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Commitments, Contingencies, and Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Commitments Contingencies Taxes And Other [Abstract]  
Commitments, Contingencies, and Taxes

(10) Commitments, Contingencies, and Taxes

(a) Commitments

The Company has commitments for future payments primarily related to office facilities leases and other contractual obligations. The Company leases its office facilities under operating lease agreements in accordance with ASC 842 and recognizes rent expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term with any lease incentive amortized as a reduction of rent expense over the lease term. Other contractual obligations primarily relate to minimum contractual payments due to outside service providers. Future minimum payments are approximately as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Facilities and

other

operating

leases (1)

 

 

Other

contractual

obligations

 

 

Total

 

2020

 

 

470

 

 

 

573

 

 

 

1,043

 

2021

 

 

1,912

 

 

 

1,075

 

 

 

2,987

 

2022

 

 

1,871

 

 

 

215

 

 

 

2,086

 

2023

 

 

1,160

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

1,190

 

2024 and after

 

 

400

 

 

 

 

 

 

400

 

Total minimum payments

 

$

5,813

 

 

$

1,893

 

 

$

7,706

 

  (1) For additional information regarding the Company's operating leases, see Note 9. Leases of the notes to the condensed financial statements.

 

 

In connection with the Telmetrics acquisition in 2018 and Sonar acquisition in 2019, the Company has an earnout arrangement that requires the Company to pay up to a maximum of $3.0 million in cash and up to a maximum 389,000 shares of Class B common stock, valued at approximately $1.4 million as of the acquisition date, based upon the achievement of targeted financial goals over periods following the acquisition date that extended up to two years. The estimated fair value of the contingent consideration arrangements is approximately $74,000 and is recorded on the balance sheet in acquisition-related liabilities as of September 30, 2020.      

The Company committed $2.5 million in funding for a strategic technology business initiative in 2020. 

(b) Contingencies

The Company from time to time is a party to disputes and legal and administrative proceedings arising from the ordinary course of business. In some agreements to which the Company is a party, the Company has agreed to indemnification provisions of varying scope and terms with advertisers, vendors and other parties with respect to certain matters, including, but not limited to, losses arising out of the Company’s breach of agreements or representations and warranties made by the Company, services to be provided by the Company and intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. As a result of these provisions, the Company may from time to time provide certain levels of financial support to its contract parties to seek to minimize the impact of any associated litigation in which they may be involved. To date, there have been no known events or circumstances that have resulted in any material costs related to these indemnification provisions and no liabilities therefore have been recorded in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. However, the maximum potential amount of the future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification provisions could be material.

While any litigation contains an element of uncertainty, the Company is not aware of any legal proceedings or claims which are pending that the Company believes, based on current knowledge, will have, individually or taken together, a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

(c) Taxes

The Company determined that it is not more likely than not that its deferred tax assets will be realized and accordingly recorded 100% valuation allowance against these deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2019 (excluding certain insignificant Canadian deferred tax assets) and September 30, 2020. In assessing whether it is more likely than not that the Company’s deferred tax assets will be realized, factors considered included: historical taxable income, historical trends related to advertiser usage rates, projected revenues and expenses, macroeconomic conditions, issues facing the industry, existing contracts, the Company’s ability to project future results and any appreciation of its other assets. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets depends on the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences are deductible. The Company considered the future reversal of deferred tax liabilities, carryback potential, projected taxable income, and tax planning strategies as well as its history of taxable income or losses in the relevant jurisdictions in making this assessment. Based on the level of historical taxable losses and the uncertainty of projections for future taxable income over the periods for which the deferred tax assets are deductible, the Company concluded that it is not more likely than not that the gross deferred tax assets will be realized.

From time to time, various state, federal and other jurisdictional tax authorities undertake audits of the Company and its filings. In evaluating the exposure associated with various tax filing positions, the Company on occasion accrues charges for uncertain positions. Resolution of uncertain tax positions will impact the Company’s effective tax rate when settled. The Company does not have any significant interest or penalty accruals. The provision for income taxes includes the impact of contingency provisions and changes to contingencies that are considered appropriate. The Company files U.S. federal, certain U.S. states, and certain foreign tax returns. Generally, U.S. federal, U.S. state, and foreign tax returns filed for years after 2012 are within the statute of limitations and are under examination or may be subject to examination.