Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010.

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: 000-30559

 

 

eDiets.com, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   56-0952883

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1000 Corporate Drive, Suite 600

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

  33334
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(954) 360-9022

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    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 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   ¨  (do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   x

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

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of November 11, 2010:

 

Common Stock, $.001 par value per share   57,418,520 shares

 

 

 


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eDiets.com, Inc,

Index to Form 10-Q

 

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1.

  Financial Statements (Unaudited)   
  Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009      3   
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations – Three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009      4   
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009      5   
  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements      6   

Item 2.

  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations      21   

Item 3.

  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk      32   

Item 4.

  Controls and Procedures      32   

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1.

  Legal Proceedings      32   

Item 6.

  Exhibits      33   

SIGNATURE

     34   

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

EDIETS.COM, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     September 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 
ASSETS     

CURRENT ASSETS:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 900      $ 1,475   

Accounts receivable, net

     346        546   

Prepaid meal delivery and inventory

     220        359   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     722        264   
                

Total current assets

     2,188        2,644   

Restricted cash

     720        544   

Property and office equipment, net

     1,452        2,185   

Intangible assets, net

     7        47   

Goodwill

     —          6,835   

Other assets

     41        201   
                

Total assets

   $ 4,408      $ 12,456   
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT     

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 2,040      $ 1,117   

Accrued liabilities

     1,412        1,855   

Current portion of capital lease obligations

     20        23   

Deferred revenue

     1,317        1,242   

Senior secured notes, net – related party

     —          11,959  
                

Total current liabilities

     4,789        16,196   

Capital lease obligations, net of current portion

     28        43   

Deferred revenue

     438        922   

Senior secured notes, net – related party

     —          4,865   

Commitments and contingencies

    

STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT:

    

Common stock

     57        29   

Additional paid-in capital

     101,207        50,596   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     10        (82

Accumulated deficit

     (102,121     (60,113
                

Total stockholders’ deficit

     (847     (9,570
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit

   $ 4,408      $ 12,456   
                

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

 

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EDIETS.COM, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three months ended
September 30,
    Nine months ended
September 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  

REVENUE

        

Digital plans

   $ 912      $ 1,176      $ 2,970      $ 3,846   

Meal delivery

     4,313        1,945        10,836        6,141   

Business-to-business

     597        800        1,987        3,280   

Other

     191        317        674        975   
                                

TOTAL REVENUE

     6,013        4,238        16,467        14,242   

COSTS AND EXPENSES:

        

Cost of revenue

        

Digital plans

     115        194        421        658   

Meal delivery

     2,767        1,398        7,123        4,646   

Business-to-business

     36        39        95        163   

Other

     47        78        142        190   
                                

Total cost of revenue

     2,965        1,709        7,781        5,657   

Technology and development

     706        934        2,410        2,780   

Sales, marketing and support

     4,546        2,427        10,852        6,749   

General and administrative

     1,227        1,136        3,636        3,820   

Amortization of intangible assets

     3        9        27        284   

Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets

     —          —          6,865        —     
                                

Total costs and expenses

     9,447        6,215        31,571        19,290   
                                

Loss from operations

     (3,434     (1,977     (15,104     (5,048

Interest income

     —          1        2        10   

Interest expense

     (1     (1,321     (2,733     (3,719

Interest expense incurred with debt conversion

     —          —          (23,961     —     

Loss on extinguishment of related party debt

     (213     —          (213     —     
                                

Loss before income tax benefit (provision)

     (3,648     (3,297     (42,009     (8,757

Income tax benefit (provision)

     1       (1     1       (18
                                

Net loss

   $ (3,647   $ (3,298   $ (42,008   $ (8,775
                                

Loss per common share:

        

Basic and diluted

   $ (0.06   $ (0.13   $ (0.99   $ (0.35
                                

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding:

        

Basic and diluted

     57,419        25,460        42,497        25,364   
                                

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

 

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EDIETS.COM, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2010     2009  

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

    

Net loss

   $ (42,008   $ (8,775

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

    

Depreciation

     1,136        1,185   

Amortization of intangibles

     27        284   

Amortization of discount and expenses, senior secured notes – related party

     1,291        1,507   

Accrued interest and paid-in-kind interest, senior secured notes – related party

     2,112        2,615   

Amortization of discounts and interest expense incurred with debt conversion – related party

     23,961        —     

Loss on extinguishment of debt – related party

     213     

Provision for bad debt

     (15     13   

Stock-based compensation

     765        1,242   

Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets

     6,865        —     

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     214        20   

Prepaid expenses, inventory and other assets

     (221     450   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     480        (289

Deferred revenue

     (409     (923
                

Net cash used in operating activities

     (5,589     (2,671

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

    

Increase in restricted cash

     (176     —     

Purchases of property and office equipment, net

     (403     (38
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (579     (38

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

    

Proceeds from note payable – related party

     500        —     

Proceeds from issuance of common stock under private placement

     500        1,100   

Proceeds from issuance of common stock – registered direct offering

     5,275        —     

Common stock issuance costs

     (755     (40

Proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants

     —          200   

Repayment of capital lease obligations

     (19     (66
                

Net cash provided by financing activities

     5,501        1,194   

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     92        (50
                

NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

     (575     (1,565

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     1,475        2,523   
                

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 900      $ 958   
                

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

    

Cash paid for interest

   $ 4      $ 10   
                

Cash refunded from income taxes

   $ (1   $ (46
                

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES

    

Related party debt conversion

   $ 22,595     $ —     
                

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

 

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EDIETS.COM, INC

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2010

(Unaudited)

1. ORGANIZATION

eDiets.com, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 18, 1996 for the purpose of developing and marketing Internet-based diet and fitness programs. The Company markets its products both to consumers and to businesses primarily in North America.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. The Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. All the adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the periods shown are of a normal recurring nature and have been reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. During the third quarter of 2010, the Company determined that it had not properly calculated a loss on the extinguishment of related party debt during the second quarter of 2010. The Company performed the analysis required by Staff Accounting Bulletin 99, Materiality, and Staff Accounting Bulletin 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements When Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements. Based on this analysis, the Company concluded that the effect of the error was not material to the prior quarter, the current quarter or the six months ended June 30, 2010. In accordance with the guidance set forth in paragraph 29 of APB Opinion No. 28, Interim Financial Reporting, the Company corrected and disclosed this error in the quarter ended September 30, 2010 (as further described in Note 8 – Debt Transactions). Results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2010. The information included in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in this report and the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. While the Company believes that such estimates are fair when considered in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial position and results of operations taken as a whole, the actual amount of such estimates, when known, may vary from these estimates.

Going Concern

The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company had a net loss of approximately $3.6 million and approximately $42.0 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 the Company used approximately $5.6 million of cash in its operations. As of September 30, 2010, the Company has an accumulated deficit of approximately $102.1 million and total stockholders’ deficit of approximately $0.8 million. As of September 30, 2010, the Company’s unrestricted cash balance was approximately $0.9 million.

On April 5, 2010, the Company entered into (1) a Debt Conversion Agreement with Prides Capital Partners, LLC (“Prides”), the Company’s majority shareholder, to convert to equity the aggregate principal amount of the three outstanding notes issued in favor of Prides (the “Prides Notes”) and (2) a Debt Conversion Agreement with Kevin A. Richardson, II, one of the Company’s directors and an officer of Prides, to convert to equity the principal amount of

 

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EDIETS.COM, INC

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

 

an outstanding note issued in favor of Mr. Richardson (the “Richardson Note”). See Note 6 – Equity Transactions. The first of the Prides Notes (which were secured by substantially all of our assets) had a maturity date of August 31, 2010, with an original principal amount due of $10.0 million, together with accrued interest of approximately $5.5 million. Upon closing of the transactions on June 4, 2010, the three Prides Notes, together with accrued interest, were exchanged for shares of the Company’s common stock (as further described in Note 6 – Equity Transactions).

On April 9, 2010, the Company completed a registered offering of 5,275,000 shares of common stock to investors for a price of $1.00 per share (the “Registered Offering”). The Company received net proceeds of approximately $4.9 million (see Note 6 – Equity Transactions), after placement agent fees and expenses from the Registered Offering.

In light of the Company’s results of operations, management has and intends to continue to evaluate various possibilities, including raising additional capital through the issuance of common or preferred stock, securities convertible into common stock, or secured or unsecured debt, selling one or more lines of business, or all or a portion of the Company’s assets, entering into a business combination, reducing or eliminating operations, liquidating assets, or seeking relief through a filing under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. These possibilities, to the extent available, may be on terms that result in significant dilution to the Company’s existing stockholders.

The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of assets and classification of assets and liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Significant Accounting Policies

Digital plan revenue is generated by the Company offering membership subscriptions to the proprietary content contained in its Web sites. Subscriptions to the Company’s digital plans are paid in advance, mainly via credit/debit cards and cash receipts are deferred and recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the period of the digital plan subscription. Beginning in January 2008, the Company began to offer a guarantee to all customers, under which if a customer did not meet their weight loss goal upon completion of six consecutive months of digital subscription and met the guarantee requirements they would receive the next six months of digital subscription for free. Consequently, the Company recognizes digital subscription revenue over the potential term of twelve months of digital subscription or until the subscriber no longer meets the guarantee requirements, whichever comes first.

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 605-45 (formerly Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 99-19), Revenue Recognition – Principal Agent Considerations, the Company recognizes gross digital subscription revenues associated with licensed diet and fitness plans based on the relevant facts of the related license agreements, while the license fee incurred to the licensor is included in cost of revenues.

Meal delivery revenue is recognized when the earnings process is complete, which is upon transfer of title of the product. This transfer occurs upon shipment from the Company’s fulfillment center to the end-customer. Meal delivery revenue includes amounts billed for shipping. In accordance with ASC 605-45, the Company recognizes gross meal delivery revenues based on the relevant fact that the Company is the primary obligor and has assumed asset risk before the customers place any orders. Beginning in January 2008, the Company began offering two promotions: a) buy seven weeks of meal delivery and get the 8th week for free and b) buy a meal delivery program and get a free non-cash gift. For the first promotion and in accordance with ASC 605-50 (formerly EITF 01-09), Revenue Recognition – Customer Payments and Incentives, the Company recognizes the cost of the free offer as cost of revenue proportionally over the term of the meal delivery subscription or until the customer cancels and no longer is entitled to the free offer. For the second promotion and in accordance with ASC 605-50 the Company recognizes meal delivery revenue when the meals are shipped and the cost of the free non-cash gift as cost of sales when the non-cash gift is shipped.

Business-to-business revenue relates to the Company’s Nutrio subsidiary, also known as eDiets Corporate Services. eDiets Corporate Services generates three types of business-to-business revenue. Licensing and development revenues are accounted for in accordance with ASC 605-25 (formerly EITF 00-21), Revenue Recognition – Multiple Deliverables. Development revenue relates to the planning, design and development of websites for customers. Both licensing and development revenues are recognized on a straight line basis over the license period once the website is launched. Consulting revenue relates to consulting services provided to customers and revenue is recognized when services and/or deliverables are completed and collection is probable.

 

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EDIETS.COM, INC

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

 

Advertising revenue is recognized in the period the advertisement is displayed, provided that no significant Company obligation remains and collection is probable. Company obligations typically include guarantees of a minimum number of “impressions” or times that visitors to the Company’s website view an advertisement. Amounts received or billed for which impressions have not yet been delivered are reflected as deferred revenue. Opt-in email revenue is derived from the sale of email addresses of visitors to the Company’s websites who have authorized the Company to allow third party solicitations. Revenues from the sale of email addresses are recognized when no significant Company obligation remains and collection is probable.

Ecommerce revenue is currently derived from the sale of the Company’s various health and fitness store products, including vitamin supplements, to consumers. The Company offers an unconditional 30-day guarantee on all of its products. In accordance with ASC 605-15-25-1 (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 48), Revenue Recognition – Products, the Company recognizes revenue on those products only when the guarantee period lapses.

Royalty revenue is derived from the exclusive technology licensing agreement related to the Company’s operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland and is being recognized on a straight-line basis. On July 31, 2009 the Company terminated the 15-year exclusive licensing agreement with Tesco Ireland Limited (“Tesco”) which provided Tesco with exclusive rights to use the Company’s personalized diet technology in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with an effective date of July 1, 2009. The termination agreement provides Tesco with certain continuing rights in the Company technology used by or incorporated into Tesco’s diet website prior to termination, including a three-year non-exclusive right to use such technology and, thereafter, an assignment of certain intellectual property rights relating to such technology.

The Company adopted ASC 820 (formerly SFAS 157), Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, as of January 1, 2008. ASC 820 defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

The Company converted approximately $22.1 million of senior secured notes into 22,088,981 shares of the Company’s common stock during June of 2010, as discussed more fully in Note 6. The senior secured notes were not traded in an active market and were previously held by the Company’s largest shareholder, Prides.

The Company establishes a reserve for refunds for digital plan and meal delivery sales. Since all digital plan subscriber payments are deferred upon receipt, at the end of each month a portion of the deferred revenue is reclassified as a reserve for refunds. Based on historical experience, a range of between approximately 1%-3% of digital plan subscriber sales will result in a refund issued in the subsequent month after sale. All other refunds issued relate to current month digital plan subscriber sales. Because the revenue has not been recognized, refunds do not result in a reversal of digital plan subscription revenue. Instead, refunds result in a decrease to the amounts maintained in deferred revenue. Meal delivery refunds mainly result from late shipments or packaging issues. Based on historical experience, a range of between approximately 1%-3% of prior month’s meal delivery sales will result in a refund, accordingly the Company estimates a reserve based on that assumption for future refunds. The Company does not believe there is a reasonable likelihood that there will be a material change in the future estimates

 

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EDIETS.COM, INC

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

 

or assumptions used to calculate the reserve for refunds. However, if actual results are not consistent with the estimates or assumptions stated above, the Company may be exposed to income or losses that could be material to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-13, Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements, (amendments to FASB ASC 605, Revenue Recognition) and ASU 2009-14, Certain Arrangements That Include Software Elements, (amendments to FASB ASC 985, Software). ASU 2009-13 requires entities to allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices of the delivered goods and services based on a selling price hierarchy. The amendments eliminate the residual method of revenue allocation and require revenue to be allocated using the relative selling price method. ASU 2009-14 removes tangible products from the scope of software revenue guidance and provides guidance on determining whether software deliverables in an arrangement that includes a tangible product are covered by the scope of the software revenue guidance. ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14 are required to be applied on a prospective basis for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect adoption of ASU 2009-13 or ASU 2009-14 to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

3. INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

The changes in the carrying amount of intangible assets and goodwill for the U.S. business-to-business segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2009 are as follows (in thousands):

 

     Tradename and
Customer  Relationships
    Goodwill  

Net Balance as of January 1, 2009

   $ 334      $ 6,835   

Amortization

     (287     —     

Impairment

     —          —     
                

Balance as of December 31, 2009

     47        6,835   

Amortization

     (17     —     

Impairment

     (30     (6,835
                

Balance as of September 30, 2010

   $ —        $ —     
                

Intangible assets related to the acquisition of Nutrio.com, Inc. (“Nutrio”) in May 2006 were being amortized using the straight-line method over periods ranging from 2-5 years with a weighted average life of approximately 2.8 years. The Company regularly reviews identified intangible assets to determine if facts and circumstances indicate that the useful life is shorter than the Company originally estimated or that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. If such facts and circumstances exist, the Company assesses the recoverability of the finite-lived intangible assets by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts.

The Nutrio tradename, which was acquired in May 2006, was the only finite-lived intangible asset with a remaining carrying value at the time of the review of Nutrio’s intangibles during the second quarter of 2010. As a result of customer contracts that will not be renewed, as well as certain new contract opportunities that have been delayed or cancelled due to customer concerns regarding economic uncertainty, the Company performed an impairment assessment of Nutrio’s finite-lived intangible assets. At the time of the assessment, the remaining carrying value of the tradename was approximately $30,000. The Company determined there are no future cash flows attributed to the tradename intangible asset. Since the undiscounted cash flows are zero, compared to the carrying value of approximately $30,000, the Company deemed that the tradename was fully impaired. The non-cash impairment charge of approximately $30,000 relating to the tradename was recorded during the second quarter of 2010 under “Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Prior to the impairment

 

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EDIETS.COM, INC

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charge, the total accumulated amortization relating to the tradename was approximately $140,000. Overall, the aggregate amortization expense of intangible assets was approximately $17,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, excluding the $30,000 impairment charge, and approximately $284,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

The Company reviews its goodwill on an annual basis, or more frequently if events and circumstances warrant, to determine, if any impairment exists. The Company follows the provisions of ASC 350, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (formerly SFAS 142). ASC 350 requires goodwill to be subject to an assessment of impairment on an annual basis, or more frequently if circumstances indicate that a possible impairment has occurred. The assessment of impairment involves a two-step process prescribed in ASC 350, whereby an initial assessment for potential impairment is performed, followed by a measurement of the amount of impairment, if any. ASC 350 describes the reporting unit as an “operating segment” as that term is used in ASC 280, Segment Reporting (formerly SFAS 131). The Company operates in a single market consisting of the sale of services, information and products related to nutrition, fitness and motivation. The Company has three reportable segments: the U.S. business-to-consumer segment (which includes meal delivery), the U.S. business-to-business segment (which includes eDiets Corporate Services) and the European business segment. The Company evaluates goodwill along these segment lines, which represent the Company’s reporting units. The Company performed additional impairment assessments which resulted in impairment charges as described below.

During the second quarter of 2010, indicators of potential impairment of the U.S. business-to-business reporting unit caused the Company to conduct an interim impairment test of its goodwill. Those indicators included customer contracts that will not be renewed, as well as certain new contract opportunities that have been delayed or cancelled due to customer concerns regarding economic uncertainty. The Company completed step one of the impairment analysis and estimated the fair value of the U.S. business-to-business reporting unit using a discounted cash flows method. The discount rate used was the Company’s weighted average cost of capital (“WACC”) discount rate. The WACC includes the cost of debt and the cost of equity and was derived using the Capital Asset Pricing Model, whereby market participants were identified and used in management’s calculation of the WACC. Upon performing the first step of the goodwill impairment test, the Company determined that the carrying amount of this reporting unit exceeded its fair value, based on a discounted cash flows method. Therefore, the second step of the goodwill impairment test was performed to allocate the fair value of the reporting unit to the fair value of all tangible and identifiable intangible assets and determine the implied value of goodwill. Determining the implied value of goodwill requires the valuation of the reporting unit’s tangible and intangible assets and liabilities in a manner similar to the allocation of purchase price in a business combination. This analysis indicated a remaining implied value of goodwill of zero which the Company compared to the carrying amount of the goodwill. As a result, the Company determined that its goodwill was fully impaired. This resulted in a non-cash impairment of goodwill of approximately $6.8 million, which was incurred during the second quarter of 2010 and included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations under “Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets”.

4. REVENUE RECOGNITION

Revenue by type is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2010      2009      2010      2009  

Digital plans

   $ 912       $ 1,176       $ 2,970       $ 3,846   

Meal delivery

     4,313         1,945         10,836         6,141   

Business-to-business

     597         800         1,987         3,280   

Advertising and Ecommerce

     53         135         195         639   

Royalties

     138         182         479         336   
                                   
   $ 6,013       $ 4,238       $ 16,467       $ 14,242   
                                   

 

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5. DEFERRED REVENUE

Deferred revenue consists of the following at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 (in thousands):

 

     September 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Deferred revenue

    

Unearned digital plans revenue

   $ 434      $ 425   

Unearned development revenue

     162        176   

Unearned licensing revenue

     137        26   

Deferred royalty

     1,022        1,537   
                

Total deferred revenue

     1,755        2,164   

Less: current portion of deferred revenue

     (1,317     (1,242
                

Non-current portion of deferred revenue

   $ 438      $ 922   
                

6. EQUITY TRANSACTIONS

2010 Related Party Equity Transactions

On April 5, 2010, the Company entered into a Debt Conversion Agreement with Prides (the “Prides Debt Conversion Agreement”) to convert the aggregate principal amount of the three outstanding Prides Notes, plus all accrued and unpaid interest through the date of conversion, into common stock at a price equal to the price at which the common stock was sold in the Registered Offering, or $1.00 per share (the “Prides Debt Conversion”). Also on April 5, 2010, the Company entered into a Debt Conversion Agreement with Mr. Richardson (the “Richardson Debt Conversion Agreement”) to convert the principal amount of the Richardson Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest through the date of conversion, into common stock at a price equal to the price at which the common stock was sold in the Registered Offering, or $1.00 per share. (the “Richardson Debt Conversion” and, together with the Prides Debt Conversion, the “Debt Conversions”).

In addition, on April 5, 2010, the Company entered into Securities Subscription and Purchase Agreements with Mr. Richardson, Kevin N. McGrath, one of the Company’s directors and its President and Chief Executive Officer, and Lee S. Isgur, one of the Company’s directors, pursuant to which they agreed to purchase $500,000 of common stock at a price equal to the price at which the common stock was sold in the Registered Offering, or $1.00 per share (the “Private Placement”).

The Debt Conversions and the Private Placement each closed on June 4, 2010. At closing, the Company issued 22,088,981 shares of common stock to Prides in full satisfaction of the Prides Notes, and the Company issued 506,027 shares of common stock to Mr. Richardson in full satisfaction of the Richardson Note. In addition, the Company issued 500,000 shares of common stock in connection with the Private Placement. The Company entered into an amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement described below under “2009 Related Party Equity Transactions” pursuant to which it agreed to register, upon the occurrence of certain conditions, the resale of the shares of common stock issued as a result of the Debt Conversions and the Private Placement.

Pursuant to the Prides Debt Conversion Agreement, Prides waived (i) the prohibition on related party transactions outside the ordinary course of business under its August 2007 Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement and the May 2008 Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with the Company as to the Registered Offering, the Private Placement and the Richardson Debt Conversion, (ii) the prepayment premium pursuant to certain of the Prides Notes in respect of the Prides Debt Conversion, and (iii) the mandatory prepayment provisions pursuant to certain of the Prides Notes in respect of the Registered Offering, the Private Placement, and the Richardson Debt Conversion.

 

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2010 Registered Offering of Common Stock

On April 9, 2010, the Company completed the Registered Offering of 5,275,000 shares of common stock to investors for a price of $1.00 per share. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $4.9 million, after placement agent fees and expenses from the Registered Offering.

Warrants Issued to Related Parties

The Company issued Warrants to purchase approximately 1.19 million shares at $6.00 per share to Prides in connection with the private placement that occurred in connection with the May 2006 acquisition of Nutrio. In connection with the Notes issued in August 2007 and May 2008, as described in Note 8, the Company issued warrants to purchase 1.0 million shares at $5.00 per share and 0.5 million shares at $4.25 per share, respectively.

In connection with the Warrant Amendment as described in Note 8, on June 23, 2009, the Company agreed to reduce the price of all Prides outstanding warrants to $1.00, and Prides agreed to use diligent efforts to exercise, in one or more tranches, a portion of the outstanding warrants as soon as reasonably practicable in order to purchase 2.5 million shares underlying these outstanding warrants. The repricing of these warrants resulted in an additional fair value of the warrants of approximately $0.5 million. To encourage the exercise of Prides rights under the outstanding warrants, as amended by the Warrant Amendment, the Company agreed in the Warrant Amendment to issue Prides one or more New Warrants (the “New Warrants”) to purchase nine shares of the Company’s common stock for every 20 shares purchased by Prides as a result of an exercise of the outstanding warrants with an exercise price of $1.20 per share.

2009 Related Party Equity Transactions

On June 23, 2009 and on September 8, 2009, respectively, the Company executed Securities Subscription and Purchase Agreements (collectively the “Purchase Agreements”) with three of its directors, Kevin A. Richardson II, Lee Isgur and Kevin McGrath, who is also the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreements, the three directors agreed to purchase an aggregate of 1,066,040 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for an aggregate of $1.1 million in cash in a Private Placement (the “2009 Private Placement”). The Company used the $1.1 million of gross proceeds from the share sale to fund its business. As part of the 2009 Private Placement, the Company agreed to issue Warrants for the Purchase of Shares of Common Stock (each a “Warrant”) to the three directors, to purchase an aggregate of 479,718 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.20 per share. Each Warrant has a ten year expiration date, is exercisable beginning immediately and provides for a cashless “net” exercise under certain conditions with respect to up to 25% of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise thereof. The exercise price of each Warrant is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances; however, no adjustment to the exercise price will operate to reduce the exercise price to a price less than the closing price of the Company’s common stock on (i) June 22, 2009, for Warrants issued in connection with the June 2009 transaction, and (ii) September 4, 2009, for Warrants issued in connection with the September 2009 transaction. The Company has the option to change the expiration date of the Warrant in the event that the closing price per share of common stock is in excess of 150% of the exercise price for thirty (30) consecutive days as reflected on The Nasdaq Capital Market.

The Company also executed a Registration Rights Agreement (“Registration Rights Agreement”) with the three directors participating in the Private Placement and with Prides Capital. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company agrees to register, upon the occurrence of certain conditions, the resale of the shares of common stock issued to the three directors and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of each Warrant and New Warrant.

In September 2009, Prides exercised a portion of the outstanding warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In connection with this exercise, the Company received $0.2 million and issued a New Warrant, with a 10-year term, to purchase 90,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $1.20 per share. The Company has the option to change the expiration date of the Warrant in the event that the closing price per share of common stock is in excess of 150% of the exercise price for thirty (30) consecutive days as reflected on The Nasdaq

 

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Capital Market. In October and November 2009, Prides exercised warrants to purchase approximately 2.5 million shares of the Company’s common stock. In connection with these exercises, the Company received approximately $2.5 million and issued New Warrants, with a 10-year term, to purchase an aggregate of 1,119,652 shares of the Company’s common stock at $1.20 per share.

At September 30, 2010, there were 1,209,652 Prides New Warrants outstanding and 479,718 Warrants outstanding for the three directors.

7. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company grants stock options, restricted stock units and restricted stock awards to its employees, officers, directors and consultants. In November 2004, the Company adopted the eDiets.com, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) (as amended effective May 6, 2008 and as amended and restated effective May 4, 2010). The Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options or “ISOs”, non-qualified stock options or “NSOs”, stock appreciation rights or “SARs”, restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance awards, deferred stock and unrestricted stock. The Incentive Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”). A maximum of 6,000,000 shares of common stock may be delivered in satisfaction of awards made under the Incentive Plan. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued in any calendar year pursuant to the exercise of ISOs and NSOs is 3,000,000 each. The maximum number of shares as to which options may be granted under the Incentive Plan in any calendar year is 2,000,000 shares. The maximum number of shares subject to SARs under the Incentive Plan in any calendar year is 2,000,000 shares. The maximum number of shares subject to performance awards granted under the Incentive Plan in any calendar year is 800,000 shares. The term of any ISO granted under the Incentive Plan may not exceed ten years, or five years if granted to a person that owns common stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all class of stock of the Company. Options granted under the Incentive Plan generally vest ratably over a three-year period. SARs may be granted either in tandem with or independent of stock options. The Incentive Plan also provides for awards of fully vested unrestricted stock, but no more than 360,000 shares in the aggregate may be granted at less than fair market value unless granted in lieu of cash compensation equal to such fair market value. The Incentive Plan also provides for deferred grants entitling the recipient to receive common stock upon satisfaction of conditions determined by the Committee in its discretion. The Incentive Plan provides for performance award grants which may be linked to the market value, book value, net profits or other measure of the value of common stock or other specific performance criteria determined appropriate by the Committee, or may be based upon the appreciation in the market value, book value, net profits or other measure of the value of a specified number of shares of common stock over a fixed period or periods determined by the Committee.

As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, there were 23,000 and 248,000 RSUs outstanding, respectively, which excludes certain RSUs subject to performance-based vesting conditions as disclosed below on page 17, and 4,308,915 and 2,973,477 options outstanding, respectively, under the Incentive Plan.

In November 1999, the Company adopted the eDiets.com, Inc. Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) (as amended and restated effective April 1, 2002 and as amended effective September 30, 2009). The Plan terminated in November 2009 pursuant to the Plan provisions and therefore, the Company will not grant any additional shares or options under the Plan. The Plan, as amended, provides for the grant of ISOs and NSOs to purchase up to 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to employees, directors and consultants to the Company. Options granted to employees under the Plan generally vest ratably over a two- or three-year period and expire five or ten years from the date of grant. Such options generally have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the underlying common stock at the grant date and are fully exercisable on the date of grant for a period of up to five to ten years. In October 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an amendment (effective September 30, 2009) allowing for the transferability of stock options under limited circumstances. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, 757,169 and 1,133,230 options, respectively, were outstanding under the Plan.

 

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The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation plans in accordance with ASC 718-10 (formerly SFAS 123R), Compensation – Stock Compensation. Under the provisions of ASC 718-10, the Company estimates the fair value of each stock option on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) option-pricing formula, applying the following assumptions, and amortizes that value to expense over the option’s vesting period using the straight-line attribution method.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Expected term (in years)

     3.3        3.5       3.5       3.6   

Risk-free interest rate

     0.82     1.9     1.3     1.6

Expected volatility

     .703        .668       .703        .658   

Expected dividend yield

     —       —       —       —  

Expected Term: The expected term represents the period over which the share-based awards are expected to be outstanding for employees, officers and directors. The Company uses the historical exercise experience in determining the expected term. For consultants, the expected term is equal to the remaining contractual term of the share-based awards.

Risk-Free Interest Rate: The Company bases the risk-free interest rate used in its assumptions on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with a remaining term equivalent to the stock option award’s expected term.

Expected Volatility: The volatility factor used in the Company’s assumptions is based on the historical price of its stock from 2001 to the current period because the Company believes that this extended period reflects the true Company history.

Expected Dividend Yield: The Company does not intend to pay dividends on its common stock for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Company uses a dividend yield of zero in its assumptions.

As required by ASC 718-10, the Company estimates forfeitures of employee stock options, RSUs and restricted stock awards and recognizes compensation cost only for those awards expected to vest. Forfeiture rates are determined for three groups (employees, officers and directors) based on historical experience. Estimated forfeitures are adjusted to the actual forfeiture experience as needed.

During the quarters ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense under ASC 718-10 (related to stock options, RSUs and restricted stock awards) of approximately $0.3 million and approximately $0.4 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense under ASC 718-10 (related to stock options, RSUs and restricted stock awards) of approximately $0.8 million and $1.1 million, respectively. The breakdown of stock-based compensation expense per line item on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2010      2009      2010      2009  

Cost of revenue

   $ 3       $ 6       $ 8       $ 14   

Technology and development

     54         107         127         229   

Sales, marketing and support

     88         114         181         250   

General and administrative

     148         204         449         631   
                                   
   $ 293       $ 431       $ 765       $ 1,124   
                                   

 

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A summary of option activity under the Company’s stock plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 is as follows (shares in thousands):

 

     Number of
Options
    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
     Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual

Term (yrs)
     Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
($000)
 

Outstanding at December 31, 2009

     4,107      $ 3.08         5.32       $ 126   

Granted

     1,799        1.17         

Exercised

     —          —           

Forfeited

     (417     2.53         

Expired

     (423     4.18         
                

Outstanding at September 30, 2010

     5,066      $ 2.36         6.47       $ —     
                                  

Vested or expected to vest at September 30, 2010

     4,531      $ 2.45         6.22       $ —     
                                  

Exercisable at September 30, 2010

     2,019      $ 3.50         3.47       $ —     
                                  

The weighted-average fair value of stock options granted during the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 was $0.25 and $0.44, respectively. The weighted-average fair value of stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 was $0.44 and $0.92, respectively.

There were no exercises of stock options during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010. There were no exercises of stock options during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009. As of September 30, 2010, there was approximately $1.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to the stock options granted under the Company’s stock plans. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years.

A summary of the RSUs outstanding under the Company’s Incentive Plan for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 is presented below (shares in thousands):

 

     Number of
Shares
    Weighted
Average
Fair Value at
Grant Date
 

Non-vested at December 31, 2009

     248      $ 4.89   

Granted

     —          —     

Vested

     —          —     

Forfeited

     (225     4.93   
                

Non-vested at September 30, 2010

     23      $ 4.52   
                

No RSUs vested during the first nine months of 2010. The non-vested RSUs listed above are expected to vest upon achievement of performance goals that are not currently deemed probable by management as of September 30, 2010. The total fair value of restricted stock awards that vested in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was less than $0.1 million.

As restricted stock and RSUs are subject to graded vesting, the cost is generally recognized on an accelerated basis. As of September 30, 2010, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock awards granted under the Company’s stock plans.

 

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In March 2008, 69,000 RSUs were awarded to an officer, subject to performance-based vesting conditions. Performance conditions were established for one third, or 23,000 RSUs which were expected to vest in March 2009, but as the performance condition was not achieved, all previously recorded compensation cost of approximately $0.1 million was reversed in the first quarter of 2009. As of September 30, 2010, performance conditions have not been established by the Board for the remaining 46,000 RSUs, and thus no compensation expense has been recorded to date related to these 46,000 RSUs. At the time that the performance conditions are established, the value of these RSUs will be determined and the resulting compensation cost recorded. All 69,000 RSUs are not vested as of September 30, 2010. The 46,000 RSUs have been excluded from the summary of RSU activity above.

In December 2008, 425,000 RSUs were awarded to an officer, subject to performance-based vesting conditions, which have not yet been established by the Board, and thus no compensation expense has been recorded to date related to these RSUs. At the time that the performance conditions are established, the value of these RSUs will be determined and the resulting compensation cost recorded. These 425,000 RSUs have been excluded from the summary of RSU activity above.

In January 2009, 5,000 RSUs were awarded to an officer, subject to performance-based vesting conditions, which have not yet been established by the Board, and thus no compensation expense has been recorded to date related to these RSUs. At the time that the performance conditions are established, the value of these RSUs will be determined and the resulting compensation cost recorded. These 5,000 RSUs have been excluded from the summary of RSU activity above.

8. DEBT TRANSACTIONS

On August 31, 2007 the Company borrowed $10.0 million from Prides, in the form of a Senior Secured Note and accompanying agreements (“First Note”). The First Note, along with accrued and paid-in-kind interest, was converted into 15,000,643 shares of the Company’s common stock on June 4, 2010 (“First Note Debt Conversion”). During the second quarter of 2010, the Company recorded approximately $14.8 million of additional interest expense due to the reduction in conversion price associated with the First Note Debt Conversion.

In accordance with ASC 470-20-55 (formerly EITF 98-5) and ASC 470-20-30 (formerly EITF 00-27), Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options, the First Note’s conversion feature was considered a beneficial conversion feature and was treated as a note discount with a fair value of approximately $2.4 million, which was amortized to interest expense through June 4, 2010 using the effective interest method. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had amortized approximately $2.1 million of the beneficial conversion feature discount and during the second quarter of 2010, the Company adjusted the additional $0.3 million to interest expense incurred with the First Note Debt Conversion.

Additionally, in connection with the issuance of the First Note, a warrant to purchase one million shares of the Company’s common stock at $5.00 per share was issued to Prides. The warrant had a 10-year term and was redeemable at the option of the Company. The Company determined in accordance with ASC 470-20-25 (formerly Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 14), Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options, that the warrant had a relative fair value of $1.8 million, which was treated as a note discount and amortized using the effective interest method until the debt was converted on June 4, 2010. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had amortized approximately $1.6 million of this discount and during the second quarter of 2010, the Company adjusted the additional $0.2 million to interest expense incurred with the First Note Debt Conversion.

On June 23, 2009, the Company executed an Agreement to Amend Warrants (“Warrant Amendment”) in which the Company agreed to amend this warrant, among others, to reduce the purchase price per share of common stock to $1.00 and the warrants were exercised at the $1.00 exercise price during 2009 (as described in Note 6).

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amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method through June 4, 2010. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had amortized approximately $180,000 of this discount and during the second quarter of 2010, the Company adjusted the additional $20,000 to interest expense incurred with the First Note Debt Conversion.

During 2010, the Company recorded approximately $1.8 million of interest expense prior to the First Note Debt Conversion, including amortization of the note discounts of approximately $0.9 million, related to the First Note. The Company recorded approximately $0.9 million and $2.6 million of interest expense, including amortization of the note discounts of $0.4 million and $1.2 million, related to the First Note for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. These amounts are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations under “Interest expense”.

On May 30, 2008, the Company borrowed an additional $2.6 million from Prides in the form of a Senior Secured Note and accompanying agreements (“Second Note”). The Second Note, along with accrued and paid-in-kind interest, was converted into 3,718,176 shares of the Company’s common stock on June 4, 2010 (“Second Note Debt Conversion”). During the second quarter of 2010, the Company recorded approximately $4.1 million of additional interest expense due to the reduction in conversion price associated with the Second Note Debt Conversion.

In accordance with ASC 470-20-55 (formerly EITF 98-5) and ASC 470-20-30 (formerly EITF 00-27), Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options, the Second Note’s conversion feature was considered a beneficial conversion feature and was treated as a note discount with a fair value of approximately $1.1 million, which was amortized to interest expense through June 4, 2010 using the effective interest method. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had amortized approximately $0.5 million of the beneficial conversion feature discount and during the second quarter of 2010, the Company adjusted the additional $0.6 million to interest expense incurred with the Second Note Debt Conversion.

Additionally, in connection with the issuance of the Second Note, a warrant to purchase approximately 0.5 million shares of the Company’s common stock at $4.25 per share was issued to Prides. The warrant had a 10-year term and was redeemable at the option of the Company. The Company determined in accordance with ASC 470-20-25 (formerly Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 14), Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options, that the warrant had a relative fair value of $1.0 million, which was treated as a note discount and amortized using the effective interest method until the debt was converted on June 4, 2010. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had amortized approximately $0.4 million of this discount and during the second quarter of 2010, the Company adjusted the additional $0.6 million to interest expense incurred with the Second Note Debt Conversion.

In connection with the Warrant Amendment mentioned above, on June 23, 2009, the Company agreed to amend this warrant, among others, to reduce the purchase price per share of common stock to $1.00, and the warrants were exercised at the $1.00 exercise price during 2009 (as described in Note 6).

The Company incurred approximately $0.1 million in issuance costs paid directly to Prides in connection with the Second Note. In accordance with ASC 470-20-30, these issuance costs were treated as a note discount and were amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method through June 4, 2010. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had amortized approximately $47,000 of this discount and during the second quarter of 2010, the Company adjusted the additional $48,000 to interest expense incurred with the Second Note Debt Conversion.

During 2010, the Company recorded approximately $0.6 million of interest expense prior to the Second Note Debt Conversion, including amortization of the note discounts and expenses of approximately $0.3 million, related to the Second Note. The Company recorded approximately $0.3 million and $0.7 million of interest expense, including amortization of the note discounts of approximately $0.1 million and $0.3 million, related to the Second Note for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. These amounts are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations under “Interest expense”.

In the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement for the Second Note, Prides committed to provide the Company with an additional $2.55 million in Senior Secured Notes (“Third Note”), with terms similar to the Second Note and as set forth in the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement. On November 13, 2008 the Company executed the Third Note and the issuance of this Third Note does not impact the accounting or the valuation of the warrants that were issued in connection with the Second Note. The Third Note, along with accrued and paid-in-kind interest, was converted

 

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into 3,370,162 shares of the Company’s common stock on June 4, 2010 (“Third Note Debt Conversion”). During the second quarter of 2010, the Company recorded approximately $3.1 million of additional interest expense due to the reduction in conversion price associated with the Third Note Debt Conversion.

In accordance with ASC 470-20-55 (formerly EITF 98-5) and ASC 470-20-30 (formerly EITF 00-27), Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options, the Third Note’s conversion feature was considered a beneficial conversion feature and was treated as a note discount with a fair value of approximately $0.1 million, which was amortized through June 4, 2010 using the effective interest method. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had amortized approximately $33,000 of the beneficial conversion feature discount and during the second quarter of 2010, the Company adjusted the additional $39,000 to interest expense incurred with the Third Note Debt Conversion.

The Company incurred approximately $0.1 million in issuance costs paid directly to Prides in connection with the Third Note. In accordance with ASC 470-20-30, these issuance costs were treated as a note discount and were amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method through June 4, 2010. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had amortized approximately $26,000 of this discount and during the second quarter of 2010, the Company adjusted the additional $30,000 to interest expense incurred with the Third Note Debt Conversion.

During 2010, the Company recorded approximately $0.3 million of interest expense prior to the Third Note Debt Conversion, including amortization of the note discounts and expenses of approximately $27,000, related to the Third Note. The Company recorded approximately $0.1 million and $0.4 million of interest expense, including amortization of the note discounts of approximately $10,000 and $31,000, related to the Third Note for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. These amounts are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations under “Interest expense”.

On March 9, 2010, the Company issued the Richardson Note to Kevin A. Richardson II, one of the Company’s directors and an officer of Prides. Pursuant to the Richardson Note, the Company borrowed $500,000 from Kevin A. Richardson II. The Richardson Note, along with accrued interest, was converted into 506,027 shares of the Company’s common stock on June 4, 2010. During the third quarter of 2010, the Company determined that it had not properly calculated a loss on the extinguishment of the related party debt relating to the Richardson Note. The Company should have recorded approximately $213,000 as a loss on extinguishment of related party debt when the Richardson Note was extinguished on June 4, 2010 in exchange for 506,047 shares of the Company’s common stock. Had the loss been properly recorded in the quarter ended June 30, 2010, the Company’s net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2010 would have been $34.8 million. Accordingly, in the third quarter of 2010, the Company recorded approximately $0.2 million of a loss on extinguishment of related party debt. As this adjustment was related to the correction of the prior quarter error, the Company performed the analysis required by Staff Accounting Bulletin 99, Materiality, and Staff Accounting Bulletin 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements When Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements. Based on this analysis, the Company concluded that the effect of the error was not material to the prior quarter, the current quarter or the six months ended June 30, 2010. In accordance with the guidance set forth in paragraph 29 of APB Opinion No. 28, Interim Financial Reporting, the Company corrected and disclosed this error in the quarter ended September 30, 2010.

The First Note, Second Note and Third Note previously placed certain limitations on the Company’s ability to enter into various transactions including, in aggregate, capital leases in excess of $2 million, other forms of indebtedness in excess of $250,000, and total investments in excess of $250,000. Pursuant to the Prides Debt Conversion Agreement, Prides released all security interests, liens and other encumbrances on the assets of the Company held by Prides pursuant to its Security Agreements. Further, pursuant to the Prides Debt Conversion Agreement, Prides released the guarantors under any and all obligations arising under or in connection with the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreements in favor of Prides dated August 31, 2007 and May 30, 2008.

Pursuant to the Prides Debt Conversion Agreement, Prides waived (i) the prohibition on related party transactions outside the ordinary course of business under its August 2007 Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement and the May 2008 Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with the Company as to the Registered Offering, the Private Placement and the Richardson Debt Conversion, (ii) the prepayment premium pursuant to certain of the Prides Notes in respect of the Prides Debt Conversion, and (iii) the mandatory prepayment provisions pursuant to certain of the Prides Notes in respect of the Registered Offering, the Private Placement, and the Richardson Debt Conversion.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

 

 

9. LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

Basic loss per common share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive potential common shares consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon exercise of stock options and warrants (using the treasury stock method), which were not included in diluted loss per share as they would have been anti-dilutive and were approximately 499,000 and 526,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and approximately 978,000 and 1,598,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. For each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company had zero dilutive potential common shares related to its convertible debt. This debt was converted to 22,088,981 shares of the Company’s common stock during June of 2010 as further described in Note 6.

10. COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

The components of comprehensive loss are as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Net loss

   $ (3,647   $ (3,298   $ (42,008   $ (8,775

Other comprehensive income (loss):

        

Foreign currency translation

     (115     (64     92        (50
                                

Comprehensive loss

   $ (3,762   $ (3,362   $ (41,916   $ (8,825
                                

Accumulated other comprehensive loss as of September 30, 2010 and 2009 consists of foreign currency translation.

11. SEGMENT INFORMATION

ASC 280 (formerly SFAS 131), Segment Reporting, designates the internal reporting that is used by management for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source of the Company’s reportable segments.

The Company operates in a single market consisting of the sale of services, information and products (ecommerce and meal delivery) related to nutrition, fitness and motivation. The Company has three reportable segments: the U.S. business-to-consumer segment, the U.S. business-to-business segment and the European business segment. Meal delivery and Digital plans operations are included in the U.S. business-to-consumer segment.

The Company does not engage in inter-company revenue transfers between segments. The Company’s management evaluates performance based primarily on business segment. Accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as the Company’s consolidated accounting policies.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

 

 

Net revenues and segment loss of the Company’s three reportable segments are as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Net revenues:

        

U.S. business-to-consumer

   $ 5,278      $ 3,256      $ 14,003      $ 10,623   

U.S. business-to-business

     597        800        1,987        3,283   
                                

Total U.S.

     5,875        4,056        15,990        13,906   

Europe

     138        182        477        336   
                                

Consolidated net revenues

   $ 6,013      $ 4,238      $ 16,467      $ 14,242   
                                

Segment (loss) income:

        

U.S. business-to-consumer

   $ (3,677   $ (2,318   $ (9,049   $ (6,193

U.S. business-to-business

     107        195        (6,472     883   
                                

Total U.S.

     (3,570     (2,123     (15,521     (5,310

Europe

     136        146        417        262   
                                

Consolidated loss from operations

   $ (3,434   $ (1,977   $ (15,104   $ (5,048
                                

12. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In the ordinary course of business, the Company and/or its subsidiaries may be parties to legal proceedings and regulatory inquiries, the outcome of which, either singly or in the aggregate, is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On November 12, 2010, the Company issued the following promissory notes (the “Director Notes”): (i) a promissory note to Kevin A. Richardson II, one of the Company’s directors and an officer of Prides, pursuant to which the Company borrowed $600,000, (ii) a promissory note to Lee S. Isgur, one of the Company’s directors, pursuant to which the Company borrowed $200,000 and (iii) a promissory Note to Kevin N. McGrath, one of the Company’s directors and the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to which the Company borrowed $200,000. The entire outstanding principal balance of the Director Notes, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, is due and payable on December 31, 2011. Interest accrues on the Director Notes at a rate of five percent (5%) per annum. In the event the principal is not paid in full within three business days of the due date, or any other default occurs thereunder, then interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal balance of the Director Notes at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum.

 

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

OUR BUSINESS

Products and Services

eDiets.com, Inc. (“eDiets”, “the Company” or “we”) leverages the power of technology to bring weight loss solutions to both consumers and businesses. We generate revenue in four ways.

 

   

We sell digital weight-loss programs.

 

   

We offer a nationwide weight loss oriented meal delivery service.

 

   

We derive licensing revenues for the use of our intellectual property and development revenues related to the planning, design and development of private-label nutrition Web sites.

 

   

We sell advertising throughout our content assets, which are our diet, fitness and healthy lifestyle-oriented Web sites.

Subscription Business (includes our digital subscription-based plans and our meal delivery plans)

We have been offering digital subscription-based plans in the United States since 1998, when we launched our first diet plan. Our digital diet plans are personalized according to an individual’s weight goals, food and cooking preferences and include the related shopping lists and recipes. eDiets offers a variety of approximately twenty different digital diet plans, some of which we have developed and some of which we have licensed from third parties under exclusive arrangements. We also offer a subscription-based nationwide weight loss oriented meal delivery service.

Subscribers to our digital diet and meal delivery plans are acquired through our own advertising or through co-marketing arrangements with third parties. In addition to a digital diet or meal delivery product, they receive access to support offerings including interactive online information, communities and education as well as telephone and online support. eDiets offers message boards on various topics of interest to our subscribers, online meetings presented by licensed mental health counselors, registered dietitians and certified fitness trainers and the resources of approximately 30 customer service representatives, nutritionists and fitness personnel.

Digital subscription programs ranging from four weeks to 52 weeks are billed in advance in varying increments of time. Substantially all of our digital subscribers purchase programs via credit/debit cards, with renewals billed automatically, until cancellation.

Meal delivery subscribers purchase a full week or five days of prepared breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, supplemented by snacks that are generally shipped to arrive within two or three days.

License Business (includes business-to-business and royalty revenue)

Our eDiets Corporate Services subsidiary is actively engaged in providing private label online nutrition, fitness and wellness programs to companies mainly in the health insurance, pharmaceutical and food industries.

 

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We also recognize royalty revenue as a result of having licensed to Tesco plc (“Tesco”) the exclusive rights to use eDiets brand and diet plan technology in the UK and Ireland. Effective July 31, 2009, we terminated this exclusive licensing agreement with Tesco. The termination agreement provides Tesco with certain continuing rights in the Company technology used by or incorporated into Tesco’s diet website prior to termination, including a three-year non-exclusive right to use such technology and, thereafter, an assignment of certain intellectual property rights relating to such technology.

Content Business (includes advertising and ecommerce revenue)

Our advertising sales revenues are derived from our flagship Web site, www.eDiets.com. The site includes free, regularly updated content developed primarily by our in-house editorial staff. Content is grouped into “channels” including Diet & Nutrition, Fitness, Mind & Body, Health, Food & Recipes and Success Stories.

Additional advertising revenues are generated through placements in our free opt-in email newsletters and through placements within the subscription sales process.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

We have identified the policies outlined below as critical to our business operations and an understanding of our results of operations. The listing is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all of our accounting policies. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, with no need for management’s judgment in their application. The impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations is discussed throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results. For a detailed discussion on the application of these and other accounting policies, see the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2009 Form 10-K. Note that our preparation of the financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from those estimates.

REVENUE RECOGNITION:

We offer memberships to the proprietary content contained in our Web sites. Revenues from customer subscriptions are paid in advance mainly via credit/debit cards. Subscriptions to the digital plans are paid in advance and cash receipts are deferred and recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the period of the digital plan subscription. Beginning in January 2008, we began to offer a guarantee to all customers, under which if a customer did not meet their weight loss goal upon completion of consecutive six months of digital subscription and met the guarantee requirements they would receive the next six months of digital subscription for free. We recognize digital subscription revenue over the potential term of twelve months of digital subscription or until the subscriber no longer meets the guarantee requirements, whichever comes first.

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 605-45 (formerly Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 99-19), Revenue Recognition – Principal Agent Considerations, we recognize gross digital subscription revenues associated with licensed diet and fitness plans based on the relevant facts of the related license agreements, while the license fee incurred to the licensor is included in cost of revenues.

Meal delivery revenue is recognized when the earnings process is complete, which is upon transfer of title of the product. This transfer occurs upon shipment from our fulfillment center to the end-customer. Meal delivery revenue includes amounts billed for shipping. In accordance with ASC 605-45, we recognize gross meal delivery revenues based on the relevant fact that we are the primary obligor and have assumed asset risk when the orders are shipped to our customers. Beginning in January 2008 we began offering two promotions: a) buy seven weeks of meal delivery and get the 8th week for free and b) buy a meal delivery program and get a free non-cash gift. For the first promotion and in accordance with ASC 605-50 (formerly EITF 01-09), Revenue Recognition – Customer Payments and Incentives, we recognize the cost of the free offer as cost of revenue proportionally over the term of the meal delivery subscription or until the customer cancels and no longer is entitled to the free offer. For the second promotion and in accordance with ASC 605-45, we recognize meal delivery revenue when the meals are shipped and the cost of the free non-cash gift as cost of sales when the non-cash gift is shipped.

 

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Business-to-business revenue relates to our eDiets Corporate Services subsidiary. eDiets Corporate Services generates three types of business-to-business revenue. Licensing and development revenues are accounted for in accordance with 605-25 (formerly EITF 00-21), Revenue Recognition – Multiple Deliverables. Development revenue relates to the planning, design and development of websites for customers. Both licensing and development revenues are recognized on a straight line basis over the license period once the website is launched. Consulting revenue relates to consulting services provided to customers and revenue is recognized when services and/or deliverables are completed and collection is probable.

Advertising revenue is recognized in the period the advertisement is displayed, provided that no significant Company obligation remains and collection is probable. Our obligations typically include guarantees of a minimum number of “impressions” or times that visitors to our Web site view an advertisement. Amounts received or billed for which impressions have not yet been delivered are reflected as deferred revenue. Opt-in email revenue is derived from the sale of email addresses of visitors to our Web sites who have authorized us to allow third party solicitations. Revenues from the sale of email addresses are recognized when no significant Company obligation remains and collection is probable.

Ecommerce revenue is currently derived from the sale of our various health and fitness store products, including vitamin supplements, to consumers. We offer an unconditional 30-day guarantee on all of our products. In accordance with ASC 605-15-25-1 (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 48), Revenue Recognition – Products, we recognize revenue on those products only when the guarantee period lapses.

Royalty revenue is derived from the exclusive technology licensing agreement related to our previous operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland and is being recognized on a straight-line basis.

Our most significant accounting estimate is our reserve for refunds for digital plan and meal delivery. Since digital plan subscriber payments are deferred upon receipt, at the end of each month we reclassify a portion of our deferred revenue to reserve for refunds. Based on historical experience, a range of between approximately 1%-3% of digital plan subscriber sales will result in a refund issued in the subsequent month after sale. All other refunds issued relate to current month digital plan subscriber sales. Because the revenue has not been recognized, refunds do not result in a reversal of digital plan subscription revenue. Instead, refunds result in a decrease to the amounts maintained in deferred revenue. Meal delivery refunds mainly result from late shipments or packaging issues. Based on historical experience, a range of between approximately 1%-3% of prior month’s meal delivery sales will result in a refund, accordingly we estimate a reserve based on that assumption for future refunds. We do not believe there is a reasonable likelihood that there will be a material change in the future estimates or assumptions we use to calculate the reserve for refunds. However, if actual results are not consistent with our estimates or assumptions stated above, we may be exposed to income or losses that could be material to our consolidated financial statements.

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS:

We regularly review identified intangible assets to determine if facts and circumstances indicate that the useful life is shorter than we originally estimated or that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. If such facts and circumstances exist, we assess the recoverability of the finite-lived intangible assets by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts.

As a result of customer contracts that will not be renewed, as well as certain new contract opportunities that have been delayed or cancelled due to customer concerns regarding economic uncertainty, we performed an impairment assessment of Nutrio’s finite-lived intangible assets during the second quarter of 2010. We determined there were no future cash flows attributed to the tradename intangible asset. Since the undiscounted cash flows were zero, compared to the carrying value of approximately $30,000, the Company deemed that the tradename was fully impaired. The non-cash impairment charge of approximately $30,000 relating to the tradename was recorded under “Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets” in our Consolidated Statement of Operations during the second quarter of 2010.

ASC 350 describes the reporting unit as an “operating segment” as that term is used in ASC 280, Segment Reporting (formerly SFAS 131). We operate in a single market consisting of the sale of services, information and products related to nutrition, fitness and motivation. We have three reportable segments: the U.S. business-to-consumer segment (which includes meal delivery), the U.S. business-to-business segment (which includes eDiets Corporate Services) and the European business segment. We evaluate goodwill along these segment lines, which represent our reporting units.

 

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We use judgment in assessing goodwill for impairment. Goodwill is reviewed annually for impairment, or sooner if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount could exceed fair value. Fair value of the Company’s reporting units is based on discounted cash flows using a discount rate determined by our management to be consistent with industry discount rates and the risks inherent in our current business model. Assumptions used in our impairment testing, such as forecasted growth rates and cost of capital, are consistent with internal projections and operating plans. Due to uncertain market conditions and potential changes in our strategy and product portfolio, it is possible that the forecasts we use to support our goodwill result in non-cash charges that adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. Our impairment testing may be impacted by, among other things, our expected operating performance, ability to retain key personnel, changes in operating segments and competitive environment.

During the second quarter of 2010, indicators of potential impairment of the U.S. business-to-business reporting unit caused us to conduct an interim impairment test. Those indicators included customer contracts that will not be renewed, as well as certain new contract opportunities that have been delayed or cancelled due to customer concerns regarding economic uncertainty. We completed step one of the impairment analysis and estimated the fair value of the U.S. business-to-business reporting unit using a discounted cash flows method. The discount rate used was the Company’s weighted average cost of capital (“WACC”) discount rate. The WACC includes the cost of debt and the cost of equity and was derived using the Capital Asset Pricing Model, whereby market participants were identified and used in our calculation of the WACC. Upon performing the first step of the goodwill impairment test, we determined that the carrying amount of this reporting unit exceeded its fair value, based on a discounted cash flows method. Therefore, the second step of the goodwill impairment test was performed to allocate the fair value of the reporting unit to the fair value of all tangible and identifiable intangible assets and determine the implied value of goodwill. Determining the implied value of goodwill requires the valuation of the reporting unit’s tangible and intangible assets and liabilities in a manner similar to the allocation of purchase price in a business combination. This analysis indicated a remaining implied value of goodwill of zero which we compared to the carrying amount of the goodwill.

As a result of the assessments performed, we determined that goodwill and intangible assets, specifically the tradename, were fully impaired. This resulted in a non-cash impairment of goodwill and intangible assets of approximately $6.9 million, which is included in our Consolidated Statement of Operations under “Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets” during the second quarter of 2010.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Our condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, we had a net loss of approximately $3.6 million and approximately $42.0 million, respectively. We used approximately $5.6 million of cash in our operations for the nine months ended June 30, 2010. As of September 30, 2010, we had an accumulated deficit of $102.1 million, total stockholders’ deficit of $0.8 million and our unrestricted cash balance was approximately $0.9 million.

In light of our results of operations, we have and intend to continue to evaluate various possibilities, including raising additional capital through the issuance of common or preferred stock, securities convertible into common stock, or secured or unsecured debt, selling one or more of our lines of business or all or a portion of our assets, entering into a business combination, reducing or eliminating operations, liquidating assets, or seeking relief through a filing under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. These possibilities, to the extent available, may be on terms that result in significant dilution to our existing stockholders. Our condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of assets and classification of assets and liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

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The following table sets forth our results of operations expressed as a percentage of total revenue:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Revenue

     100     100     100     100

Cost of revenue

     49        40        47        40   

Technology and development

     12        22        15        20   

Sales, marketing and support

     76        57        66        47   

General and administrative

     20        27        22        27   

Amortization of intangible assets

     *        *        *        2   

Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets

     —          —          42        —     

Interest income

     *        *        *        *   

Interest expense

     *        31        17        26   

Interest expense incurred with debt conversion

     —          —          145        —     

Loss on extinguishment of related party debt

     4        —          1        —     

Income tax provision

     *        *        *        *   

Net loss

     (61 )%      (78 )%      (255 )%      (62 )% 

 

* Less than 1%

COMPARISON OF THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 TO THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Revenue: Total revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $6.0 million and $16.5 million, respectively, an increase of 41.9% and 15.6% versus the $4.2 million and $14.2 million recorded in the corresponding prior year periods.

Revenue by type is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2010      2009      2010      2009  

Digital plans

   $ 912       $ 1,176       $ 2,970       $ 3,846   

Meal delivery

     4,313         1,945         10,836         6,141   

Business-to-business

     597         800         1,987         3,280   

Advertising and Ecommerce

     53         135         195         639   

Royalties

     138         182         479         336   
                                   

Total revenue

   $ 6,013       $ 4,238       $ 16,467       $ 14,242   
                                   

Digital plans revenue was approximately $0.9 million and $3.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to approximately $1.2 million and $3.8 million in the corresponding prior year periods. Digital plans revenue is driven by the following two factors: the average number of digital plans subscribers and the average weekly fee paid by digital plan subscribers. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the average number of paying subscribers was approximately 15% lower than the corresponding prior year period, and the average weekly fees were approximately 4% lower than the corresponding prior year period. Fewer digital plan subscribers were added for the first nine months of 2010 compared to the first nine months of 2009. Due to cash constraints and uncertain returns from online advertising, we targeted more of our advertising investments in general to meal delivery. Increased competition, the growth of similar services that are offered for free, economic conditions, and our reduction in online advertising expenditures have all contributed to the decline in subscribers during the last several reporting periods and our current number of subscribers is insufficient to sustain our liquidity. Our advertising is now driving potential customers to our call center rather than visit our website. As a result of these factors and to prevent further decreases in liquidity, we have diversified from a subscription-based model to a more integrated business model that includes the sale of food and other weight-loss products to better capture cross-selling opportunities and leverage our existing customer relationships.

 

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Meal delivery had revenues of approximately $4.3 million and $10.8 million, including shipping revenue, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to $1.9 million and $6.1 million for the corresponding prior year periods. The 77% increase in meal delivery revenue for the first nine months of 2010 as compared to the first nine months of 2009 is directly related to an approximately 84% increase in meals shipped during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to the same period of the prior year. We have expanded our Meal delivery promotional offerings in order to achieve a higher volume of shipments which impacts our net revenues for 2010. During 2010, we increased our offline advertising expense by approximately 362% over the three months ended September 30, 2009 and increased our offline advertising expense by approximately 278% over the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Business-to-business revenues, which are primarily application development and license related revenues, were approximately $0.6 million and $2.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to $0.8 million and $3.3 million in the corresponding prior year periods. During 2009, an eDiets Corporate Services contract was terminated and resulted in the acceleration of approximately $0.6 million in previously deferred revenue which was recognized during the first quarter of 2009. Additionally, other development revenue decreased during both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 as a result of contracts not being renewed upon expiration in either late 2009 or the first nine months of 2010. Our current customers are also using less of our consulting and support services compared to 2009, contributing to the business-to-business revenue decline.

Advertising revenue from our website and our newsletter and Ecommerce revenue was approximately $53,000 and $0.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to $0.1 million and $0.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. The decrease was due to fewer site visitors who observe third-party banner impressions and lower ad rates in the first half of 2010 as compared to the corresponding prior year period. The number of visitors to our websites has declined over the last few reporting periods because our advertising is now driving potential customers to our call center rather than our website. We are also allocating a greater share of the website to our own products rather than other companies’ products.

Royalty revenues related to our licensing agreement with Tesco were $0.1 million and $0.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to $0.2 million and $0.3 million in the corresponding prior year periods.

In the future we expect that revenue streams from meal delivery will continue to be a larger share of total revenue as we diversify from a digital subscription-based and licensing-based model to a more integrated business model that better captures cross-selling opportunities and leverages our existing customer relationships.

Cost of Revenue: Total cost of revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 was $2.6 million and $4.8 million, respectively, as compared to $2.0 million and $3.9 million for the corresponding prior year periods.

Cost of revenue by type is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2010      2009      2010      2009  

Digital plans

   $ 115       $ 194       $ 421       $ 658   

Meal delivery

     2,767         1,398         7,123         4,646   

Business-to-business

     36         39         95         163   

Other

     47         78         142         190   
                                   

Total cost of revenue

   $ 2,965       $ 1,709       $ 7,781       $ 5,657   
                                   

Gross margin decreased to approximately 51% and 53%, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to approximately 60% and 60%, respectively, for the corresponding prior year periods. Gross margin for digital plans increased to approximately 87% and 86% respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to approximately 84% and 83%, respectively, for the corresponding prior year periods. This increase is primarily the result of the continued stabilization of our technology platform, terminating certain revenue share arrangements and a decrease in the amount included within digital plans cost of sales relating to our call center. Meal delivery gross margin increased to approximately 36% and 34%, respectively,

 

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for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to approximately 28% and 24%, respectively, for the corresponding prior year periods. This is the result of continued cost reductions from stabilizing our technology platform, a reduction in product costs and food production efficiencies realized with our primary food vendors, and a reduction in our shipping costs. We anticipate our total gross margin will continue to improve in the future as our efforts to improve the meal delivery margin through reduced food costs and increased shipping efficiencies continue to be realized. Business-to-business gross margin decreased slightly during the three months ended September 30, 2010 and remained flat for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The decrease in the blended margin overall for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to the same period of the prior year is the result of the increase in lower-margin meal delivery revenue combined with the decrease in high-margin digital plans revenue and the decrease in high-margin business-to-business revenue during 2010 as compared to 2009.

Cost of digital plans revenue consists primarily of variable costs such as credit card fees and revenue sharing or royalty costs related to the exclusive license agreements with third party nutrition and fitness companies. Other costs include Internet access fees, compensation for nutritional and consulting professionals and depreciation. Cost of digital plans revenue decreased to $0.1 million and $0.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to $0.2 million and $0.7 million in the corresponding prior year periods primarily because variable costs declined in conjunction with the decline in digital plan subscribers mentioned above.

Cost of meal delivery revenue consists primarily of variable costs such as credit card fees, product costs, fulfillment and shipping costs, as well as costs associated with revenue share arrangements, depreciation and promotional costs. Cost of meal delivery revenue increased to $2.8 million and $7.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to $1.4 million and $4.6 million in the corresponding prior year periods. Cost of meal delivery revenue increased because the variable costs increased as a result of the increased revenue levels mentioned above.

Cost of business-to-business revenue consists primarily of Internet access fees to support the various Corporate Services customers. Cost of business-to-business revenue was less than $0.1 for each of the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. Cost of business-to-business revenue was approximately $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Cost of other revenue consists primarily of Internet serving fees, product and fulfillment cost for ecommerce sales and credit card fees. Cost of other revenue was less than $0.1 million for each of the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. Cost of other revenue was approximately $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Technology and Development: Technology and development expenses consist of payroll and related expenses we incur related to testing, maintaining and modifying our Web sites, telecommunication systems and infrastructure and other internal-use software systems. Technology and development expenses also include depreciation of the computer hardware and capitalized software we use to run our Web site and store our data. These expenses were approximately $0.7 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and approximately $2.4 million and $2.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Technology and development compensation expenses were lower during 2010, due to a reduction in headcount.

Sales, Marketing and Support Expense: Sales, marketing and support expenses consist primarily of Internet advertising expenses and compensation for employees in those departments related to promoting our digital and meal delivery subscription plans. Sales, marketing and support expenses were $4.5 million and $10.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to $2.4 million and $6.7 million for the corresponding prior year periods and represent mainly advertising media expense and compensation expense. The increase is primarily the result of an increase in offline advertising expense. In total, advertising media expense was $2.8 million and $6.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and $0.9 million and $2.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. During the first quarter of 2010, we implemented a new offline advertising campaign and we also launched and expensed two new commercials during the third quarter of 2010. The expenses associated with another component of our sales process, our call center, increased as we added staff and incentives to drive higher sales.

General and Administrative Expenses: General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, overhead and related costs for general corporate functions, including professional fees. General and administrative expenses

 

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were $1.2 million and $3.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to $1.1 million and $3.8 million in the corresponding prior year periods. The third quarter increase is mainly due to an increase in professional fees and consulting fees as a result of work performed on the impairment and debt conversion charges reflected in the second quarter of 2010.

Amortization of Intangible Assets: Amortization expense relates to the intangible assets acquired in the 2006 Nutrio acquisition. Amortization expense decreased to less than $0.1 million for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to less than $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the corresponding prior year periods. The reduction in amortization expense during 2010 is the result of certain Nutrio intangibles being completely amortized.

Impairment of Goodwill and Intangible Assets: During the second quarter of 2010, we performed additional impairment assessments of the U.S. business-to-business reporting unit due to anticipating certain customer contracts that will not be renewed as well as certain new contract opportunities that have been delayed or cancelled due to customer concerns regarding economic uncertainty. As a result, we determined that goodwill and intangible assets, specifically the Nutrio tradename, were fully impaired. This resulted in a non-cash impairment of goodwill and intangible assets of approximately $6.9 million, which is included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations under “Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets” during the second quarter of 2010.

Interest Income: Interest income was less than $0.1 million for the each of the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 and less than $0.1 million for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.

Interest Expense: Interest expense was less than $0.1 million and $2.7 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to $1.3 million and $3.7 million for the corresponding prior year periods. Interest expense relates primarily to interest costs and the amortization of discounts and issuance costs recorded in connection with the senior secured notes issued in August 2007, May 2008 and November 2008, which were converted into 22,088,981 shares of our common stock on June 4, 2010.

Interest Expense Incurred With Debt Conversion: In connection with converting our senior secured notes into 22,088,981 shares of our common stock on June 4, 2010, we also adjusted for the remaining balance of the beneficial conversion feature discounts, warrant discounts, and issuance cost discounts which totaled approximately $1.9 million and additional interest expense incurred relating to the reduction in the original conversion prices totaled approximately $22.1 million.

Loss on Extinguishment of Related Party Debt: In connection with converting our senior secured notes into 22,088,981 shares of our common stock on June 4, 2010, we also converted a related party note into 506,027 shares of our common stock. We incurred a loss on the extinguishment of this related party note of approximately $0.2 million. During the third quarter of 2010, we determined that we had not properly calculated the loss on the extinguishment of the related party note during the second quarter of 2010. Accordingly, in the third quarter of 2010, we recorded approximately $0.2 million of a loss on extinguishment of related party debt. As this adjustment was related to the correction of the prior quarter error, we performed the analysis required by Staff Accounting Bulletin 99, Materiality, and Staff Accounting Bulletin 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements When Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements. Based on this analysis, we concluded that the effect of the error was not material to the prior quarter, the current quarter or the six months ended June 30, 2010. In accordance with the guidance set forth in paragraph 29 of APB Opinion No. 28, Interim Financial Reporting, we corrected and disclosed this error in the quarter ended September 30, 2010.

Income Tax Benefit (Provision): Income tax benefit (provision) was less than $0.1 million for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and less than $0.1 million for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Net Loss: As a result of the factors discussed above, we recorded a net loss of approximately $3.6 million and $42.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and a net loss of $3.3 million and $8.8 million for the corresponding prior year periods.

 

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The Company’s principal use of cash in its operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was for online and offline advertising promoting meal delivery and digital diet programs to potential subscribers and to support our business infrastructure as we diversify from subscription-based to a more integrated model that better captures cross-selling opportunities and leverages our existing customer relationships. Advertising expense in the first half of the year usually exceeds advertising in the second half of the year due to seasonality in the weight loss business. As a result, we have historically experienced proportionally lower or negative cash flows from operating activities in the first six months of each year. The amount of advertising and its effectiveness is a significant driver of our operations. Our advertising commitments are typically short term in nature with most of it purchased on the spot market. Generally, this trend is expected to continue going forward, but 2010 may be considered an exception because we elected to continue to aggressively pursue customer acquisition in the second half of the year through increased advertising.

On April 5, 2010, we entered into subscription agreements with investors (the “Investor Subscription Agreements”) relating to the issuance and sale (the “Registered Offering”) of 5,275,000 shares (the “Shares”) of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) at a price of $1.00 per share. The net proceeds from the Registered Offering, after deducting the placement agent’s fees, were approximately $4.9 million. The Registered Offering closed on April 9, 2010. We made the Registered Offering pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-165445) declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2010.

On April 5, 2010, we entered into a Debt Conversion Agreement (the “Prides Debt Conversion Agreement”) with Prides Capital Partners, LLC (“Prides”) to convert the aggregate principal amount of the three outstanding notes issued in favor of Prides on August 31, 2007, May 30, 2008 and November 13, 2008 (the “Prides Notes”) plus all accrued and unpaid interest through the date of conversion, into shares of Common Stock at a per share price equal to the price at which the Shares were sold in the Registered Offering (the “Prides Debt Conversion”). Pursuant to the Prides Debt Conversion Agreement, Prides has agreed to release all security interests, liens and other encumbrances on the assets of the Company held by Prides pursuant to its existing Security Agreements. Further, pursuant to the Prides Debt Conversion Agreement, Prides has agreed to release the guarantors under any and all obligations arising under or in connection with the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreements in favor of Prides dated August 31, 2007 and May 30, 2008. The Prides Debt Conversion closed on June 4, 2010, when we issued to Prides 22,088,981 shares of Common Stock in full satisfaction of the aggregate principal amount of the Prides Notes, plus all accrued and unpaid interest.

Also on April 5, 2010, we entered into a Debt Conversion Agreement (the “Richardson Debt Conversion Agreement”) with Kevin A. Richardson, II, one of the Company’s directors and an officer of Prides, to convert the principal amount of an outstanding note issued in favor of Mr. Richardson (the “Richardson Note”), plus all accrued and unpaid interest through the date of conversion, into Common Stock at a price equal to the price at which the Shares were sold in the Registered Offering (the “Richardson Debt Conversion”). In addition, on April 5, 2010, we entered into Securities Subscription and Purchase Agreements with Mr. Richardson, Kevin N. McGrath, one of the Company’s directors and its President and Chief Executive Officer, and Lee S. Isgur, one of the Company’s directors, pursuant to which they agreed to purchase $500,000 of Common Stock at a price equal to the price at which the Shares were sold in the Registered Offering (the “Private Placement”). The Richardson Debt Conversion and the Private Placement both closed on June 4, 2010. We issued 506,027 shares of Common Stock in full satisfaction of the aggregate principal amount of the Richardson Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest, and we received $500,000 and issued 500,000 shares of Common Stock in the Private Placement.

Pursuant to the Prides Debt Conversion Agreement, Prides waived (i) the prohibition on related party transactions outside the ordinary course of business under its August 2007 Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement and the May 2008 Note and Purchase Warrant with the Company as to the Registered Offering, the Private Placement and the Richardson Debt Conversion, (ii) the prepayment premium pursuant to certain of the Prides Notes in respect of the Prides Debt Conversion, and (iii) the mandatory prepayment provisions pursuant to certain of the Prides Notes in respect of the Registered Offering, the Private Placement, and the Richardson Debt Conversion.

At September 30, 2010, we had a net working capital deficit of approximately $2.6 million, compared to a net working capital deficit of approximately $13.6 million at December 31, 2009. Cash and cash equivalents at September 30, 2010 were approximately $0.9 million, a decrease of approximately $0.6 million from the balance of $1.5 million at December 31, 2009.

 

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In light of our results of operations, we have and intend to continue to evaluate various possibilities, including raising additional capital through the issuance of common or preferred stock, securities convertible into common stock, or secured or unsecured debt, selling one or more of our lines of business or all or a portion of our assets, entering into a business combination, reducing or eliminating operations, liquidating assets, or seeking relief through a filing under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. These possibilities, to the extent available, may be on terms that result in significant dilution to our existing stockholders.

Our condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of assets and classification of assets and liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

Our condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern. Our accumulated deficit amounts to approximately $102.1 million as of September 30, 2010.

We have never declared a dividend or paid a cash dividend. We currently intend to retain any earnings for use in the business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

In order to maintain listing on the NASDAQ Capital market, the closing bid price of our listed common stock must be at least $1.00 per share. On June 28, 2010, we received a notice of non-compliance with NASDAQ’s continued listing standard relating to the $1.00 minimum closing bid price requirement. The notice further advised us that we have a period of 180 calendar days, or until December 27, 2010, to regain compliance with this requirement or else our common stock will be subject to delisting. If our common stock is delisted, we cannot provide any assurance that our securities will be quoted on any other quotation service, such as the over the counter bulletin board or the pink sheets quotation services. The delisting of our securities may adversely affect the liquidity and market price of our common stock and adversely impact our future access to the capital markets.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities: For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we used approximately $5.6 million of cash in operating activities. The negative cash flow related to our net loss of approximately $42.0 million, adjusted for, among other things, certain non-cash items including approximately $1.1 million of depreciation, $1.3 million of amortization of the senior secured notes – related party discount and expenses, $2.1 million of accrued and paid-in-kind interest of the senior secured notes – related party, $24.0 million of interest expenses incurred with the debt conversion of the senior secured notes – related party, $6.9 million of impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, $0.2 million in loss on extinguishment of debt – related party, and $0.8 million of stock-based compensation, as well as an aggregate increase in cash flows from our operating assets and liabilities of less than $0.1 million.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we used approximately $2.7 million of cash in operating activities. The negative cash flow related to our net loss of approximately $8.8 million, adjusted for, among other things, certain non-cash items including approximately $1.2 million of depreciation, $0.3 million of amortization of intangibles, $1.5 million of amortization of the senior secured notes – related party discount and expenses, $2.6 million of paid-in-kind interest of the senior secured notes – related party, less than $0.1 million of provision for bad debt, and $1.2 million of stock-based compensation, and an aggregate decrease in cash flows from our operating assets and liabilities of $0.7 million.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities: For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we used approximately $0.6 million of cash in investing activities. The cash usage was due to capital expenditures, primarily purchased software, software development and computer equipment.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 we used less than $0.1 million of cash in investing activities. The cash usage was due to capital expenditures, primarily computer equipment.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities: For the nine months ended June 30, 2010 our financing activities provided for approximately $5.5 million of cash. We received approximately $4.5 million in total net proceeds from issuance of common stock under a registered direct offering. We also received $500,000 from the issuance of common stock in connection with a private placement transaction whereby three of our directors purchased 500,000 shares of our common stock. We also received $500,000 from the issuance of common stock in connection with the Richardson Note. The Richardson Note was converted into 506,027 shares of our common stock on June 4, 2010.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 our financing activities provided for $1.2 million of cash. This was primarily attributable to approximately $1.1 million in net proceeds from the issuance of common stock in connection with private investment transactions in July and September of 2009. We received approximately $0.2 million in proceeds from the exercise of warrants, offset by approximately $0.1 million of repayment of capital lease obligations.

Recent Developments

On November 12, 2010, we issued the Director Notes, consisting of (i) a promissory note to Kevin A. Richardson II pursuant to which we borrowed $600,000, (ii) a promissory note to Lee S. Isgur pursuant to which we borrowed $200,000 and (iii) a promissory Note to Kevin N. McGrath pursuant to which we borrowed $200,000. The entire outstanding principal balance of the Director Notes, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, is due and payable on December 31, 2011. Interest accrues on the Director Notes at a rate of five percent (5%) per annum. In the event the principal is not paid in full within three business days of the due date, or any other default occurs thereunder, then interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal balance of the Director Notes at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This quarterly report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Words such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “continue”, “plan” and similar expressions in this report identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are based on current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, among other things those associated with:

 

   

our intention to continue to evaluate various possibilities, including raising additional capital through the issuance of common or preferred stock, securities convertible into common stock, or secured or unsecured debt, selling one or more of our lines of business or all or a portion of our assets, entering into a business combination, reducing or eliminating operations, liquidating assets, or seeking relief through a filing under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

 

   

our belief regarding market demand for our products;

 

   

our expectation that revenue streams from meal delivery will continue to become a larger share of total revenues;

 

   

our belief that our gross margin will continue to improve in the future;

 

   

our expectation regarding our advertising commitments;

 

   

The possible de-listing of our common stock from the NASDAQ Capital Market;

 

   

our expectation that we will not pay dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future;

 

   

our expectation regarding our revenue stream, our ability to manage our expenses and the impact of our results;

 

   

our expectation regarding the effect of any legal proceedings or legal inquiries on our financial condition or results of operations; and

 

   

our estimates regarding certain accounting and tax matters, including the adoption of certain accounting pronouncements.

These forward-looking statements reflect our current views about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. We wish to caution readers that certain important factors may have affected and could in the future affect our actual results and could cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. The most important factors that could prevent us from achieving our goals, and cause the assumptions underlying forward-looking statements and the actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by those forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

   

our ability to raise additional capital through a private placement or public offering of our common stock or securities convertible into our common stock, or through a sale of strategic or non-strategic assets;

 

   

our ability to accurately assess market demand for our products;

 

   

our ability to improve our meal delivery margin and its effect on total gross margins;

 

   

our ability to sufficiently increase our revenues and maintain expenses and cash capital expenditures at appropriate levels;

 

   

the state of the credit markets and capital markets, including the level of volatility, illiquidity and interest rates;

 

   

our ability to rapidly secure alternate technology infrastructure vendors if we experience Web site service interruption;

 

   

our ability to maintain compliance with applicable regulatory requirements; and

 

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our ability to successfully estimate certain accounting and tax matters, including the effect on our Company of adopting certain accounting pronouncements.

All forward-looking statements are current only as of the date on which such statements are made. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, which may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

In order to ensure that the information we must disclose in our filings with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported on a timely basis, we have formalized our disclosure controls and procedures. Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Securities and Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), as of September 30, 2010. Based on such evaluation, such officers have concluded that, as of September 30, 2010, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or liquidity.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

The following exhibits are included herein:

 

10.46    Promissory Note dated November 12, 2010 issued by eDiets.com, Inc. to Lee S. Isgur.
10.47    Promissory Note dated November 12, 2010 issued by eDiets.com, Inc. to Kevin N. McGrath.
10.48    Promissory Note dated November 12, 2010 issued by eDiets.com, Inc. to Kevin A. Richardson II.
31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) (17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)).
31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) (17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)).
32.1    Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
32.2    Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

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SIGNATURE

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

 

eDiets.com, Inc.

/s/ THOMAS HOYER

Thomas Hoyer
Chief Financial Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer)

DATE: November 15, 2010

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.46   Promissory Note dated November 12, 2010 issued by eDiets.com, Inc. to Lee S. Isgur.
10.47   Promissory Note dated November 12, 2010 issued by eDiets.com, Inc. to Kevin N. McGrath.
10.48   Promissory Note dated November 12, 2010 issued by eDiets.com, Inc. to Kevin A. Richardson II.
31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) (17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)).
31.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) (17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)).
32.1   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
32.2   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

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