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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C.  20549

 

FORM 10-K

 


 

ý

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

 

For the Fiscal Year Ended: March 31, 2005

 

 

 

OR

 

 

 

o

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Commission File Number: 0-15159

 

RENTRAK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Oregon

 

93-0780536

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

7700 NE Ambassador Place, Portland, Oregon

 

97220

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  503-284-7581

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $0.001 par value

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý    No o

 

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. o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes ý    No o

 

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates, computed by reference to the last sales price ($8.73) as reported by the Nasdaq National Market System, as of the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter (September 30, 2004), was $82,606,158.

 

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s Common Stock as of June 1, 2005 was 10,550,395 shares.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference

The Registrant has incorporated into Part III of Form 10-K, by reference, portions of its Proxy Statement for its 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

 

 



 

RENTRAK CORPORATION

2005 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Business

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

Properties

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

 

 

 

PART II

 

 

 

 

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

 

 

 

 

Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

 

 

 

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

 

 

 

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

 

 

 

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

 

 

 

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

 

 

 

 

Item 9B.

Other Information

 

 

 

 

 

PART III

 

 

 

 

Item 10.

Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

 

 

 

 

Item 11.

Executive Compensation

 

 

 

 

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

 

 

 

 

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

 

 

 

 

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

 

 

 

 

PART IV

 

 

 

 

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

 

 

 

Signatures

 

 

 

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PART I

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

Where You Can Find More Information

 

We file annual, quarterly and other reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (“Exchange Act”).  We also make available, free of charge on our website at www.rentrak.com, our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed electronically with the SEC.  You can also obtain paper copies of these reports, without charge, by contacting Investor Relations at (503) 284-7581.

 

Overview

 

Our primary business relates to the collection, processing, analysis and presentation of rental and sales information regarding digital videodiscs (“DVDs”), videocassettes (“Cassettes”) and video games (collectively “Units”) leased/licensed to home video specialty stores and other retailers by way of our Pay Per Transaction system (the “PPT System”). We lease product from various suppliers. Under our PPT System, home video specialty stores and other retailers that rent Units to consumers (“Retailers”), including grocery stores and convenience stores, sub-lease Units and other media from Rentrak for a zero to low initial fee and share a portion of each retail rental transaction with us.  We included video games as part of the PPT system beginning in fiscal 2003.  Our PPT System generated 88%, 84% and 78% of total revenues in fiscal years 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

We also provide direct revenue sharing (“DRS”) services to various suppliers.  The DRS services collect, track, audit and report the results to our suppliers under established agreements on a fee for service basis.  In addition, our Essentials™ software and services, which we began offering in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, provide unique data collection, management, analysis and reporting functions, resulting in business intelligence information valuable to our clients.

 

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, we decided to pursue a plan to sell or dispose of substantially all the assets of our subsidiary 3PF.COM, Inc. (“3PF”), which provided order processing, inventory management and fulfillment services to Rentrak and third parties. We sold substantially all the assets of 3PF’s Wilmington, Ohio operations in July 2003.  See Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Reorganization

 

Effective April 1, 2005, we implemented a new corporate structure, which includes separate Pay-Per-Transaction (“PPT”) and Information Services operating divisions.  We will report our results of operations according to this new structure in future periods. As of March 31, 2005, we operated in one segment, Entertainment, and, accordingly, we have not reported segment data for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.

 

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PPT Division

 

The PPT Division focuses on business operations that facilitate the delivery of home entertainment products and related rental and sales information to retailers on a revenue sharing basis.

 

Pay-Per-Transaction System

We distribute Units principally to Retailers through our PPT System. The PPT System has various programs, which enable Retailers to obtain Units at a significantly lower overall cost than if they purchased the Units from traditional video distributors.

 

After the Retailer is approved for participation in the PPT System, Units are leased to the Retailer for a low and, at times, no initial fee (the “Order Processing Fee”) plus a percentage of revenues generated by the Retailer from rentals to consumers (the “Transaction Fee”).  We retain a portion of most Order Processing Fees and Transaction Fees and remit the remainder to the appropriate motion picture studios or other licensee or owner of the rights to certain video programming or video game publishers (“Program Suppliers”) that hold the distribution rights to the Units.  Due to the lower cost of “bringing Units in the door,” Retailers generally obtain a greater number of Units under the PPT System than the traditional distribution method. The intended benefit to the Retailer is a higher volume of rental transactions, as well as a reduction in capital cost and risk.  The intended benefit to the Program Supplier is an increase in the total number of Units shipped, resulting in increased revenues and opportunity for profit. The intended benefit to the consumer is the potential of finding more copies of certain newly released hit titles and a greater selection of other titles at Retailers participating in the PPT System (“Participating Retailers”).

 

Information Services Division

 

The Information Services Division concentrates on expanding the customer base of our Essentials Suite™ of business intelligence services offered on a recurring subscription basis, as well as operating our DRS services.

 

Essentials Suite™

The Essentials Suite™ currently includes the following:

      Box Office Essentials™  for  reporting domestic and international theatrical ticket sales;

      Home Video Essentials™ for reporting VHS, DVD and game rentals across the U.S. and Canada;

      Allocation Essentials™ for use by studios, game publishers, media suppliers and retailers to plan and manage entertainment media purchases and inventory;

      Business Intelligence Essentials™ for use by retailers to plan promotions to coincide with key  national and local events, school schedules, weather and holidays;

      OnDemand Essentials™ that measures viewership of on demand content in the cable and broadband industries;

      Retail Essentials™ for use by studios, game publishers and retailers for reporting DVD, VHS and video game sales across North America;

      Supply Chain Essentials™ for use by Retailers for supply chain management. It provides real-time, Web-based access to inventory, order entry, supplier communications, and shipment and tracking activity;

      Syndication, which involves packaging summarized subsets of information gleaned from each of the other Essentials services for sale to secondary and tertiary markets.

 

Direct Revenue Sharing

Our DRS services consist of data collection, tracking, auditing and reporting of revenue sharing rental and sales transactions of large retail chain video store customers that rent Units and engage in revenue sharing arrangements directly with the Program Suppliers. The DRS services are offered to Program Suppliers who participate in our PPT System.  We utilize our internally developed computer software and are compensated on a fee for service basis.

 

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Marketing and Relationships with Program Suppliers

 

We currently market our PPT System throughout the United States and Canada. We offer  titles from a number of Program Suppliers, including Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, Paramount Home Video, Inc., Universal Studios Home Video, Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (formerly Fox Video), a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Warner Brothers, including Warner Home Video, HBO Video, New Line Home Entertainment, TNT, and Lightyear Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment, a subsidiary of  Metro Goldman Mayer, Inc.  Our arrangements with all of our Program Suppliers are of varying duration, scope and formality. In some cases, we have obtained Units pursuant to contracts or arrangements with Program Suppliers on a title-by-title basis and in other cases the contracts or arrangements provide that all titles released for distribution by such Program Supplier will be provided to us for the PPT System.  Many of our agreements with Program Suppliers, including all major Program Suppliers, may be terminated upon relatively short notice.  Therefore, there is no assurance that any of the Program Suppliers will continue to distribute Units through the PPT System, continue to have available for distribution titles which we can distribute on a profitable basis, or continue to remain in business.  Even if titles are otherwise available from Program Suppliers, there is no assurance that they will be made available on terms acceptable to us. During the last three years, we have not experienced any material difficulty acquiring suitable Units for our markets on acceptable terms and conditions from Program Suppliers.

 

During fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003, we had several Program Suppliers that supplied product in excess of 10% of our total revenues as follows:

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

Program Supplier 1

 

37

%

22

%

16

%

Program Supplier 2

 

16

%

15

%

15

%

Program Supplier 3

 

n/a

 

13

%

15

%

Program Supplier 4

 

n/a

 

12

%

11

%

 

There were no other Program Suppliers who provided product that generated 10% or more of our total revenues for the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 or 2003.  Although management does not believe that our relationships with significant Program Suppliers will be terminated in the near term, a loss of any of these suppliers could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

 

Certain Program Suppliers have requested, and we have provided, financial or performance commitments, including advances or guarantees, as a condition of obtaining certain titles. We determine whether to provide such commitments on a case-by-case basis, depending upon the Program Supplier’s success with such titles prior to home video distribution and our assessment of expected success in home rental distribution.  We currently have such commitments with four Program Suppliers of approximately $1.3 million for fiscal 2006.

 

Significant Customers

 

We had one PPT customer that accounted for 20% and 17% of our total revenue in fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively. The agreement with this PPT customer expired in September 2004. One fulfillment customer accounted for 14% of our total revenue in fiscal 2003. The agreement with this fulfillment customer expired July 31, 2003.  There were no other customers that accounted for 10% or more of our total revenue in fiscal 2005, 2004 or 2003.

 

Distribution of Cassettes, DVDs, and Video Games

 

Our proprietary Rentrak Profit Maker Software (the “RPM Software”) and Video Retailer Essentials Software (the “VRE Software”) allows Participating Retailers to order Units through their Point of Sale (“POS”) system and provides the Participating Retailers with substantial information regarding all offered titles.  Ordering occurs via a networked computer interface (RPM Software) or over the Internet (VRE

 

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Software).  To further assist the Participating Retailers in ordering, we also produce a monthly product catalog (“Ontrak”).

 

To be competitive, Participating Retailers must be able to rent their Units on the “street date” announced by the Program Supplier for the title.  Effective April 1, 2004, we  contracted with a new third-party fulfillment provider to distribute our Units via both ground and overnight air courier to assure continued delivery to Participating Retailers on or prior to the street date.  The handling and freight costs of such distribution are approximately 4.7% of our cost of sales.

 

Computer Operations

 

To participate in our PPT System, Participating Retailers must install Rentrak-approved computer software and hardware to process all of their rental and sale transactions.  Our RPM Software resides on the Participating Retailer’s POS computer system and transmits a record of PPT transactions to us over a telecommunications network.  The RPM Software also assists the Participating Retailer in ordering newly released titles and in managing its inventory of Units.

 

Our information system processes these transactions and prepares reports for Program Suppliers and Participating Retailers.  In addition, it determines variations from statistical norms for potential audit action.  Our information system also transmits information on new titles and confirms orders made to the RPM Software at the Participating Retailer location.   

 

Auditing of Participating Retailers

 

From time to time, we audit Participating Retailers in order to verify that they are reporting all rentals and sales of Units on a consistent, accurate and timely basis.  Several different types of exception reports are produced weekly.  These reports are designed to identify any Participating Retailers whose PPT business activity varies from our statistical norms.  Depending upon the results of our analysis of the reports, we may conduct an in-store audit.  Audits may be performed with or without notice and any refusal to allow such an audit can be cause for immediate termination from the PPT System.  If audit violations are found, the Participating Retailer is subject to fines, audit fees, immediate removal from the PPT System and/or repossession of all leased Units.

 

Seasonality

 

We believe that the home video industry is highly seasonal because Program Suppliers tend to introduce hit titles for movies at two periods of the year, early summer and Christmas.  Since the release of movies to home video usually follows the theatrical release by approximately six months (although significant variations occur on certain titles), the seasonal peaks of movies for home video also generally occur in early summer and at Christmas.  We believe our volume of rental transactions and resulting revenues and earnings reflect, in part, this seasonal pattern. However, changes in Program Suppliers’ titles available to Participating Retailers and us may obscure any seasonal effect.

 

Competition

 

The DVD, video game and cassette distribution business is a highly competitive industry that is rapidly changing.  The traditional method of distributing Units to Retailers is through purchase transactions; i.e., a Retailer purchases Units from a distributor and then offers the Units for rental or sale to the general public. As described in greater detail above (see “Pay-Per-Transaction System”), our PPT System offers Participating Retailers an alternative method of obtaining Units. Accordingly, we face intense competition from all of the traditional distributors, including Ingram Entertainment, Inc., Video Product Distributors, Inc., and Video One Canada, Ltd.  These and other traditional distributors have extensive distribution networks, long-standing relationships with Program Suppliers and Retailers, and, in some cases, significantly greater financial resources than us.

 

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In the past, certain traditional distributors offered Units to Retailers on a revenue sharing basis. To our knowledge, only one does so today on a very limited basis. This distributor executed a licensing agreement with Supercomm, Inc. (“Supercomm”), now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (“Sony”), to market product on revenue sharing terms. Domestically, Supercomm also processes data for Sony’s direct relationships with Blockbuster Video and several other Retailers.

 

We also face direct competition from the Program Suppliers.  All major Program Suppliers sell Units directly to major Retailers including Blockbuster, the world’s largest chain of home video specialty stores. We believe many of the major Program Suppliers have direct revenue sharing arrangements with Blockbuster and Hollywood Entertainment, the world’s second largest chain of home video specialty stores, which was acquired by Movie Gallery in April 2005.  We also believe that certain Program Suppliers have executed direct revenue sharing agreements with several other large Retailers. We do not believe that the Program Suppliers have executed direct revenue sharing agreements with other smaller Retailers, but there can be no assurance that they will not do so in the future.

 

We also compete with businesses that use alternative distribution methods to provide video entertainment directly to consumers, such as the following: (1) direct broadcast satellite transmission systems; (2) traditional cable television systems; (3) pay-per-view cable television systems; and (4) delivery of programming via the Internet. Each of these distribution methods employs digital compression techniques to increase the number of channels available to consumers and, therefore, the number of movies that may be transmitted. Technological improvements in this distribution method, particularly “video-on-demand,” may make this option more attractive to consumers and thereby materially diminish the demand for Unit rentals. Such a consequence could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

 

Formovies.com

 

Formovies.com is a website designed by us and dedicated to assist consumers in finding a local video store where they can rent and/or purchase the video products they want.  Consumers can find a particular movie of their choice by searching on various attributes of that title.  Once found, they can then determine the closest video store that carries that product.

 

Trademarks, Copyrights and Proprietary Rights

 

We have registered our “RENTRAK,” “PPT,” “Pay Per Transaction,” “Entertainment Essentials,” “Box Office Essentials,” “Home Video Essentials,” “ForMovies,” “ForMovies.com,” “DigiTrak,” “Ontrak,” “Fastrak,” “RPM,” “Videolink+,” “Active Home Video,” “Movie Wizard,” “Gotta Have It Guarantee” and other marks under federal trademark laws. We have applied and obtained registered status in several foreign countries for many of our trademarks. We have filed applications to register additional marks in the “Essentials” trademark family. Our trademark registrations will remain valid for an unlimited period, as long as we continue using the trademarks in commerce or as long as we intend to resume use of the mark during any period of non-use. We claim a copyright on our RPM Software and consider it to be proprietary. We have also filed notice and claim a copyright on our Essentials software. Our copyright in our software will last for at least 95 years from the first sale or licensing of the software. Our trademarks, copyrights, and other proprietary rights give us the power to prevent competitors from competing with us unfairly. We believe that our intellectual property is important to our marketing efforts and the competitive value of our services and we intend to take appropriate action to halt any infringement and protect against improper usage.

 

Employees

 

As of March 31, 2005, including all subsidiaries, we employed 168 full-time employees and 28 part-time employees.  We consider our relations with our employees to be good.

 

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Financial Information About Industry Segments

 

See Note 17 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding our business segments.  See also “Results of Operations” under Item 7 of this report for information regarding revenues contributed in each of the last three fiscal years by our principal products and services.

 

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

 

We maintain our headquarter offices in Portland, Oregon where we lease 48,800 square feet of office space. The lease began on January 1, 1997 and expires on December 31, 2006.  We also maintain an office in Los Angeles, California where we lease 4,000 square feet of space utilized for our Box Office Essentials business.  The lease began in July 2003 and expires in June 2006.  We anticipate that these spaces will be adequate for our business needs for the foreseeable future.

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We may from time to time be a party to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business.  In the opinion of management, the amount of any ultimate liability with respect to these potential actions is not expected to materially affect our financial condition or results of operations.  Other than as discussed below, we currently have no material outstanding litigation.

 

Vendor Dispute

In June 2003, we signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of 3PF.Com, Inc. at the Wilmington, Ohio operation, effective July 1, 2003.  In conjunction with the effective date of that asset sale agreement, we entered into a Fulfillment Agreement (the “Agreement”) with this purchaser (the “Fulfillment Provider”) for a nine-month term to provide us with fulfillment services previously provided by 3PF during the period we owned and operated it.  After its inception, disagreement between the parties arose regarding the contractual provisions of the Agreement.  As a result, we disputed certain charges for services and withheld payments accordingly. Additionally, the Fulfillment Provider has alleged that we violated the exclusivity provisions in the Agreement. The Fulfillment Provider submitted, under the provisions of the Agreement, a demand for arbitration against us seeking damages of approximately $0.9 million.  The dispute has been arbitrated and the Fulfillment Provider was awarded, in full settlement of all its claims, the sum of $0.1 million, consisting of damages from those claims plus interest thereon, effective March 25, 2005.  Accordingly, both parties have entered into an agreement for the full settlement of all the claims and the complete mutual release from any further obligations to each other with respect to any claim made or that could have been made in the arbitration of this dispute.

 

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

No matter was submitted to a vote of our security holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Stock Price and Dividends

 

Our common stock, $.001 par value, is traded on the Nasdaq National Market, where its prices are quoted under the symbol “RENT.”   As of June 1, 2005 there were approximately 255 holders of record of our common stock.

 

The following table sets forth the reported high and low sales prices of our common stock for each of the quarters in the last two fiscal years as regularly quoted on the Nasdaq National Market System:

 

Fiscal 2004

 

High

 

Low

 

Quarter 1

 

$

7.49

 

$

4.80

 

Quarter 2

 

7.25

 

6.30

 

Quarter 3

 

9.87

 

6.98

 

Quarter 4

 

10.25

 

8.76

 

 

Fiscal 2005

 

High

 

Low

 

Quarter 1

 

$

10.18

 

$

8.10

 

Quarter 2

 

9.80

 

8.38

 

Quarter 3

 

13.24

 

8.75

 

Quarter 4

 

12.64

 

9.86

 

 

Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends if, as, and when declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor, subject to the dividend and liquidation rights of any preferred stock that may be issued.

 

No cash dividends have been paid or declared during the last six fiscal years.  The present policy of the Board of Directors is to retain earnings to provide funds for operation and expansion of our business. We do not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

Information regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is included in Item 12.

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

We repurchased the following shares of our common stock during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005:

 

 

 

Total number
of shares
purchased
(1)

 

Average
price paid
per
share
(1)

 

Total number of
shares purchased
as part of publicly
announced plan

 

Maximum number
of shares that may
yet be purchased
under the plan

 

January 1 to January 31

 

 

 

 

 

February 1 to February 28

 

 

 

 

 

March 1 to March 31

 

25,381

 

$

10.64

 

 

 

Total

 

25,381

 

$

10.64

 

 

 

 


(1) Shares purchased during the quarter represent shares delivered by a former officer to pay the exercise price and withholding taxes relating to the exercise of employee stock options.

 

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ITEM 6.    SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

(In Thousands Except Per Share Amounts)

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

 

2001

 

Statement of Operations Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Order processing fees

 

$

5,015

 

$

7,741

 

$

14,745

 

$

16,893

 

$

18,533

 

Transaction fees

 

64,372

 

46,398

 

42,258

 

44,102

 

55,752

 

Sell-through fees

 

16,286

 

10,309

 

8,558

 

7,324

 

8,431

 

Communication fees

 

977

 

1,127

 

1,185

 

1,136

 

1,509

 

Fulfillment(1)

 

 

4,624

 

15,266

 

15,342

 

20,137

 

Other

 

11,888

 

7,933

 

3,872

 

11,224

 

3,668

 

Total revenues

 

98,538

 

78,132

 

85,884

 

96,021

 

108,030

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales

 

70,054

 

60,090

 

71,347

 

71,913

 

85,993

 

Selling and administrative expense

 

19,874

 

16,357

 

14,434

 

17,266

 

31,002

 

Net loss (gain) from litigation settlements

 

225

 

 

(362

)

(1,563

)

(225

)

Asset impairment

 

27

 

 

844

 

424

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

90,180

 

76,447

 

86,263

 

88,040

 

116,770

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

8,358

 

1,685

 

(379

)

7,981

 

(8,740

)

Other income (expense)

 

322

 

233

 

179

 

7,913

 

(2,149

)

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax (provision) benefit and loss from discontinued operations

 

8,680

 

1,918

 

(200

)

15,894

 

(10,889

)

Income tax provision (benefit)

 

3,438

 

479

 

(56

)

6,040

 

(4,057

)

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

5,242

 

1,439

 

(144

)

9,854

 

(6,832

)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

 

(129

)

(583

)

(792

)

(259

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

5,242

 

$

1,310

 

$

(727

)

$

9,062

 

$

(7,091

)

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

$

0.52

 

$

0.15

 

$

(0.02

)

$

0.95

 

$

(0.57

)

Discontinued operations

 

 

(0.01

)

(0.06

)

(0.08

)

(0.02

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

0.52

 

$

0.14

 

$

(0.08

)

$

0.87

 

$

(0.59

)

Diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

$

0.49

 

$

0.14

 

$

(0.02

)

$

0.93

 

$

(0.57

)

Discontinued operations

 

 

(0.01

)

(0.06

)

(0.07

)

(0.02

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

0.49

 

$

0.13

 

$

(0.08

)

$

0.85

 

$

(0.59

)

Shares used to compute diluted EPS

 

10,592

 

10,119

 

9,641

 

10,613

 

11,985

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

 

2001

 

Balance Sheet Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working capital

 

$

25,802

 

$

14,633

 

$

11,485

 

$

12,515

 

$

4,637

 

Total assets

 

45,083

 

36,203

 

31,488

 

40,094

 

38,623

 

Long-term liabilities

 

52

 

235

 

668

 

496

 

1,175

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

29,933

 

18,796

 

16,047

 

18,116

 

12,158

 

 


(1)  We sold our fulfillment business effective July 2003.  See Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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ITEM 7.       MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

Certain information included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (including Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations regarding revenue growth, gross profit margin and liquidity) constitute forward looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties.  Forward looking statements may be identified by the use of forward looking words such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “estimates” or “continues” or the negative thereof or variations thereon or comparable terminology.  The following factors are among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward looking statements: our ability to retain and grow our customer base of retailers participating in the PPT System (“Participating Retailers”) and customers for our business intelligence software and services; the financial stability of the Participating Retailers and their performance of their obligations under our Pay Per Transaction system (the “PPT System”); business conditions and growth in the video industry and general economic conditions, both domestic and international; customer demand for movies in various media formats subject to company guarantees; competitive factors, including increased competition, expansion of revenue sharing programs other than the PPT System by motion picture studios or other licensees or owners of the rights to certain video programming or video game publishers (“Program Suppliers”) and new technology;  the continued availability of videocassettes (“Cassettes”), digital videodiscs (“DVDs”), and video games (collectively “Units”) leased/licensed to home video specialty stores and other retailers from Program Suppliers; the loss of significant Program Suppliers; our ability to successfully develop and market new services, including our business intelligence services, to create new revenue streams; and non-renewal of our line of credit. This Annual Report on Form 10-K further describes some of these factors.  (References to Notes are to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this report.)

 

Business Trends

 

Our financial results continue to be affected by the changing dynamics in the home video and game rental market, as they impact our PPT business.  We continue to experience the impact of the migration from higher historical rentals of Cassettes to greater rentals of DVDs by our Participating Retailers.  We have successfully implemented new agreements with Program Suppliers to incorporate the availability of DVDs, and we are continuing our efforts in fiscal 2006 to secure more DVD arrangements to address this impact.  In addition, our PPT business continues to be affected by a shift to “output programs” under which we agree with a Program Supplier to a lower order processing and transaction fee in exchange for the Participating Retailers’ commitment to order a greater number of Units of all the Program Supplier’s titles.  The result is an increased number of Units leased by the Participating Retailers, but a reduced amount of fees per Unit earned by the Program Supplier and us.  These output programs are, in part, an economic response to the changing dynamics of the home video rental market, and have become more prevalent since the migration from Cassette format to the DVD format.  We expect the growth of these output programs to continue, and believe that they will be financially beneficial for the Participating Retailers, Program Suppliers and us.

 

Our base of Participating Retailers continues to be strong. We have one Participating Retailer that accounted for 20% and 17% of PPT revenues in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.  Our agreement with this Participating Retailer expired in September 2004.  The associated PPT revenue from this Participating Retailer’s rentals was $19.7 million in fiscal 2005 and $11.4 million in fiscal 2004.  We don’t expect any appreciable revenue from this Participating Retailer in fiscal 2006. We are implementing strategies to obtain new Participating Retailers and Program Suppliers in an effort to further stabilize and grow our overall PPT revenue and earnings streams.

 

We continue to be in good standing with all of our Program Suppliers and we make on-going efforts to enhance those business relationships through improvement of current services offered and the development of new service offerings. We are also continually seeking to develop business relationships with new Program Suppliers. In September 2003, we entered into a combined VHS/DVD revenue sharing program with one of the world’s largest studios that has resulted in their becoming our largest Program Supplier in fiscal 2005, representing 37% of our total revenues for the period. Additionally, a second Program Supplier

 

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represented 16% and a third represented 7% of our total revenues in fiscal 2005.  As is typical of our agreements with Program Suppliers, our relationship with these Program Suppliers may be terminated without cause upon thirty days’ written notice by either party.

 

We are also allocating significant resources towards our business intelligence service offerings, both those services that are currently operational as well as those that are in various stages of development.  Our suite of business intelligence software has been well received in the various targeted markets to date, as our offerings fit well with the needs identified by those market participants.  We intend to continue to make the necessary increased investments in these new business intelligence services in the near-term, lowering our earnings. We believe these services will provide significant future revenue and earnings streams and ultimately be the cornerstone of our long-term success.

 

In March 2004, we announced an agreement with Comcast Cable, a division of Comcast Corporation, the country’s leading cable and broadband communications provider, to conduct a 12 month pilot trial of OnDemand Essentials, a system created for measuring and reporting anonymous video on demand (“VOD”) usage data.  The trial began in May 2004 and has expanded to include all Comcast markets across the United States. The trial has been extended as the companies work through a longer-term agreement.  In July 2004, we announced a similar agreement with Insight Communications and have since announced agreements with Cablevision Systems Corporation (February 2005) and Charter Communications (March 2005).  We have processed over 500 million VOD transactions to date.  In July 2004, we announced our first content provider deal with Music Choice and are working with them to develop anonymous profiling reports from their set top box application, My Music Choice, which allows the consumer to program their own VOD channel. We currently have several additional content providers serving as beta users for our content provider version of OnDemand Essentials, which we expect to launch in July 2005.

 

Sources of Revenue

 

Our sources of revenue include the following:

      order processing fees generated when DVDs, video games and Cassettes (“Units”) are ordered by and distributed to retailers;

      transaction fees generated when retailers rent Units to consumers;

      sell-through fees generated when retailers sell Units to consumers;

      buy-out fees generated when retailers purchase Units at the end of the lease term;

      communication fees when retailers’ point-of-sale systems are connected to our information system;

      fulfillment revenue in fiscal 2004 and 2003 (ceased operations July 31, 2003); and

      other, which includes direct revenue sharing fees from data tracking and reporting services provided to program suppliers (“DRS”); revenues from Box Office Essentialsä, Supply Chain Essentialsä, Business Intelligence Essentialsä and Home Video Essentialsä, all part of our Essentialsä business intelligence service offerings; and charges for Internet services provided by our subsidiary, Formovies.com, Inc.

 

Sale of 3PF.COM

 

In June 2003, we signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of 3PF at the Wilmington, Ohio operation for $0.8 million. The agreement covered all equipment and leasehold improvements at 3PF’s leased distribution facility in Wilmington, Ohio, as well as a portion of its working capital.  As part of the agreement, 3PF, as lessee, and Rentrak, as guarantor, were released from the lease.  The cash purchase price of $0.8 million is approximately equal to the net book value of the assets sold.  We completed this asset sale transaction effective July 1, 2003, and received the cash purchase price in full.  The operations of 3PF have not been reported as discontinued operations in accordance with FASB Statement No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” because cash flows related to our fulfillment activities have not been completely eliminated.

 

During the sale negotiations, we received notification from 3PF’s largest customer, serviced exclusively from the leased distribution facility in Columbus, Ohio, that it did not intend to renew its fulfillment service

 

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contract upon the scheduled expiration at July 31, 2003.  The Columbus, Ohio distribution facility was used exclusively to service this customer.  Due to the timing of the notification, we were not able to include the Columbus, Ohio distribution facility lease in the asset sale transaction.  We completed the termination of the lease obligation for the Columbus, Ohio distribution facility, effective December 1, 2003, for a cost of $650,000, which is included as a component of cost of sales in our statement of operations.  This lease termination included the assignment of the sublease 3PF had in place with its former largest customer for approximately 194,000 square feet of this facility. 

 

Investigation and Recovery Efforts Regarding Misappropriated Funds

 

In March 2004, we learned that an employee may have engaged in fraudulent activity and we hired an outside firm to investigate the matter. The employee admitted to embezzling funds from us. It was determined that the employee had been embezzling funds from 1998 through 2003, in amounts totaling approximately $0.6 million. The investigation of this matter is complete. Other than $62,000 in underreported sales taxes, the embezzlement funds were materially expensed in the year such funds were embezzled and, therefore, had no other effect on the restatement of any financial results in fiscal 2004 or prior years.  We have secured certain assets belonging to this employee, which, in conjunction with insurance proceeds, provided us with recoveries of approximately $0.4 million in fiscal 2005, and were recorded as a reduction of selling and administrative expense.  We have incurred a total of approximately $0.2 million of legal and other professional fees related to this matter through March 31, 2005, and do not expect to incur any additional fees before the matter is resolved.

 

Results of Operations

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31, (1)

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Dollars

 

% of
revenues

 

Dollars

 

% of
revenues

 

Dollars

 

% of
revenues

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Order processing fees

 

$

5,015

 

5.1

%

$

7,741

 

9.9

%

$

14,745

 

17.2

%

Transaction fees

 

64,372

 

65.3

 

46,398

 

59.4

 

42,258

 

49.2

 

Sell-through fees

 

16,286

 

16.5

 

10,309

 

13.2

 

8,558

 

10.0

 

Communication fees

 

977

 

1.0

 

1,127

 

1.4

 

1,185

 

1.4

 

Fulfillment

 

 

 

4,624

 

5.9

 

15,266

 

17.8

 

Other

 

11,888

 

12.1

 

7,933

 

10.2

 

3,872

 

4.5

 

 

 

98,538

 

100.0

 

78,132

 

100.0

 

85,884

 

100.0

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales

 

70,054

 

71.1

 

60,090

 

76.9

 

71,347

 

83.1

 

Selling and administrative

 

19,874

 

20.2

 

16,357

 

20.9

 

14,434

 

16.8

 

Net loss (gain) on litigation settlement

 

225

 

0.2

 

 

 

(362

)

(0.4

)

Asset impairment

 

27

 

 

 

 

844

 

1.0

 

 

 

90,180

 

91.5

 

76,447

 

97.8

 

86,263

 

100.4

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

8,358

 

8.5

 

1,685

 

2.2

 

(379

)

(0.4

)

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

333

 

0.3

 

244

 

0.3

 

204

 

0.2

 

Interest expense

 

(11

)

 

(11

)

 

(25

)

 

 

 

322

 

0.3

 

233

 

0.3

 

179

 

0.2

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax provision (benefit) and loss from discontinued operations

 

8,680

 

8.8

 

1,918

 

2.5

 

(200

)

(0.2

)

Income tax provision (benefit)

 

3,438

 

3.5

 

479

 

0.6

 

(56

)

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before loss from discontinued operations

 

5,242

 

5.3

 

1,439

 

1.8

 

(144

)

(0.2

)

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

 

 

 

(129

)

(0.2

)

(583

)

(0.7

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

5,242

 

5.3

%

$

1,310

 

1.7

%

$

(727

)

(0.9

)%

 


(1) Percentages may not add due to rounding.

 

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Revenue

Revenue increased $20.4 million, or 26.1%, to $98.5 million in fiscal 2005 compared to $78.1 million in fiscal 2004, and decreased $7.8 million, or 9.1%, in fiscal 2004 compared to $85.9 million in fiscal 2003.

 

Increases in transaction processing fees and sell-through fees, as well as increases in our Essentials™ and DRS service offerings, which are components of other revenue, contributed to the increase in revenue in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004.  The increases in transaction processing and sell-through fees were due in large part to a relationship with a major Program Supplier beginning in September 2003. The increases were offset in part by decreases in order processing fees, which resulted from changes to our output programs as discussed below. In addition, fiscal 2005 was affected by a $4.6 million decrease in revenue related to our fulfillment business, which ceased operations as of July 31, 2003.

 

The decrease in revenue in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 was primarily due to a decrease in fulfillment (3PF) revenue and order processing fees. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in revenues from transaction fees and from DRS and our Essentialsä business service offerings.

 

Order processing fees decreased $2.7 million, or 35.2%, in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004 due to PPT “output programs” and other PPT programs under which we agreed with the Program Supplier to charge a lower, or no, order processing fee in exchange for the Participating Retailers’ commitment to order an increased total number of Units of all the Program Suppliers’ titles.  These output programs, along with a new combined VHS/DVD revenue sharing program with a major Program Supplier, contributed to a 33% increase in total Units shipped during fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004.  Total units shipped were negatively affected in fiscal 2005 due to the expiration of a contract with one of our Participating Retailers as discussed above.  The effect on transaction fee revenue related to the increase in volume was minimally offset by a decrease in the per unit fee charged for order processing.

 

Order processing fees decreased $7.0 million in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 due to PPT “output programs” and other PPT programs discussed above. These output programs, along with a new combined VHS/DVD revenue sharing program with a new major Program Supplier, contributed to an 89% increase in total Units shipped during fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003.

 

Transaction fees increased $18.0 million, or 38.7%, in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004.  The increase was primarily due to the increased number of rental transactions at our Participating Retailers from our output programs. This increase was partially offset by the expiration of a contract with one of our Participating Retailers.

 

Transaction fees increased $4.1 million, or 9.8%, in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 primarily due to the increased number of Units ordered by our Participating Retailers from our output programs and rented to their customers.

 

Sell-through fees increased $6.0 million, or 58.0%, in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004 primarily due to the overall increase in Units shipped.

 

Sell-through fees increased $1.8 million, or 20.5%, in fiscal 2004 compared to 2003 primarily due to the new combined VHS/DVD revenue sharing program noted above.

 

Fulfillment revenues decreased due to ceasing 3PF operations as of July 31, 2003 as discussed above.

 

Other revenue primarily includes revenue related to our DRS services and our Essentials™ business intelligence services offerings. Increases in other revenue in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004 included an increase of approximately $2.6 million, or 59.1%, in DRS revenues and an increase of approximately $1.2 million, or 25.8%, in revenues from our Essentials™ business intelligence services offerings.  Revenues related to our Essentialsä business intelligence service offerings have increased primarily due to our continued investment in, and marketing of, these offerings. Our DRS revenue has increased due to an increase in transactions during fiscal 2005 for certain studios under existing contracts compared to fiscal 2004, as well as new studio contracts.

 

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Increases in other revenue in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 included an increase of approximately $1.3 million in DRS revenues and an increase of $2.9 million in revenues from our Essentials™ business intelligence services offerings. In fiscal 2003, there were minimal revenues generated from our Essentials™ business intelligence services as they began in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003.

 

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales consists of order processing costs, transaction costs, sell-through costs, handling and freight costs, and costs associated with certain Essentialsä business intelligence service offerings. These expenditures represent the direct costs to produce revenues.  Order processing costs, transaction costs and sell through costs represent the amounts due the Program Suppliers that hold the distribution rights to the Units. Freight costs represent the cost to pick, pack and ship orders of Units to the Participating Retailers. A portion of the Essentialsä business intelligence service offerings costs represent costs associated with the operation of a call center.

 

Cost of sales increased $10.0 million, or 16.6%, to $70.1 million in fiscal 2005 compared to $60.1 million in fiscal 2004 and decreased $11.3 million, or 15.8%, in fiscal 2004 compared to $71.3 million in fiscal 2003. Cost of sales as a percentage of revenue was 71.1% in fiscal 2005 compared to 76.9% in fiscal 2004 and 83.1% in fiscal 2003.

 

The increase in cost of sales in 2005 compared to 2004 was primarily due to the increase in revenues discussed above. The decrease in cost of sales as a percentage of revenue was primarily due to ceasing fulfillment operations in July 2003, which had lower margins, as well as to revenue from our higher-margin Essentialsä business service offerings increasing as a percentage of our total revenue. In addition, cost of sales in fiscal 2004 included a $650,000 charge related to costs of terminating 3PF’s Columbus, Ohio, facility lease.

 

A majority of the decrease in cost of sales in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 was due to ceasing operations of 3PF in July 2003.  In addition, approximately $0.9 million of the total cost of sales decrease is attributable to the overall $1.2 million decrease in PPT revenues.  Offsetting these decreases in fiscal 2004 was a $650,000 charge related to costs of terminating 3PF’s Columbus, Ohio, facility lease.  The decrease in cost of sales as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 was due to approximately $3.2 million in revenues from our Essentialsä business service offerings in fiscal 2004, with $0.8 million of related cost of sales, compared to $0.3 million of revenue and $0.3 million of costs from these offerings in fiscal 2003.  In addition, the decrease is due to the receipt of $0.8 million of discretionary rebates from one of our Program Suppliers during fiscal 2004 related to guarantee shortages resulting from under-performance of certain titles, compared to $0.2 million of such rebates during fiscal 2003.

 

Selling and Administrative

Selling and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation and benefits, development, marketing and advertising costs, legal and professional fees, communications costs, depreciation and amortization of tangible fixed assets and software, real and personal property leases, as well as other general corporate expenses.

 

Selling and administrative expenses increased $3.5 million, or 21.5%, to $19.9 million in fiscal 2005 compared to $16.4 million in fiscal 2004 and increased $1.9 million, or 13.3%, in fiscal 2004 compared to $14.4 million in fiscal 2003.

 

Increases in selling and administrative expenses in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004 were primarily due to an increase of approximately $0.7 million related to our continued investment in the development and marketing of our Essentialsä business service offerings noted above, the accrual of $0.3 million in fiscal 2005 for estimated bonuses and an increase of approximately $2.1 million in corporate professional services related to legal fees, our corporate reorganization and Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404 compliance services.  In addition, our bad debt expense increased $0.5 million in 2005 compared to 2004 due to lower reimbursement by our Program Suppliers under our current contractual arrangements. These increases were offset by a corresponding reduction in expenses associated with our fulfillment segment, which ceased

 

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operations in July 2003, and $0.4 million of recoveries from the embezzlement matter.

 

The increase in selling and administrative expenses in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 was primarily due to an increase of approximately $1.4 million related to the continued investment toward the development of our Essentialsä business service offerings noted above.  In addition, we had a $1.0 million decrease in advertising credits received from our Program Suppliers in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 and our bad debt expense increased $0.7 million in the same period due to lower reimbursements by our Program Suppliers under our current contractual arrangements.  These increases were partially offset by an approximately $1.5 million decrease attributable to ceasing 3PF’s operations July 31, 2003.

 

Net Loss (Gain) on Litigation Settlement

The net loss on litigation settlement of $0.2 million in fiscal 2005 relates to the settlement of a disagreement with a fulfillment provider which arose in connection with the sale of our 3PF.Com assets.  The $0.2 million includes $0.1 million in damages and related interest for full settlement of all the claims and the complete mutual release from any further obligations of either party and $0.1 million of legal fees.

 

The net gain on litigation settlement of $0.4 million in fiscal 2003 relates to an amount that Hollywood Entertainment, a former customer, agreed to pay us in order to resolve all outstanding issues.

 

Asset Impairment

Asset impairment of $27,000 in fiscal 2005 relates to the write-off of capitalized software development costs for two projects which management has determined will not be completed and placed in service.

 

In fiscal 2003, we determined that it was unlikely that 3PF would achieve its business plans and we initiated a plan to sell the assets of 3PF.  Prior to March 31, 2003, it was determined that, more likely than not, substantially all of 3PF’s assets would be sold or otherwise disposed of.  As a result of this determination, during the quarter ended March 31, 2003, we assessed the current and historical operating and cash flow losses, prospects for growth in revenues and other alternatives for improving the operating results of 3PF.

 

We then performed an assessment of the fair value of the 3PF assets under the guidelines of SFAS 144, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets.”  This assessment resulted in 3PF recognizing an asset impairment charge during the three-month period ended March 31, 2003 in the amount of $0.8 million for the write down of its assets to estimated fair market value of approximately $0.8 million.

 

Other Income (Expense)

Interest income in fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003 includes $173,000, $156,000 and $57,000 of interest earned on a note receivable due from one of 3PF’s clients, which was issued in June 2002.  See Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate was 39.6%, 25.0% and (27.8)%, respectively, in fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003.  The tax rate in fiscal 2004 was positively affected primarily by the benefit of tax intangible amortization.  In addition, our effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory tax rate primarily due to state income taxes.

 

Discontinued Operations

Discontinued operations include the operations of BlowOut Video, which consisted of retail store operations for the sale of used Units.  Due to the significant increase in sell-through activity throughout the industry, the operations of BlowOut Video did not meet our expectations, and, as a result, during fiscal 2003, we initiated and completed a plan to discontinue the retail store operations of BlowOut Video. The plan called for an exit from the stores by the end of fiscal 2003, either through cancellation of the lease commitments and liquidation of assets, or through sale of the stores to a third party.  As of March 31, 2003, all operations had ceased.  In January 2004, we were notified by the purchaser of a portion of BlowOut Video’s operations of their intent to default on a note receivable due to us.  As such, we provided an approximate $0.2 million reserve for the remaining balance of this note receivable in the three-month period ended December 31, 2003.  This reserve resulted in a reported loss, net of tax benefit, from these discontinued operations of

 

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$0.1 million, or $0.01 per share in fiscal 2004.  We are continuing to sell our contractually available end-of-term PPT revenue-sharing product through broker channels.  Current and prior year amounts have been restated to classify the results of BlowOut Video operations, net of related tax effects, as discontinued.

 

The results of operations related to BlowOut Video were as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

Revenue

 

$

 

$

2,575,733

 

Net loss

 

$

(128,649

)

$

(582,627

)

Net loss per diluted share

 

$

(0.01

)

$

(0.06

)

 

Inflation

We believe that the impact of inflation was minimal on our business in fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our sources of liquidity include our cash balance, cash generated from operations and our $6.0 million line of credit.  Based on our current financial projections and projected cash needs, we believe that our available sources of liquidity will be sufficient to fund our current operations, the continued development of our business intelligence services and other cash requirements through at least March 31, 2006.

 

Cash and cash equivalents increased $13.3 million to $22.0 million at March 31, 2005 compared to $8.7 million at March 31, 2004.  This increase resulted primarily from $10.3 million provided by operations as detailed below, $2.8 million of proceeds related to the issuance of stock to an unrelated party as discussed in Note 13 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, $2.1 million of proceeds related to the issuance of stock pursuant to our stock plans, and $0.4 million received on a note receivable, which were partially offset by $1.8 million used for the purchase of property and equipment and internally developed software and $0.5 million used for an equity investment. Our current ratio was 2.7:1.0 at March 31, 2005 compared to 1.85:1.0 at March 31, 2004.

 

Advances to Program Suppliers decreased $3.0 million to $1.2 million at March 31, 2005 compared to $4.2 million at March 31, 2004.  These amounts represent the unearned portion of guarantees with certain Program Suppliers, offset by reserves for estimated shortages under the guarantees.  These advances to Program Suppliers increase and decrease over time based on the changes in business volume, as well as timing of payments.

 

Deferred tax assets, short and long-term, were $1.1 million at March 31, 2005 compared to $3.4 million at March 31, 2004.  The reduction of $2.3 million primarily relates to utilizing net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) at March 31, 2005 to reduce taxes payable in fiscal 2005.  The remaining deferred tax asset balance primarily relates to net operating loss carryforwards and various reserves not currently deductible for tax purposes.

 

Note receivable from related party of $0.8 million at March 31, 2005 represents a note receivable from our former president plus accrued interest pursuant to his January 2005 separation agreement.  This amount was paid in full on May 4, 2005.

 

During fiscal 2005, we spent $1.8 million on property and equipment, including $1.3 million for the capitalization of internally developed software for our business intelligence service offerings. We anticipate spending a total of approximately $2.7 million on property and equipment in fiscal 2006, including approximately $1.6 million for the capitalization of internally developed software for our business intelligence service offerings.

 

Other assets of $0.9 million at March 31, 2005 include $0.5 million related to our equity investment in a privately held company that develops and provides information technology solutions for clients in various entertainment industry market segments, as well as $222,000 which represents the long-term portion of a

 

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note receivable from the sale of our 3PF assets.  The total amount due on this note was $0.7 million as of March 31, 2005. During fiscal 2005, we received $0.4 million on this note receivable and there were no past due amounts as of March 31, 2005.

 

Accounts payable decreased $3.0 million to $12.5 million at March 31, 2005 compared to $15.4 million at March 31, 2004 primarily due to the timing of Program Supplier and other vendor payments.

 

Accrued liabilities decreased $0.2 million to $0.7 million at March 31, 2005 compared to $0.9 million at March 31, 2004. The decrease represents payments made on our insurance policies and other miscellaneous expenditures.

 

Accrued compensation increased $0.9 million to $1.5 million at March 31, 2005 compared to $0.6 million at March 31, 2004.  The increase represents an increase in accrued bonuses based on fiscal 2005 financial results.  Bonuses totaling approximately $0.3 million were paid in April 2005.

 

We currently have a secured revolving line of credit for $6.0 million, with a maturity of December 1, 2005.  Interest on the line of credit is at our choice of either the bank’s prime interest rate minus 0.5 percent or LIBOR plus 2 percent. The credit line is secured by substantially all of our assets. The line of credit includes certain financial covenants requiring: (1) a consolidated pre-tax income to be achieved each fiscal quarter beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2005 of a minimum of $1.00, and consolidated after-tax income not less than $1.00 on an annual basis, determined at fiscal year end; (2) a minimum current ratio of 1.5:1.0, measured quarterly; and (3) a maximum debt-to-tangible net worth ratio of 1.5:1.0, measured quarterly.  Based upon the financial results reported as of, and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, we determined that we were in compliance with the financial covenants as of March 31, 2005.   At March 31, 2005, we had no outstanding borrowings under this agreement.

 

Contractual Payment Obligations

 

A summary of our contractual commitments and obligations as of March 31, 2005 is as follows:

 

 

 

Payments Due By Fiscal Period

 

Contractual Obligation

 

Total

 

2006

 

2007 and
2008

 

2009 and
20010

 

2011 and
beyond

 

Capital leases

 

$

61,296

 

$

61,296

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Operating leases

 

1,295,565

 

794,592

 

500,973

 

 

 

Program Supplier guarantees

 

1,327,582

 

1,327,582

 

 

 

 

Executive compensation

 

2,170,266

 

1,426,599

 

683,667

 

60,000

 

 

 

 

$

4,854,709

 

$

3,610,069

 

$

1,184,640

 

$

60,000

 

$

 

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Our estimates are based on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Following is a discussion of our critical accounting estimates.  See Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Significant Accounting Policies, for additional information.

 

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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Credit limits are established through a process of reviewing the financial history and stability of each customer. We regularly evaluate the collectibility of accounts receivable by monitoring past due balances. If it is determined that a customer may be unable to meet its financial obligations, a specific reserve is established based on the amount we expect to recover.  An additional general reserve is provided based on aging of accounts receivable and our historical collection experience. If circumstances change related to specific customers, overall aging of accounts receivable or collection experience, our estimate of the recoverability of accounts receivable could materially change. Our allowance for doubtful accounts totaled $654,039 and $839,122, respectively, at March 31, 2005 and 2004.

 

Program Supplier Reserves

We have entered into guarantee contracts with certain program suppliers providing titles for distribution under our PPT system. These contracts guarantee the Program Suppliers minimum payments that are recoupable based on revenue-sharing activity.  In some cases, these guarantees are paid in advance. For amounts not paid in advance, we record a liability for the gross amount of the guarantee due to the Program Supplier on the street date in accordance with Statement of Position 00-2, “Accounting by Producers or Distributors of Films” (“SOP 00-2”). The unearned portion of the guarantees is included as Advances to Program Suppliers on our consolidated balance sheets.  Using historical experience and year to date rental experience for each title, we estimate the projected revenue to be generated under each guarantee.  We have historically been able to reasonably estimate shortages after 30 to 60 days of rental activity. We then establish a Program Supplier reserve for titles that are projected to experience a shortage under the provisions of the guarantee.  The program supplier reserve is netted against Advances to Program Suppliers on our consolidated balance sheets.  We continually review these factors and make adjustments to the reserves as needed.  Actual results could differ from these estimates and could have a material effect on the recorded Program Supplier reserves. The balance in this reserve totaled $3.2 million and $4.5 million, respectively, at March 31, 2005 and 2004.

 

Deferred Taxes

We account for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.”  In accordance with SFAS No. 109, deferred tax assets arise from the tax benefit of amounts expensed for financial reporting purposes but not yet deducted for tax purposes and from unutilized tax credits and NOL carry forwards. We evaluate our deferred tax assets on a regular basis to determine if a valuation allowance is required. To the extent it is determined the recoverability of the deferred tax assets is unlikely, we will record a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets.  As of March 31, 2005 and 2004, we had a valuation allowance of $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, recorded against our Canadian net operating loss carryforwards. Net deferred tax assets totaled $1.1 million and $3.4 million, respectively, as of March 31, 2005 and 2004.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

See Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the impact of new accounting pronouncements.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

Other than disclosed above under Contractual Payment Obligations, we do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

 

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ITEM 7A.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

We have considered the provisions of Financial Reporting Release No. 48 “Disclosure of Accounting Policies for Derivative Financial Instruments and Derivative Commodity Instruments, and Disclosure of Quantitative and Qualitative Information about Market Risk Inherent in Derivative Financial Instruments, Other Financial Instruments and Derivative Commodity Instruments.”  We had no holdings of derivative financial or commodity instruments at March 31, 2005.  A review of our other financial instruments and risk exposures at that date revealed that we had exposure to interest rate risk related to our cash deposits.  We utilized sensitivity analyses to assess the potential effect of this risk and concluded that near-term changes in interest rates should not materially adversely affect our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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ITEM 8.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Board of Directors and Shareholders

Rentrak Corporation

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Rentrak Corporation as of March 31, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended.  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 audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Rentrak Corporation as of March 31, 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The financial statement schedule listed in the index at Item 15 is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements.  This schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Rentrak Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated May 20, 2005 expressed an unqualified opinion on management’s assessment, and an adverse opinion on the effective operation, of internal control over financial reporting.

 

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

 

Portland, Oregon

May 20, 2005

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Directors

Rentrak Corporation:

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Rentrak Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2004.  In connection with our audits of the consolidated financial statements, we also have audited the supplementary information included in Schedule II. These consolidated financial statements and the consolidated financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and the consolidated financial statement schedule based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Rentrak Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2004, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2004 in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also in our opinion, the related consolidated financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

 

As discussed in Note 4 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company has restated its consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows and the consolidated financial statement schedule for the period ended March 31, 2003.

 

KPMG LLP

 

Portland, Oregon

July 9, 2004

 

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Rentrak Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

21,983,133

 

$

8,735,683

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $654,039 and $839,122

 

14,427,356

 

15,389,867

 

Advances to program suppliers, net of program supplier reserves of $3,245,877 and $4,520,759

 

1,184,839

 

4,188,222

 

Income tax receivable

 

580,010

 

68,384

 

Deferred income tax assets

 

944,038

 

2,262,186

 

Notes receivable - related party

 

753,301

 

 

Other current assets

 

1,028,129

 

1,160,952

 

Total Current Assets

 

40,900,806

 

31,805,294

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and Equipment, net

 

3,216,025

 

2,466,668

 

Deferred Income Tax Assets

 

114,998

 

1,099,660

 

Other Assets

 

851,340

 

831,617

 

Total Assets

 

$

45,083,169

 

$

36,203,239

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

12,469,758

 

$

15,446,818

 

Accrued liabilities

 

711,385

 

889,377

 

Accrued compensation

 

1,538,794

 

598,875

 

Deferred revenue

 

378,719

 

237,575

 

Total Current Liabilities

 

15,098,656

 

17,172,645

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Obligations:

 

 

 

 

 

Lease obligations and deferred gain

 

51,581

 

234,922

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding: 10,544,913 and 9,739,537

 

10,545

 

9,740

 

Capital in excess of par value

 

46,987,982

 

41,093,976

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

180,879

 

180,879

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(17,246,474

)

(22,488,923

)

Total Stockholders’ Equity

 

29,932,932

 

18,795,672

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

$

45,083,169

 

$

36,203,239

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Rentrak Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

 

For the Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

98,537,575

 

$

78,132,413

 

$

85,884,262

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales

 

70,053,996

 

60,090,493

 

71,347,003

 

Selling and administrative

 

19,873,824

 

16,357,299

 

14,434,343

 

Net loss (gain) from litigation settlements

 

225,493

 

 

(361,847

)

Asset impairment

 

26,627

 

 

844,041

 

 

 

90,179,940

 

76,447,792

 

86,263,540

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

8,357,635

 

1,684,621

 

(379,278

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

332,688

 

244,252

 

204,283

 

Interest expense

 

(10,535

)

(11,584

)

(25,009

)

 

 

322,153

 

232,668

 

179,274

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

 

8,679,788

 

1,917,289

 

(200,004

)

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

 

3,437,339

 

478,896

 

(55,528

)

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

 

5,242,449

 

1,438,393

 

(144,476

)

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of $0, $78,850 and $357,094

 

 

(128,649

)

(582,627

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

5,242,449

 

$

1,309,744

 

$

(727,103

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic net income (loss) per share from continuing operations

 

$

0.52

 

$

0.15

 

$

(0.02

)

Basic loss per share from discontinued operations

 

 

(0.01

)

(0.06

)

Basic net income (loss) per share

 

$

0.52

 

$

0.14

 

$

(0.08

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted net income (loss) per share from continuing operations

 

$

0.49

 

$

0.14

 

$

(0.02

)

Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations

 

 

(0.01

)

(0.06

)

Diluted net income (loss) per share

 

$

0.49

 

$

0.13

 

$

(0.08

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in per share calculations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

10,080,961

 

9,600,243

 

9,641,378

 

Diluted

 

10,592,028

 

10,118,679

 

9,641,378

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Rentrak Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

For The Years Ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cumulative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital

 

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

 

Deferred

 

Total

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

In Excess

 

Notes

 

Income

 

Accumulated

 

Warrant

 

Stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

of Par Value

 

Receivable

 

(Loss)

 

Deficit

 

Charge

 

Equity

 

Balance at March 31, 2002

 

9,866,283

 

$

9,866

 

$

41,730,216

 

$

(377,565

)

$

180,453

 

$

(23,071,564

)

$

(355,000

)

$

18,116,406

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

(727,103

)

 

(727,103

)

Cumulative translation adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

426

 

 

 

426

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(726,677

Common stock issued pursuant to stock plans

 

112,043

 

112

 

475,981

 

 

 

 

 

476,093

 

Common stock used to pay for option exercises

 

(20,914

)

(21

)

(127,557

)

 

 

 

 

(127,578

)

Repurchase of common stock

 

(386,800

)

(386

)

(1,821,066

)

 

 

 

 

(1,821,452

)

Repurchase of common stock for cancellation of notes receivable

 

(99,000

)

(99

)

(377,466

)

 

 

 

 

(377,565

)

Cancellation of notes receivable

 

 

 

 

377,565

 

 

 

 

377,565

 

Income tax benefit from stock option exercises

 

 

 

75,104

 

 

 

 

 

75,104

 

Retirement of warrants

 

 

 

(300,000

)

 

 

 

 

(300,000

)

Amortization of warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

355,000

 

355,000

 

Balance at March 31, 2003

 

9,471,612

 

9,472

 

39,655,212

 

 

180,879

 

(23,798,667

)

 

16,046,896

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,309,744

 

 

1,309,744

 

Common stock issued pursuant to stock plans

 

285,519

 

286

 

1,161,399

 

 

 

 

 

1,161,685

 

Common stock used to pay for option exercises

 

(17,594

)

(18

)

(112,960

)

 

 

 

 

(112,978

)

Income tax benefit from stock option exercises

 

 

 

390,325

 

 

 

 

 

390,325

 

Balance at March 31, 2004

 

9,739,537

 

9,740

 

41,093,976

 

 

180,879

 

(22,488,923

)

 

18,795,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,242,449

 

 

5,242,449

 

Common stock issued pursuant to stock plans

 

522,557

 

522

 

2,394,306

 

 

 

 

 

2,394,828

 

Common stock used to pay for option exercises

 

(25,381

)

(25

)

(270,112

)

 

 

 

 

(270,137

)

Issuance of common stock

 

308,200

 

308

 

2,773,492

 

 

 

 

 

2,773,800

 

Income tax benefit from stock option exercises

 

 

 

996,320

 

 

 

 

 

996,320

 

Balance at March 31, 2005

 

10,544,913

 

$

10,545

 

$

46,987,982

 

$

 

$

180,879

 

$

(17,246,474

)

$

 

$

29,932,932

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Rentrak Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

 

For the Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

5,242,449

 

$

1,309,744

 

$

(727,103

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss on disposal of discontinued operations

 

 

128,649

 

582,627

 

Gain on disposition of assets

 

(1,400

)

(94,951

)

(3,654

)

Tax benefit from stock option exercises

 

996,320

 

390,325

 

75,104

 

Loss of occupancy deposit on lease termination

 

 

400,000

 

 

Loss on write-down of property and equipment

 

 

 

844,041

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

1,078,149

 

875,488

 

1,356,022

 

Amortization of warrants

 

 

 

355,000

 

Abandonment of capitalized software projects

 

26,627

 

 

 

Adjustment to allowance for doubtful accounts

 

28,328

 

(319,676

)

(1,142,138

)

Deferred income taxes

 

2,302,810

 

(44,725

)

(532,727

)

(Increase) decrease in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

934,183

 

(5,267,965

)

2,947,040

 

Advances to program suppliers

 

3,003,383

 

(2,357,204

)

1,210,641

 

Income taxes receivable

 

(511,626

)

12,701

 

(11,085

)

Notes receivable and other current assets

 

(624,572

)

760,627

 

1,528,395

 

Increase (decrease) in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

(2,977,060

)

2,646,082

 

(6,034,795

)

Accrued liabilities and compensation

 

761,926

 

(248,813

)

(72,110

)

Deferred revenue and other liabilities

 

(5,894

)

(284,213

)

12,807

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

10,253,623

 

(2,093,931

)

388,065

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

(1,806,438

)

(1,597,403

)

(1,607,421

)

Proceeds from sale of assets

 

1,400

 

 

 

Purchase of equity investment

 

(475,000

)

 

 

Proceeds from the sale of 3PF assets

 

 

800,000

 

 

Payments received on note receivable

 

411,676

 

451,169

 

 

Other assets, net

 

 

131,621

 

(128,943

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(1,868,362

)

(214,613

)

(1,736,364

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments on capital lease obligation

 

(36,302

)

(68,021

)

(62,342

)

Repurchase of common stock and warrants

 

 

 

(2,121,452

)

Issuance of common stock

 

2,124,691

 

1,048,707

 

348,515

 

Issuance of common stock to non-employees

 

2,773,800

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

4,862,189

 

980,686

 

(1,835,279

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

13,247,450

 

(1,327,858

)

(3,183,578

)

Net cash provided by discontinued operations

 

 

 

1,218,435

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

8,735,683

 

10,063,541

 

12,028,684

 

End of year

 

$

21,983,133

 

$

8,735,683

 

$

10,063,541

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid during the period for interest

 

$

10,535

 

$

10,830

 

$

27,846

 

Cash paid during the period for income taxes, net of refunds received

 

517,593

 

15,561

 

45,566

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forgiveness of note receivable in exchange for stock

 

$

 

$

 

$

(377,565

)

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Rentrak Corporation and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 1.  Overview

 

Rentrak Corporation (an Oregon corporation) is principally engaged in the processing of information regarding the rental and sale of DVDs, video games and video cassettes (Units) and the distribution of prerecorded Units to the home video market throughout the United States and Canada using its Pay-Per-Transaction (PPT) revenue sharing program.

 

Under the PPT program, we enter into contracts to lease/license Units from producers of motion pictures and licensees and distributors of home video cassettes, DVDs and video games (“Program Suppliers”), which are then leased/licensed to retailers for a percentage of the rentals charged by the retailers.

 

During fiscal 2004, we sold our subsidiary, 3PF.COM, Inc. (“3PF”), which provided order processing and inventory management services to e-tailers, wholesalers and other businesses requiring just-in-time fulfillment.  See Note 5.

 

During fiscal 2003, we discontinued the operations of our subsidiary, BlowOut Video, Inc., which sold video cassettes and DVDs through its three retail video stores operating under the name of BlowOut Video.  See Note 6.

 

Note 2.  Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Rentrak Corporation, its majority owned subsidiaries, and those subsidiaries in which we have a controlling interest after elimination of all intercompany accounts and transactions. Investments in affiliated companies owned 20% to 50% are accounted for by the equity method.

 

Management Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.  We consider our most critical accounting policies to be those that require the use of estimates and assumptions, specifically, accounts receivable reserves, Program Supplier guarantee reserves and judgments regarding realization of deferred tax assets.

 

Revenue Recognition

We follow SOP 00-2, “Accounting by Producers or Distributors of Films,” and recognize revenue when all of the following conditions are met:

 

                  Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists;

                  The products or services have been delivered;

                  The license period has begun (which is referred to as the “street date” for a product);

                  The arrangement fee is fixed or determinable; and

                  Collection of the arrangement fee is reasonably assured.

 

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PPT agreements generally provide for an initial order processing fee and continuing transaction fees based on a percentage of rental revenues earned by the retailers upon renting the Units to their customers. Initial order processing fees cover the direct costs of accessing Units from Program Suppliers and handling, packaging and shipping of the Units to the retailer.   Once the Units are shipped, we have no further obligation to provide services to the retailer.

 

We recognize order processing fees as revenue on the street date and recognize transaction fees when the Units are rented to the consumers, provided all other revenue recognition criteria have been met.  In limited circumstances, certain arrangements include guaranteed minimum revenues from our customers. In these arrangements, we recognize the guaranteed minimum revenue on the street date, provided all other revenue recognition criteria are met.

 

We recognize other services revenue, including direct revenue sharing and business intelligence services revenue, ratably over the period of service.

 

Revenues derived from our 3PF fulfillment activities were recognized when products were shipped and/or services were provided.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider all highly liquid investments purchased with a maturity of three months or less at acquisition to be cash equivalents.  We have funds deposited in various financial institutions in excess of the federal funds deposit insurance limits.  We did not have any cash equivalents at March 31, 2005 or 2004.

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. The allowance for doubtful accounts is our best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in our existing accounts receivable.

 

Credit limits are established through a process of reviewing the financial history and stability of each customer.  We regularly evaluate the collectibility of accounts receivable by monitoring past due balances. If it is determined that a customer may be unable to meet its financial obligations, a specific reserve is established based on the amount we expect to recover.  An additional general reserve is provided based on aging of accounts receivable and our historical collection experience.  If circumstances change related to specific customers, overall aging of accounts receivable or collection experience, our estimate of the recoverability of accounts receivable could materially change.  We are able to recover certain bad debts from our Program Suppliers. Such recoveries are recorded as reductions to expense when they are fixed and determinable pursuant to the Program Supplier contract.

 

As of March 31, 2004, one customer represented 34% of our total gross accounts receivable. No other customer accounted for 10% or more of our accounts receivable balance as of March 31, 2005 or 2004. We do not have any off-balance sheet credit exposure related to our customers.

 

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

We estimate the fair value of our monetary assets and liabilities based upon comparison of such assets and liabilities to the current market values for instruments of a similar nature and degree of risk. Our monetary assets and liabilities include cash, accounts and notes receivable, and accounts payable.  Based on the short-term nature of these instruments, we estimate that the recorded value of all our monetary assets and liabilities approximates fair value as of March 31, 2005 and 2004.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” long-lived assets, such as property, plant and equipment, and purchased intangibles subject to amortization, are required to be reviewed for impairment annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be

 

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recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, and depreciation ceases.  In fiscal 2005, we recorded an impairment charge of $27,000 related to the write-off of capitalized software development costs for two projects which management has determined will not be completed and placed in service.  As discussed in Note 5, in fiscal 2003, we recognized an impairment charge related to our 3PF assets totaling $0.8 million.

 

Property and Equipment

Depreciation of property and equipment is computed on the straight-line method over estimated useful lives of three to seven years for furniture and fixtures, three to ten years for machinery and equipment and three years for capitalized software. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lives of the underlying leases or the service lives of the improvements, whichever is shorter.  Property and equipment is reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144 as discussed above.

 

Capitalized Software

Capitalized software, included in Property and Equipment, net, consists of costs to purchase and develop internal-use software. This also includes costs to develop software for customer use in various services, including theatrical data recovery and fulfillment.  Amortization of capitalized software is computed on a straight-line basis over 3 years. Capitalized software is reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144 as discussed above.  See Note 7.

 

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.”  Under the asset and liability method specified by SFAS No. 109, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement basis and tax basis of assets and liabilities as measured by the enacted tax rates for the years in which the taxes are expected to be paid.  We evaluate our deferred tax assets on a regular basis to determine if a valuation allowance is required.  To the extent it is determined the recoverability of the deferred tax assets is unlikely, we record a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets. As of March 31, 2005 and 2004, we had a valuation allowance of $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, recorded against our Canadian net operating loss carryforwards.

 

Program Supplier Reserves

We have entered into guarantee contracts with certain program suppliers providing titles for distribution under our PPT system. These contracts guarantee the Program Suppliers minimum payments that are recoupable based on revenue-sharing activity.  In some cases, these guarantees are paid in advance. For amounts not paid in advance, we record a liability for the gross amount of the guarantee due to the Program Supplier on the street date in accordance with SOP 00-2. The unearned portion of the guarantees is included as Advances to Program Suppliers on our consolidated balance sheets.  Using historical experience and year to date rental experience for each title, we estimate the projected revenue to be generated under each guarantee.  We have historically been able to reasonably estimate shortages after 30 to 60 days of rental activity. We then establish a Program Supplier reserve for titles that are projected to experience a shortage under the provisions of the guarantee. The Program Supplier reserve is netted against Advances to Program Suppliers on our consolidated balance sheets.  We continually review these factors and make adjustments to the reserves as needed.  Actual results could differ from these estimates and could have a material effect on the recorded Program Supplier reserves. The balance in this reserve totaled $3.2 million and $4.5 million, respectively, at March 31, 2005 and 2004.

 

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Foreign Currency Translation

Adjustments from translating foreign functional currency financial statements into U.S. dollars are included in cumulative other comprehensive income in the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the local currency are included as a component of selling and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.

 

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Basic net income (loss) per share (EPS) and diluted EPS are computed using the methods prescribed by SFAS No. 128, “Earnings per Share.”  Following is a reconciliation of the shares used for the basic EPS and diluted EPS calculations for fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003:

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

Basic EPS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding

 

10,080,961

 

9,600,243

 

9,641,378

 

Diluted EPS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of dilutive stock options

 

511,067

 

518,436

 

 

 

 

10,592,028

 

10,118,679

 

9,641,378

 

 

Options and warrants to purchase approximately 0.2 million, 0.2 million and 2.0 million shares of our common stock were outstanding at March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, but were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because the exercise price of the options and warrants was greater than the average market price of the common shares for the period. Additionally, no options were included in fiscal 2003 because it was a loss period and inclusion would be antidilutive.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

We account for stock-based compensation utilizing the intrinsic value method in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” as interpreted by FASB Interpretation No. 44, “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation.”  Pursuant to SFAS No. 148 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure,” we have computed, for pro forma disclosure purposes, the impact on net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share as if we had accounted for our stock-based compensation plans in accordance with the fair value method prescribed by SFAS No. 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” as follows:

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

Net income (loss), as reported

 

$

5,242,449

 

$

1,309,744

 

$

(727,103

)

Deduct – total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under the fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects

 

(859,694

)

(871,918

)

(1,119,812

)

Net income (loss), pro forma

 

$

4,382,755

 

$

437,826

 

$

(1,846,915

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share – basic, as reported

 

$

0.52

 

$

0.14

 

$

(0.08

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share – basic, pro forma

 

$

0.43

 

$

0.05

 

$

(0.19

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share – diluted, as reported

 

$

0.49

 

$

0.13

 

$

(0.08

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share – diluted, pro forma

 

$

0.41

 

$

0.04

 

$

(0.19

)

 

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To determine the fair value of stock-based awards granted, we used the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following weighted average assumptions:

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

4.17 – 4.58

%

3.09 – 4.62

%

3.57 – 5.45

%

Expected dividend yield

 

0

%

0

%

0

%

Expected lives

 

5 – 10 years

 

5 – 10 years

 

5 – 10 years

 

Expected volatility

 

73.09

%

75.54

%

77.69

%

 

Using the Black-Scholes methodology, the total value of stock awards and options granted during fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003 was approximately $1.2 million, $1.4 million and $2.4 million, respectively, which are amortized on a pro forma basis over the vesting period of the options, typically one to four years. The weighted average fair value of stock awards and options granted during fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $6.75 per share, $5.33 per share and $3.82 per share, respectively. The pro forma effects of applying SFAS No. 123 may not be indicative of the future.

 

See Note 3 for a discussion of SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment,” which requires companies to recognize in their statement of operations the grant-date fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation issued to employees.

 

Advertising Expense

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.  Expenses incurred totaled approximately $1.4 million, $1.5 million and $2.0 million, respectively, in fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003.  Reimbursements received for direct and indirect expenses totaled approximately $1.3 million, $1.5 million and $3.0 million, respectively, in fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003.

 

The advertising reimbursements from Program Suppliers are contractually provided to us to offset expenses incurred in maintaining ongoing marketing programs utilized by our Participating Retailers. A significant amount of these reimbursements are passed through to our Participating Retailers as we reimburse them for their direct expense of lo cal advertising, such as newspaper or radio ads. In addition, the reimbursements offset expenses paid by us to third-party vendors in maintaining programs that indirectly assist Participating Retailers in these marketing efforts. These reimbursements are based on contractual agreements. Contractual terms fluctuate by Program Supplier and the amount of reimbursement tends to be based on the performance of individual movie titles.

 

Reimbursements provided by a Program Supplier can be “accountable” or “unaccountable.”  The Program Supplier provides accountable amounts only to the extent that we provide documentary evidence of the funds paid either to our Participating Retailers directly or paid to third parties. Accountable reimbursements are recorde d as a reduction of the same income statement line item, selling and administrative expenses, in which the costs are recorded, which typically occurs in the same accounting period. Unaccountable reimbursements are normally calculated and awarded on a fixed amount per unit of product shipped and do not require substantiation that any payments were made to promote marketing efforts. Unaccountable reimbursements are recognized when units of their associated product are shipped, which is when a majority of the direct or indirect marketing effort, and the corresponding expense is incurred, which typically occurs within the same reporting period. Unaccountable reimbursements  under contracts  that were entered into prior to December 31, 2002 are  classified  as reductions to selling and administrative expenses on the statement of operations, while unaccountable reimbursements under contracts entered into or modified subsequent to December 31, 2002 were classified as reductions to cost of sales on the statement of operations in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force 02-16, “Accounting by a Reseller for Cash Consideration Received from a Vendor.”

 

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Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) includes charges or credits to equity that are not the result of transactions with shareholders. Components of our comprehensive income (loss) consist of the change in unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities, net of tax, and changes to our cumulative translation adjustment.

 

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts to conform to the current year presentation.

 

Note 3.  New Accounting Pronouncements

 

SFAS No. 123R

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment,” which requires companies to recognize in their statement of operations the grant-date fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation issued to employees.  SFAS No. 123R is effective for annual periods beginning after June 15, 2005.  Accordingly, we will adopt SFAS No. 123R in the first quarter of fiscal 2007.  We are in the process of evaluating how the adoption of SFAS 123R will affect our results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

 

SFAS No. 153

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, “Exchanges of Non-Monetary Assets,” which amends a portion of the guidance in Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) No. 29, “Accounting for Non-Monetary Transactions.” Both SFAS no. 153 and APB No. 29 require that exchanges of non-monetary assets should be measured based on fair value of the assets exchanged.  APB No. 29, however, allowed for non-monetary exchanges of similar productive assets.  SFAS No. 153 eliminates that exception and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of non-monetary assets that do not have commercial substance. A non-monetary exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange.

 

SFAS No. 153 is effective for non-monetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005.  Any non-monetary asset exchanges will be accounted for under SFAS No. 153, however we do not expect SFAS No. 153 to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Note 4.  Restatement

 

In May and June 2004, we discovered that we had misinterpreted and misapplied certain terms of some of our Program Supplier revenue sharing agreements.  These misinterpretations and misapplications resulted in the miscalculation of Program Supplier liabilities and related cost of sales and, therefore, net income (loss). There were two general types of misinterpretations or misapplications: (i) over  reporting  cost of  sales  and  overstating  assets  and  understating liabilities due to the  misapplication  of certain terms in our Program Supplier revenue  sharing  agreements in the amount of $0.7 million in fiscal 2003; and (ii) under reporting cost of sales and related liabilities due to the misuse of contract information in recognizing our  guarantees to one Program Supplier in the amount of $0.9 million in fiscal 2003.

 

The misstatement that resulted in over reporting our cost of sales and related liabilities was due to a misapplication of terms in one of our Program Supplier revenue sharing agreements.  Our accounting methodology for recognizing revenues and associated expenses is based on the establishment of certain contractual terms and algorithms when a revenue sharing agreement is executed with a Program Supplier.   These contractual terms are used in calculations on a transaction-by-transaction basis.  In the course of our fiscal year 2004 audit, we discovered that some of these contractual terms were not established appropriately in our accounting system in accordance with the terms of the contract with this Program Supplier. Our accounting system had been inaccurately programmed with an algorithm that calculated the cost of sales and

 

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corresponding liability. This calculation misapplied a contractual term to certain items relating to that Program Supplier’s product, which resulted in an overstatement of the liability to that Program Supplier. We have since modified our accounting system to establish the appropriate contractual terms for this Program Supplier. In addition, we have reviewed all key algorithms within our accounting system to ensure they are aligned with Program Supplier contractual terms.

 

The misstatement that resulted in under reporting of cost of sales and overstating assets and understating liabilities was due to the misinterpretation of contractual information in a revenue sharing agreement with one of our Program Suppliers. We believed we could offset prior guarantee shortages with future guarantee overages, based upon the contractual provisions.  In reviewing the contractual agreement with members of operating personnel, the Accounting Department realized we had been misinterpreting those contractual provisions and that we are not permitted to offset prior guarantee shortages with future guarantee  overages. We have since modified our accounting processes for this Program Supplier to include the appropriate guarantee liability calculation. Please note that our Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates disclosure as it relates to Program Supplier Reserves for contractual guarantees was accurately stated and was not affected by this restatement or process change.

 

Also in June 2004, we discovered that we were not accounting for certain order processing fees received from our customers upon “street date,” which is the date that they are able to rent the title  pursuant  to SOP 00-2.  Our previous method had been to recognize revenue on the shipment date.  This resulted in a restatement of revenue between periods.

 

In addition, in connection with the embezzlement of funds by an employee, as discussed in more detail in Note 15 below, we underreported our sales tax liability in fiscal 2003.  We record our sales tax liabilities as an offset to revenue.

 

The restatements did not affect cash flows from operations, investing activities or financing activities in any fiscal year.  We have restated our fiscal year ended March 31, 2003 as follows:

 

Year Ended March 31, 2003

 

(In thousands)

 

Revenue

 

Cost of
sales

 

Total
operating
expenses

 

Income
tax
expense
(benefit)

 

Income
(loss) from
continuing
operations

 

Net loss

 

As previously reported

 

$

86,220

 

$

71,315

 

$

86,231

 

$

85

 

$

84

 

$

(498

)

Adjustment for misinterpretation and misapplication of contract terms

 

 

239

 

239

 

(91

)

(148

)

(148

)

SOP 00-2 revenue recognition adjustment

 

(274

)

(206

)

(206

)

(25

)

(43

)

(43

)

Underreporting of sales tax

 

(62

)

 

 

(24

)

(38

)

(38

)

Rounding

 

 

(1

)

 

(1

)

1

 

 

As restated

 

$

85,884

 

$

71,347

 

$

86,264

 

$

(56

)

$

(144

)

$

(727

)

 

After the above adjustments, our basic and diluted net loss per share for fiscal 2003 increased to $(0.08) per share compared to the previously reported basic and diluted net loss per share of $(0.05).

 

Note 5.  3PF

 

In June 2002, 3PF entered into an agreement to sublease approximately 194,000 square feet of its distribution facility in Columbus, Ohio to its largest customer. The sublease required monthly rent payments to 3PF under amounts, terms and conditions similar to 3PF’s master lease for this facility.  Additionally in June 2002, in conjunction with the facility sublease, 3PF entered into a financing lease with this customer for the existing equipment within this distribution facility and the associated costs for additional equipment to configure the layout to the customer’s specifications.  The lease for the equipment resulted in a note receivable in the amount of $1.8 million, payable to 3PF in monthly installments. Most of the payments on this note receivable have been received as scheduled.  As of March 31, 2005, there was

 

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$0.7 million outstanding on this note receivable, $0.5 million of which is included with other current assets on our consolidated balance sheet and $0.2 million of which is included with other assets.

 

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, management determined that it was unlikely that 3PF would achieve its business plans and initiated a plan to sell the assets of 3PF.  Prior to March 31, 2003, it was determined that, more likely than not, substantially all of 3PF’s assets would be sold or otherwise disposed of.  As a result of this determination, management assessed during the quarter ended March 31, 2003, the current and historical operating and cash flow losses, prospects for growth in revenues and other alternatives for improving the operating results of 3PF.

 

Accordingly, management performed an assessment of the fair value of the 3PF assets under the guidelines of SFAS No. 144. This assessment resulted in 3PF recognizing an asset impairment charge during the three-month period ended March 31, 2003 in the amount of $0.8 million for the write down of its assets to estimated fair market value of approximately $0.8 million.

 

In June 2003, we announced we had signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of 3PF at the Wilmington, Ohio operation, effective July 1, 2003.  The operations of 3PF have not been reported as discontinued operations in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” because cash flows related to our fulfillment activities have not been completely eliminated. The agreement covered all equipment and leasehold improvements at 3PF’s leased distribution facility in Wilmington, Ohio, as well as a portion of its working capital.  As part of the agreement, 3PF as lessee and Rentrak as guarantor have been released from the lease. The cash purchase price of $0.8 million, approximately equal to the net book value of the assets sold at March 31, 2003, was received in full.

 

During the sale negotiations, we received notification from 3PF’s largest customer, serviced exclusively from the leased distribution facility in Columbus, Ohio, that it did not intend to renew its fulfillment service contract upon the scheduled expiration at July 31, 2003.  The Columbus, Ohio distribution facility was used exclusively to service this customer.  Due to the timing of this notification, we were not able to include the Columbus, Ohio distribution facility lease in the asset sale transaction.  We completed the termination of the lease obligation for the Columbus, Ohio distribution facility, effective December 1, 2003, for a cost of $650,000, which is included as a component of cost of sales in our consolidated statement of operations. This lease termination included the assignment of the sublease 3PF had in place with its former largest customer for approximately 194,000 square feet of this facility.

 

Note 6.  Discontinued Operations

 

Due to the significant increase in sell through activity throughout the industry, the operations of BlowOut Video did not meet our expectations.  As a result, during fiscal 2003, we initiated and completed a plan to discontinue the retail store operations of BlowOut Video. The plan called for an exit from the stores by the end of fiscal 2003, either through cancellation of the lease commitments and liquidation of assets, or through sale of the stores to a third party.  As of March 31, 2003, all operations had ceased.

 

In January 2004, we were notified by the purchaser of a portion of BlowOut Video’s operations of their intent to default on a note receivable due to us.  As such, we provided an approximate $0.2 million reserve for the remaining balance of this note receivable in the three-month period ended December 31, 2003.  This reserve resulted in a reported loss, net of tax benefit, from these discontinued operations of $0.1 million, or $0.01 per share, in fiscal 2004.  Current and prior year amounts have been restated to classify the results of BlowOut Video operations, net of related tax effects, as discontinued.

 

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The results of operations related to BlowOut Video were as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

Revenue

 

$

 

$

2,575,733

 

Net loss

 

$

(128,649

)

$

(582,627

)

Net loss per diluted share

 

$

(0.01

)

$

(0.06

)

 

Note 7.  Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment consists of:

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Furniture, fixtures and computer equipment

 

$

3,643,562

 

$

3,295,970

 

Leasehold improvements

 

606,178

 

594,527

 

Capitalized software(1)

 

3,283,344

 

1,910,499

 

 

 

7,533,084

 

5,800,996

 

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

(4,317,059

)

(3,334,328

)

 

 

$

3,216,025

 

$

2,466,668

 

 


(1)          Includes $1.7 million of capitalized costs associated with software projects which are still in the application development stage as of March 31, 2005 and, as such, are not being amortized.

 

As discussed in Note 2, in fiscal 2005, we recorded an impairment charge of $27,000 related to the write-off of capitalized software development costs for two projects which management has determined will not be completed and placed in service.

 

Amortization expense related to capitalized software was $0.5 million, $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003, respectively. Accumulated amortization related to capitalized software was $0.9 million and $0.4 million, respectively, at March 31, 2005 and 2004.  Amortization expense related to capitalized software over the next five fiscal years as of March 31, 2005 is as follows:

 

2006

 

$

429,059

 

2007

 

188,246

 

2008

 

4,084

 

2009

 

 

2010

 

 

 

 

$

621,389

 

 

Note 8.  Securities Purchase Agreement

 

In November 2004, we entered into a securities purchase agreement to purchase common stock of, and a professional services agreement to receive software development and support services from, a privately held company that develops and provides information technology solutions for clients in various entertainment industry market segments. We have paid $25,000 under the professional services agreement and may incur an additional $25,000 expenditure in the future.

 

The purchase of the securities for $0.5 million was comprised of two elements.  The first element, which totaled $0.4 million, was paid upon execution of the agreement in November 2004.  The remaining $0.1 million was placed in an escrow account pending completion by the investee of additional software development. The additional software development was completed in March 2005 and the remaining $0.1 million was released from escrow at that time, finalizing our investment. Our purchase of the common stock represents 4% of the outstanding stock of this company.  This investment is carried at historical cost as a component of other assets on our consolidated balance sheet and will be evaluated quarterly for impairment.  No impairment has been recorded as of March 31, 2005.

 

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Note 9.  Retailer Financing Program

 

In 1992, we established a retailer financing program whereby, on a selective basis, we provided financing to Participating Retailers that we believed had potential for substantial growth in the industry. In connection with these financings, we typically made a loan and/or equity investment in the Participating Retailer. In some cases, we obtained a warrant to purchase stock in the Participating Retailer. As part of such financings, the Participating Retailer typically agreed to cause all of its current and future retail locations to participate in the PPT System for a designated period of time (usually 5-20 years). These financings were speculative in nature and involved a high degree of risk.

 

The loans are reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 114, “Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan.”  A valuation allowance has been established for the amount by which the recorded investment in the loans exceeds the measure of the impaired loan. Periodically throughout the terms of the agreements, we assessed the recoverability of the amounts based on the financial position of each retailer.

 

We discontinued this program in fiscal 2001 and, during fiscal 2005, we wrote off the remaining balances and related reserves. Since the loans were fully reserved, this write-off had no effect on our results of operations during fiscal 2005. The $6.5 million balance at March 31, 2004 had been fully reserved and was included in other assets. The activity in the reserve account for the retailer financing program is as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

Beginning balance

 

$

6,499,332

 

$

6,530,754

 

$

6,575,754

 

Recoveries

 

(18,578

)

(31,422

)

(45,000

)

Write-offs

 

(6,480,754

)

 

 

Ending balance

 

$

 

$

6,499,332

 

$

6,530,754

 

 

Note 10.  Line of Credit

 

We currently have a secured revolving line of credit for $6.0 million, with a maturity of December 1, 2005.  Interest on the line of credit is at our choice of either the bank’s prime interest rate minus 0.5 percent or LIBOR plus 2 percent. The credit line is secured by substantially all of our assets. The line of credit includes certain financial covenants requiring: (1) a consolidated pre-tax income to be achieved each fiscal quarter beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2005 of a minimum of $1.00, and consolidated after-tax income not less than $1.00 on an annual basis, determined at fiscal year end; (2) a minimum current ratio of 1.5:1.0, measured quarterly; and (3) a maximum debt-to-tangible net worth ratio of 1.5:1.0, measured quarterly.  Based upon the financial results reported as of, and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, we determined that we were in compliance with the financial covenants as of March 31, 2005.  At March 31, 2005, we had no outstanding borrowings under this agreement.

 

Note 11.  Related Party Transaction

 

In February 2005, pursuant to his separation agreement, we loaned Mr. F. Kim Cox, our former President and Secretary, $0.8 million to assist him with exercising a portion of his vested options to purchase shares of our common stock.  The loan bore interest at 2.78% per annum and was repaid in full, including accrued interest, in May 2005.

 

In addition, we entered into a consulting agreement with Mr. Cox on January 25, 2005 whereby he is assisting us with strategic planning and product development issues.  Pursuant to the agreement, we will pay Mr. Cox $25,000 per month from February 2005 through March 2007.  We paid Mr. Cox a total of $62,000 pursuant to this agreement in fiscal 2005.

 

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Note 12.  Income Taxes

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

U.S.

 

$

8,458,616

 

$

1,685,034

 

$

(497,059

)

Non-U.S.

 

221,172

 

232,255

 

297,055

 

 

 

$

8,679,788

 

$

1,917,289

 

$

(200,004

)

 

The provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations was as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

Current tax provision (benefit):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

58,933

 

$

 

$

45,001

 

State

 

210,439

 

40,338

 

 

 

 

269,372

 

40,338

 

45,001

 

Deferred tax provision (benefit)

 

3,167,967

 

438,558

 

(100,529

)

 

 

$

3,437,339

 

$

478,896

 

$

(55,528

)

 

The reported provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate of 34% to income before provision (benefit) for income taxes as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

Provision (benefit) computed at statutory rates

 

$

2,951,128

 

$

651,878

 

$

(68,001

)

State taxes, net of federal benefit

 

561,409

 

76,692

 

(8,000

)

Amortization of warrants

 

 

 

120,700

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

(121,522

)

(121,522

)

(121,522

)

Change in valuation allowance

 

103,776

 

(78,968

)

 

Other

 

(57,452

)

(49,184

)

21,295

 

 

 

$

3,437,339

 

$

478,896

 

$

(55,528

)

 

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Deferred tax assets are comprised of the following components:

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Current deferred taxes:

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

$

 

$

189,205

 

Program supplier reserves

 

 

487,773

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

865,157

 

1,167,124

 

Unrealized loss on investments

 

 

118,785

 

Deferred revenue

 

95,325

 

90,279

 

Deferred gain

 

30,122

 

22,917

 

Alternative minimum tax credits

 

58,933

 

 

Other

 

(105,499

)

186,103

 

Total current deferred taxes

 

944,038

 

2,262,186

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current deferred taxes:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

24,099

 

32,207

 

Retailer financing program reserve

 

 

659,748

 

Deferred gain

 

13,759

 

40,991

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

402,597

 

298,821

 

Other

 

77,140

 

366,714

 

Valuation allowance

 

(402,597

)

(298,821

)

Total non-current deferred taxes

 

114,998

 

1,099,660

 

Total deferred taxes

 

$

1,059,036

 

$

3,361,846

 

 

Total deferred tax assets were $1.2 million and $3.4 million, respectively, at March 31, 2005 and 2004 and total deferred tax liabilities were $0.1 million and $0, respectively.  The increase (decrease) to our valuation allowance was $0.1 million, $(0.1) million and $0, respectively, in fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003.

 

As of March 31, 2005, we had estimated net operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax return purposes of approximately $2.4 million, which expire through 2025.  In addition, we have net operating loss carryforwards in Canada totaling $1.2 million, the tax benefit of which has been fully reserved, which expire through 2008.

 

In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, we consider whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. We consider the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based on these assessments and considerations, we have provided a valuation allowance against our Canadian net operating loss carryforwards due to expected revenue and income levels from our Canadian operations in the near term.  We anticipate that all other deferred tax assets will be realized based on future estimated taxable income and have, therefore, not recorded a valuation allowance against them.

 

Note 13.  Stockholders’ Equity

 

Common Stock

On December 21, 2004, we sold 308,200 shares of our common stock to Mr. Mark Cuban in a privately-negotiated, arms-length transaction for $9.00 per share.  Total proceeds totaled $2.8 million and will be used for general working capital requirements, including development of our business intelligence services.  In addition to the 308,200 shares purchased from us, Mr. Cuban purchased an additional 191,800 shares of our common stock at $9.00 per share from eight of our executive officers.  All 500,000 shares purchased by Mr. Cuban are restricted securities and subject to a one-year holding period pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.  Mr. Cuban has demand registration rights after the one-year holding period in the event that he is not able to sell them pursuant to Rule 144 at that time.

 

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Stock Options

We have options outstanding under our 1986 Stock Option Plan, our 1997 Non-Officer Employee Stock Option Plan and our 1997 Equity Participation Plan. The aggregate number of shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options under the 1997 Non-Officer Employee Stock Option Plan may not exceed 800,000.  The aggregate number of shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options under the 1997 Equity Participation Plan, as amended, may not exceed 2,075,000. As of March 31, 2005, options covering 355,579 and 122,488 shares of our common stock remained available for grant under our 1997 Non-Officer Employee Stock Option Plan and our 1997 Equity Participation Plan, respectively.

 

Our option plans are administered by the Compensation Committee of our Board, which determines the terms and conditions of options issued under the plans. Generally, options granted under the plans vest over periods of one to five years and expire ten years after the date of grant.

 

The table below summarizes the plans’ activity:

 

 

 

Options Outstanding

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise Price

 

Balance at March 31, 2002

 

1,629,424

 

$

3.97

 

Granted – option price = fair market value

 

519,350

 

5.50

 

Granted – option price > fair market value

 

100,000

 

5.00

 

Exercised

 

(112,043

)

4.18

 

Canceled

 

(153,312

)

4.02

 

Balance at March 31, 2003

 

1,983,419

 

4.35

 

Granted – option price = fair market value

 

178,100

 

7.62

 

Granted – option price > fair market value

 

80,000

 

6.89

 

Exercised

 

(285,519

)

4.07

 

Canceled

 

(40,218

)

4.31

 

Balance at March 31, 2004

 

1,915,782

 

4.86

 

Granted – option price = fair market value

 

182,500

 

10.15

 

Exercised

 

(522,557

)

4.58

 

Canceled

 

(4,732

)

3.98

 

Balance at March 31, 2005

 

1,570,993

 

$

5.58

 

 

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at March 31, 2005:

 

Options Outstanding

 

Options Exercisable

 

Range of
Exercise
Prices

 

Number
Outstanding
at 03/31/05

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

 

Number of
Shares
Exercisable
at 03/31/05

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

 

$0.00 – $3.25

 

258,616

 

5.9

 

$

3.05

 

252,991

 

$

3.07

 

$3.25 – $4.00

 

298,017

 

6.1

 

$

3.58

 

265,091

 

$

3.54

 

$4.01 – $5.25

 

319,370

 

5.4

 

$

4.99

 

281,870

 

$

4.99

 

$5.26 - $6.00

 

284,365

 

2.9

 

$

5.78

 

151,865

 

$

5.77

 

$6.01 - $7.50

 

102,500

 

8.1

 

$

6.88

 

80,000

 

$

6.88

 

$7.51 - $9.00

 

85,625

 

8.9

 

$

8.45

 

8,000

 

$

7.97

 

$9.01 – $11.00

 

222,500

 

7.5

 

$

10.11

 

80,000

 

$

9.46

 

$0.00 – $11.00

 

1,570,993

 

5.8

 

$

5.58

 

1,119,817

 

$

4.79

 

 

Options to purchase 1,270,201 and 1,186,440 shares of common stock were exercisable at March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, at weighted average exercise prices of $4.33 and $4.06, respectively.

 

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Employee Stock Purchase Plan

During fiscal 2004 we terminated our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the Plan), which allowed for the purchase of up to 200,000 shares of our common stock.   Prior to its termination, all employees meeting certain eligibility criteria were granted the opportunity to purchase common stock, under certain limitations, at 85% of market value. Payment was made through payroll deductions. All shares purchased by employees under the Plan in fiscal 2004 and 2003 were purchased by us on the open market. The following shares were purchased by employees under the Plan:

 

 

 

Number of
Shares
Purchased

 

Aggregate
Purchase
Price

 

Fiscal 2003

 

1,213

 

$

5,740

 

Fiscal 2004

 

467

 

3,631

 

 

Warrants

We issued three separate warrants in 1995, 1998 and 2002, which were valued by an outside valuation firm using standard warrant valuation models.

 

Warrants to purchase 1,423,750 shares of our common stock were issued in fiscal 1995 in connection with a supply agreement with a program vendor.  The warrants had an initial exercise price of $7.13 with 284,750 warrants vesting immediately and 284,750 vesting over the following 4 years, subject to the supplier providing a minimum of one theatrical title each year of the vesting period.  The warrants, which had expiration dates through 2005, were valued at $2.3 million and were expensed over the initial 5 years of the agreement.  In November 1996, we adjusted the number of shares of common stock under which the warrant could be exercised to 1,543,203 shares and decreased the price to $6.578 per share.  This adjustment was done in connection with the distribution of common stock of BlowOut Entertainment, Inc.  The adjustment was done pursuant to the supplier’s agreement that required us to adjust the warrant if a distribution of our assets occurred.  During fiscal 2002, 308,641 warrants expired, leaving a balance of 1,234,562.  During the quarter ended September 30, 2002, 309,041 warrants expired leaving a balance of 925,521.  In November 2002, we entered into a cancellation agreement to cancel the remaining 925,521 outstanding warrants.

 

Under the cancellation agreement, we paid the Program Supplier $0.3 million in cash in consideration for the cancellation of the warrants. The $0.3 million cash payment was charged to paid-in-capital as a settlement of an equity interest. In addition, we agreed to pay the Program Supplier supplemental consideration in the event of a change of control (generally a greater than 50% change in ownership of our outstanding common stock by another company or group seeking control) within three years following execution of the agreement.  The amount of consideration to be paid in the event of a change of control is based on the value per common share paid by the purchaser.  The amount of consideration payable also decreases over time. The potential supplemental consideration currently ranges from $0.3 million to $0.5 million depending on the price and timing of the purchase.  We have not accrued any amount as of March 31, 2005 due to the contingent nature of this supplemental consideration.

 

The value of the warrants issued in July 1998 was recorded as a deferred charge in equity of $0.6 million. These warrants related to a 10-year supply agreement entered into with a major customer.  The value of the warrants was to be amortized to expense as services were provided.  However, we expensed the remaining unamortized value of these warrants, totaling approximately $0.4 million, during fiscal 2003, based on the expectation that the customer would not be utilizing our services in future periods. The warrants expired without being exercised in 2000.

 

As of March 31, 2005, we had outstanding warrants to purchase 30,000 shares of our common stock with a purchase price of $7.50 per share and an expiration date of May 16, 2009, which were issued to an investment banking firm in May 2002 as partial consideration for financial advisory services in connection with strategic opportunities or financing transactions of potential interest to us.

 

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Shareholders’ Rights Plan

In May 1995, our Board of Directors approved a shareholders’ rights plan designed to ensure that all of our shareholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of certain proposals to acquire control of us. Under the rights plan, each shareholder received a dividend of one right for each share of our outstanding common stock, entitling the holders to purchase common stock having a market value equal to twice the exercise price. The rights become exercisable after any person or group acquires 15% or more of our outstanding common stock, or announces a tender offer which would result in the offeror becoming the beneficial owner of 15% or more of our outstanding common stock. Prior to the time that a person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15% or more of our outstanding common stock, the Board of Directors, at their discretion, may waive this provision with respect to any transaction or may terminate the rights plan.  This plan expired in May 2005.  See also Note 18.

 

Executive Loan Program

In June 2000, our Board of Directors approved an offer to make loans available to those officers who were under an employment contract for the purpose of allowing them to exercise their vested, unexercised “out of the money” employee stock options. The purpose of this program was to enable executives to exercise certain of their options and thereby hold shares resulting from the exercise of such options in advance of a possible spin-off or split-up of 3PF, and to enhance our efforts to retain our key employees.

 

The loans under this program accrued interest at the federal funds rate in effect on the date of the loan and interest was payable annually. The principal amount of each loan was due on the earliest to occur of: (i) one year prior to the expiration of the term of the borrower’s employment agreement in effect at the time of the loan; (ii) one year after the borrower ceases employment, unless such departure follows a “change of control” (as defined in the loan agreements); (iii) five years from the date of the loan; or (iv) one year from the date of the borrower’s death. The loans were secured by the stock purchased upon the exercise of the options. The loans were without recourse (except as to the stock securing the loans) as to principal and were with full recourse against the borrower as to interest. The offer to make these loans expired September 30, 2000. Prior to September 30, 2000, several officers accepted this offer and obtained loans from us. Because the loan proceeds were immediately used to pay the exercise price of the options, we had no net outflow of cash in connection with these loans.

 

During fiscal 2003, an officer exercised his right to have us purchase his shares of stock associated with his loan, totaling $0.4 million.  The proceeds from the purchase of his stock were partially used to pay the remaining balance of his loan associated with these shares.  Also during fiscal 2003, the other remaining officer with a loan outstanding under this program allowed his right to have us purchase his shares of stock associated with his loan to expire.  The shares associated with both of these officers’ loans have been cancelled and the related notes have been terminated.  As a result, all common stock and related notes receivable covered by all agreements associated with this officer loan program noted above have been cancelled or terminated.

 

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Note 14.  Commitments

 

Leases

We lease certain facilities and equipment under capital and operating leases expiring at various dates through 2006. Minimum lease payments over the term of the leases exceeding one year are as follows:

 

Year Ending March 31,

 

Capital
Leases

 

Operating
Leases

 

2006

 

$

61,296

 

$

794,592

 

2007

 

 

500,973

 

2008

 

 

 

2009

 

 

 

2010

 

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

Total minimum lease payments

 

61,296

 

$

1,295,565

 

Less amount representing interest

 

(1,945

)

 

 

Net obligation under capital leases

 

59,351

 

 

 

Less current portion

 

59,351

 

 

 

Non-current portion

 

$

 

 

 

 

The leases require us to pay for taxes, insurance and maintenance.  We also rent vehicles and equipment on a short-term basis. Rent expense under operating leases was approximately $1.0 million, $1.9 million, and $3.2 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003, respectively.

 

Note 15.  Contingencies

 

Vendor Dispute

In June 2003, we signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of 3PF.Com, Inc. at the Wilmington, Ohio operation, effective July 1, 2003.  In conjunction with the effective date of that asset sale agreement, we entered into a Fulfillment Agreement (the “Agreement”) with this purchaser (the “Fulfillment Provider”) for a nine-month term to provide us with fulfillment services previously provided by 3PF during the period we owned and operated it.  After its inception, disagreement between the parties arose regarding the contractual provisions of the Agreement.  As a result, we disputed certain charges for services and withheld payments accordingly. Additionally, the Fulfillment Provider alleged that we violated the exclusivity provisions in the Agreement and submitted, under the provisions of the Agreement, a demand for arbitration against us seeking damages of approximately $0.9 million. The dispute has been arbitrated and the Fulfillment Provider was awarded, in full settlement of all its claims, the sum of $0.1 million for damages from those claims plus interest thereon, effective March 25, 2005.  Accordingly, both parties have entered into an agreement for the full settlement of all the claims and the complete mutual release from any further obligations to each other with respect to any claim made or that could have been made in the arbitration of this dispute.

 

Investigation and Recovery Efforts Regarding Misappropriated Funds

In March 2004, we learned that an employee may have engaged in fraudulent activity and we hired an outside firm to investigate the matter. The employee admitted to embezzling funds from us. It was determined that the employee had been embezzling funds from 1998 through 2003, in amounts totaling approximately $570,000. The investigation of this matter is complete. Other than $62,000 in underreported sales taxes, the embezzlement funds were materially expensed in the year such funds were embezzled and, therefore, had no other effect on the restatement of any financial results in fiscal 2004 or prior years.  We have secured certain assets belonging to this employee, which, in conjunction with insurance proceeds, provided us with recoveries of approximately $0.4 million in fiscal 2005, and were recorded as a reduction of selling and administrative expense.  We have incurred a total of approximately $0.2 million of legal and other professional fees related to this matter through March 31, 2005, and do not expect to incur any additional fees before the matter is resolved.

 

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Reel.com

On November 15, 2000, 3PF filed a proceeding with the American Arbitration Association against Reel.com, Inc., a division of Hollywood Entertainment Corporation (Hollywood), for breach of a servicing, warehousing and distribution agreement, and against Hollywood in connection with its guarantee of the obligations of Reel.com, Inc., under the agreement.  On March 13, 2002, an arbitrator awarded damages to us of approximately $1.6 million related to this claim. In April 2002, in a confidential settlement agreement, Hollywood agreed to pay an additional $0.4 million to us to resolve all outstanding issues between the two parties. These amounts were reflected as net gain from litigation settlements in our consolidated statements of operations.

 

General

We may, from time to time, be a party to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business. In the opinion of management, the amount of any ultimate liability with respect to these actions is not expected to materially affect our financial condition or results of operations.  We currently have no material outstanding litigation.

 

Note 16.  401(k) Plan

 

We have an employee benefit plan pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “401(k) Plan”) for certain qualified employees. Contributions made to the 401(k) Plan are based on percentages of employees’ salaries. The total amount of our contribution is at the discretion of our Board of Directors. Contributions under the 401(k) Plan for the years ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 were approximately $74,000 and $90,000, respectively.  Our plan year ends on December 31. As of March 31, 2005, we have accrued $74,000 for anticipated contributions related to the plan year ended December 31, 2004 and $19,000 relating to the plan year ending December 31, 2005.

 

Note 17. Business Segments, Significant Suppliers, Product Lines and Major Customer

 

Prior to fiscal 2005, we classified our services in three segments: PPT (Entertainment), 3PF (Fulfillment) and Other. Other services included amounts received pursuant to previous royalty agreements, primarily from Rentrak Japan.  During fiscal 2005, we operated in one business segment, Entertainment (previously referred to as our PPT segment).  Effective April 1, 2005, we implemented a new corporate structure, which includes separate Pay-Per-Transaction (“PPT”) and Information Services operating divisions and will begin reporting under this new structure in future periods.

 

Certain financial data by segment is as follows:

 

 

 

Entertainment

 

Fulfillment

 

Other

 

Total

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales to external customers

 

$

73,508,114

 

$

4,624,299

 

$

 

$

78,132,413

 

Inter-segment sales

 

 

530,144

 

 

530,144

 

Total sales

 

73,508,114

 

5,154,443

 

 

78,662,557

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

875,488

 

 

 

875,488

 

Operating income (loss)

 

3,059,159

 

(1,374,538

)

 

1,684,621

 

Total assets

 

35,099,308

 

1,263,931

 

 

36,363,239

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales to external customers

 

$

70,618,422

 

$

15,265,840

 

$

 

$

85,884,262

 

Inter-segment sales

 

 

2,114,704

 

 

2,114,704

 

Total sales

 

70,618,422

 

17,380,544

 

 

87,998,966

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

668,029

 

687,993

 

 

1,356,022

 

Operating income (loss)

 

2,895,526

 

(3,274,804

)

 

(379,278

)

Total assets

 

26,563,834

 

4,924,444

 

 

31,488,278

 

 

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Revenue by service activity was as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

Order processing fees

 

$

5,015,054

 

$

7,741,213

 

$

14,745,470

 

Transaction fees

 

64,372,214

 

46,398,031

 

42,257,672

 

Sell-through fees

 

16,286,211

 

10,308,689

 

8,558,014

 

Communication fees

 

976,668

 

1,126,862

 

1,185,188

 

Fulfillment

 

 

4,624,299

 

15,265,840

 

Other

 

11,887,428

 

7,933,319

 

3,872,078

 

 

 

$

98,537,575

 

$

78,132,413

 

$

85,884,262

 

 

During fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003, we had several Program Suppliers that supplied product in excess of 10% of our total revenues as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

Program Supplier 1

 

37

%

22

%

16

%

Program Supplier 2

 

16

%

15

%

15

%

Program Supplier 3

 

n/a

 

13

%

15

%

Program Supplier 4

 

n/a

 

12

%

11

%

 

There were no other Program Suppliers who provided product that accounted for 10% or more of our total revenues for the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003.  Although management does not believe that the relationships with the significant program suppliers will be terminated in the near term, a loss of any one of these suppliers could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

We had one PPT customer that accounted for 20% and 17% of our total revenue in fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004, respectively. The agreement with this PPT customer expired in September 2004.  One fulfillment customer accounted for 14% of our total revenue in fiscal 2003. The agreement with this fulfillment customer expired July 31, 2003. There were no other customers that accounted for 10% or more of our total revenue in fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003.

 

Note 18. Subsequent Events

 

Related Party Note Receivable

In May 2005, Mr. Cox repaid the full principal and accrued interest, totaling $0.8 million, due on his note payable to us.  See also Note 11.

 

Shareholder Rights Plan

In May 2005, we entered into a new rights plan to replace our previously existing rights plan, which expired on May 18, 2005.  The terms of the new rights plan are similar to those of the previous rights plan.  The new rights plan expires May 18, 2015.  See also Note 13.

 

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QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA

 

Unaudited quarterly financial data for each of the eight quarters in the two-year period ended March 31, 2005 is as follows:

 

 

 

1st Quarter

 

2nd Quarter

 

3rd Quarter

 

4th Quarter

 

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

25,333,002

 

$

26,997,784

 

$

22,821,083

 

$

23,385,706

 

Income (loss) from operations(1)

 

2,124,762

 

2,799,321

 

2,188,001

 

1,245,551

 

Net income(1)

 

1,385,239

 

1,810,363

 

1,287,085

 

759,762

 

Basic net income per share

 

0.14

 

0.18

 

0.13

 

0.07

 

Diluted net income per share

 

0.13

 

0.17

 

0.12

 

0.07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

18,914,372

 

$

14,603,732

 

$

20,383,860

 

$

24,230,449

 

Income (loss) from operations(2)

 

124,735

 

(2,002,383

)

904,300

 

2,657,969

 

Net income (loss)  (2):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

130,594

 

(1,452,548

)

707,183

 

2,053,164

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

 

(128,649

)

 

 

 

$

130,594

 

$

(1,452,548

)

$

578,534

 

$

2,053,164

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

$

0.01

 

$

(0.15

)

$

0.07

 

$

0.21

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

 

(0.01

)

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

0.01

 

$

(0.15

)

$

0.06

 

$

0.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

$

0.01

 

$

(0.15

)

$

0.07

 

$

0.20

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

 

(0.01

)

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

0.01

 

$

(0.15

)

$

0.06

 

$

0.20

 

 


(1)               Income from operations and net income in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 are lower than the first three quarters of 2005 due primarily to costs related to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and our reorganization efforts. In addition, the fourth quarter of 2005 includes a $0.2 million loss related to a litigation settlement.

(2)               Loss from operations and net loss in the second quarter of fiscal 2004 include a $1.3 million charge for the estimated cost for early termination of a lease related to our 3PF business.  Income from operations and net income in the third quarter of fiscal 2004 include a $650,000 credit related to the reversal of a portion of the $1.3 million charge as the final early termination charge was $650,000.

 

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Rentrak Corporation

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Schedule II

 

 

 

Balance at
Beginning
of Period

 

Additions
(Reductions)
to Reserve

 

Write-Offs
Charged
Against
Reserves

 

Recoveries

 

Balance
at End of
Period

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal 2003

 

$

1,086,143

 

$

(1,142,138

)

$

(447,732

)

$

1,251,866

 

$

748,139

 

Fiscal 2004

 

748,139

 

(319,676

)

(9,825

)

420,484

 

839,122

 

Fiscal 2005

 

839,122

 

28,328

 

(603,742

)

390,331

 

654,039

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program Suppliers reserve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal 2003

 

$

3,047,218

 

$

2,749,841

 

$

(2,042,146

)

$

(41,060

)

$

3,713,853

 

Fiscal 2004

 

3,713,853

 

2,059,159

 

(1,214,640

)

(37,613

)

4,520,759

 

Fiscal 2005

 

4,520,759

 

592,722

 

(1,828,234

)

(39,370

)

3,245,877

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other current assets – retailer financing program reserve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal 2003

 

$

838,435

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

838,435

 

Fiscal 2004

 

838,435

 

 

 

 

838,435

 

Fiscal 2005

 

838,435

 

 

(838,435

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets – retailer financing program reserve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal 2003

 

$

5,737,319

 

$

 

$

(45,000

)

$

 

$

5,692,319

 

Fiscal 2004

 

5,692,319

 

 

(31,422

)

 

5,660,897

 

Fiscal 2005

 

5,660,897

 

 

(5,642,319

)

(18,578

)

 

 

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ITEM 9.       CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND   FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

 

ITEM 9A.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Our management has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is (1) recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner, and (2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.  Our internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and the board of directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements.  Nonetheless, all internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations.  Even systems determined to be effective as of a particular date can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

 

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005.  In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
(“COSO”) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework.  Based on our assessment, we believe that, as of March 31, 2005, our internal control over financial reporting was ineffective based on those criteria, solely in consideration of an error discovered during the audit of our financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.

 

During the audit of our financial statements for our fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, our independent registered public accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP, discovered a data error in a program supplier spreadsheet that resulted in an overstatement of our cost of sales for this fiscal period. We determined that this data error constitutes a material weakness in the operation of the control that was designed to detect such type of error, as discussed in more detail below.

 

This error resulted from a single failure in one of the manual detective controls that are applied to the financial data for program supplier contracts input into the spreadsheets that calculate cost of sales.  A material weakness in internal control over financial reporting is a control deficiency (within the meaning of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing Standards No. 2), or a combination of control deficiencies, that result in there being more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement in the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.  Upon detection of this error, our management reviewed and re-assessed the design of this control and the nature of the control’s operational failure.  In our re-assessment of this control, we re-performed the control and retested a large population of financial data monitored by this control.  We discovered no further errors in this data, indicating the lack of a strong likelihood of a recurrence of errors to our program supplier accounts from the performance of this detective control. Our management has determined however, that while it believes the design of this control is effective, the control’s operational effectiveness will be enhanced by implementing an additional independent performance of this control by our Chief Financial Officer and Controller in every instance this control is designed to be performed by the responsible employee.  We will implement this control as modified with

 

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the next performance of the control, determined by the timing of a new or modified program supplier contract. Based upon our review and re-assessment of this control’s design and operation, combined with our implementation of the enhanced performance of this control, we believe this control should provide reasonable assurance that our data monitored by this control will be properly processed, recorded, and reported in a timely manner in our future financial reports.

 

Our independent registered public accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP, has audited our management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005, as stated in their report appearing below.

 

Changes In Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Other than as discussed in the preceding paragraphs, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting, that Rentrak Corporation did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005, because of the effect of the material weakness identified in management’s assessment, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Rentrak Corporation’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that results in a more than remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. The following material weakness has been identified and included in management’s assessment:

 

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During the audit of the financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, a data error was discovered in a spreadsheet used to determine amounts payable to program suppliers that resulted in a material adjustment to the Company’s net income for the fiscal period.  This error resulted from a failure in a manual detective control that is applied to the financial data for program supplier contracts input into the spreadsheets that calculate cost of sales.

 

This material weakness was considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the fiscal 2005 consolidated financial statements, and this report does not affect our report dated May 20, 2005, on those consolidated financial statements.

 

In our opinion, management’s assessment that Rentrak Corporation did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Also in our opinion, because of the effect of the material weakness described above on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, Rentrak Corporation has not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.  We do not express an opinion or any form of assurance on management’s statements in the fourth paragraph of “Management’s Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting.”

 

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Rentrak Corporation as of March 31, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended and our report dated May 20, 2005 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

 

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

 

Portland, Oregon

May 20, 2005

 

ITEM 9B.  OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 10.  DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the information called for by this item is incorporated by reference from our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  See “Election of Directors,” “Committees and Meetings of the Board – Audit Committee,”  “Code of Ethics,” “Executive Officers” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance.”

 

ITEM 11.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the information called for by this item is incorporated by reference from our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  See “Executive Compensation.”

 

ITEM 12.   SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

The following table sets forth information, as of March 31, 2005, about shares of our common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options granted under our equity compensation plans and arrangements.

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

Plan Category(1)

 

Number of
securities to be
issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights

 

Weighted average
exercise price of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights

 

Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation
plans (excluding
securities reflected in
first column)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders(2)

 

1,456,435

 

$

5.68

 

122,488

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders(3)

 

144,558

 

5.07

 

355,579

 

Total

 

1,600,993

 

$

5.62

 

478,067

 

 


(1)                                  See Note 13 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the significant terms of the outstanding options.

(2)                                  Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders include the 1986 Second Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, as amended, and the 1997 Equity Participation Plan, as amended.

(3)                                  Equity compensation plans or arrangements approved by our board of directors, but not submitted for shareholder approval include (i) the 1997 Non-Officer Employee Stock Option Plan and (ii) warrants to purchase 30,000 shares of common stock with a purchase price of $7.50 per share and an expiration date of May 16, 2009, issued to an investment banking firm as partial consideration for financial advisory services in connection with strategic opportunities or financing transactions of potential interest to us.

 

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Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, additional information called for by this item is incorporated by reference from our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  See “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”

 

ITEM 13.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the information called for by this item is incorporated by reference from our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”

 

ITEM 14.  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the information called for by this item is incorporated by reference from our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  See “Matters Relating to Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.”

 

PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

Financial Statements and Schedules

 

The Consolidated Financial Statements, together with the reports thereon of our independent registered public accounting firms, are included on the pages indicated below:

 

Report of Grant Thornton LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

Report of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

The following schedule is filed herewith:

 

 

 

Schedule II

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

 

 

Schedules not included have been omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.

 

Exhibits

 

The exhibits required to be filed pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed in the Exhibit Index, which immediately follows the signature page of this report.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:

June 13, 2005

RENTRAK CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/S/ Paul A. Rosenbaum

 

 

Paul A. Rosenbaum

 

 

Chairman of the Board and

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated on June 13, 2005.

 

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:

 

By:

/S/ Mark L. Thoenes

 

 

Mark L. Thoenes

 

Senior Vice President

 

and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Majority of Directors:

 

 

 

By:

/S/ Judith G. Allen

 

 

 

Judith G. Allen, Director

 

 

 

By:

/S/ Cecil D. Andrus

 

 

 

Cecil D. Andrus, Director

 

 

 

By:

/S/ George H. Kuper

 

 

 

George H. Kuper, Director

 

 

 

By:

/S/ Ralph R. Shaw

 

 

 

Ralph R. Shaw, Director

 

 

 

By:

/S/ Stanford C. Stoddard

 

 

 

Stanford C. Stoddard, Director

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith or, if followed by a number in parentheses, are incorporated herein by reference from the corresponding exhibit filed in the report or registration statement identified in the footnotes following this index:

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit Description

 

 

  3.1

 

Restated Articles of Incorporation of Rentrak Corporation as filed on June 10, 2005.

 

 

  3.2

 

1995 Restated Bylaws, as amended to date. (1)

 

 

10.1*

 

1986 Second Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and Forms of Stock Option Agreements. (2)

 

 

10.2*

 

Amendment to 1986 Second Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan dated May 19, 2000. (3)

 

 

10.3*

 

Employment Agreement with Christopher E. Roberts dated November 1, 2002. (4)**

 

 

10.4*

 

The 1997 Equity Participation Plan of Rentrak Corporation, as amended. (5)

 

 

10.5*

 

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under 1997 Equity Participation Plan. (6)

 

 

10.6*

 

Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement under 1997 Equity Participation Plan. (7)

 

 

10.7

 

Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo Bank”) dated July 15, 2002.

 

 

10.8

 

First Amendment, dated July 1, 2003, to Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, dated July 15, 2002.

 

 

10.9

 

Third Amendment, dated January 3, 2005, to Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, dated July 15, 2002.

 

 

10.10

 

Revolving Line of Credit Note, dated January 3, 2005.

 

 

10.11

 

Fourth Amendment, dated February 11, 2005, to Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, dated July 15, 2002.

 

 

10.12*

 

Employment Agreement with Mark L. Thoenes dated January 1, 2001. (8)

 

 

10.13*

 

Employment Agreement with Timothy J. Erwin dated November 1, 2002. (9)**

 

 

10.14

 

Rights Agreement dated as of May 18, 2005, between Rentrak Corporation and U.S. Stock Transfer Corporation. (10)

 

 

10.15*

 

Incentive Stock Option Agreement with Paul A. Rosenbaum dated March 30, 2001. (11)

 

 

10.16*

 

Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement with Paul A. Rosenbaum dated March 30, 2001. (12)

 

 

10.17*

 

Incentive Stock Option Agreement with Paul A. Rosenbaum dated February 9, 2005.

 

 

10.18*

 

Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement with Paul A. Rosenbaum dated February 9, 2005.

 

 

10.19*

 

Employment Agreement with Amir Yazdani dated July 1, 2001. (13)

 

 

10.20*

 

Employment Agreement with Paul A. Rosenbaum dated October 1, 2001. (14)

 

 

10.21*

 

The 1997 Non-Officer Employee Stock Option Plan of Rentrak Corporation. (15)

 

 

10.22*

 

Amendment to the 1997 Non-Officer Employee Stock Option Plan of Rentrak Corporation. (16)

 

 

10.23*

 

Second Amendment to the 1997 Non-Officer Employee Stock Option Plan of Rentrak Corporation. (17)

 

 

10.24*

 

Third Amendment to the 1997 Non-Officer Employee Stock Option Plan of Rentrak Corporation. (18)

 

 

10.25*

 

Letter Agreement between Rentrak Corporation and Disney Enterprises, Inc., dated November 15, 2002. (19)

 

 

10.26*

 

Employment Agreement with Ronald Giambra dated July 1, 2002. (20)

 

 

10.27*

 

Amendment, dated June 1, 2003, to Employment Agreement dated July 1, 2002, between Ronald Giambra and Rentrak Corporation. (22)

 

 

10.28*

 

Amendment No. 2 dated February 10, 2005 to Employment Agreement dated July 1, 2002, between Ronald Giambra and Rentrak Corporation. (28)

 

 

10.29*

 

Separation Agreement and Mutual Release of Claims between Rentrak Corporation and F. Kim Cox dated January 25, 2005. (26)

 

 

10.30*

 

Consulting Agreement between Rentrak Corporation and F. Kim Cox dated January 25, 2005. (27)

 

 

10.31*

 

Employment Agreement between Kenneth M. Papagan and Rentrak Corporation dated January 1, 2004. (23)

 

 

E-1



 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit Description

 

 

10.32*

 

Employment Agreement between Cathy Hetzel and Rentrak Corporation dated March 17, 2004. (24)

 

 

10.33

 

Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 17, 2004, by and among Rentrak Corporation, Selling Shareholders and Mark Cuban. (29)

 

 

10.34*

 

Separation Agreement and Mutual Release between Craig M. Berardi and Rentrak Corporation dated March 17, 2005.

 

 

10.35*

 

Summary of compensation arrangements for non-employee directors of Rentrak Corporation.

 

 

16.1

 

Letter re change in certifying accountant. (25)

 

 

21

 

List of Subsidiaries of Registrant. (30)

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of GRANT THORNTON LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

 

 

99.1

 

Description of Capital Stock of Rentrak Corporation. (21)

 

 


*    Management Contract or Compensatory Plan or Arrangement.

**  Portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidentiality treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(1)

 

Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2001.

(2)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to 1993 Form 10-K filed on June 28, 1993 (File No. 0-15159).

(3)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.30 to 2000 Form 10-K filed on June 29, 2000.

(4)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2003.

(5)

 

10.Filed as Exhibit 10.10 to 2002 Form 10-K filed on June 28, 2002.

(6)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.8 to 2003 Form 10-K filed on June 26, 2003.

(7)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.9 to 2003 Form 10-K filed on June 26, 2003.

(8)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.25 to 2001 Form 10-K filed on June 29, 2001.

(9)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2003.

(10)

 

Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2005.

(11)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.30 to 2001 Form 10-K filed on June 29, 2001.

(12)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.31 to 2001 Form 10-K filed on June 29, 2001.

(13)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q filed on November 13, 2001.

(14)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2002.

(15)

 

Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Form S-8 filed on June 5, 1997.

(16)

 

Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Form S-8 filed on October 29, 1997.

(17)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.31 to 2002 From 10-K filed on June 28, 2002.

(18)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q filed on November 13, 2002.

(19)

 

Filed as Exhibit 99 to Form 8-K filed on November 18, 2002.

(20)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2003.

(21)

 

Filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2005.

(22)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.27 to Form 10-K filed on July 14, 2004.

(23)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.28 to Form 10-K filed on July 14, 2004.

(24)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.29 to Form 10-K filed on July 14, 2004.

(25)

 

Filed as Exhibit 16.1 to Form 8-K filed on August 27, 2004.

(26)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on January 26, 2005.

(27)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed on January 26, 2005.

(28)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on February 15, 2005.

(29)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2005.

(30)

 

Filed as Exhibit 21 to Form 10-K filed on July 14, 2004.

 

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EX-3.1 2 a05-10415_1ex3d1.htm EX-3.1

EXHIBIT 3.1

 

RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF RENTRAK CORPORATION

 

(Adopted June 9, 2005)

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation is Rentrak Corporation and its duration shall be perpetual.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The purpose of this Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the Oregon Business Corporation Act.

 

ARTICLE III

 

This Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares, to be designated respectively Common Stock and Preferred Stock.  None of the shares shall carry preemptive rights.  The total number of shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, the Corporation is authorized to issue is 30,000,000.  The total number of shares of Preferred Stock, $.001 par value per share, the Corporation is authorized to issue is 10,000,000.  The Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series.  The Board of Directors is authorized to fix the number and determine the designation of any such series and to determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued series.  Within the limits and restrictions stated in any resolution of the Board of Directors fixing the number of shares constituting any series, the Board of Directors is further authorized to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series outstanding) the number of shares of any such series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed as provided in the Bylaws and may be changed from time to time by amending the Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Section 1.  Director Liability.  A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its Shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a Director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the Director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its Shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) any unlawful distribution under Section 88 of the Oregon Business Corporations Act, or (iv) for any transaction from which the Director derived any improper personal benefit.  If the Oregon Law is amended after approval by the Shareholders of this article to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of Directors, then the liability of a Director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Oregon General Corporation Law, as so amended.

 

Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the Shareholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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Section 2.  Right to Indemnification.

 

(a)                                  Indemnitees and Indemnified Acts.  Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Director, Officer or employee of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a Director, Officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a Director, Officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Oregon Business Corporations Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide boarder indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a Director, Officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in paragraph (b) hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.  The right to indemnification conferred in this Section shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the Oregon law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a Director or Officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including without limitation service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section or otherwise (hereinafter an “undertaking”).

 

(b)                                 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit.  If a claim under paragraph (a) of this Section is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim.  If successful in whole or in part in any such suit or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit.  In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Oregon law.  Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its Shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Oregon Business Corporations Act, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its Shareholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit.  In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or to such advancement of expenses under this Section or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

 

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(c)                                  Non-Exclusivity of Rights.  The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, this Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaw, agreement, vote of Shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

(d)                                 Insurance.  The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Oregon law.

 

(e)                                  Indemnification of Agents of the Corporation.  The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses, to any agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Section with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of Directors, Officers and employees of the Corporation.

 

DESIGNATION OF TERMS OF SERIES A JUNIOR
PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK

 

Rentrak Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the Oregon Business Corporation Act (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), hereby amends its Articles of Incorporation to designate and adopt, in accordance with the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation, terms for a series of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), with a number of shares, and preferences, limitations and relative rights as follows:

 

Section 1.  Designation and Amount.  The shares of this series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock” (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and the number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock shall be 300,000.  Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion of any outstanding securities issued by the Corporation convertible into Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Section 2.  Dividends and Distributions.

 

2.1                                 Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation ranking prior and superior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Corporation, and of any other stock ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first day of January, April, July, and October in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1.00 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock.  In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of

 

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Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

2.2                                 The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2.1 immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $1.00 per share on the Series A Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

 

2.3                                 Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.  Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest.  Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding.  The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

 

Section 3.  Voting Rights.  The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

 

3.1                                 Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Corporation.  In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

3.2                                 Except as otherwise provided herein, in any other Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock, or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other capital stock of the Corporation having general voting rights shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Corporation.

 

3.3                                 Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by law, holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

 

Section 4.  Certain Restrictions.

 

4.1                                 Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and

 

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distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

 

(a)                                  declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;

 

(b)                                 declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

 

(c)                                  redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (both as to dividends and upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock; or

 

(d)                                 redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

 

4.2                                 The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under Section 4.1, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

 

Section 5.  Reacquired Shares.  Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof.  All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein, in the Articles of Incorporation, or in any other Amendment thereto creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock or as otherwise required by law.

 

Section 6.  Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

 

6.1                                 Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, voluntary or otherwise, no distribution shall be made (1) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have received an amount per share (the “Series A Liquidation Preference”) equal to $100 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, provided that the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of shares of Common Stock, or (2) to the holders of shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.  In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under

 

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the proviso in clause (1) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

6.2                                 In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other classes and series of stock of the Corporation, if any, that rank on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock in respect thereof, then the assets available for such distribution shall be distributed ratably to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of such parity shares in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences.

 

6.3                                 Neither the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with another corporation nor the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into or with the Corporation shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 6.

 

Section 7.  Consolidation, Merger, etc.  In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed into an amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged.  In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

Section 8.  No Redemption.  The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable by the Company.

 

Section 9.  Rank.  The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, junior to all series of any other class of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock, except to the extent that any such other series specifically provides that it shall rank on a parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Section 10.  Amendment.  At any time any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a single class.

 

Section 11.  Fractional Shares.  Series A Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share that shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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EX-10.7 3 a05-10415_1ex10d7.htm EX-10.7

EXHIBIT 10.7

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is entered into as of July 15, 2002, by and between RENTRAK CORPORATION, an Oregon corporation (“Borrower”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”).

 

RECITALS

 

Borrower has requested that Bank extend or continue credit to Borrower as described below, and Bank has agreed to provide such credit to Borrower on the terms and conditions contained herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Bank and Borrower hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

CREDIT TERMS

 

SECTION 1.1.                               LINE OF CREDIT.

 

(a)              Line of Credit.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bank hereby agrees to make advances to Borrower from time to time up to and including July 1, 2003, not to exceed at any time the aggregate principal amount of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000.00) (“Line of Credit”), the proceeds of which shall be used to finance Borrower’s working capital requirements.  Borrower’s obligation to repay advances under the Line of Credit shall be evidenced by a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (“Line of Credit Note”), all terms of which are incorporated herein by this reference.

 

(b)             Borrowing and Repayment.  Borrower may from time to time during the term of the Line of Credit borrow, partially or wholly repay its outstanding borrowings, and reborrow, subject to all of the limitations, terms and conditions contained herein or in the Line of Credit Note; provided however, that the total outstanding borrowings under the Line of Credit shall not at any time exceed the maximum principal amount available thereunder, as set forth above.

 

SECTION 1.2.                               INTEREST/FEES.

 

(a)              Interest.                                The outstanding principal balance of each credit subject hereto shall bear interest at the rate of interest set forth in each promissory note or other instrument executed in connection therewith.

 

(b)             Prime Rate.  The term “Prime Rate” shall mean at any time the rate of interest most recently announced within Bank at its principal office as its Prime Rate, with the understanding that the Prime Rate is one of Bank’s base rates and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto, and is evidenced by the recording thereof in such internal publication or publications as Bank may designate.  Each change in the rate of interest shall become effective on the date each Prime Rate change is announced within Bank.

 

(c)              Computation and Payment.  Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed.  Interest shall be payable at the times and place set forth in each promissory note or other instrument required hereby.

 

(d)             Unused Commitment Fee.  Borrower shall pay to Bank a fee equal to one hundred eighty eight thousands of one percent (0.188%) per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) on the average daily unused amount of the Line of Credit, which fee shall be calculated on

 

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a quarterly basis by Bank and shall be due and payable by Borrower in arrears within thirty (30) days after each billing is sent by Bank.

 

SECTION 1.3.                               COLLATERAL.

 

As security for all indebtedness of Borrower to Bank subject hereto, Borrower hereby grants to Bank security interests of first priority in all Borrower’s accounts receivable and other rights to payment, general intangibles, inventory and equipment.

 

As security for all indebtedness of Borrower to Bank subject hereto, Borrower shall cause 3PF.Com, Inc. and Blowout Video, Inc. to grant to Bank security interests of first priority in all accounts receivable and other rights to payment, general intangibles, inventory and equipment.

 

All of the foregoing shall be evidenced by and subject to the terms of such security agreements, financing statements, deeds of trust and other documents, as Bank shall reasonably require, all in form and substance satisfactory to Bank.  Borrower shall reimburse Bank immediately upon demand for all costs and expenses incurred by Bank in connection with any of the foregoing security, including without limitation, filing and recording fees and costs of appraisals, audits and title insurance.

 

SECTION 1.4.                               GUARANTIES.  All indebtedness of Borrower to Bank shall be guaranteed jointly and severally by 3PF.Com, Inc. and Blowout Video, Inc. in the principal amount of Four Million Five Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($4,535,000.00) each, as evidenced by and subject to the terms of guaranties in form and substance satisfactory to Bank.

 

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to Bank, which representations and warranties shall survive the execution of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect until the full and final payment, and satisfaction and discharge, of all obligations of Borrower to Bank subject to this Agreement.

 

SECTION 2.1.                               LEGAL STATUS.  Borrower is a corporation, duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Oregon, and is qualified or licensed to do business (and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, if applicable) in all jurisdictions in which such qualification or licensing is required or in which the failure to so qualify or to be so licensed could have a material adverse effect on Borrower.

 

SECTION 2.2.                               AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY.  This Agreement and each promissory note, contract, instrument and other document required hereby or at any time hereafter delivered to Bank in connection herewith (collectively, the “Loan Documents”) have been duly authorized, and upon their execution and delivery in accordance with the provisions hereof will constitute legal, valid and binding agreements and obligations of Borrower or the party which executes the same, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

 

SECTION 2.3.                               NO VIOLATION.  The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of each of the Loan Documents do not violate any provision of any law or regulation, or contravene any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of Borrower, or result in any breach of or default under any contract, obligation, indenture or other instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower may be bound.

 

SECTION 2.4.                               LITIGATION.  There are no pending, or to the best of Borrower’s knowledge threatened, actions, claims, investigations, suits or proceedings by or before any governmental authority, arbitrator, court or administrative agency which could have a material adverse effect on the financial

 

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condition or operation of Borrower other than those disclosed by Borrower to Bank in writing prior to the date hereof.

 

SECTION 2.5.                               CORRECTNESS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT.  The financial statement of Borrower dated March 31, 2002, a true copy of which has been delivered by Borrower to Bank prior to the date hereof, (a) is complete and correct and presents fairly the financial condition of Borrower, (b) discloses all liabilities of Borrower that are required to be reflected or reserved against under generally accepted accounting principles, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, and (c) has been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.  Since the date of such financial statement there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition of Borrower, nor has Borrower mortgaged, pledged, granted a security interest in or otherwise encumbered any of its assets or properties except in favor of Bank or as otherwise permitted by Bank in writing.

 

SECTION 2.6.                               INCOME TAX RETURNS.  Borrower has no knowledge of any pending assessments or adjustments of its income tax payable with respect to any year.

 

SECTION 2.7.                               NO SUBORDINATION.  There is no agreement, indenture, contract or instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower may be bound that requires the subordination in right of payment of any of Borrower’s obligations subject to this Agreement to any other obligation of Borrower.

 

SECTION 2.8.                               PERMITS, FRANCHISES.  Borrower possesses, and will hereafter possess, all permits, consents, approvals, franchises and licenses required and rights to all trademarks, trade names, patents, and fictitious names, if any, necessary to enable it to conduct the business in which it is now engaged in compliance with applicable law.

 

SECTION 2.9.                               ERISA.  Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended or recodified from time to time (“ERISA”); Borrower has not violated any provision of any defined employee pension benefit plan (as defined in ERISA) maintained or contributed to by Borrower (each, a “Plan”); no Reportable Event as defined in ERISA has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Plan initiated by Borrower; Borrower has met its minimum funding requirements under ERISA with respect to each Plan; and each Plan will be able to fulfill its benefit obligations as they come due in accordance with the Plan documents and under generally accepted accounting principles.

 

SECTION 2.10.                         OTHER OBLIGATIONS.  Borrower is not in default on any obligation for borrowed money, any purchase money obligation or any other material lease, commitment, contract, instrument or obligation.

 

SECTION 2.11.                         ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.  Except as disclosed by Borrower to Bank in writing prior to the date hereof, Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal or state environmental, hazardous waste, health and safety statutes, and any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, which govern or affect any of Borrower’s operations and/or properties, including without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, and the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, as any of the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.  None of the operations of Borrower is the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action involving a material expenditure is needed to respond to a release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment.  Borrower has no material contingent liability in connection with any release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment.

 

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ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS

 

SECTION 3.1.                               CONDITIONS OF INITIAL EXTENSION OF CREDIT.  The obligation of Bank to extend any credit contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment to Bank’s satisfaction of all of the following conditions:

 

(a)              Approval of Bank Counsel.  All legal matters incidental to the extension of credit by Bank shall be satisfactory to Bank’s counsel.

 

(b)             Documentation.  Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, each of the following, duly executed:

 

(i)

 

This Agreement and each promissory note or other instrument required hereby.

(ii)

 

Corporate Resolution: Borrowing

(iii)

 

Certificate of Incumbency (3)

(iv)

 

Continuing Security Agreement Rights to Payment and Inventory

(v)

 

Security Agreement Equipment

(vi)

 

Exhibit A to UCC1 Financing Statement (3)

(vii)

 

Continuing Guaranty (2)

(viii)

 

Corporate Resolution: Continuing Guaranty (2)

(ix)

 

Third Party Security Agreement Rights To Payment and Inventory (2)

(x)

 

Third Party Security Agreement Equipment (2)

(xi)

 

Corporate Resolution Third Party Collateral (2)

(xii)

 

Acknowledgement of Security Interest (3); for debtor 3PF.COM, INC.

(xiii)

 

Such other documents as Bank may require under any other Section of this Agreement.

 

(c)              Financial Condition.  There shall have been no material adverse change, as determined by Bank, in the financial condition or business of Borrower or any guarantor hereunder, nor any material decline, as determined by Bank, in the market value of any collateral required hereunder or a substantial or material portion of the assets of Borrower or any such guarantor.

 

(d)             Insurance.  Borrower shall have delivered to Bank evidence of insurance coverage on all Borrower’s property, in form, substance, amounts, covering risks and issued by companies satisfactory to Bank, and where required by Bank, with loss payable endorsements in favor of Bank.

 

SECTION 3.2.                               CONDITIONS OF EACH EXTENSION OF CREDIT.  The obligation of Bank to make each extension of credit requested by Borrower hereunder shall be subject to the fulfillment to Bank’s satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)              Compliance.  The representations and warranties contained herein and in each of the other Loan Documents shall be true on and as of the date of the signing of this Agreement and on the date of each extension of credit by Bank pursuant hereto, with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of each such date, and on each such date, no Event of Default as defined herein, and no condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute such an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing or shall exist.

 

(b)             Documentation.  Bank shall have received all additional documents which may be required in connection with such extension of credit.

 

ARTICLE IV

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Borrower covenants that so long as Bank remains committed to extend credit to Borrower pursuant hereto, or any liabilities (whether direct or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated) of Borrower to Bank

 

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under any of the Loan Documents remain outstanding, and until payment in full of all obligations of Borrower subject hereto, Borrower shall, unless Bank otherwise consents in writing:

 

SECTION 4.1.                               PUNCTUAL PAYMENTS.  Punctually pay all principal, interest, fees or other liabilities due under any of the Loan Documents at the times and place and in the manner specified therein.

 

SECTION 4.2.                               ACCOUNTING RECORDS.  Maintain adequate books and records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and permit any representative of Bank, at any reasonable time, to inspect, audit and examine such books and records, to make copies of the same, and to inspect the properties of Borrower.

 

SECTION 4.3.                               FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.  Provide to Bank all of the following, in form and detail satisfactory to Bank:

 

(a)              not later than 90 days after and as of the end of each fiscal year, a copy of the 10K report filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, prepared by a certified public accountant acceptable to Bank;

 

(b)             not later than 45 days after and as of the end of each fiscal quarter, a copy of the 10Q report filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, prepared by a certified public accountant acceptable to Bank:

 

(c)              from time to time such other information as Bank may reasonably request

 

SECTION 4.4.                               COMPLIANCE.  Preserve and maintain all licenses, permits, governmental approvals, rights, privileges and franchises necessary for the conduct of its business; and comply with the provisions of all documents pursuant to which Borrower is organized and/or which govern Borrower’s continued existence and with the requirements of all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental authority applicable to Borrower and/or its business.

 

SECTION 4.5.                               INSURANCE.  Maintain and keep in force insurance of the types and in amounts customarily carried in lines of business similar to that of Borrower, including but not limited to fire, extended coverage, public liability, flood, property damage and workers’ compensation, with all such insurance carried with companies and in amounts satisfactory to Bank, and deliver to Bank from time to time at Bank’s request schedules setting forth all insurance then in effect.

 

SECTION 4.6.                               FACILITIES.  Keep all properties useful or necessary to Borrower’s business in good repair and condition, and from time to time make necessary repairs, renewals and replacements thereto so that such properties shall be fully and efficiently preserved and maintained.

 

SECTION 4.7.                               TAXES AND OTHER LIABILITIES.  Pay and discharge when due any and all indebtedness, obligations, assessments and taxes, both real or personal, including without limitation federal and state income taxes and state and local property taxes and assessments, except such (a) as Borrower may in good faith contest or as to which a bona fide dispute may arise, and (b) for which Borrower has made provision, to Bank’s satisfaction, for eventual payment thereof in the event Borrower is obligated to make such payment.

 

SECTION 4.8.                               LITIGATION.  Promptly give notice in writing to Bank of any litigation pending or threatened against Borrower.

 

SECTION 4.9.                               FINANCIAL CONDITION.  Maintain Borrower’s financial condition as follows using generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and used consistently with prior practices (except to the extent modified by the definitions herein):

 

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(a)              Current Ratio not at any time less than 1.10 to 1.0 determined at each fiscal quarter end, with “Current Ratio” defined as total current assets divided by total current liabilities.

 

(b)             Tangible Net Worth not at any time less than $16,000,000.00 determined at each fiscal quarter end, with “Tangible Net Worth” defined as the aggregate of total stockholders’ equity plus subordinated debt less any intangible assets.

 

(c)              Total Liabilities divided by Tangible Net Worth not at any time greater than 1.50 to 1.0 determined as of each fiscal quarter end, with “Total Liabilities” defined as the aggregate of current liabilities and non-current liabilities less subordinated debt, and with “Tangible Net Worth” as defined above

 

(d)             Net income after taxes not less than $1.00 for fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2002, December 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003.

 

(e)              Net loss for fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2002 not to exceed $100,000.00.  Net loss for fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2002 will exclude expenses related to unamortized fees and a settlement with the former CEO.  The expenses shall not exceed $350,000.00 on a pre-tax basis.

 

(f)                Net income after taxes not less than $1.00 on an year to date basis, determined as of the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2002, December 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003 with expenses for the settlement and unamortized fees to be excluded form year to date net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2002.

 

SECTION 4.10.                         NOTICE TO BANK.  Promptly (but in no event more than five (5) days after the occurrence of each such event or matter) give written notice to Bank in reasonable detail of:  (a) the occurrence of any Event of Default, or any condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default; (b) any change in the name or the organizational structure of Borrower; (c) the occurrence and nature of any Reportable Event or Prohibited Transaction, each as defined in ERISA, or any funding deficiency with respect to any Plan; or (d) any termination or cancellation of any insurance policy which Borrower is required to maintain, or any uninsured or partially uninsured loss through liability or property damage, or through fire, theft or any other cause affecting Borrower’s property.

 

ARTICLE V

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Borrower further covenants that so long as Bank remains committed to extend credit to Borrower pursuant hereto, or any liabilities (whether direct or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated) of Borrower to Bank under any of the Loan Documents remain outstanding, and until payment in full of all obligations of Borrower subject hereto, Borrower will not without Bank’s prior written consent:

 

SECTION 5.1.                               USE OF FUNDS.  Use any of the proceeds of any credit extended hereunder except for the purposes stated in Article I hereof.

 

SECTION 5.2.                               OTHER INDEBTEDNESS.  Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any indebtedness or liabilities resulting from borrowings, loans or advances, whether secured or unsecured, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, joint or several, except (a) the liabilities of Borrower to Bank, and (b) any other liabilities of Borrower existing as of, and disclosed to Bank prior to, the date hereof, and (c) new capital leases or new purchase money security interest financings in any fiscal year in excess of an aggregate of $1,000,000.

 

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SECTION 5.3.                               MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, TRANSFER OF ASSETS.  Merge into or consolidate with any other entity; make any substantial change in the nature of Borrower’s business as conducted as of the date hereof; acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any other entity; nor sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a substantial or material portion of Borrower’s assets except in the ordinary course of its business.

 

SECTION 5.4.                               GUARANTIES.  Guarantee or become liable in any way as surety, endorser (other than as endorser of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business), accommodation endorser or otherwise for, nor pledge or hypothecate any assets of Borrower as security for, any liabilities or obligations of any other person or entity, except any of the foregoing in favor of Bank.

 

SECTION 5.5.                               LOANS, ADVANCES, INVESTMENTS.  Make any loans or advances to or investments in any person or entity, except any of the foregoing existing as of, and disclosed to Bank prior to, the date hereof.

 

SECTION 5.6.                               DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS.  Declare or pay any dividend or distribution either in cash, stock or any other property on Borrower’s stock now or hereafter outstanding.

 

SECTION 5.7.                               PLEDGE OF ASSETS.  Mortgage, pledge, grant or permit to exist a security interest in, or lien upon, all or any portion of Borrower’s assets now owned or hereafter acquired, except any of the foregoing in favor of Bank or which is existing as of, and disclosed to Bank in writing prior to, the date hereof.

 

ARTICLE VI

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

SECTION 6.1.                               The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Agreement:

 

(a)              Borrower shall fail to pay when due any principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Loan Documents.

 

(b)             Any financial statement or certificate furnished to Bank in connection with, or any representation or warranty made by Borrower or any other party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall prove to be incorrect, false or misleading in any material respect when furnished or made.

 

(c)              Any default in the performance of or compliance with any obligation, agreement or other provision contained herein or in any other Loan Document (other than those referred to in subsections (a) and (b) above), and with respect to any such default which by its nature can be cured, such default shall continue for a period of twenty (20) days from its occurrence.

 

(d)             Any default in the payment or performance of any obligation, or any defined event of default, under the terms of any contract or instrument (other than any of the Loan Documents) pursuant to which Borrower or any guarantor hereunder has incurred any debt or other liability to any person or entity, including Bank.

 

(e)              The filing of a notice of judgment lien against Borrower or any guarantor hereunder; or the recording of any abstract of judgment against Borrower or any guarantor hereunder in any county in which Borrower or such guarantor has an interest in real property; or the service of a notice of levy and/or of a writ of attachment or execution, or other like process, against the assets of Borrower or any guarantor hereunder; or the entry of a judgment against Borrower or any guarantor hereunder.

 

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(f)                Borrower or any guarantor hereunder shall become insolvent, or shall suffer or consent to or apply for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator of itself or any of its property, or shall generally fail to pay its debts as they become due, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; Borrower or any guarantor hereunder shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or seeking reorganization, in order to effect a plan or other arrangement with creditors or any other relief under the Bankruptcy Reform Act, Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended or recodified from time to time (“Bankruptcy Code”), or under any state or federal law granting relief to debtors, whether now or hereafter in effect; or any involuntary petition or proceeding pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable state or federal law relating to bankruptcy, reorganization or other relief for debtors is filed or commenced against Borrower or any guarantor hereunder, or Borrower or any such guarantor shall file an answer admitting the jurisdiction of the court and the material allegations of any involuntary petition; or Borrower or any such guarantor shall be adjudicated a bankrupt, or an order for relief shall be entered against Borrower or any such guarantor by any court of competent jurisdiction under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable state or federal law relating to bankruptcy, reorganization or other relief for debtors.

 

(g)             There shall exist or occur any event or condition which Bank in good faith believes impairs, or is substantially likely to impair, the prospect of payment or performance by Borrower of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents.

 

(h)             The death or incapacity of any guarantor hereunder.  The dissolution or liquidation of Borrower or any guarantor hereunder; or Borrower or any such guarantor, or any of its directors, stockholders or members, shall take action seeking to effect the dissolution or liquidation of Borrower or such guarantor.

 

(i)                 Any change in ownership during the term of this Agreement of an aggregate of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common stock of Borrower.

 

SECTION 6.2.                               REMEDIES.  Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default:  (a) all indebtedness of Borrower under each of the Loan Documents, any term thereof to the contrary notwithstanding, shall at Bank’s option and without notice become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of dishonor, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower; (b) the obligation, if any, of Bank to extend any further credit under any of the Loan Documents shall immediately cease and terminate; and (c) Bank shall have all rights, powers and remedies available under each of the Loan Documents, or accorded by law, including without limitation the right to resort to any or all security for any credit subject hereto and to exercise any or all of the rights of a beneficiary or secured party pursuant to applicable law.  All rights, powers and remedies of Bank may be exercised at any time by Bank and from time to time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, are cumulative and not exclusive, and shall be in addition to any other rights, powers or remedies provided by law or equity.

 

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 7.1.                               NO WAIVER.  No delay, failure or discontinuance of Bank in exercising any right, power or remedy under any of the Loan Documents shall affect or operate as a waiver of such right, power or remedy; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude, waive or otherwise affect any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.  Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind by Bank of any breach of or default under any of the Loan Documents must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent set forth in such writing.

 

SECTION 7.2.                               NOTICES.  All notices, requests and demands which any party is required or may desire to give to any other party under any provision of this Agreement must be in writing delivered to each party at the following address:

 

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BORROWER:

 

RENTRAK CORPORATION

 

 

7700 NE Ambassador Pl.

 

 

Portland, Or 97220

 

 

 

BANK:

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

PORTLAND RCBO

 

 

1300 S.W. Fifth Avenue T-13

 

 

Portland, OR 97201

 

or to such other address as any party may designate by written notice to all other parties.  Each such notice, request and demand shall be deemed given or made as follows:  (a) if sent by hand delivery, upon delivery; (b) if sent by mail, upon the earlier of the date of receipt or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mail, first class and postage prepaid; and (c) if sent by telecopy, upon receipt.

 

SECTION 7.3.                               COSTS, EXPENSES AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES.  Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (to include outside counsel fees and all allocated costs of Bank’s in-house counsel), expended or incurred by Bank in connection with (a) the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Bank’s continued administration hereof and thereof, and the preparation of any amendments and waivers hereto and thereto, (b) the enforcement of Bank’s rights and/or the collection of any amounts which become due to Bank under any of the Loan Documents, and (c) the prosecution or defense of any action in any way related to any of the Loan Documents, including without limitation, any action for declaratory relief, whether incurred at the trial or appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding or otherwise, and including any of the foregoing incurred in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding (including without limitation, any adversary proceeding, contested matter or motion brought by Bank or any other person) relating to any Borrower or any other person or entity.

 

SECTION 7.4.                               SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNMENT.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties; provided however, that Borrower may not assign or transfer its interest hereunder without Bank’s prior written consent.  Bank reserves the right to sell, assign, transfer, negotiate or grant participations in all or any part of, or any interest in, Bank’s rights and benefits under each of the Loan Documents.  In connection therewith, Bank may disclose all documents and information which Bank now has or may hereafter acquire relating to any credit subject hereto, Borrower or its business, any guarantor hereunder or the business of such guarantor, or any collateral required hereunder.

 

SECTION 7.5.                               ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement between Borrower and Bank with respect to each credit subject hereto and supersede all prior negotiations, communications, discussions and correspondence concerning the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement may be amended or modified only in writing signed by each party hereto.

 

SECTION 7.6.                               NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES.  This Agreement is made and entered into for the sole protection and benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and no other person or entity shall be a third party beneficiary of, or have any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this Agreement or any other of the Loan Documents to which it is not a party.

 

SECTION 7.7.                               TIME.  Time is of the essence of each and every provision of this Agreement and each other of the Loan Documents.

 

SECTION 7.8.                               SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.  If any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or any remaining provisions of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 7.9.                               COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.10.                         GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon.

 

SECTION 7.11.                         ARBITRATION.

 

(a)              Arbitration.  The parties hereto agree, upon demand by any party, to submit to binding arbitration all claims, disputes and controversies between or among them (and their respective employees, officers, directors, attorneys, and other agents), whether in tort, contract or otherwise arising out of or relating to in any way (i) the loan and related Loan Documents which are the subject of this Agreement and its negotiation, execution, collateralization, administration, repayment, modification, extension, substitution, formation, inducement, enforcement, default or termination; or (ii) requests for additional credit.

 

(b)             Governing Rules.  Any arbitration proceeding will (i) proceed in a location in Oregon selected by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”); (ii) be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9 of the United States Code), notwithstanding any conflicting choice of law provision in any of the documents between the parties; and (iii) be conducted by the AAA, or such other administrator as the parties shall mutually agree upon, in accordance with the AAA’s commercial dispute resolution procedures, unless the claim or counterclaim is at least $1,000,000.00 exclusive of claimed interest, arbitration fees and costs in which case the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the AAA’s optional procedures for large, complex commercial disputes (the commercial dispute resolution procedures or the optional procedures for large, complex commercial disputes to be referred to, as applicable, as the “Rules”).  If there is any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the Rules, the terms and procedures set forth herein shall control.  Any party who fails or refuses to submit to arbitration following a demand by any other party shall bear all costs and expenses incurred by such other party in compelling arbitration of any dispute.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver by any party that is a bank of the protections afforded to it under 12 U.S.C. §91 or any similar applicable state law.

 

(c)              No Waiver of Provisional Remedies, Self-Help and Foreclosure.  The arbitration requirement does not limit the right of any party to (i) foreclose against real or personal property collateral; (ii) exercise self-help remedies relating to collateral or proceeds of collateral such as setoff or repossession; or (iii) obtain provisional or ancillary remedies such as replevin, injunctive relief, attachment or the appointment of a receiver, before during or after the pendency of any arbitration proceeding.  This exclusion does not constitute a waiver of the right or obligation of any party to submit any dispute to arbitration or reference hereunder, including those arising from the exercise of the actions detailed in sections (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph.

 

(d)             Arbitrator Qualifications and Powers.  Any arbitration proceeding in which the amount in controversy is $5,000,000.00 or less will be decided by a single arbitrator selected according to the Rules, and who shall not render an award of greater than $5,000,000.00.  Any dispute in which the amount in controversy exceeds $5,000,000.00 shall be decided by majority vote of a panel of three arbitrators; provided however, that all three arbitrators must actively participate in all hearings and deliberations.  The arbitrator will be a neutral attorney licensed in the State of Oregon or a neutral retired judge of the state or federal judiciary of Oregon, in either case with a minimum of ten years experience in the substantive law applicable to the subject matter of the dispute to be arbitrated.  The arbitrator will determine whether or not an issue is arbitratable and will give effect to the statutes of limitation in determining any claim.  In any arbitration proceeding the arbitrator will decide (by documents only or with a hearing at the arbitrator’s discretion) any pre-hearing motions which are similar to motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim or motions for summary adjudication.  The arbitrator shall resolve all disputes in accordance with the substantive law of Oregon and may grant any remedy or relief that a court of such state could order or grant within the scope hereof and such ancillary relief as is necessary to make effective any award.  The arbitrator shall also have the power to award recovery of all costs and fees, to impose sanctions and to

 

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take such other action as the arbitrator deems necessary to the same extent a judge could pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure or other applicable law.  Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.  The institution and maintenance of an action for judicial relief or pursuit of a provisional or ancillary remedy shall not constitute a waiver of the right of any party, including the plaintiff, to submit the controversy or claim to arbitration if any other party contests such action for judicial relief.

 

(e)              Discovery.  In any arbitration proceeding discovery will be permitted in accordance with the Rules.  All discovery shall be expressly limited to matters directly relevant to the dispute being arbitrated and must be completed no later than 20 days before the hearing date and within 180 days of the filing of the dispute with the AAA.  Any requests for an extension of the discovery periods, or any discovery disputes, will be subject to final determination by the arbitrator upon a showing that the request for discovery is essential for the party’s presentation and that no alternative means for obtaining information is available.

 

(f)                Class Proceedings and Consolidations.  The resolution of any dispute arising pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be determined by a separate arbitration proceeding and such dispute shall not be consolidated with other disputes or included in any class proceeding.

 

(g)             Payment Of Arbitration Costs And Fees.  The arbitrator shall award all costs and expenses of the arbitration proceeding.

 

(h)             Miscellaneous.  To the maximum extent practicable, the AAA, the arbitrators and the parties shall take all action required to conclude any arbitration proceeding within 180 days of the filing of the dispute with the AAA.  No arbitrator or other party to an arbitration proceeding may disclose the existence, content or results thereof, except for disclosures of information by a party required in the ordinary course of its business or by applicable law or regulation.  If more than one agreement for arbitration by or between the parties potentially applies to a dispute, the arbitration provision most directly related to the Loan Documents or the subject matter of the dispute shall control.  This arbitration provision shall survive termination, amendment or expiration of any of the Loan Documents or any relationship between the parties.

 

UNDER OREGON LAW, MOST AGREEMENTS, PROMISES AND COMMITMENTS MADE BY BANK AFTER OCTOBER 3, 1989 CONCERNING LOANS AND OTHER CREDIT EXTENSIONS WHICH ARE NOT FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLDPURPOSES OR SECURED SOLELY BY THE BORROWER’S RESIDENCE MUST BE IN WRITING, EXPRESS CONSIDERATION AND BE SIGNED BY BANK TO BE ENFORCEABLE.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK,

RENTRAK CORPORATION

  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark Thoenes

 

By: 

/s/ Marcus R. Hall

 

Mark Thoenes, Chief Financial Officer

 

Marcus R. Hall

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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EX-10.8 4 a05-10415_1ex10d8.htm EX-10.8

EXHIBIT 10.8

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of July 1, 2003, by and between Rentrak Corporation, an Oregon Corporation (“Borrower”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Borrower is currently indebted to Bank pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Credit Agreement between Borrower and Bank dated as of July 15, 2002, as amended from time to time (“Credit Agreement”).

 

WHEREAS, Bank and Borrower have agreed to certain changes in the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement and have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement to reflect said changes.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

 

1.                                       Section 4.9. (b) is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following substituted therefor:

 

“(b)                           Tangible Net Worth not at any time less than $15,000,000.00 determined at each fiscal quarter end, with “Tangible Net Worth” defined as the aggregate of total stockholders’ equity plus subordinated debt less any intangible assets.”

 

2.                                       Except as specifically provided herein, all terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect, without waiver or modification.  All terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meaning when used in this Amendment.  This Amendment and the Credit Agreement shall be read together, as one document.

 

3.                                       Borrower hereby remakes all representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and reaffirms all covenants set forth therein.  Borrower further certifies that as of the date of this Amendment there exists no Event of Default as defined in the Credit Agreement, nor any condition, act or event which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute any such Event of Default.

 

UNDER OREGON LAW, MOST AGREEMENTS, PROMISES AND COMMITMENTS MADE BY BANK AFTER OCTOBER 3, 1989 CONCERNING LOANS AND OTHER CREDIT EXTENSIONS WHICH ARE NOT FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES OR SECURED SOLELY BY THE BORROWER’S RESIDENCE MUST BE IN WRITING, EXPRESS CONSIDERATION AND BE SIGNED BY BANK TO BE ENFORCEABLE.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK,

Rentrak Corporation

 

  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark Thoenes

 

By:

/s Victoria Vohs

 

 

Mark Thoenes, Chief Financial Officer

 

Victoria Vohs, Vice President

 

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EX-10.9 5 a05-10415_1ex10d9.htm EX-10.9

EXHIBIT 10.9

 

THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of January 3, 2005, by and between RENTRAK CORPORATION, an Oregon corporation (“Borrower”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Borrower is currently indebted to Bank pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Credit Agreement between Borrower and Bank dated as of July 15, 2002, as amended from time to time (“Credit Agreement”).

 

WHEREAS, Bank and Borrower have agreed to certain changes in the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement and have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement to reflect said changes.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

 

1.                                       Section 1.1 (a) is hereby amended (a) by deleting “January 3, 2005” as the last day on which Bank will make advances under the Line of Credit, and by substituting for said date “December 1, 2005,” and (b) by deleting “Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00)” as the maximum principal amount available under the Line of Credit, and by substituting for said amount “Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000.00),” with such changes to be effective upon the execution and delivery to Bank of a promissory note dated as of January 3, 2005 (which promissory note shall replace and be deemed the Revolving Line of Credit Note defined in and made pursuant to the Credit Agreement) and all other contracts, instruments and documents required by Bank to evidence such change.

 

2.                                       In consideration of the changes set forth herein and as a condition to the effectiveness hereof, immediately upon signing this Amendment Borrower shall pay to Bank a non-refundable fee of $7,500.00 due annually.

 

3.                                       Except as specifically provided herein, all terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect, without waiver or modification.  All terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meaning when used in this Amendment.  This Amendment and the Credit Agreement shall be read together, as one document.

 

4.                                       Borrower hereby remakes all representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and reaffirms all covenants set forth therein.  Borrower further certifies that as of the date of this Amendment there exists no Event of Default as defined in the Credit Agreement, nor any condition, act or event which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute any such Event of Default.

 

UNDER OREGON LAW, MOST AGREEMENTS, PROMISES AND COMMITMENTS MADE BY BANK CONCERNING LOANS AND OTHER CREDIT EXTENSIONS WHICH ARE NOT FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES OR SECURED SOLELY BY THE BORROWER’S RESIDENCE MUST BE IN WRITING, EXPRESS CONSIDERATION AND BE SIGNED BY BANK TO BE ENFORCEABLE.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK,

RENTRAK CORPORATION

  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

By:

 /s/ Mark Thoenes

 

By:

/s/ Victoria Vohs

 

Mark Thoenes, Chief Financial Officer

Victoria Vohs, Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT 10.10

 

WELLS FARGO

 

 

 

REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT NOTE

$6,000,000.00

 

 

 

Portland, Oregon  

 

 

 

 

January 3, 2005  

  

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned RENTRAK CORPORATION (“Borrower”) promises to pay to the order of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”) at its office at Portland RCBO, 1300 S. W. Fifth Avenue, Portland, OR 97201, or at such other place as the holder hereof may designate, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, the principal sum of $6,000,000.00, or so much thereof as may be advanced and be outstanding, with interest thereon, to be computed on each advance from the date of its disbursement as set forth herein.

 

1.                                       DEFINITIONS:

 

As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth after each, and any other term defined in this Note shall have the meaning set forth at the place defined:

 

1.1                                 “Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in Oregon are authorized or required by law to close.

 

1.2                                 “Fixed Rate Term” means a period commencing on a Business Day and continuing for 1,2 or 3 months, as designated by Borrower, during which all or a portion of the outstanding principal balance of this Note bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR; provided however, that no Fixed Rate Term may be selected for a principal amount less than $100,000.00; and provided further, that no Fixed Rate Term shall extend beyond the scheduled maturity date hereof. If any Fixed Rate Term would end on a day which is not a Business Day, then such Fixed Rate Term shall be. extended to the next succeeding Business Day.

 

1.3                                 “LIBOR” means the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest whole 1/8 of 1%) determined by dividing Base LIBOR by a percentage equal to 100% less any LIBOR Reserve Percentage.

 

(a)                 “Base LIBOR” means the rate per annum for United States dollar deposits quoted by Bank as the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate, with the understanding that such rate is quoted by Bank for the purpose of calculating effective rates of interest for loans making reference thereto, on the first day of a Fixed Rate Term for delivery of funds on said date for a period of time approximately equal to the number of days in such Fixed Rate Term and in an amount approximately equal to the principal amount to which such Fixed Rate Term applies. Borrower understands and agrees that Bank may base its quotation of the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate upon such offers or other market indicators of the Inter-Bank Market as Bank in its discretion deems appropriate including, but not limited to, the rate offered for U.S. dollar deposits on the London Inter-Bank Market.

 

(b)                “LIBOR Reserve Percentage” means the reserve percentage prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for “Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, as amended), adjusted by Bank for expected changes in such reserve percentage during the applicable Fixed Rate Term.

 

1.4                                 “Prime Rate” means at any time the rate of interest most recently announced within Bank at its principal office as its Prime Rate, with the understanding that the Prime Rate is one of Bank’s base rates and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto, and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publication or publications as Bank may designate.

 

2.                                      INTEREST:

 

2.1                                 Interest. The outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) either (a) at a fluctuating rate per annum .50000% below the Prime Rate in effect from time to time, or (b) at a fixed rate per annum determined by Bank to be 2.00000% above LIBOR in effect on the first day of the applicable Fixed Rate Term. When interest is determined in relation to the Prime Rate, each change in the rate of interest hereunder shall become effective on the date each Prime Rate change is announced within Bank. With respect to each LIBOR selection option selected hereunder, Bank is hereby authorized to note the date, principal amount, interest rate and Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto and any payments made thereon on Bank’s books and records (either manually or by electronic entry) and/or on any schedule attached to this Note, which notations shall be prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information noted.

 

2.2                                 Selection of Interest Rate Options. At any time any portion of this Note bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR, it

 

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may be continued by Borrower at the end of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto so that all or a portion thereof bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate or to LIBOR for a new Fixed Rate Term designated by Borrower. At any time any portion of this Note bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate, Borrower may convert all or a portion thereof so that it bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR for a Fixed Rate Term designated by Borrower. At such time as Borrower requests an advance hereunder or wishes to select a LIBOR option for all or a portion of the outstanding principal balance hereof, and at the end of each Fixed Rate Term, Borrower shall give Bank notice specifying: (a) the interest rate option selected by Borrower; (b) the principal amount subject thereto; and (c) for each LIBOR selection, the length of the applicable Fixed Rate Term. Any such notice may be given by telephone (or such other electronic method as Bank may permit) so long as, with respect to each LIBOR selection, (i) if requested by Bank, Borrower provides to Bank written confirmation thereof not later than 3 Business Days after such notice is given, and (ii) such notice is given to Bank prior to 10:00 a.m. on the first day of the Fixed Rate Term, or at a later time during any Business Day if Bank, at it’s sole option but without obligation to do so, accepts Borrower’s notice and quotes a fixed rate to Borrower. If Borrower does not immediately accept a fixed rate when quoted by Bank, the quoted rate shall expire and any subsequent LIBOR request from Borrower shall be subject to a redetermination by Bank of the applicable fixed rate. If no specific designation of interest is made at the time any advance is requested hereunder or at the end of any Fixed Rate Term, Borrower shall be deemed to have made a Prime Rate interest selection for such advance or the principal amount to which such Fixed Rate Term applied.

 

2.3                                 Taxes and Regulatory Costs. Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand, in addition to any other amounts due or to become due hereunder, any and all (a) withholdings, interest equalization taxes, stamp taxes or other taxes (except income and franchise taxes) imposed by any domestic or foreign governmental authority and related in any manner to LIBOR, and (b) future, supplemental, emergency or other changes in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage, assessment rates imposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or similar requirements or costs imposed by any domestic or foreign governmental authority or resulting from compliance by Bank with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other governmental authority and related in any manner to LIBOR to the extent they are not included in the calculation of LIBOR. In determining which of the foregoing are attributable to any LIBOR option available to Borrower hereunder, any reasonable allocation made by Bank among its operations shall be conclusive and binding upon Borrower.

 

2.4                                 Payment of Interest. Interest accrued on this Note shall be payable on the 1st day of each month, commencing February 1, 2005.

 

2.5                                 Default Interest. From and after the maturity date of this Note, or such earlier date as all principal owing hereunder becomes due and payable by acceleration or otherwise, the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest until paid in full at an increased rate per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) equal to 4% above the rate of interest from time to time applicable to this Note.

 

3.                                      BORROWING AND REPAYMENT:

 

3.1                                 Borrowing and Repayment. Borrower may from time to time during the term of this Note borrow, partially or wholly repay its outstanding borrowings, and reborrow, subject to all of the limitations, terms and conditions of this Note and of the Credit Agreement between Borrower and Bank defined below; provided however, that the total outstanding borrowings under this Note shall not at any time exceed the principal amount stated above. The unpaid principal balance of this obligation at any time shall be the total amounts advanced hereunder by the holder hereof less the amount of principal payments made hereon by or for any Borrower, which balance may be endorsed hereon from time to time by the holder. The outstanding principal balance of this Note shall be due and payable in full on December 1, 2005.

 

3.2                                 Advances. Advances hereunder, to the total amount of the principal sum available hereunder, may be made by the holder at the oral or written request of (a) Mark Thoenes or Paul Rosenbaum or F. Kim Cox, any one acting alone, who are authorized to request advances and direct the disposition of any advances until written notice of the revocation of such authority is received by the holder at the office designated above, or (b) any person, with respect to advances deposited to the credit of any deposit account of any Borrower, which advances, when so deposited, shall be conclusively presumed to have been made to or for the benefit of each Borrower regardless of the fact that persons other than those authorized to request advances may have authority to draw against such account. The holder shall have no obligation to determine whether any person requesting an advance is or has been authorized by any Borrower.

 

3.3                                 Application of Payments. Each payment made on this Note shall be credited first, to any interest then due and second, to the outstanding principal balance hereof. All payments credited to principal shall be applied first, to the outstanding principal balance of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate, if any, and second, to the outstanding principal balance of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR, with such payments applied to the oldest Fixed Rate Term first.

 

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4.                                      PREPAYMENT:

 

4.1                                 Prime Rate. Borrower may prepay principal on any portion of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate at any time, in any amount and without penalty.

 

4.2                                 LIBOR. Borrower may prepay principal on any portion of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR at any time and in the minimum amount of $100,000.00; provided however, that if the outstanding principal balance of such portion of this Note is less than said amount, the minimum prepayment amount shall be the entire outstanding principal balance thereof. In consideration of Bank providing this prepayment option to Borrower, or if any. such portion of this Note shall become due and payable at any time prior to the last day of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto by acceleration or otherwise, Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand a fee which is the sum of the discounted monthly differences for each month from the month of prepayment through the month in which such Fixed Rate Term matures, calculated as follows for each such month:

 

(a)                 Determine the amount of interest which would have accrued each month on the amount prepaid at the interest rate applicable to such amount had it remained outstanding until the last day of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto.

 

(b)                Subtract from the amount determined in (a) above the amount of interest which would have accrued for the same month on the amount prepaid for the remaining term of such Fixed Rate Term at LIBOR in effect on the date of prepayment for new loans made for such term and in a principal amount equal to the amount prepaid.

 

(c)                 If the result obtained in (b) for any month is greater than zero, discount that difference by LIBOR used in (b) above.

 

Each Borrower acknowledges that prepayment of such amount may result in Bank incurring additional costs, expenses and/or liabilities, and that it is difficult to ascertain the full extent of such costs, expenses and/or liabilities. Each Borrower, therefore, agrees to pay the above-described prepayment fee and agrees that said amount represents a reasonable estimate of the prepayment costs, expenses and/or liabilities of Bank. If Borrower fails to pay any prepayment fee when due, the amount of such prepayment fee shall thereafter bear interest until paid at a rate per annum 2.000% above the Prime Rate in effect from time to time (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed). Each change in the rate of interest on any such past due prepayment fee shall become effective on the date each Prime Rate change is announced within Bank.

 

5.                                      EVENTS OF DEFAULT:

 

This Note is made pursuant to and is subject to the terms and conditions of that certain Credit Agreement between Borrower and Bank dated as of July 15, 2002, as amended from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”). Any default in the payment or performance of any obligation under this Note, or any defined event of default under the Credit Agreement, shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Note.

 

6.                                      MISCELLANEOUS:

 

6.1                                 Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the holder of this Note, at the holder’s option, may declare all sums of principal and interest outstanding hereunder to be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, notice of nonperformance, notice of protest, protest or notice of dishonor, all of which are expressly waived by each Borrower, and the obligation, if any, of the holder to extend any further credit hereunder shall immediately cease and terminate. Each Borrower shall pay to the holder immediately upon demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (to include outside counsel fees and all allocated costs of the holder’s in-house counsel), expended or incurred by the holder in connection with the enforcement of the holder’s rights and/or the collection of any amounts which become due to the holder under this Note, and the prosecution or defense of any action in any way related to this Note, including without limitation, any action for declaratory relief, whether incurred at the trial or appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding or otherwise, and including any of the foregoing incurred in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding (including without limitation, any adversary proceeding, contested matter or motion brought by Bank or any other person) relating to any Borrower or any other person or entity.

 

6.2                                 Obligations Joint and Several. Should more than one person or entity sign this Note as a Borrower, the obligations of each such Borrower shall be joint and several.

 

6.3                                 Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon.

 

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UNDER OREGON LAW, MOST AGREEMENTS, PROMISES AND COMMITMENTS MADE BY BANK CONCERNING LOANS AND OTHER CREDIT EXTENSIONS WHICH ARE NOT FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES OR SECURED SOLELY BY THE BORROWER’S RESIDENCE MUST BE IN WRITING, EXPRESS CONSIDERATION AND BE SIGNED BY BANK TO BE ENFORCEABLE.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Note as of the date first written above.

 

RENTRAK CORPORATION

 

By:

/s/ Mark Thoenes

 

 

Mark Thoenes, Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT 10.11

 

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of February 11, 2005, by and between RENTRAK CORPORATION, an Oregon corporation (“Borrower”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Borrower is currently indebted to Bank pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Credit Agreement between Borrower and Bank dated as of July 15, 2002, as amended from time to time (“Credit Agreement”).

 

WHEREAS, Bank and Borrower have agreed to certain changes in the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement and have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement to reflect said changes.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

 

1.                                       Section 4.9 (d) is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following substituted therefor:

 

“(d)                           Net income after taxes not less than $1.00 on an annual basis, determined as of each fiscal year end, and pre-tax profit not less than $1.00 on a quarterly basis, determined as of each fiscal quarter end.”

 

2.                                       Except as specifically provided herein, all terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect, without waiver or modification.  All terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meaning when used in this Amendment.  This Amendment and the Credit Agreement shall be read together, as one document.

 

3.                                       Borrower hereby remakes all representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and reaffirms all covenants set forth therein.  Borrower further certifies that as of the date of this Amendment there exists no Event of Default as defined in the Credit Agreement, nor any condition, act or event which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute any such Event of Default.

 

UNDER OREGON LAW, MOST AGREEMENTS, PROMISES AND COMMITMENTS MADE BY BANK CONCERNING LOANS AND OTHER CREDIT EXTENSIONS WHICH ARE NOT FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES OR SECURED SOLELY BY THE BORROWER’S RESIDENCE MUST BE IN WRITING, EXPRESS CONSIDERATION AND BE SIGNED BY BANK TO BE ENFORCEABLE.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK,

RENTRAK CORPORATION

  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark Thoenes

 

By:

/s/ Victoria Vohs

 

Mark Thoenes

 

Victoria Vohs

Chief Financial Officer

 

Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT 10.17

 

RENTRAK CORPORATION

 

INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, effective as of February 9, 2005, is made by and between Rentrak Corporation, an Oregon corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Company”), and Paul Rosenbaum, an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company (hereinafter referred to as “Employee”):

 

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to afford the Employee the opportunity to purchase shares of its $.001 par value Common Stock; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the 1997 Equity Participation Plan of Rentrak Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Committee appointed to administer the Plan has determined that it would be to the advantage and best interest of the Company and its shareholders to grant the Incentive Stock Option (the “Option”) provided for herein to the Employee as an inducement to remain in the service of the Company and as an incentive for increased efforts during such service;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

GRANT OF OPTION

 

Section 1.1 - - Grant of Option

 

In consideration of the Employee’s agreement to remain in the employ of the Company or its Subsidiaries and for other good and valuable consideration, effective as of the date hereof, the Company irrevocably grants to the Employee an Option to purchase any part or all of an aggregate of 38,092 shares of its $.001 par value Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

Section 1.2 - - Purchase Price

 

The purchase price of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Option shall be $10.50 per share, without commission or other charge, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9.3(a) of the Plan.

 

Section 1.3 - - Consideration to Company

 

In consideration of the granting of this Option by the Company, the Employee agrees to render faithful and efficient services to the Company or a Subsidiary, with such duties and responsibilities as the Company shall from time to time prescribe.  Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Employee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary, or as a director of the Company, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge the Employee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause.

 

Section 1.4 - - Adjustments in Option

 

The Committee shall have authority to make adjustments or take other actions with respect to the Option in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.3 of the Plan; provided, however, that each such adjustment shall be made in such manner as not to constitute a “modification” within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code, unless the Optionee consents to an adjustment which would constitute such a “modification”.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY

 

Section 2.1 - - Commencement of Exercisability

 

(a)                                  Subject to Sections 2.1(b) and 2.3, the Option shall become exercisable in four cumulative installments as follows:

 

(i)                                     The first installment shall consist of 25 percent of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the first anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(ii)                                  The second installment shall consist of 25 percent of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the second anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(iii)                               The third installment shall consist of 25 percent of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the third anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(iv)                              The fourth installment shall consist of 25 percent of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the fourth anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(b)                                 No portion of the Option which is unexercisable at Termination of Employment shall thereafter become exercisable.

 

Section 2.2 - - Duration of Exercisability

 

Once the Option becomes exercisable pursuant to Section 2.1, it shall remain exercisable until it becomes unexercisable under Section 2.3.

 

Section 2.3 - - Expiration of Option

 

The Option may not be exercised to any extent by anyone after the first to occur of the following events:

 

(a)                                  The expiration of seven years from the date the Option was granted; or

 

(b)                                 If the Employee owned (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code), at the time the Option was granted, more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiary or parent corporation thereof (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code), the expiration of five (5) years from the date the Option was granted; or

 

(c)                                  The expiration of one (1) month from the date of the Employee’s voluntary Termination of Employment; or

 

(d)                                 The expiration of three (3) months from the date of the Employee’s Termination of Employment by reason of his retirement or his being discharged not for good cause (for purposes of this Agreement, “good cause” means any act of fraud by the Employee, any act of dishonesty by the Employee involving the Company or its business, the Employee’s conviction of or a plea of nolo contendere to a felony, or the commission of any act in direct or indirect competition with or materially detrimental to the best interests of the Company that is in breach of the Employee’s fiduciary duties to the Company), unless the Employee dies within said three-month period; or

 

(e)                                  The expiration of one (1) year from the date of the Employee’s Termination of Employment by reason of his permanent and total disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code); or

 

(f)                                    The expiration of one (1) year from the date of the Employee’s death; or

 

(g)                                 Immediately following the Employee’s Termination of Employment by reason of being discharged for good cause; or

 

(h)                                 The effective date of either the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, or the acquisition by another corporation or person of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or eighty percent (80%) or more of the Company’s then outstanding voting stock, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, unless

 

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the Committee waives this provision in connection with such transaction.  As soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such merger, consolidation, acquisition, liquidation or dissolution, the Committee shall give the Employee notice of such event if the Option has then neither been fully exercised nor become unexercisable under this Section 2.3.

 

Section 2.4 - - Adjustments to and/or Cancellation of the Option

 

Neither (i) the issuance of additional shares of stock of the Company in exchange for adequate consideration (including services), nor (ii) the conversion of outstanding preferred shares of the Company into Common Stock, shall be deemed to require an adjustment in the shares covered by the Option or in the purchase price of shares subject to the Option pursuant to Section 9.3(a) of the Plan.  In the event the Committee shall determine that an event has occurred affecting the Company such that an adjustment to the Option under Section 9.3(a) of the Plan should be made but that it is not practical or feasible to make such an adjustment, such event shall be deemed a Terminating Event subject to the following paragraph.

 

Subject to Section 9.3(b)(vii) of the Plan, in the event of (a) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company,  (b)  a reorganization, merger, or consolidation of the Company with one or more corporations as a result of which the Company will not be a surviving corporation, (c)  the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company,  (d)  a sale or other transfer of more than eighty percent (80%) of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, or  (e)  the occurrence of an event in accordance with the last sentence of the previous paragraph  (any of such events is herein referred to as a “Terminating Event”), the Committee shall determine whether a provision will be made in connection with the Terminating Event for an appropriate assumption of the Option by, or substitution of appropriate new options covering stock of, a successor corporation employing the Employee or stock of an affiliate of such successor employer corporation .  If the Committee determines that such an appropriate assumption or substitution will be made, the Committee shall give notice of the determination to the Employee and the terms of such assumption or substitution, and any adjustments made  (i)  to the number and kind of shares subject to the Option outstanding under the Plan (or to options issued in substitution therefor),  (ii)  to the Option purchase price and (iii)  to the terms and conditions of the Option, shall be binding upon the Employee.  If the Committee determines that no assumption or substitution will be made, the Committee shall give notice of this determination to the Employee, whereupon the Employee shall have the right for a period of thirty (30) days following the notice to exercise in full or in part the unexercised and unexpired portion of this Option, without regard to the limitation on exercisability specified in Section 2.1(a) above.  Upon the expiration of this thirty (30) day period, the Option shall expire to the extent not earlier exercised.

 

Section 2.5 - - Special Tax Consequences

 

The Employee acknowledges that, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of stock with respect to which “incentive stock options” (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, but without regard to Section 422(d) of the Code), including the Option, are exercisable for the first time by the Employee during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other incentive stock option plans of the Company, any Subsidiary and any parent corporation thereof (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code)) exceeds $100,000, such options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Options to the extent required by Section 422 of the Code.  The Employee further acknowledges that the rule set forth in the preceding sentence shall be applied by taking options into account in the order in which they were granted.  For purposes of these rules, the Fair Market Value of stock shall be determined as of the time the option with respect to such stock is granted.

 

ARTICLE III

 

EXERCISE OF OPTION

 

Section 3.1 - Partial Exercise

 

Any exercisable portion of the Option or the entire Option, if then wholly exercisable, may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to the time when the Option or portion thereof becomes unexercisable under Section 2.3; provided, however, that each partial exercise shall be for not less than 100 shares and shall be for whole shares only.

 

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Section 3.2 - - Manner of Exercise

 

The Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, may be exercised solely by delivery to the Company’s Secretary or his office of all of the following prior to the time when the Option or such portion becomes unexercisable under Section 2.3:

 

(a)                                  A written notice complying with the applicable rules established by the Committee stating that the Option, or a portion thereof, is exercised.  The notice shall be signed by the Employee or other person then entitled to exercise the Option or such portion.

 

(b)                                 Full payment to the Company for the shares with respect to which such Option or portion is exercised, which shall be:

 

(i)                                     In cash; or

 

(ii)                                  With the consent of the Committee, shares of the Company’s Common Stock owned by the Employee, duly endorsed for transfer to the Company, with a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery (and, if acquired from the Company, held for at least six months) equal to the aggregate purchase price of the shares as to which the Option is exercised; or

 

(iii)                               With the consent of the Committee, by delivery of a notice that the Employee has placed a market sell order with a broker with respect to shares of the Company’s Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Option, and that the broker has been directed to pay a sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company in satisfaction of the purchase price of the shares as to which the Option is exercised.

 

(c)                                  A bona fide written representation and agreement, in a form satisfactory to the Committee, signed by the Employee or other person then entitled to exercise such Option or portion as the Committee in its discretion, shall determine is necessary or appropriate to effect compliance with the Securities Act of 1933 and any other federal or state securities laws or regulations.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may require an opinion of counsel acceptable to it to the effect that any subsequent transfer of shares acquired on exercise of the Option does not violate the Securities Act of 1933, and may issue stop-transfer orders covering such shares.  Share certificates evidencing stock issued on exercise of this Option shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the provisions of this subsection (c) and the agreements herein.  The written representation and agreement referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (c) shall, however, not be required if the shares to be issued pursuant to such exercise have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and such registration is then effective in respect of such shares.

 

(d)                                 Full payment to the Company (or other employer corporation) of all amounts which, under federal, state or local tax law, it is required to withhold upon exercise of the Option.  With the consent of the Committee, (i) shares of the Company’s Common Stock owned by the Employee, duly endorsed for transfer, with a Fair Market Value equal to the sums required to be withheld, or (ii) shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable to the Employee upon exercise of the Option with a Fair Market Value equal to the sums required to be withheld, may be used to make all or part of such payment.

 

(e)                                  In the event the Option or portion shall be exercised pursuant to Section 4.1 by any person or persons other than the Employee, appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise the Option.

 

Section 3.3 - - Rights as Shareholder

 

The holder of the Option shall not be, and shall not have any of the rights or privileges of, a shareholder of the Company in respect of any shares purchasable upon the exercise of any part of the Option unless and until certificates representing such shares shall have been issued by the Company to such holder.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

OTHER PROVISIONS

 

Section 4.1 - - Option Not Transferable

 

Neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be sold, pledged, assigned, or transferred in any manner other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless and until such Option has been exercised, or the shares underlying such Option have been issued, and all restrictions applicable to such shares have lapsed. 

 

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Neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Employee or his successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect, except to the extent that such disposition is permitted by the preceding sentence.

 

Section 4.2 - - Shares to Be Reserved

 

The Company shall at all times during the term of the Option reserve and keep available such number of shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Agreement.

 

Section 4.3 - - Notices

 

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary, and any notice to be given to the Employee shall be addressed to him at the address given beneath his signature hereto.  By a notice given pursuant to this Section 4.3, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given.  Any notice which is required to be given to the Employee shall, if the Employee is then deceased, be given to the Employee’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of his status and address by written notice under this Section 4.3.  Any notice shall be deemed duly given when enclosed in a properly sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with postage prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.

 

Section 4.4 - - Titles

 

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

 

Section 4.5 - - Notification of Disposition

 

The Employee shall give prompt notice to the Company of any disposition or other transfer of any shares acquired under this Agreement if such disposition or transfer is made (a) within two (2) years from the date of granting the Option with respect to such shares or (b) within one (1) year after the transfer of such shares to him.  Such notice shall specify the date of such disposition or other transfer and the amount realized, in cash, other property, assumption of indebtedness or other consideration, by the Employee in such disposition or other transfer.

 

Section 4.6 - - Construction

 

This Agreement shall be administered, interpreted and enforced under the internal laws of the State of Oregon without regard to conflicts of laws thereof.

 

Section 4.7- Conformity to Securities Laws

 

The Employee acknowledges that the Plan is intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, including without limitation Rule 16b-3.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Option is granted and may be exercised, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.

 

Section 4.8 - - Incorporation of Terms of Plan and Definitions

 

The terms of the Plan are incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this Agreement.  All capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

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RENTRAK CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Paul Rosenbaum

 

 

 

 

Title:

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

/s/ Paul Rosenbaum

 

 

 

(Paul Rosenbaum)

 

 

 

Address:

c/o 7700 NE Ambassador Place

Portland, OR  97220

 

Employee’s Taxpayer Identification Number: ###-##-####

 

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EX-10.18 9 a05-10415_1ex10d18.htm EX-10.18

EXHIBIT 10.18

 

RENTRAK CORPORATION

 

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, effective as of February 9, 2005, is made by and between Rentrak Corporation, an Oregon corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Company”), and Paul A. Rosenbaum, an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company (hereinafter referred to as “Employee”):

 

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to afford the Employee the opportunity to purchase shares of its $.001 par value Common Stock; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the 1997 Equity Participation Plan of Rentrak Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Committee appointed to administer the Plan has determined that it would be to the advantage and best interest of the Company and its shareholders to grant the Non-Qualified Stock Option (the “Option”) provided for herein to the Employee as an inducement to remain in the service of the Company and as an incentive for increased efforts during such service;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.
GRANT OF OPTION

 

Section 1.1. - Grant of Option

 

In consideration of the Employee’s agreement to remain in the employ of the Company or its Subsidiaries and for other good and valuable consideration, effective as of the date hereof, the Company irrevocably grants to the Employee an Option to purchase any part or all of an aggregate of 36,908 shares of its $.001 par value Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

Section 1.2. - Purchase Price

 

The purchase price of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Option shall be $10.50 per share, without commission or other charge, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9.3(a) of the Plan.

 

Section 1.3. - Consideration to Company

 

In consideration of the granting of this Option by the Company, the Employee agrees to render faithful and efficient services to the Company or a Subsidiary, with such duties and responsibilities as the Company shall from time to time prescribe.  Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Employee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary, or as a director of the Company, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge the Employee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause.

 

Section 1.4. - Adjustments in Option

 

The Committee shall have authority to make adjustments or take other actions with respect to the Option in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.3 of the Plan.

 

ARTICLE II.

PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY

 

Section 2.1. - Commencement of Exercisability

 

(a)                                  Subject to Sections 2.1(b) and 2.3, the Option shall become exercisable in four cumulative installments as follows:

 

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(i)                                     The first installment shall consist of 25 percent of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the first anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(ii)                                  The second installment shall consist of 25 percent of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the second anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(iii)                               The third installment shall consist of 25 percent of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the third anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(iv)                              The fourth installment shall consist of 25 percent of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the fourth anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(b)                                 No portion of the Option which is unexercisable at Termination of Employment shall thereafter become exercisable.

 

Section 2.2. - Duration of Exercisability

 

Once the Option becomes exercisable pursuant to Section 2.1, it shall remain exercisable until it becomes unexercisable under Section 2.3.

 

Section 2.3. - Expiration of Option

 

The Option may not be exercised to any extent by anyone after the first to occur of the following events:

 

(a)                                  The expiration of seven years from the date the Option was granted; or
 

(b)                                 If the Employee owned (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code), at the time the Option was granted, more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiary or parent corporation thereof (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code), the expiration of five (5) years from the date the Option was granted; or

 

(c)                                  The expiration of one (1) month from the date of the Employee’s voluntary Termination of Employment; or
 
(d)                                 The expiration of three (3) months from the date of the Employee’s Termination of Employment by reason of his retirement or his being discharged not for good cause (for purposes of this Agreement, “good cause” means any act of fraud by the Employee, any act of dishonesty by the Employee involving the Company or its business, the Employee’s conviction of or a plea of nolo contendere to a felony, or the commission of any act in direct or indirect competition with or materially detrimental to the best interests of the Company that is in breach of the Employee’s fiduciary duties to the Company), unless the Employee dies within said three-month period; or
 
(e)                                  The expiration of one (1) year from the date of the Employee’s Termination of Employment by reason of his permanent and total disability; or
 
(f)                                    The expiration of one (1) year from the date of the Employee’s death; or
 

(g)                                 Immediately following the Employee’s Termination of Employment by reason of being discharged for good cause; or

 

(h)                                 The effective date of either the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, or the acquisition by another corporation or person of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or eighty percent (80%) or more of the Company’s then outstanding voting stock, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, unless the Committee waives this provision in connection with such transaction.  As soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such merger, consolidation, acquisition, liquidation or dissolution, the Committee shall give the Employee notice of such event if the Option has then neither been fully exercised nor become unexercisable under this Section 2.3.
 

Section 2.4. - Adjustments to and/or Cancellation of the Option

 

Neither  (i)  the issuance of additional shares of stock of the Company in exchange for adequate consideration (including services), nor  (ii)  the conversion of outstanding preferred shares of the Company into Common Stock, shall be deemed to require an adjustment in the shares covered by the Option or in the purchase price of shares subject to the Option pursuant to Section 9.3(a) of the Plan.  In the event the Committee shall determine that an event has occurred affecting the

 

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Company such that an adjustment to the Option under Section 9.3(a) of the Plan should be made but that it is not practical or feasible to make such an adjustment, such event shall be deemed a Terminating Event subject to the following paragraph.
 

Subject to Section 9.3(b)(vii) of the Plan, in the event of  (a)  the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (b)  a reorganization, merger, or consolidation of the Company with one or more corporations as a result of which the Company will not be a surviving corporation, (c)  the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company,  (d)  a sale or other transfer of more than eighty percent (80%) of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, or  (e) the occurrence of an event in accordance with the last sentence of the previous paragraph  (any of such events is herein referred to as a “Terminating Event”), the Committee shall determine whether a provision will be made in connection with the Terminating Event for an appropriate assumption of the Option by or substitution of appropriate new options covering stock of, a successor corporation employing the Employee or stock of an affiliate of such successor employer corporation.  If the Committee determines that such an appropriate assumption or substitution will be made, the Committee shall give notice of the determination to the Employee and the terms of such assumption or substitution, and any adjustments made  (i)  to the number and kind of shares subject to the Option outstanding under the Plan (or to options issued in substitution therefor),  (ii)  to the Option purchase price and (iii) to the terms and conditions of the Option, shall be binding upon the Employee.  If the Committee determines that no assumption or substitution will be made, the Committee shall give notice of this determination to the Employee,  whereupon the Employee shall have the right for a period of thirty (30) days following the notice to exercise in full or in part the unexercised and unexpired portion of this Option without regard to the limitation on exercisability specified in Section 2.1(a) above.  Upon the expiration of this thirty (30) day period, the option shall expire to the extent not earlier exercised.

 

ARTICLE III.
EXERCISE OF OPTION

 

Section 3.1. - Partial Exercise

 

Any exercisable portion of the Option or the entire Option, if then wholly exercisable, may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to the time when the Option or portion thereof becomes unexercisable under Section 2.3; provided, however, that each partial exercise shall be for not less than 100 shares and shall be for whole shares only.

 

Section 3.2. - Manner of Exercise

 

The Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, may be exercised solely by delivery to the Company’s Secretary or his office of all of the following prior to the time when the Option or such portion becomes unexercisable under Section 2.3:

 

(a)                                  A written notice complying with the applicable rules established by the Committee stating that the Option, or a portion thereof, is exercised.  The notice shall be signed by the Employee or other person then entitled to exercise the Option or such portion.
 
(b)                                 Full payment to the Company for the shares with respect to which such Option or portion is exercised, which shall be:
 

(i)  In cash; or

 

(ii)  With the consent of the Committee, shares of the Company’s Common Stock owned by the Employee (and, if acquired from the Company, held for at least six months), duly endorsed for transfer to the Company, with a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery equal to the aggregate purchase price of the shares as to which the Option is exercised; or

 

(iii)  With the consent of the Committee, by delivery of a notice that the Employee has placed a market sell order with a broker with respect to shares of the Company’s Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Option, and that the broker has been directed to pay a sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company in satisfaction of the purchase price of the shares as to which the Option is exercised.

 

(c)                                  A bona fide written representation and agreement, in a form satisfactory to the Committee, signed by the Employee or other person then entitled to exercise such Option or portion, as the Committee in its discretion shall determine is necessary or appropriate to effect compliance with the Securities Act of 1933 and any other federal or state securities laws or regulations.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may require an opinion of counsel acceptable to it to the effect that any subsequent transfer of shares acquired on exercise of the Option does not violate the Securities Act of 1933, and may issue stop-transfer orders covering such shares.  Share certificates evidencing stock issued on exercise of this Option shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the provisions of this subsection (c) and the agreements

 

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herein.  The written representation and agreement referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (c) shall, however, not be required if the shares to be issued pursuant to such exercise have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and such registration is then effective in respect of such shares.
 
(d)                                 Full payment to the Company (or other employer corporation) of all amounts which, under federal, state or local tax law, it is required to withhold upon exercise of the Option.  With the consent of the Committee, (i) shares of the Company’s Common Stock owned by the Employee, duly endorsed for transfer, with a Fair Market Value equal to the sums required to be withheld, or (ii) shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable to the Employee upon exercise of the Option with a Fair Market Value equal to the sums required to be withheld, may be used to make all or part of such payment.
 
(e)                                  In the event the Option or portion shall be exercised pursuant to Section 4.1 by any person or persons other than the Employee, appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise the Option.
 

Section 3.3. - Rights as Shareholder

 

The holder of the Option shall not be, and shall not have any of the rights or privileges of, a shareholder of the Company in respect of any shares purchasable upon the exercise of any part of the Option unless and until certificates representing such shares shall have been issued by the Company to such holder.

 

ARTICLE IV.
OTHER PROVISIONS

 

Section 4.1. - Option Not Transferable

 

Neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be sold, pledged, assigned, or transferred in any manner other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless and until such Option has been exercised, or the shares underlying such Option have been issued, and all restrictions applicable to such shares have lapsed.  Neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Employee or his successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect, except to the extent that such disposition is permitted by the preceding sentence.

 

Section 4.2. - Shares to Be Reserved

 

The Company shall at all times during the term of the Option reserve and keep available such number of shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Agreement.

 

Section 4.3. - Notices

 

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary, and any notice to be given to the Employee shall be addressed to him at the address given beneath his signature hereto.  By a notice given pursuant to this Section 4.3, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given.  Any notice which is required to be given to the Employee shall, if the Employee is then deceased, be given to the Employee’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of his status and address by written notice under this Section 4.3.  Any notice shall be deemed duly given when enclosed in a properly sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with postage prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.

 

Section 4.4. - Titles

 

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

 

Section 4.5.- Construction

 

This Agreement shall be administered, interpreted and enforced under the internal laws of the State of Oregon without regard to choice-of-law principles.

 

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Section 4.6. - Conformity to Securities Laws

 

The Employee acknowledges that the Plan is intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, including without limitation Rule 16b-3.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Option is granted and may be exercised, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.

 

Section 4.7 - Incorporation of Terms of Plan and Definitions

 

The terms of the Plan are incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this Agreement.  All capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

 

RENTRAK CORPORATION

 

 

 

By

/s/ Paul A. Rosenbaum

 

 

 

Paul A. Rosenbaum

 

 

/s/ Paul A. Rosenbaum

 

 

Paul A. Rosenbaum

 

 

Address:

c/o Rentrak Corporation

7700 NE Ambassador Place

Portland, Oregon  97220-1393

 

Employee’s Taxpayer Identification Number:  ###-##-####

 

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EX-10.34 10 a05-10415_1ex10d34.htm EX-10.34

EXHIBIT 10.34

 

SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE

 

The parties to this Separation Agreement and Release (“Agreement”) are Rentrak Corporation (the “Company”) and Craig M. Berardi (“Employee”).  Employee and the Company desire to terminate Employee’s employment on a mutually agreeable basis.  Employee and the Company therefore agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated, effective March 17, 2005.

 

2.                                       After the expiration of seven days after the Company receives this Agreement signed and dated by Employee without Employee revoking it, the Company will pay to Employee as severance to which Employee would not otherwise be entitled a total of $112,500, payable in 18 equal semi-monthly installments and less legally required deductions and withholdings.  The Company will deposit each payment due under this paragraph electronically by electronic funds transfer (EFT) directly into Employee’s designated bank account or financial institution and provide written verification of each EFT to Employee.

 

3.                                       The Company will also pay the same amount it paid during Employee’s employment toward the cost of the premiums for continuation of group health insurance coverage for Employee and Employee’s covered spouse and dependents for the months of April 2005 to and including December 2005, if continuation coverage is elected by Employee.  The Company will provide Employee with written verification of payment of monthly health insurance premiums for the months of April 2005 to and including December 2005.  Thereafter, Employee will be entitled to continue group health insurance coverage at Employee’s own expense in accordance with COBRA.

 

4.                                       In addition to the severance payments, Employee will be paid for all of Employee’s accrued but unused PTO concurrent with the first severance payment installment made by the Company to Employee.

 

5.                                       This Agreement will be enforceable in full, regardless of whether Employee obtains or begins any subsequent employment at any time during the period the Company is obligated to make any payments under this Agreement.  Also, Employee will have no affirmative obligation to seek or obtain subsequent employment during this period.  The Company’s obligation to make any and all payments due under this Agreement will not be construed in any way to be contingent upon Employee’s remaining unemployed for any given period of time.

 

6.                                       The Company will not contest any claim for unemployment insurance benefits by Employee relating to Employee’s employment with the Company.

 

7.                                       If the Company receives a reference request from a prospective employer of Employee, the Company will disclose only Employee’s dates of employment and last position held (Vice President of Operations, Executive Level and Officer of the Company) with the Company.  The Company will also give Employee a letter of reference in the form of attached Exhibit A to this Agreement, signed by Paul Rosenbaum (CEO).  Employee may give this letter to any prospective employer in furtherance of Employee’s seeking new employment.

 

8.                                       Employee and the Company each hereby completely release and forever discharge the other and each of the other’s past, present, and future related entities and each of their respective past, present, and future members, managers, partners, shareholders, officers, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, insurers, successors, and assigns from any and all claims, rights, demands, actions, liabilities, and causes of action of every kind and character, whether known or unknown, matured or unmatured, which either Employee or the Company may now have or has ever had arising from or in any way related to Employee’s employment with the Company, including without limitation the conditions of employment or the termination thereof, whether based on tort, contract (express or implied), other common law, or any federal state or local statute, regulation, ordinance, or other law, including but not limited to, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,

 



 

the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, based on any act or omission prior to Employee’s execution of this Agreement.

 

9.                                       Employee and the Company will treat this Agreement as confidential and will not disclose this Agreement or any of its provisions to any person or entity, except as required by law;  including, without limitation, inclusion of information regarding or a copy of the Agreement in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and publicly available on the SEC’s and the Company’s web sites”; to implement or enforce this Agreement or any provision of it; or, to the extent necessary to receive professional services, to their respective accountants, professional tax preparers, or attorneys.

 

10.                                 Both the Company and Employee specifically deny any liability or wrongdoing whatsoever.  Neither this Agreement nor any of its provisions, terms, or conditions constitute an admission of liability or wrongdoing or may be offered or received in evidence in any action or proceeding as evidence of an admission of liability or wrongdoing.

 

11.                                 If any action is brought to enforce this Agreement or any part of it, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred therein, including all attorney fees and costs on appeal.

 

12.                                 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties.  All agreements, covenants, and representations, express or implied, oral or written, concerning the subject matter of this Agreement are contained in this Agreement.  This is the entire integrated agreement.

 

13.                                 The parties acknowledge that the only consideration for this Agreement is the consideration expressly described herein and that this Agreement has been executed freely and voluntarily without any undue influence or duress.

 

14.                                 This Agreement will be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of Oregon.  Any suit or action relating to this Agreement will be commenced exclusively in the Circuit Court for the County of Multnomah, State of Oregon, or the United States District Court for the District of Oregon and both parties waive the right to change such venue and consent to the jurisdiction of such courts for this purpose.

 

15.                                 The Company hereby advises Employee to consult with an attorney before signing this Agreement, and Employee acknowledges that he was given at least 21 days to consider whether to execute this Agreement.  Employee may revoke this Agreement by written notice delivered to Rita Coe at the Company within seven days following the date Employee signed this Agreement.  If not revoked under the preceding sentence, this Agreement becomes effective and enforceable on the eighth day following the date Employee signed this Agreement.

 

 

/s/ Craig M. Berardi

 

/s/

Paul Rosenbaum for Rentrak Corporation

 

Craig M. Berardi

Paul Rosenbaum

 

CEO & Chairman

 

 

 

 

Date

March 17, 2005

 

Date

March 17, 2005

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

To Whom It may Concern;

 

As CEO and Chairman of Rentrak Corporation, I have known Craig during my four years since I joined Rentrak.  When I arrived at Rentrak I had reviewed my executive staff history and was impressed with Craig’s role in taking control of difficult projects.  Craig was a member of the Executive Management team involved in carrying out the corporate strategy, and his contributions to managing our operations successfully increased the profitability of our core business.  He was given additional operations responsibilities and consistently improved the performance and significantly reduced our operating expenses.  His dedication to the company, working long hours, exceeding revenue projections and reducing expenses has been instrumental to our bottom line.

 

During his eleven years at Rentrak, Craig played a key role in the following areas:

 

                  Three years ago Craig was given operations responsibility for our Home Video Business Intelligence tracking system.  With our IT staff he managed the development of a critical system and was a key contact with the studios in support of the system that has resulted in over $14,000,000 in 80% gross margin revenue.

                  His focus to the bottom-line to increase efficiency and reduce expenses has resulted in a savings to the company of over $1,500,000 in the past four years.

                  As member of the Sarbanes-Oxley Steering Committee, he provided valuable support in assisting our consultants utilizing his knowledge of the overall company operations and his vast experience in controls.

                  Last year Craig managed the rapid transition to outsourcing our distribution after closing our own warehouse.  This has resulted in substantial savings to the company.

                  Craig’s role in an advisory capacity to the prior CEO, helped identify problems with two troubled retail subsidiaries.  During 1996 at the request of the Board and CEO he spent most of that year living in another city negotiating the sale of the assets and lease settlements and closure of the remaining assets of one of these subsidiaries.  His hard work reduced the potential losses by millions of dollars.

                  Craig took on the same role with a second subsidiary helping to eliminate a non-performing asset.

                  Two years ago Craig was given the added responsibility for inventory control and greatly improved an area that was for years problematic.  This resulted in turning unused inventory into one million dollars annual  revenue at 70% gross margin with no overhead.

                  Seven years ago we partnered with a major entertainment company in Quebec for Home Video Distribution.  Craig has managed the support of this partnership since the beginning and we have achieved 300% ROI on our investment.

 

These are a few examples of the vital role Craig has played at helping to improve Rentrak.   I highly recommend Craig in fulfilling an executive operations position.  His many years of management experience and hard work ethics are a tremendous asset.

 

Sincerely

 

 

Paul Rosenbaum

 


EX-10.35 11 a05-10415_1ex10d35.htm EX-10.35

EXHIBIT 10.35

 

Rentrak Corporation

 

Summary of Compensation Arrangements for Non-Employee Directors

 

Each non-employee director of Rentrak Corporation (“Rentrak”) receives an annual retainer of $20,000; non-employee directors who serve on the Audit Committee receive an additional retainer of $2,500.  Non-employee directors are also paid $500 for each board meeting they attend in person or by telephone conference call.  Each director who serves on a board committee is paid $500 for attending each in-person or telephone conference committee meeting.  Rentrak also reimburses directors for their travel expenses for each meeting attended in person.

 

Under Rentrak’s 1997 Equity Participation Plan, each non-employee director receives an automatic grant, at the beginning of each fiscal year, of a stock option exercisable for 10 years, subject to earlier termination if the director ceases to be a director.  The option entitles the director to purchase 10,000 shares of Rentrak common stock at a purchase price equal to the fair market value of Rentrak’s stock on the date of grant and becomes exercisable in full one year after the date of grant.  Each chair of a board committee simultaneously receives an option to purchase an additional 2,500 shares on the same terms.

 

1


EX-23.1 12 a05-10415_1ex23d1.htm EX-23.1

EXHIBIT 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We have issued our reports dated May 20, 2005, accompanying the consolidated financial statements and schedule and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the Annual Report of Rentrak Corporation on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2005.  We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statements of Rentrak Corporation on Forms S-8 (File Nos. 33-44865, 333-28565, 333-39021, 333-62523, 333-110781 and
333-110782).

 

 

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

 

Portland, Oregon

June 13, 2005

 


EX-23.2 13 a05-10415_1ex23d2.htm EX-23.2

EXHIBIT 23.2

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Directors

Rentrak Corporation:

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 33-44865, 333-28565, 333-39021, 333-62523,
333-110781 and 333-110782) on Forms S-8 of Rentrak Corporation of our report dated July 9, 2004, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of Rentrak Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2004, and the related consolidated financial statement schedule, which report appears in the March 31, 2005 annual report on Form 10-K of Rentrak Corporation.

 

As discussed in Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company has restated the consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows and the related consolidated financial statement schedule for the year ended March 31, 2003.

 

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Portland, Oregon

June 9, 2005

 


EX-31.1 14 a05-10415_1ex31d1.htm EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR RULE 15d-14(a)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

I, Paul A. Rosenbaum, certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Rentrak Corporation;

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)          Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)         Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)          Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)         Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)          All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)         Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: June 13, 2005

 

By:

/s/ Paul A. Rosenbaum

 

Paul A. Rosenbaum

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

Rentrak Corporation

 


EX-31.2 15 a05-10415_1ex31d2.htm EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULE 13a-14(a)

 

I, Mark L. Thoenes, certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Rentrak Corporation;

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)          Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)         Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)          Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)         Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)          All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)         Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: June 13, 2005

 

By:

/s/ Mark L. Thoenes

 

Mark L. Thoenes

Senior Vice President

And Chief Financial Officer

Rentrak Corporation

 


EX-32.1 16 a05-10415_1ex32d1.htm EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(b) OR RULE 15d-14(b)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Rentrak Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Paul A. Rosenbaum, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul A. Rosenbaum

 

Paul A. Rosenbaum

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

Rentrak Corporation

June 13, 2005

 


EX-32.2 17 a05-10415_1ex32d2.htm EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(b) OR RULE 15d-14(b)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Rentrak Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Mark L. Thoenes, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark L. Thoenes

 

Mark L. Thoenes

Senior Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

Rentrak Corporation

June 13, 2005

 


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