Fluent, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2016 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2016

OR

For the transition period from                     to                    .

Commission file number 333-158336

IDI, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

2650 North Military Trail, Suite 300,

Boca Raton, Florida 33431

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(561) 757-4000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    x  YES    o  NO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    x  YES    o  NO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):    YES  o    NO  x

As of May 4, 2016, the registrant had 46,924,183 shares of common stock outstanding.

IDI, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR FORM 10-Q

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Unless otherwise indicated or required by the context, all references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “we,” “us,” “our,” “IDI,” or the “Company” refer to IDI, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

All per share amounts and shares outstanding for all periods have been retroactively restated to reflect IDI’s one-for-five reverse stock split, which was effective on March 19, 2015.

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

IDI, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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IDI, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Amounts in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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IDI, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Amounts in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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IDI, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Amounts in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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IDI, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

1. Summary of significant accounting policies

(a) Basis of preparation and liquidity

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared for IDI, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”, “IDI”, or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, formerly known as Tiger Media, Inc. (“Tiger Media”), in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations.

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the periods presented and are of a normal recurring nature. The results of operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2016, are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations and cash flows to be anticipated for future three-month periods or for the full year ending December 31, 2016.

The information included in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 (“2015 Annual Report”).

The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2015 included herein was derived from the audited financial statements as of that date, but does not include all disclosures including notes required by US GAAP.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period items, including depreciation and amortization, and discontinued operations, which are not material, have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Principles of consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant transactions among the Company and its subsidiaries have been eliminated upon consolidation.

(b) Recently issued accounting standards

In May 2014, Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09 (“ASU 2014-09”), “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” The standard’s core principle is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In doing so, companies will need to use more judgment and make more estimates than under previous guidance. These may include identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligations. On July 9, 2015, FASB approved the proposal to defer the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year. Early adoption is permitted as of the original effective date of December 15, 2016, and the standard is effective for public entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods therein. We do not plan to early adopt ASU 2014-09 and we plan to have a preliminary assessment of its impact on our consolidated financial statements in late 2016.

In June 2014, FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12 (“ASU 2014-12”), “Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force).” ASU No. 2014-12 requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. ASU No. 2014-12 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Earlier adoption is permitted. The amendments can be applied either prospectively to all awards granted or modified after the effective date or retrospectively to all awards with performance targets that are outstanding as of the beginning of the earliest annual period presented in the financial statements and to all new or modified awards. We will apply the ASU prospectively and do not expect the adoption to have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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In August 2014, FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15 (“ASU 2014-15”), “Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” to provide guidance on management’s responsibility in evaluating whether there is substantial doubt about a company’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. ASU 2014-15 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016 with early adoption permitted. We do not believe the impact of adoption of ASU 2014-15 on our consolidated financial statements will be material.

In April 2015, FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03 (“ASU 2015-03”), “Interest—Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.” To simplify presentation of debt issuance costs, the amendments in ASU 2015-03 require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this update. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption of the amendments in this update is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. An entity should apply the new guidance on a retrospective basis. The Company has adopted this standard for the year ended December 31, 2015. Debt issuance costs of $3,961 and $4,178 were recorded as a deduction of long-term debt as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

In September 2015, FASB issued ASU No. 2015-16 (“ASU 2015-16”), “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments,” which replaces the requirement that an acquirer in a business combination account for measurement period adjustments retrospectively with a requirement that an acquirer recognize adjustments to the provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. ASU 2015-16 requires that the acquirer record, in the same period’s financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of the change to the provisional amounts calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. ASU 2015-16 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The guidance is to be applied prospectively to adjustments to provisional amounts that occur after the effective date of the guidance, with earlier application permitted for financial statement that have not been issued. We have adopted ASU 2015-16 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. We are still evaluating the purchase price allocation related to the acquisition of Fluent, LLC, and we do not expect it will have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In November 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-17 (“ASU 2015-17”), “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes ”, which simplifies the presentation of deferred income taxes by requiring deferred tax assets and liabilities be classified as noncurrent on the balance sheet. The updated standard is effective for us beginning on January 1, 2017 with early application permitted as of the beginning of any interim or annual reporting period. We early adopted this standard in the fourth quarter of 2015 retrospectively, and classified our deferred taxes as noncurrent.

Except for the ASUs above, for the three months ended March 31, 2016, other ASUs are not expected to have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

2. Loss per share

Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the periods. Diluted loss per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock and is calculated using the treasury stock method for stock options and unvested shares. Common equivalent shares are excluded from the calculation in the loss periods as their effects would be anti-dilutive.

On March 19, 2015, the Company effected a one-for-five reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”). The principal effect of the Reverse Split was to decrease the number of outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. All per share amounts and shares outstanding for all the periods presented have been retroactively restated to reflect the Reverse Split.

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The information related to basic and diluted loss per share for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:

3. Acquisitions

The Company records acquisitions pursuant to ASC 805 – Business Combinations. We allocate the fair value of purchase consideration to the tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed and intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. Such valuations require management to make significant estimates and assumptions especially with respect to intangible assets. Significant estimates in valuing certain intangible assets include, but are not limited to, future expected cash flows from acquired intangible assets, useful lives and discount rates. Management’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions we believe to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates. During the measurement period, we may record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to earnings.

Fluent Acquisition

To accelerate the Company’s strategy to apply its next generation data fusion technology to not only the risk management industry, but also as an advanced data analytics platform to the consumer marketing industry, on December 8, 2015 (the “Effective Date of Fluent Acquisition”), the Company completed the acquisition of Fluent, Inc. (the “Fluent Acquisition”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Fluent Merger Agreement, as defined below.

On November 16, 2015, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Fluent Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Fluent Acquisition I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Fluent Merger Sub”), Fluent Acquisition II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Fluent Merger Co”), Fluent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Fluent Inc”), the sellers of the Company (each, a “Seller” and collectively, the “Sellers”), and Ryan Schulke, as the representative of each Seller.

On December 9, 2015, Fluent Merger Co, the surviving entity during the Fluent Acquisition, changed its name to Fluent, LLC (“Fluent”). IDI is the legal and accounting acquirer of the Fluent Acquisition. Fluent is a leader in people-based digital marketing and customer acquisition.

For accounting purposes, the Company recognized the Fluent Acquisition in accordance with ASC Topic 805 – Business Combinations. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the assets (including identifiable intangible assets) and liabilities of Fluent prior to the Fluent Acquisition were recorded at their respective fair values. Any excess of purchase price over the fair value of the net assets were recorded as goodwill. The Company’s financial statements issued after the Fluent Acquisition would reflect these fair values and would not be restated retroactively to reflect the historical financial position or results of operations of Fluent.

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Pursuant to the Fluent Merger Agreement, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding stock of Fluent from the Sellers for the following considerations: (i) 300,037 shares, as adjusted, of the Company’s Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Series B Preferred”), convertible into 15,001,850 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0005 (such shares of common stock, the “Conversion Shares”), with the fair value of $123.8 million, determined by multiplying the Company’s market stock price by the total shares of common stock, as converted, and (ii) approximately $99.3 million in cash. The following table summarizes the preliminary purchase price allocation and the fair value of the net assets acquired and liabilities assumed (marked to market), and the resulting amount of goodwill in the acquisition of Fluent (the legal and accounting acquiree) at the Effective Date of Fluent Acquisition.

The intangible assets acquired are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives. The useful lives for customer relationships, trademarks, domain names, developed technology, databases and non-competition agreements are 7 years, 20 years, 20 years, 5 years, 10 years, and 5 years, respectively, and the weighted average useful life for these acquired intangible assets is 10 years.

Goodwill from the acquisition of Fluent principally relates to intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition, including the assembled workforce and synergies. Goodwill is not tax deductible for income tax purposes and was assigned to the Information Services and Performance Marketing reporting segments of $37,396 and $119,130, respectively.

The fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed from our acquisition of Fluent was based on a preliminary valuation and our estimates and assumptions are subject to change within the measurement period. The primary areas of the purchase price that are not yet finalized are related to the fair value of intangible assets, certain accrued liabilities, and income taxes. Measurement period adjustments will be applied to the period that the adjustment is identified in our condensed consolidated financial statements. As of March 31, 2016, the Company is still evaluating the purchase price allocation, with no change from the preliminary purchase price allocation disclosed in the Company’s 2015 Annual Report.

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Pro forma disclosure for acquisition

The following table includes the pro forma results for the three months ended March 31, 2015 of the combined companies as though the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2015.

In preparation of the unaudited pro forma financial data, for the three months ended March 31, 2015, we included pro forma adjustments in relation to the additional acquired intangible assets amortization expenses, interest expenses, and share-based compensation expenses of $2,508, $1,828 and $31,663, respectively, and we also added back the related total net income tax benefit of $12,239.

The unaudited pro forma financial information is presented for information purposes only, and may not necessarily reflect our future results of operations or what the results of operations would have been had we owned and operated each company as of the beginning of the period presented.

TBO Merger with Tiger Media

To enable Tiger Media to enter into the big data and analytics sector, on March 21, 2015 (the “Effective Date of TBO Merger”), Tiger Media and TBO Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tiger Media (“TBO Merger Sub”), completed a merger (the “TBO Merger”) with The Best One, Inc. (“TBO”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, as amended (the “TBO Merger Agreement”) dated as of December 14, 2014.

For accounting purposes, the Company recognized the TBO Merger in accordance with ASC Topic 805-40, “Reverse Acquisitions.” Accordingly, Tiger Media has been recognized as the accounting acquiree in relation to the TBO Merger, with IDI Holdings, LLC (“IDI Holdings”), formerly known as TBO Merger Sub, being the accounting acquirer, and the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for the reporting period from January 1, 2015 through March 21, 2015 being those of IDI Holdings, rather than those of Tiger Media. The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for the period since March 22, 2015, the day after the TBO Merger was consummated, recognize Tiger Media and IDI Holdings as a consolidated group for accounting and reporting purposes, albeit with a carryover capital structure inherited from Tiger Media (attributable to the legal structure of the transaction).

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the assets (including identifiable intangible assets) and liabilities of Tiger Media prior to the TBO Merger were recorded at their respective fair values and added to those of IDI Holdings. Any excess of purchase price over the fair value of the net assets were recorded as goodwill. Financial statements of IDI issued after the TBO Merger reflect these fair values and are not restated retroactively to reflect the historical financial position or results of operations of Tiger Media.

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Under the reverse acquisition, the accounting acquiree, the Company, issued equity shares to the owners of the accounting acquirer, IDI Holdings. The consideration transferred by IDI Holdings for its interest in the Company is based on the number of equity interests IDI Holdings would have had to issue to give the owners of the Company the same percentage equity interest in the combined entity that results from the reverse acquisition. The fair value of the number of equity interests calculated in that way can be used as the fair value of consideration transferred in exchange for the Company. Certain shareholders of IDI Holdings also had the right to receive additional shares subject to an earn-out (as mentioned in Note 10). The following table summarizes the purchase price allocation and the fair value of the net assets acquired and liabilities assumed (marked to market), and the resulting amount of goodwill related to the acquisition of Tiger Media (the accounting acquiree) at the Effective Date of TBO Merger.

Goodwill from the acquisition principally relates to the assembled workforce and synergies.

As all assets and liabilities related to the Advertising Business, as defined below, were disposed of in 2015 for $0, no pro forma financial information was disclosed.

4. Discontinued operations

On June 30, 2015, in connection with the Company’s sole focus on the big data and analytics sector via its consolidated subsidiaries, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a plan under which the Company discontinued the operations of its Chinese-and British Virgin Islands-based subsidiaries (collectively, the “Advertising Business”). The Company recognized the transactions in accordance with ASC Topic 205-20, “Discontinued Operations”. The Company has disposed of all assets and liabilities related to its Advertising Business, by the disposal of its equity interests in the Advertising Business to an independent third party in 2015 for $0.

Related financial information of the Adverting Business has been retrospectively reclassified for the three months ended March 31, 2015. The following financial information presents the results of operations of the Advertising Business for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

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5. Fair value of financial instruments

ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three levels based on the extent to which inputs used in measuring fair value are observable in the market.

These tiers include:

The fair value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, receivables and payables, including the current portion of long-term debt approximate their carrying amount because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The long-term debt outstanding as of March 31, 2016 represented the Term Loan and Promissory Notes, as defined below, pursuant to agreements effective on December 8, 2015. As analyzed in Note 8, we regard the fair value of the long-term debt to approximate their carrying amounts as of March 31, 2016.

6. Intangible assets, net

Intangible assets other than goodwill consist of the following:

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The amount associated with Purchased IP and capitalized litigation costs is mainly related to the intellectual property purchased by TBO from Ole Poulsen (“Purchased IP”) pursuant to the Intellectual Property Purchase Agreement dated October 14, 2014 (“IP Agreement”) and related legal and other costs incurred in defending the Company’s claims to the Purchased IP. The gross amount associated with software developed for internal use mainly represent capitalized costs of internally developed software. The amounts relating to developed technology, customer relationships, trademarks, domain names, databases, and non-competition agreements all represent the fair values of intangible assets acquired as a result of the Fluent Acquisition.

Amortization expenses of $2,526 and $12 were included in depreciation and amortization expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. As of March 31, 2016, there were intangible assets of $2,425 and $4,365, included into the gross amounts of Purchased IP and capitalized litigation costs, and software developed for internal use, respectively, that have not started amortization. These intangible assets will start to amortize when they are put into use.

The Company capitalized $3,315 during the three months ended March 31, 2016, with $1,041 related to Purchased IP litigation costs and $2,274 related to internally developed software.

As of March 31, 2016, estimated amortization expenses related to the Company’s intangible assets for the remainder of 2016 through 2020 and thereafter are as follows:

7. Goodwill

Goodwill represents the cost in excess of the fair value of the net assets acquired in a business combination. As of March 31, 2016, the balance of goodwill includes $5,227 resulted from the acquisition of Interactive Data, LLC (“Interactive Data”) effective on October 2, 2014, and $156,526 as a result of the Fluent Acquisition effective on December 8, 2015. There are no changes in the amount of goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The measurement date of our annual goodwill impairment test is October 1.

In accordance with ASC Topic 350, “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other”, goodwill is tested at least annually for impairment, or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable, by assessing qualitative factors or performing a quantitative analysis in determining whether it is more likely than not that its fair value exceeds the carrying value.

As of March 31, 2016, there are no events or changes in circumstances to indicate that goodwill is impaired.

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8. Long-term debt, net

Long-term debt, net consists of the following:

Term Loan

On December 8, 2015, Fluent became the borrower under the term loan agreement (“Credit Agreement”), among the Company, Fluent Merger Sub, Fluent, Inc., and Fluent Merger Co (now known as Fluent), the persons party thereto from time to time as guarantors, the financial institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders, and Whitehorse Finance, Inc. (the “Agent”), evidencing a term loan in the amount of $45.0 million (“Term Loan”). Fluent’s obligations in respect of the Term Loan are guaranteed by the Company and substantially all of the other direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company. The obligations of Fluent and the guarantors are secured by substantially all of such entities’ assets. The Credit Agreement has a term of five years.

The Term Loan accrues interest at LIBOR (with a floor of 0.5%) plus 10.5% per annum, payable in cash, plus an additional 1.0% per annum payable, at the Company’s election, in-kind or in cash. Interest under the Term Loan is payable monthly, including monthly compounding of paid-in-kind interest.

Payments of principal in the amount of $563 each are due on the last day of each quarter during the term of the Credit Agreement, commencing March 31, 2016. Additionally, 50% of excess cash flow of Fluent and its subsidiaries for the immediately preceding fiscal year is required to be paid towards the Term Loan obligations, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The Credit Agreement provides for certain other customary mandatory prepayments upon certain events. The Credit Agreement provides for certain prepayment premiums during the first four years of the Term Loan, provided that the prepayment premiums are not applicable to scheduled payments of principal, the required excess cash flow payments and certain other required prepayments.

In connection with the Term Loan, on December 8, 2015, the Company issued to the Agent and its affiliates warrants (the “Whitehorse Warrants”) to purchase, in aggregate, 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Whitehorse Warrants are exercisable at any time (i) following the date of approval for listing of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Whitehorse Warrants on the NYSE MKT and (ii) prior to the ten year anniversary of the date of issuance of the Whitehorse Warrants at $8.00 per share. If the Company has a public equity offering, certain adjustments are available.

The fair value of Whitehorse Warrants of $1,586 was recognized as debt issuance costs. We estimated the fair value of the Whitehorse Warrants on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes pricing model, and amortize the fair value to interest expense over the term of the Term Loan using the effective interest method.

The Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, covenants (including certain financial covenants), and events of default, upon the occurrence of which the Agent may accelerate the obligations under the Credit Agreement. The financial covenants include (i) the requirement that the Company and its subsidiaries attain certain quarterly minimum earnings before interest expense, income tax, depreciation and amortization, and other items (“EBITDA”) thresholds, (ii) Fluent and its subsidiaries attain certain quarterly minimum EBITDA thresholds, (iii) Fluent and its subsidiaries meet certain leverage ratios on a quarterly basis, (iv) Fluent and its subsidiaries meet certain fixed charge coverage ratios on a quarterly basis, and (v) Fluent and its subsidiaries maintain at all times cash and cash equivalent balances of at least $2.0 million (or such lesser amount agreed to by the Agent), in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2016, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenant requirements.

Promissory Notes

On December 8, 2015, the Company entered into and consummated the financing (the “Promissory Notes”) with each of Frost Gamma Investment Trust (“Frost Gamma”), an affiliate of Phillip Frost, M.D., the Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board of

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Directors, Michael Brauser, the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, and another investor (the “Promissory Note Investors”), pursuant to which the Company received $5.0 million from Frost Gamma, $4.0 million from Michael Brauser, and $1.0 million from another investor, for an aggregate financing of $10.0 million. The Promissory Note Investors received (i) a promissory note in the principal amount equal to the amount of their respective Promissory Notes, with a rate of interest of 10% per annum, capitalized monthly by adding it to the outstanding principal amount of the Promissory Notes, and (ii) a grant of 100 shares of Series B Preferred for each $1.0 million increment of Promissory Notes, with an aggregate of 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred granted (“Promissory Note Shares”), pursuant to fee letter agreements (the “Fee Letters”). As discussed in Note 10, on February 22, 2016 (the “Conversion Date”), each share of Series B Preferred automatically converted into 50 shares of common stock. Pursuant to the terms of the Promissory Notes, the Company is required to repay the principal amounts and accrued interest six months after the repayment of all amounts due under the Credit Agreement, except that the Company may repay the Promissory Notes earlier from the proceeds of a public equity financing.

The fair value of Promissory Note Shares was calculated by multiplying the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on December 8, 2015 of $8.45, with the total shares granted, as converted, which was recognized as debt issuance costs.

In connection with the Promissory Notes, on December 8, 2015, the Company, Fluent, substantially all of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company, each lender under the Promissory Notes, and the Agent, entered into a Subordination Agreement (the “Subordination Agreement”), pursuant to which the debt under the Promissory Notes was made expressly subordinate to the debt under the Credit Agreement. In addition, the Subordination Agreement restricts certain modifications of the Promissory Notes, and the ability of any lender under the Promissory Notes to take certain actions with respect to the obligations arising under the Promissory Notes. The terms of the Subordination Agreement remain in effect until all obligations under the Credit Agreement are paid in full.

Maturities

Excluding potential additional principal payments due on the Term Loan based on excess cash flows for the immediately preceding fiscal year, as mentioned above, scheduled future maturities of total debts as of March 31, 2016, were as follows:

Fair value

As mentioned above, the Company’s long-term debt outstanding as of March 31, 2016 represented i) the Term Loan pursuant to a Credit Agreement on December 8, 2015, with interest at LIBOR (with a floor of 0.5%) plus 10.5% per annum, payable in cash, plus an additional 1.0% per annum payable, at the Company’s election, in-kind or in cash; and ii) Promissory Notes pursuant to promissory note agreements effective on December 8, 2015, with an interest rate of 10% per annum. By considering the short period of the long-term debt being outstanding from December 8, 2015 up to March 31, 2016, and the market interest rates, we regard the fair values of the long-term debt to approximate their carrying amount as of March 31, 2016.

9. Income taxes

The Company is subject to federal and state income taxes in the United States.

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The Company’s effective income tax rate differed from the statutory federal income tax rate of 34.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, this difference is primarily due to state income taxes and nondeductible expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, the difference was primarily due to changes in the valuation allowance applied against the Company’s deferred tax assets. A reconciliation of such differences is shown as follows:

Deferred income taxes should be reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely that not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. On a periodic basis, management evaluates and determines the amount of valuation allowance required and adjusts such valuation allowance accordingly. Management believes, based on evaluation of all positive and negative evidence, that the deferred tax assets recorded as of March 31, 2016 will be fully realized and therefore has not recorded a valuation allowance.

In accordance with the provisions of ASC 740 -10, the Company records a liability for uncertain tax positions when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company has no liabilities for uncertain tax positions. The Company continually evaluates expiring statutes of limitations, audits, proposed settlements, changes in tax law and new authoritative rulings. All of the Company’s income tax filings since inception remain open for tax examinations.

10. Common stock, preferred stock and warrants

Common stock

As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the number of issued shares of common stock was 46,979,395 and 15,709,786, respectively. The change in the number of shares of common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2016 was a result of the following issuances:

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Warrants

 Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,589,830 shares of the Company’s common stock, issued to four stockholders of the Company and the Agent of the Term Loan, were outstanding as of December 31, 2015. As mentioned above, an aggregate of 749,625 Exchange Shares have been issued to three stockholders during the three months ended March 31, 2016, in exchange for the cancellation of warrants to purchase 749,625 shares of common stock.

As of March 31, 2016, an aggregate of 840,205 shares of warrants are still outstanding, which includes:

Series A Preferred

As part of the TBO Merger, the Company, as accounting acquiree, issued a total of 4,965,302 shares of Series A Preferred to TBO shareholders. An additional 1,800,220 shares of Company’s Series A Preferred were issued subject to an earn-out on March 11, 2016.

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, an aggregate of 6,672,022 outstanding shares of Series A Preferred, including the Series A Earn Out Shares, were converted into the Company’s common stock. There was no outstanding Series A Preferred as of March 31, 2016.

Series B Preferred

As of December 31, 2015, the Company had issued a total of 450,962 shares of Series B Preferred to the Sellers of Fluent and certain investors.

As mentioned above, on February 22, 2016, the 450,962 shares of Series B Preferred automatically converted into 22,548,100 shares of the Company’s common stock, by multiplying each such share of Series B Preferred by 50. There was no outstanding Series B Preferred as of March 31, 2016.

Treasury stock

As of March 31, 2016, the Company's shares held in treasury was 55,212, with a cost of $272. This increase in treasury stock was due to shares that were withheld to pay withholding taxes upon the vesting of RSUs during the quarter.

11. Share-based payments

As of March 31, 2016, the Company maintains two share-based incentive plans. The 2008 Share Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”) was carried forward as a result of the TBO Merger effective on March 21, 2015, with 136,068 shares of common stock reserved for issuance. On April 27, 2015, the Board of Directors approved the IDI, Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”), which was subsequently approved during the annual shareholder meeting on June 2, 2015, covering the issuance of 2,500,000 shares of common stock in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares and performance units. The primary purpose of the 2015 Plan is to attract, retain, reward and motivate certain individuals by providing them with an opportunity to acquire or increase a proprietary interest in IDI and to incentivize them to expend maximum effort for the growth and success of the Company, so as to strengthen the mutuality of the interests between such individuals and the stockholders of the Company. On November 16, 2015, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee approved the increase of the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2015 Plan (the “2015 Plan Amendment”), to 12,500,000, subject to

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stockholder approval at the Company’s next Annual Meeting of Stockholders in accordance with the rules of the NYSE MKT LLC (the “Stockholder Approval”).

As of March 31, 2016, there were 80,568 and 6,738,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2008 Plan and the 2015 Plan, respectively.

Non-plan share-based payments

On October 13, 2014, IDI Holdings entered into a business consulting services agreement with Marlin Capital Investments, LLC (“Marlin Capital”) for a term of four years (the “Marlin Consulting Agreement”), pursuant to which, Marlin Capital held RSUs representing the right to receive 2,000,000 shares of TBO Common Stock, which were assumed by the Company upon closing of the TBO Merger and the RSUs represent the right to receive 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, outside of the 2008 Plan and 2015 Plan. The RSUs vest annually beginning October 13, 2015 provided certain performance goals of the Company are met. The performance goals of the Company were met in January 2016. The shares underlying such RSUs will not be delivered until October 13, 2018, unless there is a change of control of the Company. In addition, 960,000 RSUs held by TBO employees, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and President and Chief Operating Officer, were also assumed by the Company and represent the right to receive 960,000 shares of Company’s common stock, with a vesting period ranging from two to four years from the grant date.

Effective on November 16, 2015, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Michael Brauser (the “Michael Brauser Employment Agreement”) relating to his service as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, pursuant to which, Michael Brauser will receive an annual base salary of $25,000 payable in accordance with the Company’s general payroll practices and 5.0 million RSUs, outside of the 2008 Plan and 2015 Plan, representing the right to receive 5.0 million shares of common stock, provided that the issuance of shares of common stock underlying the RSUs is subject to Stockholder Approval. The RSUs vest annually over a four year period; provided, however, that no portion of the RSUs shall vest unless and until the Company has, for any one fiscal year in which the RSUs are outstanding, gross revenue determined in accordance with the Company’s audited financial statements in excess of $100.0 million for such fiscal year and positive EBITDA (as determined based on the Company’s audited financial statements) for such fiscal year, after subtracting all charges for equity compensation paid to executives or other service providers to the Company (collectively, the “Vesting Conditions”). Such RSUs vest in full upon a Company change in control, termination of Michael Brauser without cause, termination by Michael Brauser for good reason, or Michael Brauser’s death or disability. The Company concluded that it was probable that the Vesting Conditions would be met.

On December 8, 2015, at the time of Phillip Frost’s joining the Board of Directors of the Company as Vice Chairman, Frost Gamma received a grant of 3,000,000 RSUs, outside of the 2008 Plan and 2015 Plan, provided that the issuance of shares of common stock underlying such RSUs is subject to the Stockholder Approval. These grants were fully vested on December 8, 2015.

The Company determined that the Board of Directors approval date was the grant date and began to amortize the share-based compensation expenses on the grant date.

Share options

Details of share options activity during the three months ended March 31, 2016 were as follows:

The aggregate intrinsic value amounts in the table above represent the difference between the closing price of IDI’s common stock on March 31, 2016 of $5.80 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of stock options as of the same date.

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The unvested balance of options were shown below for the three months ended March 31, 2016:

Compensation expense recognized from employee stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 of $16 and $2, respectively, was recognized in general and administrative expenses and discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2016, unrecognized share-based compensation cost relating to granted share options amounted to $389, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.5 years.

Restricted stock units

Details of unvested restricted stock unit activity during the three months ended March 31, 2016 were as follows:

The Company recognized compensation cost (included in sales and marketing expenses, general and administrative expenses, and discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, and intangible assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets) for these RSUs of $7,511 and $100 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The fair value of the restricted stock units was estimated using the market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, which was equivalent to the closing price of the common stock on the grant date.

As of March 31, 2016, unrecognized share-based compensation costs in respect of granted restricted stock units amounted to $92,179 that are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.2 years.

Shares issued to third-party vendors

The Company issues shares to certain third-party vendors in lieu of cash for services rendered. As mentioned in Note 10, during the three months ended March 31, 2016, 12,000 restricted shares of common stock were issued to a vendor of the Company as additional consideration for services rendered. An aggregate of $129 amortization expense was recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

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The share-based compensation expenses for the Company’s share options, RSUs and common stock were allocated to the following accounts in the condensed consolidated financial statement for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015:

12. Segment information

We currently manage our operations in two reportable segments, Information Services and Performance Marketing. The segments reflect the way the Company evaluates its business performance and manages its operations. In 2015, the Company disposed of all assets and liabilities related to its Advertising Business and related results of operations were recognized as discontinued operations, therefore, no information is presented here.

As all revenue is generated in the United States, no geographic information is presented.

Information regarding our Information Services and Performance Marketing segments are as follows:

The Company does not allocate interest expense nor income taxes to their segments.

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13. Related party transactions

(a) Related party transactions

For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, material related party transactions were as follows:

Interest in the TBO Merger — Frost Gamma Investments Trust

Before the TBO Merger, but after giving effect to the Reverse Split, Frost Gamma, an affiliate of Phillip Frost, M.D., the Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, owned 2,144,275 shares of IDI, representing 29.4% of the IDI’s outstanding common stock. In addition, at the Effective Date of TBO Merger, after giving effect to a TBO recapitalization, Frost Gamma owned 80,000 shares of TBO Common Stock, 640,000 shares of TBO Series C Preferred Stock, and 4,000 shares of TBO Series D Preferred Stock, which resulted in IDI issuing to Frost Gamma 2,660,309 shares of common stock at closing, and an additional 900,108 shares of common stock subject to an earn out. As a result, following the TBO Merger, Frost Gamma owned 34.6% of the Company’s common stock at closing and 38.6% assuming the Common Earn Out Shares are earned. In connection with approving the TBO Merger and the related transactions, the Board of Directors of IDI reviewed and considered Frost Gamma’s interest in such transactions.

On March 11, 2016, the Company issued 900,108 Common Earn Out Shares to Frost Gamma, upon a determination by the Board of Directors that that certain financial targets had been achieved as set forth in the TBO Merger Agreement. 

Financing — Frost Gamma Investments Trust

On December 8, 2015, the Company entered into and consummated the Promissory Notes with each of Frost Gamma, Michael Brauser, and another investor, pursuant to which the Company received $5.0 million from Frost Gamma, $4.0 million from Michael Brauser, and $1.0 million from such other investor, for an aggregate bridge financing of $10.0 million. Refer to details discussed in Note 8 – Long-term debt, net. As of March 31, 2016, the principal and accrued interest of such Promissory Note, owing to Frost Gamma, was $5,161.

On February 22, 2016, as part of the Company’s Series B Preferred of 450,962 shares in total, 141,430 shares of Series B Preferred, previously issued to Frost Gamma in relation to certain financial arrangements, automatically converted into the Company’s common stock, by multiplying each such share of Series B Preferred by 50.

Promissory Note — Michael Brauser

As mentioned in Note 8 – Long-term debt, net, on December 8, 2015, the Company entered into and consummated the Promissory Note with Michael Brauser, pursuant to which, the Company received $4.0 million from Michael Brauser. As of March 31, 2016, the principal and accrued interest of such Promissory Note owing to Michael Brauser was $4,129.

Business Consulting Agreement — Marlin Capital Investments, LLC

As mentioned in Note 11 – Shared-based payments, on October 13, 2014, IDI Holdings entered into Marlin Consulting Agreement with Marlin Capital for a term of four years. Michael Brauser, the Company’s Executive Chairman, is a 50% owner and one of two managers of Marlin Capital. Under the Marlin Consulting Agreement, Marlin Capital serves in the capacity of a strategic advisor to TBO and provides services such as recommendations on organizational structure, capital structure, future financing needs, and business strategy. The Marlin Consulting Agreement provides for equity compensation issued to Marlin in the amount of 2,000,000 RSUs of TBO. IDI assumed these RSUs in the TBO Merger and the RSUs represent the right to receive 2,000,000 shares of IDI’s common stock. The RSUs vest on four equal annual installments beginning October 13, 2015 provided certain performance goals of IDI are met. The performance goals of the Company were met in January 2016. The shares underlying such RSUs will not be delivered until October 13, 2018, unless there is a change of control of IDI.

The Company recognized share-based compensation expenses related to these RSUs of $311 for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Warrant Exchange

As mentioned in Note 10, on March 11, 2016, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of an aggregate of 1,069,728 shares of Exchange Shares in exchange for warrants previously issued to four shareholders of the Company, including 524,750 shares to Frost Gamma. No additional consideration was paid by the shareholders and the warrants were, or will be cancelled, upon the exchange.

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As of March 31, 2016, warrant to purchase 749,625 shares of the Company’s common stock, including 524,750 shares owned by Frost Gamma, were exchanged for the Company’s common stock on a one-for-one basis.

Others

Effective on August 1, 2015, IDI entered into a consulting agreement with DAB Management Group Inc. (“DAB”) for DAB to provide consulting services related to business development, future acquisitions and strategic transactions for a term of six months, and shall automatically renew for additional six-month periods, unless either party provides written notice to the other of its intent not to renew not fewer than 30 days prior to the expiration of the then current term (the “DAB Agreement”). DAB is owned by Daniel Brauser, a director of the Company at the time the DAB Agreement was entered into and the son of Michael Brauser, Executive Chairman of the Company. Under the DAB Agreement, the consulting service fee is $20 per month. A total consulting service fee of $60 was paid for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Beginning in June 2015, the Company began paying monthly rental payments of $5 on behalf of Grander Holdings, Inc, an entity owned by the Company’s Executive Chairman, for a portion of its office lease at 4400 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, Florida 33137, to Frost Real Estate Holdings, LLC, an entity controlled by Dr. Phillip Frost, a significant shareholder in the Company and current Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. The office is occupied by the Company’s Executive Chairman, as well as corporate and administrative personnel to conduct the Company-related business. The Company recognized rental fees of $15 for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

In October 2015, the Company entered into a Non-Exclusive Aircraft Dry Lease Agreement with Brauser Aviation, LLC, an affiliated entity of our Executive Chairman, to pay a set hourly rate for Company-related usage of the aircraft. The Company recognized aircraft lease fee of $75 in total for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Fluent has a vendor agreement with OnBlaze LLC (“OnBlaze”), a company which provides email marketing services for Fluent’s proprietary websites, and in which the spouse of Fluent’s President, Matthew Conlin, is the General Manager and an approximate 5% owner. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, Fluent recognized costs of $23 for the media services provided by OnBlaze.

(b) Amounts due to or due from related parties

Except for those Promissory Notes mentioned above, there was no outstanding balance due to or due from related parties as of March 31. 2016 and December 31, 2015.

14. Commitments and contingencies

(a) Operating lease commitments

The Company recorded rental expenses of $276 and $43 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. As of March 31, 2016, future minimum rental payments under non-cancellable operating leases having initial or remaining lease terms of more than one year are as follows:

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(b) Capital commitment

The Company incurred data costs of $479 and $59 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, under certain non-cancellable data licensing agreements. As of March 31, 2016, material capital commitments under non-cancellable data licensing agreements were $15,634, shown as follows:

(c) Employment agreements

We have employment agreements with certain executives, mainly including our Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and President and Chief Operating Officer, which provide for compensation and certain other benefits and for severance payments under certain circumstances.

(d) Contingency

The Company is not currently a party to any legal proceeding, investigation or claim which, in the opinion of the management, is likely to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations. Provision of $238 was made for a claim as of March 31, 2016. Legal fees associated with such legal proceedings, are expensed as incurred, or capitalized as discussed in Note 6.

On October 27, 2014, TransUnion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions, Inc. (“TRADS”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment against Interactive Data, among other parties, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida, regarding a dispute over ownership of Purchased IP, which was purchased by TBO from Ole Poulsen, the Company’s Chief Science Officer. TRADS has since dropped Interactive Data as a party, and added TBO and Ole Poulsen. On June 10, 2015, over TRADS’ objections, the court granted TBO’s motion to expand the scope of discovery to include, among other things, whether TRADS is a good faith purchaser of any of the Purchased IP, free of any fraud or misconduct by or on behalf of TRADS, and whether there was a fraud on the court by TRADS. On February 22, 2016, TBO and Mr. Poulsen filed a motion for summary judgment seeking judgment in their favor on all claims based upon, among other things, TRADS having committed a fraud on the court. Briefing on that motion was completed on April 8, 2016. On April 20, 2016, the court denied the motion for summary judgment. Trial is scheduled to begin May 16, 2016. As of the date of this report, this case is ongoing.

On October 23, 2014, TRADS filed a Complaint and Motion for Temporary Injunction, in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, against James Reilly, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, seeking relief for alleged violation of a noncompetition agreement. On February 5, 2015, after the presentation of TRADS’ case, the court denied TRADS’ motion for a temporary injunction to prohibit Mr. Reilly from continuing employment with TBO. TRADS appealed that order, and on December 2, 2015, the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed the order denying the temporary injunction and remanded for Mr. Reilly to present his case opposing the preliminary injunction. Mr. Reilly has appealed that order to the Supreme Court of Florida. The Supreme Court of Florida has not yet decided if it will accept jurisdiction of the appeal. The hearing on TRADS’ motion for temporary injunction is set for May 4 and 5, 2016. As of the date of this report, this case is ongoing.

On November 26, 2014, TRADS filed a Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, against Daniel MacLachlan, former Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of TBO, seeking relief for alleged violation of a noncompetition agreement. On February 10, 2015, the court granted TRADS’ motion for preliminary injunction against Mr. MacLachlan’s continued employment with TBO. That preliminary ruling was appealed and, on August 27, 2015, the appellate court vacated the injunction and remanded the case to the lower court for reconsideration. On October 29, 2015, the lower court reinstated the injunction through February 10, 2016. The preliminary injunction expired, and Mr. MacLachlan resumed performing services for the Company on February 11, 2016. On March 15, 2016, the court dismissed TRADS’ claim for injunctive relief as moot, pursuant to a joint stipulation of the parties. On April 11, 2016, a settlement agreement was reached between the parties, and on April 14, 2016, the case was dismissed with prejudice.

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On July 28, 2015, TRADS filed a Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, against Surya Challa, Vice President of Technology of TBO, seeking relief for an alleged violation of a noncompetition agreement. The hearing on TRADS’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction was held on February 19, 2016. On March 23, 2016, the court denied TRADS’ motion for preliminary injunction. On April 22, 2016, TRADS filed a notice of appeal seeking review of the trial court’s order denying the motion for preliminary injunction. As of the date of this report, this case is ongoing.

In addition to the foregoing, we may be involved in litigation from time to time in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that the ultimate resolution of any such matters will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. However, the results of such matters cannot be predicted with certainty and we cannot assure you that the ultimate resolution of any legal or administrative proceeding or dispute will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Executive Overview

You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”), Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”), about our expectations, beliefs, or intentions regarding our business, financial condition, results of operations, strategies, the outcome of litigation, or prospects. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends, or results as of the date they are made. Because forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Many factors could cause our actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in forward-looking statements. These factors include those contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as the disclosures made in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 filed on March 18, 2016, and other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as required by law. We intend that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbor provisions of PSLRA. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and reflect our views as of the date they are made with respect to future events and financial performance.

Overview

IDI, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”, “IDI”, or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, is a data and analytics company providing information and marketing solutions to businesses in a variety of industries. Through powerful analytics, we transform data into intelligence, in a fast and efficient manner, so that our clients can spend their time on what matters most – running their organizations with confidence. Through leading-edge, proprietary technology and a massive data repository, our data and analytical solutions harness the power of data fusion, uncovering the relevance of disparate data points and converting them into comprehensive and insightful views of people, businesses, assets and their interrelationships. We empower clients across markets and industries to better execute all aspects of their business.

The Company serves the risk management and the consumer marketing industries through its consolidated subsidiaries, Interactive Data, LLC (“Interactive Data”) and Fluent, LLC (“Fluent”), respectively. Interactive Data provides information solutions to a broad and diverse set of industries including financial services, insurance, healthcare, corporate risk, law enforcement, government, collections, retail, and legal, for purposes including identity verification, location, due diligence, risk management, prevention and detection of fraud and abuse, legislative compliance, and debt recovery. Fluent provides people-based, digital marketing solutions to leading consumer brands and direct marketers utilizing Fluent’s proprietary audience data and technology to enable marketers to acquire their best customers, with precision, at a massive scale. We provide our services to organizations in the United States.

We provide unique and compelling solutions essential to the daily workflow of organizations within both the public and private sectors. Our next-generation, cloud-based data fusion platform, customer acquisition technology platform, proprietary algorithms, and massive database consisting of public record, proprietary, and publicly-available data, as well as a unique, first-party database of self-reported information on millions of consumers, enables the delivery of differentiated products and solutions used for a variety of essential functions throughout the customer life cycle – from customer identification and authentication, through investigation and validation, to customer acquisition and retention.

In April 2016, Interactive Data officially launched idiCORE™, a product to serve the risk management industry that provides instant, comprehensive views of individuals, businesses, assets and their interrelationships. idiCORE is an advanced analytical solution to be used across multiple industries, including law enforcement, government, financial services, insurance, and corporate risk.

Our principal executive offices are located at 2650 North Military Trail, Suite 300, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 and our telephone number is (561) 757-4000. Our Internet websites are www.ididata.com and www.fluentco.com. The Internet website addresses provided in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are not intended to function as a hyperlink and information obtained at the addresses is not and should not be considered part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and is not incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

In order for the Company to continue to develop new products, grow its existing business and expand into additional markets, we must generate and sustain sufficient operating profits and cash flow in future periods. This will require us to generate additional sales from current products and new products currently under development. We have advanced the build out of our sales organization to drive

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current products and to introduce new products into the market place. We will incur increased compensation expenses for our sales and marketing, executive and administrative, and infrastructure-related persons as we increase headcount in the next twelve months.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon IDI’s condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements requires IDI to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, IDI evaluates its estimates, including those related to bad debts, income taxes, and contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values 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 additional information, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 (“2015 Annual Report”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 18, 2016.

Recently issued accounting standards

See Note 1(b), Recently issued accounting standards, in Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measurers

Management evaluates the financial performance of our business on a variety of key indicators, including adjusted EBITDA.  Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure equal to net income (loss), the most directly comparable financial measure based on US GAAP, plus net loss from discontinued operations, interest expense, net, depreciation and amortization, share-based payments, and other adjustments, and minus income tax benefits, as noted in the table below.