Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
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1. Organization

Mandalay Digital Group, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”, the “Company” or “Mandalay Digital”), formerly NeuMedia, Inc. (“NeuMedia”), formerly Mandalay Media, Inc. (“Mandalay Media”) and formerly Mediavest, Inc. (“Mediavest”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Digital Turbine (“DT USA”), provides end to end mobile content solutions for wireless carriers and OEMs globally to enable them to better monetize their subscribers. The Company’s products include mobile application management through DT Ignite, user experience and discovery through DT IQ, application stores and content through DT Content and mobile payments through DT Pay. With global headquarters in Los Angeles, and offices throughout the U.S., Asia Pacific and EMEA, Mandalay Digital’s solutions are available worldwide.

The Company was originally incorporated in the state of Delaware on November 6, 1998 under the name eB2B Commerce, Inc. On April 27, 2000, it merged into DynamicWeb Enterprises Inc., and changed its name to eB2B Commerce, Inc. On April 13, 2005, the Company changed its name to Mediavest, Inc. Through January 26, 2005, the Company and its former subsidiaries were engaged in providing business-to-business transaction management services designed to simplify trading between buyers and suppliers. The Company was inactive from January 26, 2005 until its merger with Twistbox Entertainment, Inc., dated February 12, 2008. On September 14, 2007, Mediavest was re-incorporated in the state of Delaware. On November 7, 2007 the Company changed its name to Mandalay Media, Inc. On May 12, 2010, the Company merged with a wholly-owned, newly formed subsidiary, changing its name to NeuMedia, Inc. On February 6, 2012, the Company merged with a wholly-owned, newly formed subsidiary, changing its name to Mandalay Digital Group, Inc.

On October 23, 2008, the Company completed an acquisition of 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of AMV Holding Limited, a United Kingdom private limited company (“AMV”), and 80% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Fierce Media Ltd (“Fierce”).

On May 10, 2010, an administrator was appointed over AMV in the UK, at the request of the Company’s senior debt holder. As from that date, AMV and its subsidiaries are considered to be a discontinued operation. AMV and its subsidiaries were subsequently disposed.

On May 11, 2010, Mandalay Media merged into its wholly-owned, newly-formed subsidiary, NeuMedia, with NeuMedia as the surviving corporation.

On June 21, 2010, the Company signed and closed an agreement whereby ValueAct and the AMV Founders, acting through a newly formed company, acquired the operating subsidiaries of AMV (the “Assets”) in exchange for the release of $23,231 of secured indebtedness, comprising of a release of all amounts due and payable under the AMV Note and all of the amounts due and payable under the ValueAct Note (as defined below) except for $3,500 in principal. On December 16, 2011, the ValueAct Note was purchased in its entirety by Taja LLC (“Taja”) and was amended to remove certain negative covenants from the Note (the “Amended Taja Note”). The purchase of the ValueAct Note was independent of the Company, and the Company did not receive or pay out any cash related to this transaction. On September 4, 2013, the Company paid the remaining principal and interest to Taja in full. The details of the debt is further outlined in Note 11, below.

On December 28, 2011, the Company issued 10,000 shares of the Company’s common stock as part of the consideration for an exchange of assets with Digital Turbine Group, LLC, the developer of DT IQ, a technology platform that allows media companies, mobile carriers, and their OEM handset partners to take advantage of multiple mobile operating systems across multiple networks, and offers solutions that allow them to maintain their own branding and personalized, one-to-one relationships with each end-user. DT’s cross-platform user interface and multimedia management system for carriers and OEMs can be integrated with different operating systems to provide a more organized and unified experience for end-users of mobile content across search, discovery, billing, and delivery. Other aspects of the platform, such as a smart content discovery toolbar, allows carriers and OEMs to control the data presented to their users while giving the end-user a more efficient way of finding and purchasing the desired content.

On July 27, 2012, the Company set up a wholly-owned Israeli acquisition/holding company, Digital Turbine (EMEA) Ltd. (“DT EMEA”) (formerly M.D.G. Logia Holdings LTD).

 

On August 15, 2012, the Company amended its charter with the state of Delaware to increase its total number of shares of common stock of the Company to 200,000,000 and preferred shares of the Company to 2,000,000.

On September 13, 2012, the Company completed an acquisition of 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of three operating subsidiaries of Logia Group Ltd (“Sellers”) (Logia Content Development and Management Ltd. (“Logia Content”), Volas Entertainment Ltd. (“Volas”) and Mail Bit Logia (2008) Ltd. (“Mail Bit”), (collectively, the “Targets”). In addition, the Company, by assignment to the acquisition entity, Digital Turbine (EMEA) Ltd (“DT EMEA”) acquired the assets of LogiaDeck Ltd (an affiliate of the Seller, “LogiaDeck”), comprised of the “LogiaDeck” software, which the Company has rebranded “DT Ignite”, and certain operator and other contracts related to the business of the Targets that were originally entered into by the Sellers. Pursuant to the Logia purchase agreement, the Company purchased 23% of the outstanding shares of the Targets and DT EMEA purchased 77% of such shares. On November 7, 2012, the Company contributed all of its shares of the Targets to DT EMEA pursuant to a Contribution Agreement among the Company, DT and DT EMEA. The acquired business of the Targets and Ignite are collectively referred to as “DT EMEA” in this annual report.

On March 28, 2013 and April 9, 2013, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment and Certificate of Correction of Certificate of Amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, to effect a 1-for-5 reverse stock split of our common stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). The Certificate of Amendment, as corrected, became effective as of April 12, 2013.

As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every five (5) shares of our pre-Reverse Stock Split common stock were combined and reclassified into one (1) share of our common stock. Our post-Reverse Stock Split common stock began trading on April 15, 2013 with a new CUSIP number of 562562-207. The Reverse Stock Split did not change the authorized number of shares or the par value of our common stock.

On April 12, 2013, the Company, through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary organized under the laws of Australia, Digital Turbine Group Pty Ltd (“DT APAC”), acquired all of the issued and outstanding stock of Mirror Image International Holdings Pty Ltd (“MIAH”). MIAH owns direct or indirect subsidiaries Mirror Image Access (Australia) Pty Ltd (MIA), MIA Technology Australia Pty Ltd (MIATA) and MIA Technology IP Pty Ltd (together the MIAH, the “MIA Group”). The acquired business of the MIA Group is referred to as “DT APAC” in this annual report.

On February 13, 2014, the Company sold 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Twistbox.