CIDM-03.31.13-10K


UNITED STATES
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FORM 10-K
 
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Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.
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The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the issuer based on a price of $1.35 per share, the closing price of such common equity on the Nasdaq Global Market, as of September 30, 2012, was $61,034,849.  For purposes of the foregoing calculation, all directors, officers and shareholders who beneficially own 10% of the shares of such common equity have been deemed to be affiliates, but the Company disclaims that any of such persons are affiliates.

As of June 11, 2013, 48,396,697 shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value were outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Certain information required by Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference into Part III hereof from the registrant’s Proxy Statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on or about September 12, 2013.




CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
 
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
PART I
ITEM 1.
Business
ITEM 1A.
Risk Factors
ITEM 2.
Property
ITEM 3.
Legal Proceedings
ITEM 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
 
PART II
ITEM 5.
Market for Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
ITEM 6.
Selected Financial Data
ITEM 7.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
ITEM 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
ITEM 9.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
ITEM 9A.
Controls and Procedures
ITEM 9B.
Other Information
 
PART III
ITEM 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
ITEM 11.
Executive Compensation
ITEM 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters
ITEM 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
ITEM 14.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
 
PART IV
ITEM 15.
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
 
 
SIGNATURES





FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Various statements contained in this report or incorporated by reference into this report constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and are indicated by words or phrases such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seek,” “plan,” “intend” or “anticipate” or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussion of strategy. Forward-looking statements represent as of the date of this report our judgment relating to, among other things, future results of operations, growth plans, sales, capital requirements and general industry and business conditions applicable to us. Such forward-looking statements are based largely on our current expectations and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those that are anticipated or projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, a number of factors, such as:

successful execution of our business strategy, particularly for new endeavors;
the performance of our targeted markets;
competitive product and pricing pressures;
changes in business relationships with our major customers;
successful integration of acquired businesses;
general economic and market conditions;
the effect of our indebtedness on our financial condition and financial flexibility, including, but not limited to, the ability to obtain necessary financing for our business; and
the other risks and uncertainties that are set forth in Item 1, “Business”, Item 1A "Risk Factors" and Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on future results.  Except as otherwise required to be disclosed in periodic reports required to be filed by public companies with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to the SEC's rules, we have no duty to update these statements, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In light of these risks and uncertainties, we cannot assure you that the forward-looking information contained in this report will in fact transpire.

In this report, “Cinedigm,” “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refers to Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. and its subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires.

PART I

OVERVIEW

Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. was incorporated in Delaware on March 31, 2000 (“Cinedigm”, and collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company”).

Over the past decade, the Company has played a significant role in the digital distribution revolution that continues to transform the media landscape. In addition to its pioneering role in transitioning almost 12,000 movie screens from traditional film prints to digital distribution, the Company continues to advance worldwide cinema modernization with its suite of software products allowing exhibitors and distributors to manage their digital businesses with efficiency, insight and lower costs. And, as a leading distributor of independent content, the Company collaborates with producers and the exhibition community to market, source, curate and distribute quality content to targeted and profitable audiences through (i) theatrical releases, (ii) existing and emerging digital home entertainment platforms, including iTunes, Amazon Prime, Netflix, xBox, Playstation, and cable video-on-demand ("VOD") and (iii) physical goods, including DVD and Blu-ray. The Company's library of over 5,000 physical goods titles and 20,000 digital titles from more than 650 independent rights holders includes award-winning documentaries from Docurama Films®, next-generation independent movies from Flatiron Film Company® and acclaimed independent movies and festival picks through partnerships with the Sundance Institute and Tribeca Film. The Company is proud to distribute many Oscar®-nominated movies including “The Invisible War,” “Hell and Back Again,” “GasLand,” “Waste Land” and “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory.”

The Company reports its financial results in four primary segments as follows: (1) the first digital cinema deployment (“Phase I Deployment”), (2) the second digital cinema deployment (“Phase II Deployment”), (3) digital cinema services (“Services”) and (4) media content and entertainment (“Content & Entertainment”).  The Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments are the non-recourse, financing vehicles and administrators for the Company's digital cinema equipment (the “Systems”) installed in North American movie theatres.  The Services segment provides services, software and support to the Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments as well as directly to exhibitors and other third party customers.  Included in these services are

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asset management services for a specified fee via service agreements with Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment as well as third party exhibitors as buyers of their own digital cinema equipment; and software license, maintenance and consulting services to Phase I and Phase II Deployment, various other exhibitors, studios and other content organizations.  These services primarily facilitate the conversion from analog to digital cinema and have positioned the Company at what it believes to be the forefront of a rapidly developing industry relating to the distribution and management of digital cinema and other content to theatres and other remote venues worldwide.  The Content & Entertainment segment is a market leader in the three pillars of digital entertainment distribution - aggregation and distribution, theatrical releasing and branded and curated over the top ("OTT") entertainment channels and applications.

On April 20, 2012, we acquired New Video Group, Inc. ("New Video"), an independent home entertainment distributor of quality packaged and digital content that provides distribution services in the DVD, Blu-ray, Digital and VOD channels for more than 500 independent rights holders. New Video was integrated into the Company's Content & Entertainment segment.

DEPLOYMENT

The Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments consist of the following:
Operations of:
 
Products and services provided:
Cinedigm Digital Funding I, LLC (“Phase 1 DC”)
 
Financing vehicles and administrators for the Company's 3,724 Systems installed nationwide in Phase 1 DC's deployment to theatrical exhibitors.  The Company retains ownership of the Systems and the residual cash flows related to the Systems after the repayment of all non-recourse debt at the expiration of exhibitor master license agreements.

Access Digital Cinema Phase 2 Corp. (“Phase 2 DC”)
 
Financing vehicles and administrators for the Company's 7,980 Systems installed in the second digital cinema deployment, through Phase 2 DC. The Company retains no ownership of the residual cash flows and digital cinema equipment after the completion of cost recoupment and at the expiration of the exhibitor master license agreements.

In June 2005, we formed Phase 1 DC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Access Digital Media, Inc. (“AccessDM”), to purchase up to 4,000 Systems for our Phase I Deployment, under an amended framework agreement with Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. (“Christie”). In December 2007, Phase 1 DC completed its Phase I Deployment with 3,724 Systems installed.

In October 2007, we formed Phase 2 DC for the administration of up to 10,000 additional Systems for our Phase II Deployment, of which a portion of such Systems have been purchased through an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Access Digital Cinema Phase 2 B/AIX Corp. (“Phase 2 B/AIX”).  As of March 31, 2013 Phase II Deployment completed its deployment period with 7,980 of such systems installed.

Digital Cinema

The business of Phase 1 DC and Phase 2 DC consists of the ownership and licensing of Systems to theatrical exhibitors and the collection of virtual print fees ("VPFs") from motion picture studios and distributors and alternative content fees ("ACFs") from alternative content providers and theatrical exhibitors, when content is shown on exhibitors' screens.  We have licensed the necessary software and technology solutions to the exhibitor and have facilitated the industry's transition from analog (film) to digital cinema.  As part of Phase 1 DC's Phase I Deployment of Systems, Phase 1 DC has agreements with nine motion picture studios and certain smaller independent studios and exhibitors, allowing Phase 1 DC to collect VPFs and ACFs when content is shown in theatres, in exchange for having facilitated and financed the deployment on 3,724 Systems.  Phase 1 DC has agreements with sixteen theatrical exhibitors that license our Systems in order to show digital content distributed by the motion picture studios and other providers, including Cinedigm Content and Entertainment Group (see Content and Entertainment section below).  

In connection with the Phase II Deployment, Phase 2 DC has entered into digital cinema deployment agreements with eight motion picture studios and certain smaller independent studios and exhibitors for the distribution of digital movie releases to motion picture exhibitors equipped with Systems, and providing for payment of VPFs to Phase 2 DC and Cinedigm Digital Funding 2, LLC ("CDF2"). As of March 31, 2013, Phase 2 DC also entered into master license agreements with 269 exhibitors and CDF2 covering a total of 8,565 screens, whereby the exhibitors agreed to the placement of Systems as part of the Phase II Deployment. With the completion of the deployment period for Phase 2 DC and as of March 31, 2013, the Company has 7,980 Phase 2 DC Systems installed, including 5,477 screens under the Exhibitor-Buyer Structure, 1,049 screens covering 10 exhibitors through non-recourse financing provided by KBC Bank NV (“KBC”), 1,431 screens covering 17 exhibitors through CDF2, and 23 screens under other arrangements with 2 exhibitors.


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Exhibitors paid an installation fee of up to $2 thousand per screen out of the VPFs collected to the Company's Digital Cinema Services division. The Company manages the billing and collection of VPFs and remits all VPFs collected to the exhibitors, less an administrative fee that will approximate up to 10% of the VPFs collected. For Systems covered under the Exhibitor-Buyer Structure and CDF2, the Company has no debt, property and equipment, financing costs or depreciation recorded to its consolidated financial statements. Cinedigm will continue through June 30, 2013 to deploy Systems under the Exhibitor-Buyer Structure through "drive-in" theatres and will continue to seek further opportunities internationally. For Phase 2 DC Systems the Company owns and finances on a recourse basis, it typically receives a similar up to $2 thousand installation fee and an ongoing administrative fee that will approximate up to 10% of VPFs collected.

VPFs are earned pursuant to the contracts with movie studios and distributors, whereby amounts are payable to Phase 1 DC and to Phase 2 DC according to fixed fee schedules, when movies distributed by the studio are displayed on screens utilizing our Systems installed in movie theatres. One VPF is payable for every movie title displayed per System upon the initial booking of such movie. The amount of VPF revenue is therefore dependent on the number of unique movie titles released and displayed using the Systems. Phase 2 DC earns VPF revenues only for Systems that it owns.

Phase 2 DC's agreements with distributors require the payment of VPFs for ten years from the date each system is installed, however, Phase 2 DC may no longer collect VPFs once “cost recoupment”, as defined in the contracts with movie studios and distributors, is achieved.  Cost recoupment will occur once the cumulative VPFs and other cash receipts collected by Phase 2 DC have equaled the total of all cash outflows, including the purchase price of all Systems, all financing costs, all “overhead and ongoing costs”, as defined, subject to maximum agreed upon amounts during the four-year rollout period and thereafter, plus a compounded return on any billed but unpaid overhead and ongoing costs, of 15% per year.  Furthermore, if cost recoupment occurs before the end of the eighth contract year, a one-time “cost recoupment bonus” is payable by the studios to Phase 2 DC.  Any other cash flows, net of expenses, received by Phase 2 DC following the achievement of cost recoupment are required to be returned to the distributors on a pro-rata basis. At this time, the Company cannot estimate the timing or probability of the achievement of cost recoupment.

Customers

Digital Cinema customers are mainly motion picture studios and theatrical exhibitors. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, four customers, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing Corporation ("Sony") and Warner Brothers, each represented approximately 10% or more of Phase 1 DC's revenues and together generated 63%, 56% and 37% of Phase 1 DC's, Phase 2 DC's and consolidated revenues, respectively, and with exception of Sony are also customers for entertainment software. Warner Brothers also represents 11% of consolidated revenues of the Company. No Phase 1 DC or Phase 2 DC customers comprised more than 10% of the Company's consolidated accounts receivable. We expect to continue to conduct business with each of these customers during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.

Seasonality

Deployment revenues derived from the collection of VPFs from motion picture studios are seasonal, coinciding with the timing of releases of movies by the motion picture studios. Generally, motion picture studios release the most marketable movies during the summer and the winter holiday season. The unexpected emergence of a hit movie during other periods can alter the traditional trend. The timing of movie releases can have a significant effect on our results of operations, and the results of one quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for the next quarter or any other quarter. The seasonality of motion picture exhibition, however, has become less pronounced as the motion picture studios are releasing movies somewhat more evenly throughout the year.

SERVICES

Services provides a variety of services to the Company's Phase 1 and Phase 2 deployments, exhibitor-buyers and other third party customers. Services consist of the following:
Operations of:
 
Products and services provided:
Digital Cinema Services
 
Provides monitoring, billing, collection, verification and other management services to the Company’s Phase I Deployment, Phase II Deployment, CDF2 Holdings, LLC ("CDF2 Holdings"), as well as to exhibitors who purchase their own equipment. Collects and disburses VPFs from motion picture studios and distributors and ACFs from alternative content providers, movie exhibitors and theatrical exhibitors.
Hollywood Software, Inc. d/b/a Cinedigm Software (“Software”)
 
Develops and licenses software to the theatrical distribution and exhibition industries as well as other content owners, provides application service provider ("ASP Service"), and provides software enhancements and consulting services.

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Digital Cinema Services

The Digital Cinema Services (“Services”) division provides monitoring, billing, collection, verification and other management services to Phase 1 DC and Phase 2 DC as well as to exhibitor-buyers who purchase their own equipment. This division services the Company's 3,724 screens in the Phase 1 deployment for a monthly service fee equal to 5% of the VPFs earned by Phase 1 DC and an incentive service fee equal to 2.5% of the VPFs earned by Phase 1 DC.

In addition, Services provides services to the 7,980 Phase 2 Systems deployed as of March 31, 2013. Services typically receives an activation and installation fee of up to $2 thousand per Phase 2 System as well as a monthly service fee that approximates up to 10% of the VPFs earned by Phase 2 DC. The total Phase 2 service fees are subject to an annual limitation under the terms of the Company's Phase 2 agreements with the motion picture studios, and additionally, are determined based upon the respective Exhibitor-Buyer Structure, KBC or CDF2 agreements. Any unpaid services fees in any period remain an obligation to Phase 2 DC in the cost recoupment framework and accrue a 15% cost of capital return until paid out of future VPFs. These fees are not recognized as income or accrued as an asset on the Company's balance sheet given the uncertainty of the receipt and the timing thereof as future movie release and bookings are not known. Service fees are accrued and recognized only on deployed Phase 2 Systems. As a result, the annual service fee limitation is variable until these fees are paid.

In February 2013,  we assigned to our newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary, Cinedigm DC Holdings LLC (“DC Holdings LLC”), the (i) right and obligation to service the digital cinema projection systems from the Phase I Deployment and certain systems that were part of the Phase II Deployment, (ii) delegated to DC Holdings the right and obligation to service certain other systems that were part of the Phase II Deployment and (iii) assigned to DC Holdings LLC the right to receive servicing fees from the Phase I and Phase II Deployments.  We also agreed to transfer to DC Holdings certain of our operational staff whose responsibilities and activities relate solely to the conduct of such servicing business and to provide DC Holdings LLC with the right to use the supporting software and other intellectual property associated with the operation of the servicing business.  DC Holdings entered into a term loan agreement (the “Prospect Loan”) with Prospect Capital Corporation (“Prospect”) which restricts DC Holdings LLC and its subsidiaries (including CDF I) from, among other things, (with certain specified exceptions):
 
making investments;
making capital expenditures beyond certain limits;
incurring other indebtedness or liens;
engaging in a new line of business;
entering into or amending certain agreements and contracts;
selling or disposing of assets;
acquiring, consolidating with, or merging with or into other companies; and
entering into transactions with affiliates.

Finally, Services has formed international servicing partnerships in Australia and New Zealand with the Independent Cinema Association of Australia to service up to 875 screens and is currently negotiating VPF agreements for Australia and New Zealand with the major Hollywood studios. In November 2012, we formed Cinedigm Digital Cinema Australia Pty Ltd as part of our international strategy. Services is exploring other similar international servicing partnerships in additional geographic locations.

Customers

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 no customer comprised more than 10% of Services' revenues or accounts receivable.

Competition

Services faces limited competition domestically in its digital cinema services business as the major Hollywood movie studios have only signed digital cinema deployment agreements (“DCDAs”) with five entities, including the Company. The other entities with all such agreements include: Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (“DCIP”), a joint venture of three large exhibitors (Regal Entertainment Group ("Regal"), AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ("AMC") and Cinemark Holdings, Inc. ("Cinemark")) focused on managing the conversions of those three exhibitors; Sony Digital Cinema to support the deployment of Sony projection equipment; Christie to support the deployment of Christie equipment; and GDC, Inc ("GDC") to support the deployment of GDC equipment. The Company has a significantly greater market share than all other competitors beyond the DCIP consortium which services a total of approximately 16,000 total screens representing its consortium members.

As the Company expands its servicing platform internationally, an additional competitor beyond those listed above consists of Arts Alliance, Inc. ("Arts Alliance"), a leading digital cinema servicer focused on the European markets, GDC, as well as other

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potential local start-ups seeking to service a specific international market. The Company often seeks to partner with a leading local entity to combine our efficient servicing infrastructure and strong studio relationships with the necessary local market expertise and exhibitor relationships.

Software Division

Software provides proprietary software applications and services to support movie exhibition and distribution customers of varying sizes, through enterprise software licenses and maintenance fees, software as a service (“SaaS”) fees through which it hosts various applications and provides client access via the Internet,  data and analytical software tools and services, software customizations, consulting services including training and installation certification through its workshop and training sessions.   Current proprietary software of Software consists of the following:
Proprietary Software Product:
Purpose:
Theatre Command Center® (“TCC”)
Complete management of digital theatres. Automates the creation of digital shows, manages all digital movies, trailers, advertising and alternative content.
TCC Enterprise
Links theatres running TCC to consolidate circuit-wide operational data and centralize key functions. Enterprise also includes functionality to compute, invoice and manage Virtual Print Fee program obligations.
Theatrical Distribution System® (“TDS”)
Enables domestic distributors to plan, book and account for theatrical movie releases and to collect and analyze related financial operations data.
Theatrical Distribution System (Global) (“TDSG “)
Enables international distributors to plan, book and account for theatrical movie releases and to collect and analyze related financial operations data.
Exhibition Management System™ (“EMS™”)
Enables domestic theatre owners to plan, book and account for theatrical movie releases and to collect and analyze related financial operations data.
Royalty Transaction Solution (“RTS”)
Enables licensors and licensees to manage and account for all intellectual property rights and royalty transactions.
CineXchange
CineXchange is a web-based platform providing theatrical data, analytics and software services.
Cinesuite
Cinesuite is a portfolio of proprietary applications developed to manage and facilitate the duplication and distribution of digital media via terrestrial, broadband and satellite delivery methods.

TCC

Our TCC system is installed as a component of all Phase 1 DC and Phase 2 DC Systems as well as our international deployments and partnerships. It provides in-theatre management for digitally-equipped movie theatres, enabling an exhibitor to control all the screens in a movie theatre, manage content and version review, assess and manage building, program scheduling and encryption security key management from a central terminal, whether located in the projection booth, the theatre manager's office or both.  Software receives upfront license fees from all TCC installations.  Phase 2 DC Systems also generate maintenance revenues and the Company licenses TCC to other domestic and international deployment entities and exhibitors.

TCC Enterprise

TCC Enterprise is used by exhibitors and their service partners to centrally monitor and manage digital operations at theatres utilizing the TCC theatre management system. TCC Enterprise receives real-time information from all networked TCC systems to provide a consolidated view of shows, content and system performance. TCC Enterprise also centralizes certain key operational tasks enabling theatrical exhibitors greater control and consistency in managing their digital theatres. TCC Enterprise also includes a powerful VPF management module that is used by Cinedigm to manage obligations and reporting under its studio VPF agreements and can be licensed to third parties as part of our international partnerships.

Domestic Theatrical Distribution Management

Our TDS product is currently the system of choice to manage domestic theatrical movie releases for two of the six major motion picture studios and we expect to complete the customization and installation of TDS at the 3rd major studio during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014 and for almost all other domestic mini-major and independent movie distributors.  The main competition for TDS has been in-house development by the motion picture studios.  For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the TDS product comprised 33% and 44% of Software's revenues, respectively.


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International Theatrical Distribution Management

TDSG supports the planning, booking and operations of worldwide movie distribution, with multi-language and multi-currency capabilities. TDSG's unique design incorporates the business rules for all supported territories within a single application.  Software's primary customer is Fox International ("Fox") who is actively deploying the system in up to eighteen international territories.  Software is currently expanding its marketing of TDSG internationally.

Exhibition Management

EMS™ is a powerful and comprehensive solution for managing the planning, booking, auditing, distributor payments and accounting by theatrical exhibitors. EMS interfaces with the customers' box office ticketing, point-of-sale, and other systems to streamline operations and eliminate manual processes. Major EMS customers include AMC and Carmike Theaters, Inc. as well as a number of other mid-sized and smaller exhibitors. Software expects additional opportunities to license this product now that most exhibitors have converted to digital.

IP Rights and Royalty Management

RTS is a web-based solution for the management by licensors and licensees of intellectual property rights, which was part of a prior acquisition. RTS is utilized by major content rights owners including Starz Entertainment, Shout Factory and Cinedigm Content and Entertainment Group (“CEG”).

CineXchange

CineXchange is Software's Internet platform for providing data, analytics and software services developed from digital cinema data and other theatrical data sources. The basic CineXchange framework enables users to securely access and utilize products and services via the Internet on multiple computing devices. CineXchange is the portal through which Software will extend the functionality of its existing client-server based applications as well as new applications and services.

Cinesuite

The Cinesuite portfolio includes various proprietary applications that were developed to support the Company's former digital media services business, and several applications have been licensed to third parties. Although the key assets of the digital media services' business were sold to Technicolor during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, Software retained its ownership of its proprietary software applications and transaction agreement included a license to Technicolor to use the Cinesuite applications. Software has also licensed this product suite to a Fortune 50 company in India, a delivery entity in Mexico and is actively pursuing additional licensing opportunities for these unique products.

Research and Development

During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company's recorded research and development expenses of approximately $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, and was comprised mainly of personnel costs and third party contracted services attributable to research and development efforts at Software related to the development of our digital software applications and various product enhancements to TDS and EMS™.

Market Opportunity

We believe that:

Software's products are becoming an industry leading method by which motion picture studios and theatrical exhibitors plan, manage and monitor operations and data regarding the presentation of theatrical entertainment;
By adapting this system to serve the expanding digital entertainment industry, Software's products and services are accepted as an important component in the digital content delivery and management business;
The digital cinema conversion process is accelerating demand for Software's products as exhibitors realize the cost savings and revenue enhancements available from greater automation and analytical tools;
The global digital cinema conversion process is producing significant new data flows from the networked digital projection systems and driving the demand for data and analytical tools to gather, analyze and report on this information;
The continued transition to digital content delivery will require a high degree of coordination among content providers, customers and intermediary service providers;

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Demand is increasing for various transaction processing capabilities to streamline theatrical distribution, reduce manual processes and provide greater scheduling and booking flexibility;
Producing, buying and delivering media content through worldwide distribution channels is a highly fragmented and inefficient process; and
Technologies created by Software and the continuing development of and general transition to digital forms of media will help the digital content delivery and management business become increasingly streamlined, automated and enhanced.

Intellectual Property

Software currently has intellectual property consisting of:

Licensable software products, including TCC, TCC Enterprise, TDS, TDSG, EMS™, RTS, CineXchange and all Cinesuite applications;
Registered trademarks for the Theatre Command Center®, Theater Command Center®, and Theatrical Distribution System®;
Domain names, including EPayTV.com, EpayTV.net, HollywoodSoftware.com, HollywoodSoftware.net, Indie-Coop.com, Indie-Coop.net, Indiedirect.com, IPayTV.com; PersonalEDI.com, RightsMart.com, RightsMart.net, TheatricalDistribution.com and Vistapos.com;
Unregistered trademarks and service marks, including Coop Advertising V1.04, EMS ASP, Exhibitor Management System, Hollywood SW, Inc., HollywoodSoftware.com, Indie Co-op, Media Manager, On-Line Release Schedule, RightsMart, and TheatricalDistribution.com; and
Logos, including those in respect of Hollywood SW, TDS and EMS™.

Customers

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 no customer comprised more than 10% of Software's revenues or accounts receivable.

Competition

Within the major domestic motion picture studios and exhibition circuits, Software's principal competitors for its products are in-house development teams, which generally are assisted by outside contractors and other third parties. Most domestic motion picture studios that do not use the TDS software use their own in-house developed systems. Internationally, MACC licenses similar software. Software's movie exhibition product, EMS™, competes principally with customized solutions developed by the large exhibition circuits as well as point of sale system modules attempting to provide comparable functionality. Software also competes with Arts Alliance to secure international installations of its TCC and TCC Enterprise product.

Government Regulation

Except for the requirement of compliance with United States export controls relating to the export of high technology products, we are not subject to government approval procedures or other regulations for the licensing of our Entertainment Software products.

The distribution of movies is in large part regulated by federal and state antitrust laws and has been the subject of numerous antitrust cases. Motion picture studios offer and license movies to theatrical exhibitors, on a movie-by-movie and theatre-by-theatre basis. Consequently, theatrical exhibitors cannot assure themselves of a supply of movies by entering into long-term arrangements with motion picture studios, but must negotiate for licenses on a movie-by-movie basis. We maintain Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) broadcast licenses related to our satellite transmission of content and should we violate any FCC laws, we may be subject to fines and or forfeiture of our broadcast licenses.

CONTENT & ENTERTAINMENT

The Content & Entertainment segment consists of the following:
Operations of:
 
Products and services provided:
CEG
 
As a leading distributor of independent digital content, CEG collaborates with producers and the exhibition community to market, source, curate and distribute independent content to targeted and profitable audiences in theatres and homes, and via mobile and emerging platforms.



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CEG is a leader in the digital distribution revolution that is transforming the independent content landscape, and is uniquely positioned to benefit from all aspects of the revolution, from distribution in theatres to home, mobile and emerging platforms, including iTunes, Amazon Prime, Netflix, xBox, Playstation, as well as DVD, Blu-ray and VOD. CEG has focused its activities on three main areas of business: (i) Aggregation and distribution of content libraries in the home entertainment market; (ii) theatrical and subsequent home entertainment releasing of newly acquired independent movies; and (iii) the creation and launching of branded, curated over-the-top entertainment channels and applications. With these three complementary entertainment distribution capabilities, Cinedigm is capitalizing on the key drivers of value we believe critical to success in independent content going forward. On April 20, 2012, the Company acquired Cinedigm Entertainment Corp. f/k/a New Video Group, Inc. ("New Video"), an independent home entertainment distributor of quality packaged and digital content that provides distribution services in the DVD, Blu-ray, Digital and VOD channels for more than 500 independent rights holders, and was integrated into the Company's Content & Entertainment segment.

Theatrical releasing

As of June 11, 2013, we have acquired 17 titles for theatrical release, ranging from horror to documentaries. Our goal is to release 18 to 20 new movies per year. Our first acquisition, The Invisible War, was nominated for an Academy Award® and won the prestigious Spirit Award®. Other high profile releases include THE ENGLISH TEACHER with Julianne Moore and Greg Kinnear, ARTHUR NEWMAN with Colin Firth and Emily Blunt, VIOLET AND DAISY with James Gandolfini and SHORT TERM 12, the critically acclaimed winner of the South By Southwest Festival starring Bree Larson.

Additionally, CEG is engaged in Alternative Content theatrical releasing via its recently launched DOCURAMA FESTIVAL. This seven week series ran in 15 markets and brought acclaimed documentaries to audiences. Following the theatrical stint, the documentaries became available on ancillary platforms, as well as CEG's recently launched Docurama YouTube subscription service.

Distribution and Aggregation

As the leading distributor and aggregator of independent content, CEG maintains a significant library of distribution rights across all media and grows this library annually through new rights acquisitions:
We aggregate over 20,000 movies and TV shows and deliver over 40,000 hours of movie and television to platforms;
We deliver over 900 new digital properties monthly for more than 650 licensors;
We significantly outperformed the industry averages during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 with 55% growth in digital revenues, and 65% growth in physical product sales compared to industry growth of 27% and (6%) respectively; and
We announced in May 2013 a long-term physical goods (Blu-ray/DVD) distribution partnership with Universal Home Entertainment, setting the stage for further growth and opportunity for 150 DVDs annually.

OTT Entertainment Channels/Applications

CEG believes that the industry is at the very beginning of an explosion of new networks that will enable content suppliers to directly reach audiences on all connected devices via various mobile platforms, connected televisions and the Internet. Most connected platforms, such as Samsung, Microsoft xBox, Sony Playstation, AppleTV, Roku, as well as other mobile devices offer a limited number of curated applications targeted at avid audiences. CEG sees a significant opportunity for growth on these platforms given our extensive library of digital rights and strong interest from our digital partners. CEG intends to develop a number of proprietary niche advertising-VOD and premium subscription VOD channels over the next one to three years beginning with our existing libraries. CEG's first channel, Docurama, launched in May 2013 with a seven documentary slate release in select movie theaters, along with the launch of a premium YouTube subscription channel and our first OTT application.


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Market Opportunity

We believe that the following factors are accelerating growth in independent content as well as are poised to drive CEG growth:

Production
With a red camera® and a computer, moviemakers can cheaply and quickly produce a motion picture suitable for theatrical release creating more, higher quality movies in the marketplace;
Distribution Platforms
In addition to digital theatres that can nimbly program movies, more and more digital retailers and platforms are emerging in the home and mobile arenas, creating an arms race for more new content and libraries to fill their pipelines;
Distribution Devices
Mobile devices such as the iPhone®, iPad®, Android®-based devices and other mobile players afford consumers with ample opportunities to view content;
Fewer Studio Movies
Studios are producing fewer, albeit bigger, tentpole productions, creating demand by consumers and exhibition for more diverse content;
Exhibition Needs Content
Exhibitors are hungry for content given the reduction in the number of movies produced, creating a void in theatres with less than 5% of seats occupied in theaters Monday through Thursday and only about 15% on an annualized basis; and
Bigger Talent
With fewer movies being produced, bigger talent is heading to smaller movies, creating more marketable indie content (recent examples include “Margin Call,” starring Kevin Spacey, Demi Moore and Jeremy Irons., “Bernie” starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey).

Intellectual Property

There is no intellectual property related to our Content & Entertainment segment.

Customers

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, one customer, A&E Network represented 10% or more of CEG's revenues and generated 27% of CEG's revenues. A&E Network was not a customer of CEG as of March 31, 2013.

Competition

Numerous companies are engaged in various forms of producing and distributing independent movies and alternative content. These competitors have significantly greater financial, marketing and managerial resources than we do, have generated greater revenue and are better known than we are. 

The Company views the following as its principal competition in its content and entertainment segment:

Magnolia Pictures;
IFC Entertainment;
Roadside Attractions LLC;
The Weinstein Company;
Anchor Bay Entertainment;
Image Entertainment, Inc.; and
Entertainment One (eOne).

ASSETS HELD FOR SALE AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, the Company discontinued and sold the following non-core businesses:

In September 2011, the Company completed the sale of its cinema advertising services business, Unique Screen Media ("USM") to a third party, which was previously included in our Content & Entertainment segment; and
In November 2011, the Company completed the sale of the majority of assets of its Digital Media Services Division (“DMS”) digital distribution and delivery business, which was previously included in our Services segment, to a third party.


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As a consequence, it was determined that the above former businesses met the criteria for classification as discontinued operations during the respective periods and their respective assets and liabilities met the criteria for classification as “assets held for sale” and “liabilities as part of assets held for sale”, respectively, as of March 31, 2012. The consolidated financial statements and the notes to consolidated financial statements presented herein have been recast solely to reflect the adjustments resulting from these changes in classification. Please see Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements within Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" for further information.

Discontinued operations consists of the following:
Operations of:
 
Products and services provided:
DMS
 
Distributes digital content to movie theatres and other venues having digital cinema equipment and provides satellite-based broadband video, data and Internet transmission, encryption management services, video network origination and management services and a virtual booking center to outsource the booking and scheduling of satellite and fiber networks and provides forensic watermark detection services for motion picture studios and forensic recovery services for content owners.
ADM Cinema Corporation (“ADM Cinema”) d/b/a the Pavilion Theatre (the “Pavilion Theatre”)
 
A nine-screen digital movie theatre and showcase to demonstrate the Company's integrated digital cinema solutions.
Core Technology Services, Inc. (“Managed Services”)
 
Provides information technology consulting services and managed network monitoring services through its global network command center.
USM
 
Provides cinema advertising services and entertainment.

In May 2011, the Company completed the sale of certain assets and liabilities of the Pavilion Theatre for $0.2 million. In September 2011, the Company completed the sale of USM for $6.0 million in cash. In November 2011, the Company completed the sale of the majority of assets of DMS for $1.0 million in cash. In May 2012, the Company sold to a third party the remaining net assets of its non-theatrical DMS business for $0.2 million.

ENVIRONMENTAL

The nature of our business does not subject us to environmental laws in any material manner.

EMPLOYEES

As of March 31, 2013, we had 160 employees, of which 11 are part-time and 149 are full-time. Of our full-time employees, 33 are in sales and marketing, 43 are in operations, 9 are in research and development, 27 are in technical services, and 37 are in executive, finance and administration.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION
 
The Company's Internet website address is www.cinedigm.com. The Company will make available, free of charge at the “Investors - Financial Information” section of its website, its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and all amendments to those reports and statements filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.

In addition, the SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding companies that file electronically with the Commission.  This information is available at www.sec.gov, the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549 or by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.


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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

An inability to obtain necessary financing may have a material adverse effect on our financial position, operations and prospects if unanticipated capital needs arise.

Our capital requirements may vary significantly from what we currently project and be affected by unforeseen delays and expenses. We may experience problems, delays, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by similarly-situated companies, as well as difficulties as a result of changes in economic, regulatory or competitive conditions. If we encounter any of these problems or difficulties or have underestimated our operating losses or capital requirements, we may require significantly more financing than we currently anticipate. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain any required additional financing on terms acceptable to us, if at all. An inability to obtain necessary financing could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, operations and prospects.

Our Phase I credit agreement (the “Phase I Credit Agreement”) with Société Générale, New York Branch (“SG”) and certain other lenders contains certain restrictive covenants that restrict, among other things, our indirect subsidiary, Cinedigm Digital Funding I, LLC (“CDF I”) and its subsidiaries from, among other things, (with certain specified exceptions) making certain capital expenditures, incurring other indebtedness or liens, engaging in a new line of business, selling certain assets, acquiring, consolidating with, or merging with or into other companies and entering into transactions with affiliates. The Phase I Credit Agreement is non-recourse to the Company and our other subsidiaries. In February 2013, Cinedigm DC Holdings LLC (“DC Holdings LLC”), our wholly-owned subsidiary to which we transferred our business of servicing digital cinema projection systems, entered into a term loan agreement (the “Prospect Loan”) with Prospect Capital Corporation (“Prospect”) which restricts DC Holdings LLC and its subsidiaries (including CDF I) from, among other things, (with certain specified exceptions) making certain capital expenditures, incurring other indebtedness or liens, engaging in a new line of business, selling certain assets, acquiring, consolidating with, or merging with or into other companies and entering into transactions with affiliates. The Prospect Loan is non-recourse to the Company and our other subsidiaries, except for Access DM (which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DC Holdings LLC) and Access Digital Cinema Phase 2, Corp. ("ADCP2"), each of which guaranteed the obligations of DC Holdings LLC to Prospect. The Company is responsible for certain non-financial obligations with respect to the Prospect Loan and limited financial support not to exceed $1.5 million per year in the event financial performance does not meet certain defined benchmarks. The Company would not have been required to provide any support in fiscal year 2013 if the Prospect Loan had been outstanding for the full year. Our indirect subsidiary, Phase 2 B/AIX has entered into several credit agreements (the “KBC Agreements”) with KBC pursuant to which KBC has financed the acquisition of digital cinema projection systems purchased from Barco, Inc. to be installed at various theatre locations. The non-recourse KBC Agreements, among other things, restrict Phase 2 B/AIX from (with certain specified exceptions) incurring liens, disposing of certain assets outside the ordinary course of business, merging or consolidating with other entities, changing its line of business and making payments (including dividends) to affiliates. The KBC Agreements are non-recourse to the Company and its subsidiaries other than Phase 2 B/AIX and are consolidated by the Company similarly to CDF I. In October, 2011, we began earning fees under a management services agreement with CDF2 Holdings, an indirect wholly-owned non-consolidated variable interest entity that is intended to be a special purpose, bankruptcy remote entity, and CDF 2, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDF2 Holdings. The revenues under this management service agreement were assigned to DC Holdings LLC as of February 28, 2013. CDF2 financed certain digital systems under its credit agreement with SG and certain other lenders (the “Phase II Credit Agreement”). The Phase II Credit Agreement contains certain restrictive covenants that, among other things, restrict CDF2 Holdings, CDF 2 and their subsidiaries from, among other things, (with certain specified exceptions) making certain capital expenditures, incurring other indebtedness or liens, engaging in a new line of business, selling certain assets, acquiring, consolidating with, or merging with or into other companies and entering into transactions with affiliates. The Phase II Credit Agreement is non-recourse to the Company and our other subsidiaries. The digital cinema projection systems that CDF 2 partially finances by borrowing under the Phase II Credit Agreement are acquired directly from the manufacturers and are sold to and leased back by CDF 2 Holdings from CHG-Meridian U.S. Finance, Ltd. (“CHG”) pursuant to a Master Lease Agreement and related documents (the “CHG Lease”). The CHG Lease contains certain restrictive covenants that restrict CDF2 Holdings from, among other things, (with certain specified exceptions) incurring liens on the leased digital cinema systems and from subleasing, assigning, modifying or altering such systems. The CHG Lease is non-recourse to the Company and our other subsidiaries. CDF 2 is not consolidated by the Company, as the Company does not exercise control over CDF 2, the lease equity to finance the systems is provided by an unaffiliated third party, and the Company's risk is limited to our initial investment and revenues that could be earned under the management services agreement (which revenues have, as mentioned above, been assigned to DC Holdings LLC).


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We face the risks of doing business in new and rapidly evolving markets and may not be able successfully to address such risks and achieve acceptable levels of success or profits.

We have encountered and will continue to encounter the challenges, uncertainties and difficulties frequently experienced in new and rapidly evolving markets, including:
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limited operating experience;
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net losses;
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lack of sufficient customers or loss of significant customers;
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a changing business focus; and
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difficulties in managing potentially rapid growth.

We expect competition to be intense: if we are unable to compete successfully, our business and results of operations will be seriously harmed.
 
The markets for the digital cinema business and the content marketing business are competitive, evolving and subject to rapid technological and other changes. We expect the intensity of competition in each of these areas to increase in the future. Companies willing to expend the necessary capital to create facilities and/or software similar to ours may compete with our business. Increased competition may result in reduced revenues and/or margins and loss of market share, any of which could seriously harm our business. In order to compete effectively in each of these fields, we must differentiate ourselves from competitors.

Many of our current and potential competitors have longer operating histories and greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do, which may permit them to adopt aggressive pricing policies. As a result, we may suffer from pricing pressures that could adversely affect our ability to generate revenues and our results of operations. Many of our competitors also have significantly greater name and brand recognition and a larger customer base than us. If we are unable to compete successfully, our business and results of operations will be seriously harmed.

Our plan to acquire additional businesses involves risks, including our inability to complete an acquisition successfully, our assumption of liabilities, dilution of your investment and significant costs.

Strategic and financially appropriate acquisitions are a key component of our growth strategy. Although there are no other acquisitions identified by us as probable at this time, we may make further acquisitions of similar or complementary businesses or assets.  Even if we identify appropriate acquisition candidates, we may be unable to negotiate successfully the terms of the acquisitions, finance them, integrate the acquired business into our then existing business and/or attract and retain customers.  Completing an acquisition and integrating an acquired business may require a significant diversion of management time and resources and involves assuming new liabilities.  Any acquisition also involves the risks that the assets acquired may prove less valuable than expected and/or that we may assume unknown or unexpected liabilities, costs and problems.  If we make one or more significant acquisitions in which the consideration consists of our capital stock, your equity interest in our company could be diluted, perhaps significantly.  If we were to proceed with one or more significant acquisitions in which the consideration included cash, we could be required to use a substantial portion of our available cash, or obtain additional financing to consummate them.

Our previous acquisitions involve risks, including our inability to integrate successfully the new businesses and our assumption of certain liabilities.

Our acquisition of these businesses and their respective assets also involved the risks that the businesses and assets acquired may prove to be less valuable than we expected and/or that we may assume unknown or unexpected liabilities, costs and problems.  In addition, we assumed certain liabilities in connection with these acquisitions and we cannot assure you that we will be able to satisfy adequately such assumed liabilities.  Other companies that offer similar products and services may be able to market and sell their products and services more cost-effectively than we can.

If we do not manage our growth, our business will be harmed.

We may not be successful in managing our growth. Past growth has placed, and future growth will continue to place, significant challenges on our management and resources, related to the successful integration of the newly acquired businesses. To manage the expected growth of our operations, we will need to improve our existing, and implement new, operational and financial systems, procedures and controls. We may also need to expand our finance, administrative, client services and operations staffs and train

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and manage our growing employee base effectively. Our current and planned personnel, systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our future operations. Our business, results of operations and financial position will suffer if we do not effectively manage our growth.

If we are not successful in protecting our intellectual property, our business will suffer.

We depend heavily on technology to operate our business. Our success depends on protecting our intellectual property, which is one of our most important assets. We have intellectual property consisting of:
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licensable software products;
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rights to certain domain names;
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registered service marks on certain names and phrases;
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various unregistered trademarks and service marks;
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know-how;
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rights to certain logos; and
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a pending patent application with respect to certain of our software.

If we do not adequately protect our intellectual property, our business, financial position and results of operations would be harmed. Our means of protecting our intellectual property may not be adequate. Unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our intellectual property or to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. In addition, competitors may be able to devise methods of competing with our business that are not covered by our intellectual property. Our competitors may independently develop similar technology, duplicate our technology or design around any intellectual property that we may obtain.

The success of some of our business operations depends on the proprietary nature of certain software. We do not, however, have patents with respect to much of our software. Because there is no patent protection in respect of much of our software, other companies are not prevented from developing and marketing similar software. We cannot assure you, therefore, that we will not face more competitors or that we can compete effectively against any companies that develop similar software. We also cannot assure you that we can compete effectively or not suffer from pricing pressure with respect to our existing and developing products that could adversely affect our ability to generate revenues. Further, our pending patent application may not be issued and if issued may not be broad enough to protect our rights, or if such patent is issued such patent could be successfully challenged.

Although we hold rights to various web domain names, regulatory bodies in the United States and abroad could establish additional top-level domains, appoint additional domain name registrars or modify the requirements for holding domain names. The relationship between regulations governing domain names and laws protecting trademarks and similar proprietary rights is unclear. We may be unable to prevent third parties from acquiring domain names that are similar to or diminish the value of our proprietary rights.

Our substantial non-recourse debt and lease obligations could impair our financial flexibility and restrict our business significantly.

We now have, and will continue to have, significant debt obligations. We had total loans payable to third parties with principal amounts aggregating $237.9 million as of March 31, 2013, all of which was non-recourse and not guaranteed by the Company or our subsidiaries, other than CDF I with respect to the Phase I Credit Agreement, DC Holdings LLC, AccessDM and ADCP2 with respect to the Prospect Loan, Phase 2 B/AIX with respect to the KBC Agreements and CDF2 Holdings and CDF 2 with respect to the Phase II Credit Agreement and CHG Lease. The Company provides limited financial support to the Prospect Loan not to exceed $1.5 million per year in the event financial performance does not meet certain defined benchmarks. The Company would not have been required to provide any support in fiscal year 2013 if the Prospect Loan had been outstanding for the full year.

We also had a capital lease obligation covering a facility with an aggregate principal amount of $4.5 million as of March 31, 2013. In May 2011, the Company completed the sale of certain assets and liabilities of the Pavilion Theatre and from that point forward, it has not been operated by the Company. The Company has remained the primary obligor on the Pavilion capital lease and therefore, the capital lease obligation and the related assets under the capital lease continue to remain with the Company as of March 31, 2013. The Company has, however, entered into a sub-lease agreement with the unrelated third party purchaser who makes all payments related to the lease and as such, the Company has no continuing involvement in the operation of the Pavilion Theatre.


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In February 2013, DC Holdings LLC, our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into the Prospect Loan in the aggregate principal amount of $70.0 million. Additionally, in February 2013, CDF I, our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary that is intended to be a special purpose, bankruptcy remote entity, amended and restated the Phase I Credit Agreement, pursuant to which it borrowed $130 million of which $5.0 million was assigned to DC Holding LLC. Phase 2 B/AIX, our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into the KBC Agreements pursuant to which it has borrowed $63.1 million in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2013, the outstanding principal balance under the KBC Agreements was $44.3 million in the aggregate.

The obligations and restrictions under the Prospect Loan, the Phase I Credit Agreement, the KBC Agreements and our other debt obligations could have important consequences for us, including:
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limiting our ability to obtain necessary financing in the future; and
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requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow to payments on our debt obligations, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures and other corporate requirements or expansion of our business.

CDF 2 and CDF2 Holdings are our indirect wholly-owned, non-consolidated VIEs that are intended to be special purpose, bankruptcy remote entities. CDF 2 has entered into the Phase II Credit Agreement, pursuant to which it borrowed $63.2 million in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2013, the outstanding balance under the Phase II Credit Agreement, which includes interest payable, was $59.7 million. CDF2 Holdings has entered into the CHG Lease pursuant to which CHG provided sale/leaseback financing for digital cinema projection systems that were partially financed by the Phase II Credit Agreement in an amount of approximately $57.2 million in the aggregate.  These facilities are non-recourse to the Company and our subsidiaries, excluding the Company's VIEs,  CDF 2 and CDF2 Holdings, as the case may be. Although the Phase II financing arrangements undertaken by CDF 2 and CDF 2 Holdings are important to the Company with respect to the success of its Phase II Deployment, the Company's financial exposure related to the debt of CDF 2 and CDF2 Holdings is limited to the $2.0 million initial investment it made into CDF 2 and CDF2 Holdings. As of March 31, 2013, the book value of this investment was approximately $1.8 million.

The obligations and restrictions under the Phase II Credit Agreement and the CHG Lease could have important consequences for CDF 2 and CDF2 Holdings, including:
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Limiting their ability to obtain necessary financing in the future; and
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requiring them to dedicate a substantial portion of their cash flow to payments on their debt obligations, thereby reducing the availability of their cash flow for other uses.

If we are unable to meet our lease and non-recourse debt obligations, we could be forced to restructure or refinance our obligations, to seek additional equity financing or to sell assets, which we may not be able to do on satisfactory terms or at all. As a result, we could default on those obligations and in the event of such default, our lenders could accelerate our debt or take other actions that could restrict our operations.

The foregoing risks would be intensified to the extent we borrow additional money or incur additional debt.

The agreements governing the financing of our Phase I Deployment and part of our Phase II Deployment and the Prospect Loan impose certain limitations on us.

The Phase I Credit Agreement governing the financing of our Phase I Deployment restricts the ability of CDF I and its existing and future subsidiaries to, among other things:

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make certain capital expenditures and investments;
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incur other indebtedness or liens;
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engage in a new line of business;
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sell assets;
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acquire, consolidate with, or merge with or into other companies; and
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enter into transactions with affiliates.

One or more of the KBC Agreements governing part of the financing of our Phase II Deployment restrict the ability of Phase 2 B/AIX to, among other things:

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dispose of or incur other liens on the digital cinema projection systems financed by KBC;
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engage in a new line of business;
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sell assets outside the ordinary course of business or on other than arm's length terms;
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make payments to majority owned affiliated companies; and
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consolidate with, or merge with or into other companies.

The agreements governing the Prospect Loan restrict the ability of DC Holdings LLC and its subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions, to, among other things:
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make certain capital expenditures and investments;
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incur other indebtedness or liens;
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engage in a new line of business;
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sell assets;
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acquire, consolidate with, or merge with or into other companies; and
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enter into transactions with affiliates.


The agreements governing the financing of other parts of our Phase II Deployment impose certain limitations which may affect our Phase 2 deployment.

The Phase II Credit Agreement governing part of the financing of part of our Phase II Deployment that has not been financed by the KBC Agreements restricts the ability of CDF 2, CDF2 Holdings and their existing and future subsidiaries to, among other things:
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make certain capital expenditures and investments;
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incur other indebtedness or liens;
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engage in a new line of business;
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sell assets;
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acquire, consolidate with, or merge with or into other companies; and
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enter into transactions with affiliates.
The CHG Lease governing part of the financing of part of our Phase II Deployment restricts the ability of CDF2 Holdings to, among other things:
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incur liens on the digital cinema projection systems financed; and
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sublease, assign or modify the digital cinema projection systems financed.

We may not be able to generate the amount of cash needed to fund our future operations.

Our ability either to make payments on or to refinance our indebtedness, or to fund planned capital expenditures and research and development efforts, will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future.  Our ability to generate cash is in part subject to general economic, financial, competitive, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.

Based on our current level of operations, we believe our cash flow from operations, subsequent borrowings and loan and credit agreement terms will be adequate to meet our future liquidity needs through at least March 31, 2014.  Significant assumptions underlie this belief, including, among other things, that there will be no material adverse developments in our business, liquidity or capital requirements.  If we are unable to service our indebtedness, we will be forced to adopt an alternative strategy that may include actions such as:

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reducing capital expenditures;
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reducing research and development efforts;
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selling assets;
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restructuring or refinancing our remaining indebtedness; and
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seeking additional funding.


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We cannot assure you, however, that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, or that we will be able to make future borrowings in amounts sufficient to enable us to pay the principal and interest on our current indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs.  We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity.  We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

We have incurred losses since our inception.

We have incurred losses since our inception in March 2000 and have financed our operations principally through equity investments and borrowings.  As of March 31, 2013, we had negative working capital, defined as current assets less current liabilities, of $17.5 million, and cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash totaling $13.4 million; we had an accumulated deficit of $242.5 million however during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, we generated $29.4 million of net cash from operating activities.  

Our net losses and cash outflows may increase as and to the extent that we increase the size of our business operations, increase our sales and marketing activities, increase our content distribution rights acquisition activities, enlarge our customer support and professional services and acquire additional businesses.  These efforts may prove to be more expensive than we currently anticipate which could further increase our losses.  We must continue to increase our revenues in order to become profitable.  We cannot reliably predict when, or if, we will become profitable.  Even if we achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain it.  If we cannot generate operating income or positive cash flows in the future, we will be unable to meet our working capital requirements.

Many of our corporate actions may be controlled by our officers, directors and principal stockholders; these actions may benefit these principal stockholders more than our other stockholders.

As of March 31, 2013, our directors, executive officers and principal stockholders, those known by the Company to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, approximately 48% of our outstanding common stock.  In particular, Chris McGurk, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, owns 199,615 shares of Class A Common Stock and has stock options to purchase 4,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. Such options began vesting in thirds starting in December 2011 and will finish in December 2013. If all the options were exercised, Mr. McGurk would own 4,699,615 shares or approximately 8.8% of the then-outstanding Class A Common Stock. In addition, an affiliate of Sageview Capital L.P. (“Sageview”) owns 180,395 shares of Class A Common Stock and warrants to purchase 16,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. If such warrants are exercised, Sageview would own approximately 25.1% of the then-outstanding Class A Common Stock.  Laura Nisonger Sims, a member of our board of directors, is a principal of Sageview. Based on its ownership if the warrants, Sageview is entitled to have non-voting observers attend our board of directors.
 
These stockholders will have significant influence over our business affairs, with the ability to control matters requiring approval by our security holders, including elections of directors and approvals of mergers or other business combinations.  Also, certain corporate actions directed by our officers may not necessarily inure to the proportional benefit of other stockholders of our company.

Our success will significantly depend on our ability to hire and retain key personnel.

Our success will depend in significant part upon the continued performance of our senior management personnel and other key technical, sales and creative personnel. We do not currently have significant “key person” life insurance policies for any of our employees. We have entered into employment agreements with three of our top executive officers, all of which will terminate within the next 12 months unless renewed. If we lose one or more of our key employees, we may not be able to find a suitable replacement(s) and our business and results of operations could be adversely affected. In addition, competition for key employees necessary to create and distribute our entertainment content and software products is intense and may grow in the future. Our future success will also depend upon our ability to hire, train, integrate and retain qualified new employees and our inability to do so may have an adverse impact upon our business, financial condition, operating results, liquidity and prospects for growth.
If the market price of our common stock declines, we may not be able to maintain our listing on the Nasdaq Global Market which may impair our financial flexibility and restrict our business significantly.

The stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market prices of equity securities of many companies that may be unrelated or disproportionate to the operating results of such companies. These broad market movements may adversely affect the market price of the common stock. The common stock is presently listed on Nasdaq. Although we are not currently in jeopardy of delisting, we cannot assure you that we will meet the criteria for continued listing and our common stock could become delisted. Any such delisting could harm our ability to raise capital through alternative financing sources on terms acceptable to us, or at all, and may result in the loss of confidence in our financial stability by suppliers, customers and employees. If the common stock is delisted from Nasdaq, we may face a lengthy process to re-list the common stock, if we are able to re-list the common stock at all, and the liquidity that Nasdaq provides will no longer be available to investors.

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While we believe we currently have effective internal control over financial reporting, we are required to assess our internal control over financial reporting on an annual basis and any future adverse results from such assessment could result in a loss of investor confidence in our financial reports and have an adverse effect on our stock price.
 
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the accompanying rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC to implement it required us to include in our Form 10-K annual reports by our management regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. The report included, among other things, an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of our fiscal year. The assessment did not result in the disclosure of any material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting identified by management. During this process, if our management identified one or more material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting that cannot be remediated in a timely manner, we would not be unable to assert such internal control as effective. While we currently believe our internal control over financial reporting is effective, the effectiveness of our internal controls in future periods is subject to the risk that our controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, and, as a result, the degree of compliance of our internal control over financial reporting with the applicable policies or procedures may deteriorate. If, in the future, we are unable to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is effective (or if our independent auditors disagree with our conclusion), we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have an adverse effect on our stock price.

If we do not respond to future advances in technology and changes in customer demands, our financial position, prospects and results of operations may be adversely affected.
 
The demand for our Systems and other assets in connection with our digital cinema business (collectively, our “Digital Cinema Assets”) may be affected by future advances in technology and changes in customer demands. We cannot assure you that there will be continued demand for our Digital Cinema Assets. Our profitability depends largely upon the continued use of digital presentations at theatres. Although we have entered into long term agreements with major motion picture studios and independent studios (the “Studio Agreements”), there can be no assurance that these studios will continue to distribute digital content to movie theatres. If the development of digital presentations and changes in the way digital files are delivered does not continue or technology is used that is not compatible with our Systems, there may be no viable market for our Systems and related products. Any reduction in the use of our Systems and related products resulting from the development and deployment of new technology may negatively impact our revenues and the value of our Systems.

The demand for our entertainment software will be affected, in large part, by future advances in technology and changes in customer demands. Our success will also depend on our ability to address the increasingly sophisticated and varied needs of our existing and prospective customers.

We have concentration in our business with respect to our major motion picture studio customers, and the loss of one or more of our largest studio customers could have a material adverse effect on us.

Our Studio Agreements account for a significant portion of our revenues.  Together these studios generated 63%, 56%, 8%, 25% and 45% of Phase 1 DC's, Phase 2 DC's, Software's, the Services segment's, and our consolidated revenues, respectively, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.
 
The Studio Agreements are critical to our business.  If some of the Studio Agreements were terminated prior to the end of their terms or found to be unenforceable, or if our Systems are not upgraded or enhanced as necessary, or if we had a material failure of our Systems, it may have a material adverse effect on our revenue, profitability, financial condition and cash flows.  The Studio Agreements also generally provide that the VPF rates and other material terms of the agreements may not be more favorable to one studio as compared to the others.

Termination of the MLAs and MLAAs could damage our revenue and profitability.

The master license agreements with each of our licensed exhibitors (the “MLAs”) are critical to our business as are master license administrative agreements (the "MLAAs"). The MLAs have terms which expire in 2020 through 2022 and provide the exhibitor with an option to purchase our Systems or to renew for successive one year periods up to ten years thereafter. The MLAs also require our suppliers to upgrade our Systems when technology necessary for compliance with DCI Specification becomes commercially available and we may determine to enhance the Systems which may require additional capital expenditures.  If any one of the MLAs were terminated prior to the end of its term, not renewed at its expiration or found to be unenforceable, or if our Systems are not upgraded or enhanced as necessary, it would have a material adverse effect on our revenue, profitability, financial condition and cash flows. Additionally, termination of MLAAs could adversely impact our servicing business.


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We have concentration in our business with respect to our major licensed exhibitors, and the loss of one or more of our largest exhibitors could have a material adverse effect on us.

Over 57% of Phase 1 DC's Systems and 18% of total systems are under MLA in theatres owned or operated by one large exhibitor.  The loss of this exhibitor or another of our major licensed exhibitors could have a negative impact on the aggregate receipt of VPF revenues as a result of the loss of any associated MLAs.  Although we do not receive revenues from licensed exhibitors and we have attempted to limit our licenses to only those theatres which we believe are successful, each MLA with our licensed exhibitors is important, depending on the number of screens, to our business since VPF revenues are generated based on screen turnover at theatres.  If the MLA with a significant exhibitor was terminated prior to the end of its term, it would have a material adverse effect on our revenue, profitability, financial condition and cash flows.  There can be no guarantee that the MLAs with our licensed exhibitors will not be terminated prior to the end of its term.

An increase in the use of alternative movie distribution channels and other competing forms of entertainment could drive down movie theatre attendance, which, if causing significant theatre closures or a substantial decline in motion picture production, may lead to reductions in our revenues.
 
Various exhibitor chains which are the Company's distributors face competition for patrons from a number of alternative motion picture distribution channels, such as DVD, network and syndicated television, video on-demand, pay-per-view television and downloading utilizing the Internet. These exhibitor chains also compete with other forms of entertainment competing for patrons' leisure time and disposable income such as concerts, amusement parks and sporting events. An increase in popularity of these alternative movie distribution channels and competing forms of entertainment could drive down movie theatre attendance and potentially cause certain of our exhibitors to close their theatres for extended periods of time. Significant theatre closures could in turn have a negative impact on the aggregate receipt of our VPF revenues, which in turn may have a material adverse effect on our business and ability to service our debt.

An increase in the use of alternative movie distribution channels could also cause the overall production of motion pictures to decline, which, if substantial, could have an adverse effect on the businesses of the major studios with which we have Studio Agreements. A decline in the businesses of the major studios could in turn force the termination of certain Studio Agreements prior to the end of their terms. The Studio Agreements with each of the major studios are critical to our business, and their early termination may have a material adverse effect on our revenue, profitability, financial condition and cash flows.

The acquisition restrictions contained in our certificate of incorporation which are intended to help preserve our net operating losses, may not be effective or may have unintended negative effects.

We have experienced, and may continue to experience, substantial operating losses, and under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 382”), and rules promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service, we may “carry forward” these net operating losses (“NOLs”) in certain circumstances to offset any current and future earnings and thus reduce our federal income tax liability, subject to certain requirements and restrictions. To the extent that the NOLs do not otherwise become limited, we believe that we will be able to carry forward a significant amount of the NOLs, and therefore these NOLs could be a substantial asset to us. If, however, we experience a Section 382 ownership change, our ability to use the NOLs will be substantially limited, and the timing of the usage of the NOLs could be substantially delayed, which could therefore significantly impair the value of that asset.

To reduce the likelihood of an ownership change, we have established acquisition restrictions in our certificate of incorporation. The acquisition restrictions in our certificate of incorporation are intended to restrict certain acquisitions of our common stock to help preserve our ability to utilize our NOLs by avoiding the limitations imposed by Section 382 and the related Treasury regulations. The acquisition restrictions are generally designed to restrict or deter direct and indirect acquisitions of our common stock if such acquisition would result in a shareholder becoming a “5-percent shareholder” (as defined by Section 382 and the related Treasury regulations) or increase the percentage ownership of Company stock that is treated as owned by an existing 5-percent shareholder.

Although the acquisition restrictions are intended to reduce the likelihood of an ownership change that could adversely affect us, we can give no assurance that such restrictions would prevent all transfers that could result in such an ownership change. In particular, we have been advised by our counsel that, absent a court determination, there can be no assurance that the acquisition restrictions will be enforceable against all of our shareholders, and that they may be subject to challenge on equitable grounds. In particular, it is possible that the acquisition restrictions may not be enforceable against the shareholders who voted against or abstained from voting on the restrictions at our 2009 annual meeting of stockholders.


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Under certain circumstances, our Board may determine it is in the best interest of the Company to exempt certain 5-percent shareholders from the operation of the acquisition restrictions, if a proposed transaction is determined not to be detrimental to the Company's utilization of its NOLs.

The acquisition restrictions also require any person attempting to become a holder of 5% or more of our common stock, as determined under Section 382, to seek the approval of our Board. This may have an unintended “anti-takeover” effect because our Board may be able to prevent any future takeover. Similarly, any limits on the amount of stock that a stockholder may own could have the effect of making it more difficult for stockholders to replace current management. Additionally, because the acquisition restrictions have the effect of restricting a stockholder's ability to dispose of or acquire our common stock, the liquidity and market value of our Class A common stock might suffer. The acquisition restrictions may be waived by our Board. Stockholders are advised to monitor carefully their ownership of our common stock and consult their own legal advisors and/or Company to determine whether their ownership of our common stock approaches the proscribed level.
 
The occurrence of various events may adversely affect the ability of the Company to fully utilize NOLs.

The Company has a substantial amount of NOLs for U.S. federal income tax purposes that are available both currently and in the future to offset taxable income and gains. Events outside of our control may cause us to experience a Section 382 ownership change, and limit our ability to fully utilize such NOLs.

In general, an ownership change occurs when, as of any testing date, the percentage of stock of a corporation owned by one or more “5-percent shareholders,” as defined in the Section 382 and the related Treasury regulations, has increased by more than 50 percentage points over the lowest percentage of stock of the corporation owned by such shareholders at any time during the three-year period preceding such date. In general, persons who own 5% or more of a corporation's stock are 5-percent shareholders, and all other persons who own less than 5% of a corporation's stock are treated, together, as a single, public group 5-percent shareholder, regardless of whether they own an aggregate of 5% or more of a corporation's stock. If a corporation experiences an ownership change, it is generally subject to an annual limitation, which limits its ability to use its NOLs to an amount equal to the equity value of the corporation multiplied by the federal long-term tax-exempt rate.

If we were to experience an ownership change, we could potentially have, in the future, higher U.S. federal income tax liabilities than we would otherwise have had and it may also result in certain other adverse consequences to us. Therefore, we have adopted the acquisition restrictions set forth in Article Fourth of our certificate of incorporation in order to reduce the likelihood that we will experience an ownership change under Section 382. There can be no assurance, however, that these efforts will deter or prevent the occurrence of an ownership change and the adverse consequences that may arise therefrom, as described above under the risk factor titled “The acquisition restrictions contained in our certificate of incorporation, which are intended to help preserve our net operating losses, may not be effective or may have unintended negative effects.”

Our revenues and earnings are subject to market downturns.

Our revenues and earnings may fluctuate significantly in the future. General economic or other conditions could cause lower than expected revenues and earnings within our digital cinema, technology or content and entertainment businesses. The global economic turmoil of recent years has caused a general tightening in the credit markets, lower levels of liquidity, increases in the rates of default and bankruptcy, an unprecedented level of intervention from the U.S. federal government and other foreign governments, decreased consumer confidence, overall slower economic activity and extreme volatility in credit, equity and fixed income markets. While the ultimate outcome of these events cannot be predicted, a decrease in economic activity in the U.S. or in other regions of the world in which we do business could adversely affect demand for our movies, thus reducing our revenue and earnings. While stabilization has continued, it remains a slow process and the global economy remains subject to volatility. Moreover, financial institution failures may cause us to incur increased expenses or make it more difficult either to financing of any future acquisitions, or financing activities. Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and could result in significant additional dilution to shareholders.
Economic conditions could materially adversely affect the Company.

The Company's operations and performance could be influenced by worldwide economic conditions.  Uncertainty about current global economic conditions poses a risk as consumers and businesses may postpone spending in response to tighter credit, negative financial news and/or declines in income or asset values, which could have a material negative effect on the demand for the Company's products and services.  Other factors that could influence demand include continuing increases in fuel and other energy costs, conditions in the residential real estate and mortgage markets, labor and healthcare costs, access to credit, consumer confidence, and other macroeconomic factors affecting consumer spending behavior.  These and other economic factors could have a material adverse effect on demand for the Company's products and services and on the Company's financial condition and

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operating results.  Uncertainty about current global economic conditions could also continue to increase the volatility of the Company's stock price.
 
The continued threat of terrorism and ongoing military and other actions may result in decreases in our net income, revenue and assets under management and may adversely affect our business.

The continued threat of terrorism, both within the United States of America and abroad, and the ongoing military and other actions and heightened security measures in response to these types of threats, may cause significant volatility and declines in the capital markets in the United States of America, Europe and elsewhere, loss of life, property damage, additional disruptions to commerce and reduced economic activity.  An actual terrorist attack could cause losses from a decrease in our business.

The war on terrorism, the threat of additional terrorist attacks, the political and the economic uncertainties that may result and other unforeseen events may impose additional risks upon and adversely affect the cinema industry and our business.  We cannot offer assurances that the threats of future terrorist-like events in the United States of America and abroad or military actions by the United States of America will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Changes to existing accounting pronouncements or taxation rules or practices may affect how we conduct our business and affect our reported results of operations.

New accounting pronouncements or tax rules and varying interpretations of accounting pronouncements or taxation practice have occurred and may occur in the future. A change in accounting pronouncements or interpretations or taxation rules or practices can have a significant effect on our reported results and may even affect our reporting of transactions completed before the change is effective. Changes to existing rules and pronouncements, future changes, if any, or the questioning of current practices or interpretations may adversely affect our reported financial results or the way we conduct our business.


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ITEM 2.  PROPERTY

Our segments operated from the following leased properties at March 31, 2013.

Deployment
Operations of:
Location:
Facility Type:
Expires:
Square Feet:
Phase 1 DC (1)
 
 
 
 
Phase 2 DC (1)
 
 
 
 

Services
Operations of:
Location:
Facility Type:
Expires:
Square Feet:
Software
Auburn Hills, Michigan
Administrative offices
December 2011 (2)
1,203
 
Woodland Hills, California
Administrative and technical offices
May 2016 (3)
6,726

Content & Entertainment
Operations of:
Location:
Facility Type:
Expires:
Square Feet:
CEG
Century City, California
Administrative offices
January 2017 (6)
10,623

Manhattan Borough of New York City
Executive and administrative offices
April 2016 (8)
11,200
  
Corporate
Operations of:
Location:
Facility Type:
Expires:
Square Feet:
Cinedigm
Manhattan Borough of New York City
Executive and administrative offices
April 2016
11,200

Discontinued operations
Operations of:
Location:
Facility Type:
Expires:
Square Feet:
Pavilion Theatre
Brooklyn Borough of New York City
Nine-screen digital movie theatre
July
2022 (4)
31,120
Data Center (7)
Brooklyn Borough of New York City
IDC facility
January
2016 (5)
30,520

(1)
Employees share office space with CEG in Century City, California and New York, New York.
(2)
Lease has an option to renew for up to an additional five years, which the Company has exercised since the expiration of the lease, with 180 days prior written notice at 95% of the then prevailing market rental rate.
(3)
Lease commenced in May 2011.
(4)
There is no lease renewal provision.  In May 2011, the Company completed the sale of certain assets and liabilities of the Pavilion Theatre and from that point forward, will not be operated by the Company. The Company has remained the primary obligor on the Pavilion capital lease and entered into a separate sublease agreement with the third party to sublet the Pavilion Theatre.
(5)
There is no lease renewal provision.
(6)
Sublease commenced April 2012. In addition to CEG, various departments within the Company also occupy space at this location.
(7)
Since May 1, 2007, the IDC facility has been operated by FiberMedia, consisting of unrelated third parties, pursuant to a master collocation agreement. FiberMedia currently pays the lease directly to the landlord and the Company will attempt to obtain landlord consent to assign the facility lease to FiberMedia.  Until such landlord consent is obtained, the Company will remain as the lessee.
(8)
Leased property assumed following the acquisition of New Video in April 2012.


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We believe that we have sufficient space to conduct our business for the foreseeable future.  All of our leased properties are, in the opinion of our management, in satisfactory condition and adequately covered by insurance.

We do not own any real estate or invest in real estate or related investments.

ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are not party to any pending, threatened or contemplated litigation.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.




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PART II
ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

CLASS A COMMON STOCK

Our Class A Common Stock trades publicly on the Nasdaq Global Market (“NASDAQ”), under the trading symbol “CIDM”. The following table shows the high and low sales prices per share of our Class A Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ for the periods indicated:
 
For the Fiscal Years Ended March 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
HIGH
 
LOW
 
HIGH
 
LOW
April 1 – June 30
$
1.80

 
$
1.32

 
$
2.49

 
$
1.65

July 1 – September 30
$
1.52

 
$
1.11

 
$
2.03

 
$
1.10

October 1 – December 31
$
1.58

 
$
1.22

 
$
1.74

 
$
1.03

January 1 – March 31
$
1.73

 
$
1.30

 
$
2.20

 
$
1.34

The last reported closing price per share of our Class A Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ on June 10, 2013 was $1.52 per share.  As of June 10, 2013, there were 104 holders of record of our Class A Common Stock, not including beneficial owners of our Class A Common Stock whose shares are held in the names of various dealers, clearing agencies, banks, brokers and other fiduciaries.

CLASS B COMMON STOCK

There is no public trading market for our Class B common stock (“Class B Common Stock”).  Each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock may be converted into one share of Class A Common Stock at any time, and from time to time, at the option of the holder and the holder of Class B Common Stock is entitled to ten (10) votes for each share of Class B Common Stock held.  On April 26, 2012, the holder of 25,000 shares of the Company's Class B common stock converted all of the Class B shares into 25,000 Class A common stock shares. Accordingly the Company no longer has any Class B common stock outstanding. On September 13, 2012, after receiving approval of its stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders held on September 12, 2012, the Company amended its Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate any authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock. Accordingly, no further Class B Common Stock will be issued.

DIVIDEND POLICY
 
We have never paid any cash dividends on our Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock and do not anticipate paying any on our Class A Common Stock in the foreseeable future. Any future payment of dividends on our Class A Common Stock will be in the sole discretion of our board of directors. The holders of our Series A 10% Non-Voting Cumulative Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends. Prior to September 2010, the Company was prohibited under the terms of a term loan with Sageview to make such payments. There were $90 of cumulative dividends in arrears on the Preferred Stock at March 31, 2013.
 
SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
 
None.
  
PURCHASE OF EQUITY SECURITIES

There were no purchases of shares of our Class A Common Stock made by us or on our behalf during the three months ended March 31, 2013.  We do not anticipate purchasing any shares of our Class A Common Stock in the foreseeable future.


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ITEM 6.  SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following tables set forth our historical selected financial and operating data for the periods indicated. The selected financial and operating data should be read together with the other information contained in this document, including “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” in Item 7 and the audited historical financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this document.  The historical results here are not necessarily indicative of future results.
 
For the Fiscal Years Ended March 31,
Statement of Operations Data
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
Related to Continuing Operations:
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
2009
Revenues
$
88,080

 
$
76,557

 
$
58,439

 
$
50,464

 
$
52,096

Direct operating (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)
12,489

 
7,042

 
4,329

 
5,004

 
5,960

Selling, general and administrative
23,123

 
15,717

 
11,777

 
9,942

 
10,589

Provision for doubtful accounts
490

 
459

 
144

 
(95
)
 
(110
)
Research and development
144

 
175

 
256

 
130

 
152

Merger and acquisition costs
1,267

 
604

 

 

 

Restructuring and transition expenses
340

 
1,207

 
1,403

 

 

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
36,498

 
35,865

 
31,916

 
29,834

 
28,934

Amortization of intangible assets
1,565

 
294

 
333

 
348

 
612

Total operating expenses
75,916

 
61,363

 
50,158

 
45,163

 
46,137

Income from operations
12,164

 
15,194

 
8,281

 
5,301

 
5,959

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
48

 
140

 
154

 
312

 
367

Interest expense – cash portion
(26,244
)
 
(27,465
)
 
(24,581
)
 
(30,649
)
 
(21,693
)
Interest expense – non-cash, includes accretion of note payable discount
(2,070
)
 
(2,434
)
 
(2,410
)
 
(2,934
)
 
(4,745
)
Debt prepayment fees
(3,725
)
 

 

 

 

(Loss) gain on extinguishment of notes payable
(7,905
)
 

 
(4,448
)
 
10,744

 

Income (loss) on investment in non-consolidated entity
322

 
(510
)
 

 

 

Other income (expense), net
653

 
912

 
(433
)
 
(570
)
 
(366
)
Change in fair value of warrant liability

 

 
3,142

 
2,994

 

Change in fair value of interest rate derivatives
1,231

 
200

 
(1,326
)
 
(8,463
)
 
(4,529
)
Loss from continuing operations before benefit from income taxes
(25,526
)
 
(13,963
)
 
(21,621
)
 
(23,265
)
 
(25,007
)
Benefit from income taxes
4,944

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations
(20,582
)
 
(13,963
)
 
(21,621
)
 
(23,265
)
 
(25,007
)
Loss from discontinued operations
(484
)
 
(5,381
)
 
(8,237
)
 
(6,243
)
 
(12,197
)
(Loss) gain on sale of discontinued operations

 
(3,696
)
 
622

 

 
(164
)
Net loss
(21,066
)
 
(23,040
)
 
(29,236
)
 
(29,508
)
 
(37,368
)
Preferred stock dividends
(356
)
 
(356
)
 
(394
)
 
(400
)
 
(50
)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders
$
(21,422
)
 
$
(23,396
)
 
$
(29,630
)
 
$
(29,908
)
 
$
(37,418
)
Basic and diluted net loss per share from continuing operations
$
(0.44
)
 
$
(0.39
)
 
$
(0.71
)
 
$
(0.83
)
 
$
(0.91
)
Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share (1)
47,517,167

 
36,259,036

 
30,794,102

 
28,624,154

 
27,476,420

 
(1) 
For all periods presented, the Company has incurred net losses and, therefore, the impact of dilutive potential common stock equivalents and convertible notes are anti-dilutive and are not included in the weighted shares.

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For the Fiscal Years Ended March 31,
 
(In thousands)
Balance Sheet Data (At Period End):
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
2009
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted available-for-sale investments and restricted cash
$
20,199

 
$
33,071

 
$
22,979

 
$
24,193

 
$
26,584

Working capital
$
(17,497
)
 
$
2,957

 
$
13,713

 
$
15,589

 
$
24,400

Total assets
$
284,058

 
$
290,137

 
$
307,488

 
$
297,147

 
$
322,397

Notes payable, non-recourse
$
237,909

 
$
170,989

 
$
192,554

 
$
173,301

 
$
195,448

Total stockholders' (deficit) equity
$
(17,314
)
 
$
(11,473
)
 
$
1,787

 
$
11,292

 
$
38,787

Other Financial Data (At Period End):
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Net cash provided by operating activities
$
29,369

 
$
39,938

 
$
30,075

 
$
9,948

 
$
33,818

Net cash used in investing activities
$
(4,250
)
 
$
(17,315
)
 
$
(41,067
)
 
$
(19,394
)
 
$
(34,236
)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
$
(29,514
)
 
$
(15,528
)
 
$
12,646

 
$
2,712

 
$
(13,409
)

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

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our historical consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this document.

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These include statements about our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies for the future, which are indicated by words or phrases such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “estimates,“ and similar words. Forward-looking statements represent, as of the date of this report, our judgment relating to, among other things, future results of operations, growth plans, sales, capital requirements and general industry and business conditions applicable to us.  These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company’s control that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  
 
OVERVIEW

Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. was incorporated in Delaware on March 31, 2000 (“Cinedigm”, and collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company”).

Over the past decade, the Company has played a significant role in the digital distribution revolution that continues to transform the media landscape. In addition to its pioneering role in transitioning almost 12,000 movie screens from traditional film prints to digital distribution, the Company continues to advance worldwide cinema modernization with its suite of software products allowing exhibitors and distributors to manage their digital businesses with efficiency, insight and lower costs. And, as a leading distributor of independent content domestically, the Company collaborates with producers and the exhibition community to market, source, curate and distribute quality content to targeted and profitable audiences through (i) theatrical releases, (ii) existing and emerging digital home entertainment platforms, including iTunes, Amazon Prime, Netflix, xBox, Playstation, VOD and (iii) physical goods, including DVD and Blu-ray. The Company's library of over 5,000 physical goods titles and 20,000 digital titles from more than 650 independent rights holders includes award-winning documentaries from Docurama Films®, next-generation independent movies from Flatiron Film Company® and acclaimed independent movies and festival picks through partnerships with the Sundance Institute and Tribeca Film. The Company is proud to distribute many Oscar®-nominated movies including “The Invisible War,” “Hell and Back Again,” “GasLand,” “Waste Land” and “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory.”

The Company reports its financial results in four primary segments as follows: (1) Phase I Deployment, (2) Phase II Deployment, (3) Services and (4) Content & Entertainment.  The Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments are the non-recourse, financing vehicles and administrators for the Company's Systems installed in North American movie theatres.  The Services segment provides services, software and support to the Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments as well as directly to exhibitors and other third party customers.  Included in these services are asset management services for a specified fee via service agreements with Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment as well as third party exhibitors as buyers of their own digital cinema equipment; and software license, maintenance and consulting services to Phase I and Phase II Deployment, various other exhibitors, studios and other content organizations.  These services primarily facilitate the conversion from analog to digital cinema and have positioned the Company at what it believes to be the forefront of a rapidly developing industry relating to the distribution and management of digital cinema and other content to theatres and other remote venues worldwide.  The Content &

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Entertainment segment is a market leader in the three pillars of digital entertainment distribution - aggregation and distribution, theatrical releasing and branded and curated OTT entertainment channels and applications.

In April 2012, the Company issued 7,857,143 shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of $1.40 per share, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $10.0 million, net of costs of $1.1 million.

On April 19, 2012, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement for the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of New Video, an independent home entertainment distributor of quality packaged goods entertainment and digital content that provides distribution services in the DVD, Blu-ray, Digital and VOD channels for more than 500 independent rights holders (the “New Video Acquisition”). The Company agreed to pay $10.0 million in cash and 2,525,417 shares of Class A common stock at $1.51 per share, subject to certain transfer restrictions, plus up to an additional $6.0 million in cash or Class A common stock, at the Company’s discretion, if certain business unit financial performance targets are met during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The New Video Acquisition was consummated on April 20, 2012. Merger and acquisition expenses, consisting primarily of professional fees, directly related to the New Video Acquisition totaled $1.9 million, of which $1.3 million was incurred during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.

On February 28, 2013, the Company significantly enhanced its capital structure by closing two new credit facilities which effectively refinanced the non-recourse senior Phase 1 2010 Term Loan and recourse corporate note into two non-recourse loans. These two new non-recourse credit facilities, $125.0 million and $70.0 million respectively, will be supported by the cash flows of the Phase 1 deployment and the Company’s digital cinema servicing business. These new facilities significantly improve upon the terms of the previous financing arrangements through a combination of (i) reduced borrowing costs, (ii) the issuance of all as debt non-recourse to Cinedigm’s software and content businesses, and (iii) a significant maturity extension to 2021.

The following organizational chart provides a graphic representation of our business and our four reporting segments:
We have incurred consolidated net losses, including the results of our non-recourse deployment subsidiaries, of $21.1 million and $23.0 million during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and we have an accumulated deficit of $242.5 million as of March 31, 2013. Included in our consolidated net losses were merger and acquisitions and restructuring expenses of $1.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013. We also have significant contractual obligations related to our non-recourse debt for the remainder of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 and beyond. We may continue generating consolidated net losses for the foreseeable future. Based on our cash position at March 31, 2013, and expected

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cash flows from operations, we believe that we have the ability to meet our obligations through at least March 31, 2014. Failure to generate additional revenues, raise additional capital or manage discretionary spending could have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

Critical Accounting Policies

The following is a discussion of our critical accounting policies.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation expense is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets as follows:

Computer equipment and software
3-5 years
Digital cinema projection systems
10 years
Machinery and equipment
3-10 years
Furniture and fixtures
3-6 years

Leasehold improvements are being amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful life of the improvement. Maintenance and repair costs are charged to expense as incurred. Major renewals, improvements and additions are capitalized.

Useful lives are determined based on an estimate of either physical or economic obsolescence, or both.  During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company has not made any revisions to estimated useful lives. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, the Company reduced its capital lease obligation resulting from an amended sub-lease agreement in January 2013, through which an unrelated third party purchaser pays the capital lease and the Company is the primary obligor. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, the Company did not record any impairment charges from continuing operations on its property and equipment.

CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS

Software development costs for software to be sold, licensed or otherwise marketed that are incurred subsequent to establishing technological feasibility, when it is determined that the software can be produced to meet its design specifications, are capitalized until the product is available for general release. Amounts capitalized as software development costs are amortized using the greater of revenues during the period compared to the total estimated revenues to be earned or on a straight-line basis over estimated lives, generally five years, except for deployment software which is for ten years. The Company reviews capitalized software costs to determine if any impairment exists on a periodic basis.  

GOODWILL AND DEFINITE-LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill is the excess of the purchase price paid over the fair value of the net assets of an acquired business. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized; rather, they are tested for impairment on at least an annual basis.

The Company’s process of evaluating goodwill for impairment involves the determination of fair value of its goodwill reporting units: Software and CEG.  The Company conducts its annual goodwill impairment analysis during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, measured as of March 31, unless triggering events occur which require goodwill to be tested at another date. As discussed in Note 1 to the Company's consolidated financial statements in Item 8, goodwill increased during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 as a result of the New Video Acquisition.

Inherent in the fair value determination for each reporting unit are certain judgments and estimates relating to future cash flows, including management’s interpretation of current economic indicators and market conditions, and assumptions about the Company’s strategic plans with regard to its operations. To the extent additional information arises, market conditions change or the Company’s strategies change, it is possible that the conclusion regarding whether the Company’s remaining goodwill is impaired could change and result in future goodwill impairment charges that will have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

The Company applies the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") guidance when testing goodwill for impairment which permits the Company to make a qualitative assessment of whether goodwill is impaired, or opt to bypass the qualitative

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assessment, and proceed directly to performing the first step of the two-step impairment test. If the Company performs a qualitative assessment and concludes it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, goodwill is not considered impaired and the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. However, if the Company concludes otherwise, it is then required to perform the first step of the two-step impairment test.
The Company has the unconditional option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit and proceed directly to performing the first step of the goodwill impairment test. The Company may resume performing the qualitative assessment in any subsequent period.
For reporting units where we decide to perform a qualitative assessment, our management assesses and makes judgments regarding a variety of factors which potentially impact the fair value of a reporting unit, including general economic conditions, industry and market-specific conditions, customer behavior, cost factors, our financial performance and trends, our strategies and business plans, capital requirements, management and personnel issues, and our stock price, among others. Management then considers the totality of these and other factors, placing more weight on the events and circumstances that are judged to most affect a reporting unit's fair value or the carrying amount of its net assets, to reach a qualitative conclusion regarding whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount.

For reporting units where we decide to perform a quantitative testing approach in order to test goodwill, a determination of the fair value of our reporting units is required and is based, among other things, on estimates of future operating performance of the reporting unit and/or the component of the entity being valued. The Company is required to complete an impairment test for goodwill and record any resulting impairment losses at least on an annual basis or more often if warranted by events or changes in circumstances indicating that the carrying value may exceed fair value, also known as impairment indicators. This impairment test includes the projection and discounting of cash flows, analysis of our market factors impacting the businesses the Company operates and estimating the fair values of tangible and intangible assets and liabilities. Estimating future cash flows and determining their present values are based upon, among other things, certain assumptions about expected future operating performance and appropriate discount rates determined by management.

The discounted cash flow methodology establishes fair value by estimating the present value of the projected future cash flows to be generated from the reporting unit. The discount rate applied to the projected future cash flows to arrive at the present value is intended to reflect all risks of ownership and the associated risks of realizing the stream of projected future cash flows.  The discounted cash flow methodology uses our projections of financial performance for a five-year period.  The most significant assumptions used in the discounted cash flow methodology are the discount rate and expected future revenues and gross margins, which vary among reporting units. The market participant based weighted average cost of capital for each unit gives consideration to factors including, but not limited to, capital structure, historic and projected financial performance, and size.

The market multiple methodology establishes fair value by comparing the reporting unit to other companies that are similar, from an operational or industry standpoint and considers the risk characteristics in order to determine the risk profile relative to the comparable companies as a group.  The most significant assumptions are the market multiplies and the control premium. The Company has elected not to apply a control premium to the fair value conclusions for the purposes of impairment testing.

During the annual testing of goodwill for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, management performed the quantitative assessment for its Software and CEG reporting units. In determining fair value, we make various assumptions, including our expectations of future cash flows based on projections or forecasts derived from our analysis of business prospects, economic or market trends and any regulatory changes that may occur. We estimate the fair value of the reporting unit using a net present value methodology, which is dependent on significant assumptions related to estimated future discounted cash flows, discount rates and tax rates. Our assumptions for our annual impairment test should not be construed as earnings guidance or long-term projections and are typically more conservative projections. Our assumptions included growth rates in adjusted EBITDA that are derived from the Company's budget for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 with flat growth rates of approximately 2% and 3% for Software and CEG, respectively, for the fiscal years thereafter through the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. Further, we assumed a market-based weighted average cost of capital of 10% and 20% for Software and CEG, respectively, to discount cash flows and a blended federal and state tax rate of 40%.

We determined that the fair value of the Software reporting unit exceeded its carrying value, inclusive of goodwill of $4.2 million, by over 100%. We determined that the fair value of the CEG reporting unit exceeded its carrying value, inclusive of goodwill of $8.5 million, by over 100%. Thus, a significant decrease in fair value would be required before the goodwill balance at these reporting units would have a carrying value in excess of the fair value. As such, no further analysis of the Software and CEG reporting units was required and no goodwill impairment was recorded for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013. There is, however, a significant risk of future impairment if management's expectations of future cash flows are not achieved.


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Information related to the goodwill allocated to the Company's reportable segments is detailed below:
($ in thousands)
 
Phase I
 
Phase II
 
Services
 
Content & Entertainment
 
Corporate
 
Consolidated
As of March 31, 2012
 
$

 
$

 
$
4,197

 
$
1,568

 
$

 
$
5,765

Goodwill resulting from the New Video Acquisition
 

 

 

 
6,974

 

 
6,974

As of March 31, 2013
 
$

 
$

 
$
4,197

 
$
8,542

 
$

 
$
12,739


As of March 31, 2013, the Company’s finite-lived intangible assets consisted of customer relationships and agreements, theatre relationships, covenants not to compete, a favorable operating lease, trade names and trademarks. During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, no impairment charge for finite-lived intangible assets was recorded.


REVENUE RECOGNITION

Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment
VPFs are earned pursuant to contracts with movie studios and distributors, whereby amounts are payable by a studio to Phase 1 DC, CDF I and to Phase 2 DC when movies distributed by the studio are displayed on screens utilizing the Company’s Systems installed in movie theatres.  VPFs are earned and payable to Phase 1 DC and CDF I based on a defined fee schedule with a reduced VPF rate year over year until the sixth year (calendar 2011) at which point the VPF rate remains unchanged through the tenth year.  One VPF is payable for every digital title displayed per System. The amount of VPF revenue is dependent on the number of movie titles released and displayed using the Systems in any given accounting period. VPF revenue is recognized in the period in which the digital title first plays on a System for general audience viewing in a digitally-equipped movie theatre, as Phase 1 DC’s, CDF I’s and Phase 2 DC’s performance obligations have been substantially met at that time.

Phase 2 DC’s agreements with distributors require the payment of VPFs, according to a defined fee schedule, for ten years from the date each system is installed; however, Phase 2 DC may no longer collect VPFs once “cost recoupment,” as defined in the contracts with movie studios and distributors, is achieved.  Cost recoupment will occur once the cumulative VPFs and other cash receipts collected by Phase 2 DC have equaled the total of all cash outflows, including the purchase price of all Systems, all financing costs, all “overhead and ongoing costs”, as defined, and including the Company’s service fees, subject to maximum agreed upon amounts during the three-year rollout period and thereafter, plus a compounded return on any billed but unpaid overhead and ongoing costs, of 15% per year.  Further, if cost recoupment occurs before the end of the eighth contract year, a one-time “cost recoupment bonus” is payable by the studios to the Company.  Any other cash flows, net of expenses, received by Phase 2 DC following the achievement of cost recoupment are required to be returned to the distributors on a pro-rata basis. At this time, the Company cannot estimate the timing or probability of the achievement of cost recoupment.

Alternative content fees (“ACFs”) are earned pursuant to contracts with movie exhibitors, whereby amounts are payable to Phase 1 DC, CDF I and to Phase 2 DC, generally either a fixed amount or as a percentage of the applicable box office revenue derived from the exhibitor’s showing of content other than feature movies, such as concerts and sporting events (typically referred to as “alternative content”). ACF revenue is recognized in the period in which the alternative content first opens for audience viewing.

Revenues are deferred for up front exhibitor contributions and are recognized over the cost recoupment period, which is expected to be ten years.

Services
For software multi-element licensing arrangements that do not require significant production, modification or customization of the licensed software, revenue is recognized for the various elements as follows: revenue for the licensed software element is recognized upon delivery and acceptance of the licensed software product, as that represents the culmination of the earnings process and the Company has no further obligations to the customer, relative to the software license. Revenue earned from consulting services is recognized upon the performance and completion of these services. Revenue earned from annual software maintenance is recognized ratably over the maintenance term (typically one year).

Revenue is deferred in cases where:  (1) a portion or the entire contract amount cannot be recognized as revenue, due to non-delivery or pre-acceptance of licensed software or custom programming, (2) uncompleted implementation of ASP Service, or (3) unexpired pro-rata periods of maintenance, minimum ASP Service fees or website subscription fees. As license fees, maintenance

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fees, minimum ASP Service fees and website subscription fees are often paid in advance, a portion of this revenue is deferred until the contract ends. Such amounts are classified as deferred revenue and are recognized as earned revenue in accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policies described above.

Exhibitors who purchased and own Systems using their own financing in the Phase II Deployment, paid an upfront activation fee that is generally $2 thousand per screen to the Company (the “Exhibitor-Buyer Structure”).  These upfront activation fees are recognized in the period in which these exhibitor owned Systems are ready for content, as the Company has no further obligations to the customer, and are generally paid quarterly from VPF revenues over approximately one year.  Additionally, the Company recognizes activation fee revenue of between $1 thousand and $2 thousand on Phase 2 DC Systems and for Systems installed by Holdings upon installation and such fees are generally collected upfront upon installation. The Company will then manage the billing and collection of VPFs and will remit all VPFs collected to the exhibitors, less an administrative fee that will approximate up to 10% of the VPFs collected.

The administrative fee related to the Phase I Deployment approximates 5% of the VPFs collected and an incentive service fee equal to 2.5% of the VPFs earned by Phase 1 DC. This administrative fee is recognized in the period in which the billing of VPFs occurs, as performance obligations have been substantially met at that time.

Content & Entertainment
CEG earns fees for the distribution of content in the home entertainment markets via several distribution channels, including digital, video-on-demand, and physical goods (e.g. DVD and Blu-ray Disc). The fee rate earned by the Company varies depending upon the nature of the agreements with the platform and content providers. Generally, revenues are recognized at the availability date of the content for a subscription digital platform, at the time of shipment for physical goods, or point-of-sale for transactional and video-on-demand services.
CEG also has contracts for the theatrical distribution of third party feature movies and alternative content. CEG’s distribution fee revenue and CEG's participation in box office receipts is recognized at the time a feature movie and alternative content is viewed. CEG has the right to receive or bill a portion of the theatrical distribution fee in advance of the exhibition date, and therefore such amount is recorded as a receivable at the time of execution, and all related distribution revenue is deferred until the third party feature movies’ or alternative content’s theatrical release date.


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Results of Continuing Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

Revenues
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
($ in thousands)
2013
 
2012
 
$ Change
 
% Change
Phase I Deployment
$
39,646

 
$
42,028

 
$
(2,382
)
 
(6
)%
Phase II Deployment
12,464

 
11,714

 
750

 
6
 %
Services
19,920

 
21,219

 
(1,299
)
 
(6
)%
Content & Entertainment
16,050

 
1,596

 
14,454

 
906
 %
 
$
88,080

 
$
76,557

 
$
11,523

 
15
 %
Revenues increased $11.5 million or 15% during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 with the organic growth in revenues in Content and Entertainment as well as the New Video Acquisition more than offsetting decreases in Deployment and Services revenues. Phase 1 and Phase 2 Deployment revenues declined by $1.6 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 partially due to a number of unexpected releasing decisions made by the major studios during the Company's fiscal second quarter: (i) studios avoided releasing wide titles in the weekends around the Dark Knight Rises; (ii) studios reduced the breadth of releases and/or delayed releases in light of the shootings at a Dark Knight Rises screening in Aurora, CO in July; (iii) studios reduced the breadth and/or number of releases around the Olympics in August; and (iv) several wide releases were delayed due to production, marketing or 3D conversion issues. The delayed releases have been moved to the first and second quarters of the next fiscal year. Phase 2 DC's financed Systems installed and ready for content were 2,503 at March 31, 2013, up from 1,815 at March 31, 2012. Non-deployment revenues grew 58% inclusive of New Video and grew 1% assuming New Video had been included within the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 operating results on a pro-forma basis. 
In the Services segment, a $1.3 million, or 6%, decrease in revenues was primarily due to (i) lower results in Software license fees reflecting the decline in Phase 2 installations year over year as well as several studio distributor customers delaying software installations representing in excess of $2.0 million of revenues until the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 and (ii) decreased exhibitor activation fees, partially offset by increased digital cinema servicing fees. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, 2,371 Phase 2 DC Cinedigm-Financed and Exhibitor-Buyer Structure Systems were installed and a total of 7,980 installed Phase 2 Systems were generating service fees at March 31, 2013 as compared to 5,609 Phase 2 Systems at March 31, 2012. The Company also services an additional 3,724 screens in its Phase I deployment subsidiary. We expect growth in Services as we (i) commence international servicing and software installations in Australia, the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 from our over 1,000 international screen backlog; (ii) recognize additional revenues from delayed existing software customers; and (iii) achieve continued growth in software and cinema services from our strong sales pipeline.

The CEG business expanded significantly to revenues of $16.1 million due to organic growth and the acquisition of New Video which was completed during the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013. Total CEG revenues increased by 13%, year over year, inclusive of New Video on a pro-forma basis. CEG has grown its historical fee-for-service theatrical releasing efforts (Indie Direct) and has expanded its ancillary market distribution efforts of distributing both movies and television entertainment content into digital, VOD and physical goods (DVDs and Blu-ray discs). During the fiscal year, CEG outperformed the industry with growth in digital revenues of 55% versus the industry average of 27% and growth in physical goods sales of 65% versus the industry average of (6%). CEG is utilizing the combined resources of its theatrical releasing infrastructure and its home entertainment distribution capabilities to acquire the North American distribution rights in all media for independent movies as well as to launch several programmatic entertainment networks through OTT channels to all home and mobile platforms. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, CEG acquired the distribution rights to 13 independent movies has an active acquisition pipeline. CEG expects to release five of these movies during the three months ended June 30, 2013. In addition, CEG expects releases during the three months ended March 31, 2013 to be profitable based upon ancillary revenue pre-sales, DVD pre-orders as well as projected transactional VOD results.


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Direct Operating Expenses
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
($ in thousands)
2013
 
2012
 
$ Change
 
% Change
Phase I Deployment
$
459

 
$
545

 
$
(86
)
 
(16
)%
Phase II Deployment
687

 
365

 
322

 
88
 %
Services
4,795

 
4,220

 
575

 
14
 %
Content & Entertainment
6,548

 
1,912

 
4,636

 
242
 %
 
$
12,489

 
$
7,042

 
$
5,447

 
77
 %
Direct operating expenses increased by 77% due to the acquisition of New Video and the resulting 58% total non-deployment revenue growth.  Excluding the impact of the purchase of New Video, direct operating costs increased by $1.0 million, or 55%, from the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 on a pro-forma basis. The decreased operating costs in the Phase I Deployment segment and the increase in direct operating costs in the Phase II Deployment segment was primarily due to respective decreases and increases in property taxes and insurance incurred on deployed Systems. The increase in the Services segment was primarily related to (i) additional administrative and financial personnel required to service our growing Phase 2 screens; and (ii) additional personnel costs to support the software development requirements of our current and new customers, as well as new product development efforts. The increase in the Content & Entertainment segment was directly related to our acquisition of New Video along with increased indie direct fees tied to expanded fee-for-service movie releases. In addition, we incurred approximately $0.8 million of expenses related to advances and marketing for movie releases during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 that we expect to result in revenues in future quarters from ancillary home entertainment revenue streams. In accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), Cinedigm must recognize its upfront content acquisition and marketing expenses at the time of a theatrical release of a movie. We expect to recover those expenses as well as earn our fee based profits over the ensuing 12-36 months from revenues earned on the distribution of the movie in the ancillary home entertainment markets. This timing difference creates a “J-Curve” and will continue in future periods as we increase our distribution activities and we will also experience an increase in direct operating expenses corresponding with additional revenue growth.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
($ in thousands)
2013
 
2012
 
$ Change
 
% Change
Phase I Deployment
$
92

 
$
221

 
$
(129
)
 
(58
)%
Phase II Deployment
139

 
202

 
(63
)
 
(31
)%
Services
3,865

 
3,434

 
431

 
13
 %
Content & Entertainment
8,308

 
1,791

 
6,517

 
364
 %
Corporate
10,719

 
10,069

 
650

 
6
 %
 
$
23,123

 
$
15,717

 
$
7,406

 
47
 %
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $7.4 million or 47% in support of the 58% increase in non-deployment revenues. Total selling, general and administrative expense increased by $5.4 million, or 31%, inclusive of New Video in both periods on a pro-forma basis. This expense growth rate below the revenue growth rate is the result of the restructuring activities undertaken by the Company in the second half of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and focused expense management. The increase in the Services segment was mainly due to payroll and related employee expenses for increased staffing as we added servicing resources to support the expanding digital cinema exhibitor management efforts as well as additional management, sales resources, software development and quality assurance staff to support the significant recent software customer additions. The Content & Entertainment segment increased 364% as a result of our acquisition of New Video and the additional staff to support our expanded releasing activities this year. The increase within Corporate was mainly due to (i) the addition of financial and corporate resources from New Video; (ii) increased insurance, accounting and legal expenses related to our business growth and the acquisition of New Video; and (iii) increased travel and sales costs.   Future increases in selling, general and administrative expenses will be tied to additional revenues as we support our recent new software business contracts and expanding sales pipeline and our additional content acquisition and distribution activities with additional sales and service headcount.

Merger and Acquisition Expenses

Merger and acquisition expenses included in corporate expenses for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 of $1.3 million include professional fees incurred which pertained to the purchase of New Video which was consummated in April 2012.

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Restructuring expense

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, the Company completed a strategic assessment of its resource requirements within its Content & Entertainment reporting segment. Based upon the continued integration of the New Video Acquisition, continued shifting in its business from physical to digital content distribution and the movement towards a greater share of its own theatrical releasing product, such initiatives resulted in a workforce reduction and severance and employee related expense of $0.3 million. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, the Company completed a strategic assessment of its resource requirements within its ongoing businesses which resulted in a workforce reduction, severance and employee related expense of $1.2 million.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense on Property and Equipment
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
($ in thousands)
2013
 
2012
 
$ Change
 
% Change
Phase I Deployment
$
28,549

 
$
28,553

 
$
(4
)
 
 %
Phase II Deployment
7,371

 
6,778

 
593

 
9
 %
Services
148

 
158

 
(10
)
 
(6
)%
Content & Entertainment
72

 
8

 
64

 
800
 %
Corporate
358

 
368

 
(10
)
 
(3
)%
 
$
36,498

 
$
35,865

 
$
633

 
2
 %
Depreciation and amortization expense increased $0.6 million or 2%. The increase in the Phase II Deployment segment represents depreciation on the increased number of Phase 2 DC Systems which were not in service during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. We expect the depreciation and amortization expense in the Phase II Deployment segment to remain at similar levels as the Phase 2 deployment period has ended and we do not expect to add international Systems that require consolidation on our balance sheet. In addition, we expect modest additional growth in Services and Corporate depreciation and amortization expense tied to technology investments supporting our software expansion and our upgraded corporate information technology infrastructure. Content & Entertainment depreciation will in the future reflect the acquisition of New Video.

Amortization of intangible assets

Amortization of intangible assets increased to $1.6 million from $0.3 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, principally due to the amortization of intangible assets that were allocated preliminary purchase in connection with the New Video Acquisition.

Interest expense
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
($ in thousands)
2013
 
2012
 
$ Change
 
% Change
Phase I Deployment
$
9,016

 
$
10,134

 
$
(1,118
)
 
(11
)%
Phase II Deployment
2,351

 
2,466

 
(115
)
 
(5
)%
Corporate
16,947

 
17,299

 
(352
)
 
(2
)%
 
$
28,314

 
$
29,899

 
$
(1,585
)
 
(5
)%
Interest expense decreased $1.6 million or 5%.  The 11% decrease in interest paid and accrued within the non-recourse Phase I Deployment segment relates to the repayment of Phase 1 DC's 2010 Term Loans from free cash flow and the resulting reduced outstanding principal balance offset by additional hedging costs from the hedge put in place in June 2010 through February 2013. The 2013 Term Loans will be at a rate of LIBOR, plus 275 basis points with a 1.0% LIBOR floor, versus the 2010 Term Loan rate of LIBOR, plus 350 basis points with a 1.75% LIBOR floor. Interest decreased within the Phase II Deployment segment related to the KBC Facilities as the effect of the reduction of outstanding principal more than offset the addition of non-recourse Phase 2 debt during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 to fund the purchase of Systems.  Phase 2 DC’s non-recourse interest expense is expected to continue to decrease as it did this fiscal year as we continue to repay the KBC Facilities from free cash flow and the benefit from the resulting reduced debt balance. The decrease in interest paid and accrued within Corporate is related to the 2010 Note, which was paid off in February 2013.  The 2013 Prospect Loan will be at an interest rate of 13.5%, including a cash rate of LIBOR, plus 9.0% with a 2.0% LIBOR floor, and a Payment In Kind ("PIK") rate of 2.5%. Interest on the 2010 Note was 8% PIK Interest and 7% per annum paid in cash.  
Non-cash interest expense was approximately $9.2 million and $9.5 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. PIK interest was $7.1 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. The remaining amounts for the

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fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 represent the accretion of $1.8 million and $2.1 million, respectively, on the note payable discount associated with the 2010 Note and the accretion of approximately $0.3 million for both periods on the note payable discount associated with the 2010 Term Loans.

Change in fair value of interest rate swaps
The change in fair value of the interest rate swaps were gains of $1.2 million and $0.2 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  The swap agreement in the prior year related to the prior credit facility, which was terminated on May 6, 2010 upon the completion of the Phase I Deployment refinancing.  It has been replaced by new swap agreements related to the former 2010 Term Loans entered into on June 7, 2010 which became effective on June 15, 2011 and the 2013 Term Loans which became effective on February 28, 2013.
Benefit from income taxes

A net benefit from income taxes of $4.9 million was recorded primarily from the New Video Acquisition during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013. A net deferred tax liability of $5.0 million was recorded upon the New Video Acquisition for the excess of the financial statement basis over the tax basis of the acquired assets and liabilities. As New Video will be included in the Company's consolidated federal and state tax returns, deferred tax liabilities assumed in the New Video Acquisition are able to offset the reversal of the Company's pre-existing deferred tax assets. Accordingly, the Company's valuation allowance has been reduced by $5.0 million and recorded as a deferred tax benefit in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013. Management will continue to assess the realizability of the deferred tax assets at each interim and annual balance sheet date based upon actual and forecasted operating results.

Adjusted EBITDA
The Company reported lower Adjusted EBITDA (including its Phase 1 DC and Phase 2 DC subsidiaries) of $55.6 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 in comparison to $58.0 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. Adjusted EBITDA from non-deployment businesses was $5.1 million during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, decreasing from $5.7 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. This decline was primarily driven by three factors: (i) the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 period was Cinedigm's largest deployment period ever with approximately 3,419 screens installed versus 2,371 screens this fiscal year representing an approximately $3.2 million difference period over period in digital cinema services and software EBITDA all other factors held constant from the reduction in installations; (ii) delayed delivery and customer product acceptance related to approximately $2.5 million in software revenues, with almost $2.0 million related to a contract with a major studio customer, during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013; and (iii) as previously discussed, a number of unexpected releasing decisions made by the major studios reduced deployment EBITDA by $2.0 million predominantly in fiscal second quarter as compared to prior year: (a) studios avoided releasing wide titles in the weekends around the Dark Knight Rises; (b) studios reduced the breadth of releases and/or delayed releases in light of the shootings at a Dark Knight Rises screening in Aurora, CO in July; (c) studios reduced the breadth and/or number of releases around the Olympics in August; and (d) several wide releases were delayed due to production, marketing or 3D conversion issues. The delayed releases have been moved to the first and second quarters of the next fiscal year. Based on announced release plans, actual results and our internal estimates, we do not expect studio releasing patterns like those experienced during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2012 to negatively impact fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. Finally, as previously described and inclusive in these results, the Company incurred approximately $0.8 million of "J-Curve" content distribution costs and $0.3 million of related revenues in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 in advance of earning additional ancillary home entertainment revenues. Phase 1 DC and Phase 2 DC revenues are expected to be relatively flat going forward as the domestic deployment period ended at January 31, 2013 and any remaining domestic and international installations will be through an Exhibitor-Buyer structure or other servicing partnerships. Based on the expected growth in and recently signed software contracts and the expansion in CEG driven by the growth in our library of distribution rights and our independent movie release slate, the Company expects Adjusted EBITDA performance to continue to improve during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 relative to current year results. The Company remains in investment mode as it intends to invest in the growth of its business through the acquisition of content distribution rights, related marketing related expenditures and through the continued development of additional software products and services.

Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA as a financial metric to measure the financial performance of the business because management believes it provides additional information with respect to the performance of its fundamental business activities. For this reason, the Company believes Adjusted EBITDA will also be useful to others, including its stockholders, as a valuable financial metric.


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Management presents Adjusted EBITDA because it believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful supplement to net loss from continuing operations as an indicator of operating performance. Management also believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a financial measure that is useful both to management and investors when evaluating the Company's performance and comparing our performance with the performance of our competitors. Management also uses Adjusted EBITDA for planning purposes, as well as to evaluate the Company's performance because Adjusted EBITDA excludes certain non-recurring or non-cash items, such as stock-based compensation charges, that management believes are not indicative of the Company's ongoing operating performance.

The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a performance measure and not a liquidity measure, and a reconciliation between net loss from continuing operations and Adjusted EBITDA is provided in the financial results. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to income from operations or net loss from continuing operations as an indicator of performance or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as an indicator of cash flows, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP, or as a measure of liquidity. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA does not take into account changes in certain assets and liabilities as well as interest and income taxes that can affect cash flows. Management does not intend the presentation of these non-GAAP measures to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures should be read only in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Following is the reconciliation of the Company's consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to consolidated GAAP net loss from continuing operations:

 
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
($ in thousands)
 
2013
 
2012
Net loss from continuing operations before income taxes
 
$
(25,526
)
 
$
(13,963
)
Add Back:
 
 
 
 
Amortization of capitalized software costs
 
1,165

 
759

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
 
36,498

 
35,865

Amortization of intangible assets
 
1,565

 
294

Interest income
 
(48
)
 
(140
)
Debt prepayment fees
 
3,725

 

Loss on extinguishment of notes payable
 
7,905

 

Interest expense
 
28,314

 
29,899

Income on investment in non-consolidated entity
 
(322
)
 
510

Other income, net
 
(653
)
 
(912
)
Change in fair value of interest rate derivatives
 
(1,231
)
 
(200
)
Stock-based compensation and expenses
 
2,279

 
3,008

Non-recurring transaction expenses
 
1,907

 
2,270

Allocated costs attributable to discontinued operations
 

 
623

Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
55,578

 
$
58,013

 
 
 
 
 
Adjustments related to the Phase I and Phase II Deployments:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
 
$
(35,920
)
 
$
(35,331
)
Amortization of intangible assets
 
(53
)
 
(52
)
       Income from operations
 
(14,483
)
 
(16,951
)
Intersegment services fees earned
 
24

 

Adjusted EBITDA from non-deployment businesses
 
$
5,146

 
$
5,679






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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Standards
In July 2012, the FASB issued a new accounting standard update, which amends guidance allowing an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events and circumstances indicates that it is more likely than not that the indefinite – lived intangible asset is impaired. This assessment should be used as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the quantitative impairment test. An entity would not be required to calculate the fair value of the intangible asset and perform the quantitative test unless the entity determines, based upon its qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying value. The update provides further guidance of events and circumstances that an entity should consider in determining whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite – lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. The update also allows an entity the option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any indefinite-lived intangible asset in any period and proceed directly to performing the quantitative impairment test. An entity will be able to resume performing the qualitative assessment in any subsequent period. This update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after September 15, 2012, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this standard on October 1, 2012. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
In October 2012, the FASB issued a new accounting standard update, which aligns the guidance on fair value measurements in the impairment test of unamortized film costs with the guidance on fair value measurements in other instances within GAAP. The amendments in this update eliminate certain requirements related to an impairment assessment of unamortized film costs and clarify when unamortized film costs should be assessed for impairment. This update does not add any new guidance to the FASB's codification for Entertainment - Films. This update is effective for the Company's impairment assessments performed on or after December 15, 2012. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2013. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We have incurred net losses each year since we commenced our operations. Since our inception, we have financed our operations substantially through the private placement of shares of our common and preferred stock, the issuance of promissory notes, our initial public offering and subsequent private and public offerings, notes payable and common stock used to fund various acquisitions.

Our business is primarily driven by the growth in global demand for entertainment content in all forms, and in particular, the shifting consumer demand for content in digital forms within home and mobile devices as well as the maturing digital cinema marketplace. Primary revenue drivers will be the increasing number of digitally equipped screens, the growing demand for software to power these screens and drive other efficiencies and the demand for entertainment content in both theatrical and home ancillary markets. According to the Motion Picture Association of America, during 2012 there were approximately 43,000 domestic (United States and Canada) movie theatre screens and approximately 130,000 screens worldwide, of which approximately 36,000 of the domestic screens were equipped with digital cinema technology, and 11,687 of those screens contained our Systems and software. The Company's North American digital deployment period ended at January 31, 2013 other than for a modest special program for drive-in theatres. We have deployed 3,724 screens in our Phase I Deployment, and through March 31, 2013 have deployed 7,980 Phase 2 DC Systems. To date, the number of digitally-equipped screens in the marketplace has been a significant determinant of our potential revenue streams. The expansion of our content business into the ancillary distribution markets as well into the acquisition and distribution of new movie releases expands our market opportunities as the rapidly evolving digital and entertainment landscape creates significant new growth potential for the Company.

Beginning in May 2010, Phase 2 B/AIX, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into additional credit facilities, the KBC Facilities, to fund the purchase of Systems from Barco, to be installed in movie theatres as part of the Company’s Phase II Deployment.  As of March 31, 2013, the outstanding principal balance of the KBC Facilities was $45.6 million.

In February 2013, the Company refinanced its existing non-recourse senior 2010 Term Loan and recourse 2010 Note with a $125.0 million senior non-recourse credit facility led by Société Générale, New York Branch and a $70.0 million non-recourse credit facility provided by Prospect Capital Corporation. These two new non-recourse credit facilities will be supported by the cash flows of the Phase 1 deployment and the Company’s digital cinema servicing business.

As of March 31, 2013, we had negative working capital, defined as current assets less current liabilities, of $17.5 million and cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash totaling $20.2 million.

Operating activities provided net cash of $29.4 million and $39.9 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The reduction is primarily attributed to a $12.3 million reduction in working capital. While the Company expects to recover initial investments in movie acquisition in the next fiscal year, cash flows from VPFs are expected to remain consistent with the current fiscal year. Generally, changes in accounts receivable from our studio customers and others is a large component of operating cash flow, and during a period of increasing system deployments, the Company expects studio receivables to grow and negatively impact working capital and operating cash flow. During periods of fewer deployments, the Company expects receivables to decrease and positively impact cash flow, and eventually to stabilize. The CEG business differs slightly from our deployment business as we will continue to build receivables, the amount of which will depend upon the success of the theatrical releases, through the end of this fiscal year which the Company expects to collect upon during the first quarter of the next fiscal year. Generally, the Company makes advancements towards theatrical releases and expects to recover the initial expenditures within six to twelve months. CEG also generates additional operating cash flows during the Company's fiscal fourth quarter resulting from holiday revenues and distributes royalties from such revenues in the subsequent one to two fiscal quarters. The changes in the Company's trade accounts payable is also a significant factor, but the Company does not anticipate major changes in payables activity. The Company also has non-cash expense fluctuations, primarily resulting from the change in the fair value of interest rate swap arrangements. We expect operating activities to continue to be a positive source of cash.

Investing activities used net cash of $4.3 million and $17.3 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The decrease is primarily attributed to the sale of previously restricted available for sale investments, more than offsetting cash paid for the purchase of New Video, net of cash acquired.  We expect cash used in investing activities to decline significantly as the Phase II Deployment is complete. The Company does not fund Systems capital expenditures from its operating cash flows.
 
Financing activities used net cash of $29.5 million and $15.5 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  The refinancing of the 2010 Term Loans and prepayment of the 2010 Note along with normal principal reduction of the KBC facilities during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 more than offset net proceeds from the 2013 Term Loans, 2013 Prospect Loan and sale of common stock in April 2012.  Financing activities are expected to continue using the net cash generated from the Phase 1 and Phase 2 DC operations, primarily for principal repayments on the 2013 Term Loans, 2013 Prospect Loan and other existing debt facilities.  

We have contractual obligations that include long-term debt consisting of notes payable, credit facilities, non-cancelable long-term capital lease obligations for the Pavilion Theatre and other various computer related equipment, non-cancelable operating leases consisting of real estate leases, and minimum guaranteed obligations under theatre advertising agreements with exhibitors for displaying cinema advertising. The capital lease obligation of the Pavilion Theatre is paid by an unrelated third party, although Cinedigm remains the primary lessee and would be obligated to pay if the unrelated third party were to default on its rental payment obligations. The sub-lease agreement was amended during January 2013. The impact of the capital lease amendment to the Company's consolidated financial statements was not material.


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The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations as of March 31, 2013:

 
Payments Due
Contractual Obligations ($ in thousands)
Total
 
2014
 
2015 &
2016
 
2017 &
2018
 
Thereafter
Long-term non-recourse debt (1)
$
254,027

 
$
34,447

 
$
67,353

 
$
62,205

 
$
90,022

Capital lease obligations (2)
4,518

 
132

 
344

 
574

 
3,468

Debt-related obligations, principal
$
258,545

 
$
34,579

 
$
67,697

 
$
62,779

 
$
93,490

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest on non-recourse debt
$
90,647

 
$
15,401

 
$
26,402

 
$
21,093

 
$
27,751

Interest on capital leases (2)
5,163

 
790

 
1,498

 
1,351

 
1,524

Total interest
$
95,810

 
$
16,191

 
$
27,900

 
$
22,444

 
$
29,275

Total debt-related obligations
$
354,355

 
$
50,770

 
$
95,597

 
$
85,223

 
$
122,765

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total non-recourse debt including interest
$
344,674

 
$
49,848

 
$
93,755

 
$
83,298

 
$
117,773

Operating lease obligations (3)
$
3,167

 
$
1,235

 
$
1,932

 
$

 
$


(1)
Non-recourse debt is generally defined as debt whereby the lenders’ sole recourse with respect to defaults by the Company is limited to the value of the asset, which is collateral for the debt.  The 2013 Term Loans are not guaranteed by the Company or its other subsidiaries, other than Phase 1 DC and CDF I, the 2013 Prospect Loan is not guaranteed by the Company or its other subsidiaries, other than Phase 1 DC and DC Holdings LLC and the KBC Facilities are not guaranteed by the Company or its other subsidiaries, other than Phase 2 DC.
(2)
Represents the capital lease and capital lease interest for the Pavilion Theatre. The Company has remained the primary obligor on the Pavilion capital lease, and therefore, the capital lease obligation and related assets under the capital lease remain on the Company's consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2013. The Company has, however, entered into a sub-lease agreement with the unrelated third party purchaser which pays the capital lease and as such, has no continuing involvement in the operation of the Pavilion Theatre. This capital lease was previously included in discontinued operations.
(3)
Includes the remaining operating lease agreement for one IDC lease now operated and paid for by FiberMedia, consisting of unrelated third parties.  FiberMedia currently pays the lease directly to the landlord and the Company will attempt to obtain landlord consent to assign the facility lease to FiberMedia.  Until such landlord consent is obtained, the Company will remain as the lessee.

We may continue to generate net losses for the foreseeable future primarily due to depreciation and amortization, interest on the 2013 Term Loans and 2013 Prospect Loan, software development, marketing and promotional activities and content acquisition and marketing costs. Certain of these costs, including costs of software development and marketing and promotional activities, could be reduced if necessary. The restrictions imposed by the 2013 Term Loans and 2013 Prospect Loan may limit our ability to obtain financing, make it more difficult to satisfy our debt obligations or require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow to payments on our existing debt obligations. The 2013 Prospect Loan requires certain screen turn performance from Phase 1 DC and Phase 2 DC. While such restrictions may reduce the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures and other corporate requirements, we do not have similar restrictions imposed upon our Software and CEG businesses. We may seek to raise additional capital for strategic acquisitions or working capital as necessary. Failure to generate additional revenues, raise additional capital or manage discretionary spending could have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

Seasonality

Revenues from our Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments derived from the collection of VPFs from motion picture studios are seasonal, coinciding with the timing of releases of movies by the motion picture studios. Generally, motion picture studios release the most marketable movies during the summer and the winter holiday season. The unexpected emergence of a hit movie during other periods can alter the traditional trend. The timing of movie releases can have a significant effect on our results of operations, and the results of one quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for the next quarter or any other quarter. While CEG benefits from the winter holiday season, we believe the seasonality of motion picture exhibition, however, is becoming less pronounced as the motion picture studios are releasing movies somewhat more evenly throughout the year.


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Off-balance sheet arrangements

We are not a party to any off-balance sheet arrangements, other than operating leases in the ordinary course of business, which are disclosed above in the table of our significant contractual obligations, and Holdings. In addition, as discussed further in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company holds a 100% equity interest in Holdings, which is an unconsolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”), which wholly owns Cinedigm Digital Funding 2, LLC; however, the Company is not the primary beneficiary of the VIE.

Impact of Inflation

The impact of inflation on our operations has not been significant to date.  However, there can be no assurance that a high rate of inflation in the future would not have an adverse impact on our operating results.


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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA


CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2013 and 2012
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Deficit for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders' deficit and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2013. The financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2013 and 2012 and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2013, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.



/s/ EisnerAmper LLP

Edison, New Jersey
June 19, 2013



F-1



CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)

    
 
March 31,
 
2013
 
2012
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current assets
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
13,448

 
$
17,843

Restricted available-for-sale investments

 
9,477

Accounts receivable, net
31,695

 
24,502

Deferred costs, current portion
1,238

 
2,228

Unbilled revenue, current portion
9,989

 
7,510

Prepaid and other current assets
6,101

 
1,121

Note receivable, current portion
331

 
498

Assets held for sale

 
214

Total current assets
62,802

 
63,393

Restricted cash
6,751

 
5,751

Security deposits
218

 
207

Property and equipment, net
170,511

 
200,974

Intangible assets, net
12,848

 
466

Capitalized software costs, net
7,083

 
5,156

Goodwill
12,739

 
5,765

Deferred costs, net of current portion
7,396

 
5,080

Unbilled revenue, net of current portion
543

 
617

Accounts receivable, long-term
1,225

 
773

Note receivable, net of current portion
130

 
465

Investment in non-consolidated entity, net
1,812

 
1,490

Total assets
$
284,058

 
$
290,137


See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


F-2



CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
(continued)

    
 
 
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
$
40,320

 
$
20,854

Current portion of notes payable, non-recourse
 
34,447

 
35,644

Current portion of capital leases
 
132

 
186

Current portion of deferred revenue
 
3,900

 
3,677

Current portion of contingent consideration for business combination
 
1,500

 

Liabilities as part of assets held for sale
 

 
75

Total current liabilities
 
80,299

 
60,436

Notes payable, non-recourse, net of current portion
 
203,462

 
135,345

Notes payable
 

 
87,354

Capital leases, net of current portion
 
4,386

 
5,244

Interest rate derivatives
 
544

 
1,771

Deferred revenue, net of current portion
 
10,931

 
11,451

Contingent consideration, net of current portion
 
1,750

 

Customer security deposits, net of current portion
 

 
9

Total liabilities
 
301,372

 
301,610

Commitments and contingencies (see Note 9)
 


 

Stockholders’ Deficit
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock, 15,000,000 shares authorized;
Series A 10% - $0.001 par value per share; 20 shares authorized; 7 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Liquidation preference of $3,590
 
3,466

 
3,357

Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 118,759,000 and 75,000,000 shares authorized; 48,448,137 and 37,722,927 shares issued and 48,396,697 and 37,671,487 shares outstanding at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
 
48

 
38

Class B common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 1,241,000 and 15,000,000 shares authorized; 1,241,000 and 1,241,000 shares issued and 0 and 25,000 shares outstanding, at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
 

 

Additional paid-in capital
 
221,810

 
206,348

Treasury stock, at cost; 51,440 Class A shares
 
(172
)
 
(172
)
Accumulated deficit
 
(242,466
)
 
(221,044
)
Total stockholders’ deficit
 
(17,314
)
 
(11,473
)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
 
$
284,058

 
$
290,137


See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

F-3



CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)

    
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
 
2013
 
2012
Revenues
$
88,080

 
$
76,557

Costs and expenses:
 
 
 
Direct operating (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)
12,489

 
7,042

Selling, general and administrative
23,123

 
15,717

Provision for doubtful accounts
490

 
459

Research and development
144

 
175

Merger and acquisition expenses
1,267

 
604

Restructuring expenses
340

 
1,207

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
36,498

 
35,865

Amortization of intangible assets
1,565

 
294

Total operating expenses
75,916

 
61,363

Income from operations
12,164

 
15,194

Interest income
48

 
140

Debt prepayment fees
(3,725
)
 

Loss on extinguishment of notes payable
(7,905
)
 

Interest expense
(28,314
)
 
(29,899
)
Income (loss) on investment in non-consolidated entity
322

 
(510
)
Other income, net
653

 
912

Change in fair value of interest rate derivatives
1,231

 
200

Loss from continuing operations before benefit from income taxes
(25,526
)
 
(13,963
)
Benefit from income taxes
4,944

 

Loss from continuing operations
(20,582
)
 
(13,963
)
Loss from discontinued operations
(484
)
 
(5,381
)
Loss on sale of discontinued operations

 
(3,696
)
Net loss
(21,066
)
 
(23,040
)
Preferred stock dividends
(356
)
 
(356
)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
$
(21,422
)
 
$
(23,396
)
Net loss per Class A and Class B common share attributable to common shareholders - basic and diluted:
 
 
 
Loss from continuing operations
$
(0.44
)
 
$
(0.39
)
Loss from discontinued operations
(0.01
)
 
(0.26
)
 
$
(0.45
)
 
$
(0.65
)
Weighted average number of Class A and Class B common shares outstanding: basic and diluted
47,517,167

 
36,259,036


See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

F-4



CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In thousands)

 
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
Net loss
 
$
(21,066
)
 
$
(23,040
)
Other comprehensive income: Unrealized gains on available-for-sale investment securities
 

 
95

Comprehensive loss
 
$
(21,066
)
 
$
(22,945
)

See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


F-5




CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
(In thousands, except share data)
 
Series A
Preferred Stock
 
Class A
Common Stock
 
Class B
Common Stock
 
Treasury
Stock
 
Additional
Paid-In
 
Accumulated
 
Total
Stockholders’
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Capital
 
Deficit
 
Deficit
Balances as of March 31, 2012
7

 
$
3,357

 
37,671,487

 
$
38

 
25,000

 
$

 
(51,440
)
 
$
(172
)
 
$
206,348

 
$
(221,044
)
 
$
(11,473
)
Issuance of common stock in connection with the vesting of restricted stock

 

 
94,318

 

 

 

 

 

 
(9
)
 

 
(9
)
Issuance of common stock for the services of Directors

 

 
223,332

 

 

 

 

 

 
300

 

 
300

Issuance of common stock in connection with April 2012 offering

 

 
7,857,143

 
8

 

 

 

 

 
10,992

 

 
11,000

Issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition of New Video Group

 

 
2,525,417

 
2

 

 

 

 

 
3,430

 

 
3,432

Conversion of Class B common stock to Class A common stock

 

 
25,000

 

 
(25,000
)
 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs associated with issuance of common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(1,121
)
 

 
(1,121
)
Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
1,979

 

 
1,979

Preferred stock dividends