities of notes payable for Funnygreetings (940,000) -- --------- --------- Total Long Term Debt, Affiliates......... $ 2,065,239 $ -- ========== ========= 1 - On October 7, 2000, the Company purchased FunnyGreetings.com for cash payments totaling $2,000,000 payable in equal monthly installments of $83,333 including principal and interest over 24 months beginning November 2000. As of the date of this statement, this liability has been recorded as a short-term and a long-term debt of $940,000 each, and the remaining $120,000 is imputed as interest expense over the life of the note based on the present value of the payments over two years. As of March 31, 2001, $30,000 has been recorded as interest expense and $39,711 of the total obligation has been paid. 2 - As of March 1, 2001 the Company entered into settlements of amounts due pursuant to agreements and promissory notes with certain existing employees that had developed web sites as listed above and related content for the Company. Current obligations of $1,164,950 were settled by entering into promissory notes having a term of 30 months and with the entire principal due on September 1, 2003. Interest accrues at 8% with payments of interest only payable at different dates for the various notes through September 2003. The noteholders have the right at any time to convert the unpaid balance of the note into shares of unregistered, restricted common stock of the Company at $6 per share. F-18 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 Future maturities of long term debt, affiliates are as follows: March 31, ---------- 2002...................................................... $ 940,000 2003...................................................... 900,289 2004...................................................... 1,164,950 --------- Total $3,005,239 ========== (14) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES a) The Company had entered into several agreements to share revenues with individuals independent of the company. These individuals had provided the Company with computer games, which the Company had been operating on its web sites. The individuals had granted the Company usage of the computer games for up to a 25% royalty of advertising revenue generated from the usage of the game on the Company's web sites. For the year ended March 31, 2001, the Company has no material liabilities or expenses due under these agreements and all agreements have been terminated as of that date. b) The Company leases various facilities under non-cancelable operating lease agreements that expire within the next four years. Future minimum lease payments under these non-cancelable operating leases are as follows: March 31, --------- 2002...................................................... $ 282,710 2003...................................................... 234,765 2004...................................................... 220,800 2005...................................................... 165,600 2006...................................................... -- ------- Total $ 903,875 ========= Rent expense from continuing operations for the reporting periods were as follows: Year Ended March 31, 2001 2000 1999 ------ ------ ------ Rent expense................................ $345,845 $69,206 -- c) On December 9, 1999, The Isosceles Fund Limited ("Isosceles") filed suit in the Superior Court of California against the Company, Brad Greenspan, Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., Inc. ("GKM") and ten unnamed individuals seeking damages based on (i) breach of an alleged subscription agreement between Isosceles and the Company to purchase common stock of eUniverse, (ii) breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in connection with the alleged subscription agreement, and (iii) intentional interference with the alleged subscription agreement by GKM and ten unnamed individuals (the "Isosceles Lawsuit"). Also as previously disclosed, on November 1, 2000, Ballsbridge Finance Ltd. ("Ballsbridge") filed a lawsuit against the Company in the California Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles seeking damages based on breach of contract and related claims based on the Company's alleged refusal to authorize transfer of 55,000 unregistered shares of eUniverse common stock originally issued to Ballsbridge in or about May of 1999 (the "Ballsbridge Lawsuit"). On February 2, 2001, Isosceles, Ballsbridge and the Company entered into a Stipulation For Settlement in mediation and agreed to settle the Isosceles Lawsuit and Ballsbridge Lawsuit. The settlement agreement calls for the issuance of 85,000 unregistered shares of eUniverse Common Stock valued at $212,500 to Isosceles, which has been accrued at March 31, 2001. Additionally, the Board of Directors of eUniverse will rescind its resolution to cancel the shares already issued to Ballsbridge, which shares have remained on the Company's books and which resolution to cancel such shares has never been carried out due to ongoing settlement discussion with Ballsbridge. The settlement agreement also provides for the dismissal of the Isosceles Lawsuit and Ballsbridge Lawsuit. F-19 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 d) The Company previously disclosed three lawsuits filed in Alameda County, California (collectively referred to as the "BNI Litigation") involving the Company, Brad Greenspan, the former shareholders of The Big Network, Inc. ("BNI Shareholders"), Stephen Sellers and John Hanke. The BNI Litigation arises out of, among other things, the Company's acquisition of BNI, disposition of the Company shares issued to the BNI Shareholders in connection with the acquisition ("BNI Shares"), and subsequent purported agreements concerning registration and sale of the BNI Shares. On April 18, 2001, the parties to the BNI Litigation participated in a voluntary mediation of their disputes administered by JAMS and presided over by a retired California State Judge. The mediation resulted in the parties executing a term sheet stipulating an enforceable settlement of the BNI Litigation ("BNI Settlement"). The terms of the BNI Settlement have been approved by the Company's Board of Directors and are currently being incorporated into definitive documentation of the settlement. The BNI Settlement principally concerns disposition of the approximately 1,800,000 BNI Shares. Pursuant to the terms of the BNI Settlement, the BNI Shares shall be placed into an escrow from which 37.5% of the shares shall be released to the BNI Shareholders over a period of fifteen (15) months. The Company shall have an option to purchase the remaining 62.5% of the shares ("Company Option") for a period of four (4) years contingent upon the Company making quarterly option payments to the BNI Shareholders to keep the Company Option alive. The Company Option is exercisable at $1.40 per share during the first fifteen (15) months of the Company Option, and $1.75 per share thereafter. The Company is obliged to use 10% of any proceeds received from debt or equity financing of between 5 and 10 million dollars, and 20% of the proceeds received from debt or equity financing over 10 million dollars, to exercise the Company Option. In the event the Company fails to make any option payments when due, fails to exercise the Company Option when required, or there is a change of control of the Company, the Option Shares shall be released from escrow to the BNI Shareholders and shall be freely alienable. e) On April 23, 2001, EP Opportunity Fund and EP Opportunity Fund International, Ltd. (the "EP Funds") filed a Demand for Arbitration against the Company with the American Arbitration Association. The EP Funds assert claims for breach of contract and fraud, alleging that the Company has breached a fully executed stock subscription agreement and registration rights agreement, under which the EP Funds agreed to subscribe to an offering of the Company's preferred stock. The EP Funds claim that the Company has failed to register the restricted preferred stock held in the EP Funds' name. The EP Funds claim in excess of $250,000 in damages. The Company disputes the EP Funds' claims and intends to vigorously defend the action. The case is in the early stages of the arbitration, with no arbitrator yet appointed. f) On May 1, 2001, Krausz Puente LLC, a California limited liability company, served a Fourth Amended Complaint in the case of Krausz Puente LLC v. slam.site, Inc., et al., pending in the California Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles ("Krausz Litigation"), upon Case's Ladder, Inc., a California corporation and a subsidiary of the Company ("CLI"). CLI was previously named in this case as "Doe 1." The Krausz Litigation primarily concerns breach of a lease obligation by third-party companies ("Lessees") owned by certain former shareholders of CLI. The plaintiff has added CLI as a defendant in the Krausz Litigation because it contends that certain assets transferred into CLI at the time of its incorporation (prior to eUniverse's acquisition of CLI) were fraudulently transferred from Lessees in an effort to shield the assets from creditors, including the plaintiff. CLI believes these allegations to be without merit and will defend the suit vigorously. (15) EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS STOCK COMPENSATION An expense of $469,822 for stock-based compensation has been recorded to reflect the value of additional shares to be issued related to the website performance of Funone.com, JustSayWow.com, funpageland.com and PokemonVillage.com. On September 15, 1999, the Company cancelled 1,932,000 stock options, which had been granted to employees on June 15, 1999 with a weighted average exercise price of $9.67 and reissued 1,642,200 (85 percent) options with a weighted average exercise price of $6.00 and a vesting period of three years to the same employees. Compensation expense related to these option of $207,011 has been recorded in the March 31, 2000 financial statements. During the current reporting period, this amount for $207,011 was reversed to reflect the fact that the fair market value as of the statement date remains below the exercise price of these options. F-20 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 The following table presents the amount of stock-based compensation that would have been recorded under the following income statement categories if the stock-based compensation had not been separately stated in the financial statements. Year Ended March 31, 2001 2000 ---- ---- Marketing and Sales...........................$ 447,065 $ 379,006 Product Development........................... (19,656) 37,326 General and Administrative.................... (164,598) 164,598 --------- --------- Total stock based compensation.......... $ 262,811 $ 580,930 ========= ========= PROFIT SHARING PLAN During the years ended March 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company maintained an agreement with Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (Equitable) to provide its employees with a Profit Sharing (401K) Plan. The highlights of this plan other than limits specified by law are: 1- Matching contribution by the Company of 100% of the first 3% of gross salary contribution by the employees plus an additional 50% of the next 2%. For the years ended March 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company's matching contribution expenses were $72,613 and $21,054, respectively. 2- 100% immediate vesting of the Company's matching contributions. STOCK OPTIONS: Under the Company's 1999 Stock Award Plan, stock options may be granted to officers, directors, employees and consultants. An aggregate of 9,000,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance under the Plan. Typically, options granted under the plan will vest ratably over 3 years with 1/3 vesting after 12 months and the remaining vesting in 1/12 increments each 3 months thereafter. For the years ended March 31, 2001 and 2000 the plan's activities were as follows: WEIGHTED NUMBER OF EXERCISE AVERAGE SHARES PRICE PRICE ------ ----- ----- Outstanding at 3-31-1999.................................. -- -- -- Granted................................................... 5,314,570 $3.00 - 13.00 $6.92 Cancelled................................................. (2,919,176) 6.00 - 13.00 8.51 Reissued.................................................. 1,642,200 6.00 6.00 Exercised................................................. -- Forfeited................................................. -- ---------- --------------- ----- Outstanding at 3-31-2000.................................. 4,037,594 $3.00 - 13.00 $5.39 Granted................................................... 5,355,130 1.75- 7.98 3.17 Cancelled................................................. (2,698,285) 2.75-13.00 5.95 Exercised................................................. -- Forfeited................................................. -- ---------- -------------- ----- Outstanding at 3-31-2001.................................. 6,694,439 $1.75-11.40 $4.15 ---------- -------------- ----- Options exercisable at 3-31-2001 ......................... 1,788,762 $1.75-11.40 $5.41 ---------- -------------- ----- These totals are segregated as follows: Outstanding at 3-31-2001 at exercise prices up to $3.03 4,732,240 $1.75- 3.03 Outstanding at 3-31-2001 at exercise prices over $3.03 1,962,199 $5.00-11.40 Exercisable at 3-31-2001 at exercise prices up to $3.03 884,831 $1.75- 3.03 Exercisable at 3-31-2001 at exercise prices over $3.03 903,931 $6.00-11.40 The weighted average remaining life of the options is 27 months. F-21 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 The Company uses the intrinsic value method (APB Opinion 25) to account for its stock options granted to officers, directors, and employees. Under this method, compensation expense is recorded over the vesting period based on the difference between the exercise price and quoted market price on the date the options are granted. Since the company has granted all its stock options at an exercise price equal to or above the quoted market value on the measurement date, no compensation expense related to grants of stock options to employees has been recorded. Pursuant to FASB Interpretation No. 44, the Company accounts for its repriced options as a variable plan. Compensation is measured as the difference between the fair market value and the exercise price of the option at the reporting period, recognized in the financial statements over the service period. Had the Company chosen the fair value method of accounting for transactions involving stock option issuance to employees pursuant to SFAS 123, the Company would have recorded an additional $4,517,732 and $1,824,051 in compensation cost for the years ended March 31, 2001 and March 31, 2000, respectively, as presented by the pro forma statement below: Years Ended March 31, 2001 2000 -------------- ------------- Net loss as reported...................... $(41,039,326) $(11,067,646) ------------ ------------ Pro forma net loss........................ $(45,557,058) $(12,891,697) ------------ ------------ Net loss per common share................. $ (2.27) $ (0.70) ------------ ------------ Pro forma loss per share.................. $ (2.52) $ (0.82) ------------ ------------ The Black Scholes option-pricing model with a risk free interest rate ranging from 5.665% to 6.434%, a volatility ranging from 71.05% to 134.85%, zero dividend yield and an expected life of three years for the options was used to determine the fair value of options rendered. The weighted average fair value of the options issued during the year was $2.34. In addition to the stock options granted to employees, the Company has granted 52,500 options with exercise prices ranging from $6.25 to $7.98 to advertising affiliates and an online media company valued at $143,193. These options have been recorded pursuant to SFAS 123 based on the fair market value of the equity instruments issued. Also, the Company has purchased investor relations services for a two year period that commenced on January 2, 2001. In connection with this agreement, the Company issued options for 250,000 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $1.75. The options have been valued at $291,922 in the financial statements using the Black Scholes option pricing model with a risk free interest rate of 5.75%, a volatility of 140% with no expected dividend yield and a life of two years. The options expire on January 2, 2003. WARRANTS: The Company has granted warrants to purchase common stock in connection with debt and services. Stock purchase warrant activity is summarized as follows: NUMBER OF SHARES EXERCISE PRICE --------- -------------- Outstanding at 3-31-1999.................................... -- -- Granted..................................................... 1,026,677 $ 2.74-10.00 Exercised................................................... -- Forfeited................................................... -- --------- -------------- Outstanding at 3-31-2000.................................... 1,026,677 $ 2.74-10.00 Granted..................................................... 2,575,813 $ 1.00-6.00 Exercised................................................... (80,000) 6.00 Cancelled................................................... (422,344) $ 4.75-6.00 Forfeited................................................... -- --------- -------------- Outstanding at 3-31-2001.................................... 3,100,146 $ 1.00-7.00 --------- -------------- Warrants exercisable at 3-31-2001........................... 3,092,146 $ 1.00-7.00 --------- -------------- F-22 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 1- In connection with a loan from New Technology Holdings, Inc. the Company has issued 1,101,260 warrants to the lender. The first 701,260 of these warrants have an exercise price of $4.50 per share, the next 200,000 warrants, exercisable after the original 701,260 have been exercised, have an exercise price of $5.00 Per share. The last 200,000 warrants, exercisable after the purchase of 901,260 shares, have an exercise price of $6.00 per share. These warrants have been valued at $3,323,984 in the financial statements using the Black Scholes option pricing model with a risk free interest rate of 6.25%, a volatility of 108%, no expected dividend yield, and a life of 4 years. The warrants expire on September 6, 2003. 2- In connection with a default in one of the provisions of a loan from Videogame Partners, LLC, and in consideration for the payment of $85,000 by Videogame Partners, the Company issued warrants to purchase 500,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock at a purchase price of $1.00 per share. These warrants have been valued at $1,842,702 in the financial statements using the Black Scholes option pricing model with a risk free interest rate of 6.25%, a volatility of 108% with no expected dividend yield and a life of one year. The warrants expire on September 19, 2001. 3- In connection with a loan from GrayBox, LLC, and in consideration for receiving $8,000, the Company issued warrants for 80,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock to the lender at an exercise price of $6.00. In connection with this loan and as a replacement for the warrants therein, the Company agreed to cause one of its shareholders to sell 100,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Replacement Shares") to GrayBox at a purchase price of $1.80 per share by June 30, 2000. Upon receipt by GrayBox of the 100,000 Replacement Shares, GrayBox agreed to tender the warrants back to the Company. On June 22, 2000 the transaction involving the sale of Replacement Shares took place and the original 80,000 warrants were subsequently cancelled by the Company. The Replacement Shares have been valued at $458,421 in the financial statements using the Black Scholes option pricing model with a volatility of 105%, risk free interest rate of 6.25%, no expected dividend yield and life of one month. 4- The Company agreed to purchase investor relations services for a 31 month period, that commenced January 2, 2001. In connection with this agreement, the Company issued warrants for 385,000 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $2.10. The warrants have been valued at $495,232 in the financial statements using the Black Scholes option pricing model with a risk free interest rate of 5.75%, a volatility of 140% with no expected dividend yield and a life of 31 months. The warrants expire on January 2, 2004. 5- The Company agreed to a two year investor relations services agreement that commenced on January 2, 2001. As consideration for these services, the Company issued warrants for 130,000 shares of the Company's common stock with an exercise price of $2.00. The warrants have been valued at $153,600 in the financial statements using the Black Scholes option pricing model with a risk free interest rate of 5.75%, a volatility of 140% with no expected dividend yield and a life of two years. The warrants expire on January 2, 2003. (16) PREFERRED STOCK On April 14, 1999 the Company sold 1,795,024 shares of its Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock in a private offering pursuant to Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933 for the aggregate price of $6,462,086. Holders of the company's have the right to convert such stock into shares of the Company's common stock at any time after October 15, 1999 at a one-to-one ratio unless market price of the company's common stock is below $3.60, in which case the conversion ratio would be adjusted accordingly. The shares of preferred stock have a liquidation preference of $3.60 per share, which increases at a rate of 6% per annum. Each share of preferred stock may be converted to common stock at an initial rate of one share of common stock for each $3.60 of liquidation preference. If the common stock's market price at the time of conversion is less than $3.60 per share, the conversion rate is determined by reference to such lower price. Because of the variable conversion rate and the 6% accretion factor, each share of preferred stock may be converted into greater than one share of common stock. Prior to any conversion, the conversion price is adjusted to account for any increase or decrease in the number of outstanding shares of common stock by stock split, stock dividend, or other similar event. As of March 31, 2001, 10 preferred shareholders had converted a total of 340,452 shares of preferred stock into 481,068 shares of common stock. F-23 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 The Company does not pay dividends on the preferred stock and the holders of such stock are not entitled to receive any dividends thereon. In the event of the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the holders of the preferred stock will be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution to the holders of the common stock and any other class of stock which has been designated as junior in rank to the preferred stock, the liquidation preference amount described above. At any time after one year from the effective date of a registration statement registering the common stock issued or to be issued upon conversion of the preferred stock, if the closing bid price per share of the Company's common stock is equal to or greater than $16.00, the company, at its option, may either automatically convert the preferred stock to common stock or redeem the preferred stock for cash in an amount per share equal to $3.60 plus accretion thereon at a rate of 6% per year. On December 21, 1999, the Company approached the holders of its Series A Preferred Stock to forgo three items in their purchase agreements in lieu of being granted warrants to purchase common stock equaling 20% of the number of shares owned by them (10% at an exercise price of $6.00 and 10% at an exercise price of $8.00). The items modified were: 1- The Company will not be required to notify preferred shareholders at least thirty days prior to acquiring the stock or assets of another company so long as the Company is the surviving entity. 2- The Company will not be required to file a registration statement to register the shares of its Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock in the event the Company was able to raise at least $5 million in additional capital or debt issuance within six months of which at least $3 million ("Minimum Proceeds") had to be raised within 4 months. 3- The shareholders agreed not to convert their Preferred Stock to Common Stock until August 15, 2000, provided the Company raised the Minimum Proceeds. However, 20% of such shares may be sold during any 30 day period beginning April 15, 2000 in the event that the average weekly closing price of the Company's Common Stock was greater than $12.00 per share. As of March 31, 2000, the Company had received consent to the above conditions from Preferred Shareholders holding 911,718 shares and a total of 182,344 warrants were issued. These warrants expired December 31, 2000 with none of them being exercised. Beginning November 2000, the Company approached the holders of its Series A Preferred Stock to forgo conversion rights in their purchase agreements in lieu of being granted warrants to purchase common stock equaling 20% and 25% of the number of shares owned by them at exercise prices ranging from $2.00 to $2.75. The shareholders agreed not to convert their preferred shares into common shares for a period of 6 months except in the amount of 20% of their holdings. As of March 31, 2001 nine shareholders holding 616,834 preferred shares had agreed to these terms and 135,021 warrants had been issued. These warrants expire one year from the date of issuance. (17) SEGMENTED DISCLOSURES There were no identifiable reportable segments during the year ended March 31, 2001 following the discontinuation of e-commerce operations (see Note 3 - Discontinued operations). (18) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company entered into settlement of amounts due agreements and promissory notes with certain existing and former Company employees that had developed web sites and related content for Company (see Note 13 - Long Term Debt - Affiliates). F-24 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 (20) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Subsequent to March 31, 2001: o In June 2001, acquired the website and technology assets of Funbug.com for a purchase price of approximately $200,000 that will be paid based on a percentage of revenues. At the end of 30 months, in the event that $200,000 is not paid to the seller, the Company may, at its option, pay the remainder of the $200,000 to the seller or sell the assets back to the seller for $1. o In April 2001, the Company purchased a database of subscribers for $400,000. o On May 29, 2001 the Company entered into an agreement to sublease additional office space located at its headquarters in Los Angeles, CA. The agreement expires February 28, 2005. The rental rate is $6,678 per month through July 2002, and $7,179 per month through the expiration date. o On July 13, 2001, the Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with 550 Digital Media Ventures, Inc. (the "Investor"), a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., for the purchase of Indimi, LLC ("Indimi"), in a business combination accounted for as a purchase. The purchase price of $9.94 million will exceed the fair value of the net assets of Indimi by an estimated $9.6 million. In connection with the Share Purchase Agreement, the Company also agreed to redeem a warrant issued to the Investor for the Company's common stock valued at $1 million. The Company will test the amount of purchased goodwill and other intangibles for impairment on annual basis or upon the occurrence of an adverse event in accordance with SFAS141 Business Combinations and SFAS142 Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, which were approved in July 2001. The results of operations of Indimi will be included with the results of the Company from July 13, 2001. Assuming the acquisition had occurred on April 1, 2000, the Company's net sales, net income, basic, and diluted earnings per share would have been $16,660,264, $(58,946,816) $(3.26), and $(3.26), respectively subject to the average closing prices for the 15 trading days following July 13, 2001. F-25 EUNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31, 2001 and 2000 QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS/SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) The following table presents certain unaudited consolidated quarterly results of operations for the twelve quarters ended March 31, 2001. This information is unaudited but reflects all adjustments that are, in the opinion of the management, necessary for a fair presentation of consolidated results of the operations. These adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments and accruals, were made on a basis consistent with the annual audited financial statements and generally accepted accounting principles. The consolidated quarterly data should be read in conjunction with audited financial statements and notes to such statements presented elsewhere in this report. The results of operations for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results for any future period. INCOME NET (LOSS) (LOSS) FROM FROM NET GROSS CONTINUING DISCONTINUED INCOME QUARTER ENDED REVENUES PROFIT OPERATIONS OPERATIONS (LOSS) ------------- -------- ------ ---------- ---------- ------ (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) March 31, 2001.......... $4,239 $4,189 $(17,191) -- $(17,191) December 31, 2000....... 4,566 4,221 (2,748) (311) (3,059) September 30, 2000...... 4,093 3,456 (5,676) (11,503) (17,179) June 30, 2000........... 2,770 2,196 (1,507) (2,103) (3,610) March 31, 2000.......... $1,105 $966 $ (2,646) $ (2,110) $ (4,756) December 31, 1999....... 421 432 (2,082) (925) (3,007) September 30, 1999...... 251 234 (1,263) (799) (2,062) June 30, 1999........... 65 56 (563) (680) (1,243) March 31, 1999.......... $ -- -- -- $ (137) $ (137) December 31, 1998....... -- -- -- (118) (118) September 30, 1998...... -- -- -- (81) (81) June 30, 1998........... -- -- -- (71) (71) WEIGHTED WEIGHTED CONTINUING DISCONTINUED BASIC AND AVERAGE AVERAGE OPERATIONS OPERATIONS DILUTED COMMON COMMON LOSS PER LOSS PER NET LOSS SHARES SHARES COMMON COMMON PER QUARTER ENDED BASIC DILUTED SHARE SHARE COMMON SHARE ------------- ----- ------- ---------- ---------- ------------- March 31, 2001.......... 18,515 18,515 $(.93) $-- $(.93) December 31, 2000....... 18,120 18,120 (.15) (.02) (.17) September 30, 2000...... 17,933 17,933 (.32) (.64) (.96) June 30, 2000........... 17,744 17,744 (.08) (.12) (.20) March 31, 2000.......... 17,157 17,157 (.16) (.12) (.28) December 31, 1999....... 16,272 16,272 (.13) (.05) (.18) September 30, 1999...... 15,317 15,317 (.08) (.05) (.13) June 30, 1999........... 12,222 12,222 (.05) (.06) (.11) March 31, 1999.......... N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A December 31, 1998....... N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A September 30, 1998...... N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A June 30, 1998........... N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (UNAUDITED) ADDITIONS BALANCE AT ADDITIONS CHARGED TO BEGINNING OF THROUGH COST AND BALANCE AT DESCRIPTION PERIOD ACQUISITIONS EXPENSES DEDUCTIONS END OF PERIOD ----------- ------ ------------ -------- ---------- ------------- Allowance for doubtful accounts: Year ended March 31, 2001...... $78,214 $ -- $460,962 $(416,176) $123,000 Year ended March 31, 2000...... -- 19,175 69,539 (10,500) 78,214 Year ended March 31, 1999...... -- -- -- -- -- F-26 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Form 10-K/A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on July 30, 2001. eUNIVERSE, INC. By /s/ BRAD D. GREENSPAN ................................ Brad D. Greenspan Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer Under the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, this Form 10-K/A has been signed on July 30, 2001 by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities indicated. By /s/ JOSEPH L. VARRAVETO ................................ Joseph L. Varraveto Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) By /s/ BRAD D. GREENSPAN ................................ Brad D. Greenspan Chairman of the Board of Directors (principal executive officer) By /s/ BRETT D. BREWER ................................ Brett D. Brewer Director By /s/ DANIEL MOSHER ................................ Daniel Mosher Director By /s/ RYAN A. BRANT ................................ Ryan A. Brant Director INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Exhibit Title/Description ------ -------------------------- 3.01 -- Articles of Incorporation of eUniverse.(1) 3.02 -- Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of eUniverse regarding change of name.(1) 3.03 -- Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation regarding issuance of Preferred Stock.(1) 3.04 -- Bylaws of eUniverse.(1) 3.05 -- Amendment to Bylaws.(1) 3.06 -- Designation of Preferred Stock of Motorcycle Centers of America, Inc. dated April 7, 1999, as filed with the Secretary of the State of Nevada, which defines the rights and preferences of the Preferred Stock of eUniverse.(1) 3.06.01 First Amendment to Designation of Stock of eUniverse, Inc. f/k/a Motorcycle Centers of America, Inc. and First Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock of eUniverse, Inc., dated as of February 2, 2000.(6) 10.01 -- Stock Purchase Agreement by and between Palisades Capital, Inc. and Charles Beilman, dated as of October 1, 1998 (the "Stock Purchase Agreement").(1) 10.02 -- Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 29, 1998.(1) 10.03 -- Amendment No. 2 to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated February 11, 1999.(1) 10.04 -- Amendment No. 3 to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March , 1999.(1) 10.05 -- Amendment Number 4 to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 9, 1999.(1) 10.06 -- Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among Motorcycle Centers of America, Inc., Entertainment Universe, Inc. and the principal officers of Entertainment Universe, Inc., dated April 9, 1999.(1) 10.07 -- Entertainment Universe, Inc. Regulation D Subscription Agreement, dated as of April , 1999.(1) 10.08 -- Entertainment Universe, Inc. Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 1999.(1) 10.09 -- Assignment and Assumption Agreement by and between Entertainment Universe, Inc. and Motorcycle Centers of America, Inc., dated as of April 14, 1999.(1) 10.10 -- Stock Purchase Agreement by and among Motorcycle Centers of America, Inc. and the shareholders of Case's Ladder, Inc., dated as of April 21, 1999.(1) 10.13 -- Letter agreement between Entertainment Universe, Inc. and E.P. Opportunity Fund, L.L.C. regarding appointment of a director of Entertainment Universe, Inc., dated April 6, 1999.(1) 10.15 -- Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among eUniverse, Inc., Gamer's Alliance, Inc., and Larry N. Pevnick and Robin T. Pevnick, Ten Ent., and Stan Goldenberg and Andrea R. Goldenberg, Ten Ent., dated as of the 1st day of July, 1999.(6) 10.15.1 - Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among eUniverse, Inc., Gamer's Alliance, Inc., and Larry N. Pevnick and Robin T. Pevnick, Ten Ent., and Stan Goldenberg and Andrea R. Goldenberg, Ten Ent., dated as of the 12th day of November, 1999.(1) 10.16 -- Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among eUniverse, Inc., The Big Network, Inc., Stephen D. Sellers, John V. Hanke and Michael Sellers, dated July 30, 1999 (effective as of August 31, 1999).(6) 10.17 -- Letter Agreement by and among Brad D. Greenspan, Charles Beilman, Stephen D. Sellers and John V. Hanke regarding appointment of a director of eUniverse, Inc., dated as of August 31, 1999.(6) 10.19 -- Employment Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Stephen D. Sellers, dated as of August 31, 1999.(6) 10.21 -- eUniverse, Inc. Registration Rights Agreement dated July 30, 1999.(6) 10.23 -- Engagement Letter by and among Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., Inc. by Entertainment Universe, Inc. and Brad Greenspan, dated February 24, 1999.(6) 10.24 -- Indemnification Agreement by Entertainment Universe, Inc. and Brad Greenspan in favor of Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., Inc., dated February 24, 1999.(6) 10.25 -- eUniverse, Inc. 1999 Stock Awards Plan.(6) 10.27 -- Employment Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Martin Hamilton, dated as of October 25, 1999. Mr. Martin terminated his employment on March 2, 2000 to pursue other business opportunities.(1) 10.28 -- Web Advertising Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Mpath Interactive, Inc., dated as of August 13, 1999 and terminated as of February 1, 2000. Portions of Exhibit 10.28 have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment, which was granted by the SEC.(2) 10.29 -- eUniverse, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., Inc., dated April 14, 1999.(1) 10.30 -- Asset Purchase Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Scott Smith d/b/a Pokemonvillage.com and Quake City Gaming Network, dated as of February 1, 2000.(3) 10.31 -- Letter agreement by and among eUniverse, Inc. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. and Falcon Ventures Corporation, dated as of February 2, 2000.(3) 10.32 -- Employment Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and William R. Wagner dated as of April 5, 1999.(3) 10.33 -- Letter Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Christian Walter d/b/a Justsaywow.com dated February 20, 2000.(4) 10.34 -- Lease by and between Hamms Building Associates and Falcon Ventures Corp., dated as of July 27, 1999.(5) 10.35 -- eUniverse, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Michael Zaroff, dated December 10, 1999.(5) 10.36 -- eUniverse, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Bob Agriogianis, dated December 10, 1999.(5) 10.37 -- eUniverse, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Mark Bergman, dated January 15, 2000.(5) 10.38 -- eUniverse, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Mark Bergman, dated February 15, 2000.(5) 10.39 -- Stock Option Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Charles Beilman, dated as of January 26, 2000.(5) 10.39.01 First Amendment to Stock Option Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Charles Beilman, dated as of March 31, 2000.(5) 10.39.02 Second Amendment to Stock Option Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Charles Beilman, dated as of May 31, 2000.(6) 10.39.03 Third Amendment to Stock Option Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc., Charles Beilman and Martin, Gasparrini & Chioffi, LLP, dated as of June 16, 2000.(6) 10.39.04 Fourth Amendment to Stock Option Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Charles Beilman, dated as of July 31, 2000.(8) 10.39.05 Fifth Amendment to Stock Option Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Charles Beilman, dated as of October 10, 2000.(9) 10.39.06 Sixth Amendment to Stock Option Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Charles Beilman, dated as of October 30, 2000.(10) 10.39.07 Seventh Amendment to Stock Option Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Charles Beilman, dated as of February 2, 2001.(12) 10.40 -- Letter agreement between eUniverse, Inc. and former shareholders of The Big Network, Inc. which provides eUniverse, Inc. with the right to purchase a minimum of 500,000 shares of eUniverse, Inc. common stock from former shareholders of The Big Network, Inc. (the "Big Network Buyout Agreement"), the closing of which shall occur on or before April 24, 2000.(5) 10.40.01 First Amendment providing for extension of closing date of the Big Network Buyout Agreement to May 5, 2000.(7) 10.40.02 Second Amendment providing for extension of closing date of the Big Network Buyout Agreement to May 19, 2000.(7) 10.40.03 Third Amendment providing for extension of closing date of the Big Network Buyout Agreement to May 19, 2000.(7) 10.41 -- eUniverse, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Salomon Grey Financial Corporation, dated March 14, 2000 (terminated).(5) 10.42 -- eUniverse, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Salomon Grey Financial Corporation, dated March 14, 2000 (terminated). (5) 10.43 -- Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., dated as of March 16, 2000, providing for account marketing services.(5) 10.44 -- Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., dated as of March 16, 2000, providing for programming services.(5) 10.45 -- Letter agreement by and among eUniverse, Inc. and Erik MacKinnon and Dan Barnes d/b/a Dustcloud Media, dated March 29, 2000.(6) 10.46 -- Form of Warrant issued to certain eUniverse preferred shareholders on February 2, 2000.(7) 10.47 -- Asset Purchase Agreement by and between CD Universe, Inc. and CLBL, Inc., dated as of October 3, 2000.(9) 10.48 -- Letter agreement by and among eUniverse, Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. and Charles Beilman, dated October 30, 2000.(10) 10.48.01 First Amendment to letter agreement by and among eUniverse, Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. and Charles Beilman, dated November 6, 2000.(10) 10.49 -- Side letter agreement by and among eUniverse, Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. and Brad D. Greenspan (with respect to Sections 2 and 4 only), dated October 30, 2000.(10) 10.49.01 First Amendment to Side Letter Agreement by and among eUniverse, Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. and Brad D. Greenspan, dated November 6, 2000.(10) 10.50 -- Employment Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and Will Griffin, dated as of September 1, 2000.(11) 10.51 -- eUniverse, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Warrant to VideoGame Partners, LLP, dated September 8, 2000.(12) 10.52 -- Stock Purchase Agreement by and between eUniverse, Inc. and 550 Digital Media Ventures, Inc., dated as of July 13, 2001.(13) 10.53 -- Share Purchase Agreement by and among eUniverse, Inc., Indimi, L.L.C., Indimi, Inc., 550 Digital Media Ventures, Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., dated as of July 13, 2000.(13) 21.01 -- Subsidiaries of eUniverse, Inc.(5) 23.01 -- Consent of Merdinger, Fruchter, Rosen & Corso, PC* --------- * Filed herewith. (1) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form 10 filed on June 15, 1999 (Registration File No. 0-26355). (2) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form 10-Q filed on November 15, 1999. (3) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2000. (4) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form 8-K filed on March 13, 2000. (5) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form S-1 filed on March 23, 2000 (Registration File No. 333-33084). (6) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form 8-K filed on June 28, 2000. (7) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form 10-K filed on July 14, 2000. (8) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2000. (9) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form 8-K filed on October 24, 2000. (10) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2000. (11) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form S-3 filed on December 8, 2000. (12) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2001. (13) Incorporated by reference to eUniverse's Form 10-K filed on July 16, 2001.