UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 20212022

 

OR

 

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 001-38717

 

PALTALK, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 20-3191847

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

30 Jericho Executive Plaza Suite 400E

Jericho, NY 11753

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(212) 967-5120

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

 

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par valuePALTThe Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ 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, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the 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 ☒

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

  

ClassOutstanding at August 6, 20214, 2022
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share 8,239,764*9,722,157*

 

*Excludes 9,950141,963 shares of common stock that are held as treasury stock by Paltalk, Inc.

 

 

 

PALTALK, INC.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 20212022

 

Table of Contents

 

  Page
Number
   
 PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
   
ITEM 1.Financial Statements1
   
 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 20212022 (Unaudited) and December 31, 202020211
   
 Condensed Consolidated Statements of IncomeOperations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 20212022 and 20202021 (Unaudited)2
   
 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 and 2020 (Unaudited)3
   
 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 20212022 and 20202021 (Unaudited)4
   
 Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)5
   
ITEM 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations1715
   
ITEM 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk3128
   
ITEM 4.Controls and Procedures3128
   
 PART II. OTHER INFORMATION 
   
ITEM 1.Legal Proceedings3229
   
ITEM 1A.Risk Factors3229
   
ITEM 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds3429
   
ITEM 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities3429
   
ITEM 4.Mine Safety Disclosures3429
   
ITEM 5.Other Information3429
   
ITEM 6.Exhibits3530

Unless the context otherwise indicates, references to “Paltalk,” “we,” “our,” “us” and the “Company” refer to Paltalk, Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

Paltalk, our logo and other trademarks or service marks appearing in this report are the property of Paltalk, Inc. Trade names, trademarks and service marks of other companies appearing in this report are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, the trademarks, service marks and trade names included in this report are without the ®, or other applicable symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the rights of the applicable licensors to these trademarks, service marks and trade names.

Unless otherwise indicated, operational metrics such as those related to active users are based on internally-derived metrics for users across all platforms through which our applications are accessed.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q constitute “forward-looking statements” as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Words such as “anticipate,” “assume,” “began,” “believe,” “budget,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “would” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements, including, without limitation, the following:

 

our ability to effectively market and generate revenue from our applications;

 

our ability to generate and maintain active users and to effectively monetize our user base;

 

our ability to update our applications to respond to rapid technological changes;

 

the intense competition in the industry in which our business operates and our ability to effectively compete with existing competitors and new market entrants;

 

our ability to consummate favorable acquisitions and effectively integrate any companies, assets or properties that we acquire;
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our results of operations and our business;

 

the dependence of our applications on mobile platforms and operating systems that we do not control, including our heavy reliance on the platforms of Apple, Facebook and Google and their ability to discontinue, limit or restrict access to their platforms by us or our applications, change their terms and conditions or other policies or features (including restricting methods of collecting payments, sending notifications or placing advertisements), establish more favorable relationships with one or more of our competitors or develop applications or features that compete with our applications;

 

our ability to develop, establish and maintain strong brands;

 

our reliance on our executive officers and consultants;

 

our ability to adapt or modify our applications for the international market and derive revenue therefrom;

 

legal and regulatory requirements related to holding and distributing cryptocurrencies and accepting cryptocurrencies as a method of payment for our services;

 

the ability of foreign governments to restrict access to our applications or impose new regulations;

 

the reliance of our mobile applications on having a mobile data plan and/or Wi-Fi access to gain internet connectivity;

 

the effect of security breaches, computer viruses and cybersecurity incidents;

 

our reliance upon credit card processors and related merchant account approvals and the impact of chargeback liabilities that we may face from credit card processors;

 

the possibility that our users or third parties may be physically or emotionally harmed following interaction with other users;

 

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our ability to obtain additional capital or financing when and if necessary, to execute our business plan, including through offerings of debt or equity or sale of any of our assets;

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risks related to our holdings of digital tokens, including risks related to the volatility of the trading price of the digital tokens and our ability to convert digital tokens into fiat currency;

 

the risk that we may face litigation resulting from the transmission of information through our applications;

 

the effects of current and future government regulation, including laws and regulations regarding the use of the internet, privacy, cybersecurity and protection of user data and cryptocurrency technology;

 

the impact of any claim that we have infringed on intellectual property rights of others;

 

our ability to protect our intellectual property rights;

 

our ability to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting;

 

our ability to offset fees associated with the distribution platforms that host our applications;

 

our reliance on internally derived data to accurately report user metrics and other measures of our performance;

 

our ability to release new applications or improve upon or add features to existing applications on schedule or at all;

 

our reliance on third-party investor relations firms to help create awareness of our Company and compliance by such third parties with regulatory requirements related to promotional reports;

our ability to effectively integrate companies and properties that we acquire; and

 

our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and consultants.

 

For a more detailed discussion of these and other factors that may affect our business, see the discussion in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in Part II of this report and “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part I of this report and the risk factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020,2021, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2021.2022. We caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive, and new factors may emerge, or changes to the foregoing factors may occur, that could impact our business. We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, relating to the matters discussed in this report, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws.

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

PALTALK, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 June 30, December 31, 
 2021  2020  June 30, December 31, 
 (unaudited)     2022  2021 
Assets      (unaudited)    
Current assets:          
Cash and cash equivalents $6,501,712  $5,585,420  $16,850,818  $21,636,860 
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $3,648 as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively  52,261   71,410 
Deferred Offering Costs  212,420   - 
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $3,648 as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021  106,791   153,448 
Prepaid expense and other current assets  208,084   236,704   359,944   239,258 
Total current assets  6,974,477   5,893,534   17,317,553   22,029,566 
Operating lease right-of-use asset  34,946   68,967   199,567   239,491 
Property and equipment, net  153,921   255,777   17,681   69,599 
Goodwill  6,326,250   6,326,250   6,326,250   6,326,250 
Intangible assets, net  288,877   381,210   3,799,442   196,543 
Digital tokens  931,232   439,145   -   7,262 
Digital tokens receivable  -   210,000 
Other assets  13,937   13,937   13,937   13,937 
Total assets $14,723,640  $13,588,820  $27,674,430  $28,882,648 
                
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity                
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable $889,623  $742,141  $1,464,732  $1,332,632 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  102,275   254,084   182,409   344,441 
Operating lease liabilities, current portion  34,946   68,967   81,237   80,309 
Digital tokens payable  272,984   123,397 
Term debt, current portion  -   338,792 
Deferred subscription revenue  2,011,363   2,058,721   1,839,849   1,915,493 
Total current liabilities  3,311,191   3,586,102   3,568,227   3,672,875 
Term debt, non-current portion  -   167,708 
Operating lease liabilities, non-current portion  118,330   159,182 
Deferred tax liability  806,493   - 
Total liabilities  3,311,191   3,753,810   4,493,050   3,832,057 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 12)        
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)        
Stockholders’ equity:                
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized, and 6,916,404 shares issued and 6,906,454 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively  6,917   6,917 
Treasury stock, 9,950 shares at par as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020  (10,859)  (10,859)
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized, 9,864,120 shares issued as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and 9,722,157 and 9,832,157 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively  9,864   9,864 
Treasury stock, 141,963 and 31,963 shares as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively  (407,380)  (194,200)
Additional paid-in capital  21,407,067   21,568,041   35,851,530   35,639,910 
Accumulated deficit  (9,990,676)  (11,729,089)  (12,272,634)  (10,404,983)
Total stockholders’ equity  11,412,449   9,835,010   23,181,380   25,050,591 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $14,723,640  $13,588,820  $27,674,430  $28,882,648 

 

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


PALTALK, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOMEOPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2021  2020  2021  2020 
Revenues:            
Subscription revenue $3,121,909  $3,210,619  $6,261,274  $5,860,742 
Advertising revenue  75,462   57,856   152,283   113,523 
Technology service revenue  218,432   112,000   374,248   126,952 
Total revenues  3,415,803   3,380,475   6,787,805   6,101,217 
Costs and expenses:                
Cost of revenue  630,582   685,430   1,277,297   1,308,154 
Sales and marketing expense  255,204   221,416   512,655   413,086 
Product development expense  1,298,767   1,255,884   2,596,031   2,506,580 
General and administrative expense  469,502   687,083   1,231,212   1,706,337 
Impairment loss on digital tokens  184,737   -   184,737   - 
Total costs and expenses  2,838,792   2,849,813   5,801,932   5,934,157 
Income from operations  577,011   530,662   985,873   167,060 
Interest (expense) income, net  (420)  (1,210)  2,047   10,977 
Gain on extinguishment of term debt  -   -   506,500   - 
Realized gain (loss) from the sale of digital tokens  247,293   -   247,293   (23,838)
Other income (expense), net  -   4,589   -   (56,042)
Income from operations before provision for income taxes  823,884   534,041   1,741,713   98,157 
Provision for income taxes  (2,200)  (2,500)  (3,300)  (5,000)
Net income $821,684  $531,541  $1,738,413  $93,157 
                 
Net income per share of common stock:                
Basic $0.12  $0.08  $0.25  $0.01 
Diluted $0.12  $0.08  $0.25  $0.01 
Weighted average number of shares of common stock used in calculating net income per share of common stock:                
Basic  6,906,454   6,869,027   6,906,454   6,871,299 
Diluted  6,930,041   6,869,027   6,918,248   6,871,299 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Revenues:            
Subscription revenue $2,560,706  $3,121,909  $5,407,045  $6,261,274 
Advertising revenue  83,762   75,462   164,124   152,283 
Technology service revenue  -   218,432   -   374,248 
Total revenues  2,644,468   3,415,803   5,571,169   6,787,805 
Costs and expenses:                
Cost of revenue  661,548   630,582   1,313,644   1,277,297 
Sales and marketing expense  484,133   255,204   895,615   512,655 
Product development expense  1,521,764   1,298,767   3,051,905   2,596,031 
General and administrative expense  1,053,347   469,502   2,099,495   1,231,212 
Impairment loss on digital tokens  7,262   184,737   7,262   184,737 
Total costs and expenses  3,728,054   2,838,792   7,367,921   5,801,932 
(Loss) income from operations  (1,083,586)  577,011   (1,796,752)  985,873 
Interest (expense) income, net  (1,595)  (420)  (3,457)  2,047 
Gain on extinguishment of term debt  -   -   -   506,500 
Realized gain from the sale of digital tokens  -   247,293   -   247,293 
Other expense, net  (38,772)  -   (46,658)  - 
(Loss) income from operations before provision for income taxes  (1,123,953)  823,884   (1,846,867)  1,741,713 
Provision for income taxes  (4,753)  (2,200)  (20,784)  (3,300)
Net (loss) income $(1,128,706) $821,684  $(1,867,651) $1,738,413 
                 
Net (loss) income per share of common stock:                
Basic $(0.12) $0.12  $(0.19) $0.25 
Diluted $(0.12) $0.12  $(0.19) $0.25 
Weighted average number of shares of common stock used in calculating net (loss) income per share of common stock:                
Basic  9,771,608   6,906,454   9,801,715   6,906,454 
Diluted  9,771,608   6,930,041   9,801,715   6,918,248 

  

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

 


PALTALK, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 20212022 AND 20202021

(Unaudited)

 

                      
              Additional     Total 
  Common  Stock  Treasury  Stock  Paid-  Accumulated  Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  in Capital  Deficit  Equity 
Balance at December 31, 2019  6,878,904  $6,879   (1,900) $(2,015) $21,281,382  $(13,100,351) $8,185,895 
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   -   -   89,206   -   89,206 
Repurchases of common stock  -   -   (6,600)  (7,240)  -   -   (7,240)
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (438,384)  (438,384)
Balance at March 31, 2020  6,878,904  $6,879   (8,500) $(9,255) $21,370,588  $(13,538,735) $7,829,477 
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   -   -   57,183   -   57,183 
Repurchases of common stock  -   -   (1,450)  (1,604)  -   -   (1,604)
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   531,541   531,541 
Balance at June 30, 2020  6,878,904  $6,879   (9,950) $(10,859) $21,427,771  $(13,007,194) $8,416,597 

 Common Stock Treasury Stock Additional
Paid-
 Accumulated Total
Stockholders’
  Common Stock Treasury Stock Additional
Paid-
 Accumulated Total
Stockholders’
 
 Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  in Capital  Deficit  Equity  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  in Capital  Deficit  Equity 
Balance at December 31, 2020  6,916,404  $6,917   (9,950) $(10,859) $21,568,041  $(11,729,089) $9,835,010   6,916,404  $6,917   (9,950) $(10,859) $21,568,041  $(11,729,089) $9,835,010 
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   -   -   31,368   -   31,368   -   -   -   -   31,368   -   31,368 
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   916,729   916,729   -   -   -   -   -   916,729   916,729 
Balance at March 31, 2021  6,916,404  $6,917   (9,950) $(10,859) $21,599,409  $(10,812,360) $10,783,107   6,916,404   6,917   (9,950)  (10,859)  21,599,409   (10,812,360)  10,783,107 
Reversal of stock compensation expense of non-vested options, net  -   -   -   -   (192,342)  -   (192,342)
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   -   -   (192,342)  -   (192,342)
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   821,684   821,684   -   -   -   -   -   821,684   821,684 
Balance at June 30, 2021  6,916,404  $6,917   (9,950) $(10,859) $21,407,067  $(9,990,676)  11,412,449   6,916,404  $6,917   (9,950) $(10,859) $21,407,067  $(9,990,676)  11,412,449 
Balance at December 31, 2021  9,864,120  $9,864   (31,963) $(194,200) $35,639,910  $(10,404,983) $25,050,591 
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   -   -   152,471   -   152,471 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (738,945)  (738,945)
Balance at March 31, 2022  9,864,120  $9,864   (31,963) $(194,200) $35,792,381  $(11,143,928) $24,464,117 
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   -   -   59,149   -   59,149 
Repurchases of common stock  -   -   (110,000)  (213,180)  -   -   (213,180)
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (1,128,706)  (1,128,706)
Balance at June 30, 2022  9,864,120  $9,864   (141,963) $(407,380) $35,851,530  $(12,272,634) $23,181,380 

 

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


 

PALTALK, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2021  2020 
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net income $1,738,413  $93,157 
Adjustments to reconcile net income from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation of property and equipment  101,856   171,726 
Amortization of intangible assets  92,333   128,167 
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets  34,021   76,828 
Gain on cancellation of office lease  -   (141,001)
Impairment loss on digital tokens  184,737   - 
Realized (gain) loss from the sale of digital tokens  (247,293)  23,838 
Write-off of note receivable  -   56,042 
Gain on extinguishment of term debt  (506,500)  - 
Stock-based compensation  (160,974)  146,389 
Bad debt expense  (3,235)  - 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
    Digital tokens  (733,835)  - 
Accounts receivables  22,384   117,900 
Digital tokens receivable  210,000   (112,000)
Operating lease liability  (34,021)  (80,419)
Digital tokens payable  149,587   - 
Deferred offering costs  (212,420)  - 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  28,620   (14,417)
Other assets  -   16,897 
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities  (4,327)  (200,382)
Deferred subscription revenue  (47,358)  140,070 
Net cash provided by operating activities  611,988   422,795 
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Proceeds from the sale of digital tokens  304,304   31,356 
Net cash provided by investing activities  304,304   31,356 
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Borrowings of term debt  -   506,500 
Purchase of treasury stock  -   (8,844)
Net cash provided by financing activities  -   497,656 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents  916,292   951,807 
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period  5,585,420   3,427,058 
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at end of period $6,501,712  $4,378,865 

  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2022  2021 
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net (loss) income $(1,867,651) $1,738,413 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation of property and equipment  51,918   101,856 
Amortization of intangible assets  132,522   92,333 
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets  39,924   34,021 
Impairment loss on digital tokens  7,262   184,737 
Realized gain from the sale of digital tokens  -   (247,293)
Gain on extinguishment of term debt  -   (506,500)
Stock-based compensation  211,620   (160,974)
Bad debt expense  -   (3,235)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Digital tokens  -   (733,835)
Accounts receivable  46,657   22,384 
Digital tokens receivable  -   210,000 
Operating lease liability  (39,924)  (34,021)
Digital tokens payable  -   149,587 
Deferred offering costs  -   (212,420)
Prepaid expense and other current assets  (120,686)  28,620 
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities  (29,932)  (4,327)
Deferred subscription revenue  (75,644)  (47,358)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities  (1,643,934)  611,988 
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Acquisition of ManyCam assets  (2,700,000)  - 
Acquisition related costs of ManyCam assets  (228,928)  - 
Proceeds from the sale of digital tokens  -   304,304 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities  (2,928,928)  304,304 
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Purchase of treasury stock  (213,180)  - 
Net cash used in financing activities  (213,180)  - 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents  (4,786,042)  916,292 
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period  21,636,860   5,585,420 
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at end of period $16,850,818  $6,501,712 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:        
Cash paid during the periods:        
Interest $-  $- 
Taxes $-  $- 
Non-cash investing and financing activities:        
Write-off of property and equipment $1,475,649  $- 
Deferred tax liability associated with the acquisition of ManyCam assets $806,493  $- 

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


 

PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

1.Organization and Description of Business

1. Organization and Description of Business

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include Paltalk, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries, A.V.M. Software, Inc., ManyCam ULC, Paltalk Software Inc., Paltalk Holdings, Inc., Tiny Acquisition Inc., Camshare, Inc., Fire Talk LLC and Vumber LLC (collectively, the “Company”).

The Company is a communications software innovator that powers multimedia social applications. The Company has an over 20-year history of technology innovations and holds 18 patents. The Company’s product portfolio includes Paltalk, Camfrog and Tinychat, which together host and serve a large collection of video-based communities. The Company’s other productproducts include ManyCam and Vumber. ManyCam is a live streaming software and virtual camera that allows users to deliver professional live videos on streaming platforms, video conferencing apps and distance learning tools. Vumber which is a telecommunications services provider that enables users to communicate privately by having multiple phone numbers with any area code through which calls can be forwarded to a user’s existing telephone number. The Company has an over 20-year history of technology innovation and holds 14 patents.

On June 9, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company, ManyCam ULC, an unlimited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Purchaser”), Visicom Media Inc., a Canadian corporation (the “Visicom”), and 2434936 Alberta ULC, an unlimited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta (“Target NewCo”), pursuant to which the Purchaser purchased, effective as of the Effective Date, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Target NewCo (the “ManyCam Acquisition”). Prior to the ManyCam Acquisition, Target NewCo held all assets related to, or used by Visicom in connection with, the business of developing and distributing virtual webcam driver software, including virtual backgrounds and/or “masks” or other camera effects (other than the Excluded Contracts (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)), whether tangible or intangible, including, but not limited to, Target NewCo’s ManyCam software (“ManyCam”) and related source code, customer lists, customer relationships and all associated customer information, contracts with contractors and suppliers, brand names, trade secrets, trademarks, trade names, designs, copyrights, websites, all URLs, goodwill and intellectual property associated with each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Conveyed Assets”). The Company concluded that the acquisition of the Conveyed Assets is not considered a business under Regulation S-X and in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations.

The purchase price for the Conveyed Assets was $2.7 million in cash consideration, plus a potential earn-out payment of up to $600,000 upon the achievement of certain performance thresholds over the six-month period following the closing of the ManyCam Acquisition. For more information regarding the ManyCam Acquisition, see Note 3.

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report have been prepared on a going concern basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial information. The Company has not included certain information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements pursuant to those rules and regulations, although it believes that the disclosure included herein is adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The condensed consolidated financial statements contained herein should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020,2021, filed with the SEC on March 23, 20212022 (the “Form 10-K”).

 

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial information contains all normal and recurring adjustments necessary to fairly present the condensed consolidated balance sheets and statements of income,operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company for the interim periods presented. The Company’s historical results are not necessarily indicative of future operating results, and the results for the six months ended June 30, 20212022 are not necessarily indicative of results for the year ending December 31, 2021,2022, or for any other period.

 

Macro-Economic Factors and COVID-19 Update on COVID-19

 

The World Health Organization declaredCompany’s results of operations have and may continue to be negatively impacted by the uncertainty regarding COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. and macro-economic factors, including the timing of any economic recession and/or recovery and the overall inflationary environment.

The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the various attempts to contain it have created significant volatility, uncertainty and economic disruption. COVID-19 continues to have an unpredictable and unprecedented impact on the U.S. economy as federal, state and local governments react to this public health crisis with travel restrictions and potential quarantines. Although the Company’s core multimedia social applications have beenwere able to support the increased demand we havethe Company experienced from the second quarter of 2020 through the year ended December 31, 2021, the extent of the future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business is highly uncertain and difficult to predict. Adverse economic and market conditions as a result of COVID-19 as well as the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions could also affect the demand for the Company’s applications and the ability of the Company’s users to satisfy their obligations to the Company. If the pandemic continues to cause significant negative impacts to economic conditions, the Company’s results of operations, financial condition and liquidity could be materially and adversely impacted.

 

On April 13, 2020, to help ensure adequate liquidity in light of the uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company applied for a loan under the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), and on May 3, 2020, the Company entered into a promissory note with an aggregate principal amount of $506,500 (the “Note”) in favor of Citibank, N.A., as lender (the “Lender”). On January 13, 2021, the Note was fully forgiven by the SBA and the Lender in compliance with the provisions of the CARES Act. The Company does not expect to incur additional indebtedness under the CARES Act.

 


 

PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Deferred Offering Costs

On August 5, 2021,During the Company announcedsix months ended June 30, 2022, there were no significant changes made to the pricing and closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering of an aggregate of 1,333,310 sharesCompany’s significant accounting policies, except for the acquisition of the Company’s common stock (which includes 173,910 shares sold to the underwriter pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option) at a public offering price of $3.00 per share (the “August 2021 Offering”). The Company has capitalized certain legal and professional fees that are directly related to the August 2021 Offering as deferred offering costs until such financingManyCam assets which is consummated. Seediscussed in Note 14 for more information regarding the August 2021 Offering. After consummation of such equity financing, these costs will be recorded in stockholders’ equity as a reduction of additional paid-in capital generated as a result of the August 2021 Offering. The Company incurred and deferred offering costs of $212,240 as of June 30, 2021.3 below.

 

For a detailed discussion about the Company’s significant accounting policies, see the Form 10-K.

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, there were no other significant changes made to the Company’s significant accounting policies.

Significant Estimates and Assumptions

 

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

 

Significant estimates relied upon in preparing these financial statements include the estimates used to determine the fair value of the stock options issued in share-based payment arrangements, collectability of the Company’s accounts receivable, measurements of proportional performance under certain service contracts, subscription revenues net of refunds, credits, and known and estimated credit card chargebacks theas well as valuation allowance on deferred tax assets,inputs used in determining the fair value of digital tokens and impairment assessment of goodwill.the ManyCam assets, described more fully below. Management evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. The Company bases estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from the Company’s estimates.

  

Recent Accounting PronouncementsRevisions to the Company’s estimates may result in increases or decreases to revenues and income and are reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements in the periods in which they are first identified. If the Company’s estimates indicate that a contract loss will be incurred, a loss provision is recorded in the period in which the loss first becomes probable and can be reasonably estimated. Contract losses are the amount by which the estimated costs of the contract exceed the estimated total revenue that will be generated by the contract and are included in cost of revenues in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. There were no contract losses for the periods presented.

 

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740) Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”, as part of its initiative to reduce complexity in the accounting standards. The ASU eliminates certain exceptions from Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740 related to the approach for intra-period tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. ASU 2019-12 also clarifies and simplifies other aspects of the accounting for income taxes. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASU 2019-12 on January 1, 2021. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

 

The fair value framework under the guidance issued by the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB’”) requires the categorization of assets and liabilities into three levels based upon the assumptions used to measure the assets or liabilities. Level 1 provides the most reliable measure of fair value, whereas Level 3, if applicable, would generally require significant management judgment. The three levels for categorizing assets and liabilities under the fair value measurement requirements are as follows:

 

Level 1: Fair value measurement of the asset or liability using observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2: Fair value measurement of the asset or liability using inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the applicable asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar (as opposed to identical) assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; and

 

Level 3: Fair value measurement of the asset or liability using unobservable inputs that reflect the Company’s own assumptions regarding the applicable asset or liability.

 

The Company reviews the appropriateness of fair value measurements including validation processes, and the reconciliation of period-over-period fluctuations based on changes in key market inputs. All fair value measurements are subject to the Company’s analysis. Review and approval by management is required as part of the validation process.

 

The carrying amounts of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.


PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Revenue Recognition

 

In accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, revenue from contracts with customers is recognized when control of the promised services is transferred to the customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those services. Sales tax is excluded from reported revenue. The Company has elected the practical expedient allowable by the guidance to not disclose information about remaining performance obligations pertaining to contracts that have an original expected duration of one year or less.

 

Subscription Revenue

 

The Company generates subscription revenue primarily from monthly premium subscription services. Subscription revenues are presented net of refunds, credits, and known and estimated credit card chargebacks. During the three and six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020,2021, subscriptions were offered in durations of one-, three-, six-, twelve- and twelve-monthtwenty-four-month terms. All subscription fees, however, are paid by credit card at the origination of the subscription regardless of the term of the subscription. Revenues from multi-month subscriptions are recognized on a straight-line basis over the period where the service is offered to the customer, indicated by length of the subscription term purchased. The unearned portion of subscription revenue is presented as deferred revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Deferred revenue at December 31, 20202021 was $2,058,721,$1,915,493, $1,180,225 of which $1,263,633 was subsequently recognized as subscription revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2021.2022. The ending balance of deferred revenue at June 30, 2022 and 2021 was $2,011,363.$1,839,849 and $ $2,011,363, respectively.

 

In addition, the Company offers virtual gifts to its users. Users may purchase credits in $5, $10 or $20 increments that can be redeemed for a host of virtual gifts such as a rose, a beer or a car, among other items. These gifts are given among users to enhance communication and are typically redeemed within 30 days of purchase. Upon purchase, the virtual gifts are credited to the users’ account and are under the users’ control. Virtual gift revenue is recognized upon the users’ redemption of virtual gifts at the fixed transaction price and included in subscription revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income.operations. Virtual gift revenue is presented as deferred revenue in the condensed consolidated balance sheets until virtual gifts are redeemed. Virtual gift revenue was $1,091,487 and $2,361,024 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. Virtual gift revenue was $1,389,046 and $2,809,176 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. Virtual gift revenue was $1,427,373 and $2,642,434 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. The ending balance of deferred revenue from virtual gifts at June 30, 2022 and 2021 was $349,552 and 2020 was $317,889, and $240,502, respectively.

 

Advertising Revenue

 

The Company generates advertising revenue from the display of advertisements on its products through contractual agreements with third parties that are based on the number of advertising impressions delivered. Measurements of impressions include when a customer clicks an advertisement (CPC basis), views an advertisement impression (CPM basis), or registers for an external website via an advertisement by clicking on or through the application (CPA basis). Advertising revenue is dependent upon traffic as well as the advertising inventory placed on the Company’s products.

 


 

PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

Technology Service Revenue

 

TheTechnology service revenue was historically generated under service and partnership agreements that the Company recordsnegotiated with third parties which included development, integration, engineering, licensing or other services that the Company provided.

During 2021, the Company recorded technology service revenue in connection with its agreement to serve as a launch partner with Open Props, Inc. (formerly YouNow, Inc., and referred to herein as “YouNow”) and to integrate YouNow’s props infrastructure (the “Props platform”) into itsthe Company’s Camfrog and Paltalk applications (as amended, the “YouNow Agreement”).

 

Pursuant to the terms of the YouNow Agreement, YouNow agreed to pay the Company, in exchange for the Company’s services, an aggregate of 10.5 million cryptographic props tokens (“Props tokens”) upon the achievement of certain milestones as follows: (i) 3.0 million Props tokens upon execution of the YouNow Agreement, (ii) 4.0 million Props tokens upon the integration of the Props platform in the Company’s Camfrog application and (iii) 3.5 million Props tokens due upon the integration of the Props platform in the Company’s Paltalk application. In determining the value of the contract, the Company converted the Props tokens into U.S. dollars using an independent third-party valuation. The Props tokens were estimated to have a price equal to $0.02 per token (see Note 5 for additional information on the fair value of the Props tokens) at the contract inception date. The total contract value to be recognized was estimated to be $210,000, which was recognized on the completion dates of the integration services performed during the second and third quarter of 2020.

The upfront fee was recognized as revenue under the output method based on the direct measurements of the value of services transferred to date to the customer, relative to the remaining services under the contract. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized $60,000 of the upfront fee and $150,000 from the completion of the first and second integration milestones under technology service revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of income and digital tokens receivable in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Onceonce the integration of Props tokens tointo the Company’s Paltalk and Camfrog applications was completed, the Company began receiving Props tokens for providing a validator service and for allowing users to participate in the loyalty platform. The loyalty platform iswas intended to drive engagement and incentivize users financially by providing users with the ability to earn Props tokens while using the Paltalk and Camfrog applications. During the third and fourth quarters of 2020, the Company received an aggregate of 1.1 million Props tokens for the validator service and 13.5 million Props tokens under the loyalty platform. During the three and six months ended June 30,

In August 2021, the Company received 176 thousandnotice from YouNow that it was terminating the YouNow Agreement, and 351 thousandthat it would no longer support the Props tokens, respectively, forplatform past the validator service and 3.6 million and 7.2 millionend of calendar year 2021. As a result of the termination of the YouNow Agreement, the Company notified its users that it would no longer be issuing Props tokens under the loyalty platform. The number of Props tokens earned and reserved by users for the six months ended June 30,starting October 15, 2021, and would be replacing any user’s outstanding Props with a new internal rewards program. The new rewards loyalty program for Paltalk and Camfrog allowed users to keep their existing rewards earned from the year ended December 31, 2020 was 2.1 millionformer Props program as internal rewards and 4.0 million, respectively, which is recorded under “digital tokens payable” inalso have the condensed consolidated balance sheetsopportunity to earn new internal rewards points. In connection with the internal rewards points, the Company added 25 new reward tiers, including specialty coins, subscriptions, stickers, flair, and the net revenue earned is recorded under “technology service revenue” in the condensed consolidated statements of income. The total net revenue value is recognized as earned.other popular buttons.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company retained an independent third-party to estimate the dollar value of the revenue for the validator service and digital tokens earned through the loyalty platform. Given the recent trading availability of Props tokens in various active markets, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company calculated the fair value of digital tokens based on the observable daily quoted market prices (Level 1 inputs) on multiple international exchanges, as recorded on CoinmarketCap (see Note 5 for additional information on the fair value of the Props tokens). The total net revenue value recognized as earned was estimated to be $218,000 and $374,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

Revisions to the Company’s estimates may result in increases or decreases to revenues and income and are reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements in the periods in which they are first identified. If the Company’s estimates indicate that a contract loss will be incurred, a loss provision is recorded in the period in which the loss first becomes probable and can be reasonably estimated. Contract losses are the amount by which the estimated costs of the contract exceed the estimated total revenue that will be generated by the contract and are included in cost of revenues in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of income. There were no contract losses for the periods presented.


PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

3.Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

  June 30,  December 31, 
  2021  2020 
  (unaudited)      
Computer equipment $866,459  $866,459 
Website development  3,076,323   3,076,323 
Furniture and fixtures  47,463   47,463 
Total property and equipment  3,990,245   3,990,245 
Less: Accumulated depreciation  (3,836,324)  (3,734,468)
Total property and equipment, net $153,921  $255,777 

Depreciation expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was $53,076 and $101,856, respectively as compared to $82,866 and $171,726 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.

4.Intangible Assets, Net

Intangible assets, net consisted of the following at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

  June 30, 2021  December 31, 2020 
  (unaudited)    
  Gross     Net  Gross     Net 
  Carrying  Accumulated  Carrying  Carrying  Accumulated  Carrying 
  Amount  Amortization  Amount  Amount  Amortization  Amount 
Patents $50,000  $(30,000) $20,000  $50,000  $(28,750) $21,250 
Trade names, trademarks product names, URLs  555,000   (501,396)  53,604   555,000   (493,648)  61,352 
Internally developed software  1,990,000   (1,990,000)  -   1,990,000   (1,990,000)  - 
Subscriber/customer relationships  2,279,000   (2,063,727)  215,273   2,279,000   (1,980,392)  298,608 
Total intangible assets $4,874,000  $(4,585,123) $288,877  $4,874,000  $(4,492,790) $381,210 

Amortization expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was $46,166 and $92,333, respectively, as compared to $64,083 and $128,167 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. The aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter is estimated to be $92,333 in 2021, $149,944 in 2022, $18,000 in 2023, $17,354 in 2024, $2,500 in 2025 and $8,746 thereafter.

5.Digital Tokens

Digital tokens, digital tokens receivable and digital tokens payable for the periods presented consist of Props tokens received in connection with the YouNow Agreement. Given that there is limited precedent regarding the classification and measurement of cryptocurrencies and other digital tokens under current GAAP, the Company has determined to account for these tokens as indefinite-lived intangible assets in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other until further guidance is issued by the FASB.


PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Props Tokens

The Props tokens received, receivable and payable from YouNow are intangible assets that are accounted for at cost, less impairment charges. According to the FASB guidance noted above, a holder of utility tokens cannot only compare the carrying value to fair value at the reporting period, but instead must assess impairment daily. As a result, the Company uses the amount equal to the lowest price during the period in which the Props tokens are held as the carrying amount for purposes of testing for impairment.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, to calculate the fair value of the Props tokens received, receivable and payable pursuant to the YouNow Agreement, the Company, through a third-party valuation, used the Backsolve method, which utilizes the option pricing method to calculate the implied value of the Props tokens based on the most recent transaction price publicly available (Level 3 inputs). For purposes of the Backsolve method, the Company used a precedent transaction in which Props tokens were purchased at a price of $0.07 per Props token. The precedent transaction also included the issuance of warrants to purchase additional Props tokens at a strike price of $0.07 per Props token. Using the Backsolve method, the Company took into account the strike price of the warrants issued in the precedent transaction and then determined the allocated value of the Props tokens as though it were a basket purchase.

The implied fair value of the Props tokens represents a marketable basis of value. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Props tokens did not have access to a liquid marketplace, and therefore a discount for lack of marketability was applied to the implied fair value using a protective put calculation. A summary of the key inputs used in the Backsolve model at December 31, 2020 are summarized as follows:

Maturity (time until an exit or liquidity)1 year
Volatility197.0%
Risk free rate of return0.16%

The basic logic of the protective put approach is supported by the notion that the holder of a non-marketable security can effectively purchase liquidity by purchasing a put option on the security. Therefore, the non-marketable value of a security is its value on a marketable basis, less the value of the hypothetical put option. The put option calculation relies on the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which utilizes volatility from comparable utility tokens, an estimated time to maturity (or liquidity), and the risk-free rate commensurate with that maturity.

Digital tokens earned, receivable or payable before June 30, 2020, were recorded based on an estimated fair value of $0.02. Digital tokens earned, receivable or payable from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 were recorded based on an estimated fair value of $0.039. At December 31, 2020, the Company recorded $439,145 under digital tokens, $123,397 under digital tokens payable and $210,000 under digital tokens receivable pursuant to the YouNow Agreement.

Given the recent trading availability of Props tokens in various active markets, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company calculated the fair value of digital tokens based on the observable daily quoted market prices (Level 1 inputs) on multiple international exchanges, as recorded on CoinmarketCap. At June 30, 2021, the Company recorded $931,232 under digital tokensThe total net revenue value recognized as earned was $218,432 and $272,984 under digital tokens payable pursuant to the YouNow Agreement.

During$374,248 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. As of June 30, 2022, the value of all digital tokens has been reduced to zero.

The Company did not generate any technology service revenue during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.

3. Asset Acquisition – Securities Purchase Agreement

As discussed above, on June 9, 2022, the Company entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, the Purchaser, Visicom and Target NewCo, pursuant to which the Purchaser purchased, effective as of the Effective Date, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Target NewCo.

The Purchaser acquired the Conveyed Assets for a cash purchase price of $2.7 million (the “Cash Consideration”). In addition to the Cash Consideration, Visicom is entitled to receive an additional payment of up to $600,000 (the “Earn-Out Payment”) based on the sales of the ManyCam software less chargebacks and refunds (“Gross Sales”) in the six-month period following the Closing (the “Earn-Out Period”) as follows: (i) if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period are greater than $800,000, the Earn-Out Payment shall be $600,000, (ii) if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period are greater than $700,000 but less than $800,000, the Earn-Out Payment shall be $300,000, (iii) if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period are greater than $600,000 but less than $700,000, the Earn-Out Payment shall be $150,000 and (iv) if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period do not exceed $600,000, then the Seller will not be paid any portion of the Earn-Out Payment. The Company concluded that the acquisition of the Conveyed Assets is not considered a business under Regulation S-X and in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations.


PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

As part of a valuation analysis, the Company identified intangible assets, including internally developed software, subscriber relationships/customer list and intellectual property (trade names, trademarks, URLs). The fair value of identifiable intangible assets is determined primarily using the “income approach,” which requires a forecast of all of the expected future cash flows. Final allocation was determined by a third-party valuation specialist hired by Company management. The following table summarizes the fair value of the identifiable intangible assets and their respective useful lives:

  Estimated Fair
Value
  Estimated Useful
Life in
Years
Internally developed software $1,504,000  7
Intellectual property (trade names, trademarks, URLs) $321,000  3
Subscriber Relationships/Customer List $875,000  7
Total acquired assets $2,700,000   

The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter will approximate $185,238 for the remainder of 2022, $444,571 in 2023, $444,571 in 2024, $393,071 in 2025, $341,571 in 2026 and $853,930 thereafter.

The Company incurred approximately $230,000 of expenses in connection with the ManyCam Acquisition and capitalized them accordingly.

As part of the accounting for the ManyCam assets, the Company provisionally recorded a non-cash impairment charge indeferred tax liability of $0.8 million with an offset to intangible assets related to the amountexcess financial reporting basis over the tax basis of $184,737,the Conveyed Assets.

On June 30, 2022, the Company entered into a License Agreement with Visicom (the “License Agreement”), pursuant to which is reported in the accompanying condensed consolidated statementsCompany agreed to distribute, at the discretion and direction of income asVisicom, a resultspecified number of recent declines inManyCam software updates to certain license holders to whom Visicom has previously granted a “lifetime” license to ManyCam software. As consideration for distributing the quoted marketsoftware updates, Visicom paid the Company an initial upfront nonrefundable payment of $65,000. The License Agreement provides that Visicom may purchase additional licenses at prices specified therein. Other than providing a one-time, limited license to Visicom for the distribution of certain digital tokens belowManyCam software updates pursuant to the market priceterms of their acquisition.the License Agreement, the Company does not have any obligation to provide support or service to the licensee end users.

4. Property and Equipment, Net

 

DuringProperty and equipment, net consisted of the following at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

  June 30,  December 31, 
  2022  2021 
   (unaudited)     
Computer equipment $311,335  $866,459 
Website development  2,155,798   3,076,323 
Furniture and fixtures  47,463   47,463 
Total property and equipment  2,514,596   3,990,245 
Less: Accumulated depreciation  (2,496,915)  (3,920,646)
Total property and equipment, net $17,681  $69,599 

Depreciation expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 was $21,820 and $51,918, respectively, as compared to $53,076 and $101,856 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company sold approximately 2.9 million Props tokens for proceeds of $304,000. The realized gain of approximately $247,000 is included in the condensed consolidated statements of income.respectively.

 

6.Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following for the periods presented:

  June 30,  December 31, 
  2021  2020 
   (unaudited)     
Compensation, benefits and payroll taxes $80,250  $226,500 
Prepaid income tax  (13,574)  - 
Other accrued expenses  35,599   27,584 
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities $102,275  $254,084 


PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

7.Income Taxes

5. Intangible Assets, Net

Intangible assets, net consisted of the following at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

  June 30, 2022  December 31, 2021 
  Gross     Net  Gross     Net 
  Carrying  Accumulated  Carrying  Carrying  Accumulated  Carrying 
  Amount  Amortization  Amount  Amount  Amortization  Amount 
Patents $50,000  $(32,500) $17,500  $50,000  $(31,251) $18,749 
Trade names, trademarks product names, URLs  999,100   (526,571)  472,529   555,000   (509,148)  45,852 
Internally developed software  4,070,768   (2,009,216)  2,061,552   1,990,000   (1,990,000)  - 
Subscriber/customer relationships  3,489,553   (2,241,692)  1,247,861   2,279,000   (2,147,058)  131,942 
Total intangible assets $8,609,421  $(4,809,979) $3,799,442  $4,874,000  $(4,677,457) $196,543 

Amortization expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 was $86,356 and $132,522, respectively, as compared to $46,166 and $92,333 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. The aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter is estimated to be $300,190 for the remainder of 2022, $502,745 in 2023, $502,100 in 2024, $419,536 in 2025, $371,173 in 2026 and $897,205 thereafter.

6. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following for the periods presented:

  June 30,  December 31, 
  2022  2021 
  (unaudited)    
Compensation, benefits and payroll taxes $134,076  $318,150 
Income tax payable  3,235   - 
Other accrued expenses  45,098   26,291 
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities $182,409  $344,441 

7. Income Taxes

 

The Company’s provision for income taxes consists of federal and state taxes, as applicable, in amounts necessary to align the Company’s year-to-date tax provision with the effective rate that it expects to achieve for the full year. Each quarter the Company updates its estimate of the annual effective tax rate and records cumulative adjustments as necessary. As of June 30, 2021,2022, our conclusion regarding the realizability of our US deferred tax assets did not change and we have recorded a full valuation allowance against them.

 

On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“American Rescue Plan”) was signed into law to provide additional relief in connection with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The American Rescue Plan includes, among other things, provisions relating to PPP loan expansion, defined pension contributions, excessive employee remuneration, and the repeal of the election to allocate interest expense on a worldwide basis. Under ASC 740, the effects of new legislation are recognized upon enactment. The enactment of the American Rescue Plan did not impact on the Company’s income tax provision.

 

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $4,753 and $20,784, respectively, primarily related to state and local taxes. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 was (0.39)% and (1.08)%, respectively. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate of 21% as the Company has concluded that its deferred tax assets are not realizable on a more-likely-than-not basis.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $2,200 and $3,300, respectively, primarily related to state and local taxes. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was 0.28% and 0.19%, respectively. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate of 21% as the Company has concluded that its deferred tax assets are not realizable on a more-likely-than-not basis.

 


For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $2,500 and $5,000, respectively, primarily related to state and local taxes. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 was 0.47% and 5.09%, respectively. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate of 21% as the Company has concluded that its deferred tax assets are not realizable on a more-likely-than-not basis.

PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

8.Stockholders’ Equity

8. Stockholders’ Equity

 

The Paltalk, Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) was terminated as to future awards on May 16, 2016. A total of 121,93036,402 shares of the Company’s common stock may be issued pursuant to outstanding options awarded under the 2011 Plan; however, no additional awards may be granted under such plan. The Paltalk, Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“the 2016 Plan”) was adopted by the Company’s stockholders on May 16, 2016 and permits the Company to award stock options (both incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options), stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards, dividend equivalent rights, and other stock-based awards and cash-based incentive awards to its employees (including an employee who is also a director or officer under certain circumstances), non-employee directors and consultants. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards under the 2016 Plan is 1,300,000 shares, 100% of which may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options. In addition, the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2016 Plan may be increased by an indeterminate number of shares of common stock underlying outstanding awards issued under the 2011 Plan that are forfeited, expired, cancelled or settled in cash. As of June 30, 2021,2022, there were 958,063767,728 shares available for future issuance under the 2016 Plan.

Treasury SharesStock Repurchase Plan

 

On April 29, 2019,March 21, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company implementedapproved a stock repurchase plan to repurchasefor up to $500,000$1,750,000 of itsthe Company’s outstanding common stock for cash.(the “Stock Repurchase Plan”). The repurchase plan expiredStock Repurchase Plan is effective as of March 29, 2022 and expires on April 29, 2020.the one-year anniversary of such date. Shares may be repurchased from time-to-time in open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions or by other means in accordance with federal securities laws, including Rule 10b5-1 programs, and the Stock Repurchase Plan may be suspended or discontinued at any time. The Company had purchased 9,950actual timing, number and value of shares repurchased will be determined by a committee of the Board of Directors at its discretion and will depend on a number of factors, including the market price of the Company’s common stock, general market and economic conditions, alternative investment opportunities and other corporate considerations. As of June 30, 2022, 110,000 shares of its common stock underhad been repurchased by the repurchase plan as of April 29, 2020 and has classified them as treasury shares onCompany pursuant to the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.Stock Repurchase Plan.

 

Stock Options

 

The following table summarizes the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes pricing model to estimate the fair value of the options granted during the threesix months ended June 30, 2021:2022:

 

Expected volatility197.0173% - 182%
Expected life of option (in years)5.2 - 6.2
Risk free interest rate0.882.53%
Expected dividend yield0.0%


PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

The expected life of the options is the period of time over which employees and non-employees are expected to hold their options prior to exercise. The expected life of options has been determined using the “simplified” method as prescribed by Staff Accounting Bulletin 110, which uses the midpoint between the vesting date and the end of the contractual term. The volatility of the Company’s common stock is calculated using the Company’s historical volatilities beginning at the grant date and going back for a period of time equal to the expected life of the award. The Company estimates potential forfeitures of stock awards and adjusts recorded stock-based compensation expense accordingly. The Company estimates pre-vesting forfeitures primarily based on the Company’s historical experience and is adjusted to reflect actual forfeitures as the stock-based awards vest.

 

The following table summarizes stock option activity during the six months ended June 30, 2021:2022:

 

    Weighted     Weighted 
    Average     Average 
 Number of Exercise  Number of Exercise 
 Options  Price  Options  Price 
Stock Options:             
Outstanding at January 1, 2021  622,036  $5.53 
Outstanding at January 1, 2022  435,770  $5.31 
Granted  25,220   3.20   248,500   2.66 
Forfeited or canceled, during the period  (128,569)  4.06   (31,787)  2.97 
Expired, during the period  (715)  7.00   (6,082)  54.08 
Outstanding at June 30, 2021  517,972  $5.78 
Exercisable at June 30, 2021  440,327  $6.42 
Outstanding at June 30, 2022  646,401  $3.95 
Exercisable at June 30, 2022  434,900  $4.65 

 

At June 30, 2021,2022, there was $136,245$479,162 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.53.52 years.

 

On June 30, 2022, the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options that were outstanding and exercisable was $45,840 and $38,340, respectively. On June 30, 2021, the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options that were outstanding and exercisable was $258,359 and $159,558, respectively. On June 30, 2020, the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options that were outstanding and exercisable was $7,200 and $3,600, respectively. The intrinsic value for stock options is calculated based on the exercise price of the underlying awards and the fair value of such awards as of the period-end date.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company granted stock options to members of the Board of Directors to purchase an aggregate of 24,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.20 per share. The stock options vest in four equal quarterly installments on the last day of each calendar quarter in 2021 and have a term of ten years. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company also granted options to employees to purchase an aggregate of 1,220 shares of common stock. These options vest between one and four years, have a term of ten years and have an exercise price of $3.20.

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, an unvested executive performance award was forfeited and an expense reversal of $218,679 was recorded under general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income.

The aggregate fair value for the stock options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $78,522 and $18,664, respectively.


 

PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company granted stock options to members of the Board of Directors to purchase an aggregate of 24,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.66 per share. The stock options vest in four equal quarterly installments on the last day of each calendar quarter in 2022 and have a term of ten years. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company also granted options to employees to purchase an aggregate of 224,500 shares of common stock. These options have varying vesting dates ranging between the grant date and up to four years, have a term of ten years and have an exercise price of $2.66. The aggregate fair value for the stock options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was $636,957 and $78,522, respectively.

Stock-based compensation expense for the Company’s stock options included in the condensed consolidated statements of income isoperations was as follows:

 

  Three Months Ended  Six Months Ended 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2021  2020  2021  2020 
Cost of revenue $-  $378  $182  $751 
Sales and marketing expense  96   20   103   40 
Product development expense  2,740   3,839   5,784   11,220 
General and administrative expense  (195,178)  52,946   (167,043)  134,378 
Total stock compensation expense $(192,342) $57,183  $(160,974) $146,389 

9.Net Income Per Share
  Three Months Ended  Six Months Ended 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Cost of revenue $2,192  $-  $15,056  $182 
Sales and marketing expense  637   96   756   103 
Product development expense  7,270   2,740   10,739   5,784 
General and administrative expense  49,050   (195,178)  185,069   (167,043)
Total stock compensation expense $59,149  $(192,342) $211,620  $(160,974)

 

Treasury Shares

On April 29, 2019, the Company implemented a stock repurchase plan to repurchase up to $500,000 of its common stock for cash. The repurchase plan expired on April 29, 2020. The Company had purchased 9,950 shares of its common stock under the repurchase plan as of April 29, 2020 and has classified them as treasury shares on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company retained 22,013 in treasury shares as part of a net share exercise of stock options by former employees.

As discussed above, on March 29, 2022, the Company implemented the Stock Repurchase Plan to repurchase up to $1,750,000 of its outstanding common stock for cash. The Stock Repurchase Plan expires on March 29, 2023. As of June 30, 2022, 110,000 shares of common stock had been repurchased by the Company pursuant to the Stock Repurchase Plan, which shares have been classified as treasury shares on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had 141,963 and 31,963 shares, respectively, of its common stock classified as treasury shares.

9. Net (Loss) Income Per Share

Basic earnings and lossnet (loss) income per share are computed by dividing the net (loss) income or loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period as defined by ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share. Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period. Potential common shares consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options (using the treasury stock method). To the extent stock options are antidilutive, they are excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, 646,401 shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share because their inclusion would be antidilutive. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, no shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options, respectively, were included in the computation of diluted net loss per share from operations because their inclusion would be dilutive. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, 494,385 and 510,208 of shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted net income per share because their inclusion would be antidilutive. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, 23,857 and 7,764 of shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options, respectively, were included in the computation of diluted net income per share from operations because their inclusion would be dilutive. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, 707,818 of shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options were not included in the computation of diluted net income per share from operations because their inclusion would be antidilutive.

 

The following table summarizes the net (loss) income per share calculation for the periods presented:

  Three Months Ended  Six Months Ended 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Net (loss) income from operations – basic and diluted $(1,128,706) $821,684  $(1,867,651) $1,738,413 
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic  9,771,608   6,906,454   9,801,715   6,906,454 
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted  9,771,608   6,930,041   9,801,715   6,918,248 
Per share data:                
Basic from operations $(0.12) $0.12  $(0.19) $0. 25 
Diluted from operations $(0.12) $0.12  $(0.19) $0.25 


 

PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

The following table summarizes the net income per share calculation for the periods presented:10. Leases

 

  Three Months Ended  Six Months Ended 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2021  2020  2021  2020 
Net income from operations – basic and diluted $821,684  $531,541  $1,738,413  $93,157 
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic  6,906,454   6,869,027   6,906,454   6,871,299 
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted  6,930,041   6,869,027   6,918,248   6,871,299 
Per share data:                
Basic from operations $0.12  $0.08  $0.25  $0.01 
Diluted from operations $0.12  $0.08  $0.25  $0.01 

10.Leases

On June 7, 2016, the Company entered into a lease agreement with Jericho Executive Center LLC for office space at 30 Jericho Executive Plaza in Jericho, New York, which commenced on September 1, 2016 and runs through November 30, 2021. The Company’s monthly office rent payments under the lease are currently approximately $6,666 per month. On April 9, 2021, the Company entered into a lease extension agreement with Jericho Executive Center LLC for the office space at 30 Jericho Executive Plaza in Jericho, New York, which commencescommenced on December 1, 2021 and runs through November 30, 2022.2024. The Company’s monthly office rent payments under the lease are currently approximately $5,900$7,081 per month. The lease extension resulted in an increase in the Company’s right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities of $0.2 million, using a discount rate of 2.30%.

 

As of June 30, 2021,2022, the Company had no long-term leases that were classified as financing leases. As of June 30, 2021,2022, the Company did not have additional operating and financing leases that had not yet commenced.

 

At June 30, 2021,2022, the Company had operating lease liabilities of approximately $35,000$200,000 and right-of-useROU assets of approximately $35,000,$200,000, which are included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

Total rent expense for the six months ended June 30, 20212022 was $52,119,$43,075, of which $1,500$3,000 was sublease income. Total rent expense for the six months ended June 30, 20202021 was $160,700,$52,119, of which $36,095$1,500 was sublease income. Rent expense is recorded under general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income.operations.

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s operating leases for the periods presented:

 

  Six Months Ended 
  June 30, 
  2021  2020 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities $34,021  $38,529 
Weighted average assumptions:        
Remaining lease term  0.4   2.9 
Discount rate  3.5%  2.5%

  Six Months Ended 
  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities: $39,924  $34,021 
Weighted average assumptions:        
Remaining lease term  2.4   0.4 
Discount rate  2.3%  3.5%

 

As of June 30, 2021,2022, future minimum payments under non-cancelable operating leases were as follows:

 

For the year ending December 31, Amount  Amount 
2021  38,723 
2022  42,488 
2023  84,975 
2024  77,893 
Total $38,723  $205,356 
Less: present value adjustment  (3,777)  (5,789)
Present value of minimum lease payments $34,946  $199,567 


 

PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

11.Term debt

On April 13, 2020, to help ensure adequate liquidity in light of the uncertainties posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Company applied for a loan under the SBA PPP under the CARES Act. On May 3, 2020, the Company entered into the Note in favor of the Lender.11. Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Note had an aggregate principal amount of $506,500, a two-year term, a maturity date of May 3, 2022 and borne interest at a stated rate of 1.0% per annum. The Company did not provide any collateral or guarantees for the Note, nor did the Company pay any facility charge to obtain the Note. The Note provided for customary events of default, including, among others, those relating to failure to make payment, bankruptcy, breaches of representations and material adverse effects.Officer Employment Agreements

 

On January 13, 2021,March 23, 2022, the Note was fully forgiven byCompany entered into Amended and Restated Employment Agreements with the SBACompany’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), which amends and restates their existing employment agreements with the Company dated October 7, 2016 and December 9, 2019, respectively. The agreements are each for terms of one year with auto renewal provisions. Except for adjustments to base salaries, all other terms and conditions of the prior employment agreements between the Company and the LenderCEO and CFO will remain in compliance withfull force and effect. The CEO agreement is retroactive to February 2021. The CFO agreement is retroactive to January 2022. Aggregate commitments of base salaries under the provisions ofagreements for 2022 total $490,000. Should the CARES Act.agreements be renewed for 2023 and beyond, the aggregate base salary commitments would total $510,000 per year. 

12.Commitments and Contingencies

 

Legal ProceedingsPatent Litigation

 

The Company may be included in legal proceedings, claims and assessments arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company evaluates the need for a reserve for specific legal matters based on the probability of an unfavorable outcome and the reasonability of an estimable loss. No reserve was deemed necessary as of June 30, 2021.

13.Sale of Secured Communications Assets

On February 24, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, which was subsequently amended and restated on May 29, 2020 (the “Amended and Restated Agreement”) with SecureCo, LLC (the “Buyer”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell substantially all of the assets related to its secure communications business (the “Secured Communications Assets”) to the Buyer (the “Asset Sale”). The Secured Communications Assets included communication solutions and operations capabilities for secure messaging and data applications, and software and middleware for enterprise and government client targets.

On July 23, 2020, the Company completed the Asset Sale for a cash purchase price of $250,000, $150,000 of which was paid at closing and $100,000 of which is payable in four equal installments over the fifteen-month period following the closing of the Asset Sale and was recorded under other current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2020. The Amended and Restated Agreement also provides for a revenue sharing arrangement, pursuant to which the Company is entitled to receive quarterly royalty payments ranging from 5% to 10% of certain revenues received by the Buyer, with the aggregate amount of such royalty payments not to exceed $500,000. The gain on the Asset Sale was recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2020. The sale of the Secured Communications Assets did not meet the requisite criteria to constitute discontinued operations or held for sale, as the historical results of Company’s secured communications business were not material to its results of operations.


PALTALK, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

14.Subsequent Events

August 2021 Underwritten Public Offering

On August 5, 2021, the Company announced the pricing and closing of the August 2021 Offering, in which the Company sold an aggregate of 1,333,310 shares of the Company’s common stock (which includes 173,910 shares sold to the underwriter pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option) at a public offering price of $3.00 per share. The August 2021 Offering was made pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-257036), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2021, as subsequently amended and declared effective on August 2, 2021. The August 2021 Offering was made only by means of a prospectus forming a part of the effective registration statement.

The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 173,910 shares of common stock at the public offering price less discounts and commissions to cover over-allotments, which was exercised in full on August 5, 2021. The net proceeds to the Company from the August 2021 Offering were approximately $3.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other estimated offering expenses.

In connection with the August 2021 Offering, the Company’s common stock was approved for listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PALT” and began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market on August 3, 2021.

Patent Litigation

On July 23, 2021, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Paltalk Holdings, Inc., filed a patent infringement lawsuit against WebEx Communications, Inc., Cisco WebEx LLC, and Cisco Systems, Inc. (collectively, “Cisco”), in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The Company alleges that Cisco’s Webex products have infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,683,858, and that the Company is entitled to damages. A Markman hearing took place on February 24, 2022 and a trial is scheduled for February 2023. 

Other Legal Proceedings

The Company may be included in legal proceedings, claims and assessments arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company evaluates the need for a reserve for specific legal matters based on the probability of an unfavorable outcome and the reasonability of an estimable loss. No reserve was deemed necessary as of June 30, 2022.

12. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated subsequent events or transactions occurring through the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued and determined that no other events or transactions are required to be disclosed herein.

 


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to provide a reader of our financial statements with a narrative from the perspective of our management on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and certain other factors that may affect our future results. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with: (i) the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the three and six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020,2021, (ii) the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 20202021 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 23, 20212022 and (iii) the discussion under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of the Form 10-K. Aside from certain information as of December 31, 2020,2021, all amounts herein are unaudited.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical financial information, the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. See “Forward-Looking Statements.” Our results and the timing of selected events may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those discussed under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in Part II of this report and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K.

Overview

We are a leading communications software innovator that powers multimedia social applications. We operate a leading network of consumer applications that we believe create a unique social media enterprise where users can meet, see, chat, broadcast and message in real time in a secure environment with others in our network. Our consumer applications generate revenue principally from subscription fees and advertising arrangements.

Our product portfolio includes Paltalk, Camfrog and Tinychat, which together host and serve a large collection of video-based communities. Our other products include ManyCam and Vumber. ManyCam is a live streaming software and virtual camera that allows users to deliver professional live videos on streaming platforms, video conferencing apps and distance learning tools. Vumber is a telecommunications services provider that enables users to communicate privately by having multiple phone numbers with any area code through which calls can be forwarded to a user’s existing telephone number. We have an over 20-year history of technology innovation and hold 14 patents.

We believe that the scale of our user base presents a competitive advantage in the video social networking industry and provides growth opportunities to advance our existing products with up-sell opportunities and build future brands with cross-sell offers. We also believe that our proprietary consumer app technology platform can scalably support large communities of users in activities such as video, voice and text chat, online card and board games and provide robust user monetization tools.

Our continued growth depends on attracting new consumer application users through the introduction of new applications, features and partnerships and further penetration of our existing markets. Our principal growth strategy is to invest in the development of proprietary software, expand our sales and marketing efforts with respect to such software, and increase our consumer application user base through potential platform partnerships and new and existing advertising campaigns that we run through internet and mobile advertising networks, all while balancing the capital needs of the business. Our strategy also includes the acquisition of, or investment in, technologies, solutions or businesses that complement our business.

Our strategy is to approach these opportunities in a measured way, being mindful of our resources and evaluating factors such as potential revenue, time to market and amount of capital needed to invest in the opportunity.

Background of Presentation and Recent Developments

August 2021 Underwritten Public Offering

On August 5, 2021, we announced the pricing and closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering of an aggregate of 1,333,310 shares of our common stock (which includes 173,910 shares sold to the underwriter pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option) at a public offering price of $3.00 per share (the “August 2021 Offering”). The August 2021 Offering was made pursuant to the Form S-1 (File No. 333-257036), initially filed with the SEC on June 11, 2021, as subsequently amended and declared effective on August 2, 2021. The August 2021 Offering was made only by means of a prospectus forming a part of the effective registration statement.

 

We granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 173,910 shares of common stock at the public offering price less discounts and commissions to cover over-allotments, which was exercised in full on August 5, 2021. The net proceeds to us from the August 2021 Offering were approximately $3.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other estimated offering expenses.


Recent Developments

 

InManyCam Asset Acquisition

On June 9, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company, ManyCam ULC, an unlimited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Purchaser”), Visicom Media Inc., a Canadian corporation (the “Visicom”), and 2434936 Alberta ULC, an unlimited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta (“Target NewCo”), pursuant to which the Purchaser purchased, effective as of the Effective Date, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Target NewCo (the “ManyCam Acquisition”). Prior to the ManyCam Acquisition, Target NewCo held all assets related to, or used by Visicom in connection with, the August 2021 Offering, our common stock was approved for listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market underbusiness of developing and distributing virtual webcam driver software, including virtual backgrounds and/or “masks” or other camera effects (other than the symbol “PALT”Excluded Contracts (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)), whether tangible or intangible, including, but not limited to, Target NewCo’s ManyCam software (“ManyCam”) and began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market on August 3, 2021.related source code, customer lists, customer relationships and all associated customer information, contracts with contractors and suppliers, brand names, trade secrets, trademarks, trade names, designs, copyrights, websites, all URLs, goodwill and intellectual property associated with each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Conveyed Assets”).

UpdateThe Purchaser acquired the Conveyed Assets for a cash purchase price of $2.7 million (the “Cash Consideration”). In addition to the Cash Consideration, Visicom is entitled to receive an additional payment of up to $600,000 (the “Earn-Out Payment”) based on COVID-19the sales of the ManyCam software less chargebacks and refunds (“Gross Sales”) in the six-month period following the Closing (the “Earn-Out Period”) as follows: (i) if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period are greater than $800,000, the Earn-Out Payment shall be $600,000, (ii) if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period are greater than $700,000 but less than $800,000, the Earn-Out Payment shall be $300,000, (iii) if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period are greater than $600,000 but less than $700,000, the Earn-Out Payment shall be $150,000 and (iv) if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period do not exceed $600,000, then the Seller will not be paid any portion of the Earn-Out Payment.

As part of the accounting for the ManyCam assets, the Company provisionally recorded a deferred tax liability of $0.8 with an offset to intangible assets related to the excess financial reporting basis over the tax basis of the Conveyed Assets.

On June 30, 2022, we entered into a License Agreement with Visicom (the “License Agreement”), pursuant to which we agreed to distribute, at the discretion and direction of Visicom, a specified number of ManyCam software updates to certain license holders to whom Visicom has previously granted a “lifetime” license to ManyCam software. As consideration for distributing the software updates, Visicom paid us an initial upfront nonrefundable payment of $65,000. The World Health Organization declaredLicense Agreement provides that Visicom may purchase additional licenses at prices specified therein. Other than providing a one-time, limited license to Visicom for the distribution of ManyCam software updates pursuant to the terms of the License Agreement, we do not have any obligation to provide support or service to the licensee end users.  

Macro-Economic Factors and COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Update

Our results of operations have and may continue to be negatively impacted by the uncertainty regarding macro-economic factors, including the timing of any economic recession and/or recovery and the overall inflationary environment and COVID-19.

The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the various attempts to contain it have created significant volatility, uncertainty and economic disruption. COVID-19 continues to have an unpredictable and unprecedented impact on the U.S. economy as federal, state and local governments react to this public health crisis with travel restrictions and potential quarantines. Although our core multimedia social applications have beenwere able to support the increased demand we have experienced from the second quarter of 2020 through the year ended December 31, 2021, the extent of the future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business is highly uncertain and difficult to predict. Adverse economic and market conditions as a result of COVID-19 as well as the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions could also affect the demand for our applications and the ability of our users to satisfy their obligations to us. If the pandemic continues to cause significant negative impacts to economic conditions, our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity could be materially and adversely impacted.


On April 13, 2020, to help ensure adequate liquidity in light of the uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we applied for a loan under the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), and on May 3, 2020, we entered into a promissory note with an aggregate principal amount of $506,500 (the “Note”) in favor of Citibank, N.A., as lender (the “Lender”). On January 13, 2021, the Note was fully forgiven by the SBA and the Lender in compliance with the provisions of the CARES Act. We do not expect to incur additional indebtedness under the CARES Act.

We continue to serve as a form of safe and entertaining communication during this global pandemic, and in order to help those affected in hardest hit countries, will continue to offer some of its group video conferencing services free of charge to select countries.

Sale of Secured Communications Assets


As previously announced, on February 24, 2020, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, which was subsequently amended and restated on May 29, 2020 (the “Amended and Restated Agreement”) with SecureCo, LLC (the “Buyer”), pursuant to which we agreed to sell substantially all of the assets related to its secure communications business (the “Secured Communications Assets”) to the Buyer (the “Asset Sale”). The Secured Communications Assets included communication solutions and operations capabilities for secure messaging and data applications, and software and middleware for enterprise and government client targets.

On July 23, 2020, we completed the Asset Sale for a cash purchase price of $250,000, $150,000 of which was paid at closing and $100,000 of which is payable in four equal installments over the fifteen-month period following the closing of the Asset Sale. The Amended and Restated Agreement also provides for a revenue sharing arrangement, pursuant to which we are entitled to receive quarterly royalty payments ranging from 5% to 10% of certain revenues received by the Buyer, with the aggregate amount of such royalty payments not to exceed $500,000. On January 25, 2021, we received the first instalment of payment of $25,000. We do not expect to continue to pursue secure communications products or technology implementation services as part of our overall business strategy.

Operational Highlights and Objectives

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021,2022, we executed key components of our objectives:

 Completed an uplistacquired the core assets of our shares of common stockManyCam, a live streaming software and virtual camera that allows users to the Nasdaq Capital Market, which began tradingdeliver professional live videos on The Nasdaq Capital Market on August 3, 2021, under the Company’s current ticker symbol “PALT”;streaming platforms, video conferencing apps and distance learning tools;

 raised gross proceedsreleased the Windows version of approximately $3.5 million in connection with the August 2021 Offering of 1,333,310 shares of common stock (which includes 173,910 shares soldManyCam 8.0, an upgrade to the underwriter pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option) at a price to the public of $3.00 per share;newly acquired asset;

 reported income from operations of $0.6 millionengaged Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“Roth”) as our financial advisor and $1.0 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, comparedinvestment banker to income from operations of $0.5 million and $0.2 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, primarily by growing revenue compared to the same period last year;explore strategic initiatives focused on buy-side acquisitions;

achieved positive net cash flow of $0.9 million

selected two marketing companies, to lead our increased marketing efforts for the six months ended June 30, 2021our Paltalk and positive cash flow from operations of $0.6 million, an improvement of $0.2 million when compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020;Camfrog applications; and

released a private room functionality in our Paltalk application.

partnered with Hive Automated Content Moderation Solutions to roll out new content moderation software for increased user experience.

For the near term, our business objectives include:

continuously improvingAdjusting our spend to better align with overall macro-economic conditions and enhancing our live video chat applications, including the integration of games, private rooms and other features focused on new user acquisition, retention and monetization, which collectively are intended to increase usage and revenue opportunities;investing in a measured way that ensures responsible cash management;

continuing

working with Roth to continue to explore strategic opportunities, including, but not limited to, potential mergers or acquisitions of other assets or entities that are synergistic to our businesses;business;

optimizing our acquisition of the ManyCam software to not only maximize subscription revenue but to integrate and cross-sell with our existing customer base and explore business-to-business sales opportunities;

continuing to implement several enhancements to our live video chat applications as well as the integration of card and board games and other features focused on user retention and monetization, which collectively are intended to increase user engagement and revenue opportunities;

continuing to develop our consumer application platform strategy by seeking potential partnerships with large third-party communities to whom we could promote a co-branded version of our video chat products and potentially share in the incremental revenues generated by these partner communities;

investing and developing new channels to find influencers on social media in order to scale current programming; and

continuing to defend our intellectual property.


Sources of Revenue

Our main sources of revenue are subscription, advertising and other fees generated from users of our core video chat products. We expect that the majority of our revenue in future periods will continue to be generated from our core video chat products. We also generatehave historically generated technology service revenue under licensing and service agreements that we negotiate with third parties which includes development, integration, engineering, licensing or other services that we provide.

Subscription Revenue

Our video chat platforms generate revenue primarily through subscription fees. Our tiers of subscriptions provide users with unlimited video windows and levels of status within the community. Multiple subscription tiers are offered in different durations depending on the product from one-, six-, twelve- and twelve-monthtwenty-four-month terms, which continue to vary as we continue to test and optimize length and pricing. Longer-term plans (those with durations longer than one month) are generally available at discounted monthly rates. Levels of membership benefits are offered in tiers, with the least membership benefits in the lowest paid tier and the most membership benefits in the highest paid tier. Our membership tiers are “Plus,” “Extreme,” “VIP” and “Prime” for Paltalk and “Pro,” “Extreme” and “Gold” for Camfrog. We also hold occasional promotions that offer discounted subscriptions and virtual gifts.

We recognize revenue from monthly premium subscription services beginning in the month in which the subscriptions are originated. Revenues from multi-month subscriptions are recognized on a gross and straight-line basis over the length of the subscription period. The unearned portion of subscription revenue is presented as deferred revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.


We also offer virtual gifts to our users. Users may purchase credits that can be redeemed for a host of virtual gifts such as a rose, a beer, or a car, among other items. Virtual gift revenue is recognized upon the users’ utilization of the virtual gift and included in subscription revenue. The unearned portion of virtual gifts revenue is presented as deferred revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Advertising Revenue

We generate a portion of our revenue through advertisements on our video platforms. Advertising revenue is dependent upon the volume of advertising impressions viewed by active users as well as the advertising inventory we place on our products. We recognize advertising revenue as earned on a click-through, impression, registration or subscription basis. Measurements of impressions include when a user clicks on an advertisement (CPC basis), views an advertisement impression (CPM basis), or registers for an external website via an advertisement by clicking on or through our application (CPA basis).

Technology Service Revenue

Technology service revenue iswas historically generated under service and partnership agreements that we negotiatenegotiated with third parties, which includesincluded development, integration, engineering, licensing or other services that we provide.provided.

Secure Communications. During the first quarter of 2020, we received technology service revenue in connection with our technology services agreement (the “ProximaX Agreement”) with ProximaX Limited (“ProximaX”). Effective June 24, 2019, we entered into a termination agreement with ProximaX (the “Termination Agreement”), pursuant to which ProximaX was required to make certain payments to us on a monthly basis through the remainder of 2019. Since there is no assurance of collectability on the payments due under the Termination Agreement, revenue is being recognized as the payments are received. As described above, we recently sold our Secured Communications Assets. We do not anticipate generating any material technology service revenue in the future or continuing to pursue secure communications software solutions as part of our business strategy.


Technology Partnerships. During the second and third quarter of 2020,In 2021, we recorded technology service revenue in connection with our agreement to serve as a launch partner with Open Props, Inc. (formerly YouNow, Inc., and referred to herein as “YouNow”) and to integrate YouNow’s prop’sprops infrastructure (the “Props platform”) into our Camfrog and Paltalk applications (the(as amended, the “YouNow Agreement”).

Pursuant to the terms of the YouNow Agreement, YouNow agreed to pay us, in exchange for our services, an aggregate of 10.5 million cryptographic props tokens (“Props tokens”) upon the achievement of certain milestones as follows: (i) 3.0 million Props tokens upon execution of the YouNow Agreement, (ii) 4.0 million Props tokens upon the integration of the Props platform in the Camfrog application and (iii) 3.5 million Props tokens due upon the integration of the Props platform in the Paltalk application. The upfront fee is recognized as revenue under the output method based on the direct measurements of the value of services transferred to date to the customer, relative to the remaining services under the YouNow Agreement. The milestones fees were recognized as revenue on the completion dates of integration services performed during the second and third quarters of 2020.

Onceonce the integration of Props tokens into our Paltalk and Camfrog applications was completed, we began receiving Props tokens for providing a validator service and for allowing users to participate in the loyalty platform. The loyalty platform iswas intended to drive engagement and incentivize users financially by providing users with the ability to earn Props tokens while using the Paltalk and Camfrog applications. During the third and fourth quarters of 2020, we received an aggregate of 1.1 million Props tokens for the validator service and 13.5 million Props tokens under the loyalty platform. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, we received 351 thousand Props tokens for the validator service and 7.2 million Props tokens under the loyalty platform. The number of Props tokens earned and reserved by users for the year ended December 31, 2020 and for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was 4.0 million and 2.1 million, respectively, which is recorded under “digital tokens payable” in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, and the net revenue earned iswas recorded under “technology service revenue” in the condensed consolidated statements of income.operations. The total net revenue value iswas recognized as earned.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, we determined the fair value of the Props tokens by converting them into U.S. dollars using an independent third-party valuation. Digital tokens earned, receivable or payable before June 30, 2020, were recorded based on a $0.02 fair value estimated at the end of the reporting period. Digital tokens earned, receivable or payable from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 were recorded based on an estimated fair value of $0.039.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, weWe determined the fair value of the Props tokens using observable daily quoted market prices on multiple international exchanges, as recorded on CoinmarketCap.

During the three and six months ended June 30,In August 2021, we sold approximately 2.9 millionreceived notice from YouNow that it was terminating the YouNow Agreement, and that it would no longer support the Props tokens for proceedsplatform past the end of $304,000.

calendar year 2021. The YouNow Agreement was terminated effective on November 23, 2021. We expect that the majority of our future business development partnershipstechnology service revenue, if any, will result from opportunistic collaborations with third parties, however, any such collaborations are likely to contain pricing and other custom terms based onnot a primary focus for the needs of the client, which may include compensation in the form of cash or cryptocurrency tokens or a mix of cash and cryptocurrency tokens.Company.


Costs and Expenses

Cost of revenue

Cost of revenue consists primarily of compensation (including stock-based compensation) and other employee-related costs for personnel engaged in data center and customer care functions, credit card processing fees, hosting fees, and data center rent and bandwidth costs. Cost of revenue also includes compensation and other employee-related costs for technical personnel, consultants and subcontracting costs relating to technology service revenue.


Sales and marketing expense

Sales and marketing expense consist primarily of advertising expenditures and compensation (including stock-based compensation) and other employee-related costs for personnel and consultants engaged in sales and sales support functions. Advertising and promotional spend includes online marketing, including fees paid to search engines, and offline marketing, which primarily consists of partner-related payments to those who direct traffic to our brands.

Product development expense

Product development expense, which relates to the development of technology of our applications, consists primarily of compensation (including stock-based compensation) and other employee-related and consultant-related costs that are not capitalized for personnel engaged in the design, testing and enhancement of service offerings as well as amortization of capitalized website development costs.

General and administrative expense

General and administrative expense consists primarily of compensation (including non-cash stock-based compensation) and other employee-related costs for personnel engaged in executive management, finance, legal, tax and human resources and facilities costs and fees for other professional services.services and cost of insurance. General and administrative expense also includes depreciation of property and equipment and amortization of intangible assets.

 

Impairment loss on digital tokens

 

Impairment loss on digital tokens results from the daily assessment of the Props tokens’ quoted market prices, as reflected on CoinmarketCap, and adjusting the recorded carrying amount to the amount equal to the lowest quoted market price during the period in which the Props tokens are held. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge in the amount of $7,262 and $184,737, respectively, which is reported in our accompanying condensed consolidated statements of incomeoperations, as a result of recent decline in the quoted market prices below the market price of their acquisition.

 

Key Metrics

Our management relies on certain non-GAAP and/or unaudited performance indicators to manage and evaluate our business. The key performance indicators set forth below help us evaluate growth trends, establish budgets, measure the effectiveness of our advertising and marketing efforts and assess operational efficiencies. We also discuss net cash (used in) provided by operating activities under the ‟Results of Operations” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” sections below. Subscription bookings and Adjusted EBITDA are discussed below.

 

 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended 
 June 30,  June 30,  June 30,  June 30, 
 2021  2020  2021  2020  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Subscription bookings $3,109,478  $3,415,548  $6,213,916  $6,000,812  $2,554,702  $3,109,478  $5,331,401  $6,213,916 
Net cash provided by operating activities $515,933  $405,903  $611,988  $422,795 
Net income $821,684  $531,541  $1,738,413  $93,157 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $(410,980) $515,933  $(1,643,934) $611,988 
Net (loss) income $(1,128,706) $821,684  $(1,867,651) $1,738,413 
Adjusted EBITDA $668,649  $593,793  $1,203,825  $472,341  $(908,999) $668,649  $(1,393,430) $1,203,825 
Adjusted EBITDA as percentage of total revenues  19.6%  17.6%  17.7%  7.7%  (34.4)%  19.6%  (25.0)%  17.7%


Subscription Bookings

Subscription bookings is a financial measure representing the aggregate dollar value of subscription fees and virtual gifts purchases received during the period. We calculate subscription bookings as subscription revenue recognized during the period plus the change in deferred subscription revenue recognized during the period. We record subscription revenue from subscription fees as deferred subscription revenue and then recognize that revenue ratably over the length of the subscription term or ratably over usage for virtual gifts. Our management uses subscription bookings internally in analyzing our financial results to assess operational performance and to assess the effectiveness of, and plan future, user acquisition campaigns. We believe that this financial measure is useful in evaluating the performance of our consumer applications because we believe, as compared to subscription revenue, it is a better indicator of the subscription activity in a given period. We believe that both management and investors benefit from referring to subscription bookings in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods.

While the factors that affect subscription bookings and subscription revenue are generally the same, certain factors may affect subscription bookings more or less than such factors affect subscription revenue in any period. While we believe that subscription bookings is useful in evaluating our business, it should be considered as supplemental in nature and it is not meant to be a substitute for subscription revenue recognized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”).

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net (loss) income adjusted to exclude interest expense (income), net, other expense (income), net, gain on the extinguishment of term debt, provision for income taxes, gain on office lease termination,extinguishment of term debt, depreciation and amortization expense, other expense, net, stock-based compensation expense, realized gain (loss) from sale of digital tokens and impairment loss on digital tokens, depreciation and amortization expense and stock-based compensation expense.tokens.

We present Adjusted EBITDA because it is a key measure used by our management and Board of Directors to understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends, to develop short- and long-term operational plans and to allocate resources to expand our business. In particular, the exclusion of certain expenses in calculating Adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of the cash operating income generated by our business. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors and others to understand and evaluate our operating results, and it allows for a more meaningful comparison between our performance and that of competitors.

Limitations of Adjusted EBITDA

Our use of Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider this performance measure in isolation from or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:are that Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect: cash capital expenditures for assets underlying depreciation and amortization expense that may need to be replaced or for new capital expenditures; interest income (expense), net; other income, net; the potentially dilutive impact of stock-based compensation; gain on the extinguishment of term debt; and the provision for income taxes. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.

Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditures for assets underlying depreciation and amortization expense that may need to be replaced or for new capital expenditures;

Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our working capital requirements;

Adjusted EBITDA does not consider the potentially dilutive impact of stock-based compensation;

Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the realized gain (loss) from sale of digital tokens;

Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the impairment loss on digital tokens;

Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the gain on the extinguishment of term debt, gain on office lease termination and the provision for income taxes; and

other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.


Limitations of Adjusted EBITDA

Because of these limitations, you should consider Adjusted EBITDA alongside other financial performance measures, including various metrics of cash flow metrics,flows, net (loss) income and our other GAAP results. The following table presents a reconciliation of net (loss) income, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, to Adjusted EBITDA for each of the periods indicated:

 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended 
 June 30,  June 30,  June 30,  June 30, 
 2021  2020  2021  2020  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Reconciliation of Net income to Adjusted EBITDA:         
Net income $821,684  $531,541  $1,738,413  $93,157 
Reconciliation of net (loss) income to Adjusted EBITDA:         
Net (loss) income $(1,128,706) $821,684  $(1,867,651) $1,738,413 
Interest expense (income), net  420   1,210   (2,047)  (10,977)  1,595   420   3,457   (2,047)
Other expense (income), net  -   (4,589)  -   56,042 
Other expense, net  38,772   -   46,658   - 
Gain on extinguishment of term debt  -   -   (506,500)  -   -   -   -   (506,500)
Provision for income taxes  2,200   2,500   3,300   5,000   4,753   2,200   20,784   3,300 
Gain on office lease termination  -   (141,001)  -   (141,001)
Realized gain (loss) from sale of digital tokens  (247,293)      (247,293)  23,838 
Realized gain from sale of digital tokens  -   (247,293)  -   (247,293)
Impairment loss on digital tokens  184,737   -   184,737   -   7,262   184,737   7,262   184,737 
Depreciation and amortization expense  99,243   146,949   194,189   299,893   108,176   99,243   184,440   194,189 
Stock-based compensation expense  (192,342)  57,183   (160,974)  146,389   59,149   (192,342)  211,620   (160,974)
Adjusted EBITDA $668,649  $593,793  $1,203,825  $472,341  $(908,999) $668,649  $(1,393,430) $1,203,825 

 

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth condensed consolidated statements of incomeoperations data for each of the periods indicated as a percentage of total revenues:

 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended 
 June 30,  June 30,  June 30,  June 30, 
 2021  2020  2021  2020  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Total revenue  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%
Costs and expenses:                                
Cost of revenue  18.5%  20.3%  18.8%  21.4%  25.0%  18.5%  23.6%  18.8%
Sales and marketing expense  7.5%  6.5%  7.6%  6.8%  18.3%  7.5%  16.1%  7.6%
Product development expense  38.0%  37.2%  38.2%  41.1%  57.5%  38.0%  54.8%  38.2%
General and administrative expense  13.7%  20.3%  18.1%  28.0%  39.8%  13.7%  37.7%  18.1%
Impairment loss on digital tokens  5.4%  -%  2.7%  -%  0.3%  5.4%  0.1%  2.7%
Total costs and expenses  83.1%  84.3%  85.4%  97.3%  140.9%  83.1%  132.3%  85.4%
Income from operations  16.9%  15.7%  14.6%  2.7%
Interest income (expense), net  (0.0)%  (0.0)%  0.0%  0.2%
(Loss) income from operations  (40.9)%  16.9%  (32.3)%  14.6%
Interest (expense) income, net  (0.1)%  (0.0)%  (0.1)%  0.0%
Gain on extinguishment of term debt  -%  -%  7.5%  -%  -%  -%  -%  7.5%
Realized gain (loss) from sale of digital tokens  7.2%  -%  3.6%  (0.4)%
Other income (expense), net  -%  0.1%  -%  (0.9)%
Income from operations before provision for income taxes  24.1%  15.8%  25.7%  1.6%
Realized gain from sale of digital tokens  -%  7.2%  -%  3.6%
Other expense, net  (1.5)%  -%  (0.7)%  -%
(Loss) income from operations before provision for income taxes  (42.5)%  24.1%  (33.1)%  25.7%
Provision for income taxes  (0.1)%  (0.1)%  (0.0)%  (0.1)%  (0.2)%  (0.1)%  (0.4)%  (0.0)%
Net income  24.0%  15.7%  25.7%  1.5%
Net (loss) income  (42.7)%  24.0%  (33.5)%  25.7%


Three Months Ended June 30, 20212022 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 20202021

Revenue

Total revenue increaseddecreased by 22.6% to $2,644,468 for the three months ended June 30, 2022 from $3,415,803 for the three months ended June 30, 2021 from $3,380,475 for the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. This increasedecrease was primarily driven by a decrease in subscription revenue and a decrease in technology service revenue.revenue driven by the termination of the YouNow Agreement.

The following table sets forth our subscription revenue, advertising revenue, technology service revenue and total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 20212022 and the three months ended June 30, 2020,2021, the increase or decrease between those periods, the percentage increase or decrease between those periods, and the percentage of total revenue that each represented for those periods:

          % Revenue           % Revenue 
 Three Months Ended $ % Three Months Ended  Three Months Ended $ % Three Months Ended 
 June 30,  Increase  Increase  June 30,  June 30,  Increase  Increase  June 30, 
 2021  2020  (Decrease)  (Decrease)  2021  2020  2022  2021  (Decrease)  (Decrease)  2022  2021 
Subscription revenue $3,121,909  $3,210,619  $(88,710)  (2.8)%  91.4%  95.0% $2,560,706  $3,121,909  $(561,203)  (18.0)%  96.8%  91.4%
Advertising revenue  75,462   57,856   17,606   30.4%  2.2%  1.7%  83,762   75,462   8,300   11.0%  3.2%  2.2%
Technology service revenue  218,432   112,000   106,432   95.0%  6.4%  3.3%  -   218,432   (218,432)  (100.0)%  -%  6.4%
Total revenues $3,415,803  $3,380,475  $35,328   1.0%  100.0%  100.0% $2,644,468  $3,415,803  $(771,335)  (22.6)%  100.0%  100.0%

Subscription Revenue

Our subscription revenue for the three months ended June 30, 20212022 decreased by $88,710,$561,203, or 2.8%18.0%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The decrease in subscription revenue was primarily driven by decreased activitya decrease in the United States from our existing users in the Camfrog application. This decrease is offset by an increase in the Vumber application’s subscription revenue resulting from an increase in the work-from-home trendnew subscribers as well as a decrease in virtual gift revenue across the Paltalk and Camfrog applications. We attribute this decrease to the overall macro-economic environment that may limit a customer’s access to discretionary spending, as well as, to a lesser degree, the lifting of various COVID-19 related restrictions in certain of our target markets that prohibited individuals from leaving their homes and ,as a result, of the COVID-19 pandemic.customers are devoting less time to their social applications.

Advertising Revenue

 

Our advertising revenue for the three months ended June 30, 20212022 increased by $17,606,$8,300, or 30.4%11.0%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The increase in advertising revenue was primarily due to an increase in the volume of advertising impressions related to changes in and the optimization of third-party advertising partners.

Technology Service Revenue

 

Our technology service revenue increasedfor the three months ended June 30, 2022 decreased by $106,432,$218,432, or 95.0%100.0%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The increasedecrease in technology service revenue was driven by the termination of the YouNow Agreement, effective November 23, 2021. We do not expect to generate a material amount of technology service revenue generated by the distribution of Props tokens under the YouNow Agreement.in future periods.


Costs and Expenses

Total costs and expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2021 decreased2022 increased by $11,021,$889,262, or 0.4%31.3%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The following table presents our costs and expenses for the three months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020,2021, the increase or decrease between those periods and the percentage increase or decrease between those periods and the percentage of total revenue that each represented for those periods:

          % Revenue           % Revenue 
 Three Months Ended $ % Three Months Ended  Three Months Ended $ % Three Months Ended 
 June 30,  Increase  Increase  June 30,  June 30,  Increase  Increase  June 30, 
 2021  2020  (Decrease)  (Decrease)  2021  2020  2022  2021  (Decrease)  (Decrease)  2022  2021 
Cost of revenue $630,582  $685,430  $(54,848)  (8.0)%  18.5%  19.6% $661,548  $630,582  $30,966   4.9%  25.0%  18.5%
Sales and marketing expense  255,204   221,416   33,788   15.3%  7.5%  6.3%  484,133   255,204   228,929   89.7%  18.3%  7.5%
Product development expense  1,298,767   1,255,884   42,883   3.4%  38.0%  36.0%  1,521,764   1,298,767   222,997   17.2%  57.5%  38.0%
General and administrative expense  469,502   687,083   (217,581)  (31.7)%  13.7%  19.7%  1,053,347   469,502   583,845   124.4%  39.8%  13.7%
Impairment loss on digital tokens  184,737  -   184,737  100.0%  5.4%  -%  7,262   184,737   (177,475)  (96.1)%  0.3%  5.4%
Total costs and expenses $2,838,792  $2,849,813  $(11,021)  (0.4)%  83.1%  81.6% $3,728,054  $2,838,792  $889,262   31.3%  140.9%  83.1%

Cost of revenue

 

Our cost of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2021 decreased2022 increased by $54,848,$30,966, or 8.0%4.9%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The decreaseincrease in cost of revenue expenses was primarily drivenattributed to an increase in approximately $15,000 of salary and salary-related expenses and an increase of approximately $25,400 of expenses related to ManyCam sales and was partially offset by a reductiondecrease in web hosting expenses of $44,550 in user monitoring services for the three months ended June 30, 2021.approximately $14,400.

Sales and marketing expense

 

Our sales and marketing expense for the three months ended June 30, 20212022 increased by $33,788,$228,929, or 15.3%89.7%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The increase in sales and marketing expense for the three months ended June 30, 20212022 was primarily due to an increase of $19,874approximately $217,600 in salary and relatedmarketing user acquisition expenses, driven by an increased headcountincluding agent fees, as we growbegan our focus on social media.increasing user engagement spend through the efforts of our third-party marketing agencies.

Product development expense

 

Our product development expense for the three months ended June 30, 20212022 increased by $42,883,$222,997, or 3.4%17.2%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The increase in product development expense was primarily driven bydue to an increase in software expense of approximately $53,300 offset by a decrease$155,200 related to software expenses and consulting services in salarysupport of our processes to enhance user retention and related expenses of $18,300.improve monetization in the Paltalk application.

General and administrative expense

 

Our general and administrative expense for the three months ended June 30, 2021 decreased2022 increased by $217,581,$583,845, or 31.7%124.4%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The decreaseincrease in general and administrative expense for the three months ended June 30, 20212022 was primarily due to aan increase of approximately $244,200 in non-cash stock compensation expense reversal of $218,700 resulting from the forfeitureissuance of employee stock options, an unvested performance stock option award and the deferral ofincrease in professional fees relating to corporate matters of approximately $105,300, an increase in connection with the August 2021 Offering.insurance expense of approximately $123,600 and increased amortization expense of approximately $40,200.

 

Impairment loss on digital tokens

 

The CompanyWe recorded a non-cash impairment loss on digital tokentokens of $7,262 and $184,737 for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, respectively, as a result of recent declines in the quoted market prices of certain digital tokens below the market price of their acquisition.

 


Non-Operating (Loss) Income

The following table presents the components of non-operating (loss) income for the three months ended June 30, 20212022 and the three months ended June 30, 2020,2021, the increasedecrease between those periods and the percentage increasedecrease between those periods and the percentage of total revenue that each represented for those periods:

 

          % Revenue           % Revenue 
 Three Months Ended       Three Months Ended  Three Months Ended       Three Months Ended 
 June 30,  $  %  June 30,  June 30,  $  %  June 30, 
 2021  2020  Increase  Increase  2021  2020  2022  2021  (Decrease)  (Decrease)  2022  2021 
Interest expense, net $(420) $(1,210) $790   65.3%  (0.0)%  (0.0)% $(1,595) $(420) $(1,175)  (279.8)%  (0.1)%  (0.0)%
Realized gain from sale of digital tokens  247,293   -   247,293   100.0%  7.2%  -%  -   247,293   (247,293)  (100.0)%  -%  7.2%
                        
Other income  -   4,589   (4,589)  (100.0)%  -%  0.1%
Total non-operating income $246,873  $3,379  $243,494   7,206.1%  7.2%  0.1%
Other expense, net  (38,772)  -   (38,772)  (100.0)%  (1.5)%  -%
Total non-operating (loss) income $(40,367) $246,873  $(287,240)  (116.4)%  (1.6)%  7.2%

Non-operating incomeloss for the three months ended June 30, 20212022 was $246,873, a net$40,367, an increase of $243,494,$287,240, or 7,206.1%116.4%, as compared to non-operating income of $3,379$246,873 for the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The increase in non-operating income was driven byloss primarily resulted from the realized gain from sale of digital tokens of $247,293.during the three months ended June 30, 2021 that was not similarly recognized during the three months ended June 30, 2022.

Income Taxes

Our provision for income taxes consists of federal and state taxes, as applicable, in amounts necessary to align the Company’s year-to-date tax provision with the effective rate that it expects to achieve for the full year. For the three months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, and 2020, the Companywe recorded an income tax provision of $2,200$4,753 and $2,500,$2,200, respectively, consisting primarily of state and local taxes.

As of June 30, 2021,2022, our conclusion regarding the realizability of our US deferred tax assets did not change and we have recorded a full valuation allowance against them.

Six Months Ended June 30, 20212022 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 20202021

 

Revenue

 

Revenue increaseddecreased to $5,571,169 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, from $6,787,805 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 from $6,101,217 for the six months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The increasedecrease was primarily driven by an increasea decrease in subscription revenue of $400,532$854,229 along with an increasea decrease of $247,296$374,248 in technology service revenue as a resultdriven by the termination of revenue generated from the YouNow Agreement.Agreement.

 

The following table sets forth our subscription revenue, advertising revenue, technology service revenue and total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 20212022 and the six months ended June 30, 2020, the increase between those periods, the percentage increase between those periods and the percentage of total revenues that each represented for those periods:

              % Revenue 
  Six Months Ended        Six Months Ended 
  June 30,  $  %  June 30, 
  2021  2020  Increase  Increase  2021  2020 
Subscription revenue $6,261,274  $5,860,742  $400,532   6.8%  92.2%  96.0%
Advertising revenue  152,283   113,523   38,760   34.1%  2.2%  1.9%
Technology service revenue  374,248   126,952   247,296   194.8%  5.6%  2.1%
Total revenues $6,787,805  $6,101,217  $686,588   11.3%  100.0%  100.0%


Subscription Revenue – Our subscription revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021, increased by $400,532, or 6.8%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase in subscription revenue was primarily driven by increased activity from our existing users in the Paltalk application. The Paltalk application also experienced a change in the proportion of revenue generated between revenue from subscriptions and revenue from virtual gifts due to strategic alignment of the frequency of promotions. In addition, we had an increase in the Vumber application’s subscription revenue resulting from an increase in the work-from-home trend as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Advertising Revenue – Our advertising revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021 increased by $38,760, or 34.1%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase in advertising revenue was primarily due to an increase in the volume of advertising impressions related to changes in third-party advertising partners.

Technology Service Revenue – Our technology service revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021 increased by $247,296, or 194.8%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase in technology service revenue was mainly driven by technology service revenue generated by the YouNow Agreement.

Costs and Expenses

Total costs and expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2021 reflect a decrease in costs and expenses of $132,225, or 2.2%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The following table presents our costs and expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the increase or decrease between those periods, the percentage increase or decrease between those periods and the percentage of total revenues that each represented for those periods:

 

              % Revenue 
  Six Months Ended  $  %  Six Months Ended 
  June 30,  Increase  Increase  June 30, 
  2021  2020  (Decrease)  (Decrease)  2021  2020 
Cost of revenue $1,277,297  $1,308,154  $(30,857)  (2.4)%  18.8%  21.1%
Sales and marketing expense  512,655   413,086   99,569   24.1%  7.6%  6.6%
Product development expense  2,596,031   2,506,580   89,451   3.6%  38.2%  40.3%
General and administrative expense  1,231,212   1,706,337   (475,125)  (27.8)%  18.1%  27.5%
Impairment loss on digital tokens  184,737   -   184,737   100.0%  2.7%  -%
Total costs and expenses $5,801,932  $5,934,157  $(132,225)  (2.2)%  85.4%  95.5%
              % Revenue 
  Six Months Ended  $  %  Six Months Ended 
  June 30,  Increase  Increase  June 30, 
  2022  2021  (Decrease)  (Decrease)  2022  2021 
Subscription revenue $5,407,045  $6,261,274  $(854,229)  (13.6)%  97.1%  92.2%
Advertising revenue  164,124   152,283   11,841   7.8%  2.9%  2.2%
Technology service revenue  -   374,248   (374,248)  (100.0)%  -%  5.6%
Total revenues $5,571,169  $6,787,805  $(1,216,636)  (17.9)%  100.0%  100.0%


 

Cost of revenue -Subscription Revenue

Our cost ofsubscription revenue for the six months ended June 30, 20212022 decreased by $30,857,$854,229, or 2.4%13.6%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The decrease in subscription revenue was primarily driven by a decrease in new subscribers as well as a decrease in virtual gifts across the Paltalk and Camfrog applications. We attribute this decrease primarily to the overall macro-economic environment that may limit a customer’s access to discretionary spending, as well as, to a lesser degree, the lifting of various COVID-19 related restrictions in certain of our target markets that prohibited individuals from leaving their homes and, as a result, customers are devoting less time to their social applications.

Advertising Revenue

Our advertising revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was primarily driven by a reduction of $31,730 in salary and related expenses resulting from reduced headcount, offset by an increase in payment processing costs.

Sales and marketing expense - Our sales and marketing expense for the six months ended June 30, 20212022 increased by $99,569,$11,841, or 24.1%7.8%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The increase in advertising revenue was primarily due to an increase of $53,867 fromin the volume of advertising impressions related to changes in and an increasethe optimization of $36,640 in salary and related expenses driven by an increased headcount as we grow our focus on social media.third-party advertising partners.

 


Technology Service Revenue

Product development expense -

Our product development expensetechnology service revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021 increased2022 decreased by $89,451,$374,248, or 3.6%100.0%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The increasedecrease in technology service revenue was primarily duedriven by the termination of the YouNow Agreement, effective November 23, 2021. We do not expect to an increasegenerate a material amount of technology service revenue in software consulting expense of $116,885, offset by a reduction of $55,758 in compensation expenses related to the terminated ProximaX Agreement.future periods.

GeneralCosts and administrative expense Expenses- Our general

Total costs and administrative expenseexpenses for the six months ended June 30, 2021 decreased by $475,125,2022 reflect an increase in costs and expenses of $1,565,989, or 27.8%27.0%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The decrease in generalfollowing table presents our costs and administrative expenseexpenses for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was primarily due to a stock compensation expense reversal of $218,700 resulting from the forfeiture of an unvested performance stock option award, a reduction in rent expense of $115,1032022 and the deferral of professional fees in connection with the August 2021, Offering.

Impairment loss on digital tokens

We recorded a non-cash impairment loss on digital token of $184,737 for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as a result of recent declines in the quoted market prices of certain digital tokens below the market price of their acquisition.

Non-Operating Income (Loss)

The following table presents the components of non-operating income (loss) for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and the six months ended June 30, 2020, the increase or decrease between those periods, the percentage increase or decrease between those periods and the percentage of total revenues that each represented for those periods:

 

              % Revenue 
  Six Months Ended  $  %  Six Months Ended 
  June 30,  Increase  Increase  June 30, 
  2021  2020  (Decrease)  (Decrease)  2021  2020 
Interest income $2,047  $10,977  $(8,930)  (81.4)%  0.0%  0.2%
Other expense, net  -   (56,042)  56,042   100.0%  0.0%  (0.9)%
Realized gain (loss) from sale of digital tokens  247,293   (23,838)  271,131   1,137.4%  3.6%  (0.4)%
                         
Gain on extinguishment of term debt  506,500   -   506,500   100.0%  7.5%  -%
Total non-operating income (loss) $755,840  $(68,903) $824,743   1,197.0%  11.1%  (1.1)%
              % Revenue 
  Six Months Ended  $  %  Six Months Ended 
  June 30,  Increase  Increase  June 30, 
  2022  2021  (Decrease)  (Decrease)  2022  2021 
Cost of revenue $1,313,644  $1,277,297  $36,347   2.8%  23.6%  18.8%
Sales and marketing expense  895,615   512,655   382,960   74.7%  16.1%  7.6%
Product development expense  3,051,905   2,596,031   455,874   17.6%  54.8%  38.2%
General and administrative expense  2,099,495   1,231,212   868,283   70.5%  37.7%  18.1%
Impairment loss on digital tokens  7,262   184,737   (177,475)  (96.1)%  0.1%  2.7%
Total costs and expenses $7,367,921  $5,801,932  $1,565,989   27.0%  132.3%  85.4%

Non-operating income (loss)Cost of revenue

Our cost of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 20212022 increased by $640,006,$36,347, or 928.9%2.8%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The increase resultedfor the six months ended June 30, 2022 was primarily driven by an increase in approximately $42,800 in salary and salary-related expenses and an increase in approximately $25,400 of ManyCam expenses and was offset by a decrease in web hosting expenses of approximately $44,400.

Sales and marketing expense

Our sales and marketing expense for the six months ended June 30, 2022 increased by $382,960, or 74.7%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase in sales and marketing expense for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was primarily due to an increase of approximately $362,900 in marketing expenses, including agent fees, as we begin our focus on increasing user engagement spend through the efforts of our third-party marketing agencies.


Product development expense

Our product development expense for the six months ended June 30, 2022 increased by $455,874, or 17.6%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase was primarily due to an increase of approximately $316,500 related to software expenses and consulting services in support of our processes to enhance user retention and improve monetization in the Paltalk application. In addition, there is an increase in subscription costs of approximately $100,400 related to user engagement monitoring.

General and administrative expense

Our general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 increased by $868,283, or 70.5%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase in general and administrative expense for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was due to an increase of approximately $352,100 in non-cash stock compensation expense from the issuance of employee stock options, an increase in professional fees relating to corporate matters such as executive agreements of approximately $247,700, an increase in insurance expense of approximately $107,600 and increased amortization expense of approximately $40,200.

Impairment loss on digital tokens

We recorded a non-cash impairment loss on digital tokens of $7,262 and $184,737 for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, respectively, as a result of recent declines in the quoted market prices of certain digital tokens below the market price of their acquisition.

Non-Operating (Loss) Income

The following table presents the components of non-operating (loss) income for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and the six months ended June 30, 2021, the decrease between those periods, the percentage decrease between those periods and the percentage of total revenues that each represented for those periods:  

              % Revenue 
  Six Months Ended        Six Months Ended 
  June 30,  $  %  June 30, 
  2022  2021  (Decrease)  (Decrease)  2022  2021 
Interest (expense) income $(3,457) $2,047  $(5,504)  (268.9)%  (0.1)%  0.0%
Other expense, net  (46,658)  -   (46,658)  (100.0)%  (0.7)%  -%
Realized gain from sale of digital tokens  -   247,293   (247,293)  (100.0)%  -%  3.6%
Gain on extinguishment of term debt  -   506,500   (506,500)  (100.0)%  -%  7.5%
Total non-operating (loss) income $(50,115) $755,840  $(805,955)  (106.6)%  (0.8)%  11.1%

Non-operating loss for the six months ended June 30, 2022 increased by $805,955, or 106.6%, as compared to non-operating income of $755,840 for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase in non-operating loss was primarily attributed to the gain on extinguishment of term debt of the $506,500 of proceeds from the Note received in orderand the gain from sale of digital tokens of $247,293 during the six months ended June 30, 2021 that were not similarly recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2022. The Note was entered into to help ensure adequate liquidity in light of the uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and a gain from sale of digital tokens of $247,293.pandemic.

 

Income Taxes

 

Our provision for income taxes consists of federal and state taxes, as applicable, in amounts necessary to align the Company’s year-to-date tax provision with the effective rate that it expects to achieve for the full year. For the six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020,2021, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $3,300$20,784 and $5,000,$3,300, respectively, consisting primarily of state and local taxes.

 

As of June 30, 2021,2022, our conclusion regarding the realizability of our US deferred tax assets did not change and we have recorded a full valuation allowance against them.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2021  2020 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Data:      
Net cash provided by operating activities $611,988  $422,795 
Net cash provided by investing activities  304,304   31,356 
Net cash provided by financing activities  -   497,656 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents $916,292  $951,807 
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2022  2021 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Data:      
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $(1,643,934) $611,988 
Net cash (used in) by investing activities  (2,928,928)  304,304 
Net cash used in financing activities  (213,180)  - 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents $(4,786,042) $916,292 


Currently, our primary source of liquidity is cash on hand, and cash flows from operations, andbased on our plans, we believe that ourthe Company has adequate cash balance and our expected cash flow from operations will be sufficienton hand as of June 30, 2022 to meet all of our financialfund its obligations for the twelve monthsat least one year from the date of this report.issuance of these financial statements. As of June 30, 2021,2022, we had $6,501,712$16,850,818 of cash and cash equivalents.

Our primary use of working capital is related to product development resources and an investment in marketing activities in order to maintain and create new services and features in applications for our clients and users. In particular, a significant portion of our working capital has been allocated to the improvement of our products. In the future, we may alsocontinue to seek to grow our business by expending our capital resources to fund strategic acquisitions, investments and partnership opportunities.

On May 3, 2020, to help ensure adequate liquidity in light of the uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we entered into a promissory note under the SBA PPP under the CARES Act in favor of in favor of the Lender in the aggregate principal amount of $506,500. The Note had a two-year term and borne interest at a stated rate of 1.0% per annum. We did not provide any collateral or guarantees for the Note, nor did we pay any facility charge to obtain the Note. The Note provided for customary events of default, including, among others, those relating to failure to make payment, bankruptcy, breaches of representations and material adverse effects. On January 13, 2021, the Note was fully forgiven by the SBA and the Lender in compliance with the provisions of the CARES Act. We do not expect to incur additional indebtedness under the CARES Act.

 

On May 29, 2020, we completed the sale of the Secured Communications Assets for a cash purchase price of $250,000, $150,000 of which was paid at closing and $100,000 of which is payable in four equal installments over the fifteen-month period following the closing. The Amended and Restated Agreement also provides for a revenue sharing arrangement, pursuant to which we are entitled to receive quarterly royalty payments ranging from 5% to 10% of certain revenues received by the Buyer, with the aggregate amount of such royalty payments not to exceed $500,000.Operating Activities

 

As discussed above, on August 5, 2021, we announced the closing of the August 2021 Offering in which we offered and sold 1,159,400 shares of our common stock. We also granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 173,910 shares of common stock at the public offering price less discounts and commissions to cover over-allotments, which was exercised in full on August 5, 2021. The net proceeds to us from the August 2021 Offering were approximately $3.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other estimated offering expenses.

In the future, it is possible that we will need additional capital to fund our operations, particularly growth initiatives, which we expect we would raise through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, other third-party funding and other collaborations and strategic alliances. We may also attempt to raise capital through dispositions of our assets, such as our sale of our dating services business in January 2019 and the sale of the Secured Communications Assets in July 2020.


Operating Activities

Net cash provided byused in operating activities was $611,988$1,643,934 for the six months ended June 30, 2021,2022, as compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $422,795$611,988 for the six months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The decrease in cash flows from operations resulted mainly from a decrease in subscription revenue and an increase in overall operating expenses as we focused on and invested in user retention and engagement.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $2,928,928 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $189,193 was primarily due to the forgiveness of the Note proceeds we received in order to help ensure adequate liquidity in light of the uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the increase was a result of our streamlined plan of operations to reduce expenses. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, operating expenses were reduced by $0.1 million, or 1.9%, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Investing Activities

Net cash provided by investing activities was $304,304 for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to net2021. The decrease in cash provided byflows from investing activities of $31,356resulted mainly from the ManyCam Acquisition.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $213,180 for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase in2022, as compared to no net cash provided by investing activities is due to an increase in sales of digital tokens.

Financing Activities

There was no net cash used in financingoperating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $497,656 for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease in net cash provided by financing activities2021. This increase is dueattributed to the issuance110,000 shares of the Note proceeds we received in order to help ensure adequate liquidity in light of the uncertainties posedcommon stock that were repurchased by the COVID-19 pandemic forCompany pursuant to the six months ended June 30, 2020.Company’s stock repurchase plan.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

As discussed above, on May 3, 2020, to help ensure adequate liquidity in light of the uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic,On March 23, 2022, we entered into Amended and Restated Employment Agreements with our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), which amends and restates their existing employment agreements with the Note in favorCompany dated October 7, 2016 and December 9, 2019, respectively. The agreements are each for terms of one year with auto renewal provisions. Except for adjustments to base salaries, all other terms and conditions of the Lenderprior employment agreements between the Company and the CEO and CFO will remain in full force and effect. The CEO agreement is retroactive to February 2021. The CFO agreement is retroactive to January 2022. Aggregate commitments of base salaries under the agreements for 2022 total $490,000. Should the agreements be renewed for 2023 and beyond, the aggregate principal amount of $506,500. The Note had a two-year term and borne interest at a stated rate of 1.0%base salary commitments would total $510,000 per annum. We did not provide any collateral or guarantees for the Note, nor did we pay any facility charge to obtain the Note. The Note provided for customary events of default, including, among others, those relating to failure to make payment, bankruptcy, breaches of representations and material adverse effects. On January 13, 2021, the Note was fully forgiven by the SBA and the Lender in compliance with the provisions of the CARES Act. We do not expect to incur additional indebtedness under the CARES Act.year.

We entered into the lease agreement with Jericho Executive Center LLC on June 7, 2016 for office space at 30 Jericho Executive Plaza, which commenced on September 1, 2016 and runs through November 30, 2021. On April 9, 2021, we entered into a lease extension agreement which commences on December 1, 2021 and runs through November 30, 2022. Our monthly office rent payments under the lease extension are approximately $6,180 per month.

There have been no other material changes to our contractual obligations and commitments disclosed in the contractual obligations and commitments section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Form 10-K.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30, 2021,2022, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.


ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, including our chiefprincipal executive officer and chiefprincipal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, our chief executive officer recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

Based on the evaluation as of June 30, 2021, for the reasons set forth below,2022, our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. In its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control our financial reporting as of June 30, 2021, the Company determined that the following item constituted a material weakness:

The Company does not have adequate controls related to change management within the technology that support the Company’s financial reporting function.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have implemented significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the six months ended June 30, 2021, related to general information technology controls in the area of change management in order to remediate the material weakness identified above. However, the Company determined that the residual risk remaining still caused the material weakness to exist. Accordingly, the Company intends to remediate the material weakness for the year ending December 31, 2021.

There have been no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarterly period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


PART II: OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On July 23, 2021, oura wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Paltalk Holdings, Inc., filed a patent infringement lawsuit against WebEx Communications, Inc., Cisco WebEx LLC, and Cisco Systems, Inc. (collectively, “Cisco”), in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. We allegeThe Company alleges that Cisco’s Webex products have infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,683,858, and that we arethe Company is entitled to damages. A Markman hearing took place on February 24, 2022 and a trial is scheduled for February 2023.

 

To our knowledge, other than as described above, there are no material pending legal proceedings to which we are a party or of which any of our property is the subject.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Except as follows, thereThere were no material changes to the Risk Factors disclosed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K. For more information concerning our risk factors, please see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K and in our Form S-1.

While the COVID-19 pandemic likely contributed to an increase in our subscription revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 as compared to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, we may not be able to sustain our subscription revenue growth rate in the future.

The COVID-19 pandemic likely led to an increase in our subscription revenue for the 2020 fiscal year relative to our 2019 subscription revenue. You should not rely on the subscription revenue growth of any prior quarterly or annual period as an indication of our future performance. Our subscription revenue may decline in future periods if the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic dissipates. These results, as well as other metrics such as total revenues, net income, net cash provided by operating activities and other financial and operating data, may not be indicative of results for future periods.

Our business is subscription based, and users are not obligated to, and may choose not to, renew their subscriptions after their existing subscriptions expire. Renewals of subscriptions to our applications may decline or fluctuate because of several factors, such as dissatisfaction with our products and support, a user no longer having a need for our products, including any new users that have subscribed to our services during the COVID-19 pandemic that may subsequently reduce or discontinue their use after the impact of the pandemic has tapered, or the perception that competitive products provide better, more secure, or less expensive options. If we are not able to continue to expand our user base, our revenue may grow more slowly than expected or decline. Similar to the uncertainty of users renewing their subscriptions, the number of new users may slow or decline once the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, particularly as a vaccine becomes widely available, and users return to work or school or are otherwise no longer subject to shelter-in-place mandates.

Security breaches, computer viruses and cybersecurity incidents could harm our business, results of operations or financial condition.

We receive, process, store and transmit a significant amount of personal user and other confidential information, including credit card information, and enable our users to share their personal information with each other. In some cases, we retain third party vendors to store this information. We continuously develop and maintain systems to protect the security, integrity and confidentiality of this information, but cannot guarantee that inadvertent or unauthorized use or disclosure will not occur or that third parties will not gain unauthorized access to this information despite our efforts. If any such event were to occur, we may not be able to remedy the event, and we may have to expend significant capital and resources to mitigate the impact of such an event, and to develop and implement protections to prevent future events of this nature from occurring.

Security breaches, computer malware and cybersecurity incidents have become more prevalent in our industry and may occur on our systems in the future. Although it is difficult to determine what, if any, harm may directly result from an interruption or attack, any security breach caused by hacking, including efforts to gain unauthorized access to our applications, servers or websites, or to cause intentional malfunctions or loss or corruption of data, software, hardware or other computer equipment, and the inadvertent transmission of computer viruses could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. If a breach of our security (or the security of our vendors and partners) occurs, the perception of the effectiveness of our security measures and our reputation may be harmed, we could lose current and potential users and the recognition of our various brands and their competitive positions could be diminished, any or all of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.


Spammers may attempt to use our products to send targeted and untargeted spam messages to users, which may embarrass or annoy users and make our products less user friendly. We cannot be certain that the technologies that we have developed to repel spamming attacks will be able to eliminate all spam messages from our products. Our actions to combat spam may also require diversion of significant time and focus of our engineering team from improving our products. As a result of spamming activities, our users may use our products less or stop using them altogether, and result in continuing operational cost to us.

Similarly, terror and other criminal groups may use our products to promote their goals and encourage users to engage in terror and other illegal activities. We expect that as more people use our products, these groups will increasingly seek to misuse our products. Although we invest resources to combat these activities, including by suspending or terminating accounts we believe are violating our Terms of Service, we expect these groups will continue to seek ways to act inappropriately and illegally on our products. Combating these groups requires our engineering team to divert significant time and focus from improving our products. In addition, we may not be able to control or stop our products from becoming the preferred application of use by these groups, which may become public knowledge and seriously harm our reputation or lead to lawsuits or attention from regulators. If these activities increase, our reputation, user growth and user engagement, and operational cost structure could be seriously harmed. Furthermore, many governments have enacted laws requiring companies to provide notice of data security incidents involving certain types of personal data. Such laws are inconsistent, and compliance in the event of a widespread data breach is costly.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we adopted a work-from-home policy in March 2020, and we expect this practice to continue for the foreseeable future. Remote work and remote access increases our vulnerability to cybersecurity attacks. We may see an increase in cyberattack volume, frequency and sophistication driven by the global enablement of remote workforces. We seek to detect and investigate unauthorized attempts and attacks against our network, products and services and to prevent their recurrence where practicable through changes to our internal processes and tools and changes or updates to our products and services; however, we remain potentially vulnerable to additional known or unknown threats. In some instances, we and the users of our applications can be unaware of an incident or its magnitude and effects.

Our existing general liability insurance coverage and the coverage we carry for cyber-related liabilities may not continue to be available on acceptable terms or be available in sufficient amounts to cover one or more large claims or that the insurer will not deny coverage as to any future claim. The successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that are not covered or exceed available insurance coverage, or the occurrence of changes in our insurance policies, including premium increases or the imposition of large deductible or co-insurance requirements, could harm our business.

If we are not able to comply with the applicable continued listing requirements or standards of the Nasdaq Capital Market, Nasdaq could delist our securities.

Our common stock was approved for listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PALT” and began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market on August 3, 2021. We cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market in the future. In order to maintain that listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum share price, and certain corporate governance requirements. We may not be able to comply with the applicable listing standards and Nasdaq could delist our securities as a result.

We cannot assure you that our common stock, if delisted from The Nasdaq Capital Market, will be listed on another national securities exchange. If our common stock is delisted by The Nasdaq Capital Market, our common stock would likely trade on the OTCQB where an investor may find it more difficult to sell our shares or obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of our common stock.

10-K. 


Our common stock is usually thinly traded, stockholders may be unable to sell at or near ask prices or at all and the price of our common stock may be volatile.

The shares of our common stock have usually been thinly-traded on the OTCQB, meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our common stock at or near ask prices at any given time may be relatively small or non-existent. This situation is attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that we are a small company that is relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer that has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on stock price. In addition, we may experience unusual or infrequent trading events that cause the price of our common stock to fluctuate wildly. For example, the closing price of our common stock ranged from $0.63 per share to $3.49 per share for the period from January 1, 2020 to June 8, 2021.

Although our common stock is now listed for trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market, a broader or more active public trading market for our common stock may not develop or be sustained, and the current trading level of our common stock may not be sustained. Due to these conditions, you may be unable to sell your common stock at or near ask prices or at all if you desire to sell shares of common stock.

The stock markets in general have experienced substantial volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of individual companies. These broad market fluctuations may also adversely affect the trading price of our common stock, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, stockholders have often instituted class action securities litigation against those companies. Such litigation, if instituted, could result in substantial costs and diversion of management attention and resources, which could significantly harm our profitability and reputation.

Because of the limited trading market for our common stock, and because of the possible price volatility, you may not be able to sell your shares of common stock when you desire to do so. The inability to sell your shares in a rapidly declining market may substantially increase your risk of loss because of such illiquidity and because the price for our common stock may suffer greater declines because of its price volatility.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities 

There were no sales of unregistered securities during the quarter ended June 30, 20212022 that were not previously reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K.

Issuer Repurchases of Common Stock

The following table details our repurchases of common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2022:

Period Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased (1)
  Average
Price Paid
Per Share
  Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
  Maximum
Approximate
Dollar Value
of Shares that
May Yet Be
Purchased
Under the
Plans or
Programs
(in millions)
 
April 1, 2022 – April 30, 2022    $     $ 
May 1, 2022 – May 31, 2022  110,000  $1.94   110,000  $1.53 
June 1, 2022 – June 30, 2022    $     $ 
Total  110,000  $1.94   110,000  $1.53 

(1)On March 23, 2022, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan, effective March 29, 2022, to repurchase up to $1,750,000 of our outstanding common stock for cash. The stock repurchase plan expires on March 29, 2023.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.


ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

(a) Exhibits required to be filed by Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

The following exhibits are included herein or incorporated herein by reference:

Exhibit
NumberDescription
2.1#Asset Purchase Agreement, by and between Paltalk, Inc. and The Dating Company, LLC, dated as of January 31, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on February 4, 2019 by the Company with the SEC).
2.2#Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2020, by and between Paltalk, Inc. and SecureCo, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company filed on August 6, 2020 by the Company with the SEC).
2.3#Securities Purchase Agreement, dated June 9, 2022, by and among ManyCam ULC, Visicom Media Inc., 2434936 Alberta ULC and Paltalk, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed June 10, 2022 by the Company with the SEC).
3.1Certificate of Incorporation dated July 19, 2005of Paltalk, Inc. (as amended through May 15, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration StatementQuarterly Report on Form S-1 (File No. 333-172202)10-Q of the Company filed on February 11, 2011November 9, 2021 by the Company with the SEC).
3.2CertificateAmended and Restated By-Laws of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated November 20, 2007Paltalk, Inc. (as amended through May 15, 2020) (as amended through May 15, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration StatementQuarterly Report on Form S-1 (File No. 333-172202)10-Q of the Company filed on February 11, 2011November 9, 2021 by the Company with the SEC).
3.34.1  Specimen Stock Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, dated March 8, 2016Paltalk, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.34.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company filed on March 14, 201623, 2022 by the Company with the SEC).
3.4Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 19, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company filed on August 11, 2016 by the Company with the SEC).
3.5Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, dated January 5, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company filed on March 28, 2017 by the Company with the SEC).
3.6Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 25, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company filed on August 8, 2017 by the Company with the SEC).
3.7Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, effective March 12, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on March 13, 2018 by the Company with the SEC).
3.8Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, effective May 15, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on May 15, 2020 by the Company with the SEC).
3.9Amended and Restated By-Laws of Paltalk, Inc., as amended through April 19, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed April 25, 2012 by the Company with the SEC).
3.10Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated By-Laws of Paltalk, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed September 11, 2017 by the Company with the SEC).
3.11Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated By-Laws of Paltalk, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on March 13, 2018 by the Company with the SEC).
3.12Amendment No. 3 to the Amended and Restated By-Laws of Paltalk, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on March 25, 2020 by the Company with the SEC).
3.13Amendment No. 4 to the Amended and Restated By-Laws of Paltalk, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on May 15, 2020 by the Company with the SEC).
4.1  Specimen Stock Certificate of Paltalk, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-226003) of the Company filed on November 27, 2018 by the Company with the SEC).
10.1Underwriting Agreement, dated August 2, 2021, by and between the Company and Maxim Group LLC, as representative of the several underwriters thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on August 5, 2021 by the Company with the SEC).
31.1*Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1**Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INSInline XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCHInline XBRL Taxonomy Schema Document.
101.CALInline XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEFInline XBRL Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LABInline XBRL Label Linkbase Document.
101.PREInline XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document.
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (Formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

#Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. Paltalk, Inc. hereby undertakes to furnish supplemental copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

*Filed herewith.

**The certification attached as Exhibit 32.1 is not deemed “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Paltalk, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.


SIGNATURES

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Paltalk, Inc.

Date: August 10, 20218, 2022

By:/s/ Jason Katz
Jason Katz
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

Paltalk, Inc.

Date: August 10, 20218, 2022

By:/s/ Kara Jenny
Kara Jenny
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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