UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
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THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013
CMG HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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87-0733770
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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875 North Michigan Avenue
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Chicago, IL
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60611
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant's telephone number including area code(646) 688-6381
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(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasonal issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No x
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No x
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 o No x *
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No x
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the 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 a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or small reporting company. See the definition of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "small reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No x
As of June 28, 2013, the aggregate market value of the Registrant’s voting and none-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of the end of the second quarter of the last fiscal year was approximately: $3,756,498 at $0.01 price per share, based on the closing price on the OTCQB. As of April 15, 2014, there were 290,716,364 shares of common stock of the registrant issued and outstanding.
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Documents Incorporated by Reference: None
* The Company did not furnish the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes from the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T.
CMG HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.
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FORM 10-K
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This annual report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements which include, but are not limited to, statements concerning expectations as to our revenues, expenses, and net income, our growth strategies and plans, the timely development and market acceptance of our products and technologies, the competitive nature of and anticipated growth in our markets, our ability to achieve cost reductions, the status of evolving technologies and their growth potential, the adoption of future industry standards, expectations as to our financing and liquidity requirements and arrangements, the need for additional capital, and other matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates, and projections about our industry, management’s beliefs, and certain assumptions made by it. Words such as “anticipates”, “appears”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes, “seeks”, “estimates”, “may”, “will” and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. These statements, which are included in accordance with the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual results could differ materially and adversely from those results expressed in any forward-looking statements, as a result of various factors. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are based only upon information available as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms “Company”, “Corporate”, “CMGO”, “our”, and “we” refer to CMG Holdings Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
ITEM 1: DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Our History
CMG Holdings Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “CMG”) was incorporated in the State of Nevada on July 30, 2004 under the name of “Pebble Beach Enterprises, Inc.” From the date of incorporation until August 2004, it was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fresh Veg Broker.com, Inc. (“Fresh Veg”), a Nevada corporation. In August 2004, the Company was spun off from Fresh Veg. Until May 27, 2008, the Company was a real estate investment company with three areas of operation: a) real estate acquisition and re-sale; b) real estate development and re-sale; and c) real estate consulting and joint ventures. On February 20, 2008, a majority of the shares of the Company were sold by the shareholders who were actively involved in the Company’s prior real estate business (the “Change in Control”). Also on February 20, 2008, the Company changed its name to “CMG Holdings, Inc.” Since the Change in Control, the Company started to engage in the business of providing marketing, entertainment and management services.
In October 2011, the Company changed its name from “CMG Holdings, Inc.” to its current name “CMG Holdings Group, Inc.” to better reflect the business of the Company.
The Company is a marketing communications company focused on the operation of organizations in the alternative advertising, digital media, experiential and interactive marketing, and entertainment. Our Company was formed by a core group of executives who have held senior level positions with several of the largest companies in the entertainment and marketing management industry. Our Company delivers customized marketing solutions at optimize profitability by concentrating our resources in those segments of the marketing communications and entertainment industry. Our Company operates in the sectors of experiential marketing, event marketing, commercial rights, and talent management.
Experiential marketing includes production and promotion, event designs, sponsorship evaluation, negotiation and activation, talent buying, show production, stage and set designs, data analysis and management. We also offer branding and design services, including graphic, industrial and package designs across traditional and new media, public relations, social media, media development and relations and interactive marketing platforms to provide our clients with a customary private digital media networks to design and develop individual broadcasting digital media channels for our clients to sell, promote and enhance their digital media video contents through mobile, online and social mediums.
Below is the business description of XA, The Experiential Agency, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary.
XA, The Experiential Agency, Inc. (“XA”)
XA, The Experiential Agency, Inc. (“XA”) is the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary engaged in event marketing and management. XA was acquired by the Company on April 1, 2009. It engages in a diverse range of marketing services, including interactive event strategy and planning, creative development, public relations, and nontraditional marketing. XA has staged movie and show premiers, cross country tours, hosted VIP events, staged press stunts, and other types of media events and services for leading shows, production houses, non-profit agencies and local communities across the United States. In addition to the physical event planning, logistics and event implementation, XA also engages in the interactive side of the events to increase branding awareness over the Internet.=
XA’s strong competitive advantage are (i) its long-term presence and it is in its 25th year as a successful top tier event marketing agency, (ii) its outstanding long-term vendor relationships that help deliver exceptional programs to its clients, and (iii) the vertical integration that gives its clients a single-source for all their event marketing needs, which we believe will require less outsourcing and increased profitability and delivering superior customer service and creates one-of-a-kind events and programs.
Rooted in brand creativity and client partnerships, XA maintains unique client relationships by anticipating client challenges and providing innovative solutions. The XA business model is taking strategic marketing programs to new levels of audience experience through alternative advertising and experiential marketing and interactive media solutions. The XA marketing capabilities enable their clients and audience to “experience” events compared to just hearing or seeing their client’s messages through holistic experiences to boost sales and increase brand awareness and customer affinity.
While XA continues to seek opportunities and win projects from Fortune 100 clients in the larger enterprise segment, we believes that rapid revenue growth opportunities and margin improvements are available in the comprehensive advisory services of the small to medium enterprise (SME) segment. The SME market has many smaller firms that specialize in only a few aspects of the event marketing and business communications segments, yet SME’s face equally important challenges in terms of brand building and content management. By acting as a comprehensive integrated single source for the total marketing needs of the SMEs, XA has created a niche for itself on a national scale and will replicate the same success strategy internationally under the Company’s holding company model. Given the fact that brand marketers are demanding a full service agency for developing and executing integrated marketing campaigns, we believes that XA will take advantage of the accelerating secular trend of shifts in corporate emphasis toward online event/promotional marketing versus traditional media driven selling efforts. XA is specifically focused on strategically target key segments within the event marketing space in order to capture market share in its existing geographic locations as well as enhance its national and international presence. XA is positioning itself as the one of the few source marketing partners in the market with its unique selling point being the ability to act as a source for the client’s total marketing needs. This would encompass the entire spectrum of services associated with marketing, from strategizing and defining an event portfolio, conceptualization of the event theme and content creation to the final implementation/management of events. XA will also provide an ultimate client return on investment assessment following each implementation.
Market Strategy
We have taken strategic steps to position the Company as a marketing communications company servicing clients in domestic and international markets. We operate in a marketing landscape that has vastly changed over the last few years and continues to fragment as clients are presented with different complex strategies to improve brand awareness and increase market share. To achieve our objectives of providing strategic solutions for our clients, we have recruited talents and have concentrated in high-growth areas to align our capabilities to meet the market demands. In order to grow with our clients, we have accelerated our investment in technologies, professional talent, and provided training throughout our Company. Our market strategy and offerings can improve our organic revenue growth and operating income margin, with our ultimate objective to be fully competitive with our industry peer groups. To increase our revenues and improve our operating margins, we will concentrate on controlling our staff expenses in non-revenue producing capacities, controlling real estate expenses such as office rent, reducing the complexity of our organization and divesting of underperforming business sectors.
Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, XA, an integrated experiential marketing services company, we develop, manage and execute sales promotion programs at both national and local levels, utilizing both online and offline marketing programs. Our programs assist our clients effectively and promote their platforms and services directly to retailers and consumers, and are intended to assist our clients to achieve maximum impact and return on their marketing investment. Our activities reinforce brand awareness, provide incentives to retailers to motivate consumers to purchase their products, and are designed to meet the needs of our clients by focusing on the communities who want to engage brands as part of their lifestyles.
Our revenues are generated through the execution of marketing and communications programs derived primarily across the sectors of event management, talent management and commercial rights as well as various media, planning and other management programs. The majority of our contracts with our clients are negotiated individually and the terms of engagement with our clients and basis in which we earn fees and commissions will vary significantly. Contracts with our client are multifaceted arrangements that may include incentive compensation provisions and may include vendor credits. Our largest clients are corporations where they may arrange for our services to be provided locally or nationally. Similar to larger marketing communications companies operating in our sector, our revenues are primarily derived from planning and executing marketing and communications programs in various operating sectors. Most of our client contracts are individually negotiated where terms of engagements and consideration in which we earn revenues vary among planning, creation, implementation and executions of marketing and communications programs specific to the sectors of talent management, event management, and commercial rights. Several of our clients have complex contract arrangements; therefore, we provide services to our clients from our own offices as well as onsite where the events are held. In arranging for such services, we may enter into national or local agreements and estimates are involved in determining both amount and timing of revenue recognition under these arrangements.
Our fees are calculated to reflect our expertise based on monthly rates as well as mark-up percentages and the relative overhead expenses to execute services provided to our clients. Clients may seek to include incentive compensation components for successful execution as part of the total compensation. Commissions earned are based on services provided and are usually calculated on a percentage over the total revenues generated for our clients. Our revenues can also be generated when clients pay gross rates before we pay reduced rates—the difference is commissions earned which is either retained in total or shared with the client depending on the nature of the services agreement. Our generated revenues are dependent upon the marketing and communications requirements of our corporate clients and dependent on the terms of the client contract. The revenues for services performed can be recognized as proportional performance, monthly basis or execution of the completed contracts. For revenues recognized on a completed contract basis, the contract terms are customary in the industry. Our client contracts generally provide terms for termination by either party on 90-day notice.
In the highly competitive and fragmented marketing and communications industry, our Company competes for business with mid-size marketing firms such as Mktg, Inc. as well as large global holding companies such as International Management Group, Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., MDC Partners, Inc. and Omnicom. These global companies generally have greater resources than those available to us, and such resources may enable them to aggressively compete with our Company’s marketing communications businesses. We also face competition from numerous independent agencies that operate in multiple markets. Our competitive advantage is to provide clients with marketing strategies that are focused on increasing clients’ revenues and profits.
Historically, event management and talent management have been primary service provided by global companies in the marketing communications industry. However, as clients aim to establish individual and enhanced relationships with their customers to more accurately measure the effectiveness of their marketing expenditures, specialized and digital communications services are consuming a growing portion of marketing dollars. This increases the demand for a broader range of marketing communications services. The mass market audience is giving way to life-style segments, social events/networks, and online/mobile communities, with each segment requiring a different message and/or different, often non-traditional, channels of communication. Global marketers now seek innovative strategies, concepts and programs for new opportunities for small to mid-sized communications companies.
The Company serves clients across the marketing communication industry. Marketing agreements and talent representation for our clients means that the Company handles marketing communications and multiple brands, product lines of the client in every geographical location. We have contracts with many of our clients and the terms of the contracts are customary in the industry. These contracts provide for termination by either party on relatively short notice. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Executive Overview” for a further discussion of our arrangements with our clients.
As of December 31, 2013, the Company and its subsidiary had 18 employees. The personal service character of the marketing communications sector, the quality of personnel and executive management are crucially important to the Company’s continuing success.
The company believes it complies with all regulations concerning the discharge of materials into the environment, and such regulations have not had a material effect on the capital expenditures or operations of the company.
Recent Acquisition of Good Gaming
On March 28, 2014, the Company completed its acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of Good Gaming, Inc. (“GGI”) by entering into a Share Exchange Agreement (the “SEA”) with BMB Financial, Inc. and Jackie Beckford, GGI’s shareholders. The owner of BMB Financial, Inc. is also the owner of Infinite Alpha, Inc. which provides consulting services to CMG. Pursuant to the SEA, for 100% of the shares of GGI, CMG paid: 5,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, $33,000 in equipment and consultant compensation and a commitment to pay $200,000 in development costs, of which $50,000 had been advanced by CMG. In addition, the SEA calls for CMG to adopt an incentive plan for GGI pursuant to which the GGI’s officers, directors and employees will receive up to 30% of the net profits of GGI and up to 30% of the proceeds of any sale of GGI or its assets.
The SEA contains representations and warranties from the former GGI shareholders customary for this type of transaction.
GGI is an online gaming portal with a business objective of assisting eSports gamers to hone and elevate their skills so as to enable them to compete at a higher level in amateur thru professional gaming tournaments. GGI plans to provide its targeted market with access to its proprietary membership based eSports web platform. GGI intends to provide a service with a monthly membership fee to its target market comprised of 16-25 year old, single, high school/college level adults with disposable income and more than 10 hours of invested game play weekly.
GGI plans to offer a multiple array of incentive driven tournaments to meet the needs of a varied gaming community. GGI plans to hold signature level season tournament play on a quarterly basis. GGI intends to offer many regularly scheduled tournaments on a weekly and monthly basis which will offer cash and other incentive based prizes. GGI also intends to offer organizational level tournaments for groups of gamers who organize themselves in guilds/teams/clans/parties etc. As GGI grows, it intends to offer community driven tournaments that are structured by gamers and organized groups in which they will determine the prizes, style and nature of the incentives.
GGI intends to produce gaming content that is regularly updated by experienced gamers. This content will cover hundreds of areas, some of which are: gaming skills, macros, play style, nomenclature, terminology, tricks and tips, items, equipment, survival, balance of power and etiquette. This content will be focused on improving the gaming experience while improving the overall skill level of casual and serious gamers. In addition, the content will provide a teaching base to assist gamers achieve higher levels of competitive play with the intent to develop the right candidates for professional level play.
GGI plans to introduce a proprietary matchmaking system code named “Mercenary” that GGI believes can greatly improve upon the linear “ranking” style currently in place in most eSports and competitive games. Mercenary can enable gamers to locate players that not only play at or near their skill level but also their play style and “comp”. Mercenary can also harness the power of community based knowledge to offer a continuing improved gaming experience. Mercenary, as it grows, will teach players so that their strengths and weaknesses do not need to rely solely upon a dubious quantitative value that is left for the gamer to decipher. GGI is planning to make Mercenary applicable across multiple games and platforms to quickly allow matchmaking to occur in the adoption of new games and new content.
GGI plans to actively pursue game designers, publishers, and content providers seeking partnerships and agreements that can produce a win-win scenario for gamers and providers. These agreements will focus on securing exclusive game content for the purpose of improving the GGI community and offering unique content and experiences. GGI plans to offer providers access to a unique demographic of gamers at their disposal for alpha testing, beta testing, feedback, non-traditional gaming exposure, and test content. GGI plans to attempt to foster a cross platform/game concept to consolidate merchandising, pay to play, aesthetic, and advertising content in a cohesive collective. This collective can create unique and new ways for gamers and providers to achieve goals that currently do not exist or are not robust enough to meet the larger needs of the gaming and advertising community.
GGI’s overall goals are to be the one stop internet presence for serious gamers who wish to move beyond the casual gaming moniker and compete in eSports. GGI plans to improve the overall gamers experience through improving their game etiquette, skill set, and mastery techniques suited to higher professional play. GGI while serving the gaming community has the overall desire to close the gap between gamers, providers, advertisers to foster a gaming community that results in a fun, satisfying experience while serving an economic purpose.
GGI currently has five employees, each of whom is involved in the development of its eSports web portal.
CMG believes that GGI currently does not have any direct competition. However, GGI has a number of indirect competitors which offer eSports content and information related to competitive gaming focused around specific game titles or consoles. These indirect competitors include: Skill Capped, Major League Gaming, Curse, MMO Champion, LOL King and MOBAfire.
AudioEye Separation and Spin-off
On March 23, 2010 the Company entered into a share exchange agreement with the former stockholders of AudioEye, Inc. (hereinafter “AE”) whereby AE became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and the former stockholders of AE retained rights (the “Rights”) to receive cash from the exploitation of AE’s technology. These Rights consisted of 50% of any cash received from income earned, settlements or judgments directly resulting from AE’s patent strategy, net of any direct costs or tax implications incurred in payment of the patent strategy. Additionally, the holders of the Rights were entitled to a share of AE’s net income for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 based on a specified formula. The holders of the Rights have contributed the Rights to AEAC in exchange for shares of AEAC. The Company also had issued Senior Secured Notes (the “AE Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $1,075,000 to such former shareholders of AE, which were secured by all of the assets of the Company, including AE. There was a significant risk that unless the AE Notes were kept current and serviced, the holders of the AE Notes would foreclose and take possession of AE or its assets.
On June 22, 2011, the Company entered into a Master Agreement (the “Master Agreement”) with AudioEye Acquisition Corporation (“AEAC”) pursuant to which: (i) the stockholders of AEAC would acquire from the Company 80% of the capital stock of AE (the “Separation”) and (ii) the Company distributed to its stockholders, in the form of a dividend, 5% of the capital stock of AE (the “Spin-off”). Pursuant to the Master Agreement, as amended, AEAC also released the Company from its obligations under the AE Notes. In connection with the release of the Company under the AE Notes, effective August 15, 2012, the Company completed the Separation. On February 22, 2013, the Company completed the Spin-off by distributing a total of 1,500,259 shares of AE common stock to its shareholders on the record date of October 26, 2012 on a pro rata basis after the SEC declared the registration statement on Form S-1 filed by AE effective on January 19, 2013. As a result of the foregoing transactions, the Company retained a total of 4,500,874 shares of AE common stock.
Also in connection with the Separation, the Company entered into a Royalty Agreement with AE, pursuant to which for a period of five years, AE would pay to the Company 10% of cash received from income earned or settlements on judgments directly resulting from AE’s patent enforcement and licensing strategy, whether received by AE or any of AE’s affiliates, net in either case of any direct costs or tax implications incurred in pursuit of such strategy as they relate to the patents described in the Master Agreement. Additionally, the Company entered into a Services Agreement with AE whereby, without duplication to the amounts payable under the Royalty Agreement, for a period of 5 years, the Company shall receive a commission of 7.5% of all revenues received by AE after the Separation from all business, clients or other sources of revenue procured by the Company or its employees, officers or subsidiaries and directed to AE and 10% of net revenues obtained from a specified customer.
On August 1, 2013, the Company and AE entered into a Call Option Agreement (“AE Call Option”), where the Company granted AE the rights to purchase from AE up to 4,500,874 shares of AE common stock that the Company held. The AE Call Option was amended later on August 30, 2013, September 14, 2013, November 7, 2013 and November 25, 2013 and December 16, 2013, where the option granted under the AE Call Option was amended to reflect the new exercise price and the extended expiration date of March 31, 2014.
In addition, pursuant to the AE Call Option, on November 12, 2013, the Company agreed to terminate the Royalty Agreement in consideration for cash payment of $85,000 from AE.
On December 30, 2013, AE repurchased from the Company a total of 2,184,583 shares of AE common stock owned by the Company for the following consideration: (i) cash payment of $573,022 and (ii) release of Good Gaming, Inc.’s obligation to AE in connection with a $50,000 accounts payable.
Recent Development
Alan Morell Separation Agreement and Release Amendment
Alan Morell (“Morell”) served as the Company’s former CEO and Chairman from February 2008 through September 26, 2012. The Company entered into a Separation Agreement and Release with Morell on September 27, 2012, where the Company issued Morell two convertible promissory notes in the respective principal amount of $525,000 and $112,000 (the “Morell Notes”). On June 26, 2013, the Company entered into the Modification Separation Agreement Release with Morell (the “Morell Separation Amendment”), where Morell agreed that the Morell Notes would be converted into a total of 2,800,000 shares of Common Stock and the Company agreed that Morell may remove restrictive legend on his beneficially owned securities subject to a monthly leak-out of 5% of his total ownership. The Company and Morell agreed to mutually release each other and not to sue or prosecute any disagreements that have arisen between the Company and Morell.
Settlement with Ennis et al.
James J. Ennis (“Ennis”) and Michael Vandetty (“Vandetty”) served as the Company’s directors and officers from February 2008 through November 26, 2012 when holders of approximately 55% of the Company’s Common Stock acted by written consent removed Ennis and Vandetty from their positions.
On December 18, 2012, the Company entered into Mutual Separation and Release Agreements (the “Separation Agreements”) with Ennis and Vandetty pursuant to which each of Ennis and Vandetty resigned each of their positions with the Company, agreed to termination of their employment agreements, agreed to lockup provisions as provided in the Lockup Agreements (the “Ennis Lockup Agreements”) with respect to their Company shares and shares of AudioEye, Inc. and each received 45% of the stock of the Company’s UsaveNJ, Inc. and UsaveNJ, Inc. subsidiaries.
On August 3, 2013, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement and Releases with Ennis, Vandetty, Scott Baily (“Baily”), Martin Boyle (“Boyle”), Hudson Capital Advisors (“Hudson” together with Ennis, Vandetty, Baily and Boyle, referred to as “Ennis Parties”), where Ennis, Vandetty, Baily, Boyle, Hudson agreed to return to the Company a total of 33,846,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (including a total of 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock issued to Connied, Inc. and later assigned to Vandetty) for cancellation without any monetary payment by the Company. Ennis Parties and the Company agreed that the Separation Agreements and the Ennis Lockup Agreements were terminated and be of no further effect. The Company and Ennis Parties agreed to mutually release each other and not to sue or prosecute any disagreements that have arisen between the Company and Ennis Parties.
Connied Termination and Releases Agreement
On August 3, 2013, the Company entered into a Termination Agreement and Releases with Connied, Inc., a successor in interest to Continental Investment Group, Inc. (collectively referred to as “Connied”), pursuant to which (i) the Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated March 31, 2011, where the Company agreed to issue 50,000 shares of its Series B Preferred Stock in exchange for 20,000 cartoon animated Cels sold by Connied (the “Connied SPA”) was terminated, (ii) a note of the Company in the principal amount of $85,000 issued to Connied was canceled, (iii) Connied agreed to disclaim any right or title to a purportedly owned 2.5 million shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The Company and Connied also agreed to mutually release each other and not to sue or prosecute any disagreements that have arisen between the Company and Connied.
Repayment of Notes
Repayment of Asher Notes
The Company issued and sold to Asher Enterprises, Inc. (“Asher”) a convertible promissory note of principal amount of $32,500 on October 16, 2012 and another convertible promissory note of the principal amount of $53,000 in May 2013. On April 25, 2013, Asher converted $15,000 of the note that was issued in October 2012 into an aggregate of 4,285,714 shares of Common Stock. On November 26, 2013, the Company repaid the above mentioned two notes in the total amount of $71,002.66 as principal and accrued interest.
Repayment of Infinite Alpha Notes
The Company issued and sold to Infinite Alpha Inc. a promissory note of principal amount of $51,500. On December 31, 2013, the Company repaid such note in the total amount of $61,800 as principal and accrued interest.
Repayment of Continental Equities Notes
The Company issued and sold to Continental Equities, LLC. in September 2012 a convertible promissory note of principal amount of $50,000 and another convertible promissory note of the principal amount of $20,000. On November 14, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the Company repaid the referenced two notes in the respective amount of $55,000 and $29,000 as principal and accrued interest.
Disclosure in response to this item is not required of a smaller reporting company.
Disclosure in response to this item is not required of a smaller reporting company.
ITEM 2: DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
The Company’s headquarter is at XA’s headquarter located at 875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2929, Chicago, IL 60611. The Company pays a monthly lease is $12,000. The lease will expire in 2022.
The Company, through XA, also has a main sales and marketing office located at 333 Hudson Street, New York NY 10013, 9070. The Company pays a monthly lease of $10,000 and the lease will expire in 2019.
XA also has a satellite office at 515 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071. XA rents such office space on a month-to-month basis at the rent of $129.
We are subject to certain claims and litigation in the ordinary course of business. It is the opinion of management that the outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
On April 21, 2011, the Company was served with a lawsuit that was filed in Clark County, Nevada against the Company by A to Z Holdings, LLC and seven other individuals or entities. The complaint alleges, among other things, that the Company’s Board of Directors did not have the power to designate series A and B preferred stock without amending the articles of incorporation. The complaint also alleges any such amendment would require shareholder approval and filing of a proxy statement. On April 20, 2012, the Company settled with A to Z Holdings, LLC and seven other individuals or entities for $10,000. Such settlement amount was paid in April 2012.
On July 6, 2011, the Company was served with a lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court for the County of Multnomah, Oregon. The complaint alleges breach of contract and entitlement to consulting fees from the Company. The case was settled in 2012 for $30,000 and the settlement amount has not been paid.
ITEM 4: MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
PART II
ITEM 5: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATEDSTOCKHOLDERMATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITYSECURITIES
Our common stock has been quoted on the Over the Counter Markets (OTC) since October 2007 and currently lists at OTCQB which is the middle tier of the OTC Market. OTCQB companies report to the SEC or a U.S. banking regulator, making it easier for investors to identify companies that are current in their reporting obligations. There are no financial qualities standards to be in this middle tier and OTCQB securities such as ours may also be quoted on the FINRA BB. The OTCQB allows investors to easily identify reporting companies traded in the OTC market regardless of where they are quoted. For additional information regarding the Over the Counter Markets (OTC), please refer to the following http://www.otcmarkets.com/home.
Our symbol is “CMGO.” For the periods indicated, the following table sets forth the high and low bid prices per share of common stock. These prices represent inter-dealer quotations without retail markup, markdown, or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
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First Quarter
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0.01
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0.01
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Second Quarter
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0.01
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0.01
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Third Quarter
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0.02
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0.01
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0.03
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0.01
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FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012
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First Quarter
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0.02
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0.0048
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Second Quarter
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0.04
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0.01
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Third Quarter
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0.04
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0.02
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0.03
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0.0066
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Holders of Shares of Common Stock
The Company has authorized 450,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $.001 per share. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had 283,694,364 shares of common stock of the registrant issued and outstanding. As of December 31, 2013, there were approximately 197 stockholders of record of our common stock. This stockholder of record total number does not reflect full amount of shares held beneficially or those shares held in “street” name. It is anticipated that the number of stockholders may increase if the total amount of stockholders that own shares held beneficially or those held in “street” name.
Dividend Policy
We did not pay cash dividends in the past, nor do we expect to pay cash dividends for the foreseeable future. We anticipate that earnings, if any, will be retained for the development of our business.
On February 22, 2013, the Company completed the distribution a total of 1,500,259 shares of AudioEye’s common stock as dividend to the Company shareholders on the record date of October 26, 2012 on a pro rata basis after the SEC declared the registration statement on Form S-1 filed by AudioEye effective on January 19, 2013. For more details of the referenced distribution, please refer to Item 1, the section under “AudioEye Separation and Spin-off” thereof.
Preferred Stock
The Company has 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized with a par value of $.001. As of December 31, 2013, there was no share of preferred stock issued or outstanding.
Transfer Agent
The Company’s transfer agent and registrar of the common stock is Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc. 3200 Cherry Creek Dr. South Suite 430 Denver, CO 80209. (303) 282-4800.
Notes and Loans
Asher Notes
The Company issued and sold to Asher Enterprises, Inc. a convertible promissory note of principal amount of $32,500 on October 16, 2012 and another convertible promissory note of the principal amount of $53,000 in May 2013. On April 25, 2013, Asher converted $15,000 of the note issued to it in October 2012. On November 25, 2013, the Company repaid the remaining balance of the two notes in the total amount of $71,002.66 as principal and accrued interest.
Infinite Alpha Notes
The Company issued and sold to Infinite Alpha Inc. a promissory note of principal amount of $51,500. On December 31, 2013, the Company repaid such note in the total amount of $61,800 as principal and accrued interest.
Continental Equities Notes
The Company issued and sold to Continental Equities, LLC. in September 2012 a convertible promissory note of principal amount of $50,000 and another convertible promissory note of the principal amount of $20,000. On November 14, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the Company repaid the referenced two notes in the respective amount of $55,000 and $29,000 as principal and accrued interest.
On May 12, 2012, the Company modified its July 24, 2011 agreement with Paul Sherman into a $9,943 convertible promissory note bearing interest at 2% and due on May 15, 2013. The convertible promissory note is convertible at a price equal to the close price on the day prior to Paul Sherman’s request for conversion, but not to go below $.001. The Company has not yet repaid the Paul Sherman note.
Warrants
As of the date of this Report, the Company had warrants to purchase a total of 1,798,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding. Among such outstanding warrants, there are Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants, the terms of which are set forth as the following:
Series A Warrants
There were Series A Warrants to purchase a total of 899,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding. Series A Warrants are exercisable within 3 years from issuance and at the exercise price of $0.25 and $0.10. The Company has the right to call the exercise of Series A Warrants after 12 months from the issuance if the Company’s Common Stock is traded at 150% of the warrant exercise price for 10 consecutive days.
Series B Warrants
There were Series B Warrants to purchase a total of 899,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding. Series B Warrants are exercisable within 3 years from issuance and at the exercise price of $0.50 and $0.20. The Company has the right to call the exercise of Series B Warrants after 12 months from the issuance if the Company’s Common Stock is traded at 150% of the warrant exercise price for 10 consecutive days.
Penny Stock Considerations
Because our shares trade at less than $5.00 per share, they are “penny stocks” as that term is generally defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to mean equity securities with a price of less than $5.00. Our shares thus will be subject to rules that impose sales practice and disclosure requirements on broker-dealers who engage in certain transactions involving a penny stock. Under the penny stock regulations, a broker-dealer selling a penny stock to anyone other than an established customer or accredited investor must make a special suitability determination regarding the purchaser and must receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to the sale, unless the broker-dealer is otherwise exempt. Generally, an individual with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $100,000 individually or $300,000 together with his or her spouse is considered an accredited investor. In addition, under the penny stock regulations the broker-dealer is required to deliver, prior to any transaction involving a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prepared by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the penny stock market, unless the broker-dealer or the transaction is otherwise exempt; disclose commissions payable to the broker-dealer and our registered representatives and current bid and offer quotations for the securities; Send monthly statements disclosing recent price information pertaining to the penny stock held in a customer’s account, the account’s value and information regarding the limited market in penny stocks; and make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction, prior to conducting any penny stock transaction in the customer’s account. Because of these regulations, broker-dealers may encounter difficulties in their attempt to sell shares of our common stock, which may affect the ability of selling shareholders or other holders to sell their shares in the secondary market and have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market. These additional sales practice and disclosure requirements could impede the sale of our securities, if our securities become publicly traded. In addition, the liquidity for our securities may be decreased, with a corresponding decrease in the price of our securities. Our shares in all probability will be subject to such penny stock rules and our shareholders will, in all likelihood, find it difficult to sell their securities.
Unregistered Sales Of Equity Securities and Issuance of Equity Securities And Use Of Proceeds
On April 25, 2013, Asher Enterprises, Inc. (“Asher”) converted $15,000 of the Company’s convertible promissory note that was issued to Asher on October 16, 2012 into a total of 4,285,714 shares of Common Stock.
On June 28, 2013, the Company issued to Alan Morell a total of 2,800,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Modification Separation Agreement Release dated June 26, 2013.
The above issuances of the Company’s securities were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the Company relied on an exemption from registration provided by Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act for such issuance.
Except as disclosed above, all unregistered sales of the Company’s securities have been disclosed on the Company’s current reports on Form 8-K and the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
ITEM 6: SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
As a smaller reporting company, as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), we are not required to provide the information required by this item.
ITEM 7: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013 included with this Form 10-K. The following discussion and analysis provides certain information, which the Company’s management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of the Company’s results of operations and financial condition for the year ended December 31, 2013. The statements contained in this section that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involve risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by, among other things, the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” should” or “anticipates” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy that involve risks and uncertainties. From time to time, we or our representatives have made or may make forward-looking statements, orally or in writing. Such forward-looking statements may be included in our various filings with the SEC, or press releases or oral statements made by or with the approval of our authorized executive officers.
These forward-looking statements, such as statements regarding anticipated future revenues, capital expenditures and other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, involve predictions. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Many important factors affect our ability to achieve our objectives, including, among other things, technological and other developments within a given field, intense and evolving competition, the lack of an “established trading market” for our shares, and our ability to obtain additional financing, as well as other risks detailed from time to time in our public disclosure filings with the SEC.
Executive Summary
References in this Current Report on Form 10-K to “CMG Holdings Group”, “CMG”, the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” for periods prior to the closing of the Reorganization refer to the Registrant, and for periods subsequent to the closing of the Reorganization refer to the Registrant and its subsidiaries. The Company reports its financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) of the United States of America (“US GAAP”). The Company’s objective is to create shareholder value by building market-leading strategies that deliver innovative, value-added marketing communications and strategic consulting to our clients. The company manages the business by monitoring several financial and non-financial performance indicators. The key indicators that we review focus on the areas of revenues and operating expenses. Revenue growth is analyzed by reviewing the components and mix of the growth, including: growth by major geographic location and growth from acquisitions.
Recent Development
XA The Experiential Agency, Inc.
For 25 years, XA has had a strong presence in the experiential advertising industry. Having recently added Ronald Burkhardt as its Executive Chairman and with a strong record of success on behalf of Fortune 500 companies - XA already has a long track record winning competitions against far larger firms due to its innovative thinking and highly-regarded production team - XA is seeking to garner new business in the entertainment, automotive, hospitality and aviation categories, and is already in active discussions with key firms. XA plans to expand by leveraging its blue-chip roster of relationships and adding key staff to grow current business in New York, expand our PR expertise and retainer revenues in our Chicago headquarters office and ramp up and relocate our office in Los Angeles from downtown to West Hollywood, where we will be better positioned to attract TV, entertainment and movie business. XA also plans to seek to open an office in the social and film hotbed of Atlanta where there are key opportunities and key relationship networks.
Mr. Burkhardt began his work with XA by analyzing its existing systems and reporting and has made changes to allow XA to be more dynamic and proactive in order to win more business and serve its clients better. Mr. Burkhardt has developed a strategy for XA to enhance its reputation in the market and to become an “Experiential Planet,” a one-world branding entity where clients can realize all their brand marketing/engagement and outreach objectives.
Already, XA’s preliminary un-audited numbers show that its revenues have increased by approximately 66.67% for the three months ended March 31, 2014 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2013 and its net income have increased by approximately 91.20%. We believe that this trend can continue through the remainder of this year.
In order to grow XA’s business, it is pursuing a series of acquisitions and strategic alliances and has initiated discussions with smaller experiential branding/events companies and social media and digital marketing firms. In addition, XA plans to explore the acquisition of a boutique advertising/branding agency to further XA’s reach as a one-stop shop and broaden our engagement umbrella.
XA also plans to add high-gross margin generating corporate training and video mapping divisions and to establish “XA Custom,” where high-profile celebrities and/or high-net worth individuals can access our unique skill sets for private or personal engagements.
In order to provide better client service, XA is seeking to create/identify creative “swat teams” capable of jumping in quickly to handle excess workloads and to increase our response time in pursuing new opportunities as they arise.
XA plans to launch a multi-media branding campaign to broaden awareness of the XA brand and call attention to its creative leadership in the experiential business. XA has already commenced a weekly email outreach campaign to 5,000 key corporate and meeting event planners in New York, Illinois, California, Georgia, Texas and Florida.
The XA website is being re-designed and re-launched to reflect more modern graphics, new client content, and to make it fully responsive on all platforms, including mobile.
XA has purchased state of the art Apple computers and equipment for its New York office enabling even higher quality work produced at a faster rate. In addition, they are used for video editing, which is a billable profit center.
We expect to finish 2014 stronger than ever, and that these trends and foundational initiatives will lay the groundwork for an even more robust 2015.
Good Gaming Acquisition
On March 28, 2014, the Company completed its acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of Good Gaming, Inc. (“GGI”) by entering into a Share Exchange Agreement (the “SEA”) with BMB Financial, Inc. and Jackie Beckford, GGI’s shareholders. The owner of BMB Financial, Inc. is also the owner of Infinite Alpha, Inc. which provides consulting services to CMG. Pursuant to the SEA, for 100% of the shares of GGI, CMG paid: 5,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, $33,000 in equipment and consultant compensation and a commitment to pay $200,000 in development costs, of which $50,000 had been advanced by CMG. In addition, the SEA calls for CMG to adopt an incentive plan for GGI pursuant to which the GGI’s officers, directors and employees will receive up to 30% of the net profits of GGI and up to 30% of the proceeds of any sale of GGI or its assets.
GGI’s field team has acquired new independently confirmable research showing eSports and competitive gaming is growing at a much faster pace than anticipated. According to Newwzoo BV games market research, eSports viewership is more than doubling on a year over year basis and we have seen that prize pools are increasing even faster in many cases. With the announcement that Wargaming’s signature title "World of Tanks" will invest $10 million into eSports, GGI believes that other companies aside from industry leaders Riot games, Valve, and Ubisoft, are likely to enter the million dollar investment pool as the stakes for eSports grows. As a result, large advertisers are starting to focus on the eSports industry as it offers a platform for reaching increasing numbers of consumers.
Some key statistics that drive our growing optimistic outlook are as follows:
- Over 20% of eSports gamers are big spender’s vs 8% for all gamers.
- Over 90% of eSports gamers spend money on games vs 65% for all gamers.
- The global games market is a $74 billion market and eSports is one of the fastest growing segments
- For the first time, in 2013 Chinese giant Tencent surpassed Activision blizzard in gaming revenues solidifying the diminishing need for large box game development and loosening dependence on Christmas holiday sales patterns.
Newzoo BV, Q4 PC Gaming Trend Report 2013 Report and Q2 Sizing Profiling eSports 2014 Report.
GGI is in the process of researching what it is that gamers want - what their goals, aspirations, and ideas of euphoria tend to be. As of the beginning of 2014, according to Newzoo BV, 163.9 million people in the world, 15.38% of them in the United States, are playing video games often enough for it to be a full-time job. We believe that eSports is not just a growing segment within the gaming industry, but within the much larger entertainment industry. It is not restricted by nationality, political affiliation, or socioeconomic status. eSports principal barrier is a simple one – internet access.
Behind the development of GGI’s web platform, GGI is seeking to access the gaming community. GGI has been seeking and has already signed veteran talent in the gaming community and is broadening its network of veteran and pro players.
GGI recently established a partnership with a leading 3rd party provider of an eSports tournament management system. This partnership will provide a crucial backbone infrastructure for GGI’s proprietary tournament design and has done so at less than 1/10th the cost originally expected due to diligent work by GGI’s IT development team and the innovation of its partner.
GGI anticipates that it will be able to announce key publisher partnerships and agreements in the coming months that can place it near the top of eSports entertainment and solidify its projected membership base.
AudioEye Separation and Spin-off
On August 17, 2012 the Company sold its subsidiary Audio Eye, Inc. The Company will retain 15% of AudioEye, Inc. subject to transfer restrictions in accordance with the Agreement. The Company will distribute to its shareholders, in the form of a dividend, 5% of the capital stock of AudioEye, Inc. AudioEye, Inc. has finalized a Royalty Agreement with the Company to pay to the Company 10% of cash received from income earned, settlements or judgments directly resulting from, AudioEye Inc.’s patent enforcement and licensing strategy. Additionally, AudioEye, Inc. has finalized a Consulting Services Agreement with the Company whereby the Company will receive a commission of not less than 7.5% of all revenues received by AudioEye, Inc. after the closing date from all business, clients or other sources of revenue procured by the Company or its employees, officers or subsidiaries and directed to AudioEye, Inc. and 10% of net revenues obtained from a third party described in the agreement.
On August 21, 2012, the board of directors of the company declared October 26, 2012 as the record date for the dividend of 5% of Audio Eye, Inc. stock. The dividend was paid to the shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 26, 2012 and issued March 22, 2013, when AudioEye completed its registration process and issued the shares to the Company.
As consideration for the sale, the purchaser repaid $1,075,000 of debt previously owed by CMG to the CMGO Investors group. As a result of the sale of AudioEye, the net assets of AudioEye and the related accrued interest of $203,590 were written off during the year ended December 31, 2012. In addition, the Company is currently holding 20% of AudioEye shares with a fair value of $268,750. A gain of $4,339,564 was recorded for the sale of AudioEye for the year ended December 31, 2012 as follows:
Gain on Sale of Audio Eye, Inc.
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Repayment of CMGO Debt
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$
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1,075,000
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Accrued Interest on CMGO Debt
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203,590
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Shares of AudioEye, Inc. Retained
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268,750
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Net Assets of AudioEye, Inc. Sold
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2,792,224
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$
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4,339,564
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As a result of the sale of AudioEye, the Company has its operating results and presented them separately as a discontinued operations for all periods presented. The results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012 only reflect activity of AudioEye up until the finalization of the sale on August 17, 2012.
Year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012
Liquidity and capital resources
As at December 31, 2013, the Company had a cash balance of $476,588 and working capital deficit of $206,544 compared with a cash balance of $238,124 and a working capital deficit of $818,455 at December 31, 2012. The increase in working capital is mainly due to the sale of AudioEye marketable securities and a purchase option for AudioEye shares during the year ended December 31, 2013 for cash totaling $658,022. Additionally, the value of the AudioEye marketable securities increased $489,437 and accrued expenses increased by $268,036 during the year ended December 31, 2013. Increases were partially offset by the repayment of $207,000 in debt and a reduction of approximately $138,849 in derivative liabilities.
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
During the year ended December 31, 2013, cash flows used in operating activities was $317,057 compared with use of $569,822 of cash flow during the year ended December 31, 2012. The increase in cash flow from operating activities is mainly due the increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities during the year ended December 31, 2013.
Cash Flows from Investing Activity
During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized cash proceeds from the sale of trading securities of $658,021, compared to none for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company received proceeds of $104,500 from the issuance of convertible promissory notes payable, compared to $485,640 from the issuance of convertible promissory notes payable and convertible promissory notes payable, related parties, in fiscal 2012. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company made payments of $207,000 on convertible promissory notes payable, compared to $37,000 in payments on notes payable, related parties, in fiscal 2012.
Revenues
The Company had revenues of $7,413,796 in our fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $8,125,196 in fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The decrease in revenues is mainly due to loss of business revenues generated in event marketing operations of XA, The Experiential Agency, Inc.
Cost of Sales
The Company had cost of sales of revenues of $5,296,280 in the year ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $5,792,283 in the year ended December 31, 2012. The decrease in cost of sales is mainly associated to the reduction in event marketing operations of XA, The Experiential Agency, Inc.
Expenses
The Company had total operating expenses of $8,171,643 in the year ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $9,754,802 in the year ended December 31, 2012. The decrease in operating expense is mainly due to a decrease in General and Administrative Expenses of $1,118,055 during the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ending December 31, 2012.
Income
The Company had a net income of $1,194,051 in the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to $2,236,317 in the year ended December 31, 2013. The decrease in net income is mainly due to the Company recognizing $4,339,564 income on the sale of discontinued operations in the year ended December 31, 2012 as compared to $0 in the year ended December 31, 2013. Loss from discontinued operations decreased from ($541,508) for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2013. Gain on extinguishment and forgiveness of liability and debt decreased from $1,517,380 for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $797,732 for the year ended December 31, 2013. Decreases were partially offset by gains on derivative liabilities of $210,180 for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to losses of $547,318 for the year ended December 31, 2012. Realized gains on marketable securities were $524,689 for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2012 and unrealized gains on marketable securities were $622,769 for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2012. Additionally, interest expense decreased to $255,845 for the year ended December 31, 2013, compared $907,916 for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Capital Resources
At December 31, 2013, we had assets totaling $1,596,248, compared to $768,675 at December 31, 2012. Assets at December 31, 2013 consisted primarily of cash of $476,588, marketable securities of $764,088, accounts receivable of $287,094 and other current assets of $8,400.
Liabilities
Our liabilities at December 31, 2013 totaled $1,742,714, compare to $2,285,758 at December 31, 2012. Liabilities at December 31, 2013 consisted primarily of $486,875 of deferred compensation, $593,710 in accrued liabilities, $627,695 in accounts payable and $34,434 in other short term liabilities including convertible notes, derivative liabilities and deferred income.
Going Concern
Our independent registered accounting firm has expressed doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Because we have a working capital deficit and recurring net losses, our independent registered accounting firm has included in their report for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, an uncertainty with respect to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
For all periods following closing under the Reorganization Agreement, the Company intends to prepare consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, which will be prepared in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. During the preparation of the financial statements the Company will be required to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, the Company will evaluate its estimates and judgments, including those related to sales, returns, pricing concessions, bad debts, inventories, investments, fixed assets, intangible assets, income taxes and other contingencies. The Company intends to base its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes are reasonable under current conditions. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. In response to the SEC’s Release No. 33-8040, “Cautionary Advice Regarding Disclosure About Critical Accounting Policy,” the Registrant identified the most critical accounting principles upon which its financial status depends. The Registrant determined that those critical accounting principles are related to the use of estimates, revenue recognition, income tax and impairment of intangibles and other long-lived assets. The Company presents these accounting policies in the relevant sections in this management’s discussion and analysis, including the Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements discussed below.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenues generated from clients are subject to contracts requiring the Company to provide services within specified time periods generally ranging up to twelve months. As a result, we have projects in process at various stages of completion on any given date and stages may extend from one quarter to the next quarter and from one year to the next year. Revenue for our services is recognized when the following criteria are satisfied: evidence of an arrangement exists; price is agreed upon at a fixed or determinable agreement level; services have been performed and collection is assured. Depending on terms of a client contract, fees for services performed can be recognized in three principal ways: individual project performances as is such in our event marketing division, monthly base retainers in our public relations, consulting or talent management division, and completed contracts were the Company work is based on success fee of the engagement and paid a percentage of the revenue generated by our clients. Depending on the terms of the client contract, revenue is derived from arrangements involving fees for services performed, commissions, performance or a combinations of each or all three. The revenues and commissions are generally earned on the date of the signing of the contract and then an invoice is distributed to the client with approvals. Our revenue is recorded as gross revenues less cost of goods sold or less pass-through expenses charged to a client because there may be various pass-through expenses, such as external production and marketing costs.
If the Company does not accurately manage our projects properly within the planned periods of time to satisfy our obligations under the contracts, then future profit margins may be significantly and negatively affected or losses on existing contracts may need to be recognized. Outside production costs consist primarily of costs to purchase media and program merchandise; costs of production; merchandise warehousing and distribution; third party contract fulfillment costs; and other costs directly related to marketing programs. Revenue recognition will not result in related billings throughout the duration of a contract due to timing differences between the contracted billing schedule and the time such revenue is recognized. In such instances, when revenue is recognized in an amount in excess of the contracted billing amount, we record such excess on our balance sheet as unbilled contracts in progress. Alternatively, on a scheduled billing date, should the billing amount exceed the amount of revenue recognized, we record such excess on our balance sheet as deferred revenue. In addition, on contracts where reimbursable costs are incurred prior to the time revenue is recognized on such contracts, we record such costs as deferred contract costs on our balance sheet. Notwithstanding this, labor costs for permanent employees are expensed as incurred.
We use estimates of fair value to value derivative instruments. Fair value is defined as the price to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing and able market participants. In general, our policy in estimating fair values is to first look at observable market prices for identical assets and liabilities in active markets, where available. When these are not available, other inputs are used to model fair value such as prices of similar instruments, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, default rates and credit spreads (including for our liabilities), relying first on observable data from active markets. Additional adjustments may be made for factors including liquidity, credit, bid/offer spreads, etc., depending on current market conditions. Transaction costs are not included in the determination of fair value. When possible, we seek to validate the model’s output to market transactions.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The Company's consolidated financial statements, together with the report of the independent registered public accounting firm thereon and the notes thereto, are presented beginning at page F-1.The Company’s balance sheets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for the years then ended have been audited by Anderson Bradshaw PLLC. Anderson Bradshaw PLLC is an independent registered public accounting firm. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and pursuant to Regulation S-K as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and are included herein pursuant to Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K. The financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE |
Previous Independent Accountants
On April 10 2014, Board of Directors of the Company approved to terminate Malone Bailey, LLP (“Malone Bailey”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
The Company’s consolidated financial statements of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 through 2012 were audited by Malone Bailey’s reports on our financial statements, which did not contain an adverse opinion, a disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. Malone Bailey’s reports on our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006, however, stated that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 and through April 10, 2014, (a) there were no disagreements with Malone Bailey on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Malone Bailey, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its report on the financial statements for such years and (b) there were no “reportable events” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On April 10, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company ratified and approved the appointment of Anderson Bradshaw PLLC (“Anderson Bradshaw”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 and its engagement agreement dated February 17, 2014. Anderson Bradshaw is located at 5296 S. Commerce Drive Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84107.
During the Company's previous fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 through 2012 and through April 10, 2014, neither the Company nor anyone on the Company's behalf consulted with Anderson Bradshaw regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's financial statements or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2013. Based upon such evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of December 31, 2013, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the identification of a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting which is identified below, which we view as an integral part of our disclosure controls and procedures. This conclusion by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer does not relate to reporting periods after December 31, 2013.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013 based on the framework stated by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO 1992). Furthermore, due to our financial situation, the Company will be implementing further internal controls as the Company becomes operative so as to fully comply with the standards set by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Our internal control system was designed 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. Because of inherent limitations, a system of 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 due to change in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Based on its evaluation as of December 31, 2013, our management concluded that our internal controls over financial reporting were not effective as of December 31, 2013 due to the identification of a material weakness. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. At any time, if it appears that any control can be implemented to continue to mitigate such weaknesses, it is immediately implemented. As soon as our finances allow, we will hire sufficient accounting staff and implement appropriate procedures for monitoring and review of work performed by our Chief Financial Officer.
In performing this assessment, management has identified the following material weaknesses as of December 31, 2013:
·
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There is a lack of segregation of duties necessary for a good system of internal control due to insufficient accounting staff due to the size of the Company
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·
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Lack of a formal review process that includes multiple levels of reviews
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·
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Employees and management lack the qualifications and training to fulfill their assigned accounting and reporting functions
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·
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Inadequate design of controls over significant accounts and processes
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·
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Inadequate documentation of the components of internal control in general
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·
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Failure in the operating effectiveness over controls related to valuing and recording equity based payments to employees and non-employees
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·
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Failure in the operating effectiveness over controls related to valuing and recording debt instruments including those with conversion options and the related embedded derivative liabilities
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·
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Failure in the operating effectiveness over controls related to recording revenue and expense transactions in the proper period
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·
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Failure in the operating effectiveness over controls related to evaluating and recording related party transactions
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The Company is not required by current SEC rules to include, and does not include, an auditor's attestation report. The Company's registered public accounting firm has not attested to Management's reports on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the year ended December 31, 2013, that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company s internal control over financial reporting.
None.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The following table sets forth the name and position of each of our current executive officers and directors. All directors hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are elected, except in the case of death, resignation or removal:
Name
|
|
Age
|
|
With Company Since
|
|
Director/Position
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glenn Laken
|
|
60
|
|
April 7, 2014
|
|
CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jeffery Devlin
|
|
65
|
|
November 26, 2012
|
|
Interim CFO, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David J. Kovacs
|
|
30
|
|
January 14, 2014
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald Burkhardt
|
|
65
|
|
February 10, 2014
|
|
Director
|
|
Glenn Laken. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Laken has held multiple senior executive positions and created successful growth strategies in the financial services sector. His expansive professional experience includes working as an advisor to the 22 billion dollar Ameritech Pension fund, partnership in a Wall Street specialist firm, ownership of a Chicago clearing house with offices nationwide, and the purchase and restructuring of the Cigarette Racing Team Company. He has also enjoyed success in the area of mergers and acquisitions as an accomplished business leader.
A Company shareholder since 2010, Mr. Laken organized a shareholder group that forced changes in Company management in 2012, after careful analysis revealed that the Company was failing to reach its potential due to mismanagement by the original management team. Since orchestrating this change, Mr. Laken has worked as Company consultant, introducing Jeffrey Devlin and David Kovacs to the Board, and bringing Ron Burkhardt on as a board member and executive chairman of XA, The Experiential Agency, Inc. (“XA”). He also introduced a new subsidiary partially owned by his wife, Good Gaming Inc., to the Companies portfolio and arranged the sale of Audio Eye, Inc. stock to fund the elimination of the Company’s toxic debt.
Jeffrey Devlin. Mr. Devlin, has been Executive Producer/Partner of Original Film, a movie production company, since 2002. He is also currently and since 2003 been the Chief Executive Officer of MediaLogic, an international consultancy and television production company and since November 2011 he has been Chief Marketing Officer and a director of The Broadsmoore Group, an investment advisory and merchant banking firm. Mr. Devlin has over 25 years of production experience in the advertising and entertainment industries. Mr. Devlin is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Equestrian Team, Somerset Hills Handicapped Riders, Board of Advisors of Atari, and Executive Committee for the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP). He is also a senior advisor to Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Mr. Devlin received a Bachelor’s degree from Bethel University in Nashville, Tennessee and completed graduate courses at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
David J. Kovacs. A veteran of the investment banking and private equity sectors for over 10 years, Mr. Kovacs is currently the head of Investment Banking and Private Equity for Fitch Learning. Mr. Kovacs is also the Managing Director of Private Equity for Strategic Acquisitions, a $2 billion real estate investment firm. Prior to his current roles, Mr. Kovacs focused on private equity as a Managing Director at The Hinduju Group, one of the largest diversified groups in the world with over $50 billion under management. Mr. Kovacs also worked in various capacities at Citigroup and Blackstone Group in their investment banking and private equity divisions.
With the addition of Mr. Kovacs to the Board, CMG has acquired one of the most respected and brilliant minds in the world of investment and private equity. As a student at Columbia University and City University (NY), Mr. Kovacs completed his undergraduate degree at age 18, finishing the required coursework in two years and earning a triple major in Finance, Economics and Biochemistry.
With his experience in mature and emerging markets as a training specialist in venture capital, investment banking, and private equity, Mr. Kovacs is also a highly coveted speaker. Mr. Kovacs has lectured at over 100 universities, including the majority of Ivy League schools. He was a lead instructor for the Securities & Exchange Commission and has given talks to industry leaders such as Barclays, JP Morgan, RBC, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
The wealth of experience and breadth of knowledge that Mr. Kovacs brings to the Board will be invaluable as the Board seeks to enhance current strategies as well as devise new ones to help the company move forward with its current and future initiatives.
Ronald Burkhardt. Mr. Burkhardt is and has been the CEO and Creative Director of Burkhardt Ltd. since January 2003, a company in the advertising and branding business. Prior to forming his own agency, Mr. Burkhardt had varied roles as Senior Writer, Creative Supervisor and VP/Creative Group Head for multi-national agencies DDB, Young & Rubicam and Lowe in New York. He began his career at Campbell-Ewald in Detroit and later wrote for Kraft, Dial Soap and the Sears Diehard battery while with Foote-Cone-Belding in Chicago. Mr. Burkhardt received his Bachelor in Business Administration degree in Advertising from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan and his Associates degree from Jackson Community College in Jackson, Michigan.
Mr. Burkhardt has won over 200 awards for creative and marketing excellence and produced scores of high-profile commercials, including a Super Bowl spot that won acclaim from the Wall Street Journal, Ad Age, and The New York Times. Ron has worked with many successful companies including Merrill Lynch, BellSouth, Kodak, Minolta, Coke, Philips and Olympus.
As CEO/Creative Director of Burkhardt Ltd., Mr. Burkhardt has created TV, online and brand campaigns for Heineken, Town & Country Real-Estate, Plaza-Athenee, BellSouth, Cohiba, The Mann Group, Vikingfjord Vodka and the Outdoor Life Network. He also conceived and produced a 7-city, national summer beach tour event for Volvo/NA that included 30-foot sand castles, banner planes, seaside DJ’s and new Volvos parked on the sands with Swedish models explaining features and collecting buyers’ data.
Mr. Burkhardt has been featured as an industry expert on CNN, NBC, CBS, Inside Edition, American Journal, WVVH-Hamptons and PBS-TV/Aspen and was Executive-Producer of independent films for the Independent Film Channel and the Palm Springs International Film Festival. He's also a noted abstract artist who originated the Notism and EarthScape genres of contemporary American art.
Mr. Burkhardt also served seven years as Branding and TV Chair on the Board of Directors of the Miss America Organization in Atlantic City and Las Vegas, where he implemented changes and brought in key people that reversed prior Pageant TV rating declines and achieved new rating records.
Mr. Burkhardt’s charitable activities have included Southampton Hospital, CCBF, and the US Marines’ “Toys for Tots.” He sits on several boards, including a stint on the New York City Mayor’s Office advisory board, where he created a powerful branding campaign that raised $2 million and built the Korean War Veterans’ Memorial in Battery Park.
The Board concluded that Mr. Burkhardt should serve as a director of the Company based on his extensive experience and knowledge of the industry of the Company’s business is in.
We do not have a standing nominating, compensation or audit committee. Rather, our full board of directors performs the functions of these committees. Also, we do not have an “audit committee financial expert” on our board of directors as that term is defined by Item 401(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K. We do not believe it is necessary for our board of directors to appoint such committees because the volume of matters that come before our board of directors for consideration permits the directors to give sufficient time and attention to such matters to be involved in all decision making. Additionally, because our Common Stock is not listed for trading or quotation on a national securities exchange, we are not required to have such committees.
Our securities are not listed on a national securities exchange or in an inter-dealer quotation system which has requirements that directors be independent. We believe that two of our three directors, Jeffrey Devlin and Ronald Burkhardt, would not be considered to be independent, as that term is defined in the listing standards of NASDAQ.
Meetings of the Board of Directors
During its fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, the Board of Directors met three times through teleconferencing. In addition, the Board of Directors had otherwise transacted business by unanimous written consents during the year 2013.
Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight
Our Board recognizes that the leadership structure and combination or separation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman roles is driven by the needs of the Company at any point in time. Currently, Mr. Jeffrey Devlin serves as Chairman of our Board as well as the CEO of the Company. We have no policy requiring the combination or separation of leadership roles and our governing documents do not mandate a particular structure. This has allowed, and will continue to allow, our Board the flexibility to establish the most appropriate structure for our company at any given time.
Code of Ethics
Our Board of Directors adopted a code of ethics, which was filed as Exhibit 14.1 to the annual report on Form 10K-SB filed on February 20, 2008, and which is incorporated by reference herein. The Code of Ethics applies to all of our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. The code of ethics address, among other things, honesty and ethical conduct, conflicts of interest, compliance with laws, regulations and policies, including disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws, confidentiality, trading on inside information, and reporting of violations of the code.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires the Company’s directors, executive officers and persons who own more than 10% of the Company’s Common Stock to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership on Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Directors, executive officers and greater than 10% stockholders are required by SEC rules to furnish the Company with copies of Section 16(a) forms they file.
Below is the information with respect to failures of directors, officers and/or beneficial owners of more than ten percent of any class of equity securities of the Company to timely file reports under Section 16(a) during fiscal years 2013 and 2012:
Name
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|
Form Type
|
|
Date of Reporting Event
|
|
Required Filing Date
|
|
Date of Filing
|
Jeffrey Devlin
|
|
Form 3
|
|
11/26/2012
|
|
11/26/2012
|
|
To be filed prior
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to May 1, 2014
|
Ian Thompson
|
|
Form 5
|
|
2/6/2014
|
|
2/6/2014
|
|
To be filed prior
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to May 1, 2014
|
Declan Keegan
|
|
Form 5
|
|
2/6/2014
|
|
2/6/2014
|
|
To be filed prior
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to May 1, 2014
|
Barry Kernan
|
|
Form 5
|
|
2/6/2014
|
|
2/6/2014
|
|
To be filed prior
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to May 1, 2014
|
The following table sets forth information concerning cash and non-cash compensation paid by the Company to its CEO and CFO and the CEO of XA during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.
Name and Position(s)
|
|
Year
|
|
Salary($)
|
|
|
Stock Awards
($)
|
|
|
All other
Compensation
($)
|
|
|
Total
Compensation
($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jeffrey Devlin (1)
|
|
2013
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
60,000(4)
|
|
|
$
|
60,000
|
|
CEO, CFO and Chairman
|
|
2012
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph Wagner (2)
|
|
2013
|
|
$
|
225,000
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
CEO of XA
|
|
2012
|
|
$
|
225,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald Burkhardt (3)
|
|
2013
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Director and CEO of XA
|
|
2012
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
(1)
|
Mr. Devlin was appointed as our CEO, CFO and Chairman of the Board of Directors since November 26, 2012.
|
(2)
|
Mr. Wagner was the CEO of XA, our wholly-owned subsidiary, from 2012 till March 18, 2014.
|
(3)
|
Mr. Burkhardt was appointed as our director and the CEO of XA, our wholly-owned subsidiary since February 10, 2014.
|
(4)
|
This refers to the payment of consulting fees by the Company to Mr. Devlin in the fiscal year 2013.
|
The Company has not entered into any employment contract with Glenn Laken, the CEO and Chairman of Board of Directors or Jeffrey Devlin, acting CFO and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Laken was granted options to purchase forty million (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.0155 with a term of five years. The Company anticipates entering into an employment agreement with Mr. Laken by April 30, 2014.
On February 6, 2014, Mr. Ronald Burkhardt entered into an employment agreement with the Company and its subsidiary, XA, The Experiential Agency, Inc. (“XA” to serve as its President and Executive Chairman. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Burkhardt is entitled to a base annual salary of $200,000 as well as a cash bonus of 10% of XA’s net profits (“Net Profits”) as determined in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (after subtraction of all non-cash gains) for any fiscal year during the term that XA has more than $200,000 in Net Profits. In addition, the Company is to grant a total of 10,000,000 shares of CMG’s common stock (the “Compensation Shares”) to Mr. Burkhardt to vest in accordance with a three year schedule and associated milestones for net profits of XA. For 2014, the net profit target is $250,000 and for 2015 and 2016 the net profit targets are to be set by the Board. If any performance milestone in the Employment Agreement is not met, a portion of the Compensation Shares will not vest and will be returned to the Company.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
There were no unexercised options, stock that has not vested or equity incentive plan awards for any named executive officer outstanding as of December 31, 2013.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plan
There were no unexercised options, stock that has not vested or equity incentive plan awards for any named executive officer outstanding as of December 31, 2013.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
Currently, there is no equity compensation plan in place.
Director Compensation
Members of our Board of Directors do not normally receive cash compensation for their services as Directors, although some Directors are reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in attending Board or committee meetings. No directors received any compensation for their services during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.
On February 6, 2014, Ian Thompson, Declan Keegan and Barry Kernan resigned as directors from our board of directors. As compensation for their services, the Company issued to each resigning director 2,000,000 shares of its Common Stock pursuant to the Resignation and Compensation Agreement, dated February 5, 2014. The Company also entered into an Indemnification Agreement with each of Ian Thompson, Declan Keegan and Barry Kernan upon their resignation.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table provides the names and addresses of each person known to us to own more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of April 15, 2014, and by the officers and directors, individually and as a group. Except as otherwise indicated, all shares are owned directly and the shareholders listed possesses sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares shown.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)
|
|
Title of Class
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Percent of Class(2)
|
|
Directors and named Executive Officers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glenn Laken
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
40,000,000
|
(4)
|
|
|
12.10
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jeffrey Devlin
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David J. Kovacs
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald Burkhardt
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All Directors and executive officers as a group (3 persons)
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5% Security Holders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
None.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Except as otherwise indicated, the persons named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws where applicable and to the information contained in the footnotes to this table. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of the beneficial owner is c/o CMG Holdings Group, Inc. at 875 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611.
|
(2)
|
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Beneficial ownership also includes shares of stock subject to options and warrants currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the date of this table. In determining the percent of common stock owned by a person or entity as of the date of this Report, (a) the numerator is the number of shares of the class beneficially owned by such person or entity, including shares which may be acquired within 60 days on exercise of warrants or options and conversion of convertible securities, and (b) the denominator is the sum of (i) the total shares of common stock outstanding on as of the date of this Annual Report (290,716,364), and (ii) the total number of shares that the beneficial owner may acquire upon exercise of the derivative securities. Unless otherwise stated, each beneficial owner has sole power to vote and dispose of its shares.
|
(3)
|
Based on 290,716,364 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding on April 15, 2014.
|
(4)
|
Such shares include the options to purchase a total of 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock owned by Mr. Laken.
|
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The Company had outstanding accounts payable to related parties of $19,625 as of December 31, 2012. These payables represent legal and administrative fees paid on behalf of the Company by James Ennis, the former officer of the Company. The Company settled and made the payment of the owed payable to James Ennis pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, dated August 3, 2013, among the Company, James Ennis, Scott Baily, Martin Boyle, Hudson Capital Advisors and Michael Vandetty.
XA has business trade payable due to LSC Capital Advisor, a consulting firm which is controlled by Joseph Wagner, its former CEO. The payable for $47,912 and $27,280 is included in account payable as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Total amount billed to XA from LSC Capital Advisor is $142,060 and $151,245 for the year ended 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Except the above transactions, the Company was not a party to any transaction (where the amount involved exceeded the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average of our assets for the last two fiscal years) in which a director, executive officer, holder of more than five percent of our common stock, or any member of the immediate family of any such person have or will have a direct or indirect material interest and no such transactions are currently proposed.
The Company’s Board conducts an appropriate review of and oversees all related party transactions on a continuing basis and reviews potential conflict of interest situations where appropriate. The Board has not adopted formal standards to apply when it reviews, approves or ratifies any related party transaction. However, the Board believes that the related party transactions are fair and reasonable to the Company and on terms comparable to those reasonably expected to be agreed to with independent third parties for the same goods and/or services at the time they are authorized by the Board.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The following table sets forth fees billed to us by our auditors during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 for: (i) services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements and the review of our quarterly financial statements, (ii) services by our auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and that are not reported as Audit Fees, (iii) services rendered in connection with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, and (iv) all other fees for services rendered.
Name of Firm
|
|
Fiscal Year 2013
|
|
|
Fiscal Year 2012
|
|
Malone Bailey – audit and audit related
|
|
$
|
33,000
|
|
|
$
|
120,000
|
|
PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
The following are filed as part of this report:
The financial statements of CMG Holdings Group, Inc. and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are presented in the “F” pages of this Report.
The following exhibits are filed or “furnished” herewith:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incorporated by
|
|
|
|
|
Reference
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filing Date/
|
Exhibit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Period End
|
Number
|
|
Exhibit Description
|
|
Form
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated May 27, 2008 between CMG Holding, Inc. and Creative Management Group, Inc.
|
|
8-K
|
|
May 5, 2008
|
3.1
|
|
Certificate of Incorporation of Pebble Beach Enterprises, Inc. dated July 26, 2004
|
|
10-SB
|
|
February 1, 2006
|
3.2
|
|
Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of CMG Holding, Inc., dated February 20, 2008
|
|
8-K
|
|
February 20, 2008
|
3.3
|
|
Bylaws of CMG Holdings, Inc.
|
|
8-K
|
|
February 20, 2008
|
3.4
|
|
Certificate of the Designations, Powers Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock dated March 31, 2011
|
|
8-K
|
|
April 6, 2011
|
3.6
|
|
Certificate of the Designations, Powers Preferences and Rights of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock dated March 31, 2011
|
|
8-K
|
|
April 12, 2011
|
4.1
|
|
Form of Convertible Promissory Notes issued to Continental Equities, LLC on September 7, 2012 *
|
|
|
|
|
4.2
|
|
Form of Convertible Promissory Notes issued to Asher Enterprises, Inc. on May 20, 2013 *
|
|
|
|
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10.1
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Stock Purchase Agreement AudioEye date March 31, 2010.
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10-K
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April 15, 2010
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10.2
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AudioEye Spinoff Master Agreement dated June 22, 2011
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8-K
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June 24, 2011
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10.3
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Revised AudioEye Spinoff Master Agreement dated April 5, 2012
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8-K
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April 27, 2012
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10.4
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Royalty Agreement, dated June 22, 2011, by and between the Company and AudioEye *
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10.5
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Services Agreement, dated June 22, 2011, by and between the Company and AudioEye *
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10.6
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Call Option Agreement, dated August 1, 2013, between the Company and AudioEye *
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10.7
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Call Option Agreement Second Extension, dated September 14, 2013, between the Company and AudioEye *
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10.8
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Call Option Agreement Third Extension, dated November 7, 2013, between the Company and AudioEye *
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10.9
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Call Option Agreement Second Extension, dated December 16, 2013, between the Company and AudioEye *
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10.10
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Modification to Separation Agreement and Release, dated June 26, 2013, between the Company and Alan Morell *
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10.11
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Settlement Agreement, dated August 3, 2013, among the Company, James Ennis, Scott Baily, Martin Boyle, Hudson Capital Advisors and Michael Vandetty *
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10.12
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Termination Agreement and Release, dated August 3, 2013, among the Company, Continental Investments Group, Inc. and Connied, Inc. *
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10.13
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Form Resignation and Compensation Agreement, dated February 5, 2014, between the Company and Barry Kernan, Ian Thompson and Declan Keegan*
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10.14
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Form Indemnification Agreement, dated February 5, 2014, between the Company and Barry Kernan, Ian Thompson and Declan Keegan *
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14.1
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Code of Ethics
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10-KSB
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February 20, 2008
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21.1
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Subsidiaries of Registrant *
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31.1
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CMG Holdings Group, Inc. Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 *
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31.2
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CMG Holdings Group, Inc. Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 *
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32.1
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CMG Holdings Group, Inc. Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 *
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32.2
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CMG Holdings Group, Inc. Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 *
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101**
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Interactive Data Files for CMG Holdings Group, Inc. 10K for the Year Ended December 31, 2012
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101 INS**
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XBRL Instance Document
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101 SCH**
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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101 CAL**
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
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101 DEF**
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
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101LAB**
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
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101 PRE**
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
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* Filed herewith
** Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-X that this interactive data file is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for the purpose of section 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections
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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.
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CMG HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.
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Dated: April 15, 2014
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By:
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/s/ Glenn Laken
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Glenn Laken
Chief Executive Officer
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Dated: April 15, 2014
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey Devlin
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Jeffrey Devlin
Chief Financial Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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 and on the dates indicated.
Dated: April 15, 2014
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By:
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/s/ Glenn Laken
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Glenn Laken
Chairman
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Dated: April 15, 2014
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey Devlin
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Jeffrey Devlin
Vice Chairman
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Dated: April 15, 2014
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By:
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/s/ David J. Kovacs
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David J. Kovacs
Director
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Dated: April 15, 2014
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By:
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/s/ Ronald Burkhardt
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Ronald Burkhardt
Director
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