UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

 

☒	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015

 or

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the transition period from __________________ to ___________________

 

Commission File Number 001-34106

 

REALBIZ MEDIA GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		11-3820796
(State of incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
201 W. Passaic Street, Suite 301
Rochelle Park, NJ		07662
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 732-5249

 

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:   Common stock, $.001 par value

 

 

 

 Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

☐ Yes    ☒ No

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  

☐ Yes    ☒ No

 

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 the filing requirements for the past 90 days.  

☒ Yes    ☐ 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 ( §232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

☒ Yes    ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K ( § 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  ☐ 

 

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 company   ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Act).

☐ Yes    ☒ No

 

The aggregate market value of the voting stock and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates was approximately $8,359,876 as of April 30, 2015 when the last reported sales price was $0.091 per share.

 

As of February 16, 2016, 149,994,879 shares of common stock were outstanding.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference:

  

None.

 

 

Realbiz Media Group, Inc.

Form 10-K

Table of Contents

 

 

 

PART I	3
ITEM 1. BUSINESS	3
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS	7
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.	12
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES	12
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	12
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES	13
PART II	13
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS	13
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA	15
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	15
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK	19
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA	19
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE	19
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	19
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION	20
PART III	20
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE	20
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	24
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS	25
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS; DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE	28
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES	29
PART IV	30
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES	30

 

 

PART I

 

 

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

 

RealBiz Media Group, Inc., including all its subsidiaries, are collectively referred to herein as “RealBiz,” “RBIZ”, “the Company,” “us,” or “we”.

 

Overview

 

We are engaged in the business of providing digital media and marketing services for the real estate industry. We currently generate revenue from service fees (video creation and production and website hosting (ReachFactor)) and product sales (Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 and Microvideo app). We were formed through the merging of three divisions: (i) our fully licensed real estate division (formerly known as Webdigs); (ii) our TV media contracts (Home Preview Channel /Extraordinary Vacation Homes) division; and (iii) our Real Estate Virtual Tour and Media group (Realbiz 360). The assets of these divisions were used to create a new suite of real estate products and services that create stickiness through the utilization of video, social media and loyalty programs. At the core of our programs is our proprietary video creation technology which allows for an automated conversion of data (text and pictures of home listings) to a video with voice and music. We provide video search, storage and marketing capabilities on multiple platform dynamics for web, mobile, and TV. Once a home, personal or community video is created using our proprietary technology, it can be published to social media, email or distributed to multiple real estate websites, broadband or television for consumer viewing.

 

Products and Services:

 

We currently offer the following products and services:

 

Enterprise Video Production: We service some of the largest and well known franchisor accounts in the North America Real Estate Market in compiling listings into a Video format and distributing to those franchisor’s websites, brokers and agents and lead generation platforms 24/7. Some of these multiyear contracts produced over 10 million video listings from 2012-2014 and will be eclipsing that production in 2016. This core area significantly contributes to our growth not only in this core service but continues to allow us access to national databases and directly agents and brokers to allow us access to upgrades and upsell other core products and services. We currently have the ability to produce over 15,000 videos per day and have exclusive agreements with key players such as Century21 Scheetz and ERA systems.

 

Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 (formerly PowerAgent): Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 is a newly developed comprehensive marketing toolset for the professional real estate agent which utilizes our proprietary video technology to allow any agent to create videos for their listings, edit them with music and an introduction and market the videos through multiple sources. This product is powered by an intuitive CRM (contact management) and has been designed to allow agents to extend their marketing reach through social media management, email marketing and web site syndication. In addition, the iOs and Android apps work in conjunction with Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 allowing the agent to take many of the capabilities mobile, right to where the asset is located. Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 has been in beta testing for the past 8-months with over 180 agents introduced to the agent community in January 2016. Early reviews of this product from industry experts have been extremely favorable. We intend to sell this product via a monthly subscription model.

 

The Virtual Tour (VT) and Microvideo App (MVA): These programs were developed and implemented to allow agents to access specific video based product strategies that are designed specifically to increase the SEO rank and traffic credit to real estate franchise systems and/or their brokers. The MVA is a proprietary video widget marketing application designed to deliver video and integrate SEO strategies, traffic generation, e-mail, lead generation with mobile-friendly viewing. This solution gives those franchises and brokers a much needed tool to lower their cost of prospect acquisition.

 

ReachFactor: Our social media and marketing platform under the “ReachFactor” brand name offers a variety of solutions to agents and brokers such as web design and web hosting, digital ad campaigns, blogging, social media management, reputation management and search engine optimization.

 

NestBuilder Website Portal: We provide a consumer real estate portal at www.nestbuilder.com which contains over 1.5 million listings. Unlike other leaders in the space that agents are seeking alternatives to, NestBuilder focuses on building agent’s brands and delivering high-quality leads. They achieve this by offering fully customizable webpages in NestBuilder Agent that will follow their homebuyer throughout the home search, ultimately turning NestBuilder.com into each agent’s very own national portal. We provide this website free of charge to consumer and agent.

 

Nestbuilder Agent: This agent-only platform allows agents to claim and customize their own web page to be used as a marketing platform. This platform interacts with nestbuilder.com site allowing agents to claim their listings and then create customized listing pages, as well as being able to pull other MLS property listings to create specialized marketing messages. Additionally, the agent can view the effectiveness of their marketing efforts through a dashboard that shows multiple statistics including number of views, time spent, origination and lead generation. This platform is provided free of charge and empowers the real estate agent with content and assets that they can use to pursue prospects and generate leads.

 

 

Ezflix Mobile App: The ezflix app is a free mobile/web video editor that pre-integrates with an agent’s listing data, allowing them to edit all of their listing’s data, and convert them into video with live video interstitial capabilities, audio recording and music. Ezflix can then share videos to all social media, email, and multiple other real estate portals including NestBuilder (www.nestbuilder.com) thereby giving agents a way to personalize their listing videos with entertaining local relevant content. This application is available in both Web and Mobile, was initially launched in both the Android and iOS versions in January and February 2015. This platform as it evolves will combine our VT (Virtual Tour) and MVA (Microvideo App) platform into one solution and distribute to multiple partners and resellers including Photographer and Videographer service providers’ network. This product integration has been substantially upgraded during 2015 and integrates with our Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 product (formerly PowerAgent) released in January 2016.

 

Growth Strategy

 

Key Elements of our growth strategy during fiscal 2016 include;

 

Leverage our proprietary video technology. While our proprietary video technology has been developed for the real estate industry, we believe this technology can be applied to other industries as well. In particular, we believe that the used car sale industry could benefit from our automated and seamless development engine.

 

Design and develop technology for the real estate industry. We will continue working to develop technologies to increase sales and efficiencies for the real estate professional.

 

Increase Sales Force. We intend to increase our sales force marginally in 2016 to facilitate the roll-out of our new Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 product.

 

Fiscal 2015 and First Quarter 2016 Developments.

 

Launch of Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 (formerly PowerAgent) Product. In January 2016, we launched our Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 product. This product integrates multiple channels of real estate marketing, combining video production and social media platforms with a goal of allowing agents to be more successful at closing sales.

 

Redemption of Convertible Notes. In December 2015, we consummated our settlement with Himmil Investments Ltd. pursuant to which we redeemed our outstanding 7.5% convertible promissory note issued to Himmil and cancellation of their common stock purchase warrants for $500,000. These convertible notes contained a variable conversion price which, in management’s opinion contributed to downward pressure on our stock price. The funds for the redemption of these notes resulted from the sale of our common stock and warrants which resulted in gross proceeds of $680,000. The balance of the proceeds (after redemption of the Himmil notes and broker fees) was applied to working capital.

 

Change of Control. In August 2015, we issued 35,000 shares of our series C preferred stock to our directors Don Monaco (20,000 shares) and Keith White (15,000 shares). Each share of our series C preferred stock is convertible into that number of shares of shares of common stock determined by dividing (i) the stated value ($5.00) by (ii) the conversion price then in effect ($0.05). Accordingly, the 35,000 shares of series C preferred stock are convertible into 3,500,000 shares of common stock. The holders of series C preferred stock vote together with holders of our common stock as a single class and each holder of series C preferred stock is entitled to the number of votes equal to one hundred (100) votes for each share of our common stock into which the series C preferred stock could be converted. Accordingly, the 35,000 shares of series C preferred stock are entitled to 350,000,000 votes. This issuance of series C preferred resulted in a change of control as the series C holders as a class held approximately 68% of the aggregate outstanding voting shares upon issuance (and individually Messrs’ Monaco and White’s shares of series C preferred stock provides them with approximately 39% and 29% of the aggregate outstanding voting shares, respectively).

 

Restructuring of management. In August 2015, we completed the restructuring of our management, financial reporting and operations from our former parent company, Monaker Group, Inc. The primary purpose of the restructuring was to eliminate unnecessary development expenses and unlock revenue opportunities by creating a unified technology platform. . In addition, William Kerby was appointed corporate secretary to the board and resigned as CEO and Chairman of the Board. He was replaced by Alex Aliksanyan as CEO and Don Monaco as Chairman of the Board in connection with this process.

 

 

 

Background and Industry Trends

 

We believe that the real estate market is undergoing a dramatic change not dissimilar to that previously experienced by traditional stock brokerages. We believe that the most critical aspect driving this change is the advent of the Internet as a tool for searching for and researching real estate, eliminating the commitments of time and expense involved with visiting multiple properties in person. According to the National Association of Realtors’ 2014 “Member Profile,” 89% of home buyers use the internet to search for a home, up from 74% in 2010. This mirrors the 69% who use a realtor for their search. Note: many buyers use both the internet and a realtor in their search. In addition, home sellers can use the Internet to check home valuations, track the housing market and research comparable sales information. The majority of consumers used the Internet frequently to search for homes (81%), with consumers aged 33 or younger being higher than average (92%) and 59-67 year olds below (although still high at 69%). Searches are often conducted on mobile devices such as iPhones (47%), iPads (40%) or Androids (24%). One of the most significant trends for our business is that 70% of homebuyers search for and watch video home tours. Also, real estate searches on Google have grown 253% over the past four years.

 

The increased use of technology throughout the entire process of a typical residential real estate transaction is an important development in the real estate market. For instance, electronic communication and electronic data storage permits a real estate brokerage to quickly reproduce standard real estate transaction documents, store such documents and store other important information about customers and properties, and communicate quickly with other parties involved in real estate transactions (e.g., title companies, insurers, surveyors, inspectors and governmental agencies), all of which permits increased efficiencies in the process of buying and selling a home. The technological changes and developments generally make it possible to effect a greater volume of transactions with less effort and expense.

 

We believe the technological developments in the real estate market and the increased amount of information available to and used by ordinary consumers appear to be circumstances that are similar to those developments that eventually gave rise to the non-traditional stock brokerages which have intruded upon the market dominance of traditional stock brokerages over the past two decades. For example, we note that the non-traditional stock brokerages developed their services and products to compete primarily on the bases of price, consumer effort and technology. Their websites, such as TD Ameritrade or e-Trade, provide not only trading capacity for the average consumer, but also a tremendous amount of information about companies. In this regard, we note that there has recently been a proliferation of various Internet-related real estate businesses that seek to provide either specific and limited services or information relating to residential real estate transactions (e.g., ForSaleByOwner.com, BuyOwner.com, Realtor.com, Trulia.com and Zillow.com). Like the non-traditional stock brokerages, these businesses typically rely on consumer effort, technology and price as the bases for competition

 

However the market models of Zillow/Trulia and Realtor are now in direct conflict with the enterprises that own the listings and that make the actual sales. The Zillow group’s main revenues are generated by advertising the listing as though another agent owned the listing, an agent that had paid Zillow for such display. Unaware, the consumer thus interacts with the displayed agent thinking they are the one that controls the listing. Then the display agent contacts the true agent and askes to 50/50 split the commission due on the sale. As the consumer power of the Zillow group has grown exponentially, they have substantially cut into the profits of the enterprises and agents that actually own the listings. Thus the battle lines are now drawn between the Zillow group and groups such as Realogy member of companies and Keller Williams.

 

We foresee direct and continuous pushback in 2016 by the enterprises against the Zillow group, in trying to neutralize their marketing power and take ownership back of their listings. As publicly owned companies the Zillow group can only grow revenues by increasing advertising rates to the agent community which strikes deep into agent discontent with the enterprises and the resulting demand in action. This competitive model is unique to the real estate industry and clearly will not follow the path of the aforementioned financial portals.

  

 

Website and Mobile Applications

 

RealBiz is utilizing its proprietary technological Intellectual Property along with its industry contracts to create two separate and very important critical paths for real estate professionals and their organizations to follow. By using its video processing capabilities combined with micro-site and website building techniques RealBiz has created an agent/broker micro-site product that leverages best practices in SEO (search engine optimization) on the agent/brokers behalf and delivers a web and mobile friendly rich media experience to consumers. This solution provides the broker a significant increase in organic ranking in local searches, increased site traffic and by doing so, reduces the agent/broker dependency on traditional listing aggregators. Secondly, by integrating marketing capabilities into a single powerful platform, we have entered the direct to agent sales model through Nestbuilder Agent 2.0, our proprietary marketing toolset. This strategy lowers risk threshold by distributing revenues throughout 1,200,000 registered agents in the US as well as providing a pathway to developing accelerating revenue stream via a monthly subscription model. While the former video generator intensive model for RealBiz will continue to be our primary revenue generator, we believe that our Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 will become the next generation of marketing for the real estate industry.

 

Market and Competition

 

The National Association of Realtors has approximately 1.2 million members, of which we estimate roughly half are active and associated with at least one real estate brokerage firm.

 

Presently, Zillow is the largest independent real estate market site, as measured by homes in its database and unique visitors to its website. In 2015 Zillow completed its acquisition of Trulia making it the single most powerful name in the real estate web marketplace. A full 29% of web property searches were conducted on the joint platforms in 2015. As part of the industry consolidation, NewsCorp recently acquired the 3rd largest real estate portal, Realtor.com. Additionally there are a variety of other websites which have meaningful market share and listing information. We believe a battle for the consumer mindset is now underway as the real estate enterprises enter into a competitive setting against Zillow/Trulia/Realtor/Homes. We also believe RealBiz can benefit from the acrimony as we have positioned ourselves as the friends of the enterprises and offer products and capabilities that will enhance the position of the enterprises by leveraging our technology.

 

 

Industry Segments

 

We currently operate in one primary operating segment, real estate, mainly through web-assisted services.

 

Seasonality of Business

 

The residential real estate market has traditionally experienced seasonality, with a peak in the spring and summer seasons and a decrease in activity during the fall and winter seasons. Revenues in each quarter can be significantly affected by activity during the prior quarter, given the time lag between contract execution and closing. A typical real estate transaction has a 30 day lag between contract signing and closing of the transaction.

 

Environmental Regulation

 

We are not subject to environmental regulations that have a material effect upon our capital expenditures or otherwise.

 

Other Regulation

 

We are subject to governmental regulation by federal, state and local regulatory authorities with respect to our operations. We operate several Internet websites that we use to distribute information about and provide our services and content. Internet services are now subject to regulation in the United States relating to the privacy and security of personally identifiable user information and acquisition of personal information from children under the age of 13, including the federal Child Online Protection Act (COPA) and the federal Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM). In addition, a majority of states have enacted laws that impose data security and security breach obligations. Additional federal and state laws and regulations may be adopted with respect to the Internet or other online services, covering such issues as user privacy, child safety, data security, advertising, pricing, content, copyrights and trademarks, access by persons with disabilities, distribution, taxation and characteristics and quality of products and services. In addition, to the extent we offer products and services to online consumers outside the United States, the laws and regulations of foreign jurisdictions, including, without limitation, consumer protection, privacy, advertising, data retention, intellectual property, and content limitations, may impose additional compliance obligations on us.

 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

 

The Company spends a significant amount of time and resources in developing new software and improving its current products. The Company has spent $835,000 and $575,000, respectively in research and development in each of the fiscal years ending 2014 and 2015. We believe that 2016 will see the benefits of revenue aggregation primarily through the Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 market release.

 

PROPERTIES

 

We maintain our principal executive offices at 201 W. Passaic St #301, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662. The Company does not currently pay rent in the aforementioned location.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

The Company has been granted perpetual licenses of patents which the Company uses for imaging and streaming tiled images as well as 3D image and warping technologies.

 

 Employees

 

The Company currently has 12 full-time and one part-time employee.

 

 

Corporate Structure and Information

 

Our principal offices are located at 201 W. Passaic Street, Suite 301, Rochelle Park, NJ, 07662, and our telephone number at that office is (201) 845-7001 x303. Our website address is www.realbizmedia.com. The information contained on our website or that can be accessed through our website does not constitute part of this document.

 

On October 9, 2012, we completed a share exchange (the “Exchange Transaction”) with Monaker Group, Inc. (formerly known as Next 1 Interactive, Inc.), a Nevada corporation (“Monaker”), that was contemplated by that certain Share Exchange Agreement entered into on April 4, 2012 (the “Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which we received all of the outstanding equity in Attaché Travel International, Inc., a Florida corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Monaker (“Attaché”) in consideration of our issuance to Monaker of 93 million shares of our newly designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (our “Series A Stock). Attaché owned approximately 80% of a corporation named RealBiz Holdings Inc. which is the parent corporation of RealBiz 360, Inc. (“RealBiz”). As a condition to the closing of the Exchange Transaction, on October 3, 2012, we changed our name from “Webdigs, Inc.” to “RealBiz Media Group, Inc.”, by engaging in a short-form parent-subsidiary merger in the State of Delaware.

 

On October 31, 2014, Monaker Group,Inc.’s equity interest in the company dropped below 50%. As a result, the Company was de-consolidated from Monaker Group, Inc. for accounting purposes.

 

In August 2015, we completed the restructuring of our management, financial reporting and operations from our former parent company, Monaker Group, Inc. The primary purpose of the reconstructuring was to eliminate unnecessary development expenses and unlock revenue opportunities by creating a unified technology platform.

 

On August 6, 2015, we issued 35,000 shares of our series C preferred stock to a company controlled by our Chairman, Don Monaco (20,000 shares) and our director, Keith White (15,000 shares). Mr. Monaco received his 20,000 shares in consideration of cancellation of $100,000 in indebtedness owed to him by our former parent company Monaker Group, Inc. which was convertible into 2 million shares of our common stock. Mr. White received his 15,000 shares of series C preferred stock in exchange for his previously held 15,000 shares of our series B preferred stock. Each share of our series C preferred stock is convertible into that number of shares of shares of common stock determined by dividing (i) the stated value ($5.00) by (ii) the conversion price then in effect ($0.05). Accordingly, the 35,000 shares of series C preferred stock are convertible into 3,500,000 shares of common stock. The holders of series C preferred stock vote together with holders of our common stock as a single class and each holder of series C preferred stock is entitled to the number of votes equal to one hundred (100) votes for each share of our common stock into which the series C preferred stock could be converted. Accordingly, the 35,000 shares of series C preferred stock are entitled to 350,000,000 votes. This issuance of series C preferred resulted in a change of control as the series C holders as a class held approximately 68% of the aggregate outstanding voting shares upon issuance (and individually Messrs’ Monaco and White’s shares of series C preferred stock provides them with approximately 39% and 29% of the aggregate outstanding voting shares, respectively). Prior to the issuance of the series C preferred stock, the holders of our series A preferred stock held approximately 30% of the aggregate voting shares (of which Monaker Group, Inc. held approximately 29.4% of the aggregate outstanding voting shares due to its ownership of the series A preferred stock).

 

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our common stock involves significant risks. Before deciding to invest in our common stock, you should carefully consider each of the following risk factors and all of the other information set forth in this document. The following risks could materially harm our business, financial condition or future results. If any such risks materialize, the value of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

We have no history of profitability.

 

Our former entity, Webdigs, began operations in July 2007 and to date has not generated a yearly profit. In addition, consolidated annual revenues remain around $1.2 million. As a young company, we are subject to all of the risks associated with a new business enterprise. Our prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early stages of development, especially in challenging and competitive industries such as residential real estate and mortgage brokerage and particularly in light of current general economic, real estate and credit market conditions.

 

We do not yet have a significant operating history which would provide you with meaningful information about our past or future operations. The Company has not yet achieved positive cash flow on a monthly basis during any fiscal year including the current fiscal year ending October 31, 2015 and there is significant risk to the survival of the enterprise.

 

There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

We have had net losses for the years ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 of $6,686,182 and $4,605,327 respectively. Furthermore, we had a working capital deficit as of October 31, 2015 of $1,152,189. Since the financial statements were prepared assuming that we would continue as a going concern, these conditions coupled with our current liquidity position raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Furthermore, since we are pursuing new products and services, this diminishes our ability to accurately forecast our revenues and expenses. We expect that our ability to continue as a going concern depends, in large part, on our ability to generate sufficient revenues, limit our expenses without sacrificing customer service, and obtain necessary financing. If we are unable to raise additional capital, we may be forced to discontinue our business.

 

 

 

We will require additional financing in the future, but such financing may not be available to us.

 

If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to fund the operation of our business. As a result, we would likely be forced to dramatically alter or cease operations. To date, our revenues from operations have not generated cash flow sufficient to finance our operations and growth. We will require as a result significant additional capital to continue our operations. There can be no assurance given that we will be able to secure additional financing in the future.

 

We critically rely on our executive management, and the loss of certain members of management would materially and negatively affect us.

 

Our success materially depends upon the efforts of our management and other key personnel, including but not limited to our Chief Executive Officer, Alex Aliksanyan. If we lose the services of any of these members of management, our business would be materially and adversely affected. We have entered into formal employment services and non-competition agreements with Mr. Aliksanyan and our Chief Financial Officer, Thomas M. Grbelja. Furthermore, we do not have “key person” life insurance, and we do not presently intend to purchase such insurance.

 

Our future success also depends upon our ability to attract and retain highly qualified management personnel and other employees. Any difficulties in obtaining, retaining and training qualified employees could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation or financial condition. The process of identifying such personnel with the combination of skills and attributes required to carry out our strategy is often lengthy. Any difficulties in obtaining and retaining qualified managers and employees could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation or financial condition.

 

We may be unable to obtain sufficient market acceptance of our services.

 

The market for residential real estate sales is well-established. However, the market for non-traditional residential real estate sales is relatively new, developing and even more uncertain. As is typical in the case of a new and rapidly evolving industry, demand and market acceptance for products and services are subject to tremendous uncertainty. Our future growth and financial performance will almost entirely depend upon consumers’ acceptance of our products and services. In this regard, the failure of advertisers to accept our model or the inability of our services to satisfy consumer expectations, would have a material adverse effect on our business, and could cause us to cease operations.

 

We rely on third parties for key aspects of the process of providing services to our customers, and any failure or interruption in the services provided by these third parties could harm our ability to operate our business and damage our reputation.

 

We rely on third-party vendors, including website providers and information technology vendors. Any disruption in access to the websites developed and hosted by these third-party providers or any failure of these third-party providers to handle current or higher volumes of use could significantly harm our business. Any financial or other difficulties our providers face may have negative effects on our business, the nature and extent of which we cannot predict. We exercise little or no control over all of these third-party vendors, which increases our vulnerability to problems with the services they provide.

 

In addition, we license technology and related databases from third parties to facilitate aspects of our website and connectivity operations. Any errors, failures, interruptions or delays experienced in connection with these third-party technologies and information services could materially and negatively impact our relationship with our customers and adversely affect our brand and our business. It is possible that such errors, failures, interruptions or delays could even expose us to liabilities to our customers or other third parties.

 

Interruption or failure of our information technology and communications systems would impair our ability to effectively provide our services, which could in turn damage our reputation and harm our business.

 

Our ability to provide our services critically depends on the continuing operation of our information technology and communications systems. Any damage to or failure of our systems would likely result in interruptions in our service to customers and the closings of real estate transactions from which we principally derive revenue. Accordingly, interruptions in our service would likely reduce our revenues and profits, and our brand could be damaged, perhaps irreparably, if people believe our system and services are unreliable.

 

 

To our knowledge, our systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from terrorist or malicious attacks, floods, tornados, fires, power loss, telecommunications failures, computer viruses and other attempts to harm our systems, and similar types of events. Our data centers are subject to break-ins, sabotage and intentional acts of vandalism, and to other potential disruptions. Some of our systems are not fully redundant (i.e., backed up), and our disaster recovery planning cannot account for all eventualities. The occurrence of a natural disaster, or a decision to close a facility we are using without adequate notice for financial reasons or other unanticipated problems at our data centers, could result in lengthy interruptions in our service. Any unscheduled interruption in our service would likely place a burden on our entire organization and result in an immediate loss of revenue. The steps we have taken to increase the reliability and redundancy of our systems are expensive, reduce our operating margin and even then may not be successful in reducing the frequency or duration of unscheduled downtime.

 

Our operations are dependent upon our ability to protect our intellectual property, which could be costly.

 

Our technology is the cornerstone of our business and our success will depend in part upon protecting any technology we use or may develop from infringement, misappropriation, duplication and discovery, and avoiding infringement and misappropriation of third party rights. Our intellectual property is essential to our business, and our ability to compete effectively with other companies depends on the proprietary nature of our technologies. We do not have patent protection for our proprietary video on demand technology. We rely upon trade secrets, know-how, continuing technological innovations and licensing opportunities to develop, maintain, and strengthen its competitive position. Although we have confidentiality provisions in the agreements with our employees and independent contractors, there can be no assurance that such agreements can fully protect our intellectual property, be enforced in a timely manner or that any such employees or consultants will not violate their agreements with us.

 

Furthermore, we may have to take legal action in the future to protect our trade secrets or know-how, or to defend them against claimed infringement of the rights of others. Any legal action of that type could be costly and time-consuming to us, and there can be no assurance that such actions will be successful. The invalidation of key proprietary rights which we own or unsuccessful outcomes in lawsuits to protect our intellectual property may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

If we cannot adequately protect our intellectual property rights, our competitors may be able to compete more directly with us, which could adversely affect our competitive position and, as a result, our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our certificate of incorporation grants our Board of Directors, without any action or approval by our stockholders, the power to designate and issue preferred stock with rights, preferences and privileges that may be adverse to the rights of the holders of our common stock.

 

On July 31, 2014, the Board and the holders of a majority of the voting power of our shareholders approved an amendment to our articles of incorporation to increase our authorized shares of common stock to 250,000,000 from 125,000,000 and increased the Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to 120,000,000 from 100,000,000. Additionally, on July 31, 2014, the Board designated the terms of 1,000,000 Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and on May 5, 2015 we filed a certificate of designation with the Delaware Secretary of State designating 1,000,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock

 

The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Company shall have the authority to issue is 375,000,000 shares consisting of: (i) 250,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of which 149,994,879 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of this report and (ii) 125,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share of which (A) 120,000,000 shares have been designated as Series A Convertible Preferred of which 45,188,600 are outstanding as of the date of this report (B) 1,000,000 shares have been designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, of which no shares are outstanding as of the date of this report and (C) 1,000,000 have been designated as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, of which 35,000 shares are outstanding as of the date of this report. (D) 3,000,000 remaining shares to be designated for additional series of preferred stock as necessary.

 

Pursuant to authority granted by our certificate of incorporation and applicable state law, our Board of Directors, without any action or approval by our stockholders, may designate and issue shares in such classes or series (including other classes or series of preferred stock) as it deems appropriate and establish the rights, preferences and privileges of such shares, including dividends, liquidation and voting rights. The rights of holders of other classes or series of capital stock, including preferred stock that may be issued could be superior to the rights of the shares of common stock offered hereby. The designation and issuance of shares of capital stock having preferential rights could adversely affect other rights appurtenant to the shares of our common stock. Finally, any issuances of additional capital stock (common or preferred) will dilute the percentage of ownership interest of our stockholders and may dilute the per-share book value of the Company. For example, our Series C Preferred contain voting rights which provide each share of Series C Preferred Stock with 100 votes for each shares of common stock into which the Series C Preferred Stock is convertible. Accordingly, our currently outstanding 35,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock (which are convertible into 3.5 million shares) are entitled to 350,000,000 votes on any matter presented for a vote to our common stockholders. This has resulted in the holders of our Series C Preferred Stock having voting majority voting control of our corporation.

 

There is a limited trading market for our shares.  You may not be able to sell your shares if you need money.

 

Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Markets (QB Marketplace Tier), an inter-dealer automated quotation system for equity securities.  During the three months ended February 5, 2016, the average daily trading volume of our common stock was approximately 105,713 shares.  As of January 27, 2016, we had 475 record holders of our common stock (not including an indeterminate number of stockholders whose shares are held by brokers in “street name”).  There has been limited trading activity in our stock, and when it has traded, the price has fluctuated widely.  We consider our common stock to be “thinly traded” and any last reported sale prices may not be a true market-based valuation of the common stock.  Stockholders may experience difficulty selling their shares if they choose to do so because of the illiquid market and limited public float for our common stock.

 

 

We are required to comply with governmental regulations, which will increase our costs and could prohibit us from conducting business in certain jurisdictions.

 

We are subject to governmental regulation by federal, state and local regulatory authorities with respect to our real estate business. Governmental bodies may change the regulatory framework within which we intend to operate, without providing any recourse for adverse effects that the change may have on our business.

 

We can give no assurance that we will be able to comply with existing laws and regulations, that additional regulations that harm our business will not be adopted, or that we will continue to maintain our licenses, approvals or authorizations. Our failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations, or the adoption of new laws and regulations restricting our intended operations, could have a material adverse effect on our business and could cause us to cease operations.

 

The efforts of the National Association of Realtors or other organizations could prevent us from operating our business, and could lead to the imposition of significant restrictions on our operations.

 

The National Association of Realtors, which represents real estate brokerages, has issued rules that attempt to block access of web-assisted real estate companies to the Multiple Listing System (MLS) and may adopt additional rules intended to reduce or eliminate competition from web-assisted (online) discount real estate businesses such as Realbiz. Our business is dependent upon the ability to access the MLS to be competitive. We can give no assurance that the National Association of Realtors will not be successful in preventing our access to the MLS, or that it or another organization will not be successful in adopting rules or imposing other restrictions on web-assisted real estate businesses such as Realbiz. Such adoption or imposition of regulations or restrictions would have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Competition in the traditional and online residential real estate industry is intense.

 

The residential real estate industry is highly competitive. We believe that important competitive factors in this industry include (but are not limited to) price, service, and ease of use. We presently face competition from numerous companies engaged in traditional residential real estate marketing services and we expect online competition to increase in the future from existing and new competitors. Most of our current and potential competitors have substantially greater financial, marketing and technical resources than us, as well as significant operating histories. Accordingly, we may not be able to compete successfully against new or existing competitors. Furthermore, competition may reduce the prices we are able to charge for our services, thereby potentially lowering revenues and margins, which would likely have a material adverse effect on our results of operation and financial condition.

 

The online residential real estate industry is subject to significant and rapid technological change.

 

The online residential real estate industry is subject to rapid innovation and technological change, shifting customer preferences, new service introductions and competition from traditional real estate brokerage firms. Competitors in this market have frequently taken different strategic approaches and have launched substantially different products or services in order to exploit the same perceived market opportunity. Although we believe that we are offering a unique solution, there can be no assurance that our services will be competitive technologically or otherwise, or that any other services developed by us will be competitive.

 

Our ability to compete in this industry will depend upon, among other things, broad acceptance of our services and on our ability to continually improve current and future services we may develop to meet changing customer requirements. There can be no assurance that we will successfully identify new service or product opportunities and develop and bring to the market new and enhanced solutions in a timely manner, that such products or services will be commercially successful, that we will benefit from such development, or that products and services developed by others will not render our products and services noncompetitive or obsolete. If we are unable to penetrate markets in a timely manner in response to changing market conditions or customer requirements, or if new or enhanced products or services do not achieve a significant degree of market acceptance, our business would be materially and adversely affected.

 

We may be impacted by general economic conditions within the United States residential real estate market.

 

The residential real estate market has experienced vast fluctuations in recent times. In some years, real estate home sales are brisk, while in other years the residential real estate market has been stagnant. Our ability to attract home sellers and buyers to use our website will, in part, depend upon consumers’ willingness in general to buy or sell a home. When consumers sense that the overall economy is not doing well, they are less likely to make an expensive purchase such as a home.

 

In addition, unemployment remains at the high levels by historical standards. There also remains an enormous inventory of unsold and vacant homes. In the first quarter of 2010, the US Census Bureau reported there were 19 million vacant homes in the United States.

 

 

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal controls, and we cannot provide assurances that these weaknesses will be effectively remediated or that additional material weaknesses will not occur in the future. If our internal control over financial reporting or our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results, prevent fraud, or file our periodic reports in a timely manner, which may cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and may lead to a decline in our stock price.

 

Our most recent evaluation of our internal controls resulted in our conclusion that our disclosure controls and procedures and that our internal control over financial reporting were not effective .Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. In our case, our failure to achieve and maintain an effective internal control environment could cause us to be unable to produce reliable financial reports or prevent fraud. This may cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could in turn have a material adverse effect on our stock price.

 

Our lack of an independent audit committee and audit committee financial expert at this time may hinder our board of directors’ effectiveness in fulfilling the functions of the audit committee without undue influence from management and until we establish such committee will prevent us from obtaining a listing on a national securities exchange.

 

Although our common stock is not listed on any national securities exchange, for purposes of independence we use the definition of independence applied by NASDAQ. Currently, we have no independent audit committee. Our full board of directors functions as our audit committee and is comprised of six directors, one of whom is considered to be "independent" in accordance with the requirements set forth in NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(a)(2). An independent audit committee plays a crucial role in the corporate governance process, assessing our Company's processes relating to our risks and control environment, overseeing financial reporting, and evaluating internal and independent audit processes. The lack of an independent audit committee may prevent the board of directors from being independent from management in its judgments and decisions and its ability to pursue the responsibilities of an audit committee without undue influence. We may have difficulty attracting and retaining directors with the requisite qualifications. If we are unable to attract and retain qualified, independent directors, the management of our business could be compromised. An independent audit committee is required for listing on any national securities exchange, therefore until such time as we meet the audit committee independence requirements of a national securities exchange we will be ineligible for listing on any national securities exchange.

 

Our board of directors act as our compensation committee, which presents the risk that compensation and benefits paid to those executive officers who are board members and other officers may not be commensurate with our financial performance.

 

A compensation committee consisting of independent directors is a safeguard against self-dealing by company executives. Our board of directors acts as the compensation committee and determines the compensation and benefits of our executive officers, administers our employee stock and benefit plans, and reviews policies relating to the compensation and benefits of our employees. Our lack of an independent compensation committee presents the risk that our executive officer on the board may have influence over his personal compensation and benefits levels that may not be commensurate with our financial performance.

 

Certain provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and our bylaws may have anti-takeover effects which may make an acquisition of our company by another company more difficult.

 

We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, which prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination, including mergers and asset sales, with an interested stockholder (generally, a 15% or greater stockholder) for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. The operation of Section 203 may have anti-takeover effects, which could delay, defer or prevent a takeover attempt that a holder of our common stock might consider in its best interest.

 

Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that permit us to issue, without any further vote or action by the stockholders, up to 125,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting the series and the designation of the series, the voting powers, if any, of the shares of the series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions, of the shares of such series.

 

Our bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called only by the chairman or by our board. Stockholders are not permitted to call a special meeting of stockholders, to require that the board call such a special meeting, or to require that our board request the calling of a special meeting of stockholders.

 

These provisions on our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaw may have anti-takeover effects, which could delay, defer or prevent a takeover attempt that a holder of our common stock might consider in its best interest

 

 

Our officers and directors control approximately 66% of the votes eligible to vote on any matter presented to the stockholders and so long as they do, they will control the outcome of stockholder voting.

 

Our officers and directors collectively hold approximately 66% of the total outstanding votes eligible to vote on any matter presented to the stockholders for a vote as of the date of this report.  As long as our officers and directors collectively own a majority of the outstanding voting securities, our other shareholders will be unable to affect or change the management or the direction of our company without the support of our officers and directors.  As a result, some investors may be unwilling to purchase our common stock.  If the demand for our common stock is reduced because our officers and directors have a majority influence over our company, the price of our common stock could be materially depressed.  The officers and directors will be able to control the outcome of all corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors, amendments to our certificate of incorporation and approval of significant corporate transactions.

 

We are subject to the penny stock rules and these rules may adversely affect trading in our common stock.

 

Our common stock is a “low-priced” security under rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In accordance with these rules, broker-dealers participating in transactions in low-priced securities must first deliver a risk disclosure document which describes the risks associated with such stocks, the broker-dealer’s duties in selling the stock, the customer’s rights and remedies and certain market and other information.  Furthermore, the broker-dealer must make a suitability determination approving the customer for low-priced stock transactions based on the customer’s financial situation, investment experience and objectives.  Broker-dealers must also disclose these restrictions in writing to the customer, obtain specific written consent from the customer, and provide monthly account statements to the customer.  The effect of these restrictions probably decreases the willingness of broker-dealers to make a market in our common stock, decreases liquidity of our common stock and increases transaction costs for sales and purchases of our common stock as compared to other securities.

 

We have never paid cash dividends and have no plans to pay cash dividends in the future

 

Holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors. To date, we have paid no cash dividends on our shares of our preferred or common stock and we do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015, we issued 10,596,452 of our common shares to satisfy our previous accrued and declared Series A preferred dividends. We intend to retain future earnings, if any, to provide funds for operations of our business. Therefore, any return investors in our preferred or common stock may have will be in the form of appreciation, if any, in the market value of their shares of common stock.

  

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

 

None.

 

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

 

We maintain our principal executive offices at 201 W. Passaic Street, Suite 301, Rochelle Park, NJ, 07662. The Company is being provided this office space at no cost.

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

On August 17, 2015, the Company filed a Complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California, in San Diego County, California, against former employees Steven Marques, Sherry Marques and Sean Herschmiller as well as Ken Marques, Amozaio LLC, Mike O’Donnell, Bobbie Ayers, Showoff.com, Inc., Philip Bliss, Tom Klawsuc, and Perceptible Inc. (“Defendants”).  The Complaint further alleges that the Defendants misappropriated confidential business information and proprietary and confidential trade secrets of the Company in setting up a rival business utilizing the Company’s proprietary technology and current customers.  The Complaint further alleges that the former employees Steven Marques, Sherry Marques and Sean Herschmiller breached their positions of trust and confidence and their duties of loyalty to the Company by using their positions with the company and information acquired in those positions to set up a business in direct competition with the Company, and the remaining Defendant’s conspired with the Company’s former employees to misappropriate and use the Company’s confidential business information and solicit and attempt to steal clients from the Company.   The Complaint seeks, among other things, (i) general and special damages in an amount to be proven at trial; (ii) punitive and exemplary damages in an amount sufficient to punish and deter such conduct; and (iii) a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunctions enjoining and retraining the Defendants from using or otherwise disclosing or distributing the Company’s property or trade secrets. 

 

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

PART II

 

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

General

 

Our common stock is listed on the OTCQB under the symbol RBIZ. Our stock began trading under the symbol “WBDG” on December 19, 2008 and changed to “RBIZ” on October 5, 2012. The following table shows our high and low closing prices of our common stock at the end of each quarter for the fiscal years 2015 and 2014 and the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2016.

 

 

Period		High Price				Low Price
Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2016
First Quarter		$	0.0655			$	0.0250
Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2015
First Quarter		$	0.37			$	0.080
Second Quarter		$	0.39			$	0.070
Third Quarter		$	0.10			$	0.027
Fourth Quarter		$	0.14			$	0.022
Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2014
First Quarter		$	2.60			$	0.92
Second Quarter		$	1.00			$	0.13
Third Quarter		$	0.27			$	0.11
Fourth Quarter		$	0.18			$	0.07

 

 

Our closing stock price on February 3, 2016 was $0.03. As January 27, 2016, we had approximately 475 holders of record of our common stock.

 

 

Dividends

 

We have not paid any dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying any such dividends in the near future. Instead, we intend to use any earnings for future acquisitions and expanding our business. Nevertheless, at this time there are not any restrictions on our ability to pay dividends on our common stock.

 

 

Potential Anti-Takeover Effects

 

Certain provisions set forth in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, in our bylaws and in Delaware law, which are summarized below, may be deemed to have an anti-takeover effect and may delay, deter or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider to be in its best interests, including attempts that might result in a premium being paid over the market price for the shares held by stockholders.

 

Blank Check Preferred Stock. Our Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that permit us to issue, without any further vote or action by the stockholders, up to 125,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting the series and the designation of the series, the voting powers, if any, of the shares of the series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions, of the shares of such series.

 

Special Meetings of Stockholders. Our bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called only by the chairman or by our board. Stockholders are not permitted to call a special meeting of stockholders, to require that the board call such a special meeting, or to require that our board request the calling of a special meeting of stockholders.

 

 

While the foregoing provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and Delaware law may have an anti-takeover effect, these provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of the Board of Directors and in the policies formulated by the Board of Directors and to discourage certain types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened change of control. In that regard, these provisions are designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition proposal. The provisions also are intended to discourage certain tactics that may be used in proxy fights. However, such provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares and, as a consequence, they also may inhibit fluctuations in the market price of our common stock that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. Such provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in our management.

 

Delaware Takeover Statute

 

In general, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits a Delaware corporation that is a public company from engaging in any “business combination” (as defined below) with any “interested stockholder” (defined generally as an entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation and any entity or person affiliated with such entity or person) for a period of three years following the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless: (1) prior to such date, the Board of Directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder; (2) on consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding those shares owned (x) by persons who are directors and also officers and (y) by employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or (3) on or subsequent to such date, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law defines “business combination” to include: (1) any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder; (2) any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of ten percent or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder; (3) subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder; (4) any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or (5) the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

Our transfer agent is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, located at 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219. The transfer agent’s telephone number is (718) 921-8200. The transfer agent is registered under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Listing

 

Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTC Markets (QB Marketplace Tier) under the symbol RBIZ.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

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Effective August 28, 2015, we issued 1,000,000 shares of our common stock to a company controlled by the Chairman on our board of directors for $50,000. The proceeds were used for working capital and general corporate purposes. We relied on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended for this issuance.

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Effective September 15, 2015, we issued 1,587,302 shares of our common stock to a company controlled by the Chairman on our board of directors for $100,000. The proceeds were used for working capital and general corporate purposes. We relied on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended for this issuance.

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Effective September 25, 2015, we issued 6,845,714 shares of our common stock to the holders of series A preferred stock in consideration of the accrued and unpaid dividend of $915,447 due at August 31, 2014. We did not receive any proceeds for this issuance. We relied on the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended for this issuance.

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On Effective September 25, 2015, we issued 3,750,738 shares of our common stock to the holders of series A preferred stock in consideration of the accrued and unpaid dividend of $239,644 due at April 30, 2015. We did not receive any proceeds for this issuance. We relied on the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended for this issuance.

●	See Item 2, Part II of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 31, 2015.

●	See our Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 6, 2015 and filed on November 12, 2015.

●	See our Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 30, 2015 and filed on December 3, 2015.

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From September 24, 2015 to October 31, 2015, we issued 1,468,091 shares of our common stock upon conversion of convertible promissory notes as requested by the note holder in accordance with contractual terms. The aggregate principle and interest amount of the notes that were converted was $50,184. We relied on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) and/or Section (a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

●	On September, 28 2015, we issued 1,503,183 million shares of our common stock upon conversion of 45,100 shares of the holders of Monaker Dual Convertible Series D preferred shares held in the former parent company Monaker Group Inc. We did not receive any proceeds for the issuance of these shares.

 

●	On October 20, 2015, we issued 1,000,000 shares to a single accredited investor for cash proceeds of $6,000. The proceeds were used for working capital and general corporate purposes. We relied on the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended for this issuance.

 

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Effective November 19, 2015, we agreed to issue 1 million shares of our common stock to a company controlled by our chairman in consideration for his agreement to cancel and extinguish a $50,000 promissory note. We relied on the exception provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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On December 1, 2015, we issued 421,500 shares of our common stock valued at $42,150 as payment for accrued interest on certain convertible promissory notes as requested by the note holders in accordance with contractual terms. We did not receive any proceeds for the issuance of these shares. The recipients of these shares represented their intentions to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends were placed upon the stock certificates issued in these transactions. We relied on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

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On December 1, 2015, we issued 1 million shares of our common stock to our Chief Executive Officer upon conversion of 30,000 shares of convertible Series D preferred of Monaker Group, Inc. We did not receive any proceeds for the issuance of these shares. We relied on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) and/or Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this item.

 

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

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes that appear elsewhere in this filing.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

Some of the statements made in this section of our report are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements generally relate to and are based upon our current plans, expectations, assumptions and projections about future events. Our management currently believes that the various plans, expectations, and assumptions reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable. Nevertheless, all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and our actual future results may be materially different from the plans, objectives or expectations, or our assumptions and projections underlying our present plans, objectives and expectations, which are expressed in this section.

 

In light of the foregoing, prospective investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements included in this filing may ultimately prove to be inaccurate—even materially inaccurate. Because of the significant uncertainties inherent in such forward-looking statements, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation or warranty by Realbiz Media Group, Inc. or any other person that our objectives, plans, expectations or projections that are contained in this filing will be achieved in any specified time frame, if ever. We undertake no obligation to publicly release any revisions to the forward-looking statements or reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document. The risks discussed in the Item 1A of this filing should be considered in evaluating our prospects and future performance.

 

General Overview

 

We are engaged in the business of providing digital media and marketing services for the real estate industry. We currently generate revenue from service fees (video creation and production and website hosting (ReachFactor)) and product sales (Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 (formerly PowerAgent) and Microvideo app). We were formed through the merging of three divisions: (i) our fully licensed real estate division (formerly known as Webdigs); (ii) our TV media contracts (Home Preview Channel /Extraordinary Vacation Homes) division; and (iii) our Real Estate Virtual Tour and Media group (Realbiz 360). The assets of these divisions were used to create a new suite of real estate products and services that create stickiness through the utilization of video, social media and loyalty programs. At the core of our programs is our proprietary video creation technology which allows for an automated conversion of data (text and pictures of home listings) to a video with voice and music. We provide video search, storage and marketing capabilities on multiple platform dynamics for web, mobile, and TV. Once a home, personal or community video is created using our proprietary technology, it can be published to social media, email or distributed to multiple real estate websites, broadband or television for consumer viewing.

 

 

Fiscal 2015 was a transformative year for RealBiz Media Group Inc.  Almost all functional elements were reorganized and reconfigured, including a de-consolidation of our management, financial reporting and operations from our former parent company, Monaker Group, Inc.  We restructured our senior management positions, including appointments of a new CEO, CFO and CTO. Nevertheless our revenues were up 12.8% in the year ended October 31, 2015 from 2014 with a 11.9% increase in our gross profit.

  

Much effort was made in building efficiency via a combination of cost cutting, asset reallocation and strategic reorganization of business units.  These efforts, among other items, resulted in a reduction of our net cash used in operations from $2,306,959 in the year ended October 31, 2014 to $1,527,745 in the year ended October 31, 2015, representing a 34% reduction.

  

As a result of these actions and decisions, as well as the increase in net cash provided by our financing activities of $223,026 in fiscal 2015, our cash on hand increased from $20,066 in the year ended October 31, 2014 to $307,774 in the year ended October 31, 2015, representing an increase of over 1400%.  Including accounts receivable, our total current assets increased from $141,774 in the year ended October 31, 2014 to $466,726 in the comparable 2015 period. This was accomplished while we also significantly decreased our accounts payable and accrued expenses this year from $1,880,294 in the year ended October 31, 2014 to $743,659 in the year ended October 31, 2015, representing a decrease of $1,136,635 or approximately 60%.

 

With the reorganization and de-consolidation substantially implemented, management anticipates the full impact of these strategic actions to be demonstrated in our financial performance during fiscal 2016.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report.

 

Revenues

 

Total revenue increased $140,242 or 12.83% for the year ended October 31, 2015 to $1,230,916 compared to $1,090,674 for the year ended October 31, 2014. The increase is primarily a result of the maintenance of the legacy virtual tour business and modest growth from some of the newer agent marketing products released during the current fiscal year.

 

Cost of Revenue

 

Cost of revenues totaled $474,292 for year ended October 31, 2015, compared to $414,652 for the year ended October 31, 2014, representing an increase of $59,640. Cost of revenues consists primarily of engineering cost incurred in connection with maintenance of our online networks.

 

Operating Expenses    Our operating expenses, include salaries and benefits, selling and promotion, impairment of intangible assets, amortization and depreciation and general and administrative expenses, increased 32.7% to 6,827,750, for the year ended October 31, 2015, compared to $5,230,209 for the year ended October 31, 2014, an increase of $1,710,042. This increase was substantially due to increases in amortization and depreciation of $126,913, salaries and benefits of $117,321, professional fees of $109,707 and impairment to intangible assets of $1,677,106 and to a lesser extent due an increase in occupancy related fees of $65,015 and sales and marketing expense of $30,482. This was partially offset by a decrease in consulting fees of $162,009 investor relations and commissions of $72,122, travel expenses of $86,895 and to a lesser extent a decrease in legal and audit of $68,877, and telephone of $12,988.

 

Other Income (Expenses) 

 

Our other expenses, net increased $563,915 to $615,055 for year ended October 31, 2015 compared to $51,140 of other expenses for year ended October 31, 2014. This increase was substantially due to an increase in interest expense to $806,272 for the year ended October 31, 2015, compared to $3,919 for the year ended October 31, 2014, an increase from the prior year of $116,794 from the change in fair value of derivative liabilities offset by a gain on forgiveness of debt of $301,920 and an increase in foreign exchange gains of $42,709.

 

 

 

Net Loss 

 

We had a net loss of $6,686,182 for the year ended October 31, 2015, compared to net loss of $4,605,327 for the year ended October 31, 2014, an increase of $2,080,855. The increase in loss from 2014 to 2015 was primarily due to increases of $126,913 in the amortization and depreciation of intangible and fixed assets, interest expense of $802,353 and loss on impairment of $1,677,106 in the year ended October 31, 2015 from the 2014 period.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources; Anticipated Financing Needs

 

At October 31, 2015, we had $307,774 cash on-hand, an increase of $287,708 from $20,066 at the start of fiscal 2015.

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $1,527,745 for the year ended October 31, 2015, a decrease of $779,214 from $2,306,959 used during the year ended October 31, 2014. This decrease was primarily due to increases in amortization and depreciation expense of $126,913, impairment of intangible assets of $1,677,106, offset by gains on forgiveness of notes payable and accrued expenses and a decreased in stock based compensation and consulting fees when compared to fiscal 2014.

 

Net cash used in investing activities decreased to $120,547 for the year ended October 31, 2015, compared to $749,580 for the year ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $629,033 primarily due decreases in payments towards software development costs and to a lesser extent the purchase of computer equipment.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $223,026 to $1,936,000 for the year ended October 31, 2015, compared to $1,712,974, for the year ended October 31, 2014. This increase was primarily due to an increase of $1,515,000 in proceeds received from issuance of convertible and other promissory notes payable, offset by a decrease in proceeds received from the issuance of common stock, warrants and subscription advances of $ 1,363,188 and an increase in payments of $53,786 for loans payable

 

Critical Accounting Policies

In December 2001, the SEC requested that all registrants list their most “critical accounting polices” in the Management Discussion and Analysis. The SEC indicated that a “critical accounting policy” is one which is both important to the portrayal of a company’s financial condition and results, and requires management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. We have identified the policies below as critical to our understanding of the results of our business operations. We discuss the impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results.

 

In the ordinary course of business, we have made a number of estimates and assumptions in preparing our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates and assumptions. The following critical accounting policies are those that are most important to the portrayal of our consolidated financial statements. These policies require our most difficult, subjective, and complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. For a summary of all of our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies discussed below, refer to Note 1 — “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” included in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements”,

 

We consider the following accounting policies to be those most important to the portrayal of our results of operations and financial condition:

 

Revenue Recognition. Real estate brokerage revenues were recognized at the closing of a real estate transaction. Fees due to third party real estate agents or clients are accrued at the time of closing and treated as an offset to gross revenues.

 

Income Taxes. The Company accounts for income taxes using an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Accordingly, deferred tax assets and liabilities arise from the difference between the tax basis of an asset or liability and its reported amount in the consolidated financial statements. Deferred tax amounts are determined using the tax rates expected to be in effect when the taxes will actually be paid or refunds received, as provided under currently enacted tax law. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. Income tax expense or benefit is the tax payable or refundable, respectively, for the period plus or minus the change in deferred tax assets and liabilities during the period. The Company has recorded a full valuation allowance for its net deferred tax assets as of October 31, 2014 and 2013 because realization of those assets is not reasonably assured.

 

The Company will recognize a financial statement benefit of a tax position only after determining that the relevant tax authority would more likely than not sustain the position following an audit. For tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-not threshold, the amount recognized in the financial statements is the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the relevant tax authority.

 

The Company believes its income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained upon examination and, accordingly, no reserves, or related accruals for interest and penalties has been recorded at October 31, 2015 and 2014.

 

 

Share-Based Compensation. The Company accounts for stock incentive plans by measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based awards based on estimated fair values, net of estimated forfeitures. Share-based compensation expense recognized For the Years Ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 includes compensation cost for restricted stock awards and stock options. The Company uses the Black- Scholes option-pricing model to determine the fair value of options granted as of the grant date.

 

Accounts Receivable. . The Company regularly reviews outstanding receivables and provides for estimated losses through an allowance for doubtful accounts. In evaluating the level of established loss reserves, the Company makes judgments regarding its customers’ ability to make required payments, economic events and other factors. As the financial condition of these parties change, circumstances develop or additional information becomes available, adjustments to the allowance for doubtful accounts may be required. The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses, and such losses traditionally have been within its expectations. For the Years Ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company determined the allowance for doubtful accounts to be $-0- for both fiscal years.

 

Office Equipment and Fixtures. Office equipment and fixtures are recorded at cost. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred; major renewals and betterments are capitalized. When items of property or equipment are sold or retired, the related costs and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in operating income.

 

Depreciation is provided on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets as follows:

 

Office equipment	3 years
Furniture and fixtures	3 years

 

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). This ASU affects any entity that either enters into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services or enters into contracts for the transfer of nonfinancial assets unless those contracts are within the scope of other standards (for example, insurance contracts or lease contracts). This ASU will supersede the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and most industry-specific guidance throughout the Industry Topics of the codification. Additionally, this ASU supersedes some cost guidance included in Subtopic 605-35, Revenue Recognition-Construction-Type and Production-Type Contracts. The guidance's core principle is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised 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. In applying the revenue principles, an entity will identify the performance obligations, determine the transaction price, allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations and recognize revenue when the performance obligation is satisfied. The ASU further states that an entity should disclose sufficient information to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual reporting periods (including interim reporting periods within those periods) beginning after December 15, 2016, for public companies. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company is still evaluating the provisions of ASU 2014-09 and its impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, “Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant, and Equipment,” (ASU 2014-08). This ASU changes the threshold for reporting discontinued operations and adds new disclosures. The new guidance defines a discontinued operation as a disposal of a component or group of components that is disposed of or is classified as held for sale and “represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on our operations and financial results.” For disposals of individually significant components that do not qualify as discontinued operations, the Company must disclose pre-tax earnings of the disposed component. This guidance is effective for us prospectively for all disposals (or classifications as held for sale) of components of an entity that occur within annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014, and interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted, but only for disposals (or classifications as held for sale) that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued or available for issuance. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Seasonality of Business

 

The residential real estate market has traditionally experienced seasonality, with a peak in the spring and summer seasons and a decrease in activity during the fall and winter seasons. Revenues in each quarter can be significantly affected by activity during the prior quarter, given the time lag between contract execution and closing. A typical real estate transaction has a 30 day lag between contract signing and closing of the transaction.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

 

ITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Not applicable

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

See financial statements starting on page 30.

 

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of October 31, 2015 to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Management’s Annual Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Based on this evaluation and taking into account that certain material weaknesses existed as of October 31, 2015, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.  As a result of this conclusion, the financial statements for the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K were prepared with particular attention to the material weaknesses previously disclosed. Notwithstanding the material weaknesses in internal controls that continue to exist as of October 31, 2015, we have concluded that the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K present fairly, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). 

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f), is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by our Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:

 

	•	Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;
	•	Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and
	•	Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use of disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

  

 

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2015. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework.

 

A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.  In connection with the assessment described above, management has re-evaluated the control deficiencies identified in the prior fiscal year.

 

We conclude that, as of October 31, 2015, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective based on the criteria in “Internal Control-Integrated Framework” issued by COSO.  We intend to further improve our internal controls in our current fiscal year and add additional measures to further mitigate our material internal control weaknesses as the Company grows assuming our operating funds are sufficient.

 

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to the rules of the SEC to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended October 31, 2015, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Management has concluded that the material weaknesses in internal control as described in Item 9A of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2014 have not been fully remediated. 

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None  

 

PART III 

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

Directors, Executive Officers and Other Key Employees

 

Name		Age		Position(s)		Independent Director
Alex Aliksanyan		66		Director , Chief Executive Officer		No
Thomas M. Grbelja		57		Chief Financial Officer		N/A
Donald P. Monaco		63		Director, Chairman		No
William Kerby		59		Director, Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman		No
Pasquale M. LaVecchia		49		Director		Yes
Douglas Checkeris		59		Director, Former Chief Marketing Officer		No
Keith A. White		53		Director		No

 

Biographies for the members of our Board of Directors and our management team are set forth below:

 

Alex Aliksanyan –  Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer and Chief Operating Officer

 

 Mr. Aliksanyan has served as our Chief Executive Officer since August 10, 2015 and has served as Chief Information Officer, Chief Operating Officer and as a director since February 2015. Mr. Aliksanyan comes to the Company with more than 25 years of Strategic Technology Planning, Implementation and Marketing experience. Mr. Aliksanyan also previously served as CEO and President of iCruise.com which he founded in 2000. Prior thereto, Mr. Aliksanyan had served as a marketing consultant for several brands such as Citibank, Disney and Hillshire Farms. He is also considered in the travel industry as a pioneer in the area of e-commerce. Mr. Aliksanyan received his Bachelors’ Degree in Physics from New York University and an Advanced degree in marketing from the Stern School of Business in New York.

 

 

 Mr. Aliksanyan’s technology and vast business experience qualifies him to be a member of the Board. His executive leadership experience provides him with valuable experience.

 

Thomas Grbelja - Chief Financial Officer:

 

Mr. Grbelja has served as our Chief Financial since June 19, 2105. Mr. Grbelja has spent over 30 years as a certified public accountant providing a wide variety of professional accounting, tax and financial consulting services to professional service, manufacturing and construction industry participants. From 1990 to present, he was the President and a Founding Member of Burke Grbelja & Symeonides, LLC, Certified Public Accounts, an accounting firm based in Rochelle Park, New Jersey. In addition, between 1983 and 1990, Mr. Grbelja worked as an accountant at Coopers & Lybrand, where he was responsible for the overall audit engagement, including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, for certain large, publically traded companies.. He received his undergraduate degree in accounting at Fairleigh Dickinson University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

Donald P. Monaco – Director (Chairman):

 

Mr. Monaco has served as a director since December 21, 2012 and as our Chairman since August 10, 2015. Since 2005, Mr. Monaco has been the principal owner of Monaco Air Duluth, LLC, a full service, fixed-base operator aviation services business at Duluth International Airport serving airline, military and general aviation customers. Mr. Monaco spent over 18 years as a Partner and Senior Executive and 28 years as an international information technology and business management consultant with Accenture in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Monaco also serves on the Board of Directors and on the Loan Committee at Republic Bank in Duluth, Minnesota and as a Commissioner on the Metropolitan Airports Commission in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Monaco is also the President of the Monaco Air Foundation, Chairman of the Miller-Dwan Foundation, Treasurer of Honor Flight Northland, Treasurer of the Duluth Aviation Institute, Co-Chair of the Northern Aero Alliance, Chairman of Destination Duluth, and a member of the Duluth Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee. Mr. Monaco is a director of Monaker Group, Inc, a publically traded company (OTC: MKGI).

 

The Company believes that Mr. Monaco’s senior management and information technology experience qualifies him to be a member of the Board.

 

William Kerby – Director

 

Until August 10, 2015, Mr. Kerby served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman on the board of directors, positions held by him since December 21, 2012. Mr. Kerby continues to serve as a director, a position he has held since December 21, 2012. Mr. Kerby is the founder of Monaker Group, Inc. (f/k/a Next 1, Interactive, Inc). From 2008 to present, he has been the CEO and director of Monaker Group, Inc., a public company (OTC: MKGI) and architect of the Monaker model, overseeing the development and operations of the Travel, Real Estate and Media divisions of the company. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Kerby served as the Chairman and CEO of Extraordinary Vacations Group whose operations included Cruise & Vacation Shoppes, Maupintour Extraordinary Vacations and the Travel Magazine - a TV series of 160 travel shows. From 2002 to 2004 Mr. Kerby was Chairman of Cruise & Vacation Shoppes after it was acquired by a small group of investors and management from Travelbyus. Mr. Kerby was given the mandate to expand the operations focusing on a “marketing driven travel model.” In June 2004 Cruise & Vacation Shoppe was merged into Extraordinary Vacations Group. From 1999 to 2002 Mr. Kerby founded and managed Travelbyus, a publicly traded company on the TSX and NASD Small Cap. The launch included an intellectually patented travel model that utilized technology-based marketing to promote its travel services and products. Mr. Kerby negotiated the acquisition and financing of 21Companies encompassing multiple tour operators, 2,100 travel agencies, media that included print, television, outdoor billboard and wireless applications and leading edge technology in order to build and complete the Travelbyus model. The company had over 500 employees, gross revenues exceeding $3 billion and a Market Cap over $900 million. Prior to this Mr. Kerby founded Leisure Canada – a company that included a nationwide Travel Agency, international tour operations, travel magazines and the Master Franchise for Thrifty Car Rental British Columbia.

 

The Board believes that Mr. Kerby’s vast knowledge of the industry and extensive experience in senior corporate positions make him ideally qualified to help lead the Company. His executive leadership and operational experience provide him with a broad understanding of the operational, financial and strategic issues facing public companies. His service with other public companies provides him with extensive corporate governance knowledge.

 

Doug Checkeris - Director:

 

Mr. Checkeris has served as a director since December 21, 2012. Mr. Checkeris is currently a Director of Cieslok Media, a privately held digital outdoor media company, a Partner/Founder of Un Reel Gaming Inc., a Pennsylvania based company that is building a platform to serve the online business for money gaming operators and online shopping, a position he has held since June 2013, and a Partner at QWRYK Media Group, a Toronto based marketing company that envisions, designs and orchestrates 21st Century operating systems [a position he has held since June 2011.  Mr. Checkeris is a Senior Media and Advertising Executive with nearly three decades of hands-on management in all facets of interactive media. Doug’s work experience includes 14 years of service with Mediacom where he rose through the ranks to become the CEO for Mediacom North America.  With close to $18 billion in global billings, 4,600 employees, and 116 offices in 89 countries, Mediacom provides and specializes in business-building media solutions for some of the world’s largest, well-known advertisers. Previous to Mediacom, Doug started his career in a media company in Toronto, Canada, and was a partner when the company was acquired by Grey Worldwide and the WPP. Mr. Checkeris is a director of Monaker Group, Inc., a public company (OTC: MKGI)

 

 

Mr. Checkeris’ media and advertising experience qualifies him to be a member of the Board. His executive leadership experience provides him with valuable experience.

 

Pasquale M. LaVecchia - Director:

 

Mr. LaVecchia has served as a director since March 31, 2014. Mr. LaVecchia has been a founding principal and Managing Member of LaVecchia Capital LLC (“LaVecchia Capital”), a merchant banking and investment firm, since 2007 and has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Mr. LaVecchia has built and run several major Wall Street groups and has extensive expertise in capital markets, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, raising capital for private companies and PIPEs as well as playing the leading role in numerous mergers, acquisitions, private placements and high yield transactions. Prior to forming LaVecchia Capital, Mr. LaVecchia ran several groups at major firms including: Managing Director and Head of the Private Equity Placement Group at Bear, Stearns and Company (1994 to 1997); Group Head of Global Private Corporate Equity Placements at Credit Suisse First Boston (1997 to 2000); Managing Director and Group Head of the Private Finance and Sponsors Group at Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. (2001 to 2003); co-founder and Managing Partner of Viant Group (2003-2005) and Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at FTN Midwest Securities Corp. (2005 to 2007). Mr. LaVecchia received his B.A., magna cum laude (and elected to Phi Beta Kappa), from Clark University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a major in Finance and a concentration in Strategic Planning. In the past, Mr. LaVecchia has served on several public company boards, including as Vice Chairman of InfuSystems, Inc. (INFU).   Mr. LaVecchia is also currently a Managing Member of Sapphire Capital Partners. Mr. LaVecchia also sits on several advisory boards and non-profit boards. Mr. LaVecchia is a director of Monaker Group, Inc., a public company (OTC: MKGI) as well as a Board Member of the US Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board.

 

The Company believes that Mr. LaVecchia’s investment banking and business experience allows him to contribute business and financing expertise and qualifies him to be a member of the Board.

 

Keith A White-Director

 

 Mr. White has served as a director since August 1, 2013. Mr. White combines over 25 years of management experience in the real estate industry. Since 1995, Mr. White has been the principal owner of Marketplace Home Mortgage, LLC (“MHM”), a full service correspondence residential mortgage lender based in Edina, MN. Mr. White also owns and manages Alliance Title, LLC, Marketplace Insurance Services and various commercial office buildings. In addition, in 1999, Mr. White founded Marketline Constructions Capital, LLC, a construction lender, and operated the company through 2008. In 2000, Mr. White founded Maribella Mortgage, LLC, a wholesale mortgage lender, and managed the company until 2007. Prior to finding MHM in 1995, Mr. White culminated his nine year career with GMAC Mortgage as the Minnesota-Wisconsin Area Manager.

 

Mr. White has an undergraduate degree from St. Cloud State University with a major in finance, real estate, and economics. 

 

Mr. White’s extensive experience in operating successful business ventures related to the real estate industry give Mr. White a wide ranging and diverse, entrepreneurial view of potential business opportunities that make him well- qualified to help lead the Company to becoming an even greater force in the fast-growing, high resolution, digital media arena for the real estate industry.

 

Departure of Executive Officers in Fiscal 2015

 

William Kerby resigned as Chief Executive Officer and as Chairman of our Board of Directors in August 2015. However, Mr. Kerby retained his position as a director on our Board of Directors. In addition, Steven Marques was terminated from his position as Chief Revenue Officer in July 2015.

 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

None of our directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years:

 

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has had any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which he was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years before that time;

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been convicted in a criminal proceeding or been subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offences);

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been subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures, commodities or banking activities;

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been found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;

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been subject or a party to or any other disclosable event required by Regulation S-K.

 

 

Corporate Governance

 

Board Committees

 

We presently do not have an audit committee, compensation committee or nominating committee or committee performing similar functions, as our management believes that until this point it has been premature at the early stage of our management and business development to form an audit, compensation or nominating committee.

 

Family Relationships

 

None.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our directors, executive officers, and stockholders holding more than 10% of our outstanding common stock, to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in beneficial ownership of our common stock. Executive officers, directors and greater-than-10% stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. To our knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to us for the period ended October 31, 2015, all of the Section 16(a) reports required to be filed by our executive officers, directors, and greater-than-10% stockholders were filed on a timely basis, except as follows: Messrs. Aliksanyan and Grbelja failed to timely file their Form 3s. In addition, Mr. White failed to file a Form 4 for his August 2015 acquisition of Series C Preferred Stock in exchange for his Series B Preferred Stock, which transaction was reported on a Form 4. Mr. Aliksanyan failed to file a Form 4 related to a July 2015 stock grant under his employment agreement, which transaction was reported on a Form 5. Mr. Monaco failed to file Form 4s for the following transactions (i) August 2015 purchase of common stock, (ii) September 2015 purchase of common stock; (iii) August 2015 acquisition of Series C Preferred Stock and corresponding reduction of Monaker Group Convertible Debt and (iv) January 2015 disposition of Monaker Group Convertible Debt, all of which were reported on a Form 5. Monaker Group, Inc. failed to file Form 4s or a Form 5 relating to dispositions of their Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Code of Ethics

 

We have long maintained a Code of Conduct which is applicable to all of our directors, officers and employees.  The code of ethics can be obtained without charge by contacting our Chief Financial Officer at our principal offices located at 201 W. Passaic Street, Suite 301, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662.

 

 

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The following table sets forth the compensation paid to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and our three most highly compensated executive officers (other than our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer) with salaries in excess of $100,000.

 

Summary Compensation Table
															All Other
Name and Position		Year		Salary				Bonus				Stock Award			Compensation		Total ($)
Alex Aliksanyan		2015		$	80,000	(1)			--			$	195,000	(2)			$	275,000
Chief Executive Officer (since August 10, 2015), CIO and COO (since February 20, 2015)		2014		N/A				N/A					--					--
Thomas Grbelja		2015		$	24,733	(3)			--			$	7,500	(4)			$	32,233
Chief Financial Officer (since June 23, 2015)		2014		N/A				N/A					--					--
William Kerby		2015		$	72,000								--				$	72,000
Chief Executive Officer (until August 10, 2015)		2014		$	96,000	(5)							--				$	96,000
Adam Friedman		2015		$	36,000								--				$	36,000
Chief Financial Officer (until June 23, 2015)		2014		$	48,000	(5)							--				$	48,000

 

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(1)

Based on an annual base salary of $120,000.

(2)

Mr. Aliksanyan was granted 800,000 shares of common stock valued at $0.10 per share, which shares were to be released on a quarterly basis with 200,000 shares being released on May 31, 2015, August 31, 2015, November 30, 2015 and February 28, 2016. 400,000 shares under Mr. Aliksanyan’s 800,000 stock granted vested during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015. Mr. Aliksanyan also received 350,000 share of common stock as of July 31, 2015 valued at $0.10 in consideration of achieving certain milestones under his employment agreement. In addition, Mr. Aliksanyan was granted 2,400,000 shares in September 2015 valued at $0.05 in consideration of his new responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer.

(3)

Based on an annual base salary of $70,000

(4)

Mr. Grbelja was granted 300,000 shares of common stock valued at $0.10 per share, which shares were to be released on a quarterly basis with 75,000 shares being released on September 23, 2015, December 23, 2015, March 23, 2015 and June 23, 2016. 75,000 shares under Mr. Grbelja’s 300,000 stock granted vested during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015.

(5)

Accrued and not paid during the period

 

Employment Agreements with Executives and Key Personnel

 

Alex Aliksanyan Employment Agreement

 

In connection with his employment, Mr. Aliksanyan entered into a three-year employment agreement with the Company (the “Aliksanyan Employment Agreement”). The Aliksanyan Employment Agreement, dated February 20, 2015, has a term of 36 months commencing February 20, 2015 and expiring on February 19, 2018 unless earlier terminated. Mr. Aliksanyan will receive the following compensation: a base salary of $120,000 per year and $80,000 in shares of the Company’s common stock (800,000 shares at $0.10 per share). In addition, the Company will pay for healthcare for Mr. Aliksanyan and his dependent family members, and he will be eligible for bonus programs commensurate with other senior executives of the Company. In addition, Mr. Aliksanyan will be issued 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, which shares will be released to him as follows: (1) 300,000 shares if Mr. Aliksanyan is still employed by the Company on February 20, 2016 and provided that he has not served notice to “claw back” the sale of Stingy Travel to the Company; (2) 350,000 shares if certain Triggering Events (as defined in the Aliksanyan Employment Agreement) are achieved by Mr. Aliksanyan in his role as Chief Operating Officer; however, if none of the Triggering Events are met after 12 months, the Company will release a percentage of the 350,000 shares based upon the number of new paying real estate agents; and (3) 350,000 shares upon the achievement of certain activities in Mr. Aliksanyan’s role as Chief Information Officer.

 

 

 If the employment of Mr. Aliksanyan is terminated, he generally will be entitled to receive the accrued base salary, vacation pay, expense reimbursement and any other entitlements accrued by him to the extent not previously paid (the “Accrued Obligations”); provided , however , that if his employment is terminated (1) by the Company other than For Cause (as defined in the Aliksanyan Employment Agreement) or by Mr. Aliksanyan For Good Reason (as defined in the Aliksanyan Employment Agreement) then in addition to paying the Accrued Obligations, the vesting of any shares of stock held in escrow or subject to a vesting schedule shall be accelerated and the shares shall be released to Mr. Aliksanyan . In the event of a termination by the Company other than For Cause, disability or death occurs within six (6) months of the date of the Aliksanyan Employment Agreement, Mr. Aliksanyan may elect (at his sole discretion) to initiate an “unwind” event as described above. The Aliksanyan Employment Agreement also includes confidentiality obligations and inventions assignments clauses as well as a 1-year non-compete and non-solicitation provisions.

 

Thomas Grbelja Employment Agreement

 

On June 19, 2015, the Company and Mr. Grbelja entered into an employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”), which includes the following terms: (i) Mr. Grbelja agrees to dedicate a minimum of 50% of his attention and time as is necessary for him to perform his duties as Chief Financial Officer; (ii) the initial term of the Agreement shall be for a period of twelve (12) months unless sooner terminated, which term may be extended by mutual consent of the parties; (iii) Mr. Grbelja shall receive an annual base salary of $70,000, (iv) a grant of 300,000 restricted shares of Common Stock, which shares vest pro rata on a quarterly basis beginning on September 23, 2015; (v) customary health benefits if Mr. Grbelja becomes a full time employee of the Company; and (vi) three (3) weeks of paid vacation. If Mr. Grbelja desires to sell in excess of 100,000 shares of the Common Stock at any time when the daily trading volume of the Common Stock is less than 20,000 shares, then prior to selling such shares, Mr. Grbelja shall submit a written offer to the Company to acquire such shares at the market price of such shares on the date of such offer. The Company shall have five (5) days to notify Mr. Grbelja of its intent to exercise such right.

 

If the employment of Mr. Grbelja is terminated, he generally will be entitled to receive the accrued base salary, vacation pay, expense reimbursement and any other entitlements accrued by him to the extent not previously paid (the “Accrued Obligations”); provided , however , that if his employment is terminated (1) by the Company other than For Cause (as defined in the Grbelja Employment Agreement) or by Mr. Grbelja For Good Reason (as defined in the Grbelja Employment Agreement) then in addition to paying the Accrued Obligations, the vesting of any shares of stock held in escrow or subject to a vesting schedule shall be accelerated and the shares shall be released to Mr. Grbelja . In the event of a termination by the Company other than For Cause, disability or death occurs within six (6) months of the date of the Grbelja Employment Agreement, Mr. Grbelja may elect (at his sole discretion) to initiate an “unwind” event as described above. The Grbelja Employment Agreement also includes confidentiality obligations and inventions assignments clauses as well as a 1-year non-compete provision.

 

 

Potential Payments upon Termination

 

None.

 

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

 

There were no outstanding equity awards for the executives as of October 31, 2015 and 2014.

 

Director Compensation  

 

Our non-employee directors have elected to forego any cash compensation for participating in Board of Directors and committee meetings telephonically until such time as we become profitable over the course of an entire fiscal year, at which time the Board of Directors may reconsider the structure of its director compensation. In general, director compensation will be subject to review and adjustment from time to time at the discretion of our Board of Directors.

 

Accordingly, our non-employee directors received no compensation in the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015.

 

Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

The following table sets forth information as of February 16, 2016 as to each person or group who is known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding voting securities and as to the security and percentage ownership of each of our executive officers and directors and of all of our officers and directors as a group.  As of February 16, 2016, we had 149,994,879 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

Beneficial ownership is determined under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power over securities.  Except in cases where community property laws apply or as indicated in the footnotes to this table, we believe that each stockholder identified in the table possesses sole voting and investment power over all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by the stockholder.

 

Shares of common stock subject to options or warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the date of this Registration Statement are considered outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding the options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

 

 

Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership
Name And Address (1)		Number Of Common Shares Beneficially Owned				Percentage Owned (2)				Number Of Series A Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned				Percentage Owned (2)				Number Of Series C Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned				Percentage Owned (2)				Percentage of Total Voting Power (3)
5% Stockholders:
Monaker Group, Inc.(4)			54,532,090	(5)			28.09	%			44,172,200	(6)			95.63	%			--				--				10.00	%
Acknew Investments, Inc.(7)			11,818,992				7.88	%			--				--				--				--				2.17	%
Cardar Investments Ltd. (8)			8,514,130	(9)			5.62	%			--				--				--				--				1.29	%
Officers and Directors:
Alex Aliksanyan			4,850,000	(10)			3.15	%			--				--				--				--				*	%
Thomas Grbelja			175,000	(11)			*				--				--				--				--				*	%
Donald P. Monaco			28,337,302	(12)			18.6	%			--				--				20,000				57.14	%			38.44	%
William Kerby			7,946,110	(13)			5.03	%			--				--				--				--				*
Pasquale M. LaVecchia			33,333	(14)			*				--				--				--				--				*
Doug Checkeris			2,500,000	(15)			1.64	%			--				--				--				--				*
Keith White			1,700,000	(16)			1.12	%			--				--				15,000				42.86	%			27.55	%
All directors and officers as a group (7 persons)			45,541,742				24.71	%			--				*				35,000				100	%			66.18

 

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*Less then 1%

 

(1)

Unless otherwise noted, the address is 201 W. Passaic Street, Suite 301, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662.

(2)

Based on 149,994,879 common shares, 45,188,600 Series A Preferred Shares, and 35,000 Series C Preferred Shares issued and outstanding as of the date of this report. We do not have any shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding. Also includes shares issuable exercise of outstanding warrants and upon conversion of Monaker Group, Inc. Preferred Stock and Convertible debt.

 

 

(3)

Percentage of Total Voting Power is based on 544,183,479 votes and includes voting rights attached to all Common Shares Outstanding and all Preferred Shares Outstanding that can convert to Common Shares. Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share, for a total of 149,994,879 votes. Holders of our Series A preferred stock are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock that would be issuable upon conversion of such share. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into 1 share of Common Stock for a total of 45,188,600 votes. Holders of our Series C Preferred Stock shall have the right to a number of votes for each shares of Series C Preferred equal 100 votes for each share of common stock that would be issuable upon conversion of such share. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock is convertible into that number of shares of common stock as is determined by dividing (A) the stated value ($5) by (B) the conversion price then in effect ($0.05) for a total of 3,500,000 conversion shares and a total of 350,000,000 votes. The total voting power excludes warrants, accrued salaries of the Company, outstanding debt of the Company, outstanding debt of the Company’s former parent company Monaker Group, Inc., and Preferred Shares of Monaker Group, Inc. each of which can be converted into Common Shares of the Company but do not contain voting rights until converted into common stock.

(4)

The address is 2690 Weston Road, Suite 200, Weston, FL 33331. William Kerby is the natural person with sole voting and investment control over the securities beneficially owned by Monaker Group, Inc.

(5)

Includes (i) 10,359,890 shares of common stock received as accrued dividends on their shares of Series A Stock and (ii) 44,174,200 shares issuable upon conversion of 44,174,200 shares of Series A Stock that was issued in the Exchange Transaction.

(6)

Monaker Group Inc. has agreed to retire shares of its Series A Preferred Stock on a 1-for-1 basis for any issuances of the Company’s common stock issued to satisfy conversion of certain Monaker Group, Inc. securities.

(7)

The address is M100-1010 De La Gauchetiere, 5FJ5Q2B (57103B), Montreal H3B5J2, Canada. Harry Hart is the natural person with voting and investment control over the securities beneficially owned by Acknew Investments, Inc.

(8)

The address is79 Flitton Avenue, Peterborough, ON, K9H 065 Canada. Warren Kettlewell is the natural person with voting and investment control over the securities held by Cardar Investments Ltd.

(9)

Includes 1,500,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants.

(10)

Includes (A) 950,000 shares of common stock currently issuable under the terms of his employment agreement, of which 600,000 are issuable due to satisfaction of certain vesting conditions and 350,000 are issuable due to attainment of certain milestones; (B) 2.4 million shares of common stock are issuable as a bonus awarded by the board of directors upon Mr. Aliksanyan being appointed as CEO; (C) 200,000 shares of common stock issuable to Mr. Aliskanyan on February 28, 2016 pursuant to his employment agreement and (D) 300,000 shares of common stock issuable to Mr. Aliksanyan on February 20, 2016 provided that Mr. Aliksanyan remains employed by the Company and has not served notice to “claw back” the sale of Stingy Travel to Realbiz.

(11)

Includes (A) 150,000 shares of common stock currently issuable to Mr. Grbelja pursuant to satisfaction of certain vesting provisions under this employment agreement and (B) 25,000 shares of common stock issuable to Mr. Grbelja on March 23, 2016 pursuant to his employment agreement.

(12)

Includes (A) 9,587,302 shares of common stock held by a company controlled by Mr. Monaco; (B) 2,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 20,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock held by a company controlled by Mr. Monaco; (C) 6,000,000 shares of common stock upon exercise of warrants held by a company controlled by Mr. Monaco; and (D) 10,750,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 1,075,000 shares of Monaker Group, Inc. Series A Preferred Stock held by a company controlled by Mr. Monaco.

(13)

Includes (A) 7,096,110 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 709,,611 shares of Monaker Group, Inc. Series A Preferred Stock and (B) 1,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 709,,611 shares of Monaker Group, Inc. Series A Preferred Stock held by a company controlled by Mr. Kerby.

(14)

Includes 33,330 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 1,000 shares of Monaker Group, Inc. Series B Preferred Stock.

(15)

Includes 2,500,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 50,000 shares of Monaker Group, Inc. Series C Preferred Stock.

(16)

Includes (A) 200,000 shares of common stock held by a company controlled by Mr. White and (B) 1,500,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 1,500 shares of Series C Preferred Stock.

 

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans. The following provides information concerning compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance as of October 31, 2015:

 

 

		(a)				(b)				(c)
Plan Category		Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights				Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights				Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders			--				--				--
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders (1)(2)			--			$	0.05				33,160,000
Total			--			$	0.05				33,160,000

 

 

(1)

2015 Stock Incentive Plan. On July 24, 2015, our Board of Directors adopted the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. The purpose of our 2015 Stock Incentive Plan is to advance the best interests of the company by providing those persons who have a substantial responsibility for our management and growth with additional incentive and by increasing their proprietary interest in the success of the Company, thereby encouraging them to maintain their relationships with us. Further, the availability and offering of stock options and common stock under the plan supports and increases our ability to attract and retain individuals of exceptional talent upon whom, in large measure, the sustained progress, growth and profitability which we depend. The total number of shares available for the grant of either stock options or compensation stock under the plan is 33,520,000 shares, subject to adjustment. Our Board of Directors administers our plan and has full power to grant stock options and common stock, construe and interpret the plan, establish rules and regulations and perform all other acts, including the delegation of administrative responsibilities, it believes reasonable an proper. Any decision made, or action taken, by our Board of Directors arising out of or in connection with the interpretation and administration of the plan is final and conclusive. The Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, may award common stock to employees of, consultants to, and directors of the company, and such other persons as the Board of Directors or compensation committee may select, and permit holders of common stock options to exercise such options prior to full vesting therein and hold the common stock issued upon exercise of the option as common stock. Stock options may also be granted by our Board of Directors or compensation committee to non-employee directors of the company or other persons who are performing or who have been engaged to perform services of special importance to the management, operation or development of the company. In the event that our outstanding common stock is changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the company by reason of merger, consolidation, other reorganization, recapitalization, combination of shares, stock split-up or stock dividend, prompt, proportionate, equitable, lawful and adequate adjustment shall be made of the aggregate number and kind of shares subject to stock options which may be granted under the plan. Our Board of Directors may at any time, and from time to time, suspend or terminate the plan in whole or in part or amend it from time to time in such respects as our Board of Directors may deem appropriate and in our best interest. The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued and sold under all awards granted under the plan is 33,520,000 shares, and as of October 31, 2015, we have issued 360,000 shares under the plan, and there are no options outstanding under this plan.

 

(2)

See Note 10 to the financial statements for more information on restricted stock grants.

 

 ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS; DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

 

During the year ended October 31, 2014, we issued our former parent company and then controlling shareholder Monaker Group, Inc., 25,983,600 shares of our series A convertible preferred stock in consideration of certain anti-dilution provisions contained in our certificate of designation and approved by our board of directors in May 2014. These shares were valued at $5,196,720.

 

Certain of our current directors, Messrs. Monaco, Kerby, Checkeris and LaVecchia, currently serve as directors of Monaker Group, Inc., our former parent company and current significant shareholder. In addition, during the normal course of business, we receive and/or makes advances for operating expenses and various debt obligation conversions to/from our former parent Company and current significant shareholder, Monaker Group, Inc. As of October 31, 2015, we are due $1,287,517 as a result of such transactions.

 

In fiscal 2015, we issued 15,000 shares of our Series B Preferred stock to a company controlled by our director Keith White for a purchase price of $75,000

 

On August 6, 2015, we issued a company controlled by our Chairman (Don Monaco) 20,000 shares of our series C preferred stock in consideration of his agreement to cancel and extinguish $100,000 of indebtedness owed to our former parent company, which indebtedness was convertible into 2 million shares of our common stock. Each share of series C preferred stock is convertible into that number of shares of common stock as is determined by dividing (A) the stated value ($5) by (B) the conversion price then in effect ($0.05). In addition, the series C preferred vote with the common stockholders and ach holder of series C preferred stock is entitled to the number of votes equal to one hundred (100) votes for each share of common stock into which the series C can be converted. Accordingly, these shares of series C preferred entitle Mr. Monaco’s to 200 million votes on any matter presented to the holders of common stock for a vote.

 

On August 6, 2015, we issued Keith White, a director, 15,000 shares of our series C preferred stock in exchange for 15,000 shares of series B preferred stock held by him. Mr. White originally paid $75,000 for his shares of series B preferred stock. Each share of series C preferred stock is convertible into that number of shares of common stock as is determined by dividing (A) the stated value ($5) by (B) the conversion price then in effect ($0.05). In addition, the series C preferred vote with the common stockholders and ach holder of series C preferred stock is entitled to the number of votes equal to one hundred (100) votes for each share of common stock into which the series C can be converted. Accordingly, Mr. White’s shares of series C preferred entitle him to 150 million votes on any matter presented to the holders of common stock for a vote.

 

 

Effective August 28, 2015, we issued 1,000,000 shares of our common stock to a company controlled by our Chairman (Don Monaco) for an aggregate purchase price of $50,000 ($0.05 per share).

 

Effective August 28, 2015, we issued a 0% promissory note in the amount of $50,000 to a company controlled by our Chairman on our board of directors. The note had a February 28, 2016 maturity date. On November 19, 2015, we agreed to issue the same company controlled by our Chairman (Don Monaco) 1 million shares of common stock valued at $0.05 per share in consideration of his agreement to cancel and extinguish this note. Accordingly, there is no outstanding balance under this note as of the date of this report.

 

On September 15, 2015, we issued 1,587,302 shares of our common stock to a company controlled by our Chairman (Don Monaco) for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000 ($0.063 per share).

 

In September 2015, we issued Monaker Group, Inc., our former parent and current significant shareholder, 10,359,890 shares of common stock in satisfaction of $1,128,686 in accrued dividends due them in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock held by them.

 

On November 30, 2015, a company controlled by our Chairman (Don Monaco) purchased 6 million units at a price of $0.05 per unit for an aggregate purchase price of $300,000. Each unit consisted of 1 share of common stock and a 1-year warrant to purchase 1 share of common at an exercise price of $0.05 per share. This resulted in the issuance of 6 million shares of common stock and a 1-year warrant to purchase 6 million shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.05 per share.

 

On December 1, 2015, our Chief Executive Officer (Alex Aliksanyan) converted 30,000 shares of Monaker Group Inc. Series D Preferred Stock into 1 million shares of our common stock pursuant to the terms of the Series D Preferred. Mr. Aliksanyan originally received these preferred shares in consideration of his sale of assets of Stingy Travel to us in February 2015. Mr. Aliksanyan became an officer and director upon closing of this transaction in February 2015.

 

Related-Party Transaction Policy

 

Our Board of Directors has no formal written policy regarding transactions with related persons, but we do plan to abide by conflict-of-interest statutes under Delaware law and approve any related-party transactions by a majority of disinterested directors. In general, applicable law exhorts any director proposing to enter into a related-party transaction must disclose to our Board of Directors the proposed transaction and all material facts with respect thereto. In reviewing such a proposed transaction, our board expects to consider all relevant facts and circumstances, including (1) the commercial reasonableness of the terms, (2) the benefit and perceived benefits, or lack thereof, to us, (3) the opportunity costs of alternate transactions, (4) the materiality and character of the related party’s interest, and (5) the actual or apparent conflict of interest of the related party. We expect to apply this analysis with respect to related party transactions that may involve our officers or greater-than-five-percent shareholders.

 

We do expect to adopt a formal written policy respecting related-party transactions in which our directors, officers and greater-than-five-percent shareholders may engage, consistent with Sarbanes-Oxley related internal control requirements and best practices.

 

Director Independence

 

Although our common stock is not listed on any national securities exchange, for purposes of independence we use the definition of independence applied by The NASDAQ Stock Market.  The Board has determined that one of its six directors (Mr. LaVecchia is “independent”) in accordance with such definition.

 

 ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

 

Aggregate fees billed by our principal independent registered public accounting firm for audits of the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years indicated:

  

 

		2015				2014
Audit fees		$	30,000			$	30,000
Audit related fees			15,000			$	15,000
Tax fees			3,000				3,000
All other fees			-				-
Total		$	48,000			$	48,000

 

Audit Fees. The fees identified under this caption were for professional services rendered by D’Arelli Pruzansky (DP) for fiscal years 2015 and 2014 in connection with the audit of our annual financial statements. The amounts also include fees for services that are normally provided by the independent public registered accounting firm in connection with statutory and regulatory filings and engagements for the years identified.

 

Audit-Related Fees. The fees identified under this caption were for review of our financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and were not reported under the caption “Audit Fees.” This category may include fees related to the performance of audits and attestation services not required by statute or regulations, and accounting consultations about the application of generally accepted accounting principles to proposed transactions.

 

Tax Fees. The fees identified under this caption were for tax compliance, tax planning, tax advice and corporate tax services. Corporate tax services encompass a variety of permissible services, including technical tax advice related to tax matters; assistance with withholding-tax matters; assistance with state and local taxes; preparation of reports to comply with local tax authority transfer pricing documentation requirements; and assistance with tax audits.

 

Approval Policy. Our Audit Committee approves in advance all services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. All engagements of our independent registered public accounting firm in fiscal years 2015 and 2014 were pre-approved by the Board of Directors.

 

 

PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

Financial Statements

 

Description		Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets		F-2
Consolidated Statements of Operations		F-3
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)		F-4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows		F-5
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		F-7

 

3.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Form 10-12b filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2008, File No. 001-34106)
3.2	Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Form 10-12b filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2008, File No. 001-34106)
3.3	Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Registrant’s Form 10-12b filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2008, File No. 001-34106)
3.4	Certificate of Ownership (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2012, File No. 001-34106)
3.5	Certificate of Designations for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2013, File No. 001-34106)
3.6	Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2015, File No. 001-34106)
3.7	Amendment to the Certificate of Designations for Series A Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2015, File No. 001-34106)
3.8	Certificate of Designations for Series B Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2015 File No. 001-34106)
3.9	Certificate of Designations of Series C Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2015, File No. 001-34106)
4.1	Certificate of Designations for Next 1 Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2013, File No. 001-34106)
4.2	Certificate of Designations for Next 1 Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2013, File No. 001-34106)
4.3	Certificate of Designations for Next 1 Series D Convertible Preferred Stock(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2013, File No. 001-34106)
4.4	Note Amendment between Next 1 and Mark A. Wilton, as countersigned by Realbiz Media Group, Inc. dated February 24, 2014 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2014, File No. 001-34106)
4.5	Warrant issued by Realbiz Media Group, Inc. to Mark A. Wilton (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2014, File No. 001-34106)

 

4.6	Convertible Note for Himmil Investments, Ltd., dated October 20, 2014 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2015, File No. 333-2014146)
4.7	Warrant for Himmil Investments, Ltd., dated October 20, 2014 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2015, File No. 333-2014146)
4.8	Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 20, 2014 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2015, File No. 333-2014146)
4.9	Form of Convertible Note for Himmil Investments, Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2015, File No. 333-2014146)

 

 

4.10	Form of Warrant for Himmil Investments, Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2015, File No. 333-2014146)
4.11	Form of Registration Rights Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2015, File No. 333-2014146)
4.12	Form of Amendment No. 1 to Convertible Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2015, File No. 333-2014146)
4.13	Form of 12% + 12% Convertible Promissory Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2015, File No. 001-34106)
4.14	2015 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2015, File No. 333-2016216)
4.15	Form of Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2015, File No. 001-34106)
10.1	Employment Agreement with Deborah Linden (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2014, File No. 001-34106)*

 

10.2	Employment Agreement with  Patrick Scheltgen (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2014, File No. 001-34106)*
10.3	Employment Agreement with Mark Lemon (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2014, File No. 001-34106)*
10.4	Asset Purchase Agreement with ReachFactor (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2014, File No. 001-34106)*
10.5	Employment Agreement with Suresh Srinivasan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2014, File No. 001-34106)*
10.6	Employment Agreement with Suresh Srinivasan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2014, File No. 001-34106)*
10.7	Employment Agreement with Alex Alikanyan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2015, File No. 001-34106)*
10.8	Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and Himmil Investments, Ltd., dated October 20, 2014 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2015, File No. 333-2014146)
10.9	Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and Himmil Investments, Ltd., dated May 12, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2015, File No. 333-2014146)
10.10	Employment Agreement with Thomas Grbelja (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 2015, File No. 001-34106)
10.11	Settlement Agreement and Release with Himmil Investments Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 19, 2015, File No. 001-34106)
10.12	Form of Subscription Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2015, File No. 001-34106)
10.13	Placement Agent Agreement dated November 11, 2015 with Security Research Associates, Inc. (1)
21	List of Subsidiaries (1)
23.1	Consent of Independent Registered Accounting Firm (1)

31.1	Certification of Alex Aliksanyan pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a). (1)

31.2	Certification of Thomas Grbelja pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a). (1)
32.1	Certification of Alex Aliksanyan and Thomas Grbelja pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (1)
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document (1)
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document (1)
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document (1)
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document (1)
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document (1)
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document (1)

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* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be identified pursuant to Item 15(a)(3) of this report

(1) Filed herewith.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

 

	Realbiz Media Group, Inc.
	/s/ Alex Aliksanyan
	Alex Aliksanyan
	Chief Executive Officer
	February 18, 2016
	/s/ Thomas M. Grbelja
	Thomas M. Grbelja
	Chief Financial Officer February 18, 2016

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this amended report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated.

 

  

Name		Title		Date
/s/ Alex Aliksanyan		Chief Executive Officer,		February 18, 2016
Alex Aliksanyan		Chief Information Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Thomas M. Grbelja		Chief Financial Officer		February 18, 2016
Thomas M. Grbelja		(Principal Financial And Accounting Officer)
/s/ Don Monaco		Director		February 18, 2016
Don Monaco
/s/ William Kerby		Director		February 18, 2016
William Kerby
/s/ Doug Checkeris		Director		February 18, 2016
Doug Checkeris
/s/ Keith White		Director		February 18, 2016
Keith White
/s/ Pasquale M. LaVecchia		Director		February 18, 2016
Pasquale M. LaVecchia

 

 

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

RealBiz Media Group, Inc.

 

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of RealBiz Media Group, Inc. as of October 31, 2015 and 2014 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2015. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

 

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

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of RealBiz Media Group, Inc. as of October 31, 2015 and 2014 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2015 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred net losses of $6,686,182 and $4,605,327 and had cash used in operations of $1,527,745 and $2,306,959, for the years ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. In addition, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $20,796,181 and a working capital deficit of $1,152,189 at October 31, 2015. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regards to these matters are also described in Note 3. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

 

        /s/ D’Arelli Pruzansky, P.A.

Certified Public Accountants

 

Coconut Creek, Florida

February 16, 2016

    

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5489 Wiles Road, Suite 303               Coconut Creek, FL 33073               Phone 754 205.6417               Fax 754 205.6419

 

 

RealBiz Media Group, Inc.

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

  

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

 

 

RealBiz Media Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

  

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

 

 

RealBiz Media Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity

For the years ending October 31, 2015 and 2014

 

 

		Preferred Stock A								Preferred Stock B								Preferred Stock C								Common Stock
		# of shares				Par				# of shares				Par				# of shares				Par				# of shares				Par				Additional Paid-In Capital				Non-control Interest				Subscrip Advances				Other Comp Income				Accumulated Deficit				Total Stockholders' Equity
Balance, October 31, 2013			94,009,762				94,010				-				-				-				-				49,039,511				49,040				13,191,289				(33,700	)			13,500				(16,333	)			(9,361,186	)			3,936,620
Shares issued for cash proceeds																											4,163,712				4,164				838,504																				842,668
Exercise of warrants for cash proceeds																											2,975,111				2,975				663,545																				666,520
Shares issued for consulting																											2,134,430				2,134				967,931																				970,065
Shares issued for ReachFactor assets																											2,000,000				2,000				298,000																				300,000
Shares issued to ReachFactor executives as part of assets purchase price																											2,000,000				2,000				298,000																				300,000
Shares issued for conversion of Monaker Group Inc. Preferred stock:
Series B																											14,765,000				14,765				723,485																				738,250
Series C																											1,300,000				1,300				128,700																				130,000
Series D																											1,937,973				1,939				288,786																				290,725
Shares issued upon conversion of promissory notes issued by the parent																											3,100,000				3,100				151,900																				155,000
Constructive distributions related to the conversion of preferred shares and debt issued by the parent into shares of the Company's common stock																																			(10,932,591	)																			(10,932,591	)
Shares issued for conversion of convertible promissory notes																											1,466,666				1,467				218,533																				220,000
Warrants exercised in lieu of consulting fees																											70,879				71				12,686																				12,757
Issuance of Series A Preferred shares based upon the "top up" provision in the certificate of designation			25,990,238				25,990																												5,170,730																				5,196,720
Reduction of Series A Preferred for conversion of Monaker Group Inc. Preferred stock and convertible debt			(53,198,347	)			(53,198	)																											(1,233,884	)																			(1,287,082	)
Warrants issued for debt modification of Monaker Group Inc. convertible promissory note																																			4,809,308																				4,809,308
Warrants issued with convertible promissory note																																			14,760																				14,760
Preferred stock dividend(s)																																																			(391,552	)			(391,552	)
Other comprehensive income (loss)																																							8,889								50,368								59,257
Settlement of prior year advances by issuance of common shares																											27,000				27				13,473								(13,500	)											-
Advances																																											130,000												130,000
Net loss attributable to Realbiz Media Group, Inc.																																																			(4,469,011	)			(4,469,011	)
Net loss attributable to non controlling interest																																							(136,316	)															(136,316	)
Equity in non controlling interest																																			(169,826	)			198,636												(28,810	)			-
Balance, October 31, 2014			66,801,653				66,802				-				-				-				-				84,980,282				84,982				15,453,329				37,509				130,000				34,035				(14,250,559	)			1,556,098
Shares issued for cash proceeds																											3,887,302				3,887				272,113																				276,000
Shares issued for consulting and professional fees																											4,213,350				4,213				608,177																				612,390
Shares issued for compensation																											1,604,000				1,604				159,126																				160,730
Retirement of common stock																											(750,000	)			(750	)			(111,750	)																			(112,500	)
Shares issued for conversion of Monaker, Inc. Preferred stock:																																																							-
Series A																											3,314,030				3,314				725,773																				729,087
Series B																											5,000,000				5,000				530,000																				535,000
Series C																											4,181,000				4,181				459,169																				463,350
Series D																											3,906,763				3,907				571,728																				575,635
Shares issued upon conversion of promissory notes issued by the parent																											4,100,000				4,100				387,900																				392,000
Conversion of Series B preferred into common stock											(11,000	)			(11	)															-				11																				-
Shares issued for accrued interest on convertible promissory notes																											1,154,033				1,154				114,229																				115,383
																																																							-
Conversion of Series B Preferred shares to Series C											(15,000	)			(15	)			15,000				15																																-
Shares issued for conversion of convertible promissory notes																											7,984,241				7,984				319,821																				327,805
Reduction of Series A Preferred for conversion of Monaker Group Inc. Preferred stock			(20,613,053	)			(20,613	)																			(483,955	)			(484	)			(613,930	)															355,294				(279,733	)
Preferred stock dividend (s)																																																			(239,644	)			(239,644	)
Shares issue for conversion of Monaker Group, Inc. convertible promissory note																			20,000				20																																20
Share issued for Series A Preferred stock dividend(s)																											10,596,454				10,595				1,144,496																				1,155,091
Allowance for uncollectibility of Due from affiliate																																			(1,287,517	)																			(1,287,517	)
Other comprehensive income (loss)																																							(6,006	)							(94,662	)							(100,668	)
Issuance of Series B Preffered as Settlement of prior year advances by issuance of common shares											26,000				26																				129,974								(130,000	)											-
Net loss attributable to Realbiz Media Group, Inc.																																																			(6,353,354	)			(6,353,354	)
Net loss attributable to non controlling interest																																							(332,828	)															(332,828	)
Equity in non controlling interest																																			185,106				122,813												(307,919	)			-
Balance, October 31, 2015			46,188,600				46,189				-				-				35,000				35				133,687,500				133,688				19,047,754				(178,512	)			-				(60,626	)			(20,796,181	)			(1,807,652	)

 

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

  

 

RealBiz Media Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

 

 

		For the years ended
		October 31,
		2015				2014
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activity:
Common stock retired
Value		$	112,500			$	-
Shares			750,000				-
Shares issued to satisfy Preferred Series A stock dividend
Value		$	1,155,091				-
Shares			10,596,454				-
Shares issued for the conversion of convertible promissory notes
Value		$	327,805			$	220,000
Shares			7,984,241				1,466,666
Shares issued for the ReachFactor agreement:
Value		$	-			$	600,000
Shares			-				4,000,000
Preferred stock dividends accrued:
Value		$	239,644			$	391,552
Monaker Group Preferred A converted to common
Value		$	729,087			$	-
Shares			3,314,030				-
Settlement of prior year advances for subscriptions of common stock:
Value		$	30,000			$	13,500
Shares			100,000				27,000
Warrants			100,000				9,000
Monaker Group Inc. Preferred Series B shares converted to common stock:
Value		$	535,000			$	738,250
Shares			5,000,000				14,765,000
Monaker Group Inc. Preferred Series C shares converted to common stock:
Value		$	463,350			$	130,000
Shares			4,181,000				1,300,000
Monaker Group Inc. Preferred Series D shares converted to common stock:
Value		$	575,635			$	290,725
Shares			3,906,7635				1,937,973
Monaker Group Inc. convertible promissory notes converted to common stock:
Value		$	392,000			$	155,000
Shares			4,100,000				3,100,000
Warrants issued for Monaker Group, Inc.. debt modifications:
Value		$	-			$	4,809,308
Warrants			-				12,000,000

  

		For the years ended
		October 31,
		2015				2014
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activity (continued):
Series A Preferred shares issued for "top up" provision:
Value			-			$	5,196,720
Shares			-				25,990,238
Reduction of Series A Preferred shares for conversion of Monaker Group Inc.'s Preferred Shares and Debt:
Value		$	20,613			$	1,287,082
Shares			20,613,053				53,198,347
Costs associated with convertible promissory notes:
Derivative liability expense		$	255,536			$	234,303
Loan origination fees		$	-			$	55,000
Common stock issued for accrued interest on convertible promissory notes
Value		$	115,383
Shares			1,154,033

 

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

 

 

REALBIZ MEDIA GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Years Ended October 31, 2015 and 2014

 

 

 

REALBIZ MEDIA GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Years Ended October 31, 2015 and 2014

 

 

 

 

 

REALBIZ MEDIA GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Years Ended October 31, 2015 and 2014

 

 

 

REALBIZ MEDIA GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Years Ended October 31, 2015 and 2014

 

 

 

REALBIZ MEDIA GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Years Ended October 31, 2015 and 2014

 

 

REALBIZ MEDIA GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Years Ended October 31, 2015 and 2014

 

  

 

 

 

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