As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022
Registration No.: 333-__________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| State or other jurisdiction | Primary Standard Industrial | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
| incorporation or organization | Classification Code Number) | Identification Number) |
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Barry Kostiner, Interim CEO
1490 NE Pine Island Rd. Suite 5D
Cape Coral, FL 33909
(239) 542-0643
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with a copy to:
Stephen Fox, Esq.
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek P.C.
1425 RXR Plaza
15th Floor, East Tower
Uniondale, New York 11556
(516) 663-6600
(516) 663-6780 (fax)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on Form S-1 on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-1 replaces our previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261414) (the “Prior Registration Statement”). The Prior Registration Statement is no longer effective. We are filing this Registration Statement on Form S-1 pursuant to registration rights agreements with certain of the Selling Securityholders described in the prospectus which forms a part of this Registration Statement. This Registration Statement on Form S-1 contains an updated prospectus relating to shares of common stock, common stock underlying outstanding convertible debentures, and common stock underlying outstanding options, some of which were registered in the Prior Registration Statement.
The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The Selling Stockholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission becomes effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities nor does it seek offers to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
| PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS | Subject To Completion, Dated October 14, 2022 |
LEGACY EDUCATION ALLIANCE, INC.
64,423,736 Shares of Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the offer and sale by the persons named in this prospectus, whom we call Selling Shareholders, of up to:
| ● | 15,610,236 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, held by certain of the Selling Shareholders; | |
| ● | 30,413,500 shares of common stock that may be sold by certain of the Selling Shareholders upon the conversion of outstanding convertible debentures; and | |
| ● | 18,400,000 shares of common stock that may be sold by a Selling Shareholder upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
The Selling Shareholders may sell their shares at prevailing market or privately negotiated prices, including in one or more transactions that may take place by ordinary broker’s transactions, privately negotiated transactions or through sales to one or more dealers for resale.
We will not realize any proceeds from sales by the Selling Shareholders; however, we will receive approximately $1,840 upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase 18,400,000 shares of common stock held by a Selling Shareholder.
All costs incurred in the registration of the shares are being borne by the Company.
Our common stock trades on the OTCQB market under the symbol LEAI. On October 11, 2022, the closing price for our common stock was $.1725.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
These securities involve a high degree of risk. See “RISK FACTORS” contained in this prospectus beginning on page 4.
Prospectus dated , 2022.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus to “we”, “us” “the Company” or “Legacy” or similar terms refer to Legacy Education Alliance, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and, unless the context otherwise requires, together with its consolidated subsidiaries.
We and the Selling Shareholders have not authorized anyone to provide you with information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus. We and the Selling Shareholders take no responsibility for, and provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the shares offered hereby, and only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus only. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.
For investors outside the United States: We, and to our knowledge the Selling Shareholders have not done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of the shares of common stock and the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States.
TRADEMARKS
This prospectus contains references to our trademarks, trade names and service marks. Solely for convenience, trademarks, trade names and service marks referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ® or ™ symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the rights of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, trade names and service marks. Other trademarks, trade names and service marks appearing in this prospectus (or documents we have incorporated by reference) are the property of their respective holders. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names, trademarks or service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements made in this prospectus involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “would” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this prospectus, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy, prospective products, research and development costs, future revenue, timing and likelihood of success, plans and objectives of management for future operations, future results of anticipated products and prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included herein are based on current expectations that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Our plans and objectives are based, in part, on assumptions involving judgments with respect to, among other things, the results projected from the introduction of new brands, products and services, expansion into new geographic markets, combinations with third parties, including, but not limited to our licensors; the development of ecommerce capabilities; projections of international growth; projected increase in profitability from our symposium-style course delivery model that should lead to increased margins; our ability to address or manage corruption concerns in certain locations in which we operate; our ability to address and manage cyber-security risks; our ability to protect our intellectual property, on which our business is substantially dependent; our expectations regarding future divided payments; our ability to manage our relationships with credit card processors, and our expectations regarding the impact of general economic conditions on our business; the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global and national economies and on our business operations and financial results; and the estimates and matters described under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Our assumptions used for the purposes of the forward-looking statements represent estimates of future events and are subject to uncertainty as to possible changes in economic, legislative, industry, and other circumstances, including the development, acceptance and sales of our products and our ability to raise additional funding sufficient to implement our strategy. Such forward-looking statements involve assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that could cause the actual results, performance or our achievements, or industry results, to differ materially from historical results, any future results, or performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this report. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed as forward-looking statements are set forth in this prospectus, including but not limited to under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There may be other factors of which we are currently unaware or deem immaterial that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates, assumptions and projections, and therefore you should not place undue reliance on them, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond our control.
Although we believe that our assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could prove inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this prospectus will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein particularly in view of the current state of our operations, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a statement by us or any other person that our objectives and plans will be achieved. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the factors set forth herein under the headings “Business,” “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus.
The events and circumstances reflected in our forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties. Except as required by applicable law, we do not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING INDUSTRY DATA
Unless otherwise indicated, information contained in this prospectus concerning our company, our business, the services we provide and intend to provide, our industry and our general expectations concerning our industry are based on management estimates. Such estimates are derived from publicly available information released by third party sources, as well as data from our internal research, and reflect assumptions made by us based on such data and our knowledge of the industry, which we believe to be reasonable.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary highlights some information from this prospectus, and it may not contain all the information important to making an investment decision. A potential investor should read the following summary together with the more detailed information regarding the Company and the common stock being sold in this offering, including “Risk Factors” and the financial statements and related notes, included elsewhere in this prospectus.
The Company
Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. is a marketer of practical, high-quality, and value-based educational training on the topics of real estate, entrepreneurship, and trading strategies and techniques. Legacy focuses on delivering its education products and mentoring services through its five brands: Legacy Elite, Legacy Building Wealth Club, Legacy Degree (affordable, accredited degree completion), Legacy Capital, and non-profit division, Legacy Open Library.
Legacy Education has touched more than five million students from more than 150 countries and territories over the course of its operating history. Its curriculum is designed to help people progress from beginner to educated investor. Legacy Education is committed to bringing the message of financial independence to people all over the world.
Our students pay for their courses in full up-front or through payment agreements with independent third parties. Under United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”), we recognize revenue upon the earlier of (i) when our students take their courses or (ii) the term for taking their course expires, both of which could be several quarters after the student purchases a program and pays the fee. We recognize revenue immediately when we sell our (i) proprietary products delivered at time of sale and (ii) third party products sales. Our symposiums and forums combine multiple advanced training courses in one location, allowing us to achieve certain economies of scale that reduce costs and improve margins while also accelerating U.S. GAAP revenue recognition, while at the same time, enhancing our students’ experience, particularly, for example, through the opportunity to network with other students.
We were founded in 1996, and through a reverse merger, became a publicly held company in November 2014.
We have recently commenced various strategic initiatives and are embarking on a number of transactions, which we expect will strengthen the Company’s balance sheet and strategic positioning, including relationships with Brian Page and Jerry Conti. Further, the foundation of our proposed Nasdaq uplisting includes the potential spinoff of the existing Legacy Education business, which was previously approved by shareholders, and the proposed acquisition of Coopersmith Career Consulting, each of which are in process but we can give no assurance at this time of success.
Recent Developments
ABCImpact Loans
Between June 2022 and October 11, 2022, we borrowed an aggregate of $850,000 from ABCImpact I, LLC, evidenced by 10% Convertible Debentures. ABCImpact has the option to loan up to $5 million.
The Lender is a recently-formed entity in which an affiliate of Barry Kostiner, our Chief Executive Officer and sole director, has a non-controlling passive interest.
The then outstanding and unpaid principal and interest under the debentures shall be converted into shares of our common stock and an equal number of five-year common stock purchase warrants at the option of ABCImpact, at a conversion price per share of $0.05, subject to adjustment. The debentures and underlying warrants are subject to a beneficial ownership limitation of 4.99% (or 9.99% in ABCImpact’s discretion).
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PPP Loan
On July 26, 2022, we received notice that $932,455.90 in principal and interest under our April 2020 loan through the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program established pursuant to the CARES Act, is due and owing as a result of a 60-day delinquency in payment. With the past due amount of $85,969.14, the total amount due and owing is $1,018.425.04.
Forbearance Agreement
On July 15, 2022, we entered into a Forbearance Agreement with GLD Legacy Holdings, LLC, the holder of our 10% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture dated August 27, 2021, and Legacy Tech Partners, LLC, the holder of our 10% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture dated March 8, 2021. Mr. Kostiner is a manager of LTP.
Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, GLD and LTP each agreed to forbear from exercising its rights against us under the applicable Note until the earlier of (i) a default under the Forbearance Agreement or a new default under such Note or (ii) October 15, 2022 (the “Forbearance Period”).
Prior to the expiration of the Forbearance Period, the Company agreed to cause a sale of the GLD Note to ABCImpact or as directed by ABCImpact, at a purchase price equal to the outstanding balance due and payable on the GLD Note by no later than October 15, 2022, which shall be in full and complete satisfaction of our obligations to GLD under the GLD Note.
As partial consideration for GLD entering into the Forbearance Agreement, the Company agreed to issue to GLD 2,100,000 shares of our common stock and to issue to LTP 1,600,000 shares of our common stock, and to file a registration statement with the SEC to register the GLD shares for resale on or prior to August 15, 2022 and use best efforts to have the registration statement declared effective no later than October 15, 2022. The Company did not so file the registration statement. On October 7, 2022, GLD transmitted a Notice of Breach and Default under the Forbearance Agreement, notifying the Company that it intends to exercise all available rights and remedies at law and/or equity. The Company is in discussions with GLD to cure the default prior to any such exercise or rights.
The Company also agreed to use its best efforts to effect a spin-off of an existing to-be-determined subsidiary of the Company, pursuant to the terms described in the Forbearance Agreement.
Impact from COVID-19 Pandemic
Historically, our operations have relied heavily on our and our students’ ability to travel and attend live events where large groups of people gather in local markets within each of the segments in which we operate. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. As a result of worldwide restrictions on travel and social distancing, in March 2020 we temporarily ceased conducting live sales and fulfillment and furloughed substantially all of our employees. We resumed sales operations in June 2020 with online sales events selling into our suite of online, on-demand, and over-the-phone products. We also resumed online, on-demand, and over-the-phone fulfillment activities in June 2020. We resumed live operations on a limited basis, in November 2020, with events in Florida. In December 2021, the Company temporarily suspended live in-person events and will continue following strict safety protocols at the live events when resumed. We have simplified our product offerings and restructured our compensation program with respect to both employees and independent contractors to reduce costs and improve margins, but there can be no assurances that the Company will be effective in selling its products and services, or what the impact such activities will have on our financial performance. We are not able to fully quantify the continued impact that these factors will have on our financial results, but expect developments related to COVID-19 to continue to affect the Company’s financial performance in 2022 and beyond.
Corporate Information
Our corporate address is 1490 NE Pine Island Rd - Suite 5D, Cape Coral, Florida 33909 and our telephone number is (239) 542-0643. We maintain a web site at www.legacyeducationalliance.com, along with many additional web properties. Any information that may appear on our web sites does not constitute a part of this prospectus.
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The Offering
The following is a brief summary of some of the terms of the offering and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. For a more complete description of the terms of our common stock, see “Description of Securities to be Registered - Common Stock” on page 18.
| Common Stock offered by the Selling Shareholders | 64,423,736 | |
| Selling Shareholders | All of the shares of common stock are being offered by the Selling Shareholders. See “Selling Shareholders” on page 14 of this prospectus for more information on the Selling Shareholders. | |
| Common stock to be outstanding after the offering | 86,681,197 shares of common stock, based on our issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of October 11, 2022, and assuming the issuance of (a) all 30,413,500 shares of common stock underlying convertible debentures and (b) all 18,400,000 shares of common stock underlying outstanding options held by a Selling Shareholder, in each case being registered pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Does not include the conversion of any other debentures or other indebtedness, or the exercise of any other options or warrants that may be outstanding or issuable.
As we do not currently have enough authorized shares of common stock to satisfy all potential issuances pursuant to existing and potential commitments, we intend to seek shareholder approval to amend our Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase our authorized shares to enable the issuance of our common stock upon all such commitments. | |
| Use of Proceeds | We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of common stock by the Selling Shareholders participating in this offering; however, we will receive approximately $1,840 upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase 18,400,000 shares of common stock held by a Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholders will receive all of the net proceeds from the sale of their respective shares of common stock in this offering.
See “Use of Proceeds” on page 14 of this prospectus for more information. | |
| Risk Factors | See “Risk Factors” on page 5 of this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our common stock. | |
| Plan of Distribution | The Selling Shareholders, or their pledgees, donees, transferees, distributees, beneficiaries or other successors-in-interest, may offer or sell the shares of common stock from time to time through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices. The Selling Shareholders may also resell the shares of common stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, who may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions.
See “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page 16 of this prospectus for additional information on the methods of sale that may be used by the Selling Shareholders. | |
| Trading Symbol | OTCQB: LEAI |
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RISK FACTORS
A purchase of any of our securities involves a high degree of risk. Investors should consider carefully the following information about these risks, together with the other information contained in this prospectus before the purchase of any of our Shares. If any of the following risks actually occur, the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company would likely suffer, the market price of the common stock would likely decline, and investors could lose all or a portion of their investment. The Company has listed the following risk factors which it believes to be those material to an investment decision in this offering.
Risks Related to Our Business and Financial Condition
There is substantial doubt on our ability to continue as a going concern.
Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued a going concern qualification as part of its audit report that accompanies our 2021 audited financial statements included herein. As stated in the notes to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, we have a working capital deficit and have accumulated a significant deficit. Our continued existence is dependent upon our ability to continue to execute our operating plan and to obtain additional debt or equity financing. We do not have an established source of funds sufficient to cover operating costs and accordingly, there can be no assurance that the necessary debt or equity financing will be available, or will be available on terms acceptable to us, in which case we may be unable to meet our obligations or fully implement our business plan, if at all. Additionally, should we be unable to realize our assets and discharge our liabilities in the normal course of business, the net realizable value of our assets may be materially less than the amounts recorded in our financial statements.
The Company is attempting to implement a new business strategy and effect a Nasdaq uplisting, and there can be no assurances that these efforts will be successful.
Recently we announced several strategic initiatives with the aim of expanding our customer base, including the possibility of launching real estate SPAC investment vehicles, improving our social media presence, entering into strategic relationships, spinning off our existing business and uplisting onto the Nasdaq Capital Markets. However, these initiatives are ongoing and there can be no assurance that any of these efforts will be successful or if any of them are in fact successful, that it or they will result in greater revenue, profitability, trading volume, stock price and/or other benefit to the Company or its stockholders.
The concentration of our business under one brand or a small number of brands could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operation if we were unable to conduct business under such brands.
The alteration, or termination of any brand development or the suspension or termination of sales activities thereunder, would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Reliance on a Legacy Education Alliance focused branding strategy could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions and results of operations if consumer acceptance of such brand is insufficient to attract new customers.
Recently, our branding strategy has relied on using the goodwill and notoriety associated with our third-party branding licensors, such as Rich Dad, Tarek El Moussa, and others, to attract new customers. Any shift to a branding strategy that focuses on the Company as a brand, rather than on a third party, could adversely affect our business if consumer acceptance of such proprietary brand is insufficient to drive sales.
The termination of our license agreement to Rich Dad Education brand has materially adversely impacted our business, financial condition and results of operations, given the high concentration of sales from course offerings under Rich Dad Education brand.
Our Rich Dad® Education real estate and financial market course offerings accounted for approximately 55.8% of our total revenue in 2021. Our 2013 License Agreement with Rich Dad ®, as amended, expired on September 30, 2019. Notwithstanding the expiration of the License Agreement, the Company may continue to use Licensed Intellectual Property, as defined in the License Agreement, including, but not limited to, the Rich Dad trademark and stylized logo, for the purpose of honoring and fulfilling orders by its customers in existence as of the date of the expiration of the Agreement. However, the expiration and non-renewal of the license has caused a substantial reduction in our revenues and profitability, which have not been successful in replacing and may never be successful in replacing.
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The termination of any of our merchant processor agreements and/or material changes to the terms and conditions of these agreements would materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations, given the high concentration of sales from course offerings procured by our customers using credit cards.
A significant percentage of our sales are processed through credit card transactions and we are dependent on our merchant processor relationships to facilitate these transactions under favorable terms. Although we generally have been able to renew or extend the terms of contractual arrangements with third parties merchant processors on acceptable terms, there can be no assurance that we will continue to be able to do so in the future. Interruptions in service, or the imposition of reserve accounts in amounts not acceptable to us, could have a material adverse impact on our liquidity. In addition, if any of these services providers were to stop providing services to us on acceptable terms, we may be unable to procure alternatives from other third parties in a timely and efficient manner and on acceptable terms, or at all. This could materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The inability of our customers to finance the purchase of our products through credit cards or third-party financing would materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our customers rely on financing, whether through credit cards or third-party financing, to purchase our products. Any limitation on the ability of our customers to obtain access to credit may impact our customers’ ability to purchase our products. This could materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The ability of any of our merchant processors to continue to operate and refund our merchant reserves pursuant to the terms of the agreements would materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our merchant processors withhold a percentage of our sales as part of our restricted cash reserves. Release of the restricted cash is at the sole discretion of the merchant processor. Although we generally have been able to obtain releases from time to time, and pursuant to the terms of the merchant processor agreement, there can be no assurances that we will be able to do so in the future if the merchant processor’s ability to continue to operate becomes doubtful, including, but not limited to, illiquidity or fraud. This could materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our management has identified internal control deficiencies, which our management believe constitute material weaknesses.
Our management has determined that we presently do not have an internal control system or procedures that are effective and may be relied upon in connection with our financial reporting. The weaknesses in our internal control system that were identified by our management generally include weakness that present a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be identified, prevented or detected on a timely basis, and specifically include:
| ● | Financial Reporting Systems: The weakness in our internal control system identified by our management relate to the implementation of our new ERP system, which went into production on January 1, 2018. Our ERP software is not able to produce complete and accurate information in regard to revenues and deferred revenues for consistent financial reporting purposes. |
If we fail to effectively remediate any of these material weaknesses or other material weaknesses or deficiencies in our control environment that may be identified in the future, we may be unable to accurately report our financial results or report them within the time frames required by law or exchange regulations, to the extent applicable, which would have a negative impact on us and our share price.
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Our cash flows from operations have not been restored to pre-pandemic sales. If this trend were to continue in the future, it could impair our ability to fund our working capital needs and adversely affect our financial condition.
Our management currently projects that our available cash balances will not be sufficient to maintain our operations during 2022. In addition, when considering all of the applicable operational and external risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to cash generated from new and ongoing business initiatives, our ability to effectively execute our strategies, relationships with our credit card processors, potential claims against the Company related to the insolvency of certain its foreign subsidiaries, and potential current and future litigation matters, we believe that we are not adequately capitalized. We are seeking to obtain additional capital through the issuance of equity or debt, which may dilute the equity holdings of our current investors. In addition, we may seek to borrow additional capital from institutional and commercial banks or other sources to fund future operations on terms that may include restrictive covenants, liens on assets, high effective interest rates, and repayment provisions that reduce our cash resources and limit future access to capital markets. We do not currently have any binding commitments for future external funding. Our ability to raise additional capital may be adversely impacted by the economic environment. If we cannot generate the required cash to sustain operations or obtain additional capital on acceptable terms, we will need to make further revisions to our business plan, sell or liquidate assets, or limit or discontinue some or all of our operations.
Our ability to fulfill debt obligations could adversely affect working capital needs and financial condition.
As our business is currently unable to meet cash flow demands to fulfill debt obligations timely, we have defaulted on our outstanding indebtedness and there is a continued risk of additional defaults on debt to creditors. We can give no assurance as to whether we will ever be able to repay such indebtedness, the failure of which could lead to bankruptcy or shutting down our business.
Our operations outside the United States subject us to additional risks inherent in international operations.
Traditionally, we have operated in the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, South Africa and other international markets in addition to our U.S. operations. As a result, we face risks that are inherent in international operations, including:
| ● | Complexity of operations across borders, including the ability to identify and obtain staff, sales speakers, trainers and suppliers; | |
| ● | Currency exchange rate fluctuations; | |
| ● | Restrictions on the movements of cash; | |
| ● | Multiple and possibly overlapping or conflicting tax laws; | |
| ● | Applicability of training concepts to foreign markets; | |
| ● | Compliance with foreign regulatory requirements including anti-corruption, banking, cash repatriation, and data and privacy protection; | |
| ● | Political instability; | |
| ● | Travel restrictions; and | |
| ● | Price controls or restrictions on exchange of foreign currencies. |
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If we are unable to successfully manage these and other factors, our business could be adversely affected, and our financial condition and results of operations could suffer.
Failure to comply with laws, regulations and policies, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or other applicable anti-corruption legislation, could result in fines, criminal penalties and an adverse effect on our business.
We are subject to regulation under a wide variety of U.S. federal and state and non-U.S. laws, regulations and policies, including anti-corruption laws and export-import compliance and trade laws, and data protection due to our global operations. In particular, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010 and similar anti-bribery laws in other jurisdictions generally prohibit companies, their agents, consultants and other business partners from making improper payments to government officials or other persons (i.e. commercial bribery) for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or other improper advantage. They also impose recordkeeping and internal control provisions on companies such as ours. We operate and/or conduct business in some parts of the world, such as Hong Kong, that are recognized as having governmental and commercial corruption and in such countries, strict compliance with anti-bribery laws may conflict with local customs and practices. Under some circumstances, a parent company may be civilly and criminally liable for bribes paid by a subsidiary. We cannot assure you that our internal control policies and procedures have protected us, or will protect us, from unlawful conduct of our employees, agents, consultants and other business partners. In the event that we believe or have reason to believe that violations may have occurred, including without limitation violations of anti-corruption laws, we may be required to investigate and/or have outside counsel investigate the relevant facts and circumstances, which can be expensive and require significant time and attention from senior management. Violation may result in substantial civil and/or criminal fines, disgorgement of profits, sanctions and penalties, debarment from future work with governments, curtailment of operations in certain jurisdictions, and imprisonment of the individuals involved. As a result, any such violations may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition. In addition, actual or alleged violations could damage our reputation and ability to do business. Any of these impacts could have a material, adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.
Uncertain economic conditions and other changes experienced by our customers, including the willingness to trade or invest in securities or real estate, could influence their willingness to spend their discretionary income on our course offerings and products, and could materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Uncertain economic conditions may affect our customers’ discretionary income, access to credit and ability and willingness to purchase our courses offerings and products. Economic conditions and consumer spending are influenced by a wide range of factors that are beyond our control. These conditions include but are not limited to:
| ● | Demand for our course offerings and related products; | |
| ● | Conditions in the securities and investment markets; | |
| ● | Conditions in the real estate market; | |
| ● | Availability of mortgage financing and other forms of credit and consumer credit; | |
| ● | General economic and business conditions; | |
| ● | Adverse changes in consumer confidence levels; | |
| ● | General political developments; | |
| ● | Adverse weather or natural or man-made disasters; and | |
| ● | Regional, national and/or worldwide pandemics, or other public health risks. |
Any decreased interest in real estate and/or financial markets investing strategies and techniques in the future could impact our brands. Additionally, a prolonged economic downturn or uncertainty over future economic conditions, could increase these effects on our business. In addition, our ongoing business expansion efforts and related operational changes add to the difficulty and risk of forecasting the timing, magnitude and direction of operational and financial outcomes with respect to our business.
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We have only a limited ability to protect our intellectual property rights, which are important to our success.
Our financial success depends, in part, upon our ability to protect our brand names, curriculums, and other proprietary and licensed intellectual property. The existing laws of some countries in which we conduct business might offer only limited protection of our intellectual property rights. To protect our intellectual property, we rely upon a combination of confidentiality policies, nondisclosure, and other contractual arrangements, as well as copyright and trademark laws. The steps we take in this regard may not be adequate to prevent or deter infringement or other misappropriation of our intellectual property, and we might not be able to detect unauthorized use of, or take appropriate and timely steps to enforce, our intellectual property rights, especially in foreign jurisdictions. The loss of proprietary content or the unauthorized use of our intellectual property, including our brand names, may create significant market confusion and result in greater competition, loss of revenue, and adverse publicity.
We face significant competition in our markets.
Our success depends upon our ability to attract customers by providing high-quality courses and training materials, as well as to attract and retain quality trainers to provide those courses. The market for training courses for specific business issues, such as real estate or stock market investing, is intensely competitive. If we are unable to successfully compete, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be materially harmed. Certain competitors may have access to certain marketing channels or be able to secure alliances with customers and affiliates on more favorable terms, devote greater resources to marketing and promotional campaigns and devote substantially more resources to course development than we can. In addition, it is possible that certain competitors, or potential competitors, could reduce their pricing to levels that would make it difficult for us to compete. Increased competition may result in reduced operating margins, as well as loss of market share and brand recognition. Our success is dependent on our ability to successfully attract customers to programs that they feel will enhance their knowledge and enhance their earning power. Their level of satisfaction with our course offerings affects our reputation as they tell others about their experience. Our business could suffer if we fail to deliver quality programs at acceptable price points.
In addition, in order to compete effectively in our markets, we may need to change our business in significant ways. For example, to respond to market competition we may change our pricing, product, or service offerings, make key decisions about technology changes or marketing strategies, or acquire additional businesses or technologies. Any of these actions could hurt our business, financial condition and results of operations. Competitors continually introduce new programs that may compete directly with our offerings that may make our offerings uncompetitive or obsolete. Larger competitors may have superior abilities to compete for customers and skilled professionals, reducing our ability to deliver our quality offerings to our customers.
Laws and regulations can affect the operation of our business and may limit our ability to operate in certain jurisdictions.
Federal, state, and international laws and regulations impact our operations and may limit our ability to obtain authorization to operate in some states or countries. Many federal, state, and international governmental agencies assert authority to regulate providers of investment training programs. Failure to comply with these regulations could result in legal action instituted by the jurisdictions, including cease and desist and injunctive actions. In the event we are subject to such legal action, our reputation could be harmed and the demand for our course offerings and products could be significantly reduced. We are involved from time to time in routine legal matters incidental to our business, including disputes with students and information requests from state regulatory agencies. Based upon available information, we believe that the resolution of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. Future regulatory changes with respect to the various topics of our courses or the investment techniques we teach, could also impact the content of our course offerings, which in turn, could negatively impact future sales.
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Cyber-attacks as well as improper disclosure or control of personal information could result in liability and harm our reputation, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.
We are dependent on information technology networks and systems to process, transmit and store electronic information and to communicate among our locations around the world and with our customers. Security breaches of this infrastructure could lead to shutdowns or disruptions of our systems and potential unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. We are also required at times to manage, utilize and store sensitive or confidential customer or employee data. While we take measures to protect the security of, and unauthorized access to, our systems, as well as the privacy of personal and proprietary information, it is possible that our security controls over our systems, as well as other security practices we follow, may not prevent the improper access to or disclosure of personally identifiable or proprietary information. In addition, much of our financial, customer, and employee data resides on third party equipment not within our custody or control such that we cannot prevent the improper access to or disclosure of such data or might be prevented from accessing such data for our own purposes. Any such disclosures or inability to access our proprietary information could harm our reputation and subject us to liability under our contracts and laws that protect personal data, or negatively impact our ability to manage operations resulting in increased costs or loss of revenue. Further, data privacy is subject to frequently changing rules and regulations, which sometimes conflict among the various jurisdictions and countries in which we provide services.
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR took effect in May 2018 and requires EU member states to meet new and more stringent requirements regarding the handling of personal data. Failure to meet the GDPR requirements could result in substantial penalties of up to the greater of €20 million or 4% of global annual revenue of the preceding financial year. Additionally, compliance with the GDPR has resulted in increased operational costs to implement new procedures corresponding to new legal rights granted under the law. Although the GDPR applies across the EU without a need for local implementing legislation, local data protection authorities still have the ability to interpret the GDPR through so-called opening clauses, which permit region-specific data protection legislation and have the potential to create inconsistencies on a country-by-country basis.
Our efforts to comply with GDPR and other privacy and data protection laws may impose significant costs and challenges that are likely to increase over time. Our failure to adhere to or successfully implement processes in response to changing regulatory requirements in this area could result in impairment to our reputation in the marketplace and we could incur substantial penalties or litigation related to violation of existing or future data privacy laws and regulations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are highly dependent on our senior management, high performing sales speakers and course trainers, and if we are not able to retain them or to recruit and retain additional qualified personnel, our business could suffer.
We are highly dependent upon our senior management. With the departure of all of the board members and executives other than Mr. Kostiner, we do not yet know how having a sole executive officer and director will affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations in the near or long term.
In addition, our business model is predicated on our ability to provide our customers with qualified and experienced trainers, coaches, and mentors. The loss of services of Mr. Kostiner, any future other members of our senior management, or high performing sales speakers or course trainers could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We may increase our management personnel to obtain certain additional functional capability, including regulatory, sales, business development, e-commerce, and quality assurance and control, either by hiring additional personnel or by outsourcing these functions to qualified third parties. We may not be able to engage these third parties on terms favorable to us. Also, we may not be able to attract and retain qualified personnel on acceptable terms given the competition for such personnel among companies that operate in our markets. If we fail to identify, attract, retain and motivate highly skilled personnel, or if we lose current employees or contractors, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We currently do not maintain key man insurance on any member of our senior executive management team.
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Our ability to sell and fulfill courses may be affected by public health risks, adverse weather, natural disaster, strikes or other unpredictable or uncontrollable events.
Adverse weather, natural disasters, external labor disruptions, pandemics, and other adverse events may affect our ability to conduct our business and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Public health risks, such as epidemics or pandemics, and severe weather or natural disasters, such as hurricanes, blizzards, floods and earthquakes, and other events beyond our control may reduce the ability or willingness of our students to travel to or otherwise attend our events. These events may also disrupt the printing and transportation of the materials used in our direct mail campaigns. Furthermore, postal strikes could occur in the countries where we operate which could delay and reduce delivery of our direct mail marketing materials. Transportation strikes could also occur in the countries where we operate, adversely affecting our ability to conduct business.
Remote working conditions could materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company may experience different and additional risks, such as decreased worker productivity as a result of remote working arrangements, increased medical, emergency or other leave could materially adversely impact our business, financial conditions and results of operations. Since the pandemic, the Company has been operating with all of its workforce working remotely. In addition, an extended period of remote working by the Company’s employees could strain its technology resources and introduce operational risks, including heightened cybersecurity risk. Remote working environments may be less secure and more susceptible to hacking attacks, including phishing and social engineering attempts that seek to exploit the remote working conditions.
A relocation or closure of any of our office locations could materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
If any of the leases for our leased offices are not renewed, or if any of our offices, whether owned or leased, are inadequate for our business operations, we may be compelled to relocate operations to new locations or cease operations in that local market, which could result in disruption of the business, additional costs and expenses, and loss of key personnel, any of which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock
We have been and expect to continue to issue additional shares of common or preferred stock that subordinate your rights and dilute your equity interests.
We need to raise investment capital for us to successfully execute our business strategy and it may be preferable or necessary to issue preferred stock to investors. Preferred stock may grant the holders certain preferential rights in voting, dividends, liquidation or other rights in preference over a company’s common stock.
The issuance by us of common or preferred stock could dilute both the equity interests and the earnings per share of existing holders of our Common Stock. Such dilution may be substantial, depending upon the number of shares issued. The newly authorized shares of preferred stock could also have voting rights superior to our Common Stock, and in such event, would have a dilutive effect on the voting power of our existing stockholders.
Any issuance of common or preferred stock with voting rights could, under certain circumstances, have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of us by increasing the number of outstanding shares entitled to vote and by increasing the number of votes required to approve a change in control of us. Shares of voting or convertible common or preferred stock could be issued, or rights to purchase such shares could be issued, to render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a tender offer, proxy contest, merger or otherwise. Such issuances could therefore deprive our stockholders of benefits that could result from such an attempt, such as the realization of a premium over the market price that such an attempt could cause. Moreover, the issuance of such shares of common or preferred stock to persons friendly to our Board of Directors could make it more difficult to remove incumbent managers and directors from office even if such change were to be favorable to stockholders generally.
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We do not currently have enough authorized shares of common stock under our charter to meet all of our potential obligations to third parties.
Our Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provide for 200,000,000 authorized shares of our common stock. We currently have commitments to third parties, including pursuant to convertible debentures, warrants and options, to issue a number of shares in the aggregate that with the 37,867,697 shares currently outstanding, would result in us issuing more shares than what we have authorized. Accordingly, in order to meet all of such obligations, we will need to amend our charter to increase the authorized shares of our common stock. We can give no assurance that we will obtain the requisite affirmative vote of our shareholders to so amend our charter, in which case we may default under any such obligations to the extent we do not have the authorized shares to issue, which could adversely affect our financial condition and the market for our shares.
Our Common Stock has a limited trading market, which could affect your ability to sell shares of our Common Stock and the price you may receive for our Common Stock.
Our Common Stock is currently traded in the over-the-counter market and “bid” and “asked” quotations regularly appear on the OTCQB maintained by OTC Markets, Inc. under the symbol “LEAI”. There is limited trading volume in our securities. We cannot predict the extent to which investors’ interest in our Common Stock will provide an active and liquid trading market, which could depress the trading price of our Common Stock and could have a long-term adverse impact on our ability to raise capital in the future. We may be vulnerable to investors taking a “short position” in our Common Stock, which would likely have a depressing effect on the price of our Common Stock and add increased volatility to our trading market. The volatility of the market for our Common Stock could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. There cannot be any guarantee that an active trading market for our securities will develop or, if such a market does develop, will be sustained. Accordingly, investors must be able to bear the financial risk of losing their entire investment in our Common Stock.
Being an SEC reporting company imposes costs and compliance risks.
Compliance with the periodic reporting requirements required by the SEC consumes a considerable amount of both internal, as well external, resources and represents a significant cost for us. Our management will be required to administer appropriate programs and policies in responding to increased legal, regulatory compliance, and reporting requirements, and any failure to do so could lead to the imposition of fines and penalties and harm our business.
In addition, if we are unable to continue to devote adequate funding and the resources needed to maintain such compliance, while continuing our operations, we may be in non-compliance with applicable SEC rules or the securities laws, and be delisted from the OTCQB or other market we may be listed on, which would result in a decrease in or absence of liquidity in our Common Stock, and potentially subject us and our officers and directors to civil, criminal and/or administrative proceedings and cause us to voluntarily file for deregistration of our Common Stock with the Commission.
Future sales of our Common Stock in the public market could lower the price of our Common Stock, dilute your equity interests, and impair our ability to raise funds in future securities offerings.
We may decide to raise additional capital through the sale of our securities or through other instruments both of which could result in the issuance of additional shares of our Common Stock. The issuance by us of Common Stock could dilute both the equity interests and the earnings per share of existing holders of our Common Stock. Such dilution may be substantial, depending upon the number of shares issued. In addition, future issuances of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales may occur, could adversely affect the then prevailing market price of our Common Stock and could make it more difficult for us to raise funds in the future through the sale of our securities.
In the event we raise capital through a private placement of our Common Stock and/or other securities convertible into shares of our Common Stock, such offering could dilute both the equity interests and the earnings per share of our stockholders. Such dilution may be substantial, depending upon the number of shares issued in any potential private placement.
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The market price of our Common Stock may be volatile and may be affected by market conditions beyond our control.
The market for our Common Stock is characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. The volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of factors. First, our shares of Common Stock are sporadically and thinly traded. As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading of relatively small quantities of shares by our stockholders may disproportionately influence the price of those shares in either direction. The price for our shares could, for example, decline precipitously in the event that a large number of shares of our Common Stock are sold on the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer which could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share price. Second, we are a speculative or “risky” investment due to our limited operating history, and uncertainty of future market acceptance for our potential products. As a consequence of this enhanced risk, more risk-averse investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress, be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly and at greater discounts than would be the case with the stock of a seasoned issuer. Many of these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of our Common Stock, regardless of our operating performance. We cannot make any predictions or projections as to what the prevailing market price for our Common Stock will be at any time, including as to whether our Common Stock will sustain its current market price, or as to what effect the sale of shares or the availability of Common Stock for sale at any time will have on the prevailing market price.
The market price of our Common Stock is subject to significant fluctuations in response to, among other factors:
| ● | changes in our financial performance or a change in financial estimates or recommendations by securities analysts; | |
| ● | announcements of innovations or new products or services by us or our competitors; | |
| ● | the emergence of new competitors or success of our existing competitors; | |
| ● | operating and market price performance of other companies that investors deem comparable; | |
| ● | changes in our Board of Directors or management; | |
| ● | sales or purchases of our Common Stock by insiders; | |
| ● | commencement of, or involvement in, litigation; | |
| ● | changes in governmental regulations; | |
| ● | general economic conditions and slow or negative growth of related markets and; | |
| ● | other risks related to our business as set forth above. |
In addition, if the market for stock in our industry, or the stock market in general, experience a loss of investor confidence, the market price of our Common Stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, financial condition or results of operations. If any of the foregoing occurs, it could cause the price of our Common Stock to fall and may expose us to lawsuits that, even if unsuccessful, could be costly to defend and distract our Board of Directors and management.
We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future, and you must rely on increases in the market prices of our Common Stock for returns on your investment.
For the foreseeable future, we intend to retain any earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our Common Stock. Accordingly, investors must be prepared to rely on sales of their Common Stock after price appreciation to earn an investment return, which may never occur. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our Common Stock. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our Board of Directors deems relevant.
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We are subject to penny stock regulations and restrictions and you may have difficulty selling shares of our Common Stock.
The Commission has adopted regulations which generally define so-called “penny stocks” as an equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exemptions. Our Common Stock is a “penny stock”, and we are subject to Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act, or the Penny Stock Rule. This rule imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that sell such securities to persons other than established customers and “accredited investors” (generally, individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000, or $300,000 together with their spouses). For transactions covered by Rule 15g-9, a broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to sale. As a result, this rule affects the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and affects the ability of purchasers to sell any of our securities in the secondary market.
For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require delivery, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, of a disclosure schedule prepared by the Commission relating to the penny stock market. Disclosure is also required to be made about sales commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, monthly statements are required to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stock.
There can be no assurance that our shares of Common Stock will qualify for exemption from the Penny Stock Rule. In any event, even if our Common Stock were exempt from the Penny Stock Rule, we would remain subject to Section 15(b)(6) of the Exchange Act, which gives the Commission the authority to restrict any person from participating in a distribution of penny stock if the Commission finds that such a restriction would be in the public interest.
In addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA has adopted similar rules that may also limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our Common Stock. FINRA rules require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for such customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. The FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our Common Stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.
Anti-takeover provisions could limit the ability of a third party to acquire us.
On February 15, 2017, we adopted a limited duration Shareholder Rights Plan, or Rights Agreement by and between the Company and VStock Transfer LLC, or VStock as rights agent. Under the Rights Agreement, one preferred stock purchase right will be distributed for each share of common stock held by stockholders of record on March 2, 2017. The rights will trade with the common stock and will not be separable or exercisable until such time as the Plan is triggered. The Rights Agreement was scheduled to expire on February 15, 2019, subject to the Company’s right to extend such date, unless earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company or terminated.
On November 12, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an amendment to the Rights Agreement (i) extending the Final Expiration Date, as defined in the Rights Agreement, to the close of business on February 15, 2021, and (ii) providing for the construction of the Rights Agreement and all other related documents in a manner consistent with the extension of the Final Expiration Date.
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On November 25, 2019, we entered into an assumption agreement with Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., or Broadridge, whereby Broadridge assumes the role of rights agent under the Rights Agreement, effectively replacing VStock as rights agent.
On February 12, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an additional amendment to the Rights Agreement (i) extending the Final Expiration Date, as defined in the Rights Agreement, to the close of business on February 15, 2023, and (ii) providing for the construction of the Rights Agreement and all other related documents in a manner consistent with the extension of the Final Expiration Date.
The extension of the Final Expiration Date under the Rights Agreement was entered into to ensure that the Board of Directors would continue to have sufficient time to consider any proposal from a third party that might result in a change in control of the Company, to ensure that all stockholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any such a proposal, and to encourage any potential acquirer to negotiate with the Board of Directors. In addition, extending the Rights Agreement will guard against partial tender offers, open market accumulations and other coercive tactics aimed at gaining control of the Company without paying all stockholders a full control premium for their shares. The Rights Agreement was not amended in response to any specific takeover offer. The Rights Agreement may discourage delay of prevent a merger, acquisition or other change of control that shareholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which shareholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock.
The Nevada Revised Statutes, which is the general corporate law applicable to us, contain provisions governing an acquisition of a controlling interest of the Company. These provisions provide generally that any person or entity that acquires a certain percentage of our outstanding voting shares may be denied voting rights with respect to the acquired shares, unless the acquisition is approved by both (i) the holders of a majority of the voting shares of our stock, and (ii) if the acquisition would adversely alter or change any preference or other right given to any other class or series of outstanding shares, the holders of a majority of each class or series effected, excluding the shares held by any interested person (including, such acquiring person or entity, an officer or a director of the corporation, and an employee of the corporation). This provision of the Nevada Revised Statutes could impede an acquisition of us even if a premium would be paid to our stockholders for their shares.
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE RISKS, BUSINESSES ARE OFTEN SUBJECT TO RISKS NOT FORESEEN OR FULLY APPRECIATED BY MANAGEMENT. IN REVIEWING THIS PROSPECTUS, POTENTIAL INVESTORS SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER POSSIBLE RISKS THAT COULD BE IMPORTANT.
USE OF PROCEEDS
All of the shares of Common Stock being offered under this prospectus are being sold by or for the account of the Selling Shareholders. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Shares; however, we will receive approximately $1,840 upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase 18,400,000 shares of common stock held by a Selling Shareholder.
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
This prospectus relates to the registration of 64,423,736 shares of our Common Stock, consisting of:
| ● | 15,610,236 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, held by certain of the Selling Shareholders; | |
| ● | 30,413,500 shares of common stock that may be sold by certain of the Selling Shareholders upon the conversion of outstanding convertible debentures; and | |
| ● | 18,400,000 shares of common stock that may be sold by a Selling Shareholder upon the exercise of outstanding options. |
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The Selling Shareholders identified in this prospectus may offer the shares of our common stock at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. See “Plan of Distribution” for additional information.
Unless otherwise indicated, we believe, based on information supplied by the following persons that the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock that they beneficially own. The information presented in the columns under the heading “Number of Shares Beneficially Owned After Offering” assumes the sale of all of our shares offered by this prospectus. The registration of the offered shares does not mean that any or all of the Selling Shareholders will offer or sell any of these shares.
We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose.
Selling Shareholder information for each additional Selling Shareholder, if any, will be set forth by prospectus supplement to the extent required prior to the time of any offer or sale of such Selling Shareholder’s shares pursuant to this prospectus. Any prospectus supplement may add, update, substitute, or change the information contained in this prospectus, including the identity of each Selling Shareholder and the number of shares registered on its behalf. The inclusion of any shares in this table does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership by the persons named below.
Certain Selling Shareholders set forth in a table below may be broker-dealers, or affiliates of broker-dealers. Each broker-dealer identified below acquired the securities identified in the table as beneficially owned by it as compensation for placement agent and financial advisory services provided to the Company, and is offering the covered securities in its proprietary capacity. No broker-dealer identified in the Selling Shareholders table below is acting as a broker-dealer in connection with this offering. Additionally, each Selling Shareholder identified in the table below as an affiliate of a broker-dealer acquired the securities identified in the table as beneficially owned by it in the ordinary course of its business and not as underwriting compensation in this offering, and at the time such securities were acquired, had no agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute such securities. Unless otherwise indicated, none of the Selling Shareholders have within the past three years had any position, office or other material relationship with the Company or any of its predecessors or affiliates.
| Name | Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering | Number
of Shares Offered by the Selling Shareholder | Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned After Offering | Percentage
of Common Stock Beneficially Owned After Offering | ||||||||||||
| GLD Legacy Holdings, LLC (1) | 22,100,000 | (2) | 12,100,000 | (3) | 10,000,000 | (3) | 20.89 | % | ||||||||
| Mayer & Associates, LLC (4) | 1,600,000 | 20,000,000 | (4) | - | (4) | - | ||||||||||
| Legacy Tech Partners LLC (5) | 15,100,000 | (5) | 11,600,000 | (5) | - | (5) | - | |||||||||
| ABCImpact I, LLC (6) | 17,000,000 | (6) | 17,000,000 | (6) | - | (6) | - | |||||||||
| Michel Botbol (7) | 500,000 | 500,000 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| James E. May (8) | 566,769 | 566,769 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Cary Sucoff (9) | 830,250 | 830,250 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Peter W. Harper (10) | 501,717 | 501,717 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Vanessa Guzman-Clark (11) | 20,000 | 20,000 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Eliahu Sarfaty | 315,000 | 315,000 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| GLD Advisory Services, LLC | 315,000 | 315,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Barry Joseph Kostiner (12) | 315,000 | 315,000 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Jason van der Meide | 160,000 | 160,000 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Peter R. Serra | 100,000 | 100,000 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Aracle Management LLC | 100,000 | 100,000 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| (1) | Daniel Gordon has voting and dispositive control over these shares, as the 100% owner of GLD Management, Inc., the General Partner of GLD Partners, LP, sole member of the selling stockholder. |
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| (2) | Represents 20,000,000 shares of our common stock underlying an outstanding debenture held by the Selling Shareholder (the “GLD Debenture”) and 2,100,000 shares of our common stock issued to the Selling Stockholder pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. Does not include up to 20,000,000 shares of our common stock underlying warrants that would be issued to the Selling Shareholder upon the conversion of the GLD Debenture. |
| (3) | Includes 10,000,000 shares of our common stock underlying the GLD Debenture. Does not include an additional 10,000,000 shares of our common stock underlying the GLD Debenture or up to 20,000,000 shares of our common stock underlying warrants that would be issued to the Selling Shareholder upon the conversion of the GLD Debenture. |
| (4) | Benjamin Mayer has voting and dispositive control over these shares. Includes 1,600,000 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock and 18,400,000 shares of our common stock which Mayer may acquire from time to time pursuant to an option at a per share price of $0.0001. Does not include an additional 120,000,000 options at a per share price of $0.05833. The exercise of the options are subject to ownership limitations so that the selling stockholder cannot beneficially own in excess of 4.9% (or in certain circumstances, 9.9%) of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company at any time. |
| (5) | Legacy Tech Partners LLC beneficially owns 8,186,500 shares of our common stock. LTP further owns an outstanding 10% senior secured convertible debenture due March 8, 2022 (the “LTP Debenture”), which is convertible into (a) up to an additional 96,913,500 shares of our common stock (assuming we borrow all amounts under the LTP Debenture) and (b) up to an additional 100,000,000 shares of our common stock underlying warrants issued or to be issued to the Selling Shareholder upon conversion of the LTP Debenture, all of which are subject to a beneficial ownership blocker. Barry Kostiner, sole member of our Board of Directors and CEO, is the president of the Selling Shareholder and has voting and dispositive power over these shares. Does not include 315,000 shares of our common stock directly held by Mr. Kostiner (see footnote (11) below). We are registering all 8,186,500 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock plus an additional 3,413,500 shares of our common stock underlying the LTP Debenture. |
| (6) | Andrew McDonald has voting and dispositive control over these shares, as the Manager of ABCImpact I, LLC. An affiliate of Mr. Kostiner, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and sole director, has a non-controlling passive interest in ABCImpact I, LLC and he disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest. Represents shares of our common stock underlying $850,000 of convertible debentures held by ABCImpact I, LLC that may be converted at a conversion price per share of $0.05. Does not include shares underlying common stock purchase warrants that may be issuable upon a conversion of such convertible debentures. The conversion of the convertible debentures and any subsequent exercise of warrants are subject to ownership limitations so that the selling stockholder cannot beneficially own in excess of 4.9% (or in certain circumstances, 9.9%) of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company at any time. |
| (7) | Mr. Botbol is our former Chairman of our Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. |
| (8) | Mr. May is our former General Counsel. |
| (9) | Mr. Sucoff is a former member of our Board of Directors. |
| (10) | Mr. Harper is a former member of our Board of Directors. |
| (11) | Ms. Guzman-Clark is our former Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. |
| (12) | Mr. Kostiner is sole member of our Board of Directors and CEO, as well as the principal financial and accounting officer of the Company. Mr. Kostiner is also the president of Legacy Tech Partners LLC. See also footnote (5) above. |
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering 64,423,736 shares of common stock, to permit the resale of these shares of Common Stock by the holders from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the Selling Shareholder of the shares of Common Stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of Common Stock.
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Each Selling Shareholder may sell all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock held by it and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of Common Stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the Selling Shareholder will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The shares of Common Stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions, pursuant to one or more of the following methods:
| ● | on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale; | |
| ● | in the over-the-counter market; | |
| ● | in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market; | |
| ● | through the writing or settlement of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise; | |
| ● | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; | |
| ● | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; | |
| ● | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; | |
| ● | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; | |
| ● | privately negotiated transactions; | |
| ● | broker-dealers may agree with a selling security holder to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; | |
| ● | a combination of any such methods of sale; and | |
| ● | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
Each Selling Shareholder may also sell shares of Common Stock under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if available, rather than under this prospectus. In addition, each Selling Shareholder may transfer the shares of Common Stock by other means not described in this prospectus. If a Selling Shareholder effects such transactions by selling shares of Common Stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the Selling Shareholder or commissions from purchasers of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the shares of Common Stock or otherwise, a Selling Shareholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of Common Stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. Each Selling Shareholder may also sell shares of Common Stock short and deliver shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. Each Selling Shareholder may also loan or pledge shares of Common Stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares.
Each Selling Shareholder may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of Common Stock owned by it and, if it defaults in the performance of its secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of Common Stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending, if necessary, the list of Selling Shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as Selling Shareholders under this prospectus. Each Selling Shareholder also may transfer and donate the shares of Common Stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
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To the extent required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, each Selling Shareholder and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares of common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the shares of common stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed, which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of Common Stock being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the Selling Shareholders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to broker-dealers.
Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of Common Stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of Common Stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
There can be no assurance that the Selling Shareholders will sell any or all of the shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.
The Selling Shareholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, to the extent applicable, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of Common Stock by the Selling Shareholders and any other participating person. To the extent applicable, Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of Common Stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of Common Stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of Common Stock.
We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock, estimated to be approximately $25,000 in total, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, the Selling Shareholders will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any.
Once sold under the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the shares of Common Stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
The following description of our capital stock is a summary only and is qualified by reference to our Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation included as Exhibit 3.1, our Certificate of Designation included as Exhibit 3.2, and our Bylaws, as amended, included as Exhibits 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5, in each case to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 to which this prospectus forms a part.
General
Our authorized capital stock consists of 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share, and 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of October 11, 2022, there were 37,867,697 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and zero shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.
Common Stock
The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, authorizes us to issue an aggregate of 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of the date of this prospectus, 37,867,697 shares of our Common Stock were issued and outstanding. All outstanding shares of Common Stock are of the same class and have equal rights and attributes. The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Company. Holders of Common Stock do not have cumulative voting rights. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, each outstanding share entitles its holder to participate pro rata in all assets that remain after payment of liabilities and after providing for each class of stock, if any, having preference over the Common Stock. The Common Stock has no pre-emptive, subscription or conversion rights and there are no applicable redemption provisions. Additionally, our authorized but unissued Common Shares could be used by our Board of Directors for defensive purposes against a hostile takeover attempt, including (by way of example) the private placement of Shares or the granting of options to purchase Shares to persons or entities sympathetic to, or contractually bound to support, management. We have no such present arrangement or understanding with any person. However, our Common Stock has been reserved for issuance upon the exercise of stock purchase rights designed to deter hostile takeovers, commonly known as a “poison pill.”
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Transfer Agent
The transfer agent for our Common Stock is Broadridge Corporate Issue Solutions, P.O. Box 1342, Brentwood, NY 11717.
Preferred Stock
Our Board of Directors is expressly authorized, at its discretion, to adopt resolutions to issue shares of Preferred Stock of any class or series, to fix the number of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock and to change the number of shares constituting any series and to provide for or change the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including dividend rights (including whether the dividends are cumulative), dividend rates, terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption prices, conversion rights and liquidation preferences of the shares constituting any series of the Preferred Stock, in each case without any further action or vote by our stockholders.
Series A Preferred Stock
On February 17, 2017, we filed a Certificated of Designation for a series of preferred stock designated Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, or Series A Preferred. There are 40,000 shares of Series A Preferred designated. Each share of such stock shall vote with the Common Stock and have 1,000 votes. Shares of the Series A Preferred have no conversion rights, but shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first day of March, June, September and December in each year or liquidation rights. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, no distribution shall be made (1) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred unless, prior thereto, the holders of Series A Preferred shall have received an amount per share equal to $5.00 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, provided that the holders of shares of Series A Preferred shall be entitled to receive an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of Common Stock. As of the date of filing of this prospectus, we have not issued any shares of Series A Preferred.
MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Market under the symbol LEAI.
The following table shows the high and low bid prices of our common stock for the periods indicated. These quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commissions, and may not represent actual transactions.
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The last reported closing price was $.1725 on October 11, 2022.
| Quarter Ended | High | Low | ||||||
| December 31, 2022 (through October 11, 2022) | $ | 0.1726 | $ | 0.1610 | ||||
| September 30, 2022 | 0.170 | 0.0791 | ||||||
| June 30, 2022 | 0.185 | 0.1010 | ||||||
| March 31, 2022 | 0.190 | 0.0560 | ||||||
| December 31, 2021 | $ | 0.116 | $ | 0.0612 | ||||
| September 30, 2021 | 0.155 | 0.10 | ||||||
| June 30, 2021 | 0.155 | 0.063 | ||||||
| March 31, 2021 | 0.1585 | 0.0805 | ||||||
| December 31, 2020 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.04 | ||||
| September 30, 2020 | 0.114 | 0.068 | ||||||
| June 30, 2020 | 0.14 | 0.0661 | ||||||
| March 31, 2020 | 0.1915 | 0.081 | ||||||
Holders
As of October 11, 2022, there were approximately 378 stockholders of record for our Common Stock. The number of stockholders does not include beneficial owners holding shares through nominee names.
Shares Eligible for Future Sale
As of October 11, 2022, there are 37,867,697 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, of which an aggregate of 8,501,500 shares are beneficially owned by our sole director and executive officer or his affiliates.
Approximately 21 million outstanding shares of common stock held by current shareholders are considered “restricted securities” subject to the limitations of Rule 144 under the Securities Act. In general, securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 after being fully paid and held for more than 6 months. While affiliates of the Company are subject to certain limits in the amount of restricted securities, they can sell under Rule 144, there are no such limitations on sales by persons who are not affiliates of the Company. In the event non-affiliated holders elect to sell such shares in the public market, there is likely to be a negative effect on the market price of the Company’s securities.
Dividend Policy
We have not paid out any cash dividends for the past two years and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our Common Stock for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, investors must be prepared to rely on sales of their Common Stock after price appreciation to earn an investment return, which may never occur. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our Common Stock. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our Board of Directors deems relevant.
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Penny Stock Regulation
Shares of our Common Stock have been and will likely continue to be subject to rules adopted the SEC that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in “penny stocks.” Penny stocks are generally equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 (other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on the NASDAQ or NYSE system, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in those securities is provided by the exchange or system). The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, deliver a standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the SEC, which contains the following:
| ● | a description of the nature and level of risk in the market for penny stocks in both public offerings and secondary trading; | |
| ● | a description of the broker’s or dealer’s duties to the customer and of the rights and remedies available to the customer with respect to violation to such duties or other requirements of securities’ laws; | |
| ● | a brief, clear, narrative description of a dealer market, including “bid” and “ask” prices for penny stocks and the significance of the spread between the “bid” and “ask” price; | |
| ● | a toll-free telephone number for inquiries on disciplinary actions; | |
| ● | definitions of significant terms in the disclosure document or in the conduct of trading in penny stocks; and | |
| ● | such other information and is in such form (including language, type, size and format), as the SEC shall require by rule or regulation. |
Prior to effecting any transaction in penny stock, the broker-dealer also must provide the customer the following:
| ● | the bid and offer quotations for the penny stock; | |
| ● | the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction; | |
| ● | the number of shares to which such bid and ask prices apply, or other comparable information relating to the depth and liquidity of the market for such stock; and | |
| ● | monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. |
In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement, a written agreement to transactions involving penny stocks, and a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the trading activity in the secondary market for a stock that becomes subject to the penny stock rules. Holders of shares of our Common Stock may have difficulty selling those shares because our Common Stock will probably be subject to the penny stock rules.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION
The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon, and should be read in conjunction with our audited and unaudited financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus commencing on page F-1.
We caution you that reliance on any forward-looking statement involves risks and uncertainties, and that although we believe the assumptions on which our forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, any of those assumptions could prove to be inaccurate, and as a result, the forward-looking statements based on those assumptions could be incorrect. In light of these and other uncertainties, you should not conclude that we will necessarily achieve any plans and objectives or projected financial results referred to in any of the forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to release the results of any revisions of these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances. Some of the factors that may cause actual results, developments and business decisions to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include the following:
Overview
We are a provider of practical, high-quality, and value-based educational training on the topics of personal finance, entrepreneurship, real estate, and financial markets investing strategies and techniques. Our programs are offered through a variety of formats and channels, including free workshops, basic trainings, forums, telephone mentoring, one-on-one mentoring, coaching and e-learning. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, our education operations were limited.
Our students pay for their courses in full up-front or through payment agreements with independent third parties. Under United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”), we recognize revenue upon the earlier of (i) when our students take their courses or (ii) the term for taking their course expires, both of which could be several quarters after the student purchases a program and pays the fee. We recognize revenue immediately when we sell our (i) proprietary products delivered at time of sale and (ii) third party products sales. Our symposiums and forums combine multiple advanced training courses in one location, allowing us to achieve certain economies of scale that reduce costs and improve margins while also accelerating U.S. GAAP revenue recognition, while at the same time, enhancing our students’ experience, particularly, for example, through the opportunity to network with other students.
We also provide a richer experience for our students through one-on-one mentoring (two to four days in length, on site or remotely and telephone mentoring (10 to 16 weekly one-on-one or one-on-many telephone sessions). Mentoring involves a subject matter expert interacting with the student remotely or in person and guiding the student, for example, through his or her first real estate transaction, providing a real hands-on experience.
We were founded in 1996, and through a reverse merger, became a publicly-held company in November 2014. Legacy Education has touched more than five million students from more than 150 countries and territories over the course of its operating history. Its curriculum is designed to help people progress from beginner to educated investor.
Historically, our operations have been managed through three operating segments: (i) North America, (ii) United Kingdom, and (iii) Other Foreign Markets. We no longer operate under our United Kingdom and Other Foreign Markets segments.
Since January 1, 2022, we have operated under five brands: Legacy Elite, Legacy Building Wealth Club, Legacy Degree (affordable, accredited degree completion), Legacy Capital, and non-profit division, Legacy Open Library.
We have recently commenced various strategic initiatives and are embarking on a number of transactions, which we expect will strengthen the Company’s balance sheet and strategic positioning, including relationships with Brian Page and multiple education guidance counselors, marketers and non-profits. Further, the foundation of our proposed Nasdaq uplisting includes the potential spinoff of the existing Legacy Education business, which was previously approved by shareholders, and the proposed acquisition of Coopersmith Career Consulting, each of which are in process but we can give no assurance at this time of success.
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Impact from COVID-19 Coronavirus
Historically, our operations have relied heavily on our and our students’ ability to travel and attend live events where large groups of people gather in local markets within each of the segments in which we operate. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. As a result of worldwide restrictions on travel and social distancing, in March 2020 we temporarily ceased conducting live sales and fulfillment and furloughed substantially all of our employees. We resumed sales operations in June 2020 with online sales events selling into our suite of online, on-demand, and over-the-phone products. We also resumed online, on-demand, and over-the-phone fulfillment activities in June 2020. We resumed live operations on a limited basis, in November 2020, with events in Florida. In December 2021, the Company temporarily suspended live in-person events and will continue following strict safety protocols at the live events when resumed. We have simplified our product offerings and restructured our compensation program with respect to both employees and independent contractors to reduce costs and improve margins, but there can be no assurances that the Company will be effective in selling its products and services, or what the impact such activities will have on our financial performance. We are not able to fully quantify the continued impact that these factors will have on our financial results, but expect developments related to COVID-19 to continue to affect the Company’s financial performance in 2022 and beyond.
Critical Accounting Estimates and Policies
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and related disclosures. In addition to the estimates presented below, there are other items within our consolidated financial statements that require estimation but are not deemed critical as defined below. We believe these estimates are reasonable and appropriate. However, if actual experience differs from the assumptions and other considerations used, the resulting changes could have a material effect on the financial statements taken as a whole.
Management believes that the following policies and estimates are critical because they involve significant judgments, assumptions and estimates. Management has discussed the development and selection of the critical accounting estimates with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors and the Audit Committee has reviewed the disclosures presented below relating to those policies and estimates.
Long-Lived Assets
We evaluate the carrying amount of our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We record an impairment loss when indications of impairment are present and undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than assets’ carrying value. We evaluate the remaining life and recoverability of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of these assets may not be recoverable. At such time, we estimate the future cash flows expected from the use of the assets and their eventual dispositions and, if lower than the carrying amounts, adjust the carrying amount of the assets to their estimated fair value. Because of our changing business conditions including current and projected level of income, business trends, prospects and market conditions, our estimates of cash flows to be generated from our operations could change materially, resulting in the need to record additional impairment charges.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue when our customers obtain control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which we expect to receive in exchange for those goods or services, in accordance with Topic 606.
We adopted Topic 606 using the modified retrospective method applied to those contracts which were not completed as of January 1, 2018. Revenue amounts presented in our consolidated financial statements are recognized net of sales tax, value-added taxes, and other taxes.
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In the normal course of business, we recognize revenue based on the customers’ attendance of the course, mentoring training, coaching session or delivery of the software, data or course materials on-line. After a customer contract expires, we record breakage revenue less a reserve for cases where we allow a customer to attend after expiration. We had deferred revenue of $15.8 million and $46.5 million related to contractual commitments with customers where the performance obligation will be satisfied over time, which ranges from one to two years as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The revenue associated with these performance obligations is recognized as the obligation is satisfied.
Income Taxes
We account for income taxes in conformity with the requirements of ASC 740, Income Taxes. Per ASC 740, the provision for income taxes is calculated using the asset and liability approach of accounting for income taxes. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities, at enacted income tax rates, based on the temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of our assets and liabilities. We include any effects of changes in income tax rates or tax laws in the provision for income taxes in the period of enactment. When it is more likely than not that a portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized in the future, we provide a corresponding valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold of more likely than not and a measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. In making this assessment, a company must determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, based solely on the technical merits of the position and must assume that the tax position will be examined by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosures and transition.
Accounting for Litigation and Settlements
We are involved in various legal proceedings. Due to their nature, such legal proceedings involve inherent uncertainties including, but not limited to, court rulings, negotiations between affected parties, and the possibility of governmental intervention. Management assesses the probability of loss for such contingencies and accrues a liability and/or discloses the relevant circumstances as appropriate. While certain of these matters involve substantial amounts, management believes, based on available information, that the ultimate resolution of such legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
The critical accounting policies discussed above are not intended to be a comprehensive list of all of our accounting policies. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S., with no need for management’s judgment in their application. There are also areas in which management’s judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce a materially different result.
Results of Operations – Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
Our financial results continue to be significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the severity and scope of the pandemic, the pace at which governmental and private travel restrictions and public concerns about public gathering will ease, the rate at which historically large increases of unemployment rates will decrease, and the speed with which the economy recovers are all factors that impacted our financial results. In addition, our financial results were impacted due to the winding down our Rich Dad brand.
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Our Results of Operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:
| Years
Ended December 31, | ||||||||
| (in thousands, except per share data) | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| Revenue | $ | 7,710 | $ | 25,914 | ||||
| Operating costs and expenses: | ||||||||
| Direct course expenses | 2,294 | 5,801 | ||||||
| Advertising and sales expenses | 1,636 | 2,293 | ||||||
| Royalty expenses | - | 68 | ||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 4,195 | 4,555 | ||||||
| Total operating costs and expenses | 8,125 | 12,717 | ||||||
| Income (loss) from operations | (415 | ) | 13,197 | |||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||
| Interest expense, net | (524 | ) | (210 | ) | ||||
| Other income (expense), net | 8 | 1,641 | ||||||
| Gain on forgiveness of PPP Loan | 910 | - | ||||||
| Total other income (expense), net | 394 | 1,431 | ||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | (21 | ) | 14,628 | |||||
| Income tax (expense) benefit | (716 | ) | (2,883 | ) | ||||
| Net income (loss) from continuing operations | (737 | ) | 11,745 | |||||
| Income from discontinued operations | 171 | 4,264 | ||||||
| Net income from discontinued operations | 171 | 4,264 | ||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (566 | ) | $ | 16,009 | |||
| Basic earnings (loss) per common share - continuing operations | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 0.51 | |||
| Basic earnings (loss) per common share - discontinued operations | - | 0.18 | ||||||
| Basic earnings (loss) per common share | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 0.69 | |||
| Diluted earnings (loss) per common share - continuing operations | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.51 | |||
| Diluted earnings (loss) per common share - discontinued operations | - | 0.18 | ||||||
| Diluted earnings (loss) per common share | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.69 | |||
| Basic weighted average common shares outstanding | 29,187 | 23,076 | ||||||
| Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding | 29,187 | 23,230 | ||||||
| Comprehensive income: | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (566 | ) | $ | 16,009 | |||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of $0 | 421 | (294 | ) | |||||
| Total comprehensive income | $ | (145 | ) | $ | 15,715 | |||
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Our operating results are expressed as a percentage of revenue in the table below:
Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Revenue | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||
| Operating costs and expenses: | ||||||||
| Direct course expenses | 29.8 | 22.4 | ||||||
| Advertising and sales expenses | 21.2 | 8.8 | ||||||
| Royalty expenses | - | 0.3 | ||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 54.4 | 17.6 | ||||||
| Total operating costs and expenses | 105.4 | 49.1 | ||||||
| Income (loss) from operations | (5.4 | ) | 50.9 | |||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||
| Interest expense, net | (6.7 | ) | (0.8 | ) | ||||
| Other income (expense), net | 0.1 | 6.3 | ||||||
| Gain on forgiveness of PPP Loan | 11.8 | - | ||||||
| Total other income (expense), net | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | (0.2 | ) | 56.4 | |||||
| Income tax (expense) benefit | (9.3 | ) | (11.1 | ) | ||||
| Net income (loss) from continuing operations | (9.5 | ) | 45.3 | |||||
| Income from discontinued operations | 2.2 | 16.5 | ||||||
| Net income from discontinued operations | 2.2 | 16.5 | ||||||
| Net income (loss) | (7.3 | )% | 61.8 | % | ||||
Outlook
Cash sales were $1.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $3.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $1.9 million or 100.0%. The decrease was driven primarily by a $1.9 million decrease in our North American segment due to Covid-19 limitations and the decreased number of live in-person events.
We believe that cash sales remain an important metric when evaluating our operating performance. Pursuant to U.S. GAAP, we recognize revenue upon the earlier of (i) when our students take their courses or (ii) the term for taking their course expires, both of which could be several quarters after the student purchases a program. Our students pay for their courses in full up-front or through payment agreements with independent third parties.
Historically, our operations have relied heavily on our and our students’ ability to travel and attend live events where large groups of people gather in local markets within each of the segments in which we operate. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic. As a result of worldwide restrictions on travel and social distancing, in March 2020 we ceased conducting live sales and fulfillment events which had a material adverse impact on results of our operations. We resumed live operations in November 2020, with events in Florida. The Company conducted additional live events in other areas as lockdown restrictions continue to ease. The Company will continue following strict safety protocols at the live events. We have simplified our product offerings, shifted focus to enhanced eLearning, and restructured our compensation program with respect to both employees and independent contractors to reduce costs and improve margins.
Due to the economic severity of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity, live in-person events were temporarily suspended in December 2021 to assess the Company’s strategic plan for fiscal year 2022 and beyond. The impact of the temporary suspension of live events is unknown.
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Operating Segments
Our operations have historically been managed through three operating segments: (i) North America, (ii) the United Kingdom, and (iii) Other Foreign Markets. The proportion of our total revenue attributable to each segment is as follows:
Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||
| As a percentage of total revenue | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| North America | 65.1 | % | 91.1 | % | ||||
| U.K. | 34.9 | % | 3.3 | % | ||||
| Other foreign markets | - | % | 5.6 | % | ||||
| Total consolidated revenue | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | ||||
North America
Revenue derived from the Rich Dad brands in our North America segment was $2.5 million and $16.9 million or as a percentage of total segment revenue, 50.0% and 71.6%, for the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively. We continue to fulfill contracts for students under the Rich Dad brand, however, we are no longer actively selling the Rich Dad brand. The majority pertained to real estate-related education, with the balance pertaining to financial markets training. We are continuing to develop methods of connecting to our students, diversify our products, and develop proprietary brands in order to increase the North America segment. Revenue derived from our Homemade Investor brand was $0.4 million and $1.0 million or as a percentage of total segment revenue, 8.0% and 4.2%, for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
The North America segment revenue was $5.0 million and $23.6 million or as a percentage of total revenue was 65.1% and 91.1% for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
The decrease in revenue of $18.6 million or 78.8% during the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, was due to the decrease in fulfillment of $4.0 million and decrease in recognition of revenue from expired contracts of $14.6 million.
U.K.
Revenue derived from the Rich Dad brands in our U.K. segment was $1.8 million and $0.7 million or as a percentage of total segment revenue was 66.7% and 87.5% for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The majority pertained to real estate-related education, with the balance pertaining to financial markets training. With the discontinued operations of UK Legacy, our U.K. segment is no longer as diverse.
The U.K. segment revenue was $2.7 million and $0.8 million or as a percentage of total revenue was 34.9% and 3.3% for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase in revenue of $1.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, was due to increased fulfillment of $0.1 million and an increase in recognition of revenue from expired contracts of $1.8 million.
Other Foreign Markets
Our other foreign markets segment includes other European, Asian and African countries. Revenue derived from the Rich Dad brands was $0.0 million and $0.7 million or as a percentage of total segment revenue was 0.0% and 46.7% for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
The Other Foreign Markets segment revenue was $0.0 million and $1.5 million or as a percentage of total revenue was 0.0% and 5.6% for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
The decrease in revenue of $1.5 million or 100.0% during the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, was due to decreased fulfillment of $1.2 million and a decrease in recognition of revenue from expired contracts of $0.3 million. The segment is in liquidation and we are no longer actively selling in the market.
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Year Ended December 31, 2021 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2020
Revenue
Revenue was $7.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to $25.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $18.2 million or 70.3%. The decrease was due to decreased fulfillment of $5.2 million or 70.5% and a decrease in recognition of revenue from expired contracts of $13.0 million or 70.2%.
Cash sales were $1.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to $3.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $1.9 million or 100.0%. The decrease was driven primarily by a $1.9 million decrease in our North American segment.
Operating Expenses
Total operating costs and expenses were $8.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to $12.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $4.6 million or 36.2%. The decrease was due to a $3.5 million decrease in direct course expenses, a $0.7 million decrease in advertising and sales expenses, and a $0.1 million decrease in general and administrative expenses, including the ERC credit from the Cares Act which reduced payroll expense in the amount of $292 thousand.
Direct course expenses
Direct course expenses relate to our free preview workshops, basic and elite training, and individualized mentoring programs, consisting of instructor fees, facility costs, salaries, commissions and fees associated with our field representatives and related travel expenses. Direct course expenses were $2.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $3.5 million or 60.3%, which was related to decreases in sales and training compensation, due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumers.
Advertising and sales expenses
We generally obtain most of our potential customers through internet-based advertising. Advertising and sales expenses consist of purchased media to generate registrations to our free preview workshops and costs associated with supporting customer recruitment. We obtain the majority of our customers through free preview workshops. Historically, these preview workshops are offered in various metropolitan areas in North America, United Kingdom, and other international markets. Prior to the actual workshop, we spend a significant amount of money in the form of advertising through various media channels.
Advertising and sales expenses were $1.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to $2.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $0.7 million or 30.4%. As a percentage of revenue, advertising and sales expenses were 21.2% and 8.8% for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase is primarily related to the decrease in COVID-19 restrictions on our ability to operate and resuming live events.
Royalty expenses
We are required to pay royalties under the licensing and related agreements pursuant to which we develop, market, and sell Rich Dad and Homemade Investor branded live seminars, training courses, and related products worldwide. There were no royalty expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively due to transitioning sales to our proprietary Building Wealth with Legacy TM.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses primarily consist of compensation, benefits, insurance, professional fees, facilities expenses and travel expenses for the corporate staff, as well as depreciation and amortization expenses. General and administrative expenses were $4.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to $4.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $0.4 million, or 8.7%. The decrease in general and administrative expenses was partially a result of a decrease in our personnel expenses due to the fact that we furloughed substantially all of our employees during Q2 2020. In addition, the Company assessed eligibility for the business relief provision under the CARES Act known as the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”), a refundable payroll tax credit, which reduced payroll expense $292 thousand.
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Other income, net
Other income was $0.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to other income of $1.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease in other income of $1.6 million, mainly representing gain on sale of our property and equipment, and investment property during the year ended December 31, 2020.
Gain on forgiveness of PPP Loan
In March 2021, we were notified that PPBI sold substantially all of its PPP loans, including ELE’s loan, to The Loan Source, Inc. (“TLS”), which, together with its servicing partner, ACAP SME, LLC, took over the forgiveness and ongoing servicing process for ELE’s PPP loan. On August 4, 2021, we received notice from TLS that its First Draw PPP Loan had been partially forgiven in the amount of $899.0 thousand in principal and $11.0 thousand in interest. Thus, during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we recognized the gain on forgiveness of PPP Loan in the total amount of $910.0 thousand (see Note 6 - “Short-Term and Long-Term Debt” to our Consolidated financial statements for further discussion).
Income tax expense
We recorded income tax expense of $0.7 million and $2.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, a $2.2 million decrease in income tax expense.
Our effective tax rate was (3409.5)% and 19.7% for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Our effective tax rates differed from the U.S. statutory corporate tax rate of 21.0%, primarily because of the mix of pre-tax income or loss earned in certain jurisdictions, and intercompany activities.
We record a valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. We have retained a full valuation allowances of $3.5 million against the deferred tax assets of our Australian, Canadian, U.K., Hong Kong, and South Africa subsidiaries as of December 31, 2021. We have retained full valuation allowances of $3.6 million against the deferred tax assets of our Australian, Canadian, U.K., Hong Kong, and South Africa subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020. The most significant negative factor that was considered in determining whether a valuation allowance was required is a cumulative recent history of losses in all jurisdictions for the entities mentioned above.
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
Net loss from continuing operations was $0.7 million or ($0.02) per basic and diluted common share for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to net income from continuing operations of $11.7 million or $0.51 per basic and $0.50 per diluted common share for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease in net income from continuing operations of $12.4 million or $0.53 per basic and $0.52 per diluted common share.
Net income from discontinued operations
Net income from discontinued operations was $0.1 million or $0.0 per basic and diluted common share for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to net income from discontinued operations of $$0.1 million or $4.3 million or $0.18 per basic and diluted common share for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Results of Operations – Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021
Our financial results continue to be significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the severity and scope of the pandemic, the pace at which government and private travel restrictions and public concerns about public gathering will ease, the rate at which historically large increases of unemployment rates will decrease, and the speed with which the economy recovers are all factors that impacted our financial results. In addition, our financial results were impacted due to the winding down our Rich Dad brand and other matters as disclosed in the litigation section of Note 13 “Commitments and Contingencies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Our Results of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 were as follows (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 68 | 3,362 | 353 | 5,982 | ||||||||||||
| Operating costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct course expenses | 100 | 790 | 204 | 1,224 | ||||||||||||
| Advertising and sales expenses | 54 | 556 | 142 | 614 | ||||||||||||
| Royalty expenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 662 | 1,398 | 1,309 | 2,396 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating costs and expenses | 816 | 2,744 | 1,655 | 4,234 | ||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations | (748 | ) | 618 | (1,302 | ) | 1,748 | ||||||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense, net | (112 | ) | (386 | ) | (237 | ) | (386 | ) | ||||||||
| Other expense, net | 3 | (1 | ) | 3 | (3 | ) | ||||||||||
| Gain on forgiveness of PPP Loan | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Total other income (expense), net | (109 | ) | (387 | ) | (234 | ) | (389 | ) | ||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | (856 | ) | 231 | (1,535 | ) | 1,359 | ||||||||||
| Income tax (expense) benefit | - | 131 | 136 | (915 | ) | |||||||||||
| Net income (loss) from continuing operations | (856 | ) | 362 | (1,399 | ) | 444 | ||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations | — | — | — | 171 | ||||||||||||
| Net income from discontinued operations | — | — | — | $ | 171 | |||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (856 | ) | $ | 362 | $ | (1,399 | ) | $ | 615 | ||||||
| Basic earnings (loss) per common share - continuing operations | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.02 | ||||||
| Basic earnings (loss) per common share - discontinued operations | — | — | — | $ | - | |||||||||||
| Basic earnings (loss) per common share | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.02 | ||||||
| Diluted earnings (loss) per common share - continuing operations | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.02 | ||||||
| Diluted earnings (loss) per common share - discontinued operations | — | — | — | $ | - | |||||||||||
| Diluted earnings (loss) per common share | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.02 | ||||||
| Basic weighted average common shares outstanding | 24,410 | 25,113 | 34,168 | 24,156 | ||||||||||||
| Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding | 24,410 | 31,843 | 34,168 | 30,048 | ||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income: | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | (856 | ) | 362 | (1,399 | ) | 615 | ||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of $0 | 765 | (52 | ) | 621 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (91 | ) | $ | 310 | $ | (778 | ) | $ | 666 | ||||||
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Our operating results are expressed as a percentage of revenue in the table below:
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||||||
| Operating costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct course expenses | 146 | 23 | 58 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Advertising and sales expenses | 78 | 17 | 40 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Royalty expenses | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 967 | 42 | 371 | 40 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating costs and expenses | 1,192 | 82 | 469 | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations | (1,092 | ) | 18 | (369 | ) | 29 | ||||||||||
| Other expense: | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense, net | 163 | (11 | ) | 67 | (6 | ) | ||||||||||
| Other expense, net | (4 | ) | (0 | ) | (1 | ) | (0 | ) | ||||||||
| Gain on forgiveness of PPP Loan | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Total other expense, net | 159 | (11 | ) | 66 | (6 | ) | ||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | (1,251 | ) | 7 | (435 | ) | 23 | ||||||||||
| Income tax (expense) benefit | - | 4 | 38 | (15 | ) | |||||||||||
| Net income (loss) from continuing operations | (1,251 | ) | 11 | (396 | ) | 7 | ||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations | - | - | - | |||||||||||||