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Form 10-Q for THEGLOBE COM INC


14-Nov-2008

Quarterly Report


(2) GOING CONCERN CONSIDERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT'S PLAN

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of assets and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. However, for the reasons described below, Company management does not believe that cash on hand and cash flow generated internally by the Company will be adequate to fund its limited overhead and other cash requirements beyond a short period of time. These reasons raise significant doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

During the year ended December 31, 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company was able to continue operating as a going concern due principally to funding of $1,250,000 received during 2007 from the sale of secured convertible demand promissory notes (the "2007 Convertible Notes") to an entity controlled by Michael S. Egan, its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, additional funding of $380,000 provided from the sale of all of the Company's rights related to its www.search.travel domain name and website to an entity also controlled by Mr. Egan in December 2007 and funding of $500,000 received during 2008 under a Revolving Loan Agreement with an entity also controlled by Mr. Egan (See Note 4, "Debt" and Note 9, "Related Party Transactions" for further details).

At September 30, 2008, the Company had a net working capital deficit of approximately $3,052,000, inclusive of a cash and cash equivalents balance of approximately $45,000. Such working capital deficit included (i) a total of approximately $511,000 in principal and accrued interest owed under the aforementioned Revolving Loan Agreement to an entity controlled by Mr. Egan, and
(ii) an aggregate of approximately $2,800,000 in unsecured accounts payable and accrued expenses owed to vendors and other non-related third parties (of which approximately $1,800,000 relates to liabilities of our VOIP telephony service discontinued business, with a significant portion of such liabilities related to charges which have been disputed by theglobe). theglobe believes that its ability to continue as a going concern for any significant length of time in the future will be heavily dependent, among other things, on its ability to prevail and avoid making any payments with respect to such disputed vendor charges and/or to negotiate favorable settlements (including discounted payment and/or payment term concessions) with the aforementioned creditors.


As more fully discussed in Note 3, "Sale of Tralliance and Share Issuance," on September 29, 2008, the Company closed upon an agreement whereby it (i) sold the business and substantially all of the assets of its Tralliance Corporation subsidiary to Tralliance Registry Management Company, LLC ("Tralliance Registry Management") and (ii) issued 229,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, (the "Shares"), to The Registry Management Company, LLC ("Registry Management"), (the "Purchase Transaction"). Tralliance Registry Management and Registry Management are entities controlled by Michael S. Egan. The closing of the Purchase Transaction resulted in the cancellation of all of the Company's remaining Convertible Debt, related accrued interest and rent and accounts payable owed to entities controlled by Mr. Egan as of the date of closing (totaling approximately $6,409,800). However, the Company continues to be obligated to repay its principal borrowings totaling $500,000, plus accrued interest at the rate of 10% per annum, due to an entity controlled by Mr. Egan under the aforementioned Revolving Loan Agreement. All unpaid borrowings under the Revolving Loan Agreement, including accrued interest, are due and payable by the Company in one lump sum on the earlier of (i) June 6, 2009, or (ii) the occurrence of an event of default as defined in the Revolving Loan Agreement. The Company currently has no ability to repay this loan when due. All borrowings under the Revolving Loan Agreement are secured by a pledge of all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. After giving effect to the closing of the Purchase Transaction and the issuance of the Shares thereunder, Mr. Egan now beneficially owns 76.68% of the Company's issued and outstanding Common Stock.

As additional consideration under the Purchase Transaction, Tralliance Registry Management is obligated to pay an earn-out to theglobe equal to 10% (subject to certain minimums) of Tralliance Registry Management's "net revenue" (as defined) derived from ".travel" names registered by Tralliance Registry Management from September 29, 2008 through May 5, 2015 (the "Earn-out"). The minimum Earn-out payable by Tralliance Registry Management to theglobe will be at least $300,000 in the first year, increasing by $25,000 in each subsequent year (pro-rated for the final year of the Earn-out).

In connection with the closing of the Purchase Transaction, the Company also entered into a Master Services Agreement with an entity controlled by Mr. Egan whereby for a fee of $20,000 per month ($240,000 per annum) such entity will provide personnel and services to the Company so as to enable it to continue its existence as a public company without the necessity of any full-time employees of its own. Additionally, commensurate with the closing of the Purchase Transaction, Termination Agreements with each of its current executive officers, which terminated their previous and then existing employment agreements, were executed. Notwithstanding the termination of these employment agreements, each of our current executive officers and directors remain as executive officers and directors of the Company.

Immediately following the closing of the Purchase Transaction, theglobe became a shell company with no material operations or assets, and no source of revenue other than under the "net revenue" earn-out arrangement with Tralliance Registry Management. It is expected that theglobe's future operating expenses as a public shell company will consist primarily of expenses incurred under the aforementioned Master Services Agreement and other customary public company expenses, including legal, audit and other miscellaneous public company costs.

MANAGEMENT'S PLANS

Despite the significant reductions in operating and cash flow losses expected to be realized from selling its Tralliance business, and as a result of becoming a shell company, management believes that theglobe will most likely continue to incur operating and cash flow losses for the foreseeable future. However, assuming that no significant unplanned costs are incurred, management believes that theglobe's future losses will be limited. Further, in the event that Registry Management is successful in substantially increasing net revenue derived from ".travel" name registrations (and as the result maximizing theglobe's earn-out revenue) in the future, theglobe's prospects for achieving profitability will be enhanced.

It is the Company's preference to avoid filing for protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. However, based upon the Company's current financial condition as discussed above, management believes that additional debt or equity capital will need to be raised in order for theglobe to continue to operate as a going concern. Such capital will be needed both to (i) fund expected future operating losses and (ii) repay the $500,000 of secured debt and related accrued interest due under the Revolving Loan Agreement and a portion of the $2,800,000 unsecured indebtedness (assuming theglobe is successful in favorably resolving and settling certain disputed and non-disputed vendor charges related to such unsecured indebtedness).

Without the infusion of additional capital, management does not believe the Company will have the ability to operate as a going concern for any significant length of time beyond December 31, 2008. Any such additional capital would likely come from Mr. Egan, or affiliates of Mr. Egan, as the Company currently has no access to credit facilities and has traditionally relied upon borrowings from related parties to meet short-term liquidity needs. Any such equity capital raised would likely result in very substantial dilution in the number of outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock. Given theglobe's current financial condition and the state of the current United States capital markets, it has no current intent to seek to acquire, or start, any other business.


(3) SALE OF TRALLIANCE AND SHARE ISSUANCE

On September 29, 2008, theglobe closed upon a previously announced Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") dated as of June 10, 2008, by and between theglobe.com, its subsidiary, Tralliance, Registry Management and Tralliance Registry Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Registry Management. In connection with the closing, Registry Management assigned certain of its rights and obligations with respect to the purchased assets of Tralliance to Tralliance Registry Managment. Pursuant to the provisions of the Purchase Agreement, theglobe (i) issued two hundred twenty nine million (229,000,000) shares of its common stock (the "Shares") (the "Share Issuance") and (ii) sold the business and substantially all of the assets of its subsidiary, Tralliance to Tralliance Registry Management (the "Asset Sale" and, together with the Share Issuance, the "Sale" or "Purchase Transaction") for (i) consideration totaling approximately $6,409,800 and consisting of surrender to theglobe and satisfaction of secured demand convertible promissory notes issued by theglobe and held by the Registry Management in the aggregate principal amount of $4,250,000, together with all accrued and unpaid interest of approximately $1,290,300 through the date of the closing of the Purchase Transaction and satisfaction of approximately $869,500 in outstanding rent and miscellaneous fees due and unpaid to Registry Management through the date of closing of the Purchase Transaction, and (ii) an earn-out equal to 10% of Tralliance Registry Management's "net revenue" (as defined) derived from ".travel" names registered by Tralliance Registry Management from September 29, 2008 through May 5, 2015 (the "Earn-out"). Registry Management and Tralliance Registry Management are directly or indirectly controlled by Michael S. Egan, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and principal stockholder and each of our two remaining Board members own a minority interest in Registry Management. After giving effect to the closing of the Purchase Transaction, and the issuance of the Shares thereunder, Mr. Egan now beneficially owns 76.68% of the Company's issued and outstanding Common Stock.

The consideration of $6,409,800 received by theglobe has been allocated between the Share Issuance and the Tralliance Asset Sale based upon proportionate fair values as of the date of closing of the Purchase Transaction. Additionally, transaction costs consisting primarily of legal, accounting and other professional fees, totaling approximately $158,000, were also incurred in connection with the Purchase Transaction and allocated between the Share Issuance and the Tralliance Asset Sale on the same proportionate fair value basis. Such allocations resulted in a net allocation of approximately $3,678,000 to the Share Issuance, which has been credited to the Company's Common Stock and additional paid in capital accounts in its Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2008, and a net allocation of approximately $2,574,000 to the Tralliance Asset Sale. As a result of such allocations and the related write-off of assets sold to Tralliance Registry Management of approximately $49,000, the Company recorded a gain on the Tralliance Asset Sale of approximately $2,525,000 in its Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008. The Company's operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 also reflect a net benefit of approximately $1,176,000 related to the write-off of certain assets and liabilities, including prepaid assets, intangible assets and deferred revenue, which although not sold to Tralliance Registry Management, were deemed to have either no future value to the Company or require no future obligations by the Company subsequent to the Tralliance Asset Sale.

Due to various factors related to the collectability of Earn-out payments from Tralliance Registry Management, including the current weak financial condition of Tralliance Registry Management, the uncertainty of its ability to become profitable in the future, and the fact that such Earn-out payments are payable to theglobe over an extended period of time (approximately 6 ½ years), no portion of the Earn-out was included in the purchase price for the Purchase Transaction. Instead, the Company intends to recognize income related to the Earn-out on a prospective basis as and to the extent that future Earn-out payment are collected.

Commensurate with the closing of the Purchase Agreement on September 29, 2008, the Company also entered into several ancillary agreements. These agreements included an Earn-out Agreement pursuant to which the aforementioned "net revenue" Earn-out would be paid (the "Earn-out Agreement"), and Termination Agreements with each of our executive officers (each a "Termination Agreement"). The minimum Earn-out amount payable under the Earn-out Agreement will be at least $300,000 in the first year of the Earn-out Agreement increasing by $25,000 in each subsequent year (pro-rated for the final year of the Earn-out) with incremental Earn-out payments to be determined and paid to the Company on an annual basis to the extent that 10% of Tralliance Registry Management's "net revenue" (as defined) exceeds the minimum Earn-out amount payable for such year. Pursuant to the Termination Agreements, the Company's employment agreements with each of Michael S. Egan, Edward A. Cespedes and Robin Segaul Lebowitz, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, President and Vice President of Finance, all dated August 1, 2003, respectively, were terminated. Notwithstanding the termination of these employment agreements, each of Messrs. Egan, Cespedes and Ms. Lebowitz remains as an officer and director of the Company.

In connection with the closing of the Purchase Agreement, the Company also entered into a Master Services Agreement ("Services Agreement") with Dancing Bear Investments, Inc. ("Dancing Bear"), which is controlled by Mr. Egan. Under the terms of the Services Agreement, for a fee of $20,000 per month ($240,000 per annum), Dancing Bear will provide personnel and services to the Company so as to enable it to continue its existence as a public company without the necessity of any full-time employees of its own (after an initial transition period that ends December 31, 2008). The Services Agreement has an initial term of one year and is subject to renewal or early termination under certain events. Services under the Services Agreement include, without limitation, accounting, assistance with financial reporting, accounts payable, treasury/financial planning, record retention and secretarial and investor relations functions.

After giving effect to the closing of the Purchase Transaction, theglobe has no material operations or assets and no source of revenue other than the Earn-out. The Purchase Transaction was not intended to result in theglobe "going private" and theglobe presently intends to continue as a public company and make all requisite filings under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to remain a public company.

(4) DEBT

Debt consists of notes payable due to related parties, as summarized below:


                                                    September 30, 2008      December 31, 2007

2008 Revolving Loan Notes due to affiliates; due
June 6, 2009                                       $            500,000    $                 -

2007 Convertible Notes due to affiliates; due on
demand                                                                -              1,250,000

2005 Convertible Notes due to affiliates; due on
demand                                                                -              3,400,000
                                                                500,000              4,650,000

LESS: Short-term portion                                        500,000              4,650,000

Long-term portion                                  $                  -    $                 -

On June 6, 2008, the Company and its subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a Revolving Loan Agreement with Dancing Bear Investments, Inc. ("Dancing Bear"), pursuant to which Dancing Bear may loan up to $500,000 to the Company on a revolving basis (the "Credit Line"). In connection with its entry into the Credit Line, the Company borrowed $100,000 under the Credit Line. Subsequently, on June 19, 2008, July 10, 2008 and August 6, 2008, the Company made additional borrowings of $100,000 each under the Credit Line. On September 3, 2008, the Company borrowed the final $100,000 available under the Credit Line. As of September 30, 2008, outstanding principal and accrued interest of $500,000 and $10,630, respectively, related to this Credit Line have been reflected as current liabilities in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. All amounts under the Credit Line, including principal and accrued interest, will become due and payable in one lump sum on the first anniversary date of the Credit Line, or sooner upon the occurrence of an event of default under the loan documentation. All funds borrowed under the Credit Line may be prepaid in whole or in part, without penalty, at any time during the term of the Credit Line. The Company currently has no ability to repay this loan when due. Dancing Bear is controlled by Michael S. Egan, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In connection with the Credit Line, the Company executed and delivered a promissory note to Dancing Bear in the amount of $500,000 bearing interest at ten percent (10%) per annum on the principal amount then outstanding. The Company's subsidiaries unconditionally guaranteed the Credit Line by entering into an Unconditional Guaranty Agreement. All amounts outstanding from time to time under the Credit Line are secured by a lien on all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries pursuant to a Security Agreement with Dancing Bear.

On June 10, 2008, Dancing Bear converted an aggregate of $400,000 of then outstanding 2007 Convertible Notes due to them by the Company into an aggregate of 40,000,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Additionally, as more fully described in Note 3, "Sale of Tralliance and Stock Issuance," on September 29, 2008, the Company closed upon a Purchase Transaction with certain entities controlled by Mr. Egan whereby the Company (i) sold the business and substantially all of the assets of its Tralliance Corporation subsidiary and
(ii) issued 229,000,000 shares of its Common Stock to such entities. As part of the consideration for the Purchase Transaction, the Company's obligation to repay all remaining outstanding principal and accrued interest due under secured demand convertible promissory notes to entities controlled by Mr. Egan through the date of closing of the Purchase Transaction, including outstanding principal and accrued interest related to the 2007 Convertible Notes of $850,000 and $139,850, respectively, and outstanding principal and accrued interest related to the 2005 Convertible Notes of $3,400,000 and $1,150,465, respectively, were terminated.

(5) DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

In March 2007, management and the Board of Directors of the Company made the decision to cease all activities related to its Computer Games businesses, including discontinuing the operations of its magazine publications, games distribution business and related websites. The Company's decision to shutdown its computer games businesses was based primarily on the historical losses sustained by these businesses during the recent past and management's expectations of continued future losses. As of September 30, 2008, all significant elements of its computer games business shutdown plan have been completed by the Company, except for the resolution and payment of remaining outstanding accounts payables.

In addition, in March 2007, management and the Board of Directors of the Company decided to discontinue the operating, research and development activities of its VoIP telephony services business and terminate all of the remaining employees of the business. The Company's decision to discontinue the operations of its VoIP telephony services business was based primarily on the historical losses sustained by the business during the past several years, management's expectations of continued losses for the foreseeable future and estimates of the amount of capital required to attempt to successfully monetize its business. On April 2, 2007, theglobe agreed to transfer to Michael Egan all of its VoIP intellectual property in consideration for his agreement to provide the Security in connection with the MySpace litigation Settlement Agreement (See Note 8, "Litigation," for further discussion). The Company had previously written off the value of the VoIP intellectual property as a result of its evaluation of the VoIP telephony services business' long-lived assets in connection with the preparation of the Company's 2004 year-end consolidated financial statements. As of September 30, 2008, all significant elements of its VoIP telephony services business shutdown plan have been completed by the Company, except for the resolution of certain vendor disputes and the payment of remaining outstanding vendor payables.

Results of operations for the Computer Games and VoIP telephony services businesses have been reported separately as "Discontinued Operations" in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. The assets and liabilities of the computer games and VoIP telephony services businesses have been included in the captions, "Assets of Discontinued Operations" and "Liabilities of Discontinued Operations" in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.


The following is a summary of the assets and liabilities of the discontinued operations of the computer games and VoIP telephony services businesses as included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. A significant portion of the net liabilities of discontinued operations at September 30, 2008 relate to charges that have been disputed by the Company and for which estimates have been required.

                                                  September 30,     December 31,
                                                      2008              2007
   Assets:
   Computer Games
   Accounts receivable, net                      $             -   $       30,000
                                                               -           30,000
   VoIP Telephony Services                                     -                -

   Total assets of discontinued operations       $             -   $       30,000



                                                   September 30,     December 31,
                                                       2008              2007
   Liabilities:
   Computer Games
   Accounts payable                               $        35,584   $       35,584
   Subscriber liability, net                                4,971            5,397
                                                           40,555           40,981
   VoIP Telephony Services
   Accounts payable                                     1,573,795        1,632,653
   Other accrued expenses                                 228,710          228,710
                                                        1,802,505        1,861,363

   Total liabilities of discontinued operations   $     1,843,060   $    1,902,344


Summarized results of operations financial information for the discontinued operations of our computer games and VoIP telephony services businesses was as follows:

                                         Three Months Ended September 30,          Nine Months Ended September 30,
                                           2008                  2007                2008                 2007

Computer Games:
Net revenue                           $             -      $               -    $       21,695      $         608,415

Income (Loss) from operations, net
of tax                                $          (979 )    $           3,009    $       16,810      $        (143,247 )

VoIP Telephony Services
Net revenue                           $             -      $               -    $            -      $             630

 Income (Loss) from operations, net
of tax                                $        (2,117 )    $         248,187    $        2,054      $        (609,569 )

The Company has estimated the costs expected to be incurred in shutting down its computer games and VoIP telephony services businesses and has accrued charges as of September 30, 2008, as follows:

                                       Contract
                                      Termination                                Other
Computer Games Division                  Costs         Purchase Commitment       Costs         Total

Shut-Down costs expected to be
incurred                             $           -    $                   -    $   24,235    $   24,235

Included in liabilities:
Charged to discontinued operations   $     115,000    $             106,000    $   24,235       245,235
Payment of costs                                 -                        -       (24,235 )     (24,235 )
Settlements credited to
discontinued operations                   (115,000 )               (106,000 )           -      (221,000 )
                                     $           -    $                   -    $        -    $        -



                                                    Contract
                                                   Termination
VoIP Telephony Services Division                      Costs

Shut-Down costs expected to be incurred           $     416,466

Included in liabilities:
Charged to discontinued operations                      428,966
Payment of costs                                  $     (61,000 )
Settlements credited to discontinued operations         (12,500 )
                                                  $     355,466

Net current liabilities of discontinued operations at September 30, 2008 include accounts payable and accruals totaling $355,466 related to the estimated shut-down costs summarized above.


(6) STOCK OPTION PLANS

We have several stock option plans under which nonqualified stock options may be granted to officers, directors, other employees, consultants and advisors of the Company. In general, options granted under the Company's stock option plans expire after a ten-year period and generally vest no later than three years from the date of grant. Incentive options granted to stockholders who own greater than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the . . .

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