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 September 30, 2015March 31, 2016
Commission File Number 001-33720
Remark Media, Inc.


 Delaware 33-1135689 
 State of Incorporation IRS Employer Identification Number 
     
 
39303960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 400900
Las Vegas, NV 89169
 702-701-9514 
 Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices Registrant's telephone number, including area code 


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  þ    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  þ    No  ¨

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

 Accelerated filer
¨

Non-accelerated filer
¨

 Smaller reporting companyþ

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

As of November 19, 2015, 19,435,382May 10, 2016, a total of 20,210,988 shares of our common stock were outstanding.



TABLE OF CONTENTS


PART I  
Item 1.
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
   
PART II  
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
Item 5.
Item 6.
 




SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The information included or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements, including information relating to future events, future financial performance, strategies, expectations, competitive environment and regulation. You will find forward-looking statements principally in the sections entitled Risk Factors and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions, as well as statements in future tense, identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those discussed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievement to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others:

our financial condition, including our losses and our need to raise additional capital;

our ability to successfully manage our growth, including integration of any new companies into our business;

our ability to procure content and monetize audiences;

our ability to successfully attract advertisers for our owned and operated websites;

changes in advertising market conditions or advertising expenditures due to, among other things, economic conditions, changes in consumer behavior, pressure from public interest groups, changes in laws and regulations and other societal or political developments;

our ability to attract and retain key personnel to manage our business effectively;

our ability to compete effectively with larger, more established companies;

competitive pressures, including as a result of user fragmentation and changes in technology;

recent and future changes in technology, services and standards;

a disruption or failure of our network or our vendors' network and information systems or other technology relied on by us;

changes in consumer behavior, including changes in spending behavior and changes in when, where and how content is consumed;

changes in the popularity of our products and services;

changes in our plans, initiatives and strategies, and consumer acceptance thereof;

piracy and our ability to exploit and protect our intellectual property rights in and to our content and other products;

risks of doing business in foreign countries, notably China, including obtaining regulatory approvals and adjusting to changing political and economic policies; governmental laws and regulations, including unclear and changing laws and regulations related to the Internet sector in foreign countries;

general economic conditions including advertising rate, interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations;

the liquidity and trading volume of our common stock; and

other factors discussed in Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors in this report and Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 (“2014 Form 10-K”), as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2015.


Any forward-looking statements in this report reflect our current views with respect to future events, are based on assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Given such uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements after the date hereof, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.







PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION


ITEM 1.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

REMARK MEDIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(dollars in thousands)thousands, except per share amounts)

September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
(Unaudited)�� (Unaudited)  
Assets      
Cash and cash equivalents$11,516
 $1,525
$10,260
 $5,422
Restricted cash11,666
 
9,350
 9,416
Trade accounts receivable848
 41
928
 746
Prepaid expense and other current assets2,069
 707
3,212
 2,637
Notes receivable, current172
 
181
 172
Total current assets26,271
 2,273
23,931
 18,393
Restricted cash2,250
 2,250
Notes receivable
 1,350
190
 371
Property and equipment, net7,498
 1,398
7,563
 7,425
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate1,030
 1,030
1,030
 1,030
Intangibles, net46,036
 6,518
42,960
 44,780
Goodwill20,917
 5,293
20,337
 20,337
Other long-term assets452
 94
1,326
 
Total assets$102,204
 $17,956
$99,587
 $94,586
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity      
Accounts payable$11,292
 $1,356
$12,960
 $14,422
Advances from stockholder86
 86
Accrued expense and other current liabilities15,179
 1,210
15,161
 11,827
Demand note payable to related party
 350
Derivative liability3,342
 512
Deferred merchant booking8,474
 
12,390
 6,997
Deferred revenue2,469
 
4,732
 3,262
Current maturities of long-term debt payable to related parties
 2,500
Current maturities of long-term debt100
 100
Capital lease obligations2,261
 158
205
 205
Total current liabilities43,103
 6,172
45,548
 36,813
Long-term debt, net of unamortized discount and debt issuance cost23,316
 3,100
Long-term debt payable to related parties, less current portion and discount
 3,481
Long-term debt, less current portion and net of unamortized discount and debt issuance cost24,031
 23,616
Warrant liability15,210
 19,195
Other liabilities12,906
 25
2,904
 2,904
Total liabilities79,325
 12,778
87,693
 82,528
      
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)


 



 

      
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
 

 
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 19,435,382 and 12,784,960 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively19
 13
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 19,845,671 and 19,659,362 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively20
 20
Additional paid-in-capital170,217
 135,116
175,688
 173,477
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(5) 36
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(5) (5)
Accumulated deficit(147,352) (129,987)(163,809) (161,434)
Total stockholders’ equity22,879
 5,178
11,894
 12,058
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$102,204
 $17,956
$99,587
 $94,586
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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REMARK MEDIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
2015 2014 2015 20142016 2015
Revenue, net$816
 $230
 $2,440
 $1,656
$14,254
 $803
Cost of revenue(136) (33) (256) (65)
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization reported below)(2,349) (38)
Gross margin680
 197
 2,184
 1,591
11,905
 765
          
Operating expense          
Sales and marketing469
 143
 845
 251
5,528
 198
Content, technology and development203
 72
 422
 349
Technology and development404
 104
General and administrative8,859
 3,886
 15,364
 12,424
8,420
 3,163
Depreciation and amortization459
 230
 909
 529
2,397
 227
Impairment of long-lived assets
 
 
 268
Other operating expense332
 25
Total operating expense9,990
 4,331
 17,540
 13,821
17,081
 3,717
Operating loss(9,310) (4,134) (15,356) (12,230)(5,176) (2,952)
Other income (expense)          
Debt conversion expense(1,469) 
 (1,469) 
Interest expense(303) (114) (708) (320)(1,210) (194)
Other income (expense), net(80) 20
 (79) 41
29
 1
Gain (loss) on change in fair value of derivative liability20
 490
 241
 (289)
Other gain6
 
 6
 
Gain on change in fair value of warrant liabilities3,985
 66
Other loss(3) 
Total other income (expense), net(1,826) 396
 (2,009) (568)2,801
 (127)
Loss before income taxes(11,136) (3,738) (17,365) (12,798)(2,375) (3,079)
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes
 
 
 
Provision for income taxes
 
Net loss$(11,136) $(3,738) $(17,365) $(12,798)$(2,375) $(3,079)
Other comprehensive income (loss)       
Foreign currency translation adjustments25
 (20) 
 31
Comprehensive loss$(11,111) $(3,758) $(17,365) $(12,767)
          
Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic and diluted14,830
 8,981
 13,884
 8,416
19,736
 12,867
          
Net loss per share, basic and diluted$(0.75) $(0.42) $(1.25) $(1.52)$(0.12) $(0.24)
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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REMARK MEDIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(dollars in thousands)

 Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2015 2014
Net cash used in operating activities$(9,896) $(4,858)
Cash flows from investing activities:   
Purchases of property, equipment and software(1,448) (611)
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate
 (800)
Business acquisitions, net of cash received(257) (179)
Other asset additions
 (518)
Loan to third party
 (1,350)
Net cash used in investing activities(1,705) (3,458)
Cash flows from financing activities:   
Restricted cash(11,666) 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net6,815
 3,493
Proceeds from debt issuance27,921
 3,850
Repayments of debt(1,350) 
Payments of capital lease obligations(128) (100)
Net cash provided by financing activities21,592
 7,243
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents9,991
 (1,073)
Cash and cash equivalents:   
Beginning of period1,525
 1,261
Impact of foreign currency translation on cash
 31
End of period$11,516
 $219
    
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:   
Equity consideration issued in business acquisition transactions$19,924
 $6,638
Other non-cash consideration issued in business acquisition transactions$2,700
 $
Exercise of warrants to purchase common stock$
 $229
Issuance of common stock upon conversion of debt instruments$10,278
 $
Exchange of note receivable for intangible asset$1,350
 $
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2016 2015
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities$4,686
 $(1,751)
Cash flows from investing activities:   
Purchases of property, equipment and software(715) (470)
Net cash used in investing activities(715) (470)
Cash flows from financing activities:   
Decrease in restricted cash66
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net801
 2,997
Proceeds from debt issuance
 300
Payments of capital lease obligations
 (37)
Net cash provided by financing activities867
 3,260
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents4,838
 1,039
Cash and cash equivalents:   
Beginning of period5,422
 1,525
End of period$10,260
 $2,564
    
Supplemental cash flow information:   
Cash paid for interest777
 $
    
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:   
Issuance of common stock$
 $962
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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REMARK MEDIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements




NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

Organization and Business

Remark Media, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Remark”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is a global digital media company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, with additional operations in Beijingown, operate and Chengdu, China. Our primary operations consist of owning and operatingacquire innovative digital media properties across multiple verticals,such as websites and applications for mobile devices that provide unique, dynamic digital media experiences in multiple content verticals including travel, personal finance, social media, young adult lifestyle and entertainment. Our websitesentertainment, that deliver culturally relevant, dynamic content that attracts and mobile applications provide what we believe are compelling content, trusted brands, and valuable resources for consumers.engages users around the world. We leverage our unique digital media assets to target the Millennial demographic, which provides us with access to fast-growing, lucrative markets. Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol MARK.

 
Liquidity Considerations
 
During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, and in each fiscal year since our inception, we have incurred net losses and generated negative cash flow from operations, resulting in an accumulated deficit of $147.4$163.8 million and a cash and cash equivalents balance of $11.5$10.3 million, both amounts as of September 30, 2015.March 31, 2016. Also as of March 31, 2016, we had a negative working capital balance of $21.6 million. Our revenue during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 was $2.4$14.3 million.
 
During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we issued a total of 1,689,000186,144 shares of our common stock to accredited investors in certain private placements and registered direct offerings in exchange for approximately $6.8$0.8 million in cash. Also, during the first quarter of 2015, we issued an unsecured convertible promissory note in the original principal amount of $0.3 million in exchange for cash of the same amount.

Through websites that it controls, Vegas.com, LLC (“Vegas.com”) allows users to book travel to, and lodging and entertainment in, the Las Vegas area market. On September 24, 2015, as described in more detail in Note 3, we completed the purchase of all of Vegas.com’s outstanding equity interests (the “Vegas.com Acquisition”). We believe that the Vegas.com Acquisition will provide us with additional revenue sources, but we cannot provide assurance that revenue generated from Vegas.com or our other businesses will be sufficient to sustain our operations in the long term. We have implemented measures to reduce operating costs, and we continuously evaluate other opportunities to reduce costs. Additionally, we are actively assessing the sale of certain non-core assets, considering sales of minority interests in certain of our operating businesses, and evaluating potential acquisitions that would provide additional revenue. However, we may need to obtain additional capital through equity or debt financing and(or) by divesting of certain assets or businesses, none of which we can assure will happen on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In addition, if we obtain capital by issuing equity, such transaction(s) may dilute existing stockholders.

We can neither beare a party to a financing agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 (the “Financing Agreement”) with certain that we will be successful at raising capital at all, nor beof our subsidiaries as borrowers (together with Remark, the “Borrowers”), certain regarding whatof our subsidiaries as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and MGG Investment Group LP, in its capacity as collateral agent and administrative agent for the Lenders (“MGG”), pursuant to which the Lenders extended credit to the Borrowers consisting of a term loan in the aggregate principal amount of capital we may raise. $27.5 million (the “Loan”). The terms of the Financing Agreement and related documents are described in Note 11.

Conditions in the debt and equity markets, as well as the volatility of investor sentiment regarding macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions, will play primary roles in determining whether we can successfully obtain additional capital. Additionally, we completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding equity interests in Vegas.com, LLC (“Vegas.com”) in September 2015 (the “Vegas.com Acquisition”). Pursuant to the Financing Agreement, we are subject to certain limitations on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional debt and transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of assets, without the consent of the lenders under our recently-executedLenders. We cannot be certain that we will be successful at raising capital, whether in an equity financing, agreement (see Note 3 for additional detail). Shoulddebt financing, or by divesting of certain assets or businesses, on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In addition, if we fail to successfully implement our plans described herein,obtain capital by issuing equity, such failure would have a material adverse effect on our business, including the possible cessation of operations.transaction(s) may dilute existing stockholders.

A variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control, affect our cash flow, includingflow; those factors include regulatory issues, competition, financial markets and other general business conditions. Based upon our most recent cash flow projections, we believe that we have sufficient existing cash, cash equivalents and cash resources to meet our ongoing requirements through September 30, 2016,March 31, 2017, including repayment of our existing debt as it matures. However, projecting operating results is inherently uncertain because anticipated expenses may exceed current forecasts; therefore, we cannot assure you that we will generate sufficient income and cash flow to meet all of our liquidity requirements.


Comparability
We reclassified certain amounts in the 2015 unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations to conform to the 2016 presentation. The reclassification of certain costs, $38 thousand to the Cost of revenue line item and $25 thousand to the Other operating expense line item and all of which we previously reported in the Content, technology and development line item, had no impact on our results of operations, cash flows or owners’ equity as previously reported.



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NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

We prepared the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, with the audited Consolidated Balance Sheet amounts as of December 31, 20142015 presented for comparative purposes, and the related unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Statements of Cash Flows in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q. In compliance with those instructions, we have omitted certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), though management believes the disclosures made herein are sufficient to ensure that the information presented is not misleading.

Our results of operations and our cash flows as of the end of the interim periods reported herein do not necessarily indicate the results we may experience for the remainder of the year or for any other future period.

Management believes our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include all the normal recurring adjustments necessary to fairly present our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for all periods presented. You should read our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and footnotes in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and footnotes included within our 2014Annual Report on Form 10-K.10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 (the “2015 Form 10-K”).


Consolidation

We include all of our subsidiaries in our consolidated financial statements, eliminating all significant intercompany balances and transactions during consolidation. The equity of certain of our subsidiaries is either partially or fully held by citizens of the country of incorporation to comply with local laws and regulations.

We made the decision to cease the operations of our Brazil subsidiary as of September 30, 2015. The results of operations, which are included in our consolidated financial statements through the cessation date, were nominal and no longer part of our core business operations.

 
Use of Estimates
 
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP. While preparing our financial statements, we make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to accounts receivable, intangible assets, the useful lives of property and equipment, stock-based compensation, and income taxes, among other items.


Changes to Significant Accounting Policies

Through the websites operated by our Vegas.com subsidiary, buyers can book hotel reservations, air travel and purchase tickets to various events, but for most of the transactions that occur, the vendors with whom we maintain relationships provide the services for which the buyers transact. For those transactions in which the vendor remains primarily obligated to fulfill the service purchased, we recognize revenue on a net basis (i.e., at the amount charged to the buyers less the cost we incur from the vendors).

Excluding the clarification of our revenue recognition policy described above, weWe have made no material changes to our significant accounting policies as reported in our 20142015 Form 10-K.


Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) modified the Accounting Standards Codification by issuing Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which outlines a single, comprehensive model for an entity to use to ensure that it recognizes revenue in a manner that depicts the transfer of promised

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goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. For us, the amendments in ASU 2014-09 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods therein. As a result of the Vegas.com Acquisition, we are re-evaluating whether this guidance will have a material effect upon our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or reporting thereof.

In March 2016, the FASB modified the Accounting Standards Codification by issuing ASU 2016-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718) - Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. Among other improvements and clarifications, ASU 2016-09 allows an entity to make an entity-wide accounting policy election to either estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest (current GAAP) or account for forfeitures when they occur, and stipulates that cash paid by an employer when directly withholding shares for tax-withholding purposes should be classified as a financing activity. For us,

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the amendments in ASU 2016-09 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods therein, and entities may elect to adopt the amendments early. We are evaluating whether this guidance will have a material effect upon our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or reporting thereof.

We have reviewed all recently issued accounting pronouncements. The pronouncements that we have already adopted did not have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or reporting thereof, and except as otherwise noted above, we do not believe that any of the pronouncements that we have not yet adopted will have a material effect upon our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or reporting thereof.


NOTE 3. BUSINESS ACQUISITION

 On September 24, 2015, we completed the purchase all of the outstanding equity interests in Vegas.com Acquisition pursuant to the terms of the Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2015 (as amended, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among Remark, Vegas.com and the equity owners of Vegas.com listed on the signature page thereto (“Sellers”). We acquired Vegas.com to give us a deeper reach into the travel and entertainment market in Las Vegas and the surrounding area.thereto.

TheWe paid aggregate consideration for the Vegas.com Acquisitionof $36.6 million that included (i) approximately $15.3 million of cash; (ii) 2,271,126cash, shares of our common stock, valued at approximately $9.7 million (the “Equity Payment”), calculatedwarrants allowing for contractual purposes based on the volume weighted average pricepurchase of our common stock during the 30 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the closing date ($4.26 per share) and for accounting purposes based on the closing price of the common stock on September 24, 2015 ($4.29 per share); (iii) five-year warrants to purchase 8,601,410 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $9.00 per share valued at $10 million, calculated based on specified valuation principles (the “Acquisition Warrants”), and (iv) up to a total of $3 million in earnoutcash payments based oncontingent upon the performance of Vegas.com in the years ending December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018 (the “Earnout Payments”). The Earnout Payments were initially measured at fair value based on the contingent payments owed and the probability of Vegas.com’s ability to meet its performance targets. The maximum cash outflow that may be due under the Earnout Payments equals $3 million. To secure certain obligations of the Sellers under the Purchase Agreement, the parties deposited into escrow at closing 616,197 of the shares of our common stock comprising the Equity Payment, valued at approximately $2.6 million. Under the Purchase Agreement, the number of shares constituting the Equity Payment may increase if we issue shares of our common stock at a price per share less than $4.26 during the 12 months subsequent to the closing date to parties other than the Sellers.

The Acquisition Warrants also provide as follows: (i) the Acquisition Warrants are exercisable on a cashless basis only; (ii) we have the right to exercise all or any portion of the Acquisition Warrants if at any time following their issuance the closing price of our common stock is greater than or equal to $14.00; and (iii) the holder has the right to sell its Acquisition Warrant back to us on their expiration date in exchange for shares of our common stock having a value equivalent to the value of the Acquisition Warrant at closing, calculated based on a per share price equal to the volume weighted average price of our common stock during the 30 trading days ending on the expiration date (reduced pro rata based on the percentage of the Acquisition Warrant exercised), provided that this right terminates if the closing price of our common stock equals or exceeds $10.16 for any 20 trading days during a period of 30 consecutive trading days at any time on or prior to the expiration date.

On September 24, 2015, as a condition to closing the Purchase Agreement, we also entered into an Investors Rights Agreement with Sellers providing them with registration rights for the shares of our common stock issuable under the Purchase Agreement (including under the Acquisition Warrants and shares issuable under anti-dilution adjustments) and for certain transfer restrictions on the shares held by Sellers.

On September 24, 2015, concurrently with the closing of the Vegas.com Acquisition, we entered into a Financing Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 (the “Financing Agreement”) with certain of our subsidiaries as borrowers (together with Remark, the “Borrowers”), certain of our subsidiaries as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and MGG Investment Group LP, in its capacity as collateral agent and administrative agent for the Lenders (“MGG”), pursuant to which the Lenders extended credit to the Borrowers consisting of a term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $27,500,000 (the “Loan”). The Loan amount outstanding accrues interest at three-month LIBOR (with a floor of 1%) plus 10.0% per annum, payable monthly, and the Loan has a maturity date of September 24, 2018. The Financing Agreement and related documents also provide for certain fees payable to the Lenders, including a $2We recorded $15.0 million, exit fee, and for the issuance of the Financing Warrant (as defined below).


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On September 24, 2015, we also entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement dated September 24, 2015 (the “Security Agreement”) with the other Borrowers and the Guarantors, for the benefit of MGG, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein, to secure the obligations of the Borrowers and the Guarantors under the Financing Agreement. The Security Agreement provides for a first-priority lien on, and security interest in, all assets of Remark and our subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.

The Financing Agreement and the Security Agreement contain representations, warranties, affirmative and negative covenants (including financial covenants with respect to quarterly EBITDA levels and the value of our assets), events of default, indemnifications and other provisions customary for financings of this type. The occurrence of any event of default under the Financing Agreement may result in the Loan amount outstanding and unpaid interest thereon, becoming immediately due and payable.

On September 24, 2015, as a condition to closing the Financing Agreement, we issued to an affiliate of MGG a five-year warrant to purchase 2,580,423 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $9.00 per share valued at $3.0 million, calculated based on specified valuation principles, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments (the “Financing Warrant”). The Financing Warrant also provides as follows: (i) the Financing Warrant is exercisable on a cashless basis only; (ii) the number of shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of the Financing Warrant and the exercise price thereof are subject to anti-dilution protection; (iii) we have the right to exercise all or any portion of the Financing Warrant if at any time following its issuance the closing price of our common stock is greater than or equal to $14.00; (iv) the holder has the right to sell the Financing Warrant back to Remark on its expiration date in exchange for $3.0 million in cash (reduced pro rata based on the percentage of the Financing Warrant exercised).

The terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Acquisition Warrants and the Financing Warrant provide that, in accordance with our obligations under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635, we are not permitted to issue any additional shares under the Purchase Agreement or in related transactions (including upon an Equity Payment Anti-Dilution Adjustment and upon exercise of the Acquisition Warrants) or the Financing Warrant to the extent that the issuance of such shares would cause us to exceed the aggregate number of shares that we are permitted to issue without breaching our obligations under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635, unless we obtain the approval of our stockholders for issuances in excess of such amount. We intend to seek such stockholder approval at a special meeting of stockholders.

On September 24, 2015, as a condition to closing the Financing Agreement, we also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement providing the holder of the Financing Warrant with registration rights for the shares of our common stock issuable under the Financing Warrant.

Effective September 23, 2015, we entered into amendments (collectively, the “Note Amendments”) to our $3.5 million Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated January 29, 2014 with Digipac, LLC (“Digipac”) and our $3.0 million and $0.3 million Convertible Promissory Notes dated December 17, 2014 and March 13, 2015, respectively, with Ashford Capital Partners, L.P. (“ACP”). These convertible notes had conversion prices in excess of the market price of our common stock, and the Note Amendments provided that the unpaid principal amount thereof and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon would be converted automatically into shares of our common stock at a conversion price equal to the closing price of our common stock on the immediately preceding trading day, or $4.23 per share. We agreed to enter into the Note Amendments to induce the debt holders to convert their convertible debt securities into shares of our common stock. As a result, we incurred debt conversion expense of approximately $1.5 million. Also effective on September 23, 2015, Digipac converted the unpaid principal amount of and all accrued and unpaid interest under its $2.5 million Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated November 14, 2013 into shares of our common stock at the existing conversion price of $3.75 per share. The conversions resulted in the issuance of a total of 2,516,154 shares of our common stock. Additionally, on September 24, 2015, we repaid the unpaid principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest under our $0.35 million Demand Note dated September 11, 2014 with Digipac and our $1 million term note dated August 31, 2015 with ACP. We entered into the Note Amendments and repaid the demand note and term note to satisfy a condition to the closing of the Financing Agreement. Our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kai-Shing Tao, is the manager of and a member of Digipac, and our Chief Financial Officer, Douglas Osrow, is also a member.

On September 24, 2015, concurrently with the closing of the Vegas.com Acquisition, to satisfy the closing conditions under the Purchase Agreement, Vegas.com entered into a Loan Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 with Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”) providing for a letter of credit facility with up to $9.3 million of availability, expiring May 31, 2016 (the “Letter of Credit Facility Agreement”). Amounts available under the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement are subject to customary fees and are secured by a first-priority lien on, and security interest in, a cash collateral account with the bank

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containing cash equal to 101.25% of the aggregate outstanding undrawn face amount of all letters of credit under the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement outstanding.

The Letter of Credit Facility Agreement contains representations, warranties, affirmative and negative covenants, events of default, indemnifications and other provisions customary for financings of this type. The occurrence of any event of default under the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement may result in the amount outstanding thereunder and unpaid interest thereon becoming immediately due and payable.

The following table presentsby which the aggregate consideration paid toexceeded the Sellers (in thousands):
 Calculation of Purchase Price
Cash 1
$14,007
Shares of Remark common stock 2
9,743
Warrants to purchase Remark common stock10,181
Fair value of the Earnout Payments2,700
Total purchase consideration$36,631

1.Cash paid to Sellers at closing of $15.3$21.6 million net of a working capital adjustment of $1.3 million.

2.The Equity Payment consists of 2,271,126 shares of our common stock valued at approximately $9.7 million, calculated for accounting purposes based on the closing price of the common stock on September 24, 2015 ($4.29 per share).


For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, transaction costs related to the Vegas.com Acquisition totaled $0.6 million and are recorded in general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.


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Our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the operating results of Vegas.com from the closing date of the Vegas.com Acquisition. The following table presents our allocation of the purchase consideration we paid to the net tangible and intangible assets we acquired based on their estimated fair values on the closing date of the Vegas.com Acquisition (in thousands):
 Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation
Cash and cash equivalents$8,490
Restricted cash5,260
Trade accounts receivable797
Prepaid expense and other current assets1,307
Note receivable, current172
Total current assets$16,026
Note receivable, long term371
Property and equipment4,824
Intangibles38,924
Total identifiable assets acquired$60,145
Accounts payable15,782
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities10,346
Deferred merchant booking8,837
Lease obligation, current2,025
Deferred revenue2,148
Net identifiable assets acquired$21,007
Goodwill15,624
Total purchase consideration$36,631


Our Vegas.com subsidiary contributed $0.4 million to consolidated net revenue and $0.5 million to consolidated net loss during the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

The fair value of intangible assets acquired of $38.9 million consists of internally-developed software with an estimated fair value of $10.5 million, customer relationships with an estimated fair value of $20.8 million and trademarks with an estimated fair value of $7.6 million. We will amortize the internally-developed software intangible asset and the customer relationship intangible asset on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of 5 years, while we expect the trademarks to have an indefinite useful life.

The preliminary allocation of the purchase price is based on preliminary valuations performed to determine the fair value of the net identifiable assets that we acquired, as of the acquisition date.goodwill. The amounts allocated to goodwill and intangible assets are based on preliminary valuations and are subject to final adjustment to reflect the final valuations. We are also in the process of obtaining a valuation of the potential derivative liability resulting from the anti-dilution protection related to the Equity Payment. The final valuations of the assets and liabilities acquired, and of the potential derivative liability, could have a material impact on the preliminary purchase price and its allocation as disclosed above.

Recordedrecorded goodwill primarily results from the synergies we expect to realize from the combination of the two companies and the assembled workforce we acquired in connection with the Vegas.com Acquisition.

Concurrently with the closing of the Vegas.com Acquisition, we entered into the Financing Agreement with the Lenders and MGG. As a condition to closing the Financing Agreement, we issued a warrant to an affiliate of MGG that now allows for the purchase of 2,607,797 shares of our common stock at $8.91 per share (the “Financing Warrant”).

Also concurrently with the closing of the Vegas.com Acquisition, to satisfy the closing conditions under the Purchase Agreement, Vegas.com entered into a loan agreement with Bank of America, N.A. providing for a letter of credit facility with up to $9.3 million of availability, expiring May 31, 2016 (the “Letter of Credit Facility Agreement”).



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The following table presents our unaudited pro forma combined historical results of operations as if we had consummated the Vegas.com Acquisition and the financing transactions as of January 1, 2014 (in thousands):
 Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2015 2014
Net revenue$38,333
 $38,387
Net loss$(33,005) $(22,765)


We have calculated the pro forma amounts applying our accounting policies and adjusting the results to reflect changes to depreciation and amortization of property and equipment, among others, and amortizing certain intangible assets as if we had been recorded as of January 1, 2014. Because the pro forma amounts assume that we consummated the Vegas.com Acquisition as of January 1, 2014, the pro forma net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014 excluded $5.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, of Remark and Vegas.com transaction costs. We have presented the pro forma combined historical results of operations for informative purposes only, and they do not purport to be indicative of the results of operations that actually would have resulted had the Vegas.com Acquisition occurred on the date indicated, or that may result in the future.


NOTE 4. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Liabilities Related to Warrants to Purchase Common Stock

At the end of each reporting period, we use the Monte Carlo Simulation model to estimate and report the fair value of certain liabilities related to certain outstanding warrants to purchase our common stock that are subject to potential anti-dilution adjustments, including the Financing Warrant described in Note 3.Warrant. The following table presents the quantitative inputs, which we classify in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, used in estimating the fair value of the warrants:
September 30,
2015
 December 31, 2014March 31,
2016
 December 31, 2015
Warrants issued in February 2012      
Annual dividend rate% %% %
Expected volatility55.00% 90.00%50.00% 55.00%
Risk-free interest rate0.61% 0.95%0.65% 0.92%
Expected remaining term (years)1.91
 2.66
1.41
 1.66
Financing Warrant      
Annual dividend rate%  % %
Expected volatility53.70%  55.00% 55.00%
Risk-free interest rate1.44%  1.12% 1.70%
Expected remaining term (years)5.00
  4.48
 4.73

In addition to the quantitative assumptions above, we also consider whether we would issue additional equity and, if so, at whatthe price per share would we issueof such equity. At September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we estimated that two future equity financing events would potentially occur within the twelve months following March 31, 2016.

Our estimate of expected volatility tends to have a 10% probability that a future financing event would be dilutivesignificant impact on the results provided by the model. As the expected volatility increases, the estimated fair value of the liability increases.

At the end of each reporting period, we use the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to estimate and report the fair value of the liability related to the warrants issuedAcquisition Warrants. The following table presents the quantitative inputs, which we classify in February 2012, while we estimated a 50% probability that a future financing event would be dilutive toLevel 3 of the Financing Warrant.fair value hierarchy, used in estimating the fair value of the warrants:
 March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Annual dividend rate% %
Expected volatility55.00% 55.00%
Risk-free interest rate1.21% 1.76%
Expected remaining term (years)4.48
 4.74


Our stock price significantly affects our estimate of the fair value of the Acquisition Warrants. If the stock price increased or decreased by five percent, the value of the warrants would change by approximately $1.0 million.


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The following table presents the reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the derivative liabilityliabilities associated with certain common stockthe Acquisition Warrants, the Financing Warrant and the warrants issued in 2012 that remain outstanding (in thousands):
 Nine Months Ended September 30, Year Ended December 31,
 2015 2014
Balance at beginning of period$512
 $769
Decrease in fair value(241) (28)
Reduction due to exercise of warrants
 (229)
Issuance of Financing Warrant3,071
 
Balance at end of period$3,342
 $512
    
 Three Months Ended March 31, Year Ended December 31,
 2016 2015
Balance at beginning of period$19,195
 $512
New warrant issuances
 13,252
Increase (decrease) in fair value(3,985) 5,431
Balance at end of period$15,210
 $19,195
    


At March 31, 2016, the price of our common stock was less than the exercise price of the Acquisition Warrants, effectively precluding exercise of the warrants. However, each holder has the right to sell its Acquisition Warrant back to us on its expiration date in exchange for shares of our common stock having a value equivalent to the value of the Acquisition Warrant at closing of the Vegas.com Acquisition (reduced pro rata based on the percentage of the Acquisition Warrant exercised), provided that this put option terminates if the closing price of our common stock equals or exceeds $10.16 for any 20 trading days during a period of 30 consecutive trading days at any time on or prior to the expiration date. If the holders had exercised the put option as if March 31, 2016 was the expiration date of the Acquisition Warrants, we would have issued to the holders 2,288,330 shares with a fair value of $4.73 per share. The number of shares issuable upon exercise of the put option is calculated based on the volume weighted average price of our common stock during the 30 trading days ending on the warrants’ expiration date (“30-day VWAP”); the more that the 30-day VWAP decreases, the number of shares we would issue to the holders increases significantly.


Contingent Consideration Issued in Business Acquisition

We used the discounted cash flow valuation technique to estimate the fair value of the liability related to the Earnout Payments described in Note 3.stipulated by the Purchase Agreement related to the Vegas.com Acquisition. The significant unobservable inputs that we used, which we classify in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, were projected earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and, the probability of achieving certain amounts of EBITDA.EBITDA, and the rate used to discount the liability.

The following table presents the reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the liability associated with the Earnout Payments (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2015Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
Balance at beginning of period$
$2,700
Business acquisition2,700
Change in fair value of contingent consideration
Balance at end of period$2,700
$2,700
  


We included the liability for contingent consideration as a component of Other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (see Note 12).


NOTE 5. RESTRICTED CASH

Our restricted cash balance represents amounts that secure our letter of credit facility with Bank of America and that secure our obligations under the Loan (both agreementsLetter of Credit Facility Agreement and the Financing Agreement, both of which are related to the Vegas.com Acquisition and are described in more detail in Note 3).Acquisition.

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NOTE 6. INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATE

In 2009, we co-founded a U.S.-based venture, Sharecare, to build a web-based platform that simplifies the search for health and wellness information. The other co-founders of Sharecare were Dr. Mehmet Oz, HARPO Productions, Discovery Communications, Jeff Arnold and Sony Pictures Television. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016, we owned approximately five percent of Sharecare’s issued stock and maintained representation on its Board of Directors.



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NOTE 7. PREPAID EXPENSE AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

The following table presents the components of prepaid expense and other current assets (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Prepaid expense$1,424
 $279
$2,136
 $1,675
Deposits198
 189
Inventory476
 273
600
 526
Other current assets169
 155
278
 247
Total$2,069
 $707
$3,212
 $2,637
      


NOTE 8. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands, except estimated lives):
Estimated Life
(Years)
 September 30,
2015
 December 31, 2014
Estimated Life
(Years)
 March 31,
2016
 December 31, 2015
Vehicles2 150
 
2 $150
 $150
Machinery and equipment2 - 12 523
 
2 - 12 550
 532
Furniture and fixtures2 - 9 241
 2
2 - 9 241
 241
Computer equipment3 - 4 519
 561
3 - 4 519
 519
Software3 - 4 3,530
 401
3 - 4 6,908
 6,401
Software development in progress 3,283
 1,186
 1,055
 865
Leasehold improvements1 47
 86
1 47
 47
Total property, equipment and software 8,293
 2,236
 $9,470
 $8,755
Less accumulated depreciation (795) (838) (1,907) (1,330)
Total property, equipment and software, net $7,498
 $1,398
 $7,563
 $7,425


For the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, depreciation (and amortization of software) expense was $0.1 million and $0.2$0.6 million. Depreciation (and amortization of software) expense for the comparable periodsperiod in 20142015 was nominal.



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NOTE 9. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The following table summarizes intangible assets by category (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Gross Amount Accumulated
Amortization
 Net Amount Gross Amount Accumulated
Amortization
 Net AmountGross Amount Accumulated
Amortization
 Net Amount Gross Amount Accumulated
Amortization
 Net Amount
Finite-lived intangible assets                      
Domain names$4,200
 $(1,322) $2,878
 $4,219
 $(1,026) $3,193
$4,200
 $(1,259) $2,941
 $4,200
 $(1,160) $3,040
Customer relationships23,866
 (599) 23,267
 3,113
 (323) 2,790
23,866
 (3,077) 20,789
 23,866
 (1,973) 21,893
Internally-developed software10,475
 (34) 10,441
 
 
 
10,475
 (1,085) 9,390
 10,475
 (562) 9,913
Media broadcast rights1,350
 (45) 1,305
 
 
 
1,350
 (180) 1,170
 1,350
 (113) 1,237
Acquired technology436
 (123) 313
 436
 (58) 378
436
 (167) 269
 436
 (145) 291
Other intangible assets107
 (71) 36
 107
 (50) 57
68
 (43) 25
 68
 (38) 30
$40,434
 $(2,194) $38,240
 $7,875
 $(1,457) $6,418
$40,395
 $(5,811) $34,584
 $40,395
 $(3,991) $36,404
Indefinite-lived intangible assets                      
Trademarks and trade names$7,696
   $7,696
 $
   $
$8,276
   $8,276
 $8,276
   $8,276
License to operate in China100
 
 100
 100
 
 100
100
 
 100
 100
 
 100
Total intangible assets$48,230
 
 $46,036
 $7,975
 
 $6,518
$48,771
 
 $42,960
 $48,771
 
 $44,780


We recorded totalare amortizing each of the customer relationships and internally-developed software intangible assets we acquired from Vegas.com over a weighted-average period of 60 months, and all finite-lived intangible assets over a weighted-average period of 74 months. Total amortization expense of $0.7was $1.8 million and $0.5$0.2 million for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and 2014,2015, respectively.

The following table summarizes the changes in goodwill during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and the year ended December 31, 20142015 (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30, Year Ended December 31,Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 Year Ended December 31, 2015
2015 2014Travel and Entertainment Segment Corporate Entity and Other Business Units Total Travel and Entertainment Segment Corporate Entity and Other Business Units Total
Balance at beginning of period$5,293
 $1,823
$18,514
 $1,823
 $20,337
 $3,470
 $1,823
 $5,293
Business acquisitions15,624
 3,470

 
 
 15,044
 
 15,044
Balance at end of period$20,917
 $5,293
$18,514
 $1,823
 $20,337
 $18,514
 $1,823
 $20,337


In February 2014, we entered into a loan agreement with Bombo Sports & Entertainment, LLC (“BSE”) pursuant to which we loaned BSE $1.0 million. In April 2014, both parties entered into an amendment to the loan agreement (as amended, the “BSE Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which, from April to June 2014, we loaned an additional $0.35 million to BSE. The loan bore interest at 5% per annum, with principal and interest due and payable within 10 days after delivery of a written demand to BSE. Under the BSE Loan Agreement, if the loan was not repaid in full at the end of the 10-day period, the interest

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rate increased to 12% per annum until the loan was repaid in full. At any time, BSE could have prepaid all or any portion of the loan without premium or penalty.

In September 2014, we delivered a written demand for payment to BSE and, because BSE had not repaid any portion of the loan after we provided our written demand, we commenced legal proceedings against BSE and its controlling owner to recover the amount owed.

On July 28, 2015, we entered into a settlement agreement with BSE and Robert S. Potter related to the loans that we made to BSE pursuant to the BSE Loan Agreement. The settlement agreement provides for, among other things, the settlement of our legal proceedings and the release of our claims against BSE and Mr. Potter, including for payment of all amounts due under the BSE Loan Agreement, the termination of all previous agreements between us and Mr. Potter, and certain other agreements and releases.

In connection with the settlement agreement, we also entered into a servicing agreement with BSE that provides, among other things, for the following:

(i)for a period of two years, BSE loans to us Mr. Potter’s services for up to 100 hours each year;

(ii)for a period of two years, we may, at our option, engage BSE to produce a total of four one-hour length projects at cost;

(iii)for a period of five years, we have the exclusive right to use BSE’s film library in specified Asian-Pacific countries and territories, to the extent of BSE’s rights thereto and subject to BSE’s approval of any license or similar agreement governing our exploitation thereof (not to be unreasonably withheld), with us retaining the first $500,000 of net profit and any additional net profit split equally between us and BSE; and

(iv)for a period of five years, we have the right to purchase 10% of BSE for $1.50 or 20% of BSE for $5.00, provided that if we exercise this right, commencing on the six-month anniversary of such acquisition, we will be obligated to market the BSE film library in the specified Asian-Pacific countries and territories for a period of 10 years, with us retaining 50% of the first $500,000 of net profits from such marketing and 25% of net profits thereafter, and us receiving $100,000 per year for such marketing services beginning on the 18-month anniversary of such acquisition.


As a result of the settlement agreement, we no longer have a note receivable from BSE; rather, we have an intangible asset represented by the rights provided to us in the servicing agreement. We are in the process of obtaining an independent valuation of the rights received in the settlement and we anticipate receiving that valuation during the fourth quarter of 2015. Once we receive the valuation, we may record a gain or loss on the non-monetary exchange; however, we do not currently anticipate a material adjustment. We have classified the $1.35 million estimated fair value as a finite-lived intangible asset as of September 30, 2015, and will amortize the asset over the five-year period during which we have the exclusive right to use BSE’s film library in specified Asian-Pacific countries and territories.


NOTE 10. CAPITAL LEASES AND PURCHASE OBLIGATIONS

In December 2010, Banks.com entered into a sale-leaseback arrangement with Domain Capital LLC consisting of an agreement to assign the domain name (www.banks.com) to Domain Capital in exchange for $0.6 million in cash and a lease agreement to lease back the domain name from Domain Capital for a five-year term. The lease provides for a bargain purchase option at the end of its term, effectively transferring ownership back to Banks.com.Lease

EffectiveOur Vegas.com subsidiary has leased certain computer hardware and related software that processes and stores its production data. Under the agreement, we will make two more payments of approximately $0.2 million each: one payment in June 2012, Banks.com became our wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant2016 and one payment in June 2017. After the final payment in June 2017, ownership of the hardware and software transfers to a merger agreement under which we assumed all its outstanding liabilities. As of September 30, 2015, the remaining obligation under this capital lease was approximately $0.1 million, all of which is payable during 2015.us.


Purchase Obligation

On June 10, 2005, Vegas.com entered into a license agreement providing for, among other things, Vegas.com’s exclusive use of the domain name “LasVegas.com” (the “LasVegas.com License Agreement”). Under the terms of the LasVegas.com License Agreement, Vegas.com paid $12 million upon execution of the agreement, and was required to make monthly payments of approximately $83,000 through June 2008 and $125,000 through June 2013, and is currently making monthly payments of

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$208,000 $208,000 through June 2040. If Vegas.com continues making the required monthly payments through June 30, 2040, ownership of the domain name would transfer to Vegas.com, without further payment by or cost to Vegas.com, on that date. After June 30, 2016, however, Vegas.com has the option, in its sole discretion, to terminate the LasVegas.com License Agreement and forfeit its rights to use of the domain name upon 30 days notice.

Effective September 2015, Vegas.com became our wholly-owned subsidiary in the Vegas.com Acquisition, described in more detail in Note 3, in which we assumed all of its outstanding liabilities. As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the remaining accounting liability, representing only those payments we are required to make through June 30, 2016, was approximately $2.2 million.$0.6 million, and was reflected in Accrued expense and other current liabilities in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Payments under the LasVegas.com License Agreement after June 30, 2016 will be made on a month-to-month basis and will be recorded as an expense.


NOTE 11. LONG-TERM DEBT

We entered into the transactions described below in relation to the Vegas.com Acquisition, which is described in more detail in Note 3.The following table presents long-term debt as of March 31, 2016 (in thousands):
 March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Loan due September 2018$27,500
 27,500
Unamortized discount(5,155) (5,546)
Unamortized debt issuance cost(314) (338)
Carrying value of Loan22,031
 21,616
Exit fee payable in relation to Loan2,000
 2,000
Convertible promissory note payable to an accredited investor100
 100
Total long-term debt$24,131
 $23,716
Less: current portion(100) (100)
Long-term debt, less current portion and net of discount and debt issuance cost24,031
 23,616

Effective September 23, 2015, we amended the $3.0 million and $0.3 million Convertible Promissory Notes that we issued to ACP on December 17, 2014 and March 13, 2015, respectively, to reduce the conversion price and automatically convert the unpaid principal amount of and all accrued and unpaid interest under the notes into shares of our common stock. The conversions resulted in the issuance of 826,512 shares of our common stock to ACP.

On September 24, 2015, we entered into the Financing Agreement, pursuant to which the Lenders provided us with the $27.5 million Loan, in the amount of $27.5 million. The Loanwhich bears interest at three-month LIBOR (with a floor of 1%) plus 10% per annum, payable monthly, and it has a maturity date of September 24, 2018. As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the applicable interest rate was 11%. per annum.

On September 24, 2015,In addition to the Financing Agreement, we also entered into a security agreement dated as of the Security Agreementsame date (the “Security Agreement”) with the other Borrowers and the Guarantors for the benefit of MGG, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties

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referred to therein, to secure the obligations of the Borrowers and the Guarantors under the Financing Agreement. The Security Agreement provides for a first-priority lien on, and security interest in, all assets of Remark and our subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.

The Financing Agreement and the Security Agreement contain representations, warranties, affirmative and negative covenants (including financial covenants with respect to quarterly EBITDA levels and the value of our assets), events of default, indemnifications and other provisions customary for financings of this type. The occurrence of any event of default under the Financing Agreement may result in the Loan amount outstanding and unpaid interest thereon, becoming immediately due and payable.

The following table presents long-term debt At March 31, 2016, we were not in compliance with a financial covenant requiring minimum consolidated EBITDA of Remark and its subsidiaries for the four fiscal quarter period ended March 31, 2016 of ($1.227) million, as of September 30, 2015 (in thousands):
 September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014
Loan due September 2018$27,500
 
Unamortized discount(5,922) 
Unamortized debt issuance cost(362) 
Carrying value of Loan21,216
 
Exit fee payable in relation to Loan2,000
 
Convertible Promissory Note payable to ACP
 $3,000
Convertible Promissory Note payable to an accredited investor100
 100
Total long-term debt$23,316
 $3,100


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The discountour actual consolidated EBITDA for such period was ($1.670) million, each as calculated on long-term debt primarily consists ofan annualized basis in accordance with the approximately $3.1 million fair valueterms of the Financing Warrant,Agreement.  We obtained a waiver in May 2016 for this event, and our lender is working with us to adjust the $2 million exit fee payableEBITDA covenant thresholds such that we expect to meet the covenants in relation to the Loan and the stipulated Loan discount of approximately $0.6 million.future fiscal quarters.


NOTE 12. OTHER LIABILITIES

The following table presents the components of other liabilities (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Acquisition Warrants$10,181
 $
Contingent consideration liability2,700
 
$2,700
 $2,700
Capital lease obligation, net of current portion179
 179
Other25
 25
25
 25
Total$12,906
 $25
$2,904
 $2,904
      


NOTE 13. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Commitments

On February 29, 2016, we entered into a new lease for office space to serve as our corporate headquarters. The lease is for a period of eight years and it obligates us to pay an aggregate of $11.1 million of base rent over the lease term. Upon executing the lease, we paid the landlord a $1.25 million security deposit that will be returned to us within 30 days of the later of the end of the lease or our surrender of the premises, to the extent portions of the security deposit are not applied to unpaid amounts otherwise due under the lease.


Contingencies

We are neither a defendant in any material pending legal proceeding nor are we aware of any material threatened claims against us; therefore, we have not accrued any contingent liabilities.


NOTE 14. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND NET LOSS PER SHARE

Equity Issuances

During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we issued:

issued a total of 1,689,000186,144 shares of our common stock to investors in certain private placements and registered direct offerings in exchange for approximately $6.8$0.8 million in cash,cash.

2,516,154 shares of common stock upon conversion of certain convertible notes payable in full satisfaction of such notes,

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2,271,126 shares of common stock to the Sellers in the Vegas.com Acquisition as part of the aggregate consideration under the Purchase Agreement (see Note 3Financial Statement Index), and


91,642 shares of our common stock upon the exercise of stock option awards in exchange for $0.3 million.


Stock-Based Compensation 

We are authorized to issue equity-based awards under our 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, our 2010 Equity Incentive plan and our 2014 Incentive Plan, each of which our stockholders have approved. We grant such awards to attract, retain and motivate eligible officers, directors, employees and consultants. Under each of the plans, we have granted shares of restricted stock and options to purchase common stock to our officers and employees with exercise prices equal to or greater than the fair value of the underlying shares on the grant date.

Stock options awarded generally expire 10 years from the grant date. All forms of equity awards vest upon the passage of time, the attainment of performance criteria, or both.


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The following table summarizes the stock option activity under our equity incentive plans as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016, and changes during the ninethree months then ended:
Shares Weighted-Average Exercise Price 
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)
 Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)Shares Weighted-Average Exercise Price 
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)
 Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at January 1, 20151,735,962
 $9.63
    
Outstanding at January 1, 20164,327,653
 $6.23
    
Granted2,754,750
 4.20
  1,306,750
 4.33
  
Exercised(91,642) 3.14
  (2,200) 4.65
  
Forfeited, cancelled or expired(62,292) 6.41
  (5,000) 3.75
  
Outstanding at September 30, 20154,336,778
 $6.37
 8.9 $1,216
Options exercisable at September 30, 20153,249,777
 $6.98
 8.6 $900
Outstanding at March 31, 20165,627,203
 $5.75
 8.5 $2,144
Options exercisable at March 31, 20164,609,578
 $6.06
 8.2 $1,837


In addition, on January 11, 2016, our stockholders approved the grant of an option to purchase 350,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $4.10 per share to Kai-Shing Tao, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. We recorded the entire $1.0 million of compensation expense associated with this award because Mr. Tao had fully vested in the award at the time we received stockholder approval.

We did not award restricted stock under our equity incentive plans during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015.March 31, 2016.

We incurred share-based compensation expense of $5.3$1.4 million and $1.6$0.7 million, respectively, during the three months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and 2014, and of $6.8 million and $6.6 million, respectively, during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.2015.


Net Loss per Share 
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and 2014, there were no reconciling items related to either the numerator or denominator of the loss per share calculation.

Securities which would have been anti-dilutive to a calculation of diluted earnings per share include:

the outstanding stock options described above;

the outstanding Acquisition Warrants, which may be exercised to purchase 8,601,410 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $9.00 per share, and the outstanding Financing Warrant, which may be exercised to purchase 2,607,797 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $8.91 per share;


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the Acquisition Warrants and the Financing Warrant described in Note 3Financial Statement Index;


the warrants issued in conjunction with our acquisition of Hotelmobi, Inc., which may be exercised to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our common stock, half at an exercise price of $8.00 per share and half at an exercise price of $12.00 per share; and

the warrants issued in conjunction with a private placement in 2012, which may be exercised to purchase 215,278 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.124.97 per share.


NOTE 15. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The following tables present certain information regarding our travel and entertainment segment for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Because the comparative amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2015 were not material for the segment, we have not presented such information.

Many companies calculate and use some form of EBITDA as a measure of operational performance. We use earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation expense, impairment charges, gains or losses on changes in fair value of warrant liabilities, and debt conversion expense (“Adjusted EBITDA”) as a measure of profit and loss to manage the operational performance of our segment. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors regarding our ability to service debt. The various forms of EBITDA, including our Adjusted EBITDA financial measure, are supplemental non-GAAP financial measures, and you should not construe Adjusted EBITDA as an alternative to operating earnings or loss (as an indicator of our operating performance) or cash flows from operations (as a measure of liquidity) as determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Other companies that calculate some form of EBITDA as a measure of operational performance may not do so in the same manner as we calculate our Adjusted EBITDA; therefore, our Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies.

The following table presents net revenue and Adjusted EBITDA for our travel and entertainment segment for the three months ended March 31, 2016 (in thousands):
 Net Revenue Adjusted EBITDA
Travel and entertainment segment$13,543
 $645
Corporate entity and other business units711
 (1,988)
Consolidated$14,254
 $(1,343)
    


The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA for the segment and for the corporate entity and other business units to consolidated operating loss (in thousands):
 Segment Corporate Entity and Other Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA$645
 $(1,988) (1,343)
Less:     
Depreciation and amortization(1,999) (398) (2,397)
Share-based compensation expense
 (1,410) (1,410)
Other income (expense), net(29) 
 (29)
Other gain
 3
 3
Consolidated operating loss$(1,383) $(3,793) $(5,176)
      



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The following table presents total assets for our travel and entertainment segment as of March 31, 2016 (in thousands):
 Total Assets
Travel and entertainment segment$84,024
Corporate entity and other business units15,563
Consolidated$99,587
  


During the three months ended March 31, 2016, capital expenditures for the travel and entertainment segment totaled $0.3 million.


NOTE 15.16. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Secured Convertible Notes

Our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kai-Shing Tao, is the manager of and a member of Digipac, a company of which our Chief Financial Officer, Douglas Osrow, is also a member. Effective September 23, 2015, as more fully described in Note 3, we amended our $3.5 million Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated January 29, 2014 with Digipac to reduce the conversion price and automatically convert the unpaid principal amount of and all accrued and unpaid interest under the note into shares of our common stock. On the same day, Digipac converted into shares of our common stock the unpaid principal amount of and all accrued and unpaid interest under the $2.5 million Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated November 14, 2013. The conversions resulted in the issuance of 1,689,642 shares of our common stock to Digipac.

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Demand Note

On September 24, 2015, as a condition to the closing of the Financing Agreement, we repaid the $0.35 million Demand Note dated September 11, 2014 with Digipac.


We incurred interest expense on the related-party notes of $0.1 million during the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and of $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.March 31, 2015.


NOTE 17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On May 10, 2016, we issued a total of 333,334 shares of our common stock to accredited investors in private placements in exchange for $1.5 million in cash.


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

You should read our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto set forth in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  Such discussion and analysis includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties and that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations. You should also read “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in the section following the table of contents of this report.


OVERVIEW

Remark Media, Inc. (“Remark”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is a global digital media company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, with additional operations in BeijingWe own, operate and Chengdu, China. Our primary operations consist of owning and operatingacquire innovative digital media properties across multiple verticals,such as websites and applications for mobile devices that provide unique, dynamic digital media experiences in multiple content verticals including travel, personal finance, social media, young adult lifestyle and entertainment. Our websitesentertainment, that deliver culturally relevant, dynamic content that attracts and mobile applications provide what we believe are compelling content, trusted brands, and valuable resources for consumers. engages

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users on a global scale. We leverage our unique digital media assets to target the Millennial demographic, which provides us with access to fast-growing, lucrative markets.

During the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we earned most of our revenue through our sites that provide U.S. tax filing extension servicesfrom sales of travel and information on U.S. tax matters,entertainment products, with various advertising mechanisms and merchandise sales also contributing to our revenue.

Our 2014 acquisition of Hotelmobi, Inc. (“Hotelmobi”)We transitioned in 2015 from being a strictly content-based company to a technology company leveraging KanKan, our data intelligence platform and its mobile hotel-booking application Roomlia gavesocial media application. We are continuing to develop features that engage KanKan’s users, as well as features that will make KanKan an attractive data source to us, a footholdadvertisers and other third-parties; therefore, we expect development costs associated with KanKan to continue to increase in the travel vertical, which we believe is very important to our target customers.near term.

Through websitesWe expect that it controls,the Vegas.com LLC (“Vegas.com”) allows users to book travel to, and lodging and entertainment in, the Las Vegas area market. On September 24, 2015, we built upon our foothold in the travel vertical by completing the purchase all of the outstanding equity interests in Vegas.com (the “Vegas.com Acquisition”) pursuant to the terms of the Unit Purchase Agreement dated as of August 18, 2015 (as amended, the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among Remark, Vegas.com and the equity owners of Vegas.com listed on the signature page thereto (“Sellers”). We acquired Vegas.com toAcquisition will give us a deeper reach into the travel and entertainment market in Las Vegas and the surrounding area.area because Vegas.com is a well-established brand. We were also attracted by the fact thatwill improve Vegas.com’s various websites controlled by Vegas.com currently enjoy more than 60 millionand mobile applications and leverage their capabilities to improve user sessions annually, which we believe will allow us to drive demand to many of our business properties, thereby increasing revenue.

We continue to evaluate ways to diversify our content offerings and increase revenue earned from outside the U.S. KanKan is our mobile social media application that aggregates activity and data from all major social media networks (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Tencent QQ, Sina Weibo, DaZhong, DianPing, and Douban). The application allows users to explore the world around them, communicate with friends, make new friends, and respond to each other’s social media posts, regardless of the social media network on which activity originates. We built KanKan’s powerful back-end infrastructure to handle large amounts of data across all major social media networks, and it has already aggregated approximately 900 million socially-active user profiles and more than 10 billion social posts - amounts that are growing rapidly each day. KanKan’s image-recognition abilities allow the application to automatically categorize social images by topics such as food, movies, sports or travel, with an accuracy rate of approximately 90%, which allows for product tagging in social images. Additionally, we are also continuing our efforts to expand on our sports programming to deliver original sports and entertainment content to the evolving Chinese media market through our existing strategic relationships.

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In the foreseeable future, we plan to continuously monitor strategic acquisition opportunities in the content verticals that we believe are important to millennials, such as social media, personal finance, lifestyle, travel, and entertainment.

Impact of Foreign Exchange

Although we do business in foreign countries, the effects of foreign exchange have not materially impacted our financial results, nor do we expect that they will materially impact our financial results in the foreseeable future.engagement.


Matters Affecting Comparability of Results

We acquiredcompleted the Vegas.com Acquisition on September 24, 2015, which had a material impact on our financial condition, but a minimal impact on our results of operations for the periods presented.

We acquired Hotelmobi during May 2014 and merged it into our Roomlia subsidiary.2015. Our financial condition at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and our results of operations for the three months and the nine monthsthen ended September 30, 2015 include Roomlia,Vegas.com, while the nine months ended September 30, 2014 onlysame period in 2015 does not include Roomlia for a portionVegas.com’s results of that period.operations.


CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

During the three months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we made no material changes to our critical accounting policies as we disclosed them in Part II, Item 7 of our 20142015 Form 10-K.


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

As a result of the Vegas.com Acquisition completed in the third quarter of 2015, we have one reportable segment: travel and entertainment. Because the travel and entertainment segment did not exist prior to the third quarter of 2015, we do not have comparative results from the first quarter of the prior fiscal year. We therefore do not provide herein a presentation of changes in segment results with associated explanations of the changes; rather, we provide a presentation of changes in overall results with associated explanations of the changes, noting that the Vegas.com Acquisition is the largest contributing factor.

In the tables in the following discussion,below, we present dollar amounts (excluding percentages) in thousands.


Revenue and Gross Margin

Three Months Ended September 30, ChangeThree Months Ended March 31, Change
2015 2014 Dollars Percentage2016 2015 Dollars Percentage
Revenue$816
 $230
 $586
 255%$14,254
 $803
 $13,451
 1,675%
Cost of sales(136) (33) (103) 312%
Cost of revenue(2,349) (38) (2,311) 6,082%
Gross Margin680
 197
 483
 245%11,905
 765
 11,140
 1,456%


During the three months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, revenue was primarily affected by:

by the operating results of Vegas.com after the Vegas.com Acquisition, which added net revenue of $0.4$13.5 million and

our decision to increase the selection cost of merchandise that we offer through Bikini.com’s sales channels, resulting in an increase in sales revenue of $0.1$2.3 million.



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 Nine Months Ended September 30, Change
 2015 2014 Dollars Percentage
Revenue$2,440
 $1,656
 $784
 47%
Cost of sales(256) (65) (191) 294%
Gross Margin2,184
 1,591
 593
 37%



During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, revenue was primarily affected by:

the Vegas.com Acquisition, which added net revenue of $0.4 million, and

our decision to increase the selection of merchandise that we offer through Bikini.com’s sales channels, resulting in an increase in sales revenue of $0.4 million.


During the last several months leading into 2015, we improved the content of our U.S. Tax Center at www.irs.com, as well as the search engine optimization in relation to the website. Our efforts drove an increase of slightly less than $0.1 million in revenue from the website during the nine months ended September 30, 2015; however, such increase was offset by individually insignificant decreases in revenue from several other areas of our business.


Operating Expense
Three Months Ended September 30, ChangeThree Months Ended March 31, Change
2015 2014 Dollars Percentage2016 2015 Dollars Percentage
Sales and marketing$469
 $143
 $326
 228%$5,528
 $198
 $5,330
 2,692%
Content, technology and development203
 72
 131
 182%
Technology and development404
 104
 300
 288%
General and administrative8,859
 3,886
 4,973
 128%8,420
 3,163
 5,257
 166%
Depreciation and amortization459
 230
 229
 100%2,397
 227
 2,170
 956%
Other operating expense332
 25
 307
 1,228%
Total operating expense$9,990
 $4,331
 $5,659
 131%$17,081
 $3,717
 $13,364
 360%


Our operation of Vegas.com after the Vegas.com Acquisition increased our operating expense categories as follows:

Sales and marketing - approximately $5.3 million

General and administrative - approximately $4.9 million

Depreciation and amortization - approximately $1.9 million

Other operating expense - approximately $0.3 million


In addition to the contribution to general and administrative expense resulting from our operation of Vegas.com, general and administrative expense was affected by an increase of approximately $0.7 million in share-based compensation expense. On January 11, 2016, our stockholders approved the grant of an option to purchase 350,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $4.10 per share to Kai-Shing Tao, our CEO and Chairman of the Board. We recorded the entire $1.0 million of compensation expense associated with the award because Mr. Tao had fully vested in the award at the time we received stockholder approval.


Other Income (Expense)
 Three Months Ended March 31, Change
 2016 2015 Dollars Percentage
Interest expense(1,210) (194) (1,016) 524 %
Other income29
 1
 28
 2,800 %
Gain on change in fair value of warrant liabilities3,985
 66
 3,919
 5,938 %
Other loss(3) 
 (3) 
Total other expense$2,801
 $(127) $2,928
 (2,306)%


The Loan we obtained under the Financing Agreement to finance the Vegas.com Acquisition was the primary cause of the increase in sales and marketinginterest expense adding approximately $0.3 million.reflected in the table above.

GeneralOur issuance of the Financing Warrant and administrative expense was primarily affected by:

an increaseAcquisition Warrants in stock-based compensation of approximately $3.8 million related to large grants of options during the three months ended September 30, 2015,

an increase of $0.3 million in costs primarily associated with our release of, and ramping up of work related to, our KanKan social media application, as well as site maintenance costs, and

an increase of $0.5 million in professional fees, primarily legal and accounting costs associatedconnection with the Vegas.com Acquisition.Acquisition resulted in the increase in the amount of gain we recorded in relation to estimating the fair value of the warrant liabilities at the reporting date.






 Nine Months Ended September 30, Change
 2015 2014 Dollars Percentage
Sales and marketing$845
 $251
 $594
 237 %
Content, technology and development422
 349
 73
 21 %
General and administrative15,364
 12,424
 2,940
 24 %
Depreciation and amortization909
 529
 380
 72 %
Impairment of long-lived assets
 268
 (268) (100)%
Total operating expense$17,540
 $13,821
 $3,719
 27 %


The Vegas.com Acquisition added approximately $0.3 million of sales and marketing expense during the period, while additional marketing campaigns intended to increase our brand awareness among consumers drove the remainder of the increase.

General and administrative expense was primarily affected by:

an increase in headcount, primarily as a result of the Hotelmobi acquisition, that drove an increase of $1.4 million in payroll and payroll related expense,

an increase in stock-based compensation of approximately $0.2 million,

an increase of $0.2 million in costs primarily associated with our release of, and ramping up of work related to, our KanKan social media application, as well as site maintenance costs,

an increase of $0.6 million in professional fees, primarily legal and accounting costs associated with the Vegas.com Acquisition, and

other fluctuations in various expense items which were not material on an individual basis and which are not indicative of any new or ongoing business trends.


The addition of $3.3 million of intangible assets as a result of the Hotelmobi acquisition caused the increase in our depreciation and amortization expense.

During 2014, we made the decision to dispose of MyStockFund.com, which prompted us to evaluate MyStockFund.com’s long-lived assets for impairment. After we determined that we could not generate enough cash inflows related to the assets to support their full carrying value, we recorded a loss on impairment of long-lived assets in the amount noted in the table above. We did not record similar impairments in 2015.






Other Income (Expense)
 Three Months Ended September 30, Change
 2015 2014 Dollars Percentage
Debt conversion expense$(1,469) $
 $(1,469) 
Interest expense(303) (114) (189) 166 %
Other income(80) 20
 (100) (500)%
Other gain6
 
 6
 
Gain (loss) on change in fair value of derivative liability20
 490
 (470) (96)%
Total other expense$(1,826) $396
 $(2,222) (561)%

 Nine Months Ended September 30, Change
 2015 2014 Dollars Percentage
Debt conversion expense$(1,469) $
 $(1,469) 
Interest expense(708) (320) (388) 121 %
Other income(79) 41
 (120) (293)%
Other gain6
 
 6
 
Gain (loss) on change in fair value of derivative liability241
 (289) 530
 (183)%
Total other expense$(2,009) $(568) $(1,441) 254 %


On September 23, 2015, we incurred approximately $1.5 million of debt conversion expense related to inducing certain of the holders of our debt to convert their convertible debt securities into shares of our common stock to satisfy a condition precedent to the financing of the Vegas.com Acquisition.

Our issuances of notes payable during December 2014 and March 2015 contributed to the increase in interest expense reflected in the tables above.

As presented in Note 4 in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the calculation of the derivative liability and, therefore, the gain or loss on the liability, was primarily affected by the change in our stock price and the change in the probability of a dilutive event occurring subsequent to the quarter end, which caused the increase reflected in the tables above.


LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
Overview
 
During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, and in each fiscal year since our inception, we have incurred net losses and generated negative cash flow from operations, resulting in an accumulated deficit of $147.4$163.8 million and a cash and cash equivalents balance of $11.5$10.3 million, both amounts as of September 30, 2015.March 31, 2016. Our revenue during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 was $2.4$14.3 million.
 
During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we issued a total of 1,689,000186,144 shares of our common stock to accredited investors in certain private placements and registered direct offerings in exchange for approximately $6.8$0.8 million in cash. Also, during the first quarter of 2015, we issued an unsecured convertible promissory note in the original principal amount of $0.3 million in exchange for cash of the same amount.





On July 28, 2015, we entered into a settlement agreement with Bombo Sports & Entertainment, LLC (“BSE”) and Robert S. Potter related to the loans that we made to BSE in 2014 and a servicing agreement with BSE. As a result, we no longer have a note receivable from BSE; rather, we have an intangible asset represented by the rights provided to us in the servicing agreement. We are in the process of obtaining an independent valuation of the rights received in the settlement and we anticipate receiving that valuation during the fourth quarter of 2015. Once we receive the valuation, we may record a gain or loss on the non-monetary exchange; however, we do not currently anticipate a material adjustment. See Note 9 in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on this matter.

On September 24, 2015, we completed the Vegas.com Acquisition. Concurrentlyconcurrently with the closing of the Vegas.com Acquisition, we entered into athe Financing Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2015 (the “Financing Agreement”) with certain of our subsidiaries as borrowers (together with Remark, the “Borrowers”), certain of our subsidiaries as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and MGG Investment Group LP, in its capacity as collateral agent and administrative agent for the Lenders (“MGG”), pursuant to which the Lenders extended credit to the Borrowers consisting of a term loanthe Loan in the aggregate principal amount of $27.5 million (the “Loan”).million. The Loan amount outstanding accrues interest at three-month LIBOR plus 10.0% per annum, payable monthly, and the Loan has a maturity date of September 24, 2018. The Financing Agreement and related documents also provide for certain fees payable to the Lenders, including a $2$2.0 million exit fee, and also provided for the issuance of warrantsthe Financing Warrant, which provides the holder with the right to sell the Lenders.warrant back to Remark on its expiration date in exchange for $3.0 million in cash (reduced pro rata based on the percentage of the warrant exercised). As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, $27.5 million of aggregate principal remained outstanding under the Loan. See Note 3

The Financing Agreement contains certain affirmative and negative covenants, including but not limited to financial covenants with respect to quarterly EBITDA levels and the value of our assets.  At March 31, 2016, we were not in compliance with a financial covenant requiring minimum consolidated EBITDA of Remark and its subsidiaries for the Notesfour fiscal quarter period ended March 31, 2016 of ($1.227) million, as our actual consolidated EBITDA for such period was ($1.670) million, each as calculated on an annualized basis in accordance with the terms of the Financing Agreement.  We obtained a waiver in May 2016 for this event, and our lender is working with us to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further detailsadjust the EBITDA covenant thresholds such that we expect to meet the covenants in future fiscal quarters.  If we fail to comply with any financial covenant under the Financing Agreement going forward, under certain circumstances after a cure period, the Lender may demand the repayment of the Loan amount outstanding and unpaid interest thereon, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

On September 24, 2015, concurrently with the closing of the Vegas.com Acquisition.Acquisition, Vegas.com entered into the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement with Bank of America, N.A. providing for a letter of credit facility with up to $9.3 million of availability, expiring May 31, 2016. Amounts available under the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement are subject to customary fees and are secured by a first-priority lien on, and security interest in, a cash collateral account with the bank containing cash equal to 101.25% of the aggregate outstanding undrawn face amount of all letters of credit under the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement outstanding.

We believe that the Vegas.com Acquisition will provide us with additional revenue sources, but we cannot provide assurance that revenue generated from Vegas.com or our other businesses will be sufficient to sustain our operations in the long term. We have implemented measures to reduce operating costs, and we continuously evaluate other opportunities to reduce costs. Additionally, we are actively assessing the sale of certain non-core assets, considering sales of minority interests in certain of our operating businesses, and evaluating potential acquisitions that would provide additional revenue. However, we may need to obtain additional capital through equity orfinancing, debt financing, and (or)or by divesting of certain assets or businesses, none of which we can assure will happen on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In addition, if we obtain capital by issuing equity, such transaction(s) may dilute existing stockholders.businesses.

We can neither be certain that we will be successful at raising capital at all, nor be certain regarding what amount of capital we may raise. Conditions in the debt and equity markets, as well as the volatility of investor sentiment regarding macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions, will play primary roles in determining whether we can successfully obtain additional capital. Additionally, pursuant to the Financing Agreement, we are subject to certain limitations on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional debt and transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of assets, without the consent of the Lenders. ShouldWe cannot be certain that we fail to successfully implement our plans described herein,will be successful at raising capital, whether in an equity financing, debt financing, or by divesting of certain assets or businesses, on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In addition, if we obtain capital by issuing equity, such failure would have a material adverse effect on our business, including the possible cessation of operations.transaction(s) may dilute existing stockholders.

A variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control, affect our cash flow; those factors include regulatory issues, competition, financial markets and other general business conditions. Based upon our most recent cash flow projections, we believe that we have sufficient existing cash, cash equivalents and cash resources to meet our ongoing requirements through September 30, 2016,March 31, 2017, including repayment of our existing debt as it matures. However, projecting operating results is inherently




uncertain because anticipated expenses may exceed current forecasts; therefore, we cannot assure you that we will generate sufficient income and cash flow to meet all of our liquidity requirements.
 

Cash Used in Operating Activities
 
We used $5.0generated $6.4 million more forcash from operating activities during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 than we did during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2014.March 31, 2015. The increasesincrease in payroll and payroll-related costs, legal and professional costs associated withcash provided by operating activities is primarily a result of our operation of Vegas.com subsequent to the Vegas.com Acquisition and costs related to KanKan (described in the preceding Results of Operations section) had the largest impact on our use of cash in operating activities, while the timing of payments related to elements of working capital also increased the amount of cash we used.Acquisition.






Cash Used in Investing Activities
 
During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we used $1.8expended $0.2 million less for investing activitiesmore to purchase property and equipment than we did during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2014. The decrease in cash used in our investing activities primarily resulted from our purchase of domain names for $0.5 million during the first nine months of 2014, while we did not make a similar purchase of assets during the same period ofMarch 31, 2015. The cash flow effect of our loan of $1.35 million to BSE during the first nine months of 2014 (for further details on the asset related to our transaction with BSE, see Note 9 in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) while not making a similar transaction in 2015 was offset by an increase of approximately $1.4 million in additions to fixed assets.


Cash Provided by Financing Activities

During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, our financing activities provided $26.0$2.4 million moreless than during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2014.March 31, 2015. During 2015, we obtained $6.8$0.8 million from common stock issuances and another $27.9compared to $3.0 million from lenders, primarily as part of the Financing Agreement in connection with the Vegas.com Acquisition, while we repaid approximately $1.4 million of debt. For further details on the Vegas.com Acquisition and transactions related thereto, see Note 3 in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Duringduring the comparable period of 2014, we2015. We had also obtained $3.5$0.3 million from common stock issuances and another $3.9 million by issuing notes payable.the issuance of a note payable in the comparable period of 2015.


Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We currently have no off-balance sheet arrangements.


Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
 
Please refer to Note 2 in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report for a discussion regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements which may affect us.


ITEM 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
 
Not applicable


ITEM 4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain a set of disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information we must disclose in reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. We designed our disclosure controls with the objective of ensuring we accumulate and communicate this information to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operations of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2015.March 31, 2016.








Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


PART II OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

None

ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS

As a result of the Vegas.com Acquisition, the following risk factors supplement those included in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2015.Not Applicable


Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry

Our travel business derives a significant portion of its revenues from the Las Vegas market and is especially subject to certain risks, including economic and competitive risks, associated with conditions in the Las Vegas area.

Because our Vegas.com website provides travel and entertainment booking services in the Las Vegas market exclusively, we are subject to greater risks from conditions in the Las Vegas area than travel booking companies that are more geographically diversified. Risks from conditions in the Las Vegas area include the following:

local economic and competitive conditions;

reduced land and air travel due to increasing fuel costs or transportation disruptions;

inaccessibility of the area due to inclement weather, natural disasters, road construction or closure of primary access routes;

the outbreak of public health threats in the area or the perception that such threats exist; and

a decline in the number of visitors.


Our travel business is particularly sensitive to reductions in discretionary consumer and corporate spending.

Expenditures on travel and entertainment and leisure activities are sensitive to personal and business-related discretionary spending levels and tend to decline or grow more slowly during economic downturns. Changes in discretionary spending or consumer preferences brought about by factors such as perceived or actual unfavorable changes in general economic conditions, high unemployment, perceived or actual changes in disposable consumer income and wealth, higher fuel or other transportation costs, or changes in consumer confidence could reduce demand for our services, which could adversely affect our travel business and our overall business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.


Declines or disruptions in the travel industry could adversely affect our travel business.

The success and financial performance of our travel business are affected by the health of the worldwide travel industry. Our business is sensitive to fluctuations in hotel supply, occupancy and average daily rates, decreases in airline capacity, periodically rising airline ticket prices, or the imposition of taxes or surcharges by regulatory authorities, all of which we have experienced historically.


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Other factors that could negatively affect our business include:

air fare increases;

continued air carrier consolidation;

travel-related strikes or labor unrest, bankruptcies or liquidations;

incidents of actual or threatened terrorism;

periods of political instability or geopolitical conflict in which travelers become concerned about safety issues;

natural disasters or events such as severe weather conditions, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes or earthquakes; and

health-related risks, such as the Ebola, H1N1, SARs and avian flu outbreaks.


Such concerns could result in a protracted decrease in demand for our travel services which, depending on its scope and duration and together with any future issues affecting travel safety, could adversely affect our business over the short and long-term. In addition, the disruption of the existing travel plans of a significant number of travelers upon the occurrence of certain events, such as severe weather conditions, actual or threatened terrorist activity or war, could result in the incurrence of significant additional costs and decrease our revenues leading to constrained liquidity if we provide relief to affected travelers by refunding the price or fees associated with hotel reservations and other travel products and services.


Risks Relating to our Company

We have a history of operating losses and we may not generate sufficient revenue to support our operations.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and in each fiscal year since our inception, we have incurred net losses and generated negative cash flow from operations, resulting in an accumulated deficit of $147.4 million.

We believe that the Vegas.com Acquisition will provide us with additional revenue sources, but we cannot provide assurance that revenue generated from Vegas.com or our other businesses will be sufficient to sustain our operations in the long term. Management has implemented measures to reduce operating costs, and they continuously evaluate other opportunities to reduce costs. Additionally, we are actively assessing the sale of certain non-core assets, considering sales of minority interests in certain of our operating businesses, and evaluating potential acquisitions that would provide additional revenue. However, we may need to obtain additional capital through equity or debt financing and/or by divesting of certain assets or businesses, none of which we can assure will happen on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In addition, if we obtain capital by issuing equity, such transaction(s) may dilute existing stockholders.

We can neither be certain that we will be successful at raising capital at all, nor be certain regarding what amount of capital we may raise. Conditions in the debt and equity markets, as well as the volatility of investor sentiment regarding macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions, will play primary roles in determining whether we can successfully obtain additional capital. Additionally, the Financing Agreement contains limitations on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional debt and transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of assets, without the consent of the Lenders. Should we fail to successfully implement our plans described herein, such failure would have a material adverse effect on our business, including the possible cessation of operations.


Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health.

We have outstanding principal indebtedness of $27.5 million under the Loan. The Loan amount outstanding accrues interest at the three-month LIBOR (with a floor of 1%) plus 10.0% per annum, payable monthly, and the Loan has a maturity date of September 24, 2018. The Loan is secured by a first-priority lien on, and security interest in, all assets of Remark and our subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.





Our substantial indebtedness could have important consequences to our stockholders. For example, it could:

require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow for working capital and general corporate purposes;

increase our vulnerability to and limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;

place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt;

limit our ability to borrow additional funds; and

make us more vulnerable to a general economic downturn than a company that is less leveraged.


The Financing Agreement contains certain covenants that restrict our ability to engage in certain transactions and may impair our ability to respond to changing business and economic conditions.

The Financing Agreement requires us to satisfy various covenants, including financial covenants with respect to quarterly EBITDA levels and the value of our assets. The Financing Agreement also contains restrictions on our abilities to engage in certain transactions without the consent of the Lenders, and may limit our ability to respond to changing business and economic conditions. These restrictions include, among other things, limitations on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to:

create liens on assets to secure debt;

incur additional debt;

merge or consolidate with another company;

transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of assets;

engage in other businesses;

make investments;

enter into transactions with affiliates; and

create dividend and other payment restrictions affecting subsidiaries.


Our recently-completed Vegas.com Acquisition and any future acquisitions, business combinations and other transactions present integration risk and may have negative consequences for our business and our stockholders.

We recently completed the Vegas.com Acquisition and plan to continuously monitor certain strategic acquisition opportunities. The process of integrating acquired businesses into our existing operations may result in unforeseen difficulties, liabilities and costs. The Vegas.com Acquisition involves the integration of a company that had previously operated independently as a privately held company. Significant management attention and resources will be required to integrate the companies, as may be the case with any future acquisitions. Difficulties that we encounter in integrating the operations of Vegas.com and other acquired businesses could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and stock price following the acquisition. Even if the combined company is able to integrate the business operations successfully, there can be no assurance that this integration will result in the realization of the anticipated benefits of synergies, innovation and operational efficiencies or that these benefits will be achieved within a reasonable period of time and cost effectively.






Risks Relating to Our Common Stock

A significant number of additional shares of our common stock may be issued upon the exercise or conversion of existing securities, which issuances would substantially dilute existing stockholders and may depress the market price of our common stock.

As of November 19, 2015, we had options to purchase 4,339,778 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 12,397,111 shares of common stock outstanding. Such warrants include the Acquisition Warrants and the Financing Warrant providing for the right to purchase a total of 11,181,833 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $9.00, which warrants are exercisable on a cashless basis only and therefore effectively cannot be exercised to purchase shares of common stock unless the applicable market value of the common stock exceeds the applicable exercise price under the terms thereof.

The issuance of these shares of common stock would substantially dilute the proportionate ownership and voting power of existing stockholders, and their issuance, or the possibility of their issuance, may depress the market price of our common stock.


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

On September 4, 2015,February 22, 2016 and February 26, 2016, we issued 250,000a total of 186,144 shares of our common stock to an accredited investorinvestors in a private placementplacements in exchange for $1.0$0.8 million in cash.

We made the offeroffers and salesales of securities in the private placementplacements in reliance upon an exemption from registration requirements pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon representations made to us by the investorinvestors in a purchase agreementagreements we entered into with the investor.investors.


ITEM 3.DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None


ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable


ITEM 5.
OTHER INFORMATION

None



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ITEM 6.EXHIBITS

    
Incorporated Herein
By Reference To
Exhibit Number Description Document Filed On Exhibit Number
2.1 Unit Purchase Agreement, dated August 18, 2015, by and among Remark Media, Inc., Vegas.com, LLC and the sellers listed on the signature page thereto.* 8-K 08/20/2015 2.1
4.1 Form of Acquisition Warrant, dated September 24, 2015. 8-K 09/28/2015 4.1
4.2 Form of Financing Warrant, dated September 24, 2015. 8-K 09/28/2015 4.2
10.1 Form of Subscription Agreement, dated July 9, 2015. 8-K 07/13/2015 10.1
10.2 Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release, dated as of July 28, 2015, by and among Remark Media, Inc., Bombo Sports & Entertainment, LLC and Robert S. Potter. 8-K 07/30/2015 10.1
10.3 Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2015, by and between Remark Media, Inc. and Bombo Sports & Entertainment, LLC. 8-K 07/30/2015 10.2
10.4 Letter Agreement dated September 24, 2015 by and among Remark Media, Inc., Vegas.com, LLC, and James B. Gibson in his capacity as Seller Representative. 8-K 09/28/2015 10.1
10.5 Financing Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 by and among Remark Media, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries named as Borrowers and Guarantors, the Lenders and MGG Investment Group LP, as Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent for the Lenders. 8-K 09/28/2015 10.2
10.6 Security and Pledge Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 by and among Remark Media, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries named as Borrowers and Guarantors, for the benefit of MGG Investment Group LP, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein. 8-K 09/28/2015 10.3
10.7 Registration Rights Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 by and between Remark Media, Inc. and the Subscribers listed on the signature page thereto. 8-K 09/28/2015 10.4
10.8 Loan Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 by and between Vegas.com, LLC and Bank of America, N.A. 8-K 09/28/2015 10.5
31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.      
31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.      
32 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.      
101.INS XBRL Instance Document      
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document      
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document      
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document      
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document      
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document      
    
Incorporated Herein
By Reference To
Exhibit Number Description Document Filed On Exhibit Number
3.1 Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation 8-K 01/12/2016 3.1
10.1 2014 Incentive Plan (as amended January 11, 2016) 8-K 01/12/2016 10.1
31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.      
31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.      
32 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.      
101.INS XBRL Instance Document      
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document      
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document      
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document      
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document      
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document      

*We have omitted certain schedules and exhibits to this agreement in accordance with Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, and we will supplementally furnish a copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

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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.

    REMARK MEDIA, INC.
     
Date:November 23, 2015May 11, 2016By: /s/ Douglas Osrow
    Douglas Osrow
    Chief Financial Officer
    (principal financial officer)




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