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Remark Media Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Results

March 30, 2016 4:05 PM

LAS VEGAS, March 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Remark Media (NASDAQ: MARK), a global digital media company, announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2015.

Kai-Shing Tao, Remark Media Chairman and CEO, stated, "Our 2015 performance reflects the significant progress we have made in positioning Remark Media as an innovative digital media technology company focused on the Millennial demographic. Our data intelligence platform, KanKan, enables us to amass data on over 1.3 billion socially active users globally. This information provides us significant advantage in enhancing user engagement and brand awareness across all of our digital media properties, including Vegas.com, which we acquired in September 2015. To support our future revenue growth, we expect to leverage our unique access to this data to attract retailers and advertisers who could benefit from the predictive analytics and location-based services we provide. We are excited by our progress in 2015; however, we are more confident than ever that the best is yet to come."

Financial Results for the Three Months Ended December 31: 2015 Compared to 2014

  • Net revenue was $11.8 million, compared to $0.2 million.
  • Operating loss was $7.2 million, compared to $5.6 million.
  • Net loss was $14.1 million, or $0.72 per diluted share, compared to $5.4 million, or $0.43 per diluted share.
  • At December 31, 2015, cash and cash equivalents were $5.4 million.

Financial Results for the Twelve Months Ended December 31: 2015 Compared to 2014

  • Net revenue was $14.2 million, compared to $1.8 million.
  • Operating loss was $22.6 million, compared to $17.9 million.
  • Net loss was $31.4 million, or $2.06 per diluted share, compared to $18.2 million, or $1.53 per diluted share.

Conference Call Information

Remark Media's management team will hold a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT, to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2015 earnings results, review recent activity and answer questions. To access the call in the U.S. please dial 1-888-539-3678 and for international calls dial 1-719-457-2664 approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the conference. The conference ID is 6425588. The conference call will also be broadcast live over the Internet and available for replay for one year at www.remarkmedia.com. In addition, a replay of the call will be available via telephone for two business days, beginning two hours after the call. To listen to the replay, in the U.S., please dial 1-877-870-5176 and internationally, 1-858-384-5517. Enter access code 6425588.

About Remark Media, Inc.

Remark Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARK) owns, operates and acquires innovative digital media properties across multiple verticals that deliver culturally relevant, dynamic content that attracts and engages users on a global scale. The company leverages its unique digital media assets to target the Millennial demographic, which provides it with access to fast-growing, lucrative markets. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, with additional operations in Beijing and Chengdu, China. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.remarkmedia.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including information relating to future events, future financial performance, strategies, expectations, competitive environment and regulation. 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 Remark Media's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Remark Media's other filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements reflect Remark Media's 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 Remark Media's estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, Remark Media undertakes 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.

Investor Contact:Douglas OsrowRemark Media, Inc.[email protected] 702-701-9514 ext. 3025

Investor Relations Contact:Becky Herrick/ Kirsten ChapmanLHA Investor Relations[email protected] 415-433-3777

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REMARK MEDIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets

December 31, 2015

December 31,

2015

2014

Assets

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$ 5,422

$ 1,525

Restricted cash

9,416

Trade accounts receivable, net

746

41

Prepaid expense and other current assets

2,637

707

Note receivable, current

172

Total current assets

18,393

2,273

Restricted cash

2,250

Notes receivable

371

1,350

Property and equipment, net

7,425

1,398

Investment in unconsolidated affiliate

1,030

1,030

Intangibles assets, net

44,780

6,518

Goodwill

20,337

5,293

Other long-term assets

94

Total assets

$ 94,586

$ 17,956

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Accounts payable

$ 14,422

$ 1,356

Advances from shareholder

86

Accrued expense and other current liabilities

11,827

1,037

Demand note payable to related party

350

Deferred merchant booking

6,997

Deferred revenue

3,262

173

Current maturities of long-term debt

100

Current maturities of long-term debt with related party

2,500

Capital lease obligations

205

158

Total current liabilities

36,813

5,660

Long-term debt, less current portion and net of discount and debt issuance cost

23,616

3,100

Long-term debt payable to related parties, less current portion and net of discount

3,481

Warrant liability

19,195

512

Other liabilities

2,904

25

Total liabilities

82,528

12,778

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders' equity

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

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 19,659,362 and 12,784,960 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively

20

13

Additional paid-in-capital

173,477

135,116

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

(5)

36

Accumulated deficit

(161,434)

(129,987)

Total stockholders' equity

12,058

5,178

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$ 94,586

$ 17,956

REMARK MEDIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2015

Three Months Ended December 31,

Year Ended December 31,

2015

2014

2015

2014

Revenue

11,789

182

14,229

1,838

Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization reported below)

(1,608)

(9)

(1,864)

(74)

Gross margin

10,181

173

12,365

1,764

Operating expense

Sales and marketing

3,913

94

4,758

345

Content, technology and development

1,261

81

1,683

430

General and administrative

9,856

5,390

25,220

17,814

Depreciation and amortization

2,372

238

3,281

767

Impairment of long-lived assets

268

Total operating expense

17,402

5,803

34,942

19,624

Operating loss

(7,221)

(5,630)

(22,577)

(17,860)

Other income (expense)

Debt conversion expense

(1,469)

Interest expense

(1,219)

(140)

(1,927)

(460)

Other income (expense), net

29

41

(50)

82

Gain (Loss) on change in fair value of warrant liabilities

(5,673)

317

(5,432)

28

Other gain

2

8

Total other income (expense)

(6,861)

218

(8,870)

(350)

Loss before income tax

(14,082)

(5,412)

(31,447)

(18,210)

Provision for income taxes

Net loss

(14,082)

(5,412)

(31,447)

(18,210)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

Foreign currency translation adjustments

39

Comprehensive loss

(14,082)

(5,412)

(31,447)

(18,171)

Net loss per share

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

(0.72)

(0.43)

(2.06)

(1.53)

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding

19,448

12,543

15,278

11,884

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