Item 405 of
Regulation S-B not contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained,
to the best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any
amendment to this Form 10-KSB. [ ]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [ ] No [X].
The
issuer's revenues for the most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 were
$8,433,848.
The
aggregate market value of the issuer's voting and non-voting common equity held
by non-affiliates computed by reference to the average bid and ask price of such
common equity as of April 14, 2008, was approximately $305,645.
As of
April 11, 2008 the issuer had 3,977,252 shares of common stock, $.001 par value
per share outstanding ("Common Stock").
Documents
Incorporated by Reference: NONE
Transitional
Small Business Disclosure Format: Yes [ ] No [X]
XA,
INC.
FORM
10-KSB
YEAR
ENDED
December
31, 2007
INDEX
Part
I
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Item
1
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Description
of Business
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Item
2.
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Description
of Property
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Item
3.
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Legal
Proceedings
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Part
II
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Item
5.
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Market
for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
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6.
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation
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Item
7.
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Financial
Statements
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F-1
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Item
8.
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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Item
8A.
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Controls
and Procedures
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Item
8B
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Other
Information
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Part
III
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Item
9.
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Directors,
Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; Compliance with Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act
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Item
10.
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Executive
Compensation
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Item
11.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters
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Item
12.
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
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Item
13.
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Exhibits
and Reports on Form 8-K
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Item
14.
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Principal
Accountant Fees and Services Signatures
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PART
I
SPECIAL
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
CERTAIN
STATEMENTS IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KSB (THIS "FORM 10 KSB"), INCLUDING
STATEMENTS UNDER "ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS," AND "ITEM 6. MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS", CONSTITUTE "FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS" WITHIN THE
MEANING OF SECTION 27A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED, AND THE
PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 (COLLECTIVELY, THE "REFORM
ACT"). CERTAIN, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ALL, OF SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CAN
BE IDENTIFIED BY THE USE OF FORWARD-LOOKING TERMINOLOGY SUCH AS "BELIEVES",
"EXPECTS", "MAY", "SHOULD", OR "ANTICIPATES", OR THE NEGATIVE THEREOF OR OTHER
VARIATIONS THEREON OR COMPARABLE TERMINOLOGY, OR BY DISCUSSIONS OF STRATEGY THAT
INVOLVE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES. SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INVOLVE KNOWN
AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER FACTORS WHICH MAY CAUSE THE ACTUAL
RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS OF XA, INC., AND/OR ITS WHOLLY OWNED
SUBSIDIARIES, THE EXPERIENTIAL AGENCY, INC., AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION AND FIORI
XA, INC., XA SCENES, INC. AND XA INTERACTIVE, INC., NEVADA CORPORATIONS
(COLLECTIVELY "XA", "THE COMPANY", "WE", "US" OR "OUR") TO BE MATERIALLY
DIFFERENT FROM ANY FUTURE RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED BY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. REFERENCES IN THIS FORM 10-KSB,
UNLESS ANOTHER DATE IS STATED, ARE TO DECEMBER 31, 2007.
BUSINESS
HISTORY
XA, Inc.
was originally incorporated in Nevada as Synreal Services Corp. ("Synreal") on
August 28, 2000. The Company's business plan was to engage in the business of
providing due diligence and administrative services for real estate
syndications. Prior to entering into an Exchange Agreement, discussed below, and
the consummation of the transactions thereunder, the Company was considered a
development stage enterprise, as defined in Financial Accounting Standards Board
No. 7. Our principal executive offices are located at 875 North Michigan Avenue,
Suite 2626, Chicago, Illinois 60611. Our telephone number is (312) 397-9100 and
our fax number is (312) 573-1515.
On
December 4, 2003, Synreal, The Experiential Agency, Inc., formerly G/M
Productions, Inc., an Illinois corporation ("Experiential") and the former
Experiential shareholders entered into an Exchange Agreement (the "Exchange" or
"Acquisition") whereby Experiential became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company and control of the Company shifted to the former Experiential
shareholders. In addition, Frank Goldstin, the Company's former Chief Executive
Officer and a former director of the Company, entered into a stock purchase
agreement with the Company's former officers and directors, Brian Chelin and
Jennifer Wallace. Synreal was considered a "shell" at the time of the
Acquisition; therefore, the transaction was treated as a reverse
merger.
Effective
February 2, 2004, the Company declared a 13 to 1 forward stock split. Effective
December 9, 2004, the Company declared a 1 for 20 reverse stock split. The
effects of the stock splits have been retroactively reflected in this Form
10-QSB unless otherwise stated.
In June
2004, the Company entered into a Subscription Agreement with Alpha Capital
Aktiengesellschaft, Stonestreet Limited Partnership, Whalehaven Funds Limited,
Greenwich Growth Fund Limited and Genesis Microcap Inc. (collectively the "6%
Note Purchasers") to purchase convertible promissory notes having an aggregate
principal amount of $2,500,000, $1,250,000 of which was sold on June 30, 2006
(the "First Tranche" and $1,250,000 which was sold on September 13, 2006 (the
"Second Tranche"), which had a 6% annual interest rate, and a conversion price
of $0.25 per share (the " 6% Notes"). Following the reverse stock split on
December 9, 2004, the conversion price of the 6% Notes would have been $5.00 per
share, however, the Company agreed to change the conversion price of the 6%
Notes to $2.00 per share. The Subscription Agreement also provided for the
issuance of warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 250,000 shares of Common
Stock, with an exercise price of $9.60 per share (the "Class A Warrants"), and
warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 500,000 shares of Common Stock, with
an exercise price of $5.00 per share (the "Class B Warrants"). The Company did
not agree to change the exercise price of the Class A Warrants or the exercise
price of the Class B Warrants. The Class A Warrants expire Four (4) years from
the date they were issued. The Class B Warrants have expired and no Class B
Warrants were ever exercised by the 6% Note Purchasers. The Class A
Warrants were automatically re-priced in connection with the Follow On Funding,
described below, and as such currently have an exercise price of $0.30 per
share.
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Of the
$2,500,000 in Convertible 6% Notes issued to the Note Holders, $467,500 in
principal and $4,555.67 in interest were converted into a total of 94,412 post
split shares, leaving $2,032,500 (not including any accrued interest) of
principal remaining under the 6% Notes as of June 30, 2006, when the First
Tranche was due. We used $1,047,000 of the funds raised through the August 2006
Funding (as defined below) to repay the First Tranche and used $1,030,575 of the
funds raised through the September and October 2006 Fundings (as defined below)
to repay the amount we owed under the Second Tranche. As such, as of the date of
this filing, we have repaid all of the amounts due to the 6% Note Purchasers
under the 6% Notes.
On August
8, 2006 (the "Closing"), we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the
"Purchase Agreement") with Sands Brothers Venture Capital LLC, Sands Brothers
Venture Capital II LLC, Sands Brothers Venture Capital III LLC, Sands Brothers
Venture Capital IV LLC, and Katie & Adam Bridge Partners, L.P. (each a "The
Sands Brothers Purchasers"), pursuant to which we sold the Sands Brothers
Purchasers 11% Senior Subordinated Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the
aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000 (collectively the "Senior Notes") and
five (5) year warrants to purchase an aggregate of one hundred and seventy-five
thousand (175,000) shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.10 per
share (the "Warrants" and collectively with the Senior Notes, the "Securities"
and the entire transaction is defined herein as the "August 2006
Funding").
On
September 13, 2006, we entered into a Waiver of Rights Agreement (the "Second
Waiver Agreement"), with the 6% Note Purchasers, whereby the 6% Note Purchasers
agreed to extend the due date of the Second Tranche and agreed to waive all
reset, anti-dilution and re-pricing rights they may have had in connection with
the September and October Fundings (as defined below), as well as certain shares
and warrants contained in the August 2006 Funding Waiver Agreement.
On
September 26, 2006, we entered into Securities Purchase Agreements with G. Chris
Andersen and Paul M. Higbee, two individuals ("Andersen" and "Higbee"). Pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreements, we sold each of Andersen and Higbee
$100,000 in fifteen month, 11% Senior Subordinated Secured Convertible
Promissory Notes (the "Andersen and Higbee Notes"), and granted each of them
fifteen thousand (15,000) five year warrants to purchase shares of our common
stock at an exercise price of $1.10 per share (the "Andersen and Higbee
Warrants," and collectively the entire September 26, 2006 funding transaction,
the "September 2006 Funding").
On
October 23, 2006, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Vision
Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. ("Vision," and collectively with Andersen and
Higbee, the "Second Funding Purchasers"). Pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement with Vision (collectively with the Andersen and Higbee Securities
Purchase Agreements, the "Second Funding Purchase Agreements"), we sold Vision
$1,250,000 in fifteen month, 11% Senior Subordinated Secured Convertible
Promissory Notes (the "Vision Notes," and collectively with the Andersen and
Higbee Notes, the "Second Funding Notes" or the "Second Funding Senior Notes")
and granted Vision one hundred thousand (100,000) five year warrants to purchase
shares of our common stock at $0.30 per share, and one hundred and eighty seven
thousand five hundred (187,500) five year warrants to purchase shares of our
common stock at an exercise price of $1.10 per share (collectively the "Vision
Warrants" and with the Andersen and Higbee Warrants, the "Second Funding
Warrants"). Collectively referred to herein as the "October 2006 Funding," and
collectively with the September 2006 Funding, the "September and October 2006
Fundings".
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Although
as originally executed, the Higbee and Andersen Notes had similar provisions to
the August 2006 Funding Notes (which did not have an Optional Conversion Right
as defined and described below, among other less material differences not
discussed herein), we later agreed to conform both the Higbee and Andersen
closing documents to the Vision Notes and documents described herein and may
conform the closing documents for the August 2006 Funding Notes in the future.
As such, the Higbee Notes and the Andersen Notes have substantially similar
terms as those described below (other than the dates contained therein and the
amount of each Purchaser's investment).
In
addition to the Warrants we granted to Vision in connection with the funding,
Mastodon Ventures, Inc. ("MVI"), which was issued 666,667 warrants to purchase
shares of our common stock at $0.30 per share, assigned 100,000 of such warrants
to Vision, and the August 2006 Second Funding Purchasers, who were granted an
aggregate of 333,333 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock at $0.30
per share, assigned 133,000 of such warrants to Vision.
Follow
On Funding
On or
about June 11, 2007, we entered into Securities Purchase Agreements with
Andersen and Higbee (the “Follow On Andersen and Higbee Purchase Agreements”),
two individuals ("Andersen" and "Higbee"). Pursuant to the Andersen and Higbee
Securities Purchase Agreements, we sold Andersen and Higbee $25,000 in twelve
(12) month, 11% Senior Subordinated Secured Convertible Promissory Notes each
(the "Follow On Andersen and Higbee Notes"), and granted each of them
twenty-five thousand (25,000) five year warrants to purchase shares of our
common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share (the "Follow On Andersen
and Higbee Warrants," and collectively the “Andersen and Higbee Follow On
Funding”).
On or
about June 22, 2007, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the
"Follow On Sands Brothers Purchase Agreement") with The Sands Brothers
Purchasers, pursuant to which we sold such Sands Brothers Purchasers twelve (12)
month, 11% Senior Subordinated Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the
aggregate principal amount of $200,000 (collectively the "Follow On Sands
Brothers Notes") and five (5) year warrants to purchase an aggregate of two
hundred thousand (200,000) shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$0.30 per share (the "The Follow On Sands Brothers Warrants," and collectively
the “Sands Brothers Follow On Funding”).
On or
about June 29, 2007, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with
Vision, and collectively with Andersen and Higbee and the Sands Brothers
Purchasers, the "Purchasers”. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement with
Vision (collectively with the Andersen and Higbee Purchase Agreements and the
Sands Brothers Purchase Agreement, the "Follow On Funding Purchase Agreements"),
we sold Vision $200,000 in twelve (12) month, 11% Senior Subordinated Secured
Convertible Promissory Notes (the "Follow On Vision Note," and collectively with
the Follow On Andersen and Higbee Notes and the Follow On Sands Brothers Notes,
the "Follow On Notes") and granted Vision two hundred thousand (200,000) five
year warrants to purchase shares of our common stock at $0.30 per share (the
“Follow On Visions Warrants,” and collectively the Follow On Andersen and Higbee
Warrants, and the Follow On Sands Brothers Warrants, the “Follow On Warrants,”
and the “Follow On Vision Funding,” and collectively with the Andersen and
Higbee Follow On Funding and the Sands Brothers Follow On Funding, the “Follow
On Funding”).
Although
as originally executed, the Andersen and Higbee Follow On Funding agreements had
slightly different terms and provisions than the Sands Brothers Follow On
Funding and the Vision Follow On Funding documents, we subsequently agreed to
conform the Andersen and Higbee Follow On Funding documents to the Sands
Brothers Follow On Funding and Vision Follow On Funding documents, as described
herein, and as a result, Andersen and Higbee, the Sands Brothers Purchasers and
Vision all are parties to substantially identical Follow On Funding documents,
varying only in connection with the dates of such documents and the accompanying
Maturity Date of such Follow On Notes.
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The
Senior Notes, Second Funding Senior Notes, Follow On Notes, Warrants, Second
Funding Warrants (as well as the MVI and Venture Warrants), and the Follow On
Notes contain certain anti-dilution provisions, which provide that if we issue
or sell any additional shares of common stock (including convertible shares of
common stock and/or options or warrants to purchase shares of common stock)
other than as a dividend or other distribution (a "Dilutive Issuance") at less
than the Conversion Price or Exercise Price then in effect, the Conversion Price
or Exercise Price shall be automatically reduced to the lower Effective Price
(as defined in the Senior Notes, Second Funding Senior Notes, Follow On Notes,
Warrants, Second Funding Warrants and Follow On Warrants) of the issuance and/or
sale. However, Purchasers have agreed to waive such anti-dilution provision in
connection with the issuance of up to 250,000 shares for professional services,
which have been fully issued to date ( the "Excepted Issuances"). As
a result, we have used up all of the Excepted Issuances. However,
because the issuance of the Follow On Warrants were not included in the Excepted
Issuances as provided in the Prior $1.10 Warrants, the exercise price of such
Prior $1.10 Warrants was automatically reset to $0.30 in connection with the
grant of the Follow On Warrants (the “Purchaser Re-pricing”). Additionally,
because the issuance of the Follow On Warrants was not waived by the holders of
our Class A Warrants, exercisable for $9.60 per share, which were granted on
June 30, 2004 in connection with a sale of 6% Convertible Notes on that date,
such Class A Warrants were automatically re-priced, pursuant to their
anti-dilution provisions to $0.30 per share (the “Class A Re-pricing” and
collectively with the Purchaser Re-pricing, the “Re-pricings”).
Our
repayment of the Senior Notes, Second Funding Senior Notes and Follow On Notes
and any accrued interest thereon is secured by a security interest in
substantially all of our assets, which we granted to the Purchasers pursuant to
a Security Agreement (the "Security Agreement"), which we entered into with the
Purchasers, Second Funding Purchasers and Follow On Funding Purchasers at the
closings. Additionally in September 2006, the Sands Brothers Purchasers entered
into an Acknowledgment of Rights Agreement with us, whereby they agreed that
their security interest rights in our assets would be pari passu with the rights
of Higbee, Andersen and Vision.
We also
granted the Purchasers, Venture and MVI (as defined below) registration rights
in connection with the shares of common stock issuable in connection with the
conversion of the Senior Notes, Second Funding Senior Notes, and Follow On Notes
and the exercise of the Warrants, the Second Funding Warrants, the MVI Warrants,
the Venture Warrants (as defined below), and the Follow On Warrants collectively
the "Underlying Shares"), pursuant to our entry into Registration Rights
Agreements, which we entered into at the closings, which were later superseded
by Registration Rights agreements entered into with the Purchasers in June 2007
(the "Registration Rights Agreements").
Furthermore,
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, we agreed to grant the Purchasers the right
to appoint one Director to our Board of Directors (or a Board Advisory Seat to
observe at all board meetings). In the event such purchasers desire to exercise
such right to appoint a Director, our Board of Directors will be increased to
five (5) members.
Prior to
our entry into the Purchase Agreement and the Second Funding Purchase
Agreements, and the consummation of the funding, we received waivers from
LaSalle Bank National Association to approve the fundings and a construction
loan with LaSalle Bank National Association, as described below. Additionally,
we received the waiver of the 6% Note Purchasers, ,who purchased the 6%
Convertible Notes in June and September 2004, to approve the funding and waive
our previous default under the 6% Convertible Notes (described in greater detail
below) pursuant to our entry into a Waiver of Rights Agreement with the 6% Note
Purchasers on July 17, 2006, with an effective date of June 30, 2006, which
Waiver of Rights Agreement was later extended by the 6% Note Purchasers until
August 9, 2006 in connection with the August 2006 Funding, and our entry into
two additional Waiver of Rights Agreements with the 6% Note Purchasers, the
Second Waiver Agreement and the Third Waiver Agreement (as described
herein). However, the 6% Note Purchasers did not consent to the
issuance of convertible notes and warrants in connection with the Follow On
Funding, and as such, the exercise price of the Class A Warrants held by the 6%
Note Purchasers has automatically reset to $0.30 per share in connection with
the issuance of the Follow On Warrants.
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We also
agreed to issue an aggregate of 333,333 warrants to purchase shares of our
common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share to Sands Brothers Venture
Capital Funds ("Venture" and the "Venture Warrants") and 666,667 warrants to
purchase shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share to
MVI Ventures, Inc. ("MVI" and the "MVI Warrants") in consulting fees in
connection with the August 2006 Funding. Both the Venture Warrants and the MVI
Warrants are exercisable for five (5) years from the date of the August 2006
Closing.
The
Senior Notes, warrants, closing and related agreements are described in greater
detail in our Form 8-K filing, which we filed with the Commission on August 15,
2006, and the Second Funding Senior Notes, Second Funding Warrants and related
agreements are described in greater detail in our Form 8-K filing, which we
filed with the Commission on November 1, 2006. The Follow On Notes
are described in greater detail in our Form 8-K filing which we filed with the
Commission on July 12, 2007.
In
connection with each of the Follow On Funding transactions, we entered into
Registration Rights Agreements with each of the Purchasers, which replaced and
superseded the prior Registration Rights Agreements entered into between the
Purchasers and us in August, September and October 2006. The
Registration Rights Agreements were subsequently replaced and superseded by the
Registration Rights Agreements entered into with the Purchasers in connection
with the Second Follow on Funding, described below.
Waiver
of Rights Agreement
We
entered into a Waiver of Rights Agreement with the Purchasers, Mastodon
Ventures, Inc. and its assigns, dated on or around June 22, 2007, pursuant to
which we and the Purchasers agreed to the Re-pricings; agreed that the
Conversion Price of the Prior Notes (as defined therein) would be equal to the
Conversion Price of the Follow On Notes; and the Purchasers agreed to waive any
defaults which may have occurred in connection with our failure to meet the
required date of effectiveness of our registration statement filing, as was
required under the prior Rights Agreements, which have since been superseded and
replaced in their entirety by the Follow On Rights Agreements.
First
Amendments to Prior Notes
A
required term of the Follow On Funding was that each of the Purchasers agree
that the maturity date of the Prior Notes (the August, September and October
2006 notes) which they hold would be extended to the maturity dates of the
Follow On Notes which they hold. The amendment and extension to each of the
Purchaser’s Prior Notes was accomplished by each of the Purchasers entry into a
First Amendment to the 11% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes with us,
on or around the date of their purchases of the Follow On Notes (and in the case
of Andersen and Higbee, on or around the date they entered into conforming
documents with us, as described above, (the “Note Amendments”)). Pursuant to the
Note Amendments, each of the Purchasers agreed that the maturity date of the
Prior Notes which they hold would be extended to the maturity date of their
respective Follow On Notes. For example, the maturity date of Vision’s Prior
Note in the amount of $1,250,000, was extended until the maturity date of the
Follow On Vision Note, June 29, 2008.
LaSalle
Bank Loans
The
Company has a line of credit agreement which it entered into on August 12, 2004,
with LaSalle Bank National Association ("LaSalle") in the amount of
$750,000. The line of credit was originally due August 12, 2005, and
the interest varied at 0.25% over the prime rate. The Company's assets secure
the line of credit. Prior to the expiration of the line of credit, the line of
credit was renewed for another year and increased to $800,000. On or around June
30, 2007, the Company entered into a promissory note evidencing amounts owed
under the line of credit, in the amount of $600,000, which promissory note
accrued interest at the rate of 2.25% above the prime rate then in affect, which
line of credit was later amended and replaced by the Line of Credit, defined and
described below.
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On June
1, 2006, we entered into a business loan for a loan of up to $750,000 with
LaSalle, which loan accrued interest at the prime rate plus 0.25% until paid in
full. The loan was originally due on June 30, 2007, but was extended
by the parties entry into a separate promissory note on or around June 30, 2007,
which increased the interest rate to the prime rate then in effect, plus an
additional 2.25% per annum, which provided for $66,666 to be paid on July 31,
2007; a payment of accrued interest under the promissory note on July 31, 2007;
and one payment of principal and interest of approximately $200,064 on July 31,
2007. We failed to make the required payments due under the
promissory note pursuant to the payment schedule above, and as such, the
interest rate of the funds due under the promissory note increased by 2%;
however, this promissory note was subsequently amended and replaced by the
LaSalle Line of Credit defined and described below.
On or
about August 27, 2007, we entered into a promissory note with LaSalle,
evidencing a line of credit (the “LaSalle Line of Credit”), which evidenced and
aggregated the amounts previously outstanding under the line of credit and
promissory note described above, in an amount equal to $867,000. The
LaSalle Line of Credit bears interest at the rate of 2.25% above the prime rate
then in effect, which was equal to 10.5% per annum as of August 27, 2007,
adjustable as provided in the LaSalle Line of Credit, until paid. We
were required to make monthly payments of interest under the LaSalle Line of
Credit, with the full outstanding balance of the LaSalle Line of Credit due on
December 1, 2007. The agreement provides that, in the event of
default, the interest rate of the LaSalle Line of Credit will increase by 2%
over the interest rate then in effect.
We failed
to make the required payment due under the promissory note on December 1, 2007,
which promissory note had a remaining balance of $844,485.03 as of December 11,
2007. This unpaid balance consists of $837,904.00 in principle and
$6,581.03 in accrued and unpaid interest. On December 3, 2007,
LaSalle notified the Company by letter that the promissory note was in default,
and beginning on December 4, 2007, interest will accrue on the unpaid balance of
the promissory note (and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon) at the default
annual rate of 11.75% (the prime rate plus 4.25% per year), based on the bank’s
prime rate of 7.5%. Pursuant to LaSalle’s letter as of December 4,
2007, the Company had until December 31, 2007 to repay the remaining balance of
the promissory note, or LaSalle would seek alternatives to payment.
Second
Follow On Funding
On or
about December 21, 2007, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase
Agreement (the "Sands Brothers Purchase Agreement") with Sands Brothers Venture
Capital III LLC (the “Sands Brothers III”), pursuant to which we sold Sands
Brothers III a twelve (12) month, 11% Senior Subordinated Secured Convertible
Promissory Note in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000 (the "Second
Follow On Sands Brothers Note") and five (5) year warrants to purchase an
aggregate of two hundred thousand (200,000) shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $0.30 per share (the "Sands Brothers Warrants," and
collectively the “Sands Brothers Second Follow On Funding”).
On or
about December 21, 2007, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with
Vision Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. ("Vision," and collectively with Sands
Brothers, the "Second Follow On Purchasers”). Pursuant to the Securities
Purchase Agreement with Vision (collectively with the Sands Brothers Purchase
Agreement, the "Second Follow On Funding Purchase Agreements"), we sold Vision a
$200,000 twelve (12) month, 11% Senior Subordinated Secured Convertible
Promissory Note (the "Second Follow On Vision Note," and collectively with the
Second Follow On Sands Brothers Notes, the "Second Follow On Notes") and granted
Vision two hundred thousand (200,000) five year warrants to purchase shares of
our common stock at $0.30 per share (the “Second Follow On Vision Warrants,” and
collectively with the Second Follow On Sands Brothers Warrants, the “Second
Follow On Warrants,” and the “Second Follow On Vision Funding,” and collectively
with the Sands Brothers Second Follow On Funding, the “Second Follow On
Funding”).
The
Company paid $100,000 from the Second Follow On Funding to LaSalle, to repay a
portion of the principal and interest owed to LaSalle through the LaSalle Line
of Credit and entered into a Forbearance Agreement with LaSalle, pursuant to
which LaSalle will forbear enforcement of its rights and remedies against us and
Experiential until June 1, 2008, conditioned on performance of certain terms and
conditions. These terms and conditions include entering into a new
note in the amount of $738,000 with continuing interest and principal payments
of $10,000 due on March 1, 2008, April 1, 2008, and May 1,
2008. Furthermore, the Forbearance Agreement requires the Company,
the Second Follow On Purchasers and the other junior lenders to enter into
Subordination Agreements and a General Release for the benefit of LaSalle (the
“Subordination Agreements”), as well as requiring us to agree to pay all legal
fees and expenses incurred by LaSalle in connection with the defaults and the
Forbearance Agreement.
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Second
Follow On Funding Notes
The
$400,000 in Second Follow On Notes bear interest at the rate of 11% per annum
until paid, and have a maturity date of the earlier of (i) December 21, 2008; or
upon the consummation by us of a merger, combination or sale of substantially
all of our assets or the purchase by a single entity or person or group of
affiliated entities or persons of more than fifty (50%) percent of our voting
stock, of which there are no current plans (a “Combination Event”).
Interest
on the Second Follow On Notes is payable upon maturity, repayment or upon
conversion of the Notes into shares of our common stock as described below. The
Second Follow On Notes may not be prepaid prior to their maturity date. Any
amount not paid under the Notes when due will bear interest at the rate of
eighteen percent (18%) per annum until paid in full (the "Default
Interest").
The
Second Follow On Notes are convertible, at the option of each of the Second
Follow On Purchasers, at any time, into shares of our common stock at a
conversion price equal to the lesser of $0.50 or 50% of the effective price per
share of shares of common stock sold in a Private Offering (as defined below,
provided that such conversion price will never be less than $0.25 per share
(unless the Private Offering price is less than $0.25 per share, in which case
the Conversion Price will be equal to such Private Offering price due to the
anti-dilution provisions of the notes as described below), the "Conversion
Price") if we complete a private offering of our securities in which we receive
gross proceeds of not less than $3,000,000 (the "Private
Offering").
Our
repayment of the Second Follow On Notes and any accrued interest thereon is
secured by a security interest in substantially all of our assets, which the
Second Follow On Purchasers share pari passu, which we granted to the Second
Follow On Purchasers pursuant to Security Agreements (the "Security
Agreements"), which we entered into with the Second Follow On Purchasers at the
various closings.
Pursuant
to the Second Follow On Notes, we agreed that we would not undertake certain
events, including those described below, without the prior written consent of
all of the Second Follow On Purchasers:
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liquidate
or dissolve, consolidate with, or merge into or with, any other
corporation or other entity, except that any wholly-owned subsidiary may
merge with another wholly-owned subsidiary or with us;
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will
not sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of, or grant options,
warrants or other rights with respect to, all or a substantial part of our
properties or assets to any person or entity outside of the ordinary
course of business, unless specifically excluded in the Purchase
Agreement;
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will
not redeem or repurchase any of our outstanding securities;
and
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not create, incur or assume any indebtedness other than in the ordinary
course of business, and/or in connection with the Subsequent
Funding.
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"Events
of Default" under the Second Follow On Notes include but are not limited to the
following:
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our
failure to pay any amounts due under the Second Follow On Notes when due,
and such failure continues for five (5) days;
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our
failure to comply with any covenants we made pursuant to the Purchase
Agreements and such failure continues for a period of five (5) business
days in connection with our affirmative covenants and two (2) business
days in connection with our negative covenants;
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our
entry into bankruptcy or insolvency;
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our
default in the payment of any other obligation in connection with money
borrowed in excess of $50,000, which default continues for three (3)
business days;
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if
a judgment is rendered against us or any of our subsidiaries which exceeds
in aggregate $50,000, which judgment is not vacated or satisfied within
twenty (20) days; or
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our
violation of any material representation of any of the documents entered
into in connection with the
Funding.
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If an
Event of Default occurs under the Second Follow On Notes, the Second Follow On
Purchasers may seek specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained
in the Second Follow On Notes and/or enforce their security interest over
substantially all of our assets.
Furthermore,
pursuant to the Second Follow On Purchase Agreement, we agreed to grant the
Second Follow On Purchasers the right to appoint one Director to our Board of
Directors (or a Board Advisory Seat to observe at all board meetings). In the
event such Second Follow On Purchasers desire to exercise such right to appoint
a Director, our Board of Directors will be increased to five (5)
members.
Pursuant
to the Second Follow On Notes, we agreed to provide the Second Follow On
Purchasers a right of first refusal to invest pro rata in any and all of our
future financings on identical terms as those offered to other potential
investors. Furthermore, we agreed to not create or incur, contingently or
otherwise, any indebtedness (other than indebtedness incurred in our historic
business and in the ordinary course of our business), which is not expressly
subordinated in right of payment and otherwise to the Second Follow On
Notes.
Second
Follow On Funding Warrants
The
Second Follow On Funding Warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of $0.30
per share (subject to adjustment in the Second Follow On Warrants), at any time
prior to 5:00 P.M. EST on: December 21, 2012.
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The
Second Follow On Warrants are exercisable in connection with the payment of
cash, or if such Second Follow On Warrants are exercised on a date when a
registration statement covering the shares underlying the Second Follow On
Warrants has not been declared effective with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or such registration statement is no longer in effect, the Second
Follow On Warrants include a cashless feature, whereby if the exercise price of
the warrants is equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of our common
stock (as defined in the Second Follow On Warrants), the number of shares of
common stock issuable to the Second Follow On Purchasers in connection with any
exercise is equal to the product of the number of shares to which the Second
Follow On Warrants are being exercised multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the exercise price then in effect and the denominator of which is
the Fair Market Value of our common stock.
Additionally,
in connection with the Second Follow On Funding, the terms of all of the prior
warrants issued to Sands Brothers and Vision in 2006 and 2007, in connection
with prior fundings were amended to extend the exercise date of such warrants to
five (5) years from the date of the Second Following On
Funding.
Second
Follow On Funding Registration Rights Agreements
In
connection with each of the Second Follow On Funding transactions, we entered
into Registration Rights Agreements with each of the Second Follow On Purchasers
and Mastodon Ventures, Inc., which replaced and superseded the prior
Registration Rights Agreements entered into between the Second Follow On
Purchasers and us in August 2006, October 2006, and June 2007, in connection
with the previous sale of $3,150,000 in 11% Senior Secured Convertible Notes
(the “Prior Funding” and the “Prior Notes”) to such Second Follow On Purchasers
and additional purchasers not defined above, and the grant of an aggregate of
1,942,500 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock at an exercise price
of $0.30 per share (the “Prior Warrants”), to all such purchasers and Mastodon
Ventures, Inc. (“Mastodon”), as a consultant to us and the Second Follow On
Purchasers in connection with the Prior Funding (the “Second Follow On Rights
Agreements”). The Second Follow On Rights Agreements provided the Second Follow
On Purchasers and Mastodon and its assigns, registration rights in
connection with the shares that the Prior Notes and the Second Follow On Notes
are convertible into, as well as an additional 350,000 warrants with identical
terms as the Second Follow On Warrants which were issued to Mastodon in
connection with the Second Follow On Funding, and which the Second Follow On
Warrants and Prior Warrants are exercisable for (the “Registrable
Securities”).
Pursuant
to the Second Follow On Rights Agreements, we agreed to register the Registrable
Securities on a registration statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission" and the "Registration Statement") pursuant
to the deadlines discussed below. We agreed that in the event that the Private
Offering has not occurred within six (6) months of the date of the Second Follow
On Funding closing, December 21, 2007, which date is June 21, 2008, we would
file the Registration Statement with the Commission within forty-five days of
such six (6) month anniversary, August 5, 2008, and that we would obtain
effectiveness of the Registration Statement no more than ninety (90) days after
the date we are required to file such Registration Statement, or November 3,
2008 (the "Initial Registration Deadlines").
In the
event that we are unable to register all of the Registrable Securities in one
Registration Statement because of the applicability of Rule 415, the Second
Follow On Purchasers, as well as Mastodon (collectively the “Registration Rights
Holders”), have agreed that the number of shares we can register at any one time
will be allocated pro rata to each of the Registration Rights
Holders.
We and
the Second Follow On Purchasers also agreed pursuant to the Second Follow On
Rights Agreement, that in the event that we are not able to register all of the
Registrable Securities, that we would use our best efforts to file additional
Registration Statements to register the Registrable Securities that were not
registered in any initial Registration Statement as promptly as possible and in
a manner permitted by the Commission (each an “Additional Registration
Statement”). We agreed to file any Additional Registration Statement within the
earlier of (i) sixty (60) days following the sale of substantially all of the
Registrable Securities included in the initial Registration Statement or any
Additional Registration Statement and (ii) six (6) months following the
effective date of the initial Registration Statement or any Additional
Registration Statement, or such earlier date as permitted by the Commission. We
also agreed that if we are required to file any Additional Registration
Statement, that we would file such Additional Registration Statement within
thirty (30) days and use our best efforts to obtain effectiveness of such
Additional Registration Statement within ninety (90) days of such filing date
(the “Additional Registration Deadlines,” and collectively with the Initial
Registration Deadlines, the “Registration Deadlines”).
If we
fail to obtain effectiveness of any required Registration Statement by the
applicable Registration Deadlines, or after such effectiveness the Second Follow
On Purchasers are unable to sell the Registrable Securities, due to any reason
other than the Commission’s application of Rule 415, we are obligated, pursuant
to the Second Follow On Rights Agreements, to pay the Second Follow On
Purchasers an amount in cash equal to two (2%) of the total principal amount of
the Prior Notes and the Second Follow On Notes ($71,000), for each thirty (30)
day period which the Registration Deadlines are not met or the Second Follow On
Purchasers are unable to sell the Underlying Shares. If we fail to pay such
damages within five (5) days of the date payable, we are required to pay
interest on the amount payable at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum,
accruing daily until such amounts are paid in full.
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Subsequent
Events:
Sands
Brothers Line of Credit
On or
about February 29, 2008, the Company and Experiential Agency, Inc., the
Company’s wholly owned subsidiary (“Experiential”) entered into a Revolving Line
of Credit Agreement (the “Sands Brothers Line of Credit”) with Sands Brothers
Venture Capital III LLC (“Sands Brothers”), pursuant to which Sands Brothers
extended a revolving line of credit to the Company for a period extending to
June 29, 2008 in the principal amount of up to two hundred thousand dollars
($200,000). Any funds advanced to the Company through the Sands
Brothers Line of Credit will be used for operating expenses in connection with
the operations of Experiential, and will be immediately transferred to
Experiential as a capital contribution. Such operating expenses may
include but are not limited to legal fees, vendor expenses, auditor fees,
payroll, rents, and financing expenses.
In
connection with the Sands Brothers Line of Credit, the Company received an
initial advance on or around February 29, 2008, of one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) and executed and delivered to Sands Brothers a Promissory Note (the
“First Advance Note”) in the initial amount of one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000), evidencing such advance. Further, on March 27, 2008, the
Company received a second advance of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) and
executed and delivered to Sands Brothers a Promissory Note (the “Second Advance
Note”) in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), evidencing such
advance. The second advance exhausted the funding Sands Brothers has
agreed to provide pursuant to the Sands Brothers Line of Credit. The First
Advance Note and the Second Advance Note bear interest until paid in full at the
rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum, with the interest on such notes payable
monthly in arrears commencing on April 1, 2008. In the event any
payment is not made within three (3) days of the date such payment is due under
either note, both outstanding notes will bear interest at the rate of fifteen
percent (15%) per annum, and such failure to pay the required payment is defined
as an “Acceleration Event.” Any Acceleration Event or Event of Default gives
Sands Brothers the right to provide for the entire amount of unpaid principal
and interest on the outstanding notes to be immediately due and payable with
fifteen days prior notice in the event of an Acceleration Event and without
prior notice if an Event of Default occurs. The principal and any
unpaid interest on the both notes is due and payable on June 29,
2008.
Business
Operations:
We,
referred to herein as “XA,” through our wholly-owned subsidiaries, The
Experiential Agency, Inc., an Illinois corporation (“Experiential”), XA Scenes,
Inc., Fiori XA, Inc. and XA Interactive, Inc., Nevada corporations are a
comprehensive event marketing, design and production services agency. With
full-service offices in Chicago and New York City as well as a sales office in
Los Angeles, and a venue in New York City, XA is a leading provider of event
services on an outsourced basis for corporations, associations and other
organizations in the United States and abroad. XA provides its clients with a
single source to their business communications and event planning
needs.
In the
third quarter of 2005, XA formed a wholly owned Nevada subsidiary, XA Scenes,
Inc. ("XA Scenes"). XA Scenes was formed as a special events venue management
firm. XA’s senior management team believes that there is a significant
opportunity for XA Scenes to capitalize on the synergies that exist between XA’s
event marketing agency, Experiential, and selected joint venture
partners.
For
eighteen (18) years, XA has worked with clients around the globe to design and
produce strategic multidimensional, highly stylized and integrated event
programs. During the year ended December 31, 2007, XA planned more than one
hundred events which were attended by more than 100,000 people, for clients
including Sports Illustrated, Moet Hennessey, McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD),
Cookie Magazine, National Geographic, McGraw Hill, Walt Disney Company
(NYSE:DIS), Pepsi (NSYE:PBG), UNICEF, NBC Universal, Heitman, Jet
Airways, Audi, LXR, New Yorker Magazine and Guinness Beer.
In
January 2007, XA was awarded Special Event Magazine’s Gala Award in the category
of “Best Event Marketing Campaign” for Real Simple’s Holiday Solutions. The
annual award competition recognizes achievement in all areas of special events
and design. The winners are selected after 5 rounds of judging by members of
Special Event Magazine's Advisory Board. The award winning event produced and
designed by XA helped to recreate Real Simple magazine with a Holiday Solutions
five-week mall tour that targeted female consumers. To implement the vision, the
XA event team designed and constructed living rooms in high-traffic malls. The
rooms created an experience, idea or amenity to guests, while allowing
advertisers direct interaction with readers. Over 100,000 consumers visited the
events in addition to 330,000 TV viewers.
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In March
2007, XA was awarded two BiZBash Event Style Awards in the categories of “Best
Lighting Design” and “Best Corporate Event Concept” both for the Sopranos cast
and crew screening after party. The BiZBash Event Style Awards of 2007 honored
the people behind New York's most innovative events of 2006. XA won the Best
Corporate Event Concept Award for an "innovative and effective theme for an
event planned by or for a corporation." The award winning event produced and
designed by XA celebrated the premiere of the 6th and final season of the HBO
show the Sopranos. The overall concept was inspired by a traditional Italian
Street Festival and XA successfully transformed a large ballroom into an
intimate affair for 1,000 members of the Soprano's extended family. A
comprehensive lighting design concept combined advanced technology such as
intelligent lighting with basic tools including 4,000 Italian string
lights.
XA
focuses on strategic growth that includes, among other things, the acquisition
and development of targeted business communications and event management
companies in key regions throughout the United States. XA has developed a
vertically integrated infrastructure that it believes will enhance its ability
to continue to provide event services on a national basis. In order to provide
its clients with a single source solution to their event planning needs, XA
offers a wide range of services that encompass the event planning process
including general management, concept creation, content creation and execution.
XA believes that its vertically integrated organization, creative talent,
technological leadership and its willingness to commit capital to acquire or
develop proprietary exhibitions and special events are competitive advantages in
a fragmented industry in which most vendors provide a limited set of services on
a local basis.
Industry
and Market Overview
The
events industry in the United States is highly fragmented with several local and
regional vendors that provide a limited range of services in two main segments:
1) business communications and event management; and 2) meeting, conferences and
trade shows. The industry also consists of specialized vendors such as
production companies, meeting planning companies, and destination logistics
companies that may offer their services outside of the events
industry.
According
to an event marketing study conducted by PROMO Magazine ("PROMO") in 2005, and
published in its April 1, 2006 edition, marketers spent $171 billion in event
marketing in 2005, up 3% from the previous year. Additionally, according to The
George P. Johnson Co.'s annual survey, EventView '05/'06, as reported by PROMO,
96% of marketing executives use events in their marketing mix. Because of these
trends, XA believes it is well positioned to gain a greater share of the market
for event production services and grow its operations moving
forward.
Principal
Products and Services
XA offers
a wide range of services that encompass the event planning process including
general management, concept creation, content creation, and execution. XA earns
most of its revenue from event services fees that it charges clients regarding
the following general service areas:
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Event
Marketing;
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Design
and production;
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Meetings,
Conferences and Trade Shows;
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Entertainment
and Show Production;
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Theater & General Sessions;
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Mobile
Marketing;
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Audio/Visual
Production;
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Relations;
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Destination
Management;
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Interactive (Digital Marking); and
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a management fee when it provides general management services. XA earns fees on
a fee-for-services basis when it undertakes event marketing and business
communications projects.
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General
Management Services
XA offers
general management services that provide its clients with centralized
coordination and execution of the overall event. In connection with providing
general management services, XA utilizes an executive producer responsible for
overseeing the production of an event or exhibition. The executive producer
coordinates the services that XA provides for the client. XA provides the
following general management services:
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Project
oversight;
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Budget
oversight;
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Quality
assurance and control;
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funding and sponsorship development;
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control and accountability;
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Event
promotion and marketing creation;
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management; and
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Fulfillment
provider management.
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Concept
Creation
XA works
with a client to craft the client's message, identify the best means of
communicating that message, and develop cost-effective creative solutions. XA
provides the following concept creation services:
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Joint
determination of client needs and goals;
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Market
research to support message creation and communication;
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Message
content design;
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Media
selection; and
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