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Noncontrolling Interest Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 9. Non–controlling interest The Company has the following non–controlling interest:
On January 2012, the Company had $5,293 of non-controlling interest relating to Medicsight Ltd. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company assigned $1,027 of net loss to the non-controlling interest of Medicsight and $41 of stock-based compensation and other other accumulated comprehensive income. The remaining $4,307 was reversed as a result of the acquisition of the remaining interest in Medicsight Ltd by the Company. FanTD On May 20, 2013, the Company acquired 63% of the outstanding membership interests of FanTD in exchange for an aggregate purchase of $3,220 consisting of 600,000 shares of MGT Common Stock at a fair value of $5.03 per share for a total of $3,018 and a cash payment of $202. The fair value of the 37% non–controlling interest retained by the sellers in this transaction amounted to $1,882. MGT Interactive On September 3, 2013, the Company entered into a Contribution and Sale Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) by and among the Company, Gioia Systems, LLC (“Gioia”) and MGT Interactive whereby MGT Interactive acquired certain assets from Gioia, the inventor and owner of a proprietary method of card shuffling for the online poker market. Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, Gioia contributed the assets to MGT Interactive in exchange for a 49% interest in MGT Interactive and MGT contributed $200 to MGT Interactive in exchange for a 51% interest in MGT Interactive. M2P Americas On December 4, 2013, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with M2P Entertainment GmbH, a German corporation (“M2P”), the newly formed Delaware corporation, M2P Americas, Inc. (“M2P Americas”) and the Company’s ’s existing subsidiary MGT Studios, Inc. The purpose of the transaction is to allow M2P Americas to market and exploit MP2’s gaming technology in North and South America through M2P Americas. As part of the transaction, the Company acquired 50.1% of M2P Americas and M2P Entertainment acquired 49.9%. The Strategic Alliance Agreement provides that the Company and M2P will jointly cooperate to launch M2P’s gaming technology in North and South America. It further provides M2P Americas with an exclusive royalty free license to M2P’s gaming technology for North and South America. Pursuant to the terms of the Strategic Alliance Agreement, the Company will advance certain expenses to M2P Americas and the Company and M2P will provide network and human resources support to M2P Americas. The parties also entered into a Stockholders Agreement dated the same date which, among other things, grants M2P an option to purchase 10% of the Company’s ownership in M2P Americas at book value if the Company does not purchase equity in M2P prior to April 2, 2014. Any advances by the Company or its subsidiaries to M2P Americas will be considered a loan bearing interest at 4% per annum or the applicable federal rate if greater. The Strategic Alliance Agreement has a term of 20 years. Medicsight Ltd On March 26, 2012, at Medicsight Ltd’s General Meeting, stockholders approved a resolution to effect a Reverse Split of the Company’s existing ordinary shares of £0.05 par value per share into 1 new ordinary share of £16,250 par value per share and for MGT to acquire all New Ordinary Shares representing the fractions of shares left over following the Reverse Split. The exchange ratio for the Reverse Split was 1 for 325,000. As a result of the Reverse Split, stockholders holding fewer than 325,000 shares were cancelled and not entitled to a cash payment for fractional shares. As of March 26, 2012, MGT held 318 shares (66.5%) of the 478 issued share capital of Medicsight Ltd. Subsequent to March 26, 2012, and through December 31, 2012, MGT acquired an additional 160 shares of Medicsight Ltd’s ordinary shares, 67 ordinary shares were acquired for cash consideration of $51 and 93 ordinary shares were acquired in exchange for 93,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock with a fair value of $418. On December 6, 2012 at Medicsight Ltd’s General Meeting, the stockholders approved a resolution to effect a Reverse Split of Medicsight Ltd’s remaining shares at an exchange rate of 1 for 25. As a result, stockholders holding fewer than 25 shares at the time of the reversal received a cash payment of $16, in lieu of fractional shares and no longer had an interest in Medicsight Ltd. As a result of the purchase of additional shares and the reverse split, as of December 6, 2012, MGT held 100% of the issued share capital of Medicsight Ltd. The Company filed an application to the Registrar of Companies under s1003 of the Companies Act 2006 for Medicsight Ltd’s dissolution. As a part of the dissolution of this non–essential subsidiary, Medicsight Ltd assigned its intellectual property to Medicsight, Inc. and its ownership in Medicsight, Inc. to MGT. |