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Business Combination | 9 Months Ended
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Business Combination [Abstract] |
Business Combination | 6. Business Combination On July 1, 2013 (the "Closing Date"), DSSIP, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Merger Sub") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DSS merged with and into Lexington Technology Group, Inc, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 1, 2012 (as amended, the "Merger Agreement"). Effective on July 1, 2013, as a result of the Merger, Lexington Technology Group, Inc, which changed its name to DSS Technology Management, Inc. on August 2, 2013, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of DSS. The Company believes the merger with Lexington Technology Group was an opportunity to significantly increase its intellectual property assets and expand its intellectual property development, acquisition and monetization business. In connection with the Merger, the Company issued on the Closing Date, its securities to DSS Technology Management's stockholders in exchange for the capital stock owned by DSS Technology Management's stockholders, as follows (the "Merger Consideration"): (i) an aggregate of 16,558,387 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.02 per share (the "Common Stock"), which includes 240,559 shares of the Company's common stock owned by DSS Technology Management prior to the merger that were exchanged for shares issuable to DSS Technology Management stockholders pursuant to the merger (the "Exchange Shares"); (ii) 7,100,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be held in escrow pursuant to an escrow agreement, dated July 1, 2013. Pursuant to the escrow agreement, the shares of the Company's Common Stock deposited in the escrow account will be released to the holders if and when the closing price per share of the Company's Common Stock exceeds $5.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends and similar events) for 40 trading days within a continuous 90 trading day period following the closing of the Merger. If within one year following the closing of the Merger, such threshold is not achieved, the shares of the Company's Common Stock held in escrow shall be cancelled and returned to the treasury of the Company. The holders of the escrow shares will have voting rights with respect to the shares until such shares are released or retired after one year (the "Escrow Agreement"); (iii) warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,859,894 shares of the Company's Common Stock, at an exercise price of $4.80 per share and expiring on July 1, 2018; and (iv) warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,432,170 shares of the Company's Common Stock, at an exercise price of $0.02 per share and expiring on July 1, 2023 (the "$.02 Warrants"), to DSS Technology Management's preferred stockholders that would beneficially own more than 9.99% of the shares of the Company's Common Stock as a result of the Merger (the "Beneficial Ownership Condition"). In addition, the Company assumed options to purchase an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share, in exchange for 3,600,000 outstanding and unexercised stock options to purchase shares of DSS Technology Management's common stock. In addition, the Company issued an aggregate of 786,678 shares of Common Stock to Palladium as compensation for their services in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Of those shares issued to Palladium, 400,000 are currently being held in escrow pursuant to the same terms and conditions as those set forth in the Escrow Agreement. The Company spent approximately $1,445,000 in legal, accounting, consulting and filing fees related to the Merger Accounting Treatment of the Merger U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (hereafter - GAAP), require that for each business combination, one of the combining entities shall be identified as the acquirer, and the existence of a controlling financial interest shall be used to identify the acquirer in a business combination. In a business combination effected primarily by exchanging equity interests, the acquirer usually is the entity that issues its equity interests. However, it is sometimes not clear which party is the accounting acquirer. In accordance with FASB Topic ASC 805 "Business Combinations", if a business combination has occurred, but it is not clear which of the combining entities is the acquirer, GAAP requires considering additional factors in making that determination. These factors include the relative voting rights of the combined entity after the business combination, the existence of a large minority voting interest in the combined entity, the composition of the governing body of the combined entity, the composition of senior management in the combined entity and the relative size of the combining entities. Based on the aforementioned, and after taking in consideration all relevant facts and circumstances, management came to the conclusion that DSS, as the legal acquirer was also the accounting acquirer in the transaction. The conclusion was based on the determination that although, the former stockholders of DSS Technology Management had 51% of the voting interest in the combined company as of the closing date of the merger, the former stockholders of DSS Technology Management did not have clear indications of control when analyzed in the context of the other factors listed by FASB Topic ASC 805, such as the existence of a large minority voting interest, the composition of the governing body of the combined entity, the composition of senior management in the combined entity and the relative size of the combining entities. In addition, the ownership of the combined company by the former stockholders of DSS Technology Management could reduce to approximately 42% of the outstanding common stock of the combined company if, after one year, the shares held in escrow are cancelled because the conditions of the escrow agreement were not met. At the time of the Merger, management determined the likelihood of meeting the conditions in the escrow agreement to be remote. As a result, the merger will be accounted for as a business combination in accordance with the Business Combination Topic of the FASB ASC 805. Purchase Price Allocation The Merger was accounted for in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting under FASB ASC Topic 805, "Business Combinations" ("Topic 805"). Under the guidance, the assets and liabilities of the acquired business, DSS Technology Management, are recorded at their fair values at the date of acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values is recorded as goodwill, if any. If the fair value of the assets acquired exceeds the purchase price and the liabilities assumed then a gain on acquisition is recorded. The purchase price is based on the fair value of the DSS common stock, DSS common stock to be held in escrow and issued if certain contingencies are met, warrants to purchase DSS common stock issued by DSS to DSS Technology Management stockholders, and replacement options awards related to pre-combination services granted to certain DSS Technology Management employees pursuant to the Merger Agreement. The Company measured the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the acquisition date fair value. The fair value of the equity instruments issued to former stockholders of DSS Technology Management is based on a $1.87 share price of DSS common stock which was the closing share price of DSS's stock on July 1, 2013 on the closing date of the Merger. For warrants and employee options to purchase DSS common stock issued or assumed as consideration in the Merger, the Company used the Black Scholes Merton option pricing model to determine fair values, with terms set at the remaining life of the option or warrant, a volatility of approximately 59%, and a risk free rate of return of approximately 0.9% with zero forfeitures expected. For the DSS common stock to be held in escrow, the Company used a Monte Carlo simulation model to determine an average expected fair value. While DSS uses its best estimates and assumptions as part of the purchase price allocation process to value the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, the purchase price allocation is preliminary and could change during the measurement period (not to exceed one year) if new information is obtained about the facts and circumstances that existed as of the Merger date that, if known, would have resulted in the recognition of additional or changes to the value of the assets and liabilities presented in this purchase price allocation.
|  | ($ -in thousands) |
Current assets, net of current liabilities |  | $ | 6,256 |
Deposits and non-current assets |  |  | 9 |
Investments at fair value |  |  | 6,450 |
Other intangible assets- patent and patent rights |  |  | 27,852 |
Goodwill |  |  | 12,221 |
|  |  | 52,788 |
Deferred tax liability |  |  | 12,221 |
Total estimated purchase price |  | $ | 40,567 |
Consideration issued: |  |  |  |
Fair value of 16,317,828 shares of DSS common stock issued to DSS Technology Management shareholders |  | $ | 30,514 |
Fair value of 7,100,000 shares of DSS common stock issued to DSS Technology Management shareholders to be held in escrow for up to one year |  |  | 901 |
Fair value of options to purchase 2,000,000 shares DSS common stock for $3.00 per share exchanged for options to purchase DSS Technology Management's common stock that were granted to DSS Technology Management's employees which relate to pre-combination services |  |  | 141 |
Fair value of warrants to purchase up to 4,859,894 shares of DSS common stock for $4.80 per share issued to DSS Technology Management shareholders |  |  | 2,661 |
Fair value of warrants to purchase 3,432,170 shares of DSS common stock for $0.02 per share issued to certain DSS Technology Management shareholders |  |  | 6,350 |
Total estimated purchase price |  | $ | 40,567 |
Management is responsible for determining the fair value of the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the Acquisition Date. Management considered a number of factors, including reference to an analysis under Topic 805 solely for the purpose of allocating the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The company's estimates are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable. These valuations require the use of management's assumptions, which would not reflect unanticipated events and circumstances that occur. A relief from royalty methodology was used to value the patent portfolio and the analysis included a discounted cash flow which estimated future net cash flows resulting from the licensing and enforcement of the patent portfolio based on information as of the date of acquisition, considering assumptions and estimates related to potential infringers of the patents, applicable industries, usage of the underlying patented technologies, estimated license fee revenues, contingent legal fee arrangements, other estimated costs, tax implications and other factors. A discount rate consistent with the risks associated with achieving the estimated net cash flows was used to estimate the present value of estimated net cash flows. In March 2013, DSS Technology Management made a strategic investment in VirtualAgility, a developer of programming platforms that facilitate the creation of business applications without programming or coding. The investment involved a non-recourse note that would reward the Company a portion of the proceeds derived from the patent portfolio owned by VirtualAgility, plus an equity stake of 1/8 of 7% of the outstanding common stock of VirtualAgility, for $250,000 cash, plus options to make seven additional quarterly investments of $250,000 apiece, for a total investment of up to $2 million in cash. If all of such options are exercised, DSS Technology Management will have invested an aggregate of $2 million and, based on the current capitalization of VirtualAgility, would own approximately 7% of the outstanding common stock of VirtualAgility. In conjunction with its purchase accounting, the Company assessed the fair value of the VirtualAgility investment as of the Acquisition Date. A relief from royalty methodology was used to value the potential proceeds to be derived from the patent portfolio and the analysis included a discounted cash flow which estimated future net cash flows resulting from the licensing and enforcement of the VirtualAgility patent portfolio to which DSS Technology Management's has or can obtain rights to based on information as of the date of acquisition, considering assumptions and estimates related to potential infringers of the patents, applicable industries, usage of the underlying patented technologies, estimated license fee revenues, contingent legal fee arrangements, other estimated costs, tax implications and other factors. A discount rate consistent with the risks associated with achieving the estimated net cash flows was used to estimate the present value of estimated net cash flows. The measurement of the VirtualAgility constitutes a Level 3 input. Set forth below is the unaudited pro-forma revenue, operating loss, net loss and loss per share of the Company as if DSS Technology Management had been acquired by the Company as of January 1, 2012.
(unaudited) |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2012 |
Revenue |  | $ | 12,327,000 |  |  | $ | 17,115,000 |
Operating loss |  |  | (6,188,000 | ) |  |  | (6,544,000 | )
Net loss |  |  | (7,192,000 | ) |  |  | (12,519,000 | )
Earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | (0.17 | ) |  | $ | (0.31 | )
Diluted |  | $ | (0.17 | ) |  | $ | (0.31 | )
The pro-forma amounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012 were adjusted to exclude merger related costs of $1,400,000 and $768,000, respectively, and exclude a non-recurring income tax benefit of $9,210,000 related to the merger. Since the acquisition, DSS Technology Management had revenue of approximately $329,000 and a loss of approximately $1,118,000.

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