PART II AND III 2 form1-a.htm

 

An offering statement pursuant to Regulation A (17 CFR 230.251, et seq.) relating to the securities described herein (the “Securities”) has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Information contained in this preliminary offering circular (the “Preliminary Offering Circular”) is subject to completion or amendment. The Securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted before the Offering Statement is qualified. This Preliminary Offering Circular will not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor may there be any sales of the Securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. The issuer of the Securities may elect to satisfy its obligation to deliver a final offering circular (“Final Offering Circular”) by sending you a notice within two business days after the completion of its sale to you that contains the uniform resource locator where the Final Offering Circular or the Offering Statement in which such Final Offering Circular was filed may be obtained.

 

Preliminary Offering Circular (Subject to Completion) July 26, 2022

 

 

 

PART II – INFORMATION REQUIRED IN OFFERING CIRCULAR

 

ITEM 1.

COVER PAGE OF PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR

 

APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC:

As soon as practicable after the date as of which the Offering Statement has been qualified by the Commission

 

Mr. Mango LLC

 

9570 West Pico Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90035

+(310) 746-1400

https://skybound.com (the contents of which do not constitute part of this Offering Circular)

 

Up to [*] Units

 

Aggregate Offering Amount: $75,000,000

 

Minimum Investment: [*]

 

Mr. Mango LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company”), is conducting a Regulation A Tier 2 offering (this “Offering”) of Common Interests, each of which represent an ownership interest in the Company, subject to the conditions set forth in “Securities Being Offered” (“Unit or “Units,” as applicable). The number of Units subject to this Offering is [*]. Of that amount, we are offering for sale, to the public, up to [*] Units at a fixed price of $[*] per Unit (the “Offering Price”). The minimum purchase per investor is $[*] ([*] Units). Additional purchases may be made in multiples of $[*] ([*] Units). No investor will be entitled to a fractional Unit. If the purchase price paid, divided by the Offering Price, results in a number of Units that is not a whole number, the number of Units to which the investor is entitled will be rounded down to the nearest whole number.

 

This Offering, which is not subject to the sale of any minimum number of Units, is being conducted on a “best efforts” basis through a registered broker-dealer, which will be paid (i) a brokerage commission, in cash, of 6% of the first $20,000,000 of the aggregate Offering Price of all Units sold in this Offering, 5% of the next $30,000,000 of the aggregate Offering Price of all Units sold in this Offering, and 1.5% of all dollar value over $50,000,000 of the aggregate Offering Price of all Units sold in this Offering (the “Brokerage Commission”); and (ii) a securities commission – that is, a commission paid in Units – of 1.5% of all Units sold in this Offering, provided the aggregate Offering Price of all Units sold in this Offering is equal to or exceeds $25,000,000. [The [*] Units not being offered for sale in this Offering are being reserved for the payment of that securities commission, as described below]. No Company officer or director who introduces friends, family members and business acquaintances to any selling agent in this Offering will receive commissions or any other remuneration from any such sales.

 

Sale of the Units will commence within two calendar days after the date (the “Qualification Date”) as of which the Commission qualifies the offering statement (the “Offering Statement”) related to this offering circular (this “Offering Circular”). The Units will be offered for sale on a continuous basis, pursuant to Rule 251(d)(3)(i)(F) of Regulation A (“Regulation A”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), until the earliest of (i) the 180th day after the Qualification Date (though we may, in our sole discretion, extend this Offering one or more times), (ii) the date as of which all Units offered by this Offering Circular have been sold and (iii) any such earlier time as we may determine in our sole discretion, regardless of the number of Units sold and the amount of capital raised. If we sell all of the [*] Units we are offering, our gross proceeds will be $75,000,000. All funds raised will become available to us and will be used as described under “Use of Proceeds.” Investors are advised that unless their subscriptions are rejected, they will not be entitled to a return of their subscription funds and could lose their entire investment.

 

If any subscriptions are rejected, the associated sale proceeds will be returned to the related investors, without interest. Otherwise, because this Offering is not conditioned on the sale of any minimum number of Units, proceeds from the sale of Units will be retained by the Company.

 

Generally, no sale may be made to you in this Offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater of your annual income or net worth. Different rules apply to accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to visit www.investor.gov.

 

THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE “COMMISSION”) DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THIS OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.

   Price to Public   Underwriting Discount and Commissions   Proceeds to Company(2)   Proceeds to Other Persons 
Per Unit:  $  [*]    $[*](1)  $ [*]    $0.00 
Total Minimum:    N/A      N/A (1)    N/A      N/A  
Total Maximum:  $75,000,000.00    $ 3,075,000 (1)  $68,250,000   $274,995 

  

 

  (1) The Units are being offered on a “best efforts” basis through OpenDeal Broker LLC (“ODB”), a broker-dealer registered with the Commission and admitted to membership in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”). As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company is a party to a selling agreement with ODB. The Brokerage Commission (defined above) will be paid to ODB with respect to all Units sold in this Offering. In addition to the Brokerage Commission, ODB will also receive a securities commission, payable in Units, equal to 1.5% of all Units sold in this Offering, provided the aggregate Offering Price for all Units sold in this Offering is equal to or exceeds $25,000,000. We may be required to indemnify ODB and possibly other parties with respect to disclosures made in this Offering Circular. We reserve the right, in connection with this Offering, to enter into posting agreements with equity crowdfunding firms not associated with FINRA member firms, for which we may pay non-contingent fees as compensation. See “Plan of Distribution” for details regarding the compensation payable to third-parties in connection with this Offering.
  (2) The amounts shown in “Proceeds to the Company” reflect amounts after deducting our organization and offering costs, which include legal, accounting, printing, due diligence, marketing, consulting, referral fees, selling and other costs incurred in this Offering. See “Use of Proceeds” and “Plan of Distribution” for details.

 

THE UNITS HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF CERTAIN STATES. THE UNITS ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH STATE LAWS. THE SHARES AND WARRANTS UNDERLYING THE UNITS MAY BE SUBJECT IN VARIOUS STATES TO RESTRICTION ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH STATE LAWS PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. NEITHER THE UNITS, THE SHARES NOR THE WARRANTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE OFFERING CIRCULAR. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, no public market exists for the Units, and no such public market may ever develop. If it does, it may not be sustained. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Units are not traded on any exchange or on the over-the-counter market, and we can provide no assurance that it will ever be quoted on a stock exchange or a quotation service. We anticipate that proceeds from this Offering will be employed as outlined in “Use of Proceeds” and “Description of Business.” For more information on the Units, see “Securities Being Offered.”

 

These are speculative securities. Investing in them involves significant risks. You should invest in them only if you can afford a complete loss of your investment. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6.

 

This Offering Circular follows the offering circular disclosure format of Part II of Form 1-A.

 

Offering Circular Dated July 26, 2022

 

 
 

 

Implications of being an Emerging Growth Company

 

As an issuer with less than $1 billion in total gross revenues during our last fiscal year, we will qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). This will be significant if and when we become subject to the ongoing reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). An emerging growth company may take advantage of certain reduced reporting requirements and is relieved of certain other significant requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to public companies. In particular, as an emerging growth company, we:

 

  will not be required to obtain an auditor attestation on our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002;
     
  will not be required to provide a detailed narrative disclosure discussing our compensation principles, objectives and elements analyzing how these elements compare with our principles and objectives (commonly referred to as “compensation discussion and analysis”);
     
  will not be required to obtain a non-binding advisory vote from our members on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements;
     
  will be exempt from certain executive compensation disclosure provisions requiring a pay for performance graph and CEO pay ratio disclosure; and
     
  may present only two years of financial statements and only two years of related management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (or MD&A) disclosure.

 

We intend to take advantage of all these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions, including the longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards, and hereby elect to do so. Our election to use the phase-in periods may make it difficult to compare our financial statements to those of non-emerging growth companies and other emerging growth companies that have opted out of the phase-in periods under Section 107 of the JOBS Act.

 

Under the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced reporting requirements and exemptions for up to five years after our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act or until such earlier time, if any, as we no longer meet the definition of an emerging growth company. We would no longer be an emerging growth company if our revenues exceeded $1.07 billion; if we issued more than $1.0 billion in nonconvertible debt in a three-year period; or if the market value of the common equity held by the public exceeded $700 million as of our fiscal year-end.

 

We do not intend to register a class of securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

 

THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, AND ITS USE FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES IS NOT AUTHORIZED AND IS PROHIBITED.

 

THIS OFFERING IS SUBJECT TO WITHDRAWAL OR CANCELLATION BY THE COMPANY AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT NOTICE. THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION TO REJECT ANY SUBSCRIPTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART NOTWITHSTANDING TENDER OF PAYMENT OR TO ALLOT TO ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF SECURITIES SUBSCRIBED FOR BY SUCH INVESTOR.

 

THE OFFERING PRICE OF THE SECURITIES HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE COMPANY AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY BEAR ANY SPECIFIC RELATION TO THE ASSETS, BOOK VALUE OR POTENTIAL EARNINGS OF THE COMPANY OR ANY OTHER RECOGNIZED CRITERIA OF VALUE.

 

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ADVICE OF FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements in this Offering Circular constitute forward-looking statements. When used in this Offering Circular, the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “project,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “expect,” “continue,” and similar expressions or the negatives thereof are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements, including the intended actions and performance objectives of the Company, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that could cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to differ materially from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. No representation or warranty is made as to future performance or such forward-looking statements. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in its expectation with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

 

You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those that we anticipate and that are expressed or implied by the use of such forward-looking statements and, for many reasons, are subject to certain risks. All forward-looking statements in this Offering Circular speak only as of this Offering Circular’s date, based on information available to us (taking into consideration that certain information is unknown or not available to us) as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or information contained in this Offering Circular.

 

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ITEM 2.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ITEM 1. COVER PAGE OF PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR 1
ITEM 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
ITEM 3. SUMMARY OF OFFERING 5
ITEM 4. DILUTION 10
ITEM 5. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 10
ITEM 6. USE OF PROCEEDS 13
ITEM 7. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS 15
ITEM 8. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY 16
ITEM 9. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 17
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT 21
ITEM 11. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 24
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS 24
ITEM 13. INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS 46
ITEM 14. SECURITIES BEING OFFERED 26
LEGAL MATTERS 28
EXPERTS 28
PART F/S. REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM F-1
ITEM 16/17. INDEX TO EXHIBITS/DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS 29

 

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ITEM 3.

 

SUMMARY OF OFFERING

 

This Summary of Offering highlights information contained elsewhere in this Offering Circular and does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in the Units. Before making an investment decision, you should read the entire Offering Circular carefully, including the “Risk Factors” section, the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section, the financial statements and the notes to the financial statements. An investment in the Units presents substantial risks and you could lose all or substantially all of your investment.

 

Mr. Mango LLC (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), is a Delaware limited liability company formed on December 14, 2016.  The Company, together with its subsidiaries, is a multiplatform entertainment company that engages with creators and their intellectual properties to create engaging content and deliver one-of-a-kind experiences to fans. The Company extends creator’s stories across platforms including comics, television, film, video games, tabletop, books, digital content, audio programming, and beyond. The Company is home to critically acclaimed global franchises including The Walking Dead, Invincible, Superfight, and Impact Winter.  The Company maintains key partnerships across the entertainment industry including Universal Pictures and Image Comics, holds a first look development deal with Audible, and has engaged an ongoing strategic business partnership with mobile games publisher and developer 5th Planet Games (OAX: FIVEPG). The Company’s capabilities include publishing, production, and global distribution for video games across all genres, including the multi-million unit selling Telltale’s The Walking Dead video game series. Skybound Games is also a strategic global marketing and distribution partner of Striking Distance Studios for the highly-anticipated survival-horror game The Callisto Protocol. 

 

The Company is hereby offering up to [*] Units, on a “best efforts” basis. As of the date of this Offering Circular, there is no public market for the Company’s securities, and no such public market may ever develop. An investment in the Units involves a high degree of risk. You should purchase Units only if you can afford to lose your entire investment (see “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of this Offering Circular).

 

Sale of the Units will commence within two calendar days after the date (the “Qualification Date”) as of which the Commission qualifies the Offering Statement. The Company will offer the Units for sale until the earliest of (i) the 180th day after the Qualification Date (though we may, in our sole discretion, extend this Offering one or more times), (ii) the date as of which all Units offered by this Offering Circular have been sold and (iii) any such earlier time as we may determine in our sole discretion, regardless of the number of Units sold and the amount of capital raised. The period during which the Company is offering Units for sale is referred to in this Offering Circular as the “Offering Period.” The Company is offering, for sale, Units with an aggregate Offering Price of $75,000,000 (see “Plan of Distribution”). Unless the Offering Period is terminated earlier in accordance with this Offering Circular, this Offering will end on the date on which the Company has accepted subscriptions for up to [*] Units. During the Offering Period, unless the terms of this Offering are revised, Units will be offered at $[*] per Share (the “Offering Price”). During the Offering Period (as it may be extended), investor funds, excluding any interest, will be promptly returned if subscriptions are rejected.

 

The minimum purchase per investor is $[*] ([#] Units). [Additional purchases may be made in multiples of $[*] ([*] Units)]. No investor will be entitled to a fractional Unit. If the purchase price paid, divided by the Offering Price, results in a number of Units that is not a whole number, the number of Units to which the investor is entitled will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. No member of the Company is selling Units in this Offering.

 

Tier 2 Reporting Requirements

 

As the Company is conducting the Offering pursuant to Regulation A Tier 2, the Company will be required to file annual, semiannual, and current reports with the Commission on an ongoing basis.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in the Units involves a high degree of risk and many uncertainties. You should carefully consider the risks described below along with all of the other information contained in this Offering Circular, including our financial statements and the related notes, before deciding whether to purchase the Units. If any of the adverse events described in the following risk factors, as well as other factors which are beyond our control, actually occur, our business, results of operations and financial condition may suffer significantly. The following is a description of what we consider the key challenges and material risks to our business and an investment in our securities.

 

Risks associated with the Company and its business model.

 

The Company depends on key personnel to maintain its competitive position.

 

The ability of the Company to maintain its competitive position depends, to a large degree, on the services of the Company’s management team and managers. The loss or diminution in the services of members of the management team or an inability to attract, retain and maintain additional management personnel could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial performance. Competition for personnel with relevant expertise is intense because of the small number of qualified individuals, and that competition may seriously affect the Company’s ability to retain its existing management and attract additional qualified management personnel, which could have a significant adverse impact on the Company’s financial performance.

 

The Company operates within a highly competitive industry.

 

Our competition with competing mid-size, multi-platform businesses within the art and entertainment industry such as Skydance Media, Annapurna, Legendary and even large multi-platform entertainment companies such as the Walt Disney Corporation, Netflix, Amazon and Electronic Arts could lead to the Company’s being unable to become profitable. This competitive environment may impede the Company’s ability to market efficiently and continue building brand awareness.

 

This competitive industry also witnesses consistent development of new business models, which the Company may struggle to maintain a robust financial position against. Such competition could lead to the Company’s inability to continue being profitable or maintain or grow its customer base.

 

The Company may be unable to maintain brand awareness to the extent necessary to continue being profitable.

 

We believe developing and maintaining awareness of and consumer engagement with our brand in a cost-effective manner is critical to achieving widespread acceptance of our existing and future services and is an important element in attracting new customers and maintaining old customers. Successful promotion of our brand will depend largely on the effectiveness of our marketing efforts and on our ability to provide attractive products at competitive prices. Our efforts to build our brand will involve significant expense. Brand promotion activities may not yield increased revenue, and even if they do, any increased revenue may not offset the expenses incurred in building our brand. If our efforts to promote and maintain our brand are not successful, we may fail to attract enough new customers and maintain old customers to the extent necessary to realize a sufficient return on our brand-building efforts, and our business could suffer.

 

The Company’s products may fail to maintain and attract customers.

 

The success of the Company depends on obtaining, retaining and expanding its customer base. If we cannot attract and maintain customers, the Company may not be financially successful. It is possible that the Company may fail to do so, which would negatively impact the Company’s financial performance and therefore the potential value of the Units.

 

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The Company’s intellectual property rights could be unenforceable or ineffective, and the Company could be subject to claims for intellectual property infringement.

 

One of the Company’s most valuable assets is its intellectual property. Companies, organizations, or individuals, including competitors, may hold or obtain copyright, trademarks, or other proprietary rights that would prevent, limit, or interfere with the Company’s ability to make, use, develop, sell, or market all or portions of its products, which would make it more difficult for the Company to operate its business. These third parties may have applied for, been granted, or obtained copyrights or trademarks that relate to intellectual property that competes with the Company’s intellectual property, thereby requiring the Company to develop or obtain alternative products, or obtain appropriate licenses for such products, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all. Such a circumstance may result in the Company’s having to significantly increase development efforts and resources to redesign some of its products in order to safeguard the Company’s competitive edge against competitors in the same industry. There is a risk that the Company’s means of protecting its intellectual property rights may not be adequate, and weaknesses or failures in this area could adversely affect the Company’s business or reputation, financial condition, and/or operating results.

 

From time to time, the Company may receive communications from holders of copyrights or trademarks regarding their proprietary rights. Companies holding copyrights or other intellectual property rights may bring suits alleging infringement of such rights or otherwise assert their rights and urge the Company to enter into licensing arrangements. In addition, if the Company is determined to have infringed upon a third party’s intellectual property rights, the Company may be required to cease offering its products, pay substantial damages, seek a license from the holder of the infringed intellectual property right, which license may not be available on reasonable terms or at all, and/or establish and maintain alternative branding for the Company’s products. The Company may also need to file lawsuits to protect its intellectual property rights from infringement from third parties, which could be expensive, and time-consuming; and could distract management’s attention from its core operations.

 

The Company faces risks of malicious cyberattacks, which may damage the Company’s reputation, intellectual property, and products.

 

Like other companies in the entertainment industry, the Company faces risk of malicious cyberattacks. Some of the Company’s products are delivered to customers through streaming services and over the internet. A cyberattack may render such streaming or other internet services inaccessible and frustrate customer demands, leading to reputational damage and interrupted revenue for the Company if viewers do not obtain the products they paid for. Additionally, cyber attacks may result in intellectual property theft and leaks, which can also interrupt the Company’s revenue stream and lead to reputational damage. Such potential losses may cause the Company to lose its market share and harm the Company’s financial performance.

 

The Company relies on key talent in the entertainment industry, such as writers, actors and performers, for the success of its products.

 

The Company’s film and television products feature creative input from writers and performances from entertainers. If such talent fails to fulfill their duties, the Company may bear additional costs to remedy such failures. Loss of or the inability to retain talent presents the risk of monetary loss for the Company. Additionally, there is no guarantee that performers will not engage in risky or uncomplimentary behaviors that damage the reputation of the Company. Such reputational harm may negatively affect the Company’s financial performance.

 

The Company faces third party liability exposure.

 

In order to distribute its products to a broad consumer base, the Company often contracts with third parties. Despite the precautions the Company takes and third-party liability insurance, many unforeseen events may occur that result in the Company’s third-party liability. The Company may incur losses as a result of such third-party liability exposure.

 

We may continue to be significantly affected by the worldwide effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus that was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China, emerged as the cause of the disease now commonly referred to as COVID-19. It has spread to many countries, including the United States, and was declared to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 intensified and the U.S., Europe and Asia implemented certain shifting travel restrictions and social distancing. The impacts of the outbreak continue to rapidly evolve and change. A widespread health crisis has adversely affected and could continue to affect the global economy that could negatively impact the value of the Units and investor demand for the Units generally.

 

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The continued spread of COVID-19 has also led to severe disruption and volatility in the global capital markets, which could increase our cost of capital and/or adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets in the future and could cause a further economic slowdown or recession or other unpredictable events, any of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.

 

The extent to which COVID-19 continues to affect our financial results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time.Moreover, the COVID-19 outbreak has had and may continue to have indeterminable adverse effects on general commercial activity and the world economy, and our business and results of operations could be adversely affected to the extent that COVID-19 continues to harm the global economy generally.

 

The occurrence of natural disasters may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations following our business combination.

 

The occurrence of natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, fires and pandemic disease may adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. The potential impact of a natural disaster on our results of operations and financial position is speculative and would depend on numerous factors. The extent and severity of these natural disasters determines their effect on a given economy. Although the long-term effect of diseases such as the COVID-19 “coronavirus,” H5N1 “avian flu,” or H1N1, the swine flu, cannot currently be predicted, previous occurrences of avian flu and swine flu had an adverse effect on the economies of those countries in which they were most prevalent. We cannot assure investors that natural disasters will not occur in the future or that our business, financial condition and results of operations will not be adversely affected.

 

The Company may incur significant costs complying with regulations.

 

Although the First Amendment to the U.S. constitution provides strong protection to free speech, the protection is not absolute. Media content falling under unprotected categories could contribute to potential civil or criminal liability for the Company. The production and distribution of media content will also be subject to complex federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations. Compliance with these laws could impose substantial costs on the Company.

 

Our limited liability operating agreement includes an arbitration and forum selection clause, which could limit our members’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us.

 

Our limited liability operating agreement requires that JAMS arbitration is the sole and exclusive forum for any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to the limited liability operating agreement (together with all amendments, the “Operating Agreement”) or the Company’s Certificate of Formation. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any Unit is deemed to have notice of and consented to the foregoing provisions. This forum selection provision in our Operating Agreement may limit our members’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us. It is also possible that, notwithstanding the forum selection clause included in our Operating Agreement, an arbitrator could rule that such a provision is inapplicable or unenforceable.

 

Risks associated with this Offering and the Units

 

There is no direct correlation between the Offering Price of the Units and the Company’s asset value, net worth, earnings, or any other established criteria of value.

 

The Offering Price of $[*] per Unit has been determined by the management of the Company and bears no direct relationship to the Company’s asset value, net worth, earnings or any other established criteria of value. Investors purchasing Units under the incorrect assumption of a direct correlation between Company value and the price at which the Units are being offered for sale may be assuming more risk than intended and must clearly understand that they can lose all or any part of their investment.

 

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The Company is unable to provide assurances that it will successfully raise the funds necessary to achieve its desired use of the proceeds.

 

Although the Company is attempting to raise $75,000,000 in this Offering, it is engaging in this Offering on a “best efforts” basis and, therefore, the Company is not obligated to raise the full $75,000,000. The Company has, and will have, the right to close on one or more subscriptions for the Units, and to immediately begin using the proceeds of such subscriptions, regardless of the amounts raised, notwithstanding that the Company may not have received subscriptions for all or even substantially all of the amounts that it is seeking to raise. Because the Company cannot ensure that it will be able to (or that it will decide to) sell all or substantially all of the Units offered for sale in this Offering, the Company could close on substantially less than $75,000,000. If the Company decides to terminate this Offering before it has sold all the Units initially offered for sale, it may not have sufficient capital to achieve the desired use of its proceeds.

 

Even if the Company sells all the Units in this Offering, it may need substantial additional capital to fund working capital needs. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be available to the Company on commercially reasonable or acceptable terms, or at all. In addition, if the Company incurs debt, the risks associated with its business and with owning the Units could increase.

 

No independent valuation of the Company has been performed in determining the terms of this Offering, and the Offering Price has been arbitrarily determined by the Company and bears no relationship to the Company’s assets, earnings, book value, net tangible value, or other generally accepted criteria of value for investment.

 

No independent valuation of the Company has been performed in determining the terms of this Offering. The Company has determined the Offering Price arbitrarily and, therefore, the Offering Price does not necessarily bear any relationship to the Company’s assets, earnings, book value, net tangible value, or other generally accepted criteria of value for investment. The Offering Price is higher than the net tangible book value per Unit immediately before the commencement of this Offering; and even with the inflow of $75,000,000 in capital if this Offering is fully subscribed, the net tangible book value per Unit immediately after the conclusion of this Offering will still be less than the portion of the Offering Price of a Unit.

 

An investor’s ownership interest could be significantly diluted.

 

An investor’s ownership interest in the Company may be subject to future dilution. The Company may, and most likely will, need to raise additional capital in the future. In connection with raising such capital, the Company may issue additional membership interests or other securities, which may include membership interests with liquidation, distribution, voting or other preferential rights that are senior to the rights of the Units. The Company also may enter into strategic partnerships or acquisitions in the future in connection with which it may need to issue additional Units or other securities, and it may issue additional Units or other securities to existing or future officers, directors, employees and consultants as compensation or incentives. As a result of the foregoing, a purchaser of Units in this Offering could find its interest in the Company diluted in the future through a decrease in the purchaser’s relative percentage ownership of the Company.

 

Voting control is in the hands of a few large members.

 

Voting control of the Company is concentrated in the hands of a small number of members. You will not be able to influence our policies or any other Company matter, including the election of the board of managers, changes to the Company’s governance documents, expanding any service provider incentive interest pool, and any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, or other major action requiring member approval. See “Securities Being Offered.” These few members will make all major decisions regarding the Company. As a minority member, you will not have a say in these decisions].

 

The Company may sell membership interests concurrently to certain investors on more favorable terms.

 

Certain investors may negotiate alternative terms for the purchase of membership units. The Company is under no obligation to amend and restate any particular unit purchase agreement, subscription agreement, or other selling document based on subsequent agreements executed with the Company on different terms or to notify investors of any alternative terms, including any that may be more favorable for certain investors.

 

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ITEM 4.

 

DILUTION

 

Dilution (also known as equity dilution) occurs when a company issues new shares of equity, which results in a decrease of an existing member’s ownership percentage of that company. Dilution can also occur when holders of options to purchase membership interests, such as company employees, or holders of other optionable securities, exercise their options. When the number of membership interests outstanding increases, each existing member owns a smaller, or diluted, percentage of the company. Dilution may happen anytime a company needs additional capital and issues equity securities to obtain such additional capital.

 

Dilution can also occur when a company issues equity as a result of an arbitrary determination of the offering price of the membership interests being offered. In the case of this Offering, because there is no established public market for the Units, the Offering Price and other terms and conditions relating to the Units have been determined by the Company arbitrarily and do not bear any necessary relationship to assets, earnings, book value or any other objective criteria of value. In addition, no investment banker, appraiser or other independent third party has been consulted concerning the Offering Price or its fairness to investors.

 

From time to time after the termination of this Offering, we may issue additional membership interests to raise additional capital for the Company. Any such issuances may result in dilution of then existing members, including investors in this Offering. If in the future the number of membership interests outstanding increases, each existing member will own a smaller, or diluted, percentage of the Company, which, depending on the amount of capital raised by the issuance of the additional membership interests, could render the membership interests then held by members less valuable than before the new issuance. Dilution may also reduce the value of existing membership interests by reducing such membership interests’ profits per membership interest. There is no guarantee that dilution of the Units will not occur in the future.

 

No Common Interests (voting equity in the Company), or any other form of equity in the Company, have been issued to any officer, director, promoter of the Company (or any affiliated person) in a transaction during the 12 months preceding the date of this Offering Circular.

 

The Company has authorized non-voting membership interests that may be granted pursuant to the Company’s option plan for service providers (such membership interests, “Incentive Plan Interests”). The value of the Units may be diluted if such options are exercised. In addition, the Company has granted certain Common Interest Appreciation Rights (“CIARs”) for certain executives. The value of the Units may be diluted if such options and/or CIARs are exercised.

 

ITEM 5.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

This Offering Circular is part of an Offering Statement that we have filed with the Commission, using a continuous offering process. Periodically, if we have material developments, we will provide an Offering Circular supplement that may add, update or change information contained in this Offering Circular. Any statement that we make in this Offering Circular will be modified or superseded by any inconsistent statement made by us in a subsequent Offering Circular supplement. The Offering Statement we have filed with the Commission includes exhibits that provide more detailed descriptions of the matters discussed in this Offering Circular. You should read this Offering Circular, the related exhibits filed with the Offering Statement, and any Offering Circular supplement, together with additional information contained in the annual reports, semi-annual reports and other reports and information statements that we will file periodically with the Commission.

 

The Company is offering for sale up to [*] Units, at a fixed price of $[*] per Unit (the “Offering”) through OpenDeal Broker LLC, a broker-dealer registered with the Commission and admitted to membership in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”). This Offering is being conducted on a “best efforts” basis and is not conditioned on the sale of any minimum number of Units. No Company officer or director who introduces friends, family members and business acquaintances to any selling agent in this Offering will receive commissions or any other remuneration from any such sales. No member of the Company is selling Units in this Offering. If investors purchase all of the Units we are offering, our gross proceeds will be $75,000,000.

 

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Sale of the Units will commence within two calendar days after the Qualification Date. This Offering will be made in the United States in as many as all fifty (50) states. It will end on the earliest of (i) the 180th day after the Qualification Date (though we may, in our sole discretion, extend this Offering one or more times), (ii) the date as of which all Units offered by this Offering Circular have been sold and (iii) any such earlier time as we may determine in our sole discretion, regardless of the number of Units sold and the amount of capital raised. The Company has the right to terminate this Offering at any time, regardless of the number of Units that have been sold.

 

No investor purchasing Units will have any assurance that other purchasers will invest in this Offering. Once Units are subscribed for, subscription funds will become available to us and may be transferred by the Company directly from our administrative account into our operating account for use as described in “Use of Proceeds” as set forth herein. Once subscriptions are accepted during the Offering Period, subscribers have no right to a return of their funds and could lose their entire investment. If the Company should file for bankruptcy protection or a petition for insolvency bankruptcy is filed by creditors against the Company, investor funds may become part of the bankruptcy estate and administered according to the bankruptcy laws.

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company is a party to an engagement agreement with OpenDeal Broker LLC, a Commission-registered broker-dealer, member of FINRA and SIPC. Pursuant to such engagement agreement, ODB will receive the Brokerage Commission, in cash, with respect to sales of Units it makes in connection with this Offering. In addition to the Brokerage Commission, ODB will receive a securities commission, payable in Units, equal to 1.5% of all Units sold in this Offering, provided the aggregate Offering Price of all Units sold in this Offering is equal to or exceeds $25,000,000. In accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1), for a period of 180 days after the Qualification Date, Units, including all Shares of Common Stock and the Warrants contained in the Units issued to ODB (the “ODB Units”), may not be exercised and neither the ODB Units nor the underlying Shares may be sold, transferred, assigned, or hypothecated or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of ODB Units by any person. The Warrants issued pursuant to the ODB Units will expire no later than the fifth anniversary of the commencement of sales of this Offering in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(A). ODB Units to be received by ODB in connection with this Offering: (i) fully comply with lock-up restrictions pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1); and (ii) fully comply with transfer restrictions pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(2).

 

Under the selling agreement with OpenDeal Broker LLC, ODB may also pass through certain ancillary costs to us up to $30,000, excluding professional fees. We may be required to indemnify ODB and possibly other parties with respect to disclosures made in this Offering Circular. Any other fees that we may pay to ODB or other third parties will not be commissions or considered as underwriting compensation. We reserve the right to enter into posting agreements with equity crowdfunding firms not associated with FINRA member firms in connection with this Offering, for which we may pay non-contingent fees as compensation.

 

In order to subscribe to purchase the Units, a prospective investor must complete, sign and deliver to the Company a subscription agreement (in the form attached as Exhibit 4 to the Offering Statement) and either mail or wire funds for the related subscription amount (payable to Mr. Mango LLC) in accordance with the subscription agreement’s instructions.

 

The Company reserves the right to reject any investor’s subscription in whole or in part for any reason or no reason. If any prospective investor’s subscription is rejected, all funds received from that investor will be returned without interest or deduction.

 

In addition to this Offering Circular, subject to limitations imposed by applicable securities laws, we may use additional advertising, sales and other promotional materials in connection with this Offering. Such materials may include public advertisements and audio-visual materials, in each case only as authorized by the Company. Although any such materials will be prepared with a view to presenting a balanced discussion of risk and reward with respect to the Units, such materials may not give a complete understanding of this Offering, the Company or the Units and are not to be considered part of this Offering Circular. This Offering is made ONLY by means of this Offering Circular, and prospective investors must read and rely only on the information provided in this Offering Circular in connection with their decision to invest in the Units.

 

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Investment Limitations

 

Generally, no sale may be made to a natural person in this Offering if the aggregate purchase price paid is more than 10% of the greater of that person’s annual income or net worth (or, in the case of an investor that is not a natural person, if the aggregate purchase price paid is more than 10% of the greater of that person’s revenues or net assets for its most recently completed fiscal year end). Investors must answer certain questions to determine compliance with the investment limitation set forth in Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A under the Securities Act.

 

Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to visit www.investor.gov.

 

The above noted investment limitation does not apply to “accredited investors,” as that term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

 

A natural person is an accredited investor if he/she meets one of the following criteria:

 

● his or her individual net worth, or joint net worth with the investor’s spouse or spousal equivalent, excluding the “net value” of his or her primary residence, at the time of this purchase exceeds $1,000,000 and he or she has no reason to believe that that net worth will not remain in excess of $1,000,000 for the foreseeable future, with “net value” for such purposes being the fair value of the investor’s residence less any mortgage indebtedness or other obligation secured by the residence, but subtracting such indebtedness or obligation only if it is a liability already considered in calculating net worth1;

 

● he or she has individual annual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint annual income with that person’s spouse or spousal equivalent in excess of $300,000 in each of those years, and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

● he or she holds in good standing one or more professional certifications or designations or credentials from an accredited educational institution that the Commission has designated as qualifying an individual for accredited investor status; or

 

● he or she is a “knowledgeable employee,” as defined in Rule 3c-5(a)(4) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold where the issuer would be an investment company, as defined in Section 3 of the Investment Company Act, but for the exclusion provided by either Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act.

 

A business entity or other organization is an accredited investor if it is any of the following:

 

● a corporation, limited liability company, exempt organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, business trust or a partnership, which was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered and which has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

● an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, (i) if the decision to invest is made by a plan fiduciary which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser; (ii) if such employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; or (iii) if it is a self-directed plan whose investment decisions are made solely by accredited investors;

 

● a trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, which was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, and whose decision to purchase such securities is directed by a “sophisticated person” as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) of Regulation D under the Securities Act;

 

● certain financial institutions such as banks and savings and loan associations, registered broker-dealers, insurance companies, registered investment companies, registered investment advisers; investment advisers relying on certain registration exemptions, and “rural business investment companies”;

 

● any private “business development company” as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”);

 

● any family office as defined in Rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Advisers Act with assets under management in excess of $5,000,000, that is not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, and whose prospective investment is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such family office is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment (any such family office, “Family Office”);

 

 

 

1For the purposes of calculating “joint net worth” in the bullet-point paragraph above, joint net worth can be the aggregate net worth of the investor and spouse or spousal equivalent. Assets need not be held jointly to be included in the calculation. Reliance on the joint net worth standard above does not require that the securities be purchased jointly.

 

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● any family client, as defined in Rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Advisers Act, of a Family Office and whose prospective investment in the issuer is directed by such Family Office;

 

● any entity, of a type not listed above, which was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, and which owns investments in excess of $5,000,000; or

 

● any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors.

 

Under Rule 251 of Regulation A, an investor that is neither an accredited investor nor a natural person is subject to the investment limitation and may invest funds only to the extent that they do not exceed 10% of the greater of the purchaser’s revenue or net assets for the purchaser’s most recently completed fiscal year end. A natural person that is not an accredited investor may invest funds only to the extent that they do not exceed 10% of the greater of the purchaser’s annual income or net worth.

 

NOTE: A natural person’s net worth is defined as the difference between total assets and total liabilities. This calculation must exclude the value of the person’s primary residence and may exclude any indebtedness secured by that residence (up to an amount equal to its value). In the case of fiduciary accounts, net worth and/or income suitability requirements may be satisfied by the beneficiary of the account or by the fiduciary, if the fiduciary directly or indirectly provides funds for the purchase of the Units.

 

As described above, in order to purchase Units and before the Company may accept any funds from an investor, the investor will be required to represent, to the Company’s satisfaction, that he, she, or it is either an accredited investor or is in compliance with the investment limitation described in the second preceding paragraph.

 

The Company, subject to compliance with Rule 255 of the Securities Act and corresponding state regulations, is permitted to generally solicit investors by using advertising mediums, such as print, radio, television and the Internet. We have plans to solicit investors using the Internet through a variety of existing Internet advertising mechanisms, such as search-based advertising, search engine optimization and our website. We will offer the Units (i) as permitted by Rule 251(d)(1)(ii), whereby offers may be made after the Offering Statement is filed with the Commission but before it is qualified, provided that any written offers are made by means of a preliminary offering circular that complies with Rule 254 and (ii) as permitted by Rule 251(d)(1)(iii), whereby offers may be made after the Qualification Date, provided that any written offers are accompanied with or preceded by the most recent Offering Circular filed with the Commission.

 

No sales will be made to any investor before the Offering Statement has been qualified by the Commission and a final Offering Circular has been made available to that investor.

 

Before we accept any investment funds or any subscription agreements, we will determine the states in which the prospective investors reside. Subject to the Company’s right to reject any investor’s subscription in whole or in part for any reason or no reason, we will process investments on a first-come, first-served basis, up to the maximum aggregate offering amount of $75,000,000.

 

ITEM 6.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We are offering for sale up to [*] Units, subject to the conditions set forth in “Securities Being Offered,” each Unit having a fixed price of $[*]. The Company is not conditioning this Offering on the sale of any minimum number of Units, meaning that we will retain the proceeds from the sale of any of the offered Units. This Offering is being conducted on a “best efforts” basis by through a registered broker-dealer that is admitted to membership in FINRA and SIPC. (See “Plan of Distribution”).

 

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Sale of the Units will commence within two calendar days after the Qualification Date. This Offering will end on the earliest of (i) the 180th day after the Qualification Date (though we may, in our sole discretion, extend this Offering one or more times), (ii) the date as of which all Units offered by this Offering Circular have been sold and (iii) any such earlier time as we may determine in our sole discretion, regardless of the number of Units sold and the amount of capital raised. If all of the Units offered are purchased, our gross proceeds will be $75,000,000. The following illustrates the Company’s estimated application of proceeds. As a point of comparison, we have added a column assuming the sale of half of the offered Units (i.e., [*] Units) during the Offering Period.

 

Please see the table below for a summary of the Company’s intended use of proceeds from this Offering:

 

  

$37,500,000

Comparative

   % Allocation @ $35,000,000  

$75,000,000

Maximum

   % Allocation @ $75,000,000 
                 
Video game development projects  $8,700,000    23.2%  $17,250,000    23%
Strategic partnership for development of anime projects  $9,075,000    24.2%  $18,000,000    24%
Original television production  $6,750,000    18%  $14,250,000    19%
Executive compensation  $5,250,000    14%  $10,500,000    14%
Investing in internal marketing capabilities  $3,375,000    9%  $7,950,000    10.6%
Investment in internal legal, finance, and human resources capabilities  $1,875,000    5%  $3,750,000    5%
                     
Subtotals  $35,025,000    93.4%  $71,700,000    95.6%
                     
Offering Expenses (Cash Component)                    
Broker Commission  $2,075,000    5.9%  $3,075,000    4%
Legal Fees  $70,000    0.2%  $70,000    0.1%
Accounting and Audit Fees  $200,000    0.5%  $200,000    0.3%
Edgarization Fees  $4,995    0.0%  $4,995    0.0%
Totals  $37,500,000    6.6%  $75,000,000    4.4%

 

The above table is intended to provide an overview of the contemplated application (or use) of proceeds over time (approximately 24 months) as a function of the success of this Offering’s capital raise.

 

Assuming a raise of $37,500,000, representing 50% of the maximum offering amount, the net proceeds of this Offering would be approximately $35,025,000 after subtracting estimated offering costs of $2,075,000 to OpenDeal Broker LLC in cash commissions, $200,000 in accounting and audit fees, $70,000 in legal fees, and $4,995 in Edgarization fees. We believe that if investors subscribe for Units with an aggregate sale price of at least $37,500,000, the use of proceeds outlined above will be achievable.

 

Assuming a maximum raise of $75,000,000, the net proceeds of this Offering would be approximately $71,700,000 after subtracting estimated offering costs of $3,075,000 to OpenDeal Broker LLC in cash commissions, $200,000 in accounting and audit fees, $70,000 in legal fees, and $4,995 in Edgarization fees. We believe that if the Offering is fully subscribed and we raise $75,000,000, the use of proceeds outlined above will be achievable.

 

Assuming a raise of less than $37,500,000, we expect that the Company would not pursue spending on executive compensation or original television projects.

 

The Company reserves the right to change the above use of proceeds.

 

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ITEM 7.

 

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Overview of the Company

 

Mr. Mango LLC is a Delaware limited liability company formed on December 14, 2016. The Company is the holding company for a multi-platform entertainment enterprise which owns and exploits intellectual property across platforms primarily including comics and other books, television, film, video games, tabletop games, digital content and audio programming.

 

The Company has wholly- or majority-owned subsidiaries in the art and entertainment industry.

 

This is JOJO, LLC is a production company organized in Delaware on December 22, 2016 which engages in certain activities related to projects in production for television and film, including engaging certain and is a signatory to the Directors Guild of America collective bargaining agreement.

 

Viltrumite Pants, LLC is a production company organized in Delaware on May 25, 2018 and is primarily responsible for the production of the animated television series Invincible.

 

Dark Stories, LLC is a production company organized in California on December 19, 2013 which engages in certain activities related to projects in production for television and film, including engaging writers and is a signatory to the Writers Guild of America collective bargaining agreement.

 

Tea Hot, LLC is a production company organized in California on March 3, 2016, which engages in certain activities related to projects in production for television and film, including engaging actors and is a signatory to the SAG-AFTRA collective bargaining agreement.

 

Bumbio, LLC is a holding company organized in Delaware on January 17, 2017.

 

Blah Blah Boys, LLC is a production company organized in Delaware on May 4, 2017.

 

Skybound, LLC is an entertainment production and distribution company organized in California on June 2, 2010.

 

IBO, LLC is a music publishing company organized in Delaware on December 10, 2018.

 

Itchy Water, LLC is a limited liability company organized in Delaware on June 30, 2016 that was formerly used for a joint venture but has no active operations.

 

The Competitive Landscape

 

The market for entertainment products is intensely competitive and subject to rapid change. We compete against providers of different sources of entertainment, such as movies, television, video games and other interactive entertainment, comic books, online casual entertainment and music that our customers could enjoy in their free time. Important competitive factors in our industry include the ability to attract and maintain strong relationships with creators, quality and creative integrity of our products, brand recognition, reputation, price and marketing. We compete against other content creators for distribution of the Company’s content across varied media and platforms. We also against other entertainment video, streaming and interactive providers, such as multichannel video programming distributors, streaming entertainment providers (including those that provide pirated content), video gaming providers and more broadly against other sources of entertainment that our customers could choose in their moments of free time. The Company’s merchandise licensing, publishing and retail businesses compete with other licensors, publishers and retailers of character, brand and celebrity names. Operating results for the merchandise business are influenced by seasonal consumer purchasing behavior and by the timing and performance of programming broadcasts, publication and game and theatrical releases.

 

We also compete against streaming entertainment providers and content producers in developing new relationships with creators and acquisitions or licenses of new content for exploitation by the Company according to its model across various media.

 

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The Company’s internet web sites and digital content products compete with other web sites and entertainment products in their respective categories.

 

While consumers may maintain simultaneous relationships with multiple entertainment sources, we strive for ongoing engagement with a dedicated audience of fans of the Company’s intellectual property.

 

Sources of Revenue

 

The Company’s revenue stems from the exploitation of intellectual property owned or licensed by the Company. Revenue is derived from (1) sales of entertainment products such as video games, comic books, merchandise, tabletop games and more, which includes direct-to-consumer sales and sales through third party distributors, (2) licensing and royalties from the exploitation of the Company’s intellectual property by third parties across diverse media platforms, and (3) the Company’s provision of professional services to third parties related to the exploitation of intellectual property in the entertainment industry including marketing services, digital content production services and other producing and executive producing services.

 

The Company’s Team

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company employs 223 full-time employees and 5 part-time employees.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, the Company may be involved in legal proceedings or may be subject to other claims against it. The results of such legal proceedings and the resolution of such claims cannot be predicted with certainty; but in either case, they could have an adverse impact on the Company’s business because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of resources and other factors. The Company is not currently subject to any material claims against it, nor is it involved in any legal proceedings.

 

ITEM 8.

 

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

 

The Company, through its subsidiaries, leases (1) office space located at 9750 W Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, California (the “Pico Office”) and (2) an office and studio production space located at 10911 Riverside Drive in Los Angeles, California (the “Riverside Drive Office”). The lessor of the Pico Office is Blueberry & Chicken, LLC, and entity owned and controlled by David Alpert and Robert Kirkman. The lessor of the Riverside Drive Office is Spicy Sauce, LLC, an entity owned and controlled by David Alpert, Jon Goldman and Robert Kirkman.

 

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ITEM 9.

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION

AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

This section regarding “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” includes a number of forward-looking statements that reflect the Company management’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance. You can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate” and “continue,” or similar words. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company and members of its management team as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risk and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements.

 

Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by the Company in this report and in its other reports filed with the Commission. Important factors currently known to the Company could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or any changes in the future operating results over time. The Company believes that its assumptions are based upon reasonable data derived from and known about its business and operations. No assurances are made that actual results of operations or the results of the Company’s future activities will not differ materially from its assumptions. Factors that could cause differences include, but are not limited to, expected market demand for the Company’s services, fluctuations in pricing for materials, and competition.

 

Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, the words “we,” “us,” “our”, the “Company” or “our Company” refer to Mr. Mango LLC, and its subsidiaries.

 

Business Overview

 

The Company, together with its subsidiaries, is a multiplatform entertainment company that engages with creators and their intellectual properties to create engaging content and deliver one-of-a-kind experiences to fans. The Company extends creator’s stories across platforms including comics, television, film, video games, tabletop, books, digital content, audio programming, music publishing and beyond. The Company is home to critically acclaimed global franchises including The Walking Dead, Invincible, Superfight, and Impact Winter.  The Company maintains key partnerships across the entertainment industry including Universal Pictures and Image Comics, holds a first look development deal with Audible, and has engaged an ongoing strategic business partnership with mobile games publisher and developer 5th Planet Games (OAX: FIVEPG). The Company’s capabilities include publishing, production, and global distribution for video games across all genres, including the multi-million unit selling Telltale’s The Walking Dead video game series. The Company is also a strategic global marketing and distribution partner of Striking Distance Studios for the highly-anticipated survival-horror game, The Callisto Protocol.

 

Sources of Revenue

 

The Company’s revenue stems from the exploitation of intellectual property owned or licensed by the Company. Revenue is derived from (1) sales of entertainment products such as video games, comic books, merchandise, tabletop games and more, which includes direct-to-consumer sales and sales through third party distributors, (2) licensing and royalties from the exploitation of the Company’s intellectual property by third parties across diverse media platforms, and (3) the Company’s provision of professional services to third parties related to the exploitation of intellectual property in the entertainment industry including marketing services, digital content production services and other producing and executive producing services.

 

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Operating Results

 

Year ended December 31, 2021 compared with year ended December 31, 2020

 

  

Year ended

December 31, 2021

  

Year ended

December 31, 2020

 
Net revenue  $67,773,779   $46,267,307 
Total operating expenses  $23,301,035   $20,176,734 
Interest income (expense), net  $43,458   $260,989 
Income tax  $1,418,892   $250,746 
Net Income  $12,872,949   $2,295,585 
Foreign currency translation, gain (loss)  $0   $41,419 
Earnings per share, basic  $487.69   $332.93 
Earnings per share, diluted  $377.90   $257.98 

 

Net Sales

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, we had net sales of $67,773,779 compared to the $46,267,307 in the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2020. The increase in net sales was due to increased business and production activity and sales volume across the entertainment industry after emergence from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic lock down in 2020 as well as the Company’s increasing strategic focus on publishing and distribution of video games in light of the changing global entertainment landscape.

 

Operating Expenses

 

The Company’s operating expenses increased from $20,176,734 in the year ending on December 31, 2020 to $23,301,035 in the year ending on December 31, 2021. The primary reason for such increase in operating expenses in 2021 is the return to a more normal level of operations after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic lock down in 2020 including increased use of the Company’s facilities and business-related travel, as well as costs associated with outfitting the Company’s workforce with the necessary resources for a hybrid in-person and work-from-home work environment.

 

Sales expenses

 

During the year ending on December 31, 2021, our sales expenses totaled $31,823,177. During the year ending on December 31, 2020, our sales expenses totaled $25,908,825. The reason for such increase in sales expenses in 2021 was increased sales volume across the entertainment industry after the Company’s emergence from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic lock down in 2020.

 

Other Income and Expenses

 

During the year ending on December 31, 2021, we recorded a gain on interest income of $11,034 and a loss on interest expenses of $54,492. During the year ending on December 31, 2020, an interest income of $18,398 and an interest expense of $242,591 was recognized.

 

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For the period ending on December 31, 2021, we generated other income (including personnel expense reimbursements and miscellaneous income) of $75,194. For the period ending on December 31, 2020, we recorded a gain on other income of $75,924.

 

For the year ending on December 31, 2021, the income we received as part of settlements totaled $22,588. For the year ending on December 31, 2020, the income we received as part of settlements totaled $2,000,000.

 

For the year ending on December 31, 2021, the amount of our PPP loan forgiveness was $1,587,951. During the period ending on December 31, 2020, the amount of our PPP loan forgiveness was $270,000.

 

For the year ending on December 31, 2021, we recorded no gains on currency exchange. For the year ending on December 31, 2020, we recorded a gain on currency exchange of $41,419.

 

For the year ending on December 31, 2021, we recorded no loss on disposal of intangible assets. For the year ending on December 31, 2020, we recognized a loss on disposal of intangible assets of $57,409.

 

Income Tax

 

Income taxes were $1,418,892 for the year ending on December 31, 2021. Income taxes were $250,746 for the year ending on December 31, 2020.

 

Net Income

 

The company’s net income for the year ending on December 31, 2021 was $12,872,949, compared to $2,295,585 for the year ending on December 31, 2020. Such increase in the net income in 2021 was primarily due to sales of video games published by the Company’s subsidiaries, services income from two significant new engagements (i) as the strategic global marketing and distribution partner of Striking Distance Studios for the highly-anticipated survival-horror game The Callisto Protocol and (ii) as the production partner of Genvid Entertainment and Facebook for The Walking Dead: Last MILE, a massively interactive live event (MILE) Facebook Gaming and Facebook Watch exclusive, and royalty revenue from the newly published The Walking Dead: Survivors mobile game.

 

Total Assets

 

For the year ending on December 31, 2021, we possessed assets totaling $60,636,442, primarily consisting of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, intangible assets, and investments. For the year ending on December 31, 2020, we possessed assets totaling $28,394,315, primarily consisting of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, and intangible assets. This increase in assets in 2021 was primarily due to the Company’s Series B Preferred Interest financing and an increase in sales volume.

 

Total Liabilities

 

For the year ending on December 31, 2021, our liabilities totaled $11,303,782, primarily consisting of short-term debt. For the year ending on December 31, 2020, our liabilities totaled $10,323,432, primarily consisting of short-term debt. The increase in liabilities in 2021 is primarily due to accrued royalties that are not payable until cash is received.

 

Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was $929,613 for the period ended December 31, 2020, arising from $4,110,739 of the charges and credits to net income not affecting cash and net income.

 

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Net Cash Flow from Investing Activities

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020, net cash consumed from the net income of $2,295,585 for investing activities was $3,466,652, consisting of investment in property and equipment, additions to capitalized production and investment in subsidiaries.

 

Net Cash Flow from Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $4,043,238 for the period ended December 31, 2020. The cash consists of $2,695,716 of proceeds from line of credit, $1,627,781 of proceeds from paycheck protection program loans, $7,750,000 of preferred unit issuance, less $7,342,758 of payments on lines of credit and $687,501 of common unit redemptions.

 

Equity Financing

 

To date, the Company has raised a total of $49,332,661 through membership interests, including preferred membership interests, common membership interests, options, and warrants. The Company has used the capital raised from equity financing for an aggregate equity investment of $10,500,000 in the mobile games developer 5th Planet Games, which the Company is investing through a subsidiary of Bumbio LLC, Skybound Game Studios, Inc., over an approximately 2-year period starting in September 2021 as well as other costs associated with such investment transaction, investment in video game publishing and distribution and future strategic investment opportunities

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The proceeds of this Offering are not essential to the continuing operations of the Company; however, they are essential to the growth of the Company’s operations. As a result, the majority of the proceeds from this Offering will be used to fund the Company’s sales and marketing efforts, as well as to fund the cost of future development and expansion. The Company plans to use the proceeds of this Offering as set forth in the section titled “Use of Proceeds.” As the Company is operating in one of the fastest growing industries, the demand for content is growing and it is essential for the Company to expand its product offering to capture a market in order to establish the Company as a content leader.

 

As of December 31, 2021, the Company has a current ratio of 4.58 and average operating expenses of $1,819,22, which is sufficient to meet anticipated cash operating expenses and capital expenditures for 8 months. The primary sources of the Company’s liquidity are cash from its 2021 Series B Preferred Interest financing and cash resulting from ongoing operations. The Company also has access to an $8M line of credit. The Company also has potential access to additional sources of capital through additional rounds of private capital funding.

 

In the past two years, the bulk of the Company’s capital expenditures have been to develop smaller original video games of about $5,000,000 a year. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had a remaining obligation of $9,000,000 related to the acquisition of 5th Planet Games. However, with two successful pieces of creative work, timing is of the essence and the Company plans on making the most of the current popularity to develop AAA games and along with growing the sales, marketing and social media teams to increase sales. Upon the closing of this Offering, the Company does intend to have material capital expenditures in the future. See “Use of Proceeds.”

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Revenue Trends

 

During 2020, the Company’s television and film productions were paused and the Company used this as an opportunity to pivot resources towards video games. Video game revenue is categorized into four types: 1) physical product 2) digital product, 3) licensing/royalty, and 4) distribution/publishing. In addition, if an opportunity presents itself, the Company also provides video game marketing services. Both physical and digital product revenue are recognized upon sale. Licensing and royalty revenue are recognized in line with performance obligations along with any service revenue. Video games represented about 70% of revenue in 2020 and 80% in 2021 and we expect it to represent 80% of revenue going forward.

 

Costs and Expenses Trends

 

The Company expects operating expenses to increase for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, primarily due to an increase in general and administrative costs associated with the addition of personnel to support the Company’s growth and legal, accounting and audit expenses due to costs associated with this Offering, an increase in sales and marketing costs, primarily due to increased marketing event costs and increased marketing and social media campaigns to support the targeted revenue growth.

 

Trend Information

 

Over the next 12 months, the Company anticipates that it will continue its current strategy of bringing creator’s visions for their intellectual property to life across media platforms including comics, television, film, video games, tabletop, books, digital content, audio programming and music publishing, including:

 

continuing to expand Company’s publishing and distribution of both independent video game titles and video games based on Company-owned IP such as Invincible and Impact Winter;
strengthening the strategic relationship with 5th Planet Games through co-financing and co-publishing video games and increasing the Company’s engagement with audiences in Europe;
pursuing new strategic partnership opportunities including for development of anime projects;
expanding productions of original television;
building robust capabilities internally to address the growing needs of the business in the area of marketing and community management; and
strengthening internal legal, finance and HR resources.

 

ITEM 10.

 

DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT

 

Our managers, executive officers and other significant individuals, their positions and ages as of July 26, 2022, their terms of office, and their approximate hours of work per week are as follows:

 

Name   Position   Age   Term of Office
David Alpert   Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, and Manager   47   Began July 2018*
Jon Goldman   Co-Chairman and Manager   56   Began July 2018
Robert Kirkman   Co-Chairman, Chief Creative Officer, and Manager   43   Began July 2018**
Byung Joon Song   Manager   41   Began November 2016
Kevin D. Irwin, Jr.   Manager   46   Began June 2021
Ian Livingstone   Manager   72   Began February 2022
Pamela Brown   Senior Vice President of Finance   54   Began February 2021

 

*Mr. Alpert has been the CEO of Skybound, LLC and certain other subsidiaries of the Company since 2010; Mr. Alpert served as the sole Manager of the Company from May 2017 to July 2018.

 

**Mr. Kirkman has been an executive officer of Skybound, LLC and certain other subsidiaries of the Company since 2010.

 

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Executive Officers

 

David Alpert: As CEO, Mr. Alpert oversees operations, creative development and production, and strategic business initiatives for the company and its ventures. Mr. Alpert is also a prolific producer across television, film, and digital series. His television credits include The Walking Dead, (and its spinoffs), Outcast, Dirk Gently, Locke & Key, Dead by Dawn (the first-ever nature horror docu-series), and Super Dinosaur (an animated children’s series based on Robert Kirkman’s comic book of the same name). Alpert will also be serving as an executive producer on the upcoming series Psi Cops with Adult Swim Canada, Demon In The White House for Discovery, and the feature film Renfield directed by Chris McKay with Universal. His other film credits include American Ultra, AIR, and Spare Parts. He also serves as executive producer on the animated hit series, Invincible, which has been renewed for a 2nd and 3rd season at Amazon and is in development for a live-action film adaptation at Universal. Alpert was a winner of the 2021 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award.  He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and is an honors graduate of Harvard University and New York University Law.

 

Jon Goldman: As Co-Chairman, Mr. Goldman is focused on new businesses initiatives for the company. He has an extensive knowledge of emerging technologies and the confluence of content. He has been instrumental in developing the interactive game business of the Company, including the development and production of highly successful games including: Scopely’s The Walking Dead: Road to Survival and Overkill’s The Walking Dead. In addition to his guiding role at Skybound, Jon is a Board Partner at Greycroft Partners. Greycroft is a venture capital investment company focused on high tech and innovative business startups. In this capacity he is an advisor to several startups and a board member of the largest children’s participatory philanthropy program in the US. Previously, Jon served as board member and CEO for two portfolio companies of Jerusalem Venture Partners in videogames and online video. He was a Founder, Chairman and CEO of Foundation 9 Entertainment, the largest independent videogame developer in the world with 11 studios and 1000 employees, ultimately selling the company in 2006. Mr. Goldman started his career at a boutique investment bank focused on US-Asia strategic deals. Mr. Goldman attended Harvard and graduated magna cum laude in Asian Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, as well as the University of Kyoto and an entrepreneurial management program at UCLA Anderson School.

 

Robert Kirkman: Mr. Kirkman, an advocate for creator rights, co-founded the Company alongside his long-time business and producing partner David Alpert in an effort to ensure creators are able to maintain their intellectual property rights and creative control. Mr. Kirkman continues to develop and produce multiple personal projects and has collaborations with an extensive list of creators across the Company including comics, video games, film and television (traditional and digital platforms), licensing, and merchandising. First and foremost a comic creator himself, Mr. Kirkman has seen ground breaking success in the adaptation of his comic book titles into major franchises in all forms of content. In 2010, his Eisner award winning series, The Walking Dead, was developed into an AMC television series. It has become a worldwide phenomenon as the highest-rated basic cable drama of all time. The property has also been extended into a successful game franchise, licensing business and ongoing publishing success. Kirkman’s popular demonic-exorcism comic, Outcast, was adapted, produced and airs on Cinemax. Mr. Kirkman has also served as writer and producer on various other television a film projects, including the upcoming film Renfield. Additional Kirkman comics include Oblivion Song, Die!Die!Die!, Super Dinosaur, Battle Pope, Astounding Wolf-Man, and Thief of Thieves.

 

Pamela Brown: Ms. Brown is the vice president of finance. She is responsible for the overall accounting and finance as well supporting development of new business opportunities and long-term strategic partnerships. From 2015-2020, Pamela was owner/manager of Impactful Partners where she worked as a contract head of finance helping clients to rebuild accounting and financial operations, and develop financial modeling to support their mission, values, strategic plan, and annual goals. Ms. Brown has 15+ years in the entertainment and video game industry working at companies such as Nickelodeon, Activision, THQ, Blizzard Entertainment and Vivendi Universal Games where she has a documented history of improving finance operations and the bottom line. Ms. Brown holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with an Accounting concentration from California State University-Dominguez Hills.

 

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Board of Managers

 

The board of managers of the Company (the “Board of Managers” or the “Board”) consists of the following members: David Alpert, Jon Goldman, Kevin D. Irwin, Jr., Robert Kirkman, Ian Livingstone and Byung Joon Song.

 

Please see above for biographies of David Alpert, Jon Goldman, and Robert Kirkman.

 

Kevin D. Irwin, Jr.: Mr. Irwin serves as Chief Investment Officer at Knollwood Investment Advisory. Mr. Irwin served as Treasurer at Bunting Family Foundation. He is also the Founder of Irwin Tax & Financial Services. He served as Advisor to Spring Capital Partners. He also served as Board Member at Highfive Technologies. Mr. Irwin has a Masters of Science and Finance from Loyola University Maryland and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting & Economics from University of Delaware.

 

Ian Livingstone: Mr. Livingstone is a pioneer and legend of the global video game industry and was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to the UK video games industry. He co-founded two billion-dollar games companies, Games Workshop (Warhammer) and Eidos (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) for whom, as Executive Chairman, he led the successful London IPO. He was angel investor and chairman of Playdemic, creator of the global top 10 mobile game Golf Clash. Mr. Livingstone co-founded Hiro Capital, a venture capital fund. As well as his role in Hiro, Mr. Livingstone is Non-Executive Chairman of Sumo Group PLC, a leading London-listed cross-platform games developer. He co-created the multi-million-selling Fighting Fantasy series of role-playing game books. He has been an angel Investor and advisor to multiple leading games studios, including Mediatonic, Bossa Studios, Fusebox and many more. Mr. Livingstone is also co-founder of the Livingstone Academy, a next generation UK Academy School focused on a 21st century digital creative curriculum.

 

Byung Joon Song: Byung-Joon Song holds the position of Chief Executive Officer & Director at Com2uS Corp., Chief Executive Officer & Director at GAMEVIL Inc., Chief Executive Officer for Gamevil China, Inc. (a subsidiary of GAMEVIL Inc.) and Chief Executive Officer at Com2uS Usa, Inc. Mr. Song is also on the board of Korea Internet & Digital Entertainment Association and Gamevil USA, Inc. He received an undergraduate degree from Seoul National University.

 

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ITEM 11.

 

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

The following table indicates the annual compensation of each of the three highest paid persons who were executive officers or members of the Board during the issuer’s last completed fiscal year:

 

Name  Capacities in which
compensation was received
  Cash compensation
(2021)
  

Other

compensation

(2021)

   Total compensation
(2021)
 
David Alpert*  Chief Executive Officer  $450,000   $0   $450,000 
Jon Goldman  Co-Chairman  $450,000   $        0   $450,000 
Pamela Brown  Senior Vice President of Finance  $286,000   $0   $286,000*

 

* David Alpert is compensated via D. D. Tuercas Entertainment Inc, a corporation solely owned by David Alpert and his wife.

 

The Managers did not receive any compensation in the fiscal year ending in December 31, 2021, in their capacity as Managers of the Company.

 

ITEM 12.

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS

 

The following table sets forth the information concerning the number of outstanding shares of our Common Interests owned beneficially as of the date of this Offering Circular by (i) all Company executive officers and members of the Board as a group and (ii) each person who beneficially owns more than 10% of our Common Interests. All shares shown in the table as beneficially owned are owned directly by the named beneficial owner(s). The Company has no other class of voting securities.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, the stockholders listed below possess sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares of Common Interests they own.

 

Name and address of beneficial owner  Amount of
beneficial ownership
   Amount of
beneficial ownership acquirable
   Percent of class 
Directors and executive officers as a group   117,570    0    72.60%
David Alpert (through the Peanut & Pookie Family Trust) (1)   39,190           0    28.20%
Robert Kirkman (through the Kirman Family 2014 Trust)(2)   39,190    0    28.20%
Jon Goldman(3)   39,190    0    28.20%

 

(1) 9570 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90035
(2) 9570 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90035
(3) 9570 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90035

 

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Changes in Control

 

There are no present arrangements or pledges of any of our securities, equity or debt, that may result in a change in our control.

 

Legal and Disciplinary History of Our Executive Officers and Directors

 

None of our executive officers or directors have any legal or disciplinary history.

 

ITEM 13.

 

INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.

 

Robert Kirkman, via his entity Robert Kirkman, LLC, is party to a Master License Agreement with the Company pursuant to which he grants an exclusive license to the Company to commercialize all comic books created by Robert Kirkman as merchandise, comic books and video games, and as the exclusive administrator in connection with any motion picture or television projects based on any of those titles. Robert Kirkman, LLC has also entered into several material agreements with the Company regarding the exploitations of certain intellectual property rights. Robert Kirkman is a partner at Image Comics, which publishes the Company’s comic books.

 

The Company has leased (1) office space located at 9750 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California (the “Pico Office”) and (2) an office and studio production space located at 10911 Riverside Drive in Los Angeles, California (the “Riverside Drive Office”). The lessor of the Pico Office is Blueberry & Chicken, LLC, an entity owned and controlled indirectly by David Alpert and Robert Kirkman. The lessor of the Riverside Drive Office is Spicy Sauce, LLC, an entity owned and controlled by David Alpert, Jon Goldman and Robert Kirkman.

 

The Company entered into a loan agreement with its employee, Ian Howe, in July 2021, in the principal amount of $300,000, which is payable by Mr. Howe on demand by the Company.

 

In connection with the issuance of the outstanding Series A Preferred Interests and Series B Preferred Interests (collectively, the “Preferred Interests”) of the Company David Alpert (through the Peanut & Pookie Family Trust), Robert Kirkman (through the Kirman Family 2014 Trust) and Jon Goldman each entered into redemption agreements with the Company pursuant to which the Company redeemed in aggregate amount of Common Interests equal to 12.5% of the aggregate purchase price of the applicable Preferred Interests purchased.

 

The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have entered into standard indemnification agreements with their respective directors and officers, as applicable.

 

One or all of Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Richard Jacobs (an employee of the Company), and potentially other employees of the Company serve as Executive Producers or Producers for television or film projects and, accordingly, may receive fees or other compensation for such services. The Company expects for the fees payable to such Executive Producers or Producers to, in the aggregate, not exceed 20% of the production fees received by the Company for each such project. David Alpert is a partner at Circle of Confusion, a talent management company. Talent that may partner with the Company on projects may also be represented by Circle of Confusion. Robert Kirkman is represented as an artist by Circle of Confusion.

 

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ITEM 14.

 

SECURITIES BEING OFFERED

 

General

 

The following description summarizes important terms of the Units. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the Operating Agreement, which have been filed as exhibits to the Offering Statement. For more detailed information, please refer to these exhibits.

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company’s has 117,888 Common Interests issued and outstanding; 11,160 Series A Preferred Interests issued and outstanding; and 9,922 Series B Preferred Interests issued and outstanding.

 

We have not undergone a membership interest split; paid distributions on the membership interests; effected a recapitalization of our securities; entered into a merger; acquired any material asset, partnership or corporation; effected a spin-off; or performed a reorganization from the date of our formation. With the exception of the contemplated acquisition of material assets, as described in this Offering Circular, no such acts or activities are being contemplated for the future.

 

This Offering relates to the sale of up to [*] Units, as described below.

 

Units

 

The number of Units subject to this Offering is [*], each at a fixed price of $[*] per Unit. The minimum purchase per investor is $[*] ([*] Units). [Additional purchases may be made in multiples of $[*] ([*] Units). [No investor will be entitled to a fractional Unit]. If the purchase price paid, divided by the Offering Price, results in a number of Units that is not a whole number, the number of Units to which the investor is entitled will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. For example, and by way of illustration only, an investor making a purchase of $[*] will be entitled to receive [*] Units, not [*] Units (the number that would result from dividing $[*]by the Offering Price of $[*]).

 

Units

 

Voting Rights. The holders of the Units are entitled to one vote for each Unit held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of the members. Under the Operating Agreement, any action to be taken by vote of the members other than the Board is authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast. Only certain members owning Common Interests, Series A Preferred Interests, Series B Preferred Interests may vote for members of the Board, subject to the terms of the Operating Agreement.

 

Distribution Rights. Holders of Units are entitled to receive, ratably, those dividends, if any, that may be declared from time to time by the Board out of legally available funds.

 

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Liquidation Rights. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of Units will be entitled to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to members after the payment of all of our debts and other liabilities.

 

Other Rights. Holders of Units have no conversion or subscription rights, nor do any redemption or sinking fund provisions apply to the Units. The holders of Units have preemptive rights to purchase Series B Preferred Interests or any equity securities with a liquidation preference or dividend, redemption, or voting rights senior or on parity with Series B Preferred Interests as well as rights, options or warrants to purchase such equity securities, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such equity securities. The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of Units are subject to, and could be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any future class or series of the preferred membership interests.

 

If all Units are sold, [*] Common Interests will be outstanding.

 

Lock-up and Market Stand-Off Agreements

 

There are no lock-up or market stand-off agreements currently in effect with respect to the Common Interests.

 

Litigation Forum

 

Section 10.23 of the Operating Agreement provides that JAMS will be the exclusive forum for certain any disputes, claims, or controversies arising out of or relating to the Operating Agreement. This provision is limited by Section 27 of the Exchange Act, which creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, and Section 22 of the Securities Act, which creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Trading Suspensions; Administrative Actions

 

Neither the Company nor its officers or directors are, nor at no time have any of them been, subject to any trading suspension order or any other type of administrative action or order issued by the Commission or FINRA.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

Certain legal matters with respect to the Units will be passed upon by the law firm of Ross Law Group, PLLC, New York, New York.

 

EXPERTS

 

The Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 included in this Offering Circular are unaudited financial statements prepared by Holthouse Carlin Van Trigt LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. The Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in this Offering Circular are unaudited financial statements prepared by CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.

 

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PART F/S

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

F-1

 

 

MR. MANGO LLC

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

Skybound Entertainment

Profit and Loss - 12 Month (in USD)

Reporting Book:

As of Date:

Company Group:

 

  

All Companies

Year To Date 12/31/2021

 
   Actual 
     
Sales Net  $67,773,779.11 
COGS/COS   31,823,177.42 
Gross Profit   35,950,601.69 
      
Operating Expenses     
Marketing & Advertising   2,353,260.45 
Administration   19,229,233.56 
Rent & Real Estate   1,453,972.97 
Depreciatopn & Amortization   264,568.30 
Total Operating Expense   23,301,035.28 
      
Income from Operations   12,649,566.41 
      
Income rom Equity Method Investment     
      
Other Income (Expense)     
Interest Income   11,034.31 
Interest Expense   54,492.28 
Gain (Loss) on Currency Exchange     
(Gain) Loss on Disposal of Intangible Assets      
Other Income (expense)   75,193.77 
Settlement Income   22,587.76 
PPP Forgiveness   1,587,951.00 
Total Other Income (Expense)   1,642,274.56 
      
Income Before Income Taxes   14,291,840.97 
      
Income Taxes   1,418,891.90 
      
Net Income   12,872,949.07 
      
Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest   (400,358.67)
      
Net Income Attributable to Mr Mango, LLC & Subs   13,273,307.74 

 

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Skybound Entertainment

Balance Sheet (in USD)

Reporting Book: Skybound-Con
As of Date: 12/31/2021
Company Group: Skybound Consolidated-003

 

  

All Companies

Year To Date 12/31/2021

 
Assets     
      
Current Assets     
Cash and Cash Equivalents  $20,951,009.83 
Receivables     
Trade, Less Allowance for Doubtful Accounts   17,712,634.74 
Due from Related Parties   273,826.36 
Other   0.00 
Due from Owners   300,000.00 
Inventories   3,374,805.71 
Prepaid Expenses & Other Assets   1,836,944.74 
Deferred Tax Asset & Issuance Costs   1,613,247.40 
Total Current Assets   46,062,468.78 
      
Property & Equipment     
FF & Leasehold Improvements   720,014.52 
Equipment & Vechicles   1,227,781.93 
Subtotal   1,947,796.45 
Less: Accumulated Depreciation & Amortization   1,075,047.96 
Total Property & Equipment   872,748.49 
      
Other Assets     
Intangible Assets:     
Capitalized Production Costs   8,172,751.01 
Other Intangible Assets   1,019,058.97 
Subtotal   9,191,809.98 
Less: Accumulated Amortization   1,457,816.16 
Total Intangible Assets   7,733,993.82 
Deposits, Prepaid Expenses & Other Assets - Non   306,255.00 
Investments   5,660,976.29 
Equity Method Investments in Subsidiary     
Total Other Assets   13,701,225.11 
      
Total Assets  $60,636,442.38 
      
Liabilities and Equity     
Current Liabilities     
Accounts Payable  $1,839,216.84 
Revolving Line of credit   26,993.19 
Accrued Expenses     
Compensation & Employee Benefits   754,706.37 
Royalties   2,992,379.78 
Other   2,068,831.07 
Deferred Reveue   3,210,946.28 
Tax Payable   144,771.64 
Other Liabilities   265,936.42 
Total Current Liabilities   11,303,781.59 
      
Total Liabilities   11,303,781.59 
      
Stockholders Equity     
      
Preferred Stock   36,879,535.76 
Common Units   (3,943,637.69)
Warrants   997,599.40 
Capital   14,725,703.58 
APIC   (569,900.00)
CTA   31,774.72 
Net Income   12,872,949.07 
Retained Earnigs   (11,661,364.26)
Current Noncontrolling Interest Equity   7,759,523.88 
Total Equity   49,332,660.58 
Total Liabilities and Equity  $60,636,442.17 

 

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Index to Exhibits/Description of Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  Description
     
1.1   Engagement Agreement with OpenDeal Broker LLC*
2.1   Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Operating Agreement*
2.2   First Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Operating Agreement*
2.3   Second Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Operating Agreement*
4.1   Subscription Agreement*
11.1   Consent of dbb mckennon LLC*
12.1   Legal Opinion of Ross Law Group, PLLC*

 

* To be filed by amendment.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this offering statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on July 26, 2022.

 

  MR. MANGO LLC
     
  By:
  Name: David Alpert
  Title: CEO (Principal Executive Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Form 1-A has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 
Name: David Alpert  
Title: CEO, Secretary, and Manager  
     
 
Name: Jon Goldman  
Title: Chairman and Manager  
     
 
Name: Robert Kirkman  
Title: Chairman, Chief Creative Officer, and Manager  
     
 
Name: Byung Joon Song  
Title: Manager  
     
 
Name: Kevin D. Irwin, Jr.  
Title: Manager  
     
 
Name: Ian Livingstone  
Title: Manager  

 

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