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Dr. KOOP. Professor Joshua Livnat, Ph.D., CPA 311 Tisch Hall New York University 40 W. 4th St. NY NY 10012 Tel. (212) 998-0022 Fax (212) 995-4230 jlivnat@stern.nyu.edu Web page: www.stern.nyu.edu/~jlivnat. Overview. Dr. KOOP Site Classification and business model
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Dr. KOOP Professor Joshua Livnat, Ph.D., CPA 311 Tisch Hall New York University 40 W. 4th St. NY NY 10012 Tel. (212) 998-0022 Fax (212) 995-4230 jlivnat@stern.nyu.edu Web page: www.stern.nyu.edu/~jlivnat
Overview • Dr. KOOP Site • Classification and business model • Facts from public sources • Purchased traffic • Revenue sources • Expenses • Recent developments
Dr. Koop (KOOP) • Business to consumers • Entertainment/Content site • Some E-Commerce potential • Revenue sources • Advertising - short-term arrangements • Advertising - health-care products and services • Partnerships - referral services - recurring revenues • Content sale and licensing • Others (clinical trials, etc.)
Business Model • Provide free content in the health-care area. • Attract enough users. • Earn advertising and referral fees from: • Drug firms • Health-care providers • Identification of patients for clinical trials/particular drugs. • Sell content to others
Advantages • Health is a primary concern of individuals. • A large number of potential users. • A growing market • Public demands to know more about health-related issues. • Strong competition among drug companies and health-care providers.
Disadvantages • How to attract visitors to the site. Large marketing costs. • How to attract advertisers. • How to attract affiliates - long term partners. • Updating contents. • Deterring competitors.
Dr. Koop - Material Facts • Site effective July 1998. • IPO in June 1999, raised $88.5 million. • Over 1.3 million registered members at the end of March 2000. • Monthly traffic during Q2 of 2000 was around 1.85 million unique visitors. • Entered agreements with Infoseek and AOL to supply content and to purchase traffic.
Traffic Data (Media Metrix) AOL AOL Infoseek Infoseek
Price of Traffic • Promised Infoseek and Buena Vista $57.9 million in cash and 775,000 warrants ($8.60 exercise price) over three years. • 30.5 million shares outstanding on 12/31/99. • Recognized expenses of $7.2 million in 1999, and $2.7 million in Q1/00. • In Q2/00 terminated the agreement as of July 2000. Obligated to pay $5.3 million in cash, and additional 820,000 warrants ($1.25 exercise price).
Price of Traffic • The AOL four-year agreement required Dr. Koop to pay AOL net cash of $81 million, 1.5 million warrants ($15.94 exercise price), and 4.3million more warrants based on performance. • Koop paid net of $12.25 million until the end of Q1/00, and recognized expenses of $12.25 million in 1999 and $6 million in Q1/00. • In Q2/00, Koop issues 3.5 million shares to AOL in lieu of further cash payments and warrants.
Cash Burn Rate • Net Operating Cash Outflow in Q2/00 was $(34.1) million. • Capital expenditures $1.8 million in Q2/00. • Will run out of cash within 0.7 month, if it can postpone suppliers and employees, earlier if not. • Can it borrow money? See PPE on 10-K.
Revenue Analysis • Total revenue in Q2/00 $2.5 million. • Content subscription and software license $.85 million (33%). • Advertising and sponsorship revenues $1.7 million (66%). • E-commerce $.01 million (1%). • 33 Partners on 6/30/00, compared to 32 on 3/31/00 and 33 on 12/31/99.
Expense Analysis • High content expenses • Extremely high marketing expenses. Attempted to purchase traffic in a hurry. • High G&A expenses as compared to its revenues. • High PP&E and investments in other firms.
Restructured Agreements • Traffic agreements restructured. May affect future traffic and future revenues. • Terminated agreement with HealthMagic, writing off an investment of $5 million. • Fired 35% of its labor force. • Retained Bear Sterns to advise on its future options. • Can it survive?
New Investors • Private placement on 08/22/00 from group of VC’s led by ComVest Venture Partners. • Total investment can reach $27.5 million. • A new management team was appointed.
New Financing Qualified audit opinion