UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(MARK ONE)

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

 

For the quarter ended September 30, 2020March 31, 2021

 

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

 

For the transition period from to

 

Commission file number: 001-39139

 

CuriosityStream Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) 

CuriosityStream Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware 84-1797523

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 700
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(301) 755-2050

(Issuer’s telephone number)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock,Common Stock, par value $0.0001 CURI NASDAQ
Warrants, each exercisable for one share of Class A common stockCommon Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share CURIW NASDAQ

 

Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
 Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

 

As of November 12, 2020,May 11, 2021, there were 38,673,14352,566,239 shares of Class A common stockCommon Stock of the registrant issued and outstanding. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 MARCH 31, 2021

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
Part I. Financial Information  
Item 1. Financial Statements 1
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) 1
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) 2
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited)Comprehensive Loss 3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholder’s Equity (Deficit) 4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows5
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 56
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 1323
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Market Risk 1531
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 1531
Part II. Other Information  
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 1633
Item 1A. Risk Factors 1633
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 1633
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 1633
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 1633
Item 5. Other Information 1633
Item 6. Exhibits 1733
Part III. Signatures 1834

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Interim Financial Statements.

 

CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.CuriosityStream Inc.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)Consolidated Balance Sheets

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS(in thousands, except par value)

 

  

September 30,

2020

  December 31,
2019
 
  (unaudited)    
ASSETS      
Current assets      
Cash $513,475  $1,093,408 
Prepaid expenses  66,858   128,133 
Total Current Assets  580,333   1,221,541 
         
Marketable securities held in Trust Account  150,071,746   149,719,910 
Total Assets $150,652,079  $150,941,451 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
Current liabilities        
Accrued expenses $239,116  $179,881 
Income taxes payable  1,952   1,952 
Total Current Liabilities  241,068   181,833 
         
Deferred underwriting fee payable  5,232,500   5,232,500 
Total Liabilities  5,473,568   5,414,333 
         
Commitments        
         
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, 13,971,338 and 14,044,440 shares at redemption value at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively  140,178,510   140,527,112 
         
Stockholders’ Equity        
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding      
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 978,662 and 905,560 issued and outstanding (excluding 13,971,338 and 14,044,440 shares subject to possible redemption) at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively  98   91 
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 3,737,500 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019  374   374 
Additional paid-in capital  5,340,795   4,992,200 
(Accumulated deficit)/Retained earnings  (341,266)  7,341 
Total Stockholders’ Equity  5,000,001   5,000,006 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $150,652,079  $150,941,451 
  March 31,  December 31, 
  2021  2020 
  (unaudited)    
Assets      
       
Current assets      
Cash and cash equivalents $11,839  $11,203 
Restricted cash  6,181   6,181 
Short-term investments  84,679   22,171 
Accounts receivable  6,951   7,222 
Other current assets  5,199   4,467 
Total current assets  114,849   51,244 
         
Investments  75,351   2,825 
Property and equipment, net  1,259   1,346 
Content assets, net  39,220   32,926 
Other assets  267   254 
Total assets $230,946  $88,595 
         
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)        
         
Current liabilities        
Current content liabilities $3,504  $2,116 
Accounts payable  6,056   3,577 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities  2,335   3,313 
Deferred revenue  16,848   12,678 
Total current liabilities  28,743   21,684 
         
Warrant liability  24,629   20,843 
Non-current deferred rent liability  1,231   1,027 
Other liabilities  117   67 
         
Total liabilities  54,720   43,621 
         
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)        
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value – 1,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020; zero shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020  -   - 
Common stock, $0.0001 par value – 125,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020; 52,549 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2021; 40,289 shares issued and 39,542 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2020  5   4 
Additional paid-in capital  347,967   197,507 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)  (444)  10 
Accumulated deficit  (171,302)  (152,547)
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)  176,226   44,974 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit) $230,946  $88,595 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensedthese consolidated financial statements.


CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.CuriosityStream Inc.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)Consolidated Statements of Operations

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS(in thousands, except for per share data)

(UNAUDITED)(unaudited)

 

  

Three Months Ended

September 30, 

  

Nine Months
Ended
September 30,

  

For the
Period from
May 9, 2019
(Inception)
Through
September 30,

 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Formation and operating costs $494,939  $801  $908,274  $3,012 
Loss from operations  (494,939)  (801)  (908,274)  (3,012)
                 
Other income:                
Interest income  14,074      559,667    
                 
(Loss) income before benefit from (provision for) income taxes  (480,865)  (801)  (348,607)  (3,012)
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes  27,774          
Net (loss) income $(453,091) $(801)��$(348,607) $(3,012)
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted (1)  4,671,765   3,250,000   4,662,207   3,250,000 
                 
Basic and diluted net loss per common share (2) $(0.10) $(0.00) $(0.16) $(0.00)

(1)Excludes an aggregate of 13,971,338 shares subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2020. At September 30, 2019, excluded up to 487,500 Class B shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the underwriter (see Note 5).
(2)Net loss per share – basic and diluted excludes income attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption of $0 and $382,834 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.
  For the three months ended March 31, 
  2021  2020 
       
Revenues $9,936  $7,467 
         
Operating expenses        
Cost of revenues  4,158   2,666 
Advertising and marketing  12,248   12,705 
General and administrative  8,733   4,184 
   25,139   19,555 
Operating loss  (15,203)  (12,088)
         
Other income (expense)        
Change in fair value of warrant liability  (3,786)  - 
Interest and other income  260   332 
Loss before income taxes  (18,729)  (11,756)
Provision for income taxes  26   37 
Net loss $(18,755) $(11,793)
         
Less preferred dividends and accretion of issuance costs  -   (4,237)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(18,755) $(16,030)
         
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders        
Basic and diluted $(0.39) $(1.22)
         
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding        
Basic and diluted  48,071   13,165 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensedthese consolidated financial statements.


CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.CuriosityStream Inc.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY(in thousands)

(UNAUDITED)(unaudited)

 

THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

  

Class A

Common Stock

  

Class B

Common Stock

  Additional
Paid in
  Retained  Total
Stockholders’
 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Earnings  Equity 
Balance – January 1, 2020  905,560  $91   3,737,500  $374  $4,992,200  $7,341  $5,000,006 
                             
Change in value of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption  28,630   2         (193,096)     (193,094)
                             
Net income                 193,091   193,091 
                             
Balance – March 31, 2020  934,190   93   3,737,500   374   4,799,104   200,432   5,000,003 
                             
Change in value of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption  75            88,605      88,605 
                             
Net loss                 (88,607)  (88,607)
                             
Balance – June 30, 2020  934,265   93   3,737,500   374   4,887,709   111,825   5,000,001 
                             
Change in value of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption  44,397   5         453,086      453,091 
                             
Net loss                 (453,091)  (453,091)
                             
Balance – September 30, 2020  978,662  $98   3,737,500  $374  $5,340,795  $(341,266) $5,000,001 

THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 AND 

FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 9, 2019 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

  

Class B

Common Stock

  Additional
Paid in
  Accumulated  Total
Stockholders’
 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Equity 
Balance – May 9, 2019 (inception)    $  $  $  $ 
                     
Issuance of common stock to Sponsor (1)  3,737,500   374   24,626      25,000 
                     
Net loss           (2,211)  (2,211)
                     
Balance – June 30, 2019  3,737,500   374   24,626   (2,211)  22,789 
                     
Net loss           (801)  (801)
                     
Balance – September 30, 2019  3,737,500  $374  $24,626  $(3,012) $21,988 

(1)Included up to 487,500 Class B shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the underwriter.
  For the three months ended March 31, 
  2021  2020 
       
Net loss $(18,755) $(11,793)
Other comprehensive loss        
Unrealized loss on available for sale securities  (454)  (412)
         
Total comprehensive loss $(19,209) $(12,205)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensedthese consolidated financial statementsstatements.

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CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.CuriosityStream Inc.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholder's Equity (Deficit)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS(in thousands)

(UNAUDITED)(unaudited)

 

  

Nine Months
Ended
September 30,

  

For the
Period from
May 9, 2019
(Inception)
Through
September 30,

 
  2020  2019 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:      
Net loss $(348,607) $(3,012)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account  (559,667)   
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Prepaid expenses  61,275    
Accrued expenses  59,235    
Net cash used in operating activities  (787,764)  (3,012)
         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:        
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account to pay for franchise taxes  207,831    
Net cash provided by investing activities  207,831    
         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:        
Proceeds from issuance of Class B common stock to Sponsor     25,000 
Proceeds from promissory note – related party     125,207 
Payment of offering costs     (122,196)
Net cash provided by financing activities     28,011 
         
Net Change in Cash  (579,933)  24,999 
Cash – Beginning  1,093,408    
Cash – Ending $513,475  $24,999 
         
Non-cash investing and financing activities:        
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption $(348,602) $ 
  Redeemable                 Accumulated     Total 
  Convertible Series A           Additional  Other     Stockholders’ 
  Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Preferred Stock  Paid-in  Comprehensive  Accumulated  Equity 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Income (Loss)  Deficit  (Deficit) 
Balance at December 31, 2019  18,383  $155,174   13,165  $1   -  $-  $-  $189  $

(91,506

) $

(91,316

)
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (11,793)  (11,793)
Stock-based compensation  -   -   -   -   -   -   326   -   -   326 
Redeemable convertible preferred stock adjustment to redemption value  -   4,237   -   -   -   -   (326)  -   (3,911)  (4,237)
Other comprehensive loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (412)  -   (412)
Balance at March 31, 2020  18,383  $159,411   13,165  $1   -  $-  $-  $(223) $

(107,210

) $

(107,432

)

                 Accumulated     Total 
           Additional  Other     Stockholders’ 
  Common Stock  Preferred Stock  Paid-in  Comprehensive  Accumulated  Equity 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Income (Loss)  Deficit  (Deficit) 
Balance at December 31, 2020  40,289  $4   -  $-  $197,507  $10  $(152,547) $44,974 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   (18,755)  (18,755)
Stock-based compensation  -   -   -   -   2,323   -   -   2,323 
Issuance of Common Stock  7,475   1   -   -   94,100   -   -   94,101 
Common Stock issuance costs  -   -   -   -   (707)  -   -   (707)
Exercise of Options  72   -   -   -   322   -   -   322 
Exercise of Warrants  4,733   -   -   -   54,422   -   -   54,422 
Cancellation of escrow shares  (20)  -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Other comprehensive loss  -   -   -   -   -   (454)  -   (454)
Balance as of March 31, 2021  52,549  $5   -  $-  $347,967  $(444) $(171,302) $176,226 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensedthese consolidated financial statements.


CuriosityStream Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

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  For the three months ended March 31, 
  2021  2020 
Cash flows from operating activities      
Net loss $(18,755) $(11,793)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities        
Change in fair value of warrant liability  3,786   - 
Additions to content assets  (9,040)  (7,741)
Change in content liabilities  1,388   (1,076)
Amortization of content assets  2,746   1,538 
Amortization, depreciation and accretion  261   118 
Stock-based compensation  2,323   326 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities        
Accounts receivable  300   (743)
Other assets  (1,221)  (162)
Accounts payable  2,177   (3,125)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities  (775)  (1,087)
Deferred revenue  4,220   1,437 
Net cash used in operating activities  (12,590)  (22,308)
         
Cash flows from investing activities        
Purchases of property and equipment  -   (194)
Sales of investments  3,011   20,719 
Maturities of investments  2,980   7,000 
Purchase of investments  (141,644)  (2,000)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities  (135,653)  25,525 
         
Cash flows from financing activities        
Exercise of stock options  293   - 
Exercise of warrants  54,898   - 
Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock  94,101   - 
Payment of offering costs  (413)  - 
Borrowings on line of credit  -   1,000 
Net cash provided by financing activities  148,879   1,000 
         
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash  636   4,217 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period  17,384   8,819 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period $18,020  $13,036 
         
Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing activities:        
Preferred dividends and accretion of issuance costs $-  $4,237 
Supplemental disclosure:        
Interest payments $-  $1 
Cash paid for taxes $2  $114 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.

(successorCuriosityStream Inc.
Notes to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited) the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

CuriosityStream Inc., formerly known as Software Acquisition Group Inc. (the “Company”), was a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on May 9, 2019. The Company was formed for the purpose of effectuating a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similarNote 1 — Organization and business combination with one or more businesses.

Business Combination

 

On October 14, 2020 (the “Closing Date”), the CompanyCuriosityStream Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly named Software Acquisition Group Inc. (or “SAQN ”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company) consummated the previously announceda merger pursuant to thethat certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated August 10, 2020, by and among the Company,Software Acquisition Group Inc., CS Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary of the CompanySoftware Acquisition Group Inc. (“Merger Sub”), CuriosityStream Operating Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly named CuriosityStream Inc.) (“Legacy CuriosityStream”), and Hendricks Factual Media LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HFM”).

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, a business combination between the CompanySoftware Acquisition Group Inc. and Legacy CuriosityStream was effected through the merger of Merger Sub with and into Legacy CuriosityStream, with Legacy CuriosityStream surviving such merger as the surviving company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CompanySoftware Acquisition Group Inc. (the “Merger” and collectively with the completionother transactions described in the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”). On the Closing Date, Software Acquisition Group Inc. changed its name to CuriosityStream Inc. (the “Company” or “CuriosityStream”) and Legacy CuriosityStream changed its name to CuriosityStream Operating Inc., and has subsequently changed its name to Curiosity Inc.

The principal business of CuriosityStream is to provide customers with access to high quality factual content via a direct subscription video on-demand (SVoD) platform accessible by internet connected devices, or indirectly via distribution partners who deliver CuriosityStream content via the distributor’s platform or system. The online library available for streaming spans the entire category of factual entertainment including science, history, society, nature, lifestyle, and technology. The library is composed of more than three thousand accessible on-demand and ad-free productions and includes shows and series from leading non-fiction producers.

The Company’s content assets are available directly through its owned and operated website (“O&O Service”), mobile applications developed for iOS and Android operating systems (“App Services”), and via the platforms and systems of third-party partners in exchange for license fees. The Company offers subscribers a monthly or annual subscription. The price for a subscription varies depending on the streaming resolution (e.g., HD or 4K) and the length of the subscription (e.g., monthly or annual) selected by the customer. As an additional part of the Company’s App Services, it has built applications to make its service accessible on almost every major customer device, including streaming media players like Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV, all major smart TV brands (e.g., LG, Vizio, Samsung, Sony) and gaming consoles. In addition, CuriosityStream has affiliate agreement relationships with, and its content assets are available through, major multichannel video programming distributors (“MVPDs”) and virtual MVPDs (“vMVPDs”).

Note 2 — Basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and are consistent in all material respects with those applied in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. The unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as amended. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021.

There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies as compared to the significant accounting policies described in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020.

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Use of estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant areas in which management uses estimates include content asset amortization, the assessment of the recoverability of the content assets, and the fair value of common stock, share-based awards, and liability classified warrants.

Concentration of risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents, investments, and accounts receivable. The Company maintains its cash, cash equivalents, and investments with high credit quality financial institutions; at times, such balances with the financial institutions may exceed the applicable FDIC-insured limits.

Accounts receivable are typically unsecured and are derived from revenues earned from customers primarily located in the United States.

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

The Company considers all highly liquid short-term investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

At March 31, 2021, restricted cash represents cash deposits required by a bank as a collateral related to the Company’s line of credit for $4,500 and corporate credit card agreements of $500. In addition, the Company has reserved funds of $1,181 related to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan (see Note 5) in an escrow account until the PPP loan is forgiven.

Fair value measurement of financial instruments

Fair value is defined as the exit price, or the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date. The applicable accounting guidance establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the factors market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability. The guidance establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurements. The Company reviews the fair value hierarchy classification at each reporting period. Changes in the observability of valuation inputs may result in a reclassification of levels for certain securities within the fair value hierarchy.


The Company’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis include its investments in corporate debt securities and government debt securities. Level 1 inputs were derived by using unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets in active markets and were used to value the Company’s investments in government debt securities. Level 2 inputs were derived using prices for similar investments and were used to value the Company’s investments in corporate debt securities.

The Company’s liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis include its Private Placement Warrants. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants is considered a Level 3 valuation and is determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model. Refer to Note 6 for significant assumptions which the Company used in the fair value model for the Private Placement Warrants.

The Company’s remaining financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and borrowings on the line of credit are carried at cost, which approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments.

Investments

The Company holds investments in money market funds, government debt securities, and corporate debt securities which the Company classifies as available-for-sale. The investments are therefore carried at fair value based on unadjusted quoted market prices (Level 1) and quoted prices for comparable assets (Level 2), as noted below:

  As of March 31, 2021  As of December 31, 2020 
  Cash and Cash Equivalents  Short-term Investments  Investments (non-current)  Total  Cash and Cash Equivalents  Short-term Investments  Investments (non-current)  Total 
Level 1 Securities                        
Money market funds $5,902  $-  $-  $5,902  $2,165  $-  $-  $2,165 
Government debt securities  -   32,344   11,000   43,344   5,999   12,892   -   18,891 
Total Level 1 Securities  5,902   32,344   11,000   49,246   8,164   12,892   -   21,056 
                                 
Level 2 Securities                                
Corporate debt securities  -   50,079   63,751   113,830   -   8,054   2,825   10,879 
Municipal debt securities  -   2,256   600   2,856   -   1,225   -   1,225 
Total Level 2 Securities  -   52,335   64,351   116,686   -   9,279   2,825   12,104 
                                 
Total $5,902  $84,679  $75,351  $165,932  $8,164  $22,171  $2,825  $33,160 

Unrealized gains and losses are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss, a component of stockholders’ equity (deficit). Realized gains and losses are reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss into earnings as a component of net income or loss. Realized gains reported in interest and other income in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations were not significant in the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company evaluates unrealized losses on investments, if any, to determine if other-than-temporary impairment is required to be recognized. No such other-than-temporary impairments were recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. Investments in debt securities that will mature within one year of the balance sheet dates are reflected as Short-term investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.


The following tables summarize the Company’s corporate and government debt securities:

  As of March 31, 2021 
  Amortized Cost  Gross Unrealized Gains  Gross Unrealized Losses  Estimated Fair Value 
Debt Securities:            
Corporate $114,272  $     3  $(445) $113,830 
U.S. Government  43,345   3   (4)  43,344 
Municipalities  2,857   -   (1)  2,856 
                 
Total $160,474  $6  $(450) $160,030 

  As of December 31, 2020 
  Amortized Cost  Gross Unrealized Gains  Gross Unrealized Losses  Estimated Fair Value 
Debt Securities:            
Corporate $10,867  $  14  $  (2) $10,879 
U.S. Government  18,892   1   (2)  18,891 
Municipalities  1,226   -   (1)  1,225 
                 
Total $30,985  $15  $(5) $30,995 

The fair value of the Company’s investments in corporate and government debt securities at March 31, 2021 by contractual maturity is as follows:

  March 31, 2021 
  Amortized Cost  Estimated Fair Value 
       
Due in one year or less $84,843  $84,679 
Due after one year through five years  75,631   75,351 
Due after five years  -   - 
         
Total $160,474  $160,030 

Warrants

As described in Note 6, the Private Placement Warrants are classified as a non-current liability and reported at fair value at each reporting period. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants as of March 31, 2021 was as follows:

  Warrant Liability 
  Non-current 
Level 3   
Private Placement Warrants $24,629 
Total Level 3 $24,629 

Content assets, net

The Company acquires, licenses and produces content, including original programming, in order to offer members unlimited viewing of factual entertainment content. The content licenses are for a fixed fee and specific windows of availability. Payments for content, including additions to content assets and the changes in related liabilities, are classified within “Net cash used in operating activities” on the consolidated statements of cash flows.

The Company recognizes its content assets (licensed and produced) as “Content assets, net” on the consolidated balance sheets. For licenses, the Company capitalizes the fee per title and records a corresponding liability at the gross amount of the liability when the license period begins, the cost of the title is known, and the title is accepted and available for streaming. For productions, the Company capitalizes costs associated with the production, including development costs, direct costs and production overhead.

Based on factors including historical and estimated viewing patterns, the Company generally amortizes the content assets (licensed and produced) in “Cost of revenues” on the consolidated statements of operations on a straight-line basis over the shorter of each title’s contractual window of availability or estimated period of use, beginning with the month of first availability. The Company reviews factors impacting the amortization of content assets on an ongoing basis and will record amortization on an accelerated basis when there is more upfront use of a title, for instance due to significant program sales.

The Company’s business model is generally subscription based as opposed to a model generating revenues at a specific title level. Content assets (licensed and produced) are predominantly monetized as a group and therefore are reviewed in aggregate at a group level when an event or change in circumstances indicates a change in the expected usefulness of the content or that the fair value may be less than unamortized cost. If such changes are identified, the aggregated content assets will be stated at the lower of unamortized cost or fair value. In addition, unamortized costs for assets that have been, or are expected to be, abandoned are written off.

Revenue recognition

The following table sets forth the Company’s revenues disaggregated by type for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, as well as the relative percent of each revenue type to total revenue.

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2021     2020    
             
Subscriptions – O&O Service $3,966   40% $2,634   35%
Subscriptions – App Services  911   9%  817   11%
Subscriptions – Total  4,877   49%  3,451   46%
                 
License Fees – Affiliates  4,503   45%  4,001   54%
License Fees – Program Sales  486   5%  15   0%
License Fees – Total  4,989   50%  4,016   54%
                 
Other – Total  70   1%  -   0%
                 
Total Revenues $9,936      $7,467     

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Subscriptions — O&O Service

The Company generates revenue from monthly subscription fees from its O&O Service. CuriosityStream subscribers enter into non-refundable, month-to-month or annual subscriptions with the Company. The Company bills the monthly subscriber on each subscriber’s monthly anniversary date and recognizes the revenue ratably over each monthly membership period. The annual subscription fees are collected by the Company at the start of the annual subscription period and are recognized ratably over the subsequent twelve-month period. Revenues are presented net of the taxes that are collected from subscribers and remitted to governmental authorities.

The Company also offers gift certificates for use on a future date. The Company recognizes revenue from gift certificates when the services have been provided. The gift certificates do not expire.

Subscription — App Services

The Company also earns subscription revenues through its App Services. These subscriptions are similar to the O&O Service subscriptions, but are generated based on agreements with certain streaming media players as well as with Smart TV brands and gaming consoles (see Note 1). Under these agreements, the streaming media player typically bills the subscriber directly and then remits the collected subscriptions to the Company, net of a distribution fee. The Company recognizes the gross subscription revenues when earned and simultaneously recognizes the corresponding distribution fees as an expense. The Company is the principal in these relationships as the Company retains control over service delivery to its subscribers.

Licensing — Affiliates

The Company generates license fee revenues from MVPDs such as Altice, Comcast and Cox as well as from vMVPDs such as Amazon and Sling TV (MVPDs and vMVPDs are also referred to as affiliates). Under the terms of the agreements with these affiliates, the Company receives license fees based upon contracted programming rates and subscriber levels reported by the affiliates. In exchange, the Company licenses its content to the affiliates for distribution to their subscribers. The Company earns revenue under these agreements either based on the total number of subscribers multiplied by rates specified in the agreements or based on fixed fee arrangements. These revenues are recognized over the term of each agreement when earned.

Licensing — Program Sales

The Company has distribution agreements which grant a licensee limited distribution rights to the Company’s programs for varying terms, generally in exchange for a fixed license fee. Revenue is recognized once the content is made available for the licensee to use.

The Company’s performance obligations include (1) access to its SVoD platform via the Company’s O&O Service and App Services, (2) access to the Company’s content assets, and (3) licenses of specific program titles. In contracts containing the right to access the Company SVoD platform, the performance obligation is satisfied as access to the SVoD platform is provided post any free trial period. In contracts which contain access to the Company’s content assets, the performance obligation is satisfied as access to the content is provided. For contracts with licenses of specific program titles, the performance obligation is satisfied as that content is made available for the customer to use.


Payment terms for access to the Company’s SVoD services require payment in advance on or prior to the date access to the service is provided. Payments for contracts providing access to the Company’s content assets are paid either in advance, over the license term, or on a sales and usage basis. Payments for licenses of specific program titles are paid either upfront or over the license term on a fixed fee basis, or on a sales and usage basis. To date, there has been no financing component associated with the Company’s revenue arrangements and such arrangements do not contain rights of return provisions.

Revenues expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied at March 31, 2021 are as follows:

  Rest of year ending December 31,  For the twelve months ending December 31,       
  2021  2022  2023  2024  2025  Thereafter  Total 
Remaining Performance Obligations $17,271  $8,158  $1,279  $83  $10  $78  $26,879 

These amounts include only fixed consideration or minimum guarantees and do not include amounts related to (i) contracts with an original expected term of one year or less or (ii) licenses of content that are solely based on sales or usage-based royalties.

Contract liabilities (i.e. deferred revenue) consists of subscriber and affiliate license fees billed that have not been recognized, amounts contractually billed or collected for program sales in advance of the related content being made available to the customer, and unredeemed gift certificates and other prepaid subscriptions that have not been redeemed. Total deferred revenues were $16,965 and $12,745 at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The increase in deferred revenues is primarily due to the growth in annual subscriptions from O&O and App Services, which requires upfront annual payments, as well as an increase in the volume of program sales activity.

Revenues of $5,653 were recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2021 related to the balance of deferred revenue at December 31, 2020.

Warrant liability

The Company classifies its Private Placement Warrants as liabilities as the terms of these warrants provide for potential changes to the settlement amounts dependent upon the characteristics of the warrant holder and because the holder of a warrant is not an input into the pricing of a fixed-for-fixed option on equity shares, such provision would preclude the warrant from being classified in equity and thus the warrant should be classified as a liability. The Private Placement Warrants are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets and changes in the fair value of the Company’s Private Placement Warrants in each period are reported in earnings.


Recently issued financial accounting standards

As an emerging growth company (“EGC”), the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”) allows the Company to delay adoption of new or revised accounting pronouncements applicable to public companies until such pronouncements are applicable to private companies. The Company has elected to use this extended transition period under the JOBS Act until such time as the Company is no longer considered to be an EGC.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for those leases classified as operating leases under current U.S. GAAP. ASU 2016-02 requires that a lessee should recognize a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term on the balance sheet. The new guidance also requires qualitative and quantitative disclosures related to the nature, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. The guidance is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2022 with early adoption permitted, and is required to be implemented using a modified retrospective approach. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements, but anticipates a material increase in assets and liabilities due to the recognition of the required right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability for all lease obligations that are currently classified as operating leases, such as real estate leases for corporate headquarters, as well as additional disclosure on all its lease obligations. The income statement recognition of lease expense is not expected to significantly change from the current methodology.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326), which requires that an entity measure and recognize expected credit losses for financial assets held at amortized cost and replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current U.S. GAAP with a methodology that requires consideration of a broader range of information to estimate credit losses. The guidance also modifies the impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities. ASU 2016-13 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2023. The Company is continuing to assess the potential impacts of ASU 2016-13 on its consolidated financial statements.

Note 3 – Business Combination

On October 14, 2020, the Company consummated the Merger, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement dated August 10, 2020, with Legacy CuriosityStream surviving the “Closing”). merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), all (100%) of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Legacy CuriosityStream were converted into an aggregate of 31,556,837 shares (the “Merger Shares”) of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”).Stock. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, 1,501,758 Merger Shares issued by the Company at closing will be held in escrow for a period of twelve (12) months after the Closing Date to satisfy indemnification obligations and an additional 19,924 Merger Shares will be held in escrow pending final working capital calculations (collectively, the “Escrow Shares”).

 

In connection with the Closing, and pursuant to the terms of a PIPE Subscription Agreement entered into by the Company with certain third-party investors (the “PIPE Investors”) in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company completed the issuance of an aggregate of 2,500,000 newly-issued shares of Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000,000$25.0 million (the “PIPE”). The shares of Common Stock issued by the Company pursuant to the PIPE were issued concurrently with the Closing of the Merger on the Closing Date.

 

AlsoThe Company received $16.5 million in connectioncash from the SAQN trust account and $25.0 million from the PIPE investors related to the issuance of 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock. The Company paid a total of $5.7 million of transaction costs related to the Business Combination.

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Note 4 — Content assets

Content assets consisted of the following:

  As of 
  March 31, 2021  December 31, 2020 
       
Licensed content, net      
Released, less amortization  9,546   9,985 
Prepaid and unreleased  3,089   3,022 
   12,635   13,007 
Produced content, net        
Released, less amortization  8,900   9,071 
In production  17,685   10,848 
In development and pre-production  -   - 
   26,585   19,919 
Total $39,220  $32,926 

As of March 31, 2021, $4,651, $2,790, and $1,100 of the $9,546 unamortized cost of the licensed content that has been released is expected to be amortized in each of the next three years. As of March 31, 2021, $2,249, $2,249, and $2,243 of the $8,900 unamortized cost of the produced content that has been released is expected to be amortized in each of the next three years.

In accordance with its accounting policy for content assets, the Company amortized licensed content costs and produced content costs during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively as follows:

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2021  2020 
       
Licensed content $1,683  $1,302 
Produced content  1,063   236 
  $2,746  $1,538 


Note 5 — Line of credit and Paycheck Protection Program Loan

On February 12, 2020, the Company obtained a one-year $4,500 line of credit facility from a bank. The line of credit calls for interest-only monthly payments at a rate equal to the LIBOR Daily Floating Rate plus 2.25%. The loan carries an unused fee of 0.25% annually on all committed but unused capital, payable quarterly in arrears. The entire unpaid principal balance was scheduled to be due upon the original loan maturity date of February 28, 2021. The line of credit facility is collateralized by cash of $4,500. At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were no balances drawn and owed under the facility. During February 2021, the loan maturity date was extended to February 28, 2022.

On May 1, 2020, the Company applied for and received funding from the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) in the amount of $1,158 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) (the “PPP Loan”). The PPP Loan matures in May 2022 and bears interest at a rate of 1.0% per annum. Monthly amortized principal and interest payments are deferred for six months after the date of disbursement. The PPP provides that the use of the PPP Loan amount shall be limited to certain qualifying expenses and may be partially or wholly forgiven in accordance with the Closing,requirements set forth in the CARES Act. The amount of loan proceeds eligible for forgiveness takes into account a number of factors, including the amount of loan proceeds used by the Company changed its name from “Software Acquisition Group Inc.”during the specified period after the loan origination for certain purposes including payroll costs, rent payments on certain leases, and certain qualified utility payments.

The Company has elected to “CuriosityStream Inc.”recognize earnings as funds are applied to covered expenses and classify the application of funds as a reduction of the related expense in the consolidated statement of operations. No amounts were recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2021 or 2020. Should the Company’s loan forgiveness application be rejected, the Company may be required to repay all, or a portion of the funds received under the PPP under an amortization schedule through May 2025 with an annual interest rate of 1%. The Company believes it has met all the requirements under the PPP, has submitted an application for loan forgiveness, and anticipates that it will not be required to repay any portion of the grant.

Note 6 — Redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity

Common Stock

 

In connection with the Closing,Business Combination, the Company withdrew $125,975,252amended and restated its certificate of Fundsincorporation. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company has authorized the issuance of 126,000,000 shares of capital stock, par value of $0.0001 per share, consisting of (a) 125,000,000 shares of common stock, and (b) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock.

On February 8, 2021, the Company consummated an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 6,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value per share $0.0001 (“Common Stock”), plus an over-allotment option to purchase up to 975,000 additional shares of Common Stock granted to the underwriters who participated in the Offering, which was exercised by the underwriters in full on February 5, 2021. The net proceeds from the Trust Account (as defined below) to fundOffering were $94.1 million, after deducting $6.8 million in underwriting discounts and commissions. We also incurred offering expenses in connection with the redemptionsOffering of 12,549,512 shares.$0.7 million, of which $0.4 million was paid during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

 

Upon the closing:Warrants

 

Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy CuriosityStream, with Legacy CuriosityStream surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company;

As of March 31, 2021, the Company had 3,054,203 Public Warrants (including 353,000 warrants issued in connection with the PIPE) and 3,676,000 Private Placement Warrants outstanding. Private Placement Warrants are liability-classified, and the Public Warrants and PIPE Warrants are equity-classified.

each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Legacy CuriosityStream to be held by the Company;

all issued and outstanding shares of Legacy CuriosityStream capital stock converted into an aggregate of 31,556,837 shares of Common Stock (inclusive of the Escrow Shares);

all shares of Legacy CuriosityStream capital stock held in treasury were canceled without any conversion thereof;

all of the 3,737,500 outstanding shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, held by the Software Acquisition Holdings, LLC (the “Sponsor”), converted into an aggregate of 3,737,500 shares of Common Stock, 2,242,500 of which are subject to certain vesting conditions;

of the 4,740,000 Private Placement Warrants held by the Sponsor immediately prior to the Effective Time, (i) 711,000 were forfeited by the Sponsor and (ii) an aggregate of 353,000 were forfeited by the Sponsor and reissued by the Company to certain PIPE Investors and holders of Common Stock existing prior to the Effective Time;

all of the remaining outstanding Company Units were converted, pursuant to their terms, into one share of Common Stock and one-half (1/2) of one warrant; and

all of the outstanding options to acquire Legacy CuriosityStream common stock were converted into options to acquire an aggregate of 2,214,246 shares of Common Stock;

the Company issued an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock to the PIPE Investors pursuant to the closing of the PIPE.

 


CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited) 

As a resultFollowing the consummation of the foregoing Transactions, asBusiness Combination, holders of the Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants, and PIPE Warrants are entitled to acquire common stock of the Company. Each whole warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, beginning 30 days after the Closing Date and immediately followingDate. All Warrants will expire five years after the completion of the MergerBusiness Combination.

Once the Public Warrants and the PIPE Warrants became exercisable, the Company hadhas the followingright to redeem the outstanding securities:

37,952,325 shares of Common Stock (inclusive of the Escrow Shares);

options to acquire an aggregate of 2,214,246 shares of Common Stock; and

7,475,000 public warrants and 4,029,000 Private Placement Warrants, each exercisable for one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share.

Business Prior to the Business Combination

Prior to the Business Combination, the Company’s subsidiary was comprised of CS Merger Sub, Inc.

All activity through September 30, 2020 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, identifying a target company for a Business Combinationwarrants in whole and consummating the acquisition of Legacy CuriosityStream.

The registration statements for the Company’s Initial Public Offering were declared effective on November 19, 2019. On November 22, 2019, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 14,950,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A common stock includednot in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriter of the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,950,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $149,500,000, which is described in Note 3.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 4,740,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”)part at a price of $1.00$0.01 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, if and only if the last sale price of the Company’s common stock matched or exceeded $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sent the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

The Private Placement WarrantWarrants are identical to the Public Warrants except that, so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees: (i) they will not be redeemable by the Company; (ii) they may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis; and (iii) they are subject to registration rights.

Warrant Type Cash Exercise Price per Share  Warrants Outstanding 12/31/20  Warrants Exercised during the three months ended 03/31/21  Warrants Outstanding 03/31/21 
             
Public Warrants (CURIW) and PIPE Warrants $11.50   7,786,589   (4,732,386)  3,054,203 
Private Placement $11.50   3,676,000   -   3,676,000 
Total      11,462,589   (4,732,386)  6,730,203 

The Company received total proceeds of $54,898 related to the exercise of Public Warrants of which $54,422 relate to warrants exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and $476 relate to warrants exercised in December 2020.

The warrant liability related to the Private Placement Warrants is recorded at fair value as of each reporting date with the change in fair value reported within other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations as “Change in fair value of warrant liability” until the warrants are exercised, expired or other facts and circumstances lead the warrant liability to be reclassified to stockholder’s equity (deficit). The fair value of the warrant liability for the Private Placement Warrants was estimated using a Black-Scholes pricing model using Level 3 inputs. The significant assumptions used in preparing the Black-Scholes option pricing model are as follows:

  As of March 31, 2021  As of December 31, 2020 
Exercise Price $11.50  $11.50 
Stock Price (CURI) $13.55  $13.95 
Expected volatility  54.25%  39.63%
Expected warrant term (years)  4.54   4.78 
Risk-free interest rate  0.92%  0.36%
Dividend yield  0%  0%
Fair Value per Private Placement Warrant��$6.70  $5.67 


The change in fair value of the warrant liability through March 31, 2021 is as follows:

Private Placement Warrants liability - December 31, 2020 $20,843 
Change in fair value - Three months ended March 31, 2021  3,786 
Private Placement Warrants liability - March 31, 2021 $24,629 

During November and December 2018, in connection with a private placement to the “Sponsor, generatingequity offering, Legacy CuriosityStream issued 14,557,000 shares of Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) in exchange for gross proceeds of $4,740,000,$145,570. Legacy CuriosityStream incurred equity issuance costs of $8,027 in connection with this offering, which is described in Note 4.were reflected as a reduction to the initial carrying value of the Series A Preferred Stock balance.

 

Following the closingHolders of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled to dividends equal to 10% of the Initial Public Offering on November 22, 2019,Accrued Value (defined as the original liquidation preference of $10.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock plus an additional amount equal to the dollar amount of $149,500,000 ($10.00any accrued but unpaid dividends) per Unit) fromannum. Such dividends were cumulative and accrued daily in arrears. Cash dividends were payable when, as and if declared by the net proceedsBoard of Directors. If the Board of Directors did not declare a cash dividend in respect of all or a portion of the saledividend when due, the Accrued Value of the Units in the Initial Public Offering, and the sale of the Private WarrantsSeries A Preferred Stock was placed inincreased by a trust account (the “Trust Account”) and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s stockholders, as described below. 

Transaction costs amounted to $8,745,223 consisting of $2,990,000 of underwriting fees, $5,232,500 of deferred underwriting fees and $522,723 of other offering costs.

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the SEC on March 20, 2020, which contains the audited financial statements and notes thereto. The financial information as of December 31, 2019 is derived from the audited financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The interim results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020 or for any future interim periods.

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CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited) 

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Emerging Growth Companycorresponding amount.

 

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirementsclassifies preferred shares that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account

At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the assets held in the Trust Account were substantially held in a money market fund that invests primarily in U.S. Treasury Bills. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company withdrew $207,831 of the interest earned on the Trust Account to pay for its franchise taxes.

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that featuresfeature redemption rights that isare either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classifiedcontrol, as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s common stock features certainGiven the redemption rights that are considered to be outside ofcontained within the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, commonSeries A Preferred Stock, the Company accounted for the outstanding preferred stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity outsidethrough the Closing Date. Series A Preferred Stock was initially recorded at its fair value, net of transaction costs, at the stockholders’ equity sectionoriginal issuance date. At each reporting period prior to the Closing Date, the amount was adjusted by accreting changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance to the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

earliest redemption date.

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CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited) 

Income TaxesNote 7 — Earnings (loss) per share

 

The Company complies withBasic and diluted earnings (loss) per share calculations are calculated on the accounting and reporting requirementsbasis of ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if any, as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security “CARES” Act into law. The CARES Act includes several significant business tax provisions that, among other things, would eliminate the taxable income limit for certain net operating losses (“NOL) and allow businesses to carry back NOLs arising in 2018, 2019 and 2020 to the five prior years, suspend the excess business loss rules, accelerate refunds of previously generated corporate alternative minimum tax credits, generally loosen the business interest limitation under IRC section 163(j) from 30 percent to 50 percent among other technical corrections included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax provisions. The Company does not believe that the CARES Act will have a significant impact on Company's financial position or statement of operations.

Net Income per Common Share

Net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding during the respective periods. Diluted earnings (loss) per share give effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method for stock options and other potentially dilutive securities and the if-converted method for redeemable convertible preferred stock prior to the Business Combination. In computing diluted earnings (loss) per share, the average fair value of the Company’s common stock for the period. At September 30, 2019, weighted averageperiod is used to determine the number of shares were reduced forassumed to be purchased from the effectexercise price of an aggregatethe options. Purchases of 487,500treasury stock reduce the outstanding shares of Class B commoncommencing on the date that the stock thatis purchased. Common stock equivalents are subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriter (see Note 5). The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Shares of common stock subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2020, which are not currently redeemable and are not redeemable at fair value, have been excluded from the calculation when a loss is incurred as their effect would be anti-dilutive.

  Three months ended
March 31,
 
  2021  2020 
Numerator:      
Net loss $(18,755) $(11,793)
Less preferred dividends and accretion of issuance costs  -   (4,237)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(18,755) $(16,030)
         
Denominator:        
         
Weighted-average shares – basic  48,070,983   13,164,675 
         
Effect of dilutive securities:        
Warrants  -   - 
Options  -   - 
Restricted Stock Units  -   - 
         
Weighted-average shares – diluted  48,070,983   13,164,675 
         
Basic and diluted loss per share $(0.39) $(1.22)


For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the following share equivalents were excluded from the computation of basicdiluted net loss per share sinceas the inclusion of such shares if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share ofwould be anti-dilutive due to the Trust Account earnings. The Company has not considered the effect of warrants to purchase 12,215,000 shares of common stock that were sold in the Initial Public Offeringnet loss incurred during each period and the private placement in the calculation of diluted loss per share, since the exercise of the warrants was contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the periods presented.Private Placement Warrants, due to the change in fair value of warrant liability resulting in an increase to net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Common shares issuable for warrants, options, and restricted stock units represent the total amount of outstanding warrants, stock options, and restricted stock units at March 31, 2021 and 2020.

Antidilutive shares excluded: March 31, 
  2021  2020 
Options  4,836,382   2,295,849 
Restricted Stock Units  683,655   - 
Warrants  6,730,203   - 
Series A Preferred Stock  -   18,382,848 
   12,250,240   20,678,697 

Reconciliation of Net Loss per Common ShareNote 8 — Stock-based compensation

 

The Company’s net lossCompany measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant date fair value of the award. The fair value is adjustedrecognized in earnings over the period during which an employee is required to provide the service. The Company accounts for forfeitures as they occur.

CuriosityStream 2020 Omnibus Plan

In October 2020, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the CuriosityStream 2020 Omnibus Plan (the “2020 Plan”). The 2020 Plan became effective upon consummation of the Business Combination and succeeds the Legacy CuriosityStream Stock Option Plan. Upon adoption of the 2020 Plan, a total of 7,725,000 shares were approved to be issued as stock options, share appreciation rights, restricted stock units and restricted stock.

The following table summarizes stock option and restricted stock unit (RSU) activity for the portionthree months ended March 31, 2021: 

     Stock Options  Restricted Stock Units 
  Number of Shares
Available for
Issuance Under the
Plan
  Number of
Shares
  Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
  Number of
Shares
  Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair
Value
 
                
Outstanding at December 31, 2020  2,538,648   4,710,717  $7.06   413,277  $9.21 
Granted(1)  (477,776)  207,398   15.96   270,378   15.98 
Options exercised and RSUs vested  -   (72,107)  4.05   -   - 
Forfeited or expired  9,626   (9,626)  4.13   -   - 
                     
Outstanding at March 31, 2021  2,070,498   4,836,382  $7.38   683,655  $11.89 

(1)Included in options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2021 is a total of 152,358 fully vested options with an exercise price of $16.42 and a five-year contractual term, which resulted in compensation expense totaling $0.9 million being recorded upon grant.

The intrinsic value of income that is attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption, as these shares only participate inoptions exercised during the earningsthree months ended March 31, 2021 was $951. There were no options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

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Options and RSUs historically have a four-year vesting period with 25% of the Trust Accountshares vesting on each anniversary date. Grants during the three months ended March 31, 2021 generally have a four-year vesting period with options vesting quarterly or monthly and notRSUs vesting monthly. When options are exercised, the income or lossesCompany’s policy is to issue previously unissued shares of the Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted loss per commonCommon Stock to satisfy share is calculated as follows:

  

Three Months Ended

September 30,

  

Nine Months
Ended
September 30,

  

For the
Period from
May 9, 2019
(Inception)
Through
September 30,

 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Net loss $(453,091) $(801) $(348,607) $(3,012)
Less: Income attributable to shares subject to possible redemption        (382,834)   
Adjusted net loss $(453,091) $(801) $(731,441) $(3,012)
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted  4,671,765   3,250,000   4,662,207   3,250,000 
                 
Basic and diluted net loss per common share $(0.10) $(0.00) $(0.16) $(0.00)


CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited) 

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation coverage limit of $250,000. The Company had not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

Fair Value of Financial Instrumentsoption exercises.

 

The fair value of stock option awards is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which includes a number of assumptions including Company’s estimates of stock price volatility, employee stock option exercise behaviors, future dividend payments, and risk-free interest rates.

The expected term of options granted is the estimated period of time from the beginning of the vesting period to the date of expected exercise or other settlement, based on historical exercises and post-vesting terminations. The Company generally estimates expected term based on the midpoint between the vesting date and the end of the contractual term, the simplified method, given the lack of historical exercise behavior.

The Company uses historical volatility of similar public companies for estimating volatility. The risk-free interest rate is estimated using the rate of return on U.S. Treasury securities with maturities that approximate to the expected term of the option. The Company does not currently anticipate declaring any dividends.

Assumptions used to value the options granted and the resulting weighted-average grant date fair value and stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

  2021  2020 
       
Dividend yield  0%  0%
Expected volatility  60%  60%
Expected term (years)  2.50-6.25   6.25 
Risk-free interest rate   0.14%-1.11%  1.48%-1.72%
Weighted-average grant date fair value $6.61  $2.13 
Stock-based compensation - Options $1,819  $326 
Stock-based compensation - RSUs $504  $- 

Stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.


Note 9 — Segment and geographic information

The Company operates as one operating segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) is its chief executive officer, who reviews financial information presented on an entity-wide basis for purposes of making operating decisions, assessing financial performance and allocating resources.

All long-lived tangible assets are located in the United States. Revenue by geographic location, based on the location of the customers, with no foreign country individually comprising greater than 10% of total revenue, is as follows:

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2021  2020 
             
United States $7,156   72% $5,828   78%
International  2,780   28%  1,639   22%
   9,936   100%  7,467   100%

Note 10 — Commitments and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximatescontingencies

Content commitments

 At March 31, 2021, the carrying amounts representedCompany had $21,677 of content obligations comprised of $3,504 included in current content liabilities in the accompanying condensedbalance sheets, and $18,173 of obligations that are not reflected in the accompanying balance sheets as they did not yet meet the asset recognition criteria for content assets (see Note 4). Content obligations of $19,867 and $1,810 are expected to be paid during the rest of the nine months ending December 31, 2021, and the year ending December 31, 2022, respectively.

At December 31, 2020, the Company had $26,022 of content obligations comprised of $2,116 included in current content liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature.and $23,906 of obligations that are not reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as they did not yet meet the asset recognition criteria for content assets.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Management does Content obligations include amounts related to licensed, commissioned and internally produced streaming content. An obligation for the production of content includes non-cancelable commitments under creative talent and employment agreements. An obligation for the licensed and commissioned content is incurred at the time the Company enters into an agreement to obtain future titles. Once a title becomes available, a content liability is generally recorded. Certain agreements include the obligation to license rights for unknown future titles, the ultimate quantity and/or fees for which are not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Risks and Uncertainties

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position and results of its operations, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.reporting date.

 

NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

On November 22, 2019, pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 14,950,000 Units, which included the full exercise by the underwriter of its option to purchase an additional 1,950,000 Units at $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share (see Note 7).

NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 4,740,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant for an aggregate purchase price of $4,740,000. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. The proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were added to the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account.

NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founder Shares

In June 2019, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,593,750 shares (the “Founder Shares”) to the Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 in cash. On November 19, 2019, the Company effected a stock dividend for 0.04 share for each Founder Share outstanding, resulting in the Sponsor holding an aggregate of 3,737,500 Founder Shares. The 3,737,500 Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 487,500 shares subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment was not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor will collectively own, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Proposed Offering (assuming the Sponsor does not purchase any Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering and excluding the Private Placement Warrants and underlying securities). As a result of the underwriter’s election to fully exercise its over-allotment option, 487,500 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture.

The Founder Shares automatically converted into shares of Class A common stock upon the consummation of the Business Combination on a one-for-one basis.

The initial stockholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination or (B) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or similar transaction that results in the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the last sale price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Business Combination, the Founder Shares will be released from the lock-up.


CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited) 

Promissory Note — Related Party

On June 25, 2019, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Note”). The Note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of December 31, 2019 or the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The borrowings outstanding under the Note of $235,540 were repaid upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering on November 22, 2019.

Administrative Support AgreementAdvertising commitments

 

The Company entered into an agreement whereby, commencing on November 19, 2019 throughhas certain commitments with regards to future advertising and marketing expenses as stated in the earliervarious licensee agreements. Certain of the Company’s consummationagreements do not specify the amount of a Business Combinationadvertising and its liquidation,marketing commitment; however, the total commitments for agreements which do specify the amount are $15,041 as of March 31, 2021, of which $9,041, and $6,000 is expected to be paid during the rest of 2021 and the year ending December 31, 2022, respectively.

Operating leases

The Company will pay the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month forleases corporate office space utilitiesin Silver Spring, Maryland. The lease expires February 28, 2033. The terms of the lease include a rent abatement period of ten months and secretariala tenant improvement allowance of $93 and administrative support. For$295 for 2020 and 2021, respectively.


Total rent paid under the terms of the lease was nil and $136 for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Rent expense has been calculated on a straight-line basis over the Company incurred $30,000 and $90,000, respectively, in fees for these services,term of which $105,000 and $15,000 isthe lease. Accordingly, rent expense included in accruedgeneral and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets asstatements of September 30,operations totaled $131 and $133 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, and December 31, 2019, respectively. The Company ceased paying these monthly fees uponrent and sublease rental income future minimum lease payments for the Closing.above operating lease is as follows:

 

NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS

Registration Rights

  CuriosityStream rent  Sublease rental income  Net rent 
          
Remainder of nine months ending December 31, 2021 $304  $(30) $274 
             
Years Ending December 31,            
2022  530   (53)  477 
2023  543   (54)  489 
2024  557   (56)  501 
2025  571   (57)  514 
Thereafter  4,531   (453)  4,078 
             
  $7,036  $(703) $6,333 

 

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on November 19, 2019, the holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and any shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) will be entitled to registration rights, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to our Class A common stock). The holders of the majority of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriter was entitled to a deferred fee of three and half percent (3.50%) of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $5,232,500. The deferred fee was paid in cash upon the closing of the business combination from the amounts held in the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

Litigation Relating to the Merger

On September 2, 2020, a putative class action lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by a purported Company stockholder in connection with the merger: Khan v. Software Acquisition Group, Inc., et al., Index No. 654208/2020 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.). The Complaint names the Company and certain current members of the Company’s board of directors as defendants. The Complaint alleges, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty claims against the Company’s board of directors in connection with the Merger. The Complaint also alleges that the preliminary proxy statement filed on Schedule 14A with the SEC on August 12, 2020 was misleading and/or omitted material information concerning the Business Combination. The Complaint seeks, among other things: injunctive relief, including an order enjoining the consummation of the merger; declaratory relief; and an award of attorneys’ fees and damages in an undetermined amount.

In addition, on September 10, 2020, counsel for a purported individual stockholder of the Company sent a letter to legal counsel for the Company in connection with the Merger that alleged that the preliminary proxy statement failed to disclose certain information regarding the Merger. The Letter demanded that the Company make certain additional disclosures in the proxy statement, and claimed that the failure to make such disclosures constituted a violation of federal securities laws.Note 11 — Income taxes

 

The Company believesrecorded a provision for income taxes totaling $26 and $37 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, primarily related to foreign withholding income taxes. The Company’s provision for income taxes differs from the federal statutory rate primarily due to the Company being in a full valuation allowance position and not recognizing a tax benefit attributable to generated losses for either federal or state income tax purposes.

Note 12 — Subsequent events

On May 10, 2021, the Company consummated the acquisition of 100% ownership of One Day University pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated May 10, 2021, by and among One Day University, Steven Schragis and the allegationsCompany for the aggregate consideration of $4.5 million. One Day University provides access to talks and lectures from professors at colleges and universities in the Complaint and the Letter are without merit. The Company also believes that the disclosures set forth in the preliminary proxy statement on the subjects discussed in the Complaint and the Letter comply fully with applicable law and do not need to be supplemented. However, solely to avoid the costs, risks, nuisance, and uncertainties inherent in disputes concerning these types of allegations, or potential litigation that could delay or adversely affect the Merger, the Company has determined to voluntarily supplement the preliminary proxy statement with certain additional disclosures.United States.

 


CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited) 

NOTE 7. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Preferred Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of $0.0001 par value preferred stock. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were no preferred shares issued or outstanding.

Class A Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of Class A, $0.0001 par value common stock. Holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were 978,662 and 905,560 shares of Class A common stock issued or outstanding, excluding 13,971,338 and 14,044,440 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, respectively.

Class B Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of Class B, $0.0001 par value common stock. Holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of the Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock, or equity linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B common stock will equal, in the aggregate, on an as converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all shares of common stock outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering plus all shares of Class A common stock and equity linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination, and any private placement-equivalent warrants issued to the Sponsor or its affiliates upon conversion of loans made to the Company). Holders of Founder Shares may also elect to convert their shares of Class B common stock into an equal number of shares of Class A common stock, subject to adjustment as provided above, at any time.

At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were 3,737,500 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.

The shares of Class B common stock automatically converted into shares of Class A common stock at the time of the Business Combination on a one-for-one basis.

Warrants — The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the consummation of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Initial Public Offering. No Public Warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the common shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants and a current prospectus relating to such common shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the Class A common shares issuable upon the exercise of the Public Warrants is not effective within 60 days from the consummation of a Business Combination, the holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise the Public Warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. If an exemption from registration is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis. The Public Warrants will expire five years from the consummation of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

The Company may call the Public Warrants for redemption (excluding the Private Placement Warrants), in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant:

upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each Public Warrant holder,
if, and only if, the last sale price of our Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants will and the common shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or saleable until after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and will be non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.


CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.

(successor to Software Acquisition Group Inc.)

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited) 

The exercise price and number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Public Warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless. If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of common shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, extraordinary dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of its initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share of Class A common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Company’s initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of such initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described above will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS 

The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:

Level 1:Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2:Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3:Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

Description Level 

September 30,

2020

  December 31,
2019
 
Assets:        
Marketable securities held in Trust Account 1 $150,071,746  $149,719,910 

On October 14, 2020, in connection with the Business Combination, the Company liquidated the Trust Account to fund the Business Combination and related expenses.

NOTE 9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

As described in Note 1, the Company completed the Closing on October 14, 2020.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following discussion and analysis provides information that management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of the Company’s financial condition andour results of operations should be readand financial condition. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those included in conjunctionforward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statementsSecurities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Unless the notes thereto contained elsewherecontext otherwise requires, references in this report. Certain information contained in“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” to “we,” “us,” “our,” and “the Company” are intended to mean the discussionbusiness and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.operations of CuriosityStream.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements

 

All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q including, without limitation, statements under this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or the Company’s management, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company’s management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in our filings with the SEC.Securities and Exchange Commission. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on the Company’s behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph.

 

Overview

 

CuriosityStream is a media and entertainment company that offers premium video programming across the entire category of factual entertainment, including science, history, society, nature, lifestyle and technology. Our mission is to provide premium factual entertainment that informs, enchants and inspires. We are a former blank check company incorporated on May 9, 2019 under the name Software Acquisition Group Inc.seeking to meet demand for high-quality factual entertainment via SVoD platforms, as well as via bundled content licenses for SVoD and linear offerings, partner bulk sales, brand partnerships and content sales. We are well-positioned for growth as a Delaware corporationdigital-native video platform monetizing content across this broad revenue stack. We operate our business as a single operating segment that provides premium streaming content through multiple channels, including the use of various applications, partnerships and formedaffiliate relationships. We generate our revenue through six lines of business: Direct to Consumer, Partner Direct Business, Bundled Distribution, Program Sales, Corporate & Association Partnerships and Sponsorships. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, Direct to Consumer and Corporate & Association Partnerships together represented approximately 49% of our revenue, followed by Bundled Distribution (approximately 35% of our revenue) and Partner Direct Business (approximately 10% of our revenue), Program Sales (approximately 5% of our revenue) and Sponsorships (approximately 1% of our revenue). Our product and service lines and channels through which we generate revenue are described in further detail below.


Our content library features more than 3,100 nonfiction episodes, including more than 1,000 original, commissioned or co-produced documentaries, of short-form, mid-form and long-form duration, with an estimated $1 billion in original production value. Our content, approximately one-third of which is originally produced and the other two-thirds of which is licensed programming, is available directly through our O&O Service and App Services. Our App Services enable access to CuriosityStream on almost every major consumer device, including streaming media players like Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV, all major smart TV brands (e.g., LG, Vizio, Samsung, Sony) and gaming consoles like Xbox. Our Direct Service is available to any household in the world with a broadband connection for $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year for high definition resolution, or $9.99 per month or $69.99 per year for service in 4K.

The MVPD, vMVPD and digital distributor partners making up our Partner Direct Business pay us a license fee for sales to individuals who subscribe to CuriosityStream via the partners’ respective platforms. We have affiliate agreement relationships with, and our service is available directly from, major MVPDs that include Comcast, Cox, Dish and vMVPDs and digital distributors that include Amazon Prime Video Channels, Roku Channels, Sling TV and YouTube TV.

In addition to our Direct and Partner Direct Businesses, we have affiliate relationships with MVPDs and Bundled MVPD Partners to whom we can offer a broad scope sets of rights, including 24/7 “linear” channels, our on-demand content library, mobile rights and pricing and packaging flexibility, in exchange for an annual fixed fee or fee per subscriber.

Our Corporate & Association Partnerships business to date has been comprised primarily of selling subscriptions in bulk to companies and organizations that in turn offer these subscriptions to their employees and members as an employment benefit or “gift of curiosity.” To date, over 30 companies have purchased annual subscriptions at bulk discounts for their employees. In the future, we hope to enter into multi-year integrated partnerships where we create and distribute content in support of these partners’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and membership initiatives.

In the future, we hope to continue developing integrated digital brand partnerships with advertisers. These sponsorship campaigns would offer companies the chance to be associated with CuriosityStream content in a variety of forms, including short and long form program integration, branded social media promotional videos, broadcast advertising spots, and digital display ads. We believe the impressions accumulated in these multi-faceted campaigns would roll up to verifiable metrics for the purposeclients. We executed on two such sponsorships in the last quarter of effecting2020: one in the financial services sector as well as a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similarbrand in the health and fitness sector.

The sixth line of business combinationin our revenue stack is our Program Sales Business. We are able to sell to certain media companies a collection of our existing titles in a traditional program sales deal and as of December 31, 2020, we were party to a multi-year, multi-million dollar program sales agreement with one such media company. We are also able to sell selected rights (such as in territories or more businesses. We completedon platforms that are lower priority for us) to content we create before we even begin production. This latter model reduces risk in our Initial Public Offering on November 22, 2019content development decisions and completed the Business Combination (as defined below) on October 14, 2020.creates program sales revenue.

 


Recent Developments

 

Equity Financing

On October 14, 2020,February 8, 2021, we consummated an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 6,500,000 shares of the Business CombinationCompany’s common stock, par value per share $0.0001 (“Common Stock”), plus an over-allotment option to purchase up to 975,000 additional shares of Common Stock granted to the underwriters who participated in the Offering, which over-allotment option was exercised by the underwriters in full on February 5, 2021. The net proceeds to us from the Offering were $94.1 million, after deducting $6.8 million in underwriting discounts and commissions. We also incurred offering expenses payable by us in connection with Merger Sub, the Majority Stockholder and Legacy CuriosityStreamOffering of $0.7 million of which $0.4 million was paid during the three months ended March 31, 2021. The Offering was made pursuant to the Merger Agreement. UponCompany’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the consummationSEC on February 1, 2021 and declared effective on February 3, 2021. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we received funds of approximately $54.9 million for the exercise of 4.8 million Public Warrants. The receipt of the Closing, Merger Sub mergednet proceeds from the Offering as well as proceeds received from the exercise of Public Warrants during the three months ended March 31, 2021 has resulted in a significant cash balance that has mitigated the Company’s potential capital risk for the foreseeable future.

Asset Purchase Agreement

On May 10, 2021, the Company consummated the acquisition of 100% ownership of One Day University pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated May 10, 2021, by and among One Day University, Steven Schragis and the Company for the aggregate consideration of $4.5 million. One Day University provides access to talks and lectures from professors at colleges and universities in the United States. The acquisition complements and enhances the Company’s offering of premium factual content and provides additional long-term revenue and promotional opportunities by connecting directly with and into Legacy CuriosityStream, with Legacy CuriosityStream surviving such mergernew audiences in new formats.

COVID-19 Pandemic

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a wholly-owned subsidiarypandemic, which continues to spread throughout the United States and globally. The full extent of the Company. In connection with the closingimpact of the Business Combination,COVID-19 pandemic on our business, operations and financial results will depend on numerous evolving factors that we may not be able to accurately predict. See Item 1A: “Risk Factors” section set forth in Amendment No. 1 to our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for additional details. In an effort to protect the Company changed its namehealth and safety of our employees, our workforce has had and continues in most instances to spend a significant amount of time working from “Software Acquisition Group Inc.” to “CuriosityStream Inc.” See Note 9 to Item 1 abovehome, international travel has been severely curtailed. Our other partners have similarly had their operations disrupted, including those partners that we use for a descriptionour operations as well as development, production, and post-production of content. While we and our partners have resumed productions and related operations in many parts of the Merger Agreementworld, our ability to produce content remains affected by the pandemic. In an effort to contain COVID-19 or slow its spread, governments around the world have also enacted various measures, some of which have been subsequently rescinded, modified or reinstated, including orders to close all businesses not deemed “essential,” isolate residents to their homes or places of residence, and practice social distancing. We anticipate that these actions and the transactions contemplated thereby.global health crisis caused by COVID-19, including any resurgences, will continue to negatively impact business activity across the globe. We will continue to actively monitor the situation and may take further actions that alter our business operations as may be required by federal, state, local or foreign authorities, or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers, partners and stockholders. It is not clear what potential effects any such alterations or modifications may have on our business, including the effects on our customers, suppliers or vendors, or on our financial results.

 

Key Factors Affecting Results of Operations

 

Our entire activityfuture operating results and cash flows are dependent upon a number of opportunities, challenges and other factors, including our ability to efficiently grow our subscriber base and expand our service offerings to maximize subscriber lifetime value. In particular, we believe that the following factors significantly affected our results of operations over the periods presented below and are expected to continue to have such significant effects:

Revenues

Currently, the main sources of our revenue are (i) subscriber fees from inception up to November 22, 2019 wasDirect Business and Direct Subscribers, (ii) license fees from affiliates who receive subscriber fees for CuriosityStream from such affiliates’ subscribers (“Partner Direct Business” and “Partner Direct Subscribers”) and (iii) bundled license fees from distribution affiliates (“Bundled MVPD Business” and “Bundled MVPD Subscribers”). As of March 31, 2021, we had approximately 16 million total paying subscribers, including Direct Subscribers, Partner Direct Subscribers and Bundled MVPD Subscribers.


Since our founding in preparation2015, we have generated the majority of our revenues from Direct Subscribers in the form of monthly or annual subscription plans. We charge $2.99 per month or $19.99 dollars per year for our Initial Public Offering. FromDirect Service in high-definition resolution, or $9.99 per month or $69.99 per year for service in 4K. The MVPD, vMVPD and digital distributor partners making up our Partner Direct Business pay us a revenue share or license fee. We recognize subscription revenues ratably during each subscriber’s monthly or yearly subscription period. We pay a fixed percentage distribution fee to our partners for subscribers accessing our platform via App Services to compensate these partners for access to their customer and subscriber bases. Our MVPD, vMVPD and digital distributor partners host and stream our content to their customers via their own platforms, such as set top boxes in the consummationcase of most MVPDs. We do not incur billing, streaming or backend costs associated with content distribution through our MVPD, vMVPD and digital distributor partners.

Operating Costs

Our primary operating costs relate to the cost of producing and acquiring our content, the costs of advertising and marketing our service, personnel costs, and distribution fees. As of March 31, 2021, licensed content represented 1,991 titles and original titles represented 955 titles. Producing and co-producing content and commissioned content is generally more costly than content acquired through licenses.

The Company��s business model is subscription based as opposed to a model generating revenues at a specific title level. Content assets (licensed and produced) are predominantly monetized as a group and therefore are reviewed in aggregate at a group level when an event or change in circumstances indicates a change in the expected usefulness of the content or that the fair value may be less than unamortized cost. If such changes are identified, the aggregated content library will be stated at the lower of unamortized cost or fair value. In addition, unamortized costs for assets that have been, or are expected to be, abandoned are written off. For a discussion of the accounting policies for content impairment write-down and management estimates involved therein, see “— Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” below.

Further, our advertising and marketing expenditures and personnel costs constitute primary operating costs for our business. These costs may fluctuate based on advertising and marketing objectives and personnel needs. In general, we intend to focus marketing dollars on efficient customer acquisition. With respect to personnel costs, for the first several years of our Initial Public Offeringexistence, we invested heavily in engineering, marketing and programming staff to build the Company and its service offering. Beginning in 2019, however, we began to focus on sales staff and other revenue-generating personnel.


Results of Operations

The financial data in the following tables set forth selected financial information derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 and shows our results of operations as a percentage of revenue or as a percentage of costs. We conduct business through September 30,one operating segment, CuriosityStream Inc.

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

  Three months ended March 31,       
  2021  2020  $ Change  % Change 
  (unaudited)             
(in thousands)
Revenues:                  
Subscriptions $4,877   49% $3,451   46% $1,426   41%
License fee  4,989   50%  4,016   54%  973   24%
Other  70   1%  -   0%  70   n/m 
Total Revenues $9,936   100% $7,467   100% $2,469   33%
Operating expenses:                        
Cost of revenues  4,158   17%  2,666   14%  1,492   56%
Advertising and marketing  12,248   48%  12,705   65%  (457)  (4)%
General and administrative  8,733   35%  4,184   21%  4,549   109%
Total operating expenses $25,139   100% $19,555   100% $5,584   29%
Operating loss  (15,203)      (12,088)      (3,115)  26%
Other income (expense)                        
Change in fair value of warrant liability  (3,786)      -       (3,786)  n/m 
Interest and other income (expenses)  260       332       (72)  (22)%
Loss before income taxes $(18,729)      (11,756)     $(6,973)  59%
Provision for income taxes  26       37       (11)  (30)%
Net loss $(18,755)     $(11,793)     $(6,962)  59%

n/m - percentage not meaningful

Revenue

Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $9.9 million and $7.5 million, respectively. The increase of $2.5 million, or 33% is due to a $1.4 million increase in subscription revenue, a $1.0 million increase in license fee revenue, and $0.1 million increase in other revenue. The increase in subscription revenue of $1.4 million resulted from an increase in subscriber fees received by us from Direct subscribers for annual plans offset by a $0.3 million decrease in Corporate & Association Partnership sales. The increase of $1.0 million in license fees resulted primarily from a $0.5 million increase in revenue from Program Sales for delivery of titles made during the period. The remaining increase of $0.5 million on license revenue is due to an increase of $0.3 million in revenue from Partner Direct Business and an increase of $0.2 million in revenue from Bundled MVPD partners, in each case as a result of an increase in the number of users and/or subscribers for our activity was been limitedservice. The increase in other revenue of $0.1 million is due to new sponsorship revenue deals with customers.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 were $25.1 million and $19.5 million, respectively. This increase of $5.6 million, or 29%, primarily resulted from the changes in the components of our operating expenses described below:

Cost of Revenues: Cost of revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2021 increased to $4.2 million from $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Cost of revenues primarily includes content amortization, hosting and streaming delivery costs, payment processing costs and distribution fees, commission costs and subtitling and broadcast costs. This increase of $1.5 million, or 56%, is due primarily to the evaluationincrease in content amortization of business combination candidates$1.2 million, of which $0.7 million is due to the timing and consummatingnumber of titles published during the acquisitionthree months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $0.5 million is due to accelerated content amortization related to our program sales contracts during the three months ended March 31, 2021 with no comparable amounts in the prior year period. The balance of Legacy CuriosityStream.the increase in cost of revenue is due to slight increases in hosting and streaming delivery costs, processing and distribution fees, and subtitling and broadcast costs (all increased by $0.1 million). The increase of cost of revenues is in line with the increase in revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Advertising & Marketing: Advertising and marketing expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2021 decreased to $12.2 million from $12.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. This decrease of $0.5 million, or 4%, was principally due to a decrease in TV advertising commitments of $1.3 million partially offset by an increase of $0.4 million in sponsorship marketing and an increase of $0.4 million in radio advertising when compared to the prior period.

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General and Administrative: General and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2021 increased to $8.7 million from $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. This increase of $4.5 million, or approximately 109%, was primarily due to an increase of $2.0 million in stock-based compensation in the period when compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020. Of this increase related to stock-based compensation, $1.1 million is due to the recurring recognition of compensation expense over the service period and $0.9 million is due to the immediate recognition of stock-based compensation expense of a fully vested award granted in January 2021 to an executive. Also, an increase of $1.0 million in salaries and benefits costs is attributable to the increased headcount of mid to senior management hires for the current period when compared to the prior period. The remaining increase of $1.5 million in general and administrative cost is primarily due to an increase of $1.0 million related for professional fees and $0.4 million related to insurance costs related to becoming a public company. We expect to incur additional expenses in future periods as we continue to invest in corporate infrastructure, including adding personnel and systems to our administrative and revenue-generating functions.

Operating Loss

Operating loss for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $15.2 million and $12.1 million, respectively. The increase of $3.1 million, or approximately 26%, in operating loss resulted from the increase in revenue of $2.5 million, or 33%, offset by the increase in operating expenses of $5.6 million, or 29%, in each case during the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, as described above.

Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability

 

For the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2021, the Company recognized $3.8 million related to the change in fair value of the warrant liability, which was due to an increase in the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants from December 31, 2020 to March 31, 2021.

Interest and Other Income (Expense)

Interest and other income (expense) for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 decreased from $0.2 million to $0.3 million.

Provision for Income Taxes

Due to our loss from operations in each of the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we had a net lossprovision for income taxes of $453,091, which consists$26 thousand and $37 thousand, respectively. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in foreign withholding tax expense as a result of operating costs of $494,939, offset by interest income on marketable securities heldthe decrease in the Trust Account of $14,074 and an income tax benefit of $27,774.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we had net loss of $348,607, which consists of interest income on marketable securities heldcontracts executed with third parties in the Trust Account of $559,667, offset by operating costs of $908,274.

Forforeign jurisdictions in the three months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2021 when compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020. The Company’s provision for income taxes differs from the federal statutory rate primarily due to the Company being in a full valuation allowance position and the period from May 9, 2019 (inception) through September 30, 2019, we had net loss of $801 and $3,012, respectively, which consists of formation and operating costs.not recognizing a benefit for either federal or state income tax purposes.

 


Net Loss

Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $18.8 million and $11.8 million, respectively. The increase of $7.0 million, or approximately 59%, resulted primarily from the increase in operating expenses, and change in fair value of the warrant liability, offset by a smaller increase in revenue, in each case during the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, as described above.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of September 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, we had marketable securities held in the Trust Accountcash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, of $150,071,746 (including approximately $572,000 of interest income earned from investments in a money market fund that invests primarily in U.S. treasury bills with a maturity of 180 days or less). Interest income on the balance in the Trust Account may be used by us to pay taxes. Through September 30, 2020, we withdrew $207,831 of interest earned on the Trust Account to pay for our franchise taxes.

$18.0 million. For the ninethree months ended September 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, we incurred a net loss of $18.8 million and used $12.6 million of net cash used in operating activities, was $787,764. Net losswhile investing activities used $135.7 million of $348,607 was affectednet cash and financing activities provided $148.9 million of net cash.

Through the date of the Merger, we have financed our operations primarily from the net proceeds of our sale of Series A Preferred Stock in November and December 2018. An additional source of liquidity includes borrowings under our Line of Credit Facility with a bank (the “Line of Credit”). This Line of Credit provides for borrowings of up to $4.5 million with interest-only monthly payments at a rate equal to the LIBOR Daily Floating Rate plus 2.25%. The Line of Credit carries an unused fee of 0.25% annually on all committed but unused capital, payable quarterly in arrears. The entire unpaid principal balance is due when the Line of Credit matures on February 28, 2022, following the execution of a one-year extension during February 2021. The Line of Credit is collateralized by interest earned on marketable securitiescash of $4.5 million that is held in restricted cash in current assets on the Trust Accountconsolidated balance sheet.

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On February 8, 2021, we consummated the Offering. The net proceeds from the Offering were $94.1 million, after deducting $6.8 million in underwriting discounts and commissions. We also incurred offering expenses in connection with the Offering of $559,667. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $120,510$0.7 million of cash from operating activities.which $0.4 million was paid during the three months ended March 31, 2021. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we received funds of approximately $54.9 million for the exercise of 4.8 million Public Warrants.

 

We used substantially allbelieve that our cash flows from financing, combined with our current cash and investment levels and available borrowing capacity, will be adequate to support our ongoing operations, capital expenditures and working capital for at least the next twelve months, as evidenced by our cash flows from financing activities and subsequent cash and investment balances as of March 31, 2021. We believe that we have access to additional funds, if needed, through the capital markets to obtain further financing under the current market conditions.

Our principal uses of cash are to acquire content, promote our service through advertising and marketing, and provide for working capital to operate our business. We have experienced significant net losses since our inception and, given the significant operating and capital expenditures associated with our business plan, we anticipate that we will continue to incur net losses.

Cash Flows

The following table presents our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for the periods indicated:

  For the three months ended
March 31,
 
  2021  2020 
  (in thousands) 
       
Net cash used in operating activities $(12,590) $(22,308)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities  (135,653)  25,525 
Net cash provided by financing activities  148,879   1,000 
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $636  $4,217 

Cash Flow from Operating Activities

Cash flow from operating activities primarily consists of net losses, changes to our content assets (including acquisitions and amortization), and other working capital items.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we recorded a net cash outflow from operating activities of $12.6 million and $22.3 million, respectively, or a decreased outflow of $9.7 million, or 44%. The decrease in cash outflows from operating activities was attributable to a decrease of $1.1 million in our content investment (additions to content assets and change in content liabilities) from $8.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 to $7.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021. In addition, the decrease in cash outflows is due to an increase in accounts payable of $2.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to a decrease in accounts payable of $3.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020, which was primarily due to increased digital marketing investment and timing of payments. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in stock-based compensation of $2.0 million, a larger increase in deferred revenue of $2.8 million and an increase in the change in fair value of warrant liability of $3.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Cash Flow from Investing Activities

Cash flow from investing activities consists of purchases, sales and maturities of investments and purchases of property and equipment.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we recorded a net cash outflow from investing activities of $135.7 million and a net cash inflow from investing activities of $25.5 million, respectively, or an increased outflow of $161.2 million. The increase in cash outflow from investing activities was primarily due to the purchases of investments of $141.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 from the proceeds related to the issuance of stock and exercise of warrants. We had sales and maturities of investments of $20.7 million and $7.0, respectively, during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to sales and maturities of $3.0 million each for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Cash Flow from Financing Activities

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we recorded net cash inflow provided by financing activities of $148.9 million, which was attributable to the receipt of proceeds from the issuance of common stock of $94.1 million (net of $6.8 million of underwriting discounts and commissions) and the exercise of warrants of $54.9 million partially offset by the payments of transaction costs related to the common stock offering of $0.4 million of the funds held in$0.7 million incurred during the Trust Accountthree months ended March 31, 2021. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, financing cash activities were limited to complete$1 million of borrowings on the Business Combination.line of credit.

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Capital Expenditures

Going forward, we expect to make expenditures for additions to our content assets, and purchases of property and equipment. The amount, timing and allocation of capital expenditures are largely discretionary and within management’s control. Depending on market conditions, we may choose to defer a portion of our budgeted expenditures until later periods to achieve the desired balance between sources and uses of liquidity and prioritize capital projects that we believe have the highest expected returns and potential to generate cash flow. Subject to financing alternatives, we may also increase our capital expenditures significantly to take advantage of opportunities we consider to be attractive.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We did not have anyAs of March 31, 2021, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 2020.

Contractual Obligations

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support to the Company. We began incurring these fees on November 19, 2019 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of the Business Combination and the Company’s liquidation.

In addition, we agreed to pay the underwriters a deferred fee of three and half percent (3.50%) of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $5,232,500. The deferred fee was paid in cash upon the closing of the Merger from the amounts held in the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. arrangements.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The preparationOur discussion and analysis of condensedour financial condition and results of operation is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Certain amounts included in or affecting the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requiresdisclosure must be estimated, requiring management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilitieswith respect to values or conditions which cannot be known with certainty at the datetime the consolidated financial statements are prepared. Management believes that the accounting policies set forth below comprise the most important “critical accounting policies” for the Company. A “critical accounting policy” is one which is both important to the portrayal of a company’s financial condition and results of operations and requires management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the financialneed to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Management evaluates such policies on an ongoing basis, based upon historical results and experience, consultation with experts and other methods that management considers reasonable in the particular circumstances under which the judgments and estimates are made, as well as management’s forecasts as to the manner in which such circumstances may change in the future.

Content Assets

The Company acquires, licenses and produces content, including original programming, in order to offer members unlimited viewing of factual entertainment content. The content licenses are for a fixed fee and specific windows of availability. Payments for content, including additions to content library and the changes in related liabilities, are classified within “Net cash used in operating activities” on the consolidated statements of cash flows.

The Company recognizes its content library (licensed and incomeproduced) as “Content assets, net” on the consolidated balance sheets. For licenses, the Company capitalizes the fee per title and expenses duringrecords a corresponding liability at the periods reported. Actual results could materially differgross amount of the liability when the license period begins, the cost of the title is known, and the title is accepted and available for streaming. For productions, the Company capitalizes costs associated with the production, including development costs, direct costs and production overhead.

Based on factors including historical and estimated viewing patterns, the Company generally amortizes the content library (licensed and produced) in “Cost of revenues” on the consolidated statements of operations on a straight-line basis over the shorter of each title’s contractual window of availability or estimated period of use, beginning with the month of first availability. The Company reviews factors impacting the amortization of the content library on an ongoing basis and will record amortization on an accelerated basis when there is more upfront use of a title, for instance due to significant program sales.

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Revenue recognition

Subscriptions — O&O Service

The Company generates revenue from those estimates. We have identifiedmonthly subscription fees from its O&O Service. CuriosityStream subscribers enter into non-refundable, month-to-month or annual subscriptions with the following critical accounting policies:Company. The Company bills the monthly subscriber on each subscriber’s monthly anniversary date and recognizes the revenue ratably over each monthly membership period. The annual subscription fees are collected by the Company at the start of the annual subscription period and are recognized ratably over the subsequent twelve-month period. Revenues are presented net of the taxes that are collected from subscribers and remitted to governmental authorities.

Subscription — App Services

The Company also earns subscription revenues through its App Services. These subscriptions are similar to the O&O Service subscriptions, but these subscriptions are generated based on agreements with certain streaming media players as well as with Smart TV brands and gaming consoles. Under these agreements, the streaming media player typically bills the subscriber directly and then remits the collected subscriptions to the Company, net of a distribution fee. The Company recognizes the gross subscription revenues when earned and simultaneously recognizes the corresponding distribution fees as an expense. The Company is the principal in these relationships as the Company retains control over service delivery to its subscribers.

 

Common Stock Subject to Possible RedemptionLicensing — Affiliates

 

We account for common stock subjectThe Company generates license fee revenues from MVPDs such as Altice, Comcast and Cox as well as from vMVPDs such as Amazon and Sling TV (MVPDs and vMVPDs are also referred to possible redemption in accordance withas affiliates). Under the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that features redemption rights that are either within the controlterms of the holderagreements with these affiliates, the Company receives license fees based upon contracted programming rates and subscriber levels reported by the affiliates. In exchange, the Company licenses its content to the affiliates for distribution to their subscribers. The Company earns revenue under these agreements either based on the total number of subscribers multiplied by rates specified in the agreements or subject to redemption uponbased on fixed fee arrangements. These revenues are recognized over the occurrenceterm of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. Our common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of our condensed consolidated balance sheets.each agreement when earned.


Net Loss Per Common ShareLicensing — Program Sales

 

We applyThe Company has distribution agreements which grant a licensee limited distribution rights to the two-class methodCompany’s programs for varying terms, generally in calculating earnings per share. Common stock subject to possible redemption whichexchange for a fixed license fee. Revenue is not currently redeemable andrecognized once the content is not redeemable at fair value, has been excluded from the calculation of basic net loss per common share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the Trust Account earnings. Our net income is adjustedmade available for the portion of income that is attributablelicensee to common stock subject to possible redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account and not our income or losses.use.

 

Recent Accounting Standards

Management does not believeThe Company’s performance obligations include (1) access to its SVoD platform via the Company’s O&O Service and App Services, (2) access to the Company’s content assets, and (3) licenses of specific program titles. In contracts containing the right to access the Company SVoD platform, the performance obligation is satisfied as access to the SVoD platform is provided post any free trial period. In contracts which contain access to the Company’s content assets, the performance obligation is satisfied as access to the content is provided. For contracts with licenses of specific program titles, the performance obligation is satisfied as that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.content is made available for the customer to use.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Following the consummation of our Initial Public Offering, we invested the funds held in the Trust Account in U.S. government treasury bills, notes or bonds with a maturity of 180 days or less or in certain money market funds that invest solely in U.S. treasuries. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.Not applicable.

  

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

DisclosureWe maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in ourthe reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act reports is (1) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is(2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officerChief Executive Officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriateChief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Under the supervision and As of March 31, 2021 (the “Evaluation Date”), our management, with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officerChief Executive Officer and principal financial and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation ofChief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020, as such term is(as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Act).


Based on thisupon their evaluation, our principal executive officerChief Executive Officer and principal financial and accounting officer haveChief Financial Officer concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15 (e) and 15d-15 (e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective as of the Evaluation Date, due solely to the material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting associated with the restatement of our consolidated financial statements related to the accounting for our Private Placement Warrants, as described in Note 2 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on May 7, 2021. In light of this material weakness, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our interim consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, management believes that the information required to be disclosed by usconsolidated financial statements included in reports filed underthis Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q present fairly in all material respects our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.period presented.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter of 2020ended March 31, 2021 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Management has identified a material weakness in internal controls related to the accounting for the Private Placement Warrants, as described in Note 2 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on May 7, 2021. Management has implemented remediation steps to address the material weakness and to improve our internal control over financial reporting. Specifically, we expanded and improved our review process for complex securities and related accounting standards, including the determination of the appropriate accounting classification of our financial instruments. We plan to further improve this process by enhancing access to accounting literature and the identification of third-party professionals with whom to consult regarding complex accounting applications. These remediation measures may be time consuming and costly. In addition, there is no assurance that we will be successful in remediating the material weakness. The Company plans to complete the remediation of the material weakness during the second quarter of the year ending December 31, 2021.

 

We have not experienced any material impact to our internal controls over financial reporting despite the fact that certain of our employees are working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are continually monitoring and assessing the COVID-19 situation and our internal controls to minimize any impact on their design and operating effectiveness.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

 

None.  

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

 

Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this reportQuarterly Report on Form 10-Q are any of the risks described in (i)Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K10-K/A filed with the SEC on March 20, 2020, (ii) our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A relating to the Business Combination, initially filed with the SEC on September 17, 2020 and as amended through October 6, 2020, or (iii) our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 14, 2020.May 7, 2021. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

None.

  

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information.

 

None.


Item 6. Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

No.Description of Exhibit
31.1*Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).
31.2*Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).
32.1**Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350.
32.2**Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350.
101.INS*XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*Filed herewith.
**Furnished herewith

Incorporated By Reference    
Exhibit No. Description Form File No. Exhibit Filing Date Filed Herewith
3.1 Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation 8-K 001-39139 3.1 October 14, 2020  
3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws 8-K 001-39139 3.2 October 14, 2020  
10.16 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement 8-K 001-39139 10.1 March 19, 2021  
10.17 Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement 8-K 001-39139 10.2 March 19, 2021  
10.18 Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement 8-K 001-39139 10.3 March 19, 2021  
31.1 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002         X
31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002         X
32.1 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002         X
101. INS XBRL Instance Document         X
101. SCH XBRLTaxonomy Extension Schema Document         X
101. CAL XBRLTaxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document         X
101. LAB XBRLTaxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document         X
101. PRE XBRLTaxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document         X
101. DEF XBRLTaxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document         X
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (as formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)         X

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this reportQuarterly Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.
   
Date: November 13, 2020May 12, 2021By:/s/ Clint Stinchcomb
 Name: Clint Stinchcomb
 Title:President and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
   
Date: November 13, 2020May 12, 2021By:/s/ Jason Eustace
 Name: Jason Eustace
 Title:Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

 

 

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