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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from _______________ to _______________.

 

Commission File Number: 000-55585

 

Illumination America, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Florida 46-5289499

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

2060 NW Boca Raton Blvd., #6  
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 561-997-7270

 

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.    Yes   x     No   ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes   x     No  o

 

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

 

  Large accelerated filer  o Accelerated filer  o
  Non-accelerated filer  o Smaller reporting company  x
  Emerging growth company  x  

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨     No  x

 

As of May 10, 2017, there were 10,264,744 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

 
 

 

ILLUMINATION AMERICA, INC.

Table of Contents

 

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Part I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION  
     
Item 1. Financial Statements 4
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 5
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 8
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 8
     
Part II – OTHER INFORMATION  
     
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 9
Item 1A. Risk Factors 9
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 9
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities 9
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 9
Item 5. Other Information 9
Item 6. Exhibits 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based upon our current assumptions, expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on our business. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “approximately,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. This information may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements.

 

Factors that may cause or contribute actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, for example:

 

•   adverse economic conditions;

 

•   the inability to attract and retain qualified senior management and technical personnel;

 

•   other risks and uncertainties related to the LED lighting market and our business strategy.

 

All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Report. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or other information contained herein. Stockholders and potential investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements in this report are reasonable, we cannot assure stockholders and potential investors that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved.

 

These forward-looking statements represent our intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors. Many of those factors are outside of our control and could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events described in the forward-looking statements might not occur or might occur to a different extent or at a different time than we have described. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning other matters addressed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Except to the extent required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, a change in events, conditions, circumstances or assumptions underlying such statements, or otherwise.

 

 

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Our unaudited financial statements included in this Form 10-Q are as follows:
 
F-1 Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2017 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2016
   
F-2 Interim Unaudited Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016
   
F-3 Interim Unaudited Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016
   
F-4 Notes to Interim Unaudited Financial Statements

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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ILLUMINATION AMERICA, INC.

BALANCE SHEETS

 

    March 31,
2017 		    December 31,
2016 		 
    (unaudited)        
ASSETS                
Current Assets                
Cash   $ 3,128     $ 2,407  
Accounts Receivable     65,966       115,899  
Related Party Receivable     212,660       –  
Prepaid Expenses     2,702       1,612  
Deposits     1,000       1,000  
Total Current Assets     285,456       120,918  
Other Assets     –       3,319  
Total Assets   $ 285,456     $ 124,237  
                 
Liabilities                
Current Liabilities                
Accounts Payable   $ 131,207     $ 225,027  
Other accrued expenses     84,100       116,855  
Due to related parties     178,669       154,447  
Total Current Liabilities     393,976       496,329  
Total Liabilities     393,976       496,329  
                 
Commitments and contingencies                
                 
Stockholders' Deficit                
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized, -0- shares issued and outstanding                
Common stock, par value $0.001, authorized 100,000,000; $0.001 par value common shares issued and outstanding 10,264,744 shares as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively     10,265       10,265  
Additional paid-in capital     2,877,663       2,485,288  
Accumulated Deficit     (2,996,448 )     (2,867,645 )
Total Stockholders' Deficit     (108,520 )     (372,092 )
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit   $ 285,456       124,237  

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements

 

 

  

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ILLUMINATION AMERICA, INC.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)

 

    For the Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2017     2016  
             
Revenues   $ 155,745     $ 19,777  
Cost of Sales     112,342       14,976  
Gross Margin     43,403       4,801  
                 
Operating Expenses                
General and administrative expenses     23,524       34,694  
Executive compensation     23,750       18,000  
Payroll expenses     61,838       24,129  
Professional fees     60,997       59,975  
Rent     9,115       8,010  
                 
Total Operating Expenses     179,224       144,808  
                 
Loss from operations     (135,821 )     (140,007 )
                 
Other Income (Expense)                
Other Income     –       7,076  
Other Income-Related Party     7,020       7,543  
Total Other Income     7,020       14,619  
                 
Net Loss before Income Taxes     (128,801 )     (125,388 )
                 
Income Tax (Benefit)     –       –  
                 
Net Loss   $ (128,801 )     (125,388 )
                 
Net Loss per Common Share - Basic and Diluted   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.01 )
                 
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding - Basic and Diluted     10,264,744       10,000,000  

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements

 

 

 

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ILLUMINATION AMERICA, INC.

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited)

 

    For the Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2017     2016  
             
Cash Flows from Operating Activities                
Net Loss   $ (128,801 )   $ (125,388 )
Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities                
Accounts Receivable     49,933       8,760  
Related Party Receivable     (212,660 )     32,354  
Prepaid Expenses     2,227       1,456  
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses     (126,575 )     (7,632 )
Due to related parties     24,222       (14,923 )
Net Cash (Used in) Operating Activities     (391,654 )     (105,373 )
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities                
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities     –       –  
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities                
Donated Capital     392,375       –  
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities     392,375       –  
                 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash     721       (105,373 )
Cash at Beginning of Period     2,407       107,673  
Cash at End of Period   $ 3,128     $ 2,300  
                 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements

 

 

 

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ILLUMINATION AMERICA, INC.

Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements

For The Three Month Interim Period Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

 

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Illumination America, Inc., formerly Illumination America, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, was formed on October 6, 2009. A Certificate of Conversion and Articles of Incorporation were filed August 4, 2014, with an organizational date deemed effective October 6, 2009, for Illumination America, Inc., the resulting Florida corporation.

 

Letter of Intent to Acquire Grom Holdings, Inc .

 

On January 11, 2017, the Company executed a non-binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Grom Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Grom”), whereby the Company reached an agreement in principle to acquire all of Grom’s issued and outstanding common stock. Darren Marks, Melvin Leiner and Dr. Thomas Rutherford are directors of both companies and Messrs. Marks and Leiner are the principal shareholders of both companies. Under the terms of the LOI, the Company will issue 4.17 shares of its common stock in exchange for every share of Grom common stock issued and outstanding at closing. It is anticipated that Grom will have no more than 25 million of its common shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the closing date.

 

The proposed transaction is subject to various conditions, including but not limited to execution of applicable Exchange Agreements, approval of the same by the shareholders of both companies, completion and acceptance by the Company of the results of independent financial audits of Grom for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the issuance of an order of effectiveness to a registration statement the Company is required to file on Form S-4, and various other matters.

 

The Company’s accounting year end is December 31.

 

NOTE 2 – GOING CONCERN

 

The Company’s financial statements as of March 31, 2017, have been prepared using generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has not yet established an ongoing source of revenues sufficient to cover its operating costs and allow it to continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred significant losses.

 

In order to continue as a going concern, the Company will need, among other things, additional capital resources. Since it is very unlikely that the Company can obtain sufficient capital to profitably run its LED lighting business in the current competitive LED environment, the Company has entered into an agreement to acquire another company. See “Letter of Intent to Acquire Grom Holdings, Inc.” above.

 

If the acquisition is successfully consummated, of which there can be no assurance, management’s plan is to thereafter operate the Company primarily as a social media company for children. Based upon the results of operations of the Company’s LED lighting business, management may then elect to dispose of the LED lighting business, either through sale or other means. Management cannot provide any assurances that the Company will be successful in accomplishing its plan. These financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”). This basis of accounting involves the application of accrual accounting and consequently, revenues and gains are recognized when earned, and expenses and losses or recognized when incurred.

 

 

 

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Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The most significant estimates relate to revenue recognition, valuation of accounts receivable and inventories, purchase price allocation of acquired businesses, impairment of long lived assets and goodwill, valuation of financial instruments, income taxes, and contingencies. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, known or expected trends and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable given the quality of information available as of the date of these financial statements. The results of these assumptions provide the basis for making estimates about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid temporary cash investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

We record accounts receivable at net realizable value. This value includes an appropriate allowance for estimated uncollectible accounts to reflect any loss anticipated on the accounts receivable balances and is charged to Other income (expense) in the statements of operations. We calculate this allowance based on our history of write-offs, the level of past-due accounts based on the contractual terms of the receivables, and our relationships with, and the economic status of, our customers. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, an allowance for estimated uncollectible accounts was determined to be unnecessary.

 

Stock Purchase Warrants

 

The Company accounts for warrants issued to purchase shares of its common stock as equity in accordance with FASB ASC 480, Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.

 

Net Loss per Share

 

Net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period as defined by Financial Accounting Standards, ASC Topic 260, "Earnings per Share." Basic earnings per common share (“EPS”) calculations are determined by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per common share calculations are determined by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares and dilutive common share equivalents outstanding.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

We recognize revenue when the four revenue recognition criteria are met, as follows:

 

· Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists – our customary practice is to obtain written evidence, typically in the form of a sales contract or purchase order;

 

· Delivery – when custody is transferred to our customers either upon shipment to or receipt at our customers’ locations, with no right of return or further obligations, such as installation;

 

· The price is fixed or determinable – prices are typically fixed at the time the order is placed and no price protections or variables are offered; and

 

· Collectability is reasonably assured – we typically work with businesses with which we have a long standing relationship, as well as monitoring and evaluating customers’ ability to pay.

 

 

 

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Refunds and returns, which are minimal, are recorded as a reduction of revenue. Payments received by customers prior to our satisfying the above criteria are recorded as unearned income in the balance sheets. To date, substantially all of the Company’s revenue has come from the sale of LED tubes and fixtures. If the Company enters into a project requiring installation, this installation is performed by the client or from a third party contractor and no revenue is recognized on the installation since the third party directly bills the client.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company applies the accounting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 820-10, “Fair Value Measurements”, as well as certain related FASB staff positions. This guidance defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact business and considers assumptions that marketplace participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions, and risk of nonperformance.

 

The guidance also establishes a fair value hierarchy for measurements of fair value as follows:

 

· Level 1 - quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

· Level 2 - inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

 

· Level 3 - unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

The carrying amount of the Company's financial instruments approximates their fair value as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and that may impact its financial statements and does not believe that there are any other new pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

 

NOTE 4 – OTHER ASSETS, IMPAIRMENT OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

At December 31, 2016, as a result of deteriorating profitability of Catalyst LED and significant delays associated with new business opportunities, the Company performed the impairment test as prescribed by ASC 350 on the carrying value of its intangible asset, and as a result, recorded an impairment charge totaling $50,000.

 

NOTE 5 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Since January 1, 2013 the Company has sub-leased a portion of its office space to a related company, Grom Holdings, Inc. at the rate of $2,000 per month, plus miscellaneous additional charges for other office services. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the balance of the related party receivables on the Company’s balance sheet were $-0- and $-0-, respectively, all of which represented unpaid rent due from the related party.

 

 

 

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Related party receivables and donated capital

 

On January 11, 2017, the Company executed a non-binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Grom whereby the Company reached an agreement in principle to acquire all of Grom’s issued and outstanding common stock. Darren Marks, Melvin Leiner and Dr. Thomas Rutherford are directors of both companies and Messrs. Marks and Leiner are the principal shareholders of both companies. In order to expedite and facilitate the consummation of the transaction in an economical fashion; and to fund accounting, legal and other expenses associated with the transaction, these directors agreed to do following during the three month period ended March 31, 2017:

 

· In order to minimize share dilution and to help raise capital to fund the transaction, Mr. Marks and Mr. Leiner each voluntarily agreed to donate up to 1,000,000 of their Company shares back to the Company, donating one share back to the Company for every share of Common Stock sold by the Company. No other individuals donated any capital for the three month period ended March 31, 2017.

 

· In February 2017, Dr. Thomas Rutherford, an independent director for both the Company and Grom, purchased 400,000 Units at a price of $0.75 per Unit offered by the Company as part of a private offering. Each Unit is comprised of one share of the Company’s Common Stock and one Common Stock Purchase Warrant exercisable to purchase one share of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per Warrant. At that time Messrs. Marks and Leiner donated an aggregate of 400,000 of their shares back to the Company to avoid dilution to the remaining shareholders of the Company. See “Note 6. Stockholders Equity,” below.

 

In February, 2017 the Company agreed to extend up to $1.0 million in unsecured interest free loans to Grom.

 

As of March 31, 2017, the Company had extended $212,660 in loans receivable to Grom, compared to $-0- for the period ended December 31, 2016.

 

Related party payables

 

Since the inception of the Company, Mr. Marks and Mr. Leiner have advanced working capital to pay expenses of the Company. These loans payable are due on demand and non-interest bearing. The outstanding amount due to related parties was $178,669 and $154,447 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. respectively.

 

NOTE 6 – STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

 

Common Stock

 

The Company has 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share and 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock authorized, with a par value of $0.001 per share. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, there were 10,264,744 common shares outstanding. No shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding.

 

Common Stock Issued in Private Placements

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company accepted subscription agreements from 4 investors and issued 214,744 shares of its common stock at a price of $0.78 per share along with an equal number of stock purchase warrants exercisable at $1.00 per share for gross proceeds totaling $167,500. These proceeds were used exclusively for working capital purposes.

 

During the three month period ended March 31, 2017, the Company sold 523,166 Units to 6 “accredited” investors at a price of $0.75 per Unit and received aggregate proceeds of $392,735. Each Unit consisted of one share of Common Stock and one Common Stock Purchase Warrant exercisable to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per warrant. The proceeds from this Offering are primarily to pay for expenses related to the proposed acquisition of Grom by the Company. Messrs Marks and Leiner donated an aggregate of 523,166 of their shares back to the Company to avoid dilution to the remaining shareholders of the Company. Under the guidelines of FASB Topic 505-30 “Treasury Stock”, the amount of $392,735 is considered donated capital on the cost basis, and is included in Paid in Capital on the Company’s balance sheet.

 

 

 

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The stock purchase warrants have been accounted for as equity in accordance with FASB ASC 480, Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments indexed to, and potentially settled in, a company’s own stock, distinguishing liabilities from equity. Using the Black-Scholes model, the Company allocated a relative fair value of $333,862 for 523,166 stock purchase warrants using the following variables as of March 31, 2017:

 

Common stock price   $ 0.75  
Warrant exercise price   $ 1.50  
Expected dividend yield (1)     0.00%  
Risk-free interest rate (2)     1.93%  
Expected volatility (3)     184.55%  
Expected life (in years)     3  

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(1) The Company has no history or expectation of paying cash dividends on its common stock.
(2) The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield for a term consistent with the expected life of the awards in effect at the time of grant.
(3) The volatility is based upon the average volatility rate of three similar publicly traded companies.

 

Common Stock Issued in Exchange for Services

 

On December 31, 2016, the Company issued 50,000 shares of its common stock to a Company salesman pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement with the Company. This common stock issued for services was valued at $0.78 per share, amounting to $39,000. The price of $0.78 represented the Company’s share price in its private placement throughout all of 2016.

 

Stock Purchase Warrants

 

The following table reflects all outstanding and exercisable warrants at March 31, 2017: 

 

    Number of
Warrants
Outstanding 		    Weighted
Average
Exercise Price 		    Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years) 		 
Balance, January 1, 2016     –                  
Warrants issued     214,744     $ 1.00       4.25  
Balance December 31, 2016     214,744     $ 1.00       4.25  
Warrants issued for the period ended March 31, 2017     523,166     $ 1.50       2.75  
Balance, March 31, 2017     737,910     $ 1.35       3.18  

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto included herein. In connection with, and because we desire to take advantage of, the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, we caution readers regarding certain forward looking statements in the following discussion and elsewhere in this report and in any other statement made by, or on our behalf, whether or not in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward looking statements are statements not based on historical information and which relate to future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments. Forward looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control and many of which, with respect to future business decisions, are subject to change. These uncertainties and contingencies can affect actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward looking statements made by, or on our behalf. We disclaim any obligation to update forward looking statements.

 

Overview

 

We were originally formed in the State of Florida on October 6, 2009 as a limited liability company. On April 24, 2014 we reorganized as a Florida corporation. Since inception we have been engaged in the design, development, marketing and sales of energy-efficient lighting systems and solutions. We have intended to create and develop a reliable source of revenue from our activities in order to create the opportunity to market proprietary products that can be utilized both in a commercially beneficial manner, as well as on a custom basis.

 

Purchase of the Assets of Catalyst LED’s LLC

 

In order to expand our sales efforts, on May 5, 2016, we purchased certain intangible assets including the tradename “Catalyst LED” (“Catalyst”), its client list, its website domain, list of leads, current pending orders, current bid proposals, and all future orders made under the Catalyst name, as well as its other unregistered trademarks, and goodwill.

 

Under the terms agreement we agreed to pay ForceField Energy Inc., a Nevada corporation, the owner of the assets, $50,000, which was payable in three equal monthly increments of $16,666, commencing on May 15, 2016. As of the date of this Report, we have made partial payments of $42,934 and currently owe $7,066 to ForceField, who has agreed to wait to receive the remaining balance until we have enough cash to do so.

 

During 2016, the purchase of Catalyst helped to significantly increase our sales over prior year levels, however, the Catalyst products were not profitable. Based on an impairment analysis we performed at year end, we determined that the $50,000 in intangible assets we recorded when we purchased Catalyst was fully impaired. As a result we incurred a $50,000 impairment charge for 2016 and wrote off the intangible assets on our balance sheet as of December 31, 2016. The impairment was primarily attributable due to increased competition in the LED industry which made the selling of our products more difficult. Given the level of competition in our industry which is expected to increase in future years, we will more closely examine the prices we pay for future purchases of LED assets should an opportunity materialize.

 

Our executive offices are located at 2060 NW Boca Raton Blvd, Suite 6, Boca Raton, FL 33431, telephone (561) 997-7270 . Our website address is www.illuminationamerica.com.

 

Letter of Intent with Grom

 

On January 11, 2017, we executed a non-binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Grom Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Grom”), whereby we reached an agreement in principle to acquire all of Grom’s issued and outstanding common stock. Darren Marks, Melvin Leiner and Dr. Thomas Rutherford are directors of both companies and Messrs. Marks and Leiner are the principal shareholders of both companies. Under the terms of the LOI, we have agreed to issue 4.17 shares of our common stock in exchange for every share of Grom common stock issued and outstanding at closing. Pursuant to the terms of the LOI, Grom will have no more than 25 million of its common shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the closing date.

 

The proposed transaction is subject to various conditions, including but not limited to execution of applicable Exchange Agreements, approval of the same by the Grom shareholders, completion of independent financial audits of Grom for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 which are currently in process, the issuance of an order of effectiveness to a registration statement we are required to file on Form S-4 in order to issue the shares to the Grom shareholders and various other matters.

 

 

 

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Results of Operations

 

Comparison of Results of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

 

Revenue

 

During the three month period ended March 31, 2017, we generated revenues of $155,745, compared to revenues of $19,777 during the three month period ended March 31, 2016, an increase of $135,968. The increase is attributable to the completion of more projects in 2017 compared to 2016. During the three month period ended March 31, 2017, we were involved in 5 active projects compared to 1 active project in excess of $10,000 during the comparable period in 2016.

 

Our LED business is based upon bidding and winning new LED contracts. Once an LED project is completed there is very little, if any, opportunity to generate additional revenue from that contract. We believe that our quarterly and annual revenues and gross margins are not indicative of sustainable revenue and margin levels we expect to achieve. On March 31, 2017, we decided not to renew the contract of our primary LED salesman who had generated substantially all of our sales during the past twelve months. Although this salesman sold most of our projects, these sales net of his salary and costs associated with each of these projects failed to result in profits. Therefore, we do not expect to generate comparable levels of sales in the immediate future. Until we achieve higher sustainable revenue levels, we do not believe revenue comparisons from period to period will be meaningful. LED projects we typically undertake vary in size and complexity. For example, the number of LED bulbs and fixtures required for an office building may vary from the amount required for a small retail outlet.

 

Gross margin

 

Gross margin is calculated by subtracting cost of sales from revenue. Gross margin percentage is calculated by dividing gross margins by revenue. Our gross margin has been and will continue to be affected by a variety of factors, including product mix and fluctuations in the cost of purchased products and components and our ability to properly estimate the costs of projects.

 

Gross margin for the three month period ended March 31, 2017 was 27.9%, compared to gross margin of 24.3% of revenue during the three month ended March 2016. Until we reach higher levels of revenue our gross margin will be subject to sometimes significant fluctuation because the amount of mark-up we can take on our products varies from job to job and are impacted by factors such as market competition, type of fixtures to be installed and the lighting budgets of each client.

 

Operating expenses

 

During the three month period ended March 31, 2017, operating expenses were $179,224, compared to operating expenses of $144,808 incurred during the three month period ended March 31, 2016, an increase of $34,416. The principal reason for this increase is an increase in payroll expenses of $37,309, from $24,129 during the three month period ended March 31, 2016, to 61,838 during the comparable period in 2017 as a result of increased sales commissions and sales compensation. While our general and administrative expenses decreased by approximately $11,000, executive compensation increased by approximately $6,000. The remainder of our operating expenses remained relatively constant in the three month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2017.

 

Other Income

 

Since January 1, 2013, we have sub-leased a portion of our office space to a related company, Grom Holdings, Inc. at the rate of $2,000 per month plus miscellaneous additional charges for other office services. For the three month periods ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016, we recorded $7,020 and $7,543 in other income related to the lease on our Income Statement in “Other Income Related Party.” Additionally, in the 2016 period we recorded $7,076 in one-time “other income” related to a 2015 vendor overcharge that wasn’t discovered until the after the completion of the 2015 financial statements.

 

Net loss

 

As a result, during the three month period ended March 31, 2017, we generated a net loss of $128,801 ($0.01) per share compared to a net loss of 125,338 or ($0.01) for the same three month period ended March 31, 2016. Although we were able to increase our sales and gross margin in the 2017 period substantially above 2016, our loss was substantially the same due to increased operating expenses. Until we can significantly increase our sales levels, we will not be profitable.  

 

 

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

At March 31, 2017, we had $3,128 in cash.

 

Net cash used in operating activities was ($391,654) during the three month period ended March 31, 2017, compared to ($105,373) during the comparable period in 2016. The increase in the cash used during the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 was primarily attributable to an increase of $212,660 in accounts receivable in 2017 compared to a reduction in accounts receivable of $32,354 in 2016, and to a decrease of $126,575 in accounts payable during the three month period ended March 31, 2017, compared to a decrease of $7,632 in the same period in 2016.

 

Cash flows provided or used in investing activities were $-0- during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

Cash flows provided or used by financing activities were $392,375 during the three months ended March 31, 2017, compared to $-0- in the same period in 2016. The cash flow from financing activity came from proceeds from the sale of Common Stock. As described in this Report these proceeds have been classified as “Donated Capital” in our Statements of Cash Flows.

 

Since our inception all of our funding has been obtained from private placements of our securities and from loans from our directors. During the year ended December 31, 2016, we sold 214,744 Units to 4 “accredited” investors at a price of $0.78 per Unit and received aggregate proceeds of $167,500. Each Unit consisted of one share of our Common Stock and one Common Stock Purchase Warrant exercisable to purchase one share of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per warrant.

 

During the three month period ended March 31, 2017, we sold 523,166 Units to 6 “accredited” investors at a price of $0.75 per Unit and received aggregate proceeds of $392,735. Each Unit consisted of one share of our Common Stock and one Common Stock Purchase Warrant exercisable to purchase one share of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per warrant. Messrs. Marks and Leiner donated an aggregate of 523,166 of their shares back to us to avoid dilution to our other shareholders. We used the proceeds derived from this offering to pay expenses of the proposed Grom acquisition.

 

Historically, we believe that our principal difficulty in our ability to successfully generate profits had been the lack of available capital to operate and expand our business. Due to the growing intense competition in the LED industry we do not believe we can profitable without a significant infusion of $1.0-$2.0 million in additional working capital to be utilized to hire a major sale force, scale our business to larger entities as well as expanding our marketing efforts. As of the date of this Report we have no commitment from any investor or investment-banking firm to provide us with the necessary funding and there can be no assurances we will obtain such funding in the future. Failure to obtain this additional financing will have a material negative impact on our ability to generate profits in the future.

 

As such, we believe that our best course of action is to acquire another business in another industry. As described through this Report we believe our efforts to acquire Grom will be successful.

 

Inflation

 

Although our operations are influenced by general economic conditions, we do not believe that inflation had a material effect on our results of operations during the three month period ended March 31, 2017.

  

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We had no off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

Critical Accounting Estimates

 

Our financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the financial statements. The estimates are based on historical experience and assumptions believed to be reasonable under current facts and circumstances. Actual amounts and results could differ from these estimates made by management. Certain accounting policies that require significant management estimates and are deemed critical to our results of operations or financial position are discussed in our 2016 in Form 10-K Critical Accounting Policies section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

 

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Not applicable

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As required by Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), we have carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2017. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer/Chief Financial Officer. Based on this evaluation, our CEO/CFO has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2017 at reasonable assurance levels.

 

Inherent Limitations – Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer/Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. The design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdown can occur because of simple error or mistake. In particular, many of our current processes rely upon manual reviews and processes to ensure that neither human error nor system weakness has resulted in erroneous reporting of financial data.

 

Our Board of Directors has assigned a priority to the short-term improvement of our internal control over financial reporting. In the third quarter of 2017, we intend to add an additional individual to our accounting department by retaining a full time qualified Chief Financial Officer to remedy the processes that would eliminate the issues that may arise due to the absence of separation of duties within the financial reporting functions. Additionally, the Board of Directors will work with management to continuously review controls and procedures to identified deficiencies and implement remediation within our internal controls over financial reporting and our disclosure controls and procedures.

 

We believe that our financial statements presented in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the period presented herein.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the last quarterly period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

 

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

 

We are not a party to any legal proceeding that we believe will have a material adverse effect upon our business or financial position and no such action has been threatened.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.

 

Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

During the three month period ended March 31, 2017, we sold 523,166 Units to 6 accredited investors. Each Unit consisted of one share of our Common Stock at $0.75 with an equal amount of stock purchase warrant exercisable to purchase one share of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per warrant for gross proceeds totaling $392,735. The proceeds derived from the sale of these securities is being used to fund the expenses of the proposed Grom acquisition described throughout this report.

 

Messrs Marks and Leiner donated an aggregate of 523,166 of their shares back to us to avoid dilution to our remaining shareholders.

 

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

31   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive  and Financial Officer
     
32   Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    ILLUMINATION AMERICA, INC.
     
     
Date: May 10, 2017 By: /s/ Ismael Llera
    Ismael Llera
    Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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