Gaia Earnings 2020-09-30

1. Organization, Nature of Operations, and Principles of Consolidation

Gaia, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of Colorado on July 7, 1988, and operates a global digital video subscription service and on-line community that caters to a unique and underserved member base. Our digital content library includes approximately 8,000 titles, with a growing selection of titles available in Spanish, German and French. Our members have unlimited access to this vast library of inspiring films, cutting edge documentaries, interviews, yoga classes, transformation-related content, and more – 85% of which is exclusively available to our members for digital streaming on most internet-connected devices anytime, anywhere, commercial free.

Our mission is to create a transformational network that empowers a global conscious community. Content on our network is currently curated into four primary channels— Yoga, Transformation, Alternative Healing, and Seeking Truth— and delivered directly to our members through our streaming platform. We develop programming for these channels by producing content in our in-house production studios with a staff of media professionals. This produced and owned content currently represents over 80% of our viewership.  We complement our produced and owned content through long term licensing agreements.

We have prepared the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and they include our accounts and those of our subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods disclosed in this report are not necessarily indicative of future financial results.

There have been no material changes in our significant accounting policies, other than the adoption of accounting pronouncements below, as compared to the significant accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

2. Revenue Recognition

Revenues consist primarily of subscription fees paid by our members. We present revenues net of taxes collected from members. Members are billed in advance and revenues are recognized ratably over the subscription term. Deferred revenue consists of subscription fees collected from members that have not been earned and is recognized ratably over the remaining term of the subscription. We recognize revenue on a net basis for relationships where our partners have the primary relationship, including billing and service delivery, with the member. Payments made to partners to assist in promoting our service on their platforms are expensed as marketing expenses in the period incurred. We do not allow access to our service to be provided as part of a bundle by any of our partners.

3. Equity and Share-Based Compensation

In June 2019, we issued 404,891 shares of Class A common stock as part of the consideration for an acquisition of a complementary streaming platform focused on Alternative Healing. We also issued 79,941 shares of Class A common stock as part of the consideration to acquire over 450 titles of original content that has been integrated into our Alternative Healing channel.

In June 2020, we issued 139,617 shares of Class A common stock as additional consideration for an earnout based on the acquired platform maintaining profitability and exceeding the upper threshold of a member growth target as of June 30, 2020.

During the first nine months of 2020 and 2019, we recognized approximately $1,864,000 and $1,597,000, respectively, of share-based compensation expense. This included $715,000 in additional expense for the shares issued in June 2020 noted above. Total share-based compensation expense is reported in selling and operating expenses and corporate, general and administration expenses on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the first nine months of 2020, 32,200 options were exercised with net proceeds of $181,000. No options were exercised during the first nine months of 2019.

4. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

There were no changes in goodwill for the period from December 31, 2019 through September 30, 2020.

The customer related intangible assets were being amortized on a straight-line basis over 12 months and were fully amortized as of June 30, 2020. Amortization expense was $229,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

5. Debt

On April 26, 2019, we replaced the line of credit of our wholly owned subsidiary Boulder Road LLC (“Boulder Road”) with a $17.0 million mortgage with BDS III Mortgage Capital B LLC, as lender, on the office campus that houses our headquarters.

On September 9, 2020, Boulder Road sold a 50% undivided interest in a portion of the campus to Westside Boulder, LLC. Boulder Road retained a 50% undivided interest in the property as well as full ownership of our studio and production facilities. Boulder Road received consideration of $13.15 million in the transaction. Simultaneously with the closing of the sale, Boulder Road used the sale proceeds, along with the proceeds of a $4 million loan to Gaia from an affiliate of Westside Boulder, to repay all outstanding amounts secured by the mortgage. The $4 million promissory note is unsecured, bears the same interest as the retired mortgage at 5.75% per annum, and is due on the earlier of January 3, 2022 or the date on which the owners of the property finance it through the incurrence of mortgage debt. We recorded a gain on the sale of $6.1 million which is included in Interest and other income (expense), net on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

In connection with the transaction, Boulder Road leased the property pursuant to a master lease for a term extending through September 30, 2030, with two five-year extensions. Gaia guaranteed Boulder Road’s obligations under the master lease. See Note 6 for further discussion related to the accounting for the master lease.

In June 2019, one of our wholly owned subsidiaries issued a $1.45 million secured convertible promissory note as part of the consideration for the platform acquisition discussed in Note 3. This note was converted into 206,542 shares of Class A common stock in June 2020 and cancelled.

6. Leases

As discussed in Note 5, we entered into an operating lease in connection with the sale of a portion of our corporate campus. We record the right to use the underlying asset for the operating lease term as an asset and our obligation to make lease payments as a liability.