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Description of Business

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Description of Business
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Sep. 30, 2019
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Description of Business

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Organization

 

References in this document to the “Company,” “Verb,” “we,” “us,” or “our” are intended to mean Verb Technology Company, Inc., individually, or as the context requires, collectively with its subsidiary on a consolidated basis.

 

Cutaia Media Group, LLC (“CMG”) was organized on December 12, 2012, as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Nevada. On May 19, 2014, bBooth, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada. On May 19, 2014, CMG merged into bBooth, Inc. and, thereafter, bBooth, Inc. changed its name to bBooth (USA), Inc., effective as of October 16, 2014.

 

On October 16, 2014, bBoothUSA was acquired by Global System Designs, Inc. (“GSD”), pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement entered into with GSD (the “Share Exchange Agreement”). GSD was incorporated in the State of Nevada on November 27, 2012. The acquisition was accounted for as a reverse merger transaction. In connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement, GSD’s management was replaced by bBoothUSA’s management, and GSD changed its name to bBooth, Inc. The operations of CMG and bBooth (USA), Inc. became known as, and are referred to herein, as “bBoothUSA.”

 

Effective April 21, 2017, we changed our corporate name from bBooth, Inc. to nFüsz, Inc. The name change was effected through a parent/subsidiary short-form merger of nFüsz, Inc., our wholly-owned Nevada subsidiary, formed solely for the purpose of the name change, with and into us. We were the surviving entity. To effectuate the name-change merger, we filed Articles of Merger and a Certificate of Correction (relative to the effective date of the name-change merger) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on April 4, 2017 and April 17, 2017, respectively. The name-change merger became effective on April 21, 2017. Our board of directors approved the name-change merger, which resulted in the name change on that date. In accordance with Section 92A.180 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), stockholder approval of the name-change merger was not required.

 

Effective February 1, 2019, we changed our corporate name from nFüsz, Inc. to Verb Technology Company, Inc. The name change was effected through a parent/subsidiary short-form merger of Verb Technology Company, Inc., our wholly-owned Nevada subsidiary, formed solely for the purpose of the name change, with and into us. We were the surviving entity. To effectuate the name-change merger, we filed Articles of Merger and a Certificate of Correction (relative to the effective date of the name-change merger) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on January 31, 2019 and February 22, 2019, respectively. The name-change merger became effective on February 1, 2019. Our board of directors approved the name-change merger, which resulted in the name change on that date. In accordance with Section 92A.180 of the NRS, stockholder approval of the name-merger was not required.

 

On February 1, 2019, we implemented a 1-for-15 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of our common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”). The Reverse Stock Split became effective upon commencement of trading of our Common Stock on February 4, 2019. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every fifteen (15) shares of our pre-Reverse Stock Split Common Stock were combined and reclassified into one share of our Common Stock. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options, warrants, and convertible securities were also reduced by a factor of fifteen as of February 1, 2019. All historical share and per-share amounts reflected throughout our consolidated financial statements and other financial information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split as if the split occurred as of the earliest period presented. The par value per share of our Common Stock was not affected by the Reverse Stock Split.

 

On April 12, 2019, we completed our acquisition of Sound Concepts Inc. (“Sound Concepts”) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Sound Concepts, NF Merger Sub, Inc., a Utah corporation (“Merger Sub 1”), NF Acquisition Company, LLC, a Utah limited liability company (“Merger Sub 2”), the shareholders of Sound Concepts (the “Shareholders”), the Shareholders’ representative, and us. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we acquired Sound Concepts through a two-step merger, consisting of merging Merger Sub 1 with and into Sound Concepts, with Sound Concepts surviving the “first step” of the merger as our wholly-owned subsidiary (and the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub 1 ceased) and, immediately thereafter, merging Sound Concepts with and into Merger Sub 2, with Merger Sub 2 surviving the “second step” of the merger, such that, upon the conclusion of the “second step” of the merger, the separate corporate existence of Sound Concepts ceased and Merger Sub 2 continued its limited liability company existence under Utah law as the surviving entity and as our wholly-owned subsidiary under the name “Verb Direct, LLC” (“Verb Direct”). On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the closing, each share of Sound Concepts’ capital stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time (the “Sound Concepts Capital Stock”), was cancelled and converted into the right to receive a proportionate share of (i) a cash payment by us of an aggregate of $15,000,000 (the “Acquisition Cash Payment”), and (ii) 3,327,791 restricted shares of our Common Stock. The Acquisition Cash Payment was paid using a portion of the net proceeds we received as a result of our public offering that closed on April 9, 2019. The fair market value of the 3,327,791 restricted shares on April 12, 2019 was $7,820,000.

 

Nature of Business

 

We are an applications services provider, offering cloud-based business software products under the brand name “Verb” on a subscription basis. Our flagship product, Verb Go, is a Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”) application that is distinguishable from other CRM programs because it utilizes our proprietary interactive video technology as the primary means of communication between sales and marketing professionals and their customers or prospects. The data collection and analytics capabilities of our application inform our users right on their device how long the prospects watched the video, how many times they watched it, and what they clicked-on. It then displays information within the application to immediately separate hot leads or interested customers from those that have not seen the video or otherwise expressed interest in the content. These capabilities provide for a much more efficient and effective sales process, resulting in increased sales conversion rates.

 

Through Verb Go, users can quickly, simply, and easily create, distribute, and post videos on social media to which they can add a choice of on-screen clickable “tags,” which are interactive icons, buttons, and other on-screen elements. When clicked, these clickable “tags” allow a user’s prospects and customers to respond to its call to action in real-time, in the video, while the video is playing, without leaving or stopping the video. For example, our technology allows a prospect or customer to click on a product they see featured in a video and buy it, or to click on a calendar icon in the video to make an appointment with a salesperson, among many other features and functionality. Verb Go interactive videos can be distributed via email or text messaging or posted directly to social media, and no software download is required to view the Verb interactive videos. Verb Go is available by subscription for individual and enterprise users. We developed the proprietary patent-pending interactive video technology that serves as the basis for all of our cloud, Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) Verb applications.

 

Our client base consists primarily of enterprise customers in the global direct sales industry. We also have begun to provide our application services on a SaaS basis to clients in other business sectors, including large professional associations such as the National Association of Health Underwriters; educational institutions, such as the Sachem School District in New York; auto leasing, such as D & M Auto Leasing, the largest auto leasing business in the country; as well as to clients in the health care industry and the burgeoning CBD industry, among other business sectors. Currently, we provide services to approximately 100 clients in the direct sales industry, which include Young Living Essential Oils, LC, Isagenix International, LLC, Vasayo, LLC, Nerium International, LLC, Modere Inc., Revital U International, LLC, Monat Global, Inc., 4Life Research, LLC, Forever Living Products International, LLC, Seacret Spa, LLC, among many others. For the direct sales industry, our application provides recruiting tools, sales representative training, and education tools, as well as instant notification capabilities to notify users when a prospect has watched an interactive video or other content shared through our application. The application also tracks customer purchases and provides tools for corporate management to monitor field activity for tracking the effectiveness of campaigns, as well as compliance. Our application is currently in use in over 60 different countries, in over 48 languages, and currently has approximately 825,000 individual users.

 

We also provide printing services to their corporate clients: welcome kits, which consists of “starter kits” for clients to use for their marketing needs, and fulfillments, which consists of various custom products used for marketing purposes at conferences and other events or sample packs ordered through the digital application.