DESTINY MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC - Quarter Report: 2023 February (Form 10-Q)

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

4. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

 

5. INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

6. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

[a] Common stock issued and authorized

On January 15, 2021, the Company commenced a Normal Course Issuer Bid ("NCIB"), pursuant to which the Company may purchase up to a maximum of 522,532 common shares, through the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSX") at the market price at the time of purchase, subject to daily limits and compliance with the applicable rules of the TSX and Canadian securities laws. During the six-month period ended February 28, 2022, the Company repurchased and cancelled 112,800 common shares for $135,235. The Company did not issue, repurchase, or cancel any common stock for the six-month period ended February 28, 2023.

[b] Stock option plans

Pursuant to the Company's 2015 Stock Option Plan (the "2015 Plan"), 530,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance. A total of 420,000 common shares remain eligible for issuance under the 2015 Plan. On February 18, 2022, the Company received shareholder approval for the 2022 Stock Option Plan (the "2022 Plan") (together with the 2015 Plan, the "Plans"), whereby 1,000,000 common shares are reserved for issuance. As of February 28, 2023 539,000 common shares remain eligible for issuance under the 2022 Plan.

The options generally vest over a range of periods from the date of grant, some are immediate, and others vest over 12 or 24 months. Any options that do not vest as the result of a grantee leaving the Company are forfeited and the underlying common shares are returned to the reserve. The options generally have a contractual term of five years.

Stock-Based Payment Award Activity

A summary of stock option activity under the Plans as of February 28, 2023, and changes during the period were the following:

		Number of Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price			Weighted Average Contractual Term			Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at August 31, 2021		410,000		$	1.34			2.26		$	-
Granted		561,000		$	1.50			5.00		$	-
Forfeited		(91,583	)	$	1.38			3.85		$	-
Repurchased		(82,500	)	$	1.00			2.25		$	-
Expired		(203,917	)	$	1.46			0.50		$	-
Outstanding at August 31, 2022		593,000		$	1.49			3.79		$	-
Forfeited		(15,000	)	$	1.40			3.41		$	-
Expired		(2,000	)	$	1.46			0.46		$	-
Outstanding at February 28, 2023		576,000		$	1.49			3.29		$	-
Exercisable at February 28, 2023		326,333		$	1.48			2.98		$	-

As of February 28, 2023, there was $141,020 (February 28, 2022 - $478,476) of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock-based compensation awards. The unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1 year (February 28, 2022 - 1.91 years). There was no repurchase of stock option for the six months ended February 28, 2023 (February 28, 2022 - $8,776).

During the six months ended February 28, 2023, the total stock-based compensation expense is reported in the statement of comprehensive income as follows:

		Six Months Ended February 28,
Stock-based compensation		2023			2022
General and administrative	$	38,326		$	28,408
Sales and marketing		14,273			37,878
Product development		22,643			28,408
Total stock-based compensation	$	75,242		$	94,694

[c] Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company's 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") became effective on February 22, 2011. Under the ESPP, employees of the Company can contribute up to 5% of their annual salary into a pool which is matched equally by the Company in order to purchase the Company's common shares under certain terms. Directors can contribute a maximum of $12,500 each for a combined maximum annual purchase of $25,000. The maximum annual combined contributions will be $400,000. All purchases are made through the Toronto Stock Exchange by a third-party plan agent. The third-party plan agent is also responsible for the administration of the ESPP on behalf of the Company and the participants.

During the three and six month periods ended February 28, 2023, the Company recognized compensation expense of $18,672 and $70,170, respectively (three and six month periods ended February 28, 2022 - $17,227 and $77,527) in salaries and wages on the condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss) in respect of the ESPP, representing the Company's employee matching of cash contributions to the ESPP. For the six months ended February 28, 2023, the shares were purchased on the open market at an average price of $1.15 (2022 - $0.81). The shares are held in trust by the Company for a period of one year from the date of purchase.

[d] Earnings Per Share

Net income (loss) per common share (basic) is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Net income (loss) per common share (diluted) is calculated by dividing net income (loss) for the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, plus the dilutive effect of outstanding common share equivalents. This method requires that the dilutive effect of outstanding options and warrants issued be calculated using the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, all common share equivalents have been exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and that the funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common shares of the Company at the average trading price of common shares during the period, but only if dilutive. For the six months ended February 28, 2023, the outstanding options, in the amount of 576,000, were anti-dilutive and have been excluded from the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions, and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through our use of words such as "may," "can," "anticipate," "assume," "should," "indicate," "would," "believe," "contemplate," "expect," "seek," "estimate," "continue," "plan," "point to," "project," "predict," "could," "intend," "target," "potential" and other similar words and expressions of the future.

There are a number of important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by us. These factors include, but are not limited to:

	•	our goals and strategies;
	•	our future business development, financial condition and results of operations;
	•	expected changes in our revenue, costs or expenditures;
	•	growth of and competition trends in our industry;
	•	our expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, our products;
	•	our expectations regarding our relationships with investors, institutional funding partners and other parties with whom we collaborate;
	•	fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in the markets in which we operate; and
	•	relevant government policies and regulations relating to our industry.

 

These forward-looking statements reflect our management's beliefs and views with respect to future events and are based on estimates and assumptions as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are subject to risks and uncertainties. We discuss many of these risks in greater detail under "Risk Factors." Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

 

You should read this Annual Report on Form 10-K and the documents that we reference and have filed as exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of the forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by these cautionary statements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

In this report, "we," "us," "our," "our company", "Destiny" and similar references refer to Destiny Media Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries: Destiny Software Productions, Inc. ("DSNY"), MPE Distributions, Inc. ("MPE"), Tonality, Inc. ("Tonality"), and Sonox Digital Inc. ("Sonox"), and (ii) the term "common stock" refers to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Destiny Media Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation. The financial information included herein is presented in United States dollars unless otherwise indicated.

OVERVIEW AND CORPORATE BACKGROUND

Destiny Media Technologies Inc. was incorporated in August 1998 under the laws of the State of Colorado and the corporate jurisdiction was changed to Nevada effective October 8, 2014. We carry out our business operations through our wholly owned subsidiaries: Destiny Software Productions Inc., a British Columbia company incorporated in 1992, MPE Distribution, Inc., a Nevada company that was incorporated in 2007, Tonality Inc., a Nevada company that was incorporated in 2021, and Sonox Digital Inc. incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act in 2012.

Our principal executive office is located at Suite 428, 1575 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6G 2T1. Our telephone number is (604) 609-7736 and our facsimile number is (604) 609-0611.

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Our common stock trades on TSX Venture Exchange in Canada under the symbol "DSY", on the OTCQB U.S. ("OTCQB") under the symbol "DSNY", and on various German exchanges (Frankfurt, Berlin, Stuttgart and Xetra) under the symbol DME, WKN 935 410.

Our corporate website is located at http://www.dsny.com.

OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Destiny develops and markets software as a service (SaaS) solutions that solve critical digital distribution and promotion problems for businesses in the music industry.

Play MPE®

Currently, the Company's core business is the Play MPE® online platform. Play MPE® distributes promotional content (broadcast quality audio, video, images, promotional information and other digital content) from music labels and artists to broadcasting professionals, music curators and music reviewers to discover, download, broadcast and review the content. Curators include radio programmers, digital streaming broadcasters, media reviewers, VIP's, DJ's, film and TV personnel, sports stadiums, retailers etc. In providing the distribution, Play MPE® provides several capabilities developed and designed to address the unique needs of music promoters. Play MPE® was first to market, and is the largest provider of this service and provides the most feature rich platform in the world.

Record labels and artists are Play MPE®'s customers. When adding music to the Play MPE® system, clients are targeting specific industry recipients who review and broadcast their music. Play MPE®'s primary value proposition in this marketing effort is a direct increase to record label and artist revenue through on-air broadcast royalties, streaming royalties and synchronization revenue (revenue when the reproduction of a song is coordinated with video advertisements, television, or film), and indirect increases in revenue through growing song and artists' popularity.

Also, Play MPE® provides numerous capabilities that dramatically reduce record label costs and provide controls necessary for certain strategic marketing plans and controls to secure record label content. In doing so, Play MPE® satisfies a broad range of stakeholders representing diverse interests at record labels. Music is protected by Play MPE®'s patented proprietary watermarking system which provides watermarks unique to each recipient.

Described more fully below, features within Play MPE® are grouped into four main categories: local distribution software, global distribution architecture, targeted recipient list curation and recipient players.

Customers range from small independent artists to the world's largest record labels (the "Major Record Labels"). The Major Record Labels are Universal Music Group ("Universal"), Warner Music Group ("Warner") and Sony Music Entertainment ("Sony"). These record labels directly own numerous sub-labels that include Capitol Music Group, Def Jam Recordings, Interscope Records, Island Records, Republic Records, Polydor, Deutsche Grammophon, Motown, Verve Label Group, Virgin Music Label and Artists Services, EMI, RCA Records, Epic Records, Columbia Records, Arista Records, Legacy Recordings, Provident Entertainment, Warner Records, Warner Bros, Atlantic Records Group, 300 Elektra Entertainment, to name only a few. Play MPE® welcomes all of these labels into its customer base.

Customers choose Play MPE® for its powerful set of tools, ease of use and its effectiveness in achieving the record label's promotional objectives.

Play MPE® CASTER (local distribution software)

Play MPE®'s Caster software includes local distribution functions that provide capabilities for a client to create and schedule release announcements and select its targeted audience. Play MPE® is designed uniquely to suit music marketing plans and significant components include:

	•	Release Creator includes drag and drop functionality to quickly embed images, social media links, add promotional files etc. to quickly create effective announcements.
	•	Release Scheduling allows numerous scheduling functions for initial announcements, repeated announcements, changes in DRM (a recipient's ability to download or only stream the content) etc. These schedules can be uniquely edited by recipient or recipient list. Several features here are also available to facilitate release scheduling at scale.
	•	Templates facilitate consistent label branding and presentation while reducing release preparation time. Each release announcement can be saved as a template and reused or edited for future announcements. Clients can design and save unlimited templates to provide unique design and branding for artists or record labels.

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	•	Contacts Management provides features that allow record labels to upload and manage their own targeted audience. There are many features within this platform that provide efficiencies in destination management for all customers of Play MPE®. However, this section of the platform provides numerous functions that are critical for efficient contacts management at scale and is described in Caster's global distribution functionality. Within Contacts Management, users can easily select curated lists of engaged recipients provided by Play MPE® (see description below) or by selecting their managed recipient lists.
	•	Reporting of release results shows recipient interactions including downloads, streams, clicks and opens.

Intuitive designs and functionality across all areas of this portion of the platform simplify the distribution process, reduce customer time required to distribute, and facilitate the inclusion of information to improve engagement which ultimately increases record label and artist revenue.

Caster is currently available in English, Spanish, German, Japanese and French.

When competing with an established service within a local market, it is these features balanced against changing consumer behaviors that determine Play MPE®'s ability to increase and acquire market share. Competing services offer the basic distribution requirements inherent in the service but do so while missing many features that provide efficient delivery, engaged recipients and accurate and complete distribution lists.

Caster consistently receives high reviews on the platform's ease of use and capabilities and on its ultimate effectiveness. Public reviews can be found at https://www.plaympe.com/testimonials/ 

Play MPE® CASTER (global architecture)

Play MPE®'s global distribution architecture was developed in close collaboration with Universal to address the needs of its global approach to release distribution. This architecture provides functionality required for Universal to conduct their unique approach to music distribution and provides numerous significant competitive advantages for Universal. These features improve marketing coordination and revenue generation while reducing overall label costs.

Significant components include:

	•	Staff role management: Customers can grant varying capabilities or permissions for different staff positions. For example, one staff member can create a release while another can approve the release of this content. In a larger organization, this control ensures accurate and professional distributions are conducted, but allows for segregation of duties to maximize efficiency.
	•	Label management: With label management, administrative staff can determine which users have access to which labels and which content. Each label has a unique account environment allowing for its own unique setup, list curation, favorites, staff roles, templates etc.
	•	Global release sharing (replication): With global release sharing, distribution centers can share a release to a territory. That territory then can reuse the release while localizing it to suit the particular needs of that jurisdiction (editing language, artist information, local concert dates, local contacts etc.). This eliminates duplication of upload and data entry while reducing errors. In the context of global distribution, across multiple territories, multiple labels, and thousands of unique releases, savings of staff time is significant. Metadata completeness and accuracy are also increased. When complete metadata is conveyed, recipient engagement is higher. Higher recipient engagement increases record label revenue. Within the included metadata are ISRC codes which are unique codes used to remit track royalties. When ISRC codes are communicated, royalty remittances are complete and timely. These aspects provide significant competitive advantages to Universal.
	•	Release embargos: When marketing and promotion departments create global campaigns for highly anticipated music releases, staff restrict access to this content until the public release time. Here, record labels can permit early access to the relevant content so local offices can edit, localize and schedule releases but controls are added to restrict certain permissions and prevent premature release. Universal enjoys competitive advantages with these capabilities derived through cost savings and improved marketing campaigns. Absent these functions, global release coordination is more costly and less coordinated.
	•	Archive integration: With archive integration, Play MPE® automatically captures music, art, and associated metadata vastly reducing errors in release creation and data entry. This further expands the competitive advantages enjoyed in global release sharing.
	•	Release management: There are numerous capabilities within release management that are necessary for efficient global release management. Content owners can change DRM and quickly remove content globally if necessary etc.
	•	Asset management: Assets include music tracks, album art, metadata etc. Within the assets management portion, several features allow assets to be used, recomposed, combined, recombined etc. Features here allow efficient and quick delivery of new releases.
	•	Release scheduling: While release scheduling is available for local distribution, many additional features are designed to facilitate actions that reduce staff time in a global environment.

 

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	•	Contacts management: Critically important to all promotions is the distribution of content to an interested and engaged audience. As introduced in the local distribution discussion, Caster provides a contacts management system with numerous features that facilitate efficient updates and maintenance actions that are critically important where users maintain a large recipient database, across multiple users, and multiple recipient lists. Absent these features, list maintenance becomes overly cumbersome, inefficient and ultimately inaccurate.

 

Collectively, functions in global release management provide numerous competitive advantages that reduce overall costs, and improve marketing collaboration while increasing record label revenue and cash flow. We are unaware of any other service that provides these global distribution functions.

 

Play MPE® CASTER (targeted list management services)

 

Recipient lists are bundles of active and engaged recipients with an interest in specific music types. Lists are sold as a fixed price per list (or list bundle). As recipient lists are adjusted in real time, changes in gross recipient numbers or active recipients does not directly or immediately impact revenue.

Fundamental to our customers' success in music marketing is reaching music curators capable of, and actively engaged in, remarketing the promoted content to a wider consumer audience. To limit unwanted access to new music and to increase recipient engagement, targeted and limited distribution is a vital component in music promotion. Thus, Play MPE® is a permissions-only access system and only recipients designated or targeted to receive content obtain access to that content. Current and correct identification of engaged recipients is therefore critical to our customers' success. While targeted distribution limits access to new content, this aspect also improves recipient side engagement by eliminating unwanted content.

Play MPE® actively manages curated and targeted distribution lists. List creation and list maintenance involve several proprietary processes that are designed to create complete, active, accurate, and targeted lists to facilitate efficient marketing campaigns. Play MPE® provides more than 300 unique targeted lists comprising of more than 17,000 unique and active recipients in over 30 countries. To facilitate targeted music marketing campaigns, these lists are grouped by territory (typically by country), by genre of music, and by recipient type (see recipient player discussion). Relying on proprietary technical innovations and processes, these recipient lists are updated in real time. With an annual churn averaging between 27-34%, these recipient lists would quickly become inaccurate absent Play MPE®'s active curation. Play MPE® regularly monitors activity levels and recipients through proprietary analytics. Play MPE® provides the widest and most accurate distribution channels available in the industry.

For smaller record labels and independent artists, the provision of a list of destinations is a requirement for sale as these customers do not know who to contact. For larger record labels, promotions staff can upload their own contact lists. However, proprietary processes ensure Play MPE® lists are more accurate, complete and engaged. The majority of releases distributed through Play MPE®, include a targeted distribution list, curated by Play MPE®.

Play MPE® Player

Music curators review and download content through a web-based player and mobile player apps (iOS and Android). Web players are currently available in 15 different languages: English, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, French, Japanese, German, Norwegian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, and Danish.

Recipients on the Play MPE® platform have a wide variety of personas and include programming directors for internet streaming, satellite or terrestrial radio, retail store curators, sports stadium DJs, clubs, events, music reviews in newspapers or magazines, on-air personalities, music supervisors who program TV, movies, commercials or video games, or "A&R" representatives at larger record labels. Each recipient within the Play MPE® platform has a unique library of music catered to, and appropriate for, that recipient.

Recipients enjoy many features that make it easy to access, collaborate, review, and search for content. Play MPE®'s mobile apps offer off-line listening capabilities, the ability to utilize Google Chromecast and Apple Airplay streaming capabilities, creation of playlists, sorting, flagging and archiving features, and easier access to release metadata. Recipient side satisfaction directly increases activity which directly improves the effectiveness of promotional efforts of record label customers.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2023 AND 2022

Revenue

Total revenue for the six months ended February 28, 2023 decreased by approximately 5.5% to $1,919,779 compared to the revenue of $2,030,571 for the six months ended February 28, 2022. Adjusted for impacts of foreign currency translation Play MPE® revenue increased by 0.9%. While unfavorable foreign exchange is the single largest source of the Company's revenue decline, adverse economic impacts affecting our independent customers led to an 8% reduction in revenue from our smaller independent record labels. These declines are expected to be temporary and to reverse as artist touring revenue rebounds following the lockdowns associated with the global pandemic and the Company saw a recovery of these revenues towards the end of the current quarter.

On the positive side, with efforts on product and business development, and adjusting for foreign exchange, global revenue from Universal Music Group increased by 4.5%, and global revenue from Warner Music Group grew by 5.1% for the six months ended February 28, 2023 when compared to the same period in 2022. The Company has emphasized stronger commercial relationships with major labels to provide a cornerstone to stronger long term revenue growth. 

Revenue for the quarter ending February 28, 2023 increased marginally to $899,042. Adjusted for unfavorable foreign exchange, revenue grew by 7.01%.

Product investments over the last several years have been focused on providing global distribution functionality in a browser-based platform that provides significant competitive advantages. These advantages are seen most prominently in a global distribution context and broadly consist of a significant reduction of global distribution costs, increased control over content, and various aspects that enhance the effectiveness of our client's marketing efforts which has a direct improvement to our customers' revenue. These investments delayed development efforts to expand services and add items that will assist in growing our customer base and have delayed revenue growth from smaller independent record labels. The Company is now moving resources to expand our addressable market and increase customer acquisition.

Gross Margin

Gross margin for the six months ended February 28, 2023 was 86.7% of revenue, which represents an increase of 1.4% from the six months ended February 28, 2022. The Company's cost of revenue consists of data hosting and processing charges, third party transaction related costs, and engineering, technical and customer support costs. These costs are driven by the size and volume of customer transactions processed, as well as the relative proportion of "full-service" versus "self-service" revenue. Our self-service sales are derived from customers who have been provided with a customer account to access our encoder to independently upload and publish releases. Our full-service revenue is derived from customers who are fully serviced by our internal staff, who prepare and publish releases on their behalf.

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Operating Expenses

Operating costs during the six months ended February 28, 2023 decreased by 21.7% to $1,419,593 (February 28, 2022 - $1,812,731). The decrease in costs was primarily the result of the following two main factors:

	•	A decrease of approximately 6.7% due to favorable foreign exchange rates as the US dollar strengthened relative to the Canadian dollar where the majority of the Company's costs reside.
	•	An increase of approximately $296,000 in salaries and wages that were capitalized. This increase in capitalized software development costs represents approximately 16.4% reduction in current operating costs. Costs capitalized represent investments in new products and enhancements to the Play MPE® platform that are capitalized based on an assessment of their positive incremental value to the Company.

 

		Six Months Ended February 28,
General and administrative expenses		2023			2022			$ Change			% Change
Wages and benefits	$	158,601		$	236,343			(77,742	)		(32.9%)
Professional fees		138,636			96,539			42,097			43.6%
Office and miscellaneous		106,856			98,536			8,310			8.44%
Rent		22,968			10,790			12,178			112.9%
Foreign exchange		(107,949	)		6,938			(114,887	)		(1,655.9%)
Telecommunications		4,401			1,851			2,550			137.8%
Bad debt		3,126			11,442			(8,316	)		(72.7%)
Other		11,767			3,127			8,640			276.3%
Total general and administrative expenses	$	338,406		$	465,566			(127,170	)		(27.3%)

Our general and administrative expenses consist of salaries and related personnel costs including overhead, office rent, professional fees, shareholder relations, and general office expenses. The increase in professional fees is due to extensions of previous years’ litigation proceedings.  Increased rental costs are caused by an increase in the overall allocation to general and administrative costs; as well, there was a period in the six months ended February 28, 2022 in which the Company didn’t have a physical office.  

		Six Months Ended February 28,
Sales and marketing expenses		2023			2022			$ Change			% Change
Wages and benefits	$	349,066		$	541,082			(192,016	)		(35.5%)
Advertising and marketing		52,879			65,328			(12,449	)		(19.1%)
Rent		26,049			50,680			(24,631	)		(48.6%)
Telecommunications		4,532			10,595			(6,063	)		(57.2%)
Total sales and marketing expenses	$	432,526		$	667,685			(235,159	)		(35.2%)

Sales and marketing expenses consist of salaries and related personnel costs including overhead, office rent, and telecommunications costs. Sales and marketing expenses also include advertising and marketing expenditures, which consist of promotional materials, online or print advertising, business development tools, and marketing or business development related travel costs, including attendance at conference or trade shows, and record label and client visits. The decrease in salaries and wages relates to small reductions in overall staffing, as well as favorable foreign exchange rates. The decrease in advertising and marketing is primarily due to reduced paid social advertising spend over the first six months of the year, as well as a higher spend in the first six months of 2022 to update and create new marketing materials. Decreased rental costs are caused by a decrease in the overall allocation to sales and marketing costs. Total rent for the Company was comparable in the prior year.

		Six Months Ended February 28,
Product development expenses		2023			2022			$ Change			% Change
Wages and benefits	$	423,289		$	515,667			(92,378	)		(17.9%)
Software services		43,993			37,798			6,195			16.4%
Rent		48,913			40,307			8,606			21.4%
Telecommunications		60,135			31,962			28,173			88.1%
Product development expenses	$	576,330		$	625,734			(49,404	)		(7.9%)

Throughout the second half of the prior year, the Company increased product development staffing in order to build upon earlier research and development of a new product complementary to Play MPE®. Overall staffing costs for product development, including those capitalized in the current and prior periods, increased by approximately 30%. The decline in current operating costs represents a large increase in the amount of costs capitalized. The net decrease in wages and benefits for the year created by an increase in the amount capitalized on the Company's balance sheet.

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Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased to $72,331 for the period ended February 28, 2023 (February 28, 2022 - $53,746). The increase of 34.6% was due to depreciation of additionally capitalized software development costs associated with Play MPE® recipient player applications during the year.

Other Income

Interest income earned on the Company's Guaranteed Investment Certificates was $16,445 for the period ended February 28, 2023 (February 28, 2022 - $3,007). The interest income increased year over year due to increased interest rates in Canada.

Net Income (Loss)

During the three and six months ended February 28, 2023, we had net loss of $1,276 and a net income of $256,990, respectively (three and six months ended February 28, 2022 – net losses of $202,610 and $37,009).

For the three and six months ended February 28, 2023, adjusted EBITDA was $63,984 and $388,118, respectively (three and six months ended February 2022 - ($109,211) and $108,424).  Adjusted EBITDA is not defined under U.S. GAAP and it may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. We used Adjusted EBITDA, along with other GAAP measures, as a measure of our profitability because Adjusted EBITDA helps us to compare our performance on a consistent basis by removing from our operating results the impact of our capital structure, the effect of operating in different tax jurisdictions, the impact of our asset base, which can differ depending on the book value of assets, the accounting methods used to compute depreciation and amortization, the existence or timing of asset impairments and the effect of non-cash stock-based compensation expense.

We believe Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors as it is a widely used measure of performance and the adjustments we make to Adjusted EBITDA provide further clarity on our profitability. We remove the effect of non-cash stock-based compensation from our earnings which can vary based on share price, share price volatility and expected life of the equity instruments we grant. In addition, this stock-based compensation expense does not result in cash payments by the Company. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as a profitability measure in that it does not include provisions for income taxes, the effect of our expenditures on capital assets, the effect of non-cash stock-based compensation expense and the effect of asset impairments. The following is a reconciliation of net income (loss) from operations to Adjusted EBITDA over the eight most recently completed fiscal quarters:

		Q2 2023			Q1 2023			Q4 2022			Q3 2022			Q2 2022			Q1 2022			Q4 2021			Q3 2021
Net Income (Loss)	$	(1,276	)	$	258,266		$	194,673		$	(3,242	)	$	(202,610	)	$	165,601		$	91,699		$	69,594
Stock-based compensation		38,085			37,157			(21,281	)		75,163			68,789			25,905			12,620			13,133
Depreciation, amortization, and deferred leasehold inducements		35,952			36,379			52,603			36,313			26,574			27,172			27,696			26,673
Interest income		(8,777	)		(7,668	)		(4,460	)		(1,686	)		(1,964	)		(1,043	)		(869	)		(823	)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	63,984		$	324,134		$	221,535		$	106,548		$	(109,211	)	$	217,635		$	131,146		$	108,577

LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

As at February 28, 2023, the Company held $1,974,019 (August 31, 2022 - $2,095,928) in cash and cash equivalents. Our cash equivalents consisted of one-year Guaranteed Investment Certificates held through a major Canadian financial institution and had reached their maturity.

As at February 28, 2023, we had working capital of $2,139,824 compared to $2,268,778 as at August 31, 2022.

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Cash Flows

The following table sets forth a summary of the net cash flow activity for each of the periods indicated:

		Six Months Ended February 28,
Net cash and cash equivalents provided by (used in)		2023			2022			$ Change			% Change
Operating activities	$	402,169		$	69,128			333,041			481.77%
Investing activities		(456,792	)		(169,680	)		(287,112	)		169.21%
Financing activities		-			(188,176	)		188,176			(100.0%)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash		(67,286	)		(30,428	)		(36,858	)		121.13%
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	$	(121,909	)	$	(319,156	)		197,247			(61.80%)

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities during the period ended February 28, 2023 was $402,169 (February 28, 2022 – $69,128). The primary reason for the increase in cash flows from operating activities is the increase in net income for the period. Also, there were significant swings in accounts receivable and other receivables due to timing of collections and days outstanding in the period.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities for the period ended February 28, 2023 was $456,792 compared to cash used in investing activities of $169,680 for the period ended February 28, 2022. During the six-month period ended February 28, 2023, the contributions made towards investing activities was cash spent on new capital assets and internally developed computer software.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities during the period ended February 28, 2023 was Nil (February 28, 2022 – $188,176). There was no cash used to repurchase and retire shares of common stock, as there was in the period ended February 28, 2022.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND SIGNIFICANT JUDGEMENTS AND ESTIMATES

Our management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP. The preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our financial statements and accompanying notes. We evaluate these estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

For a description of our critical accounting policies, see the sections entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Critical Accounting Estimates" and "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" contained in our 2022 Form 10-K. There have not been any material changes to the critical accounting policies discussed therein during the six months ended February 28, 2023.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

As of February 28, 2023, the Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on its financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Foreign Exchange Risk

Our revenues are denominated primarily in United States dollars and Euros while our operating expenses are incurred primarily in Canadian dollars. Thus, operating expenses and the results of operations are impacted, to the extent they are not hedged, by the rise and fall of the relative values of the Canadian dollar to these currencies. We do not believe aggregated foreign exchange fluctuations in the Euro, and the Australian, Canadian, and US dollars have had a material effect on our results of operations during the years presented.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that material information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms and to provide reasonable assurance that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13(a)-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of February 28, 2023.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in management's evaluation pursuant to Rules 13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act during the quarter ended February 28, 2023 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. Except as described below, we are not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims against us.

On September 5, 2017, the Company's former Chief Executive Officer, filed a Notice of Civil Claim in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against the Company, its subsidiaries, independent directors, and current Chief Executive Officer, claiming damages for conspiracy, breach of contract, wrongful dismissal, defamation and aggravated and punitive damages. The Company believes the claims are without merit and will defend itself against the claims.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

In addition to the other information set forth in this Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in "Item 1 - Risk Factors" in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022 filed with the SEC. These risks could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The risks described in our Form 10-K have not changed materially, however, they are not the only risks we face. Our operations could also be affected by additional factors that are not presently known to us or by factors that we currently consider immaterial to our business.

COVID-19 Pandemic

In March 2020 the World Health Organization declared coronavirus COVID-19 a global pandemic. This contagious disease outbreak, which has continued to spread, and any related adverse public health developments, has adversely affected workforces, economies, and financial markets globally, potentially leading to an economic downturn. It has also disrupted the normal operations of many businesses, including the Company's. This outbreak could decrease spending, adversely affect demand for the Company's product and harm the Company's business and results of operations. It is not possible for the Company to predict the duration or magnitude of the adverse results of the outbreak and its effects on the Company's business or results of operations at this time.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

31.1*	Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
31.2*	Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
32.1*	Section 906 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
101.INS*	Inline XBRL Instance Document–the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File as its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCH*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104*	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

 

*   Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

DESTINY MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By:  /s/Frederick Vandenberg______________________

Frederick Vandenberg

Chief Executive Officer, President

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: April 14, 2023

By:  /s/ Olya Massalitina                                       

Olya Massalitina

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer

(Principal Financing and Accounting Officer)

Date: April 14, 2023