Quarterly Report (10-q)

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 September 30, 2017

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

Commission file number: 001-38015

Sigma Labs, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

NEVADA

27-1865814

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or

organization)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3900 Paseo del Sol

Santa Fe, NM 87507

(Address of principal executive offices)

(505) 438-2576

(Registrant’s telephone number)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes [X] No [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a 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.

Large accelerated filer	[ ]	Accelerated Filer	[ ]
Non-accelerated filer (do not check if a smaller reporting company)	[ ]	Smaller reporting company	[X]
Emerging growth company	[ ]

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. [ ]

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

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of November 10, 2017, the issuer had 4,718,651 shares of common stock outstanding.

SIGMA LABS, INC.

For the quarter ended September 30, 2017

FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	3

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	11

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK	18

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	18

PART II

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	19

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS	19

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.	19

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES	19

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES	19

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION	19

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS	19

SIGNATURES	20

PART I

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

Sigma Labs, Inc.
Condensed Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)


		September 30, 2017		December 31, 2016

ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash	$	2,691,487	$	398,391
Accounts Receivable, net		105,725		288,236
Notes Receivable, net		775,267		-
Inventory		188,907		187,241
Prepaid Assets		49,896		36,056
Total Current Assets		3,811,282		909,924

Other Assets:
Property and Equipment, net		446,449		564,933
Intangible Assets, net		261,660		226,450
Investment in Joint Venture		500		500
Prepaid Stock Compensation		49,528		167,562
Total Other Assets		758,137		959,445

TOTAL ASSETS	$	4,569,419	$	1,869,369

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts Payable	$	114,747	$	112,175
Notes Payable, net of original issue discount of $5,091 at September 30, 2017 and net of original issue discount of $69,703 and net of debt discount $358,280 at December 31, 2016		994,909		561,834
Accrued Expenses		219,570		125,116
Total Current Liabilities		1,329,226		799,125

Long-Term Liabilities
Derivative Liability		-		93,206
Total Long-Term Liability		-		93,206

TOTAL LIABILITIES		1,329,226		892,331

Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par; 10,000,000 shares authorized; None issued and outstanding		-		-
Common Stock, $0.001 par; 7,500,000 shares authorized; 4,577,651 and 3,133,789 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively		4,578		3,135
Additional Paid-In Capital		16,046,185		10,734,857
Accumulated Deficit		(12,810,570)		(9,760,954)
Total Stockholders’ Equity		3,240,193		977,038

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	4,569,419	$	1,869,369

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

Sigma Labs, Inc.
Condensed Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)

		Three Months Ended September 30				Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2017		2016		2017		2016


Revenues	$	78,046	$	189,952	$	518,802	$	642,230

COST OF REVENUE		81,214		69,259		267,160		207,744
		-
GROSS PROFIT		(3,168)		120,693		251,642		434,486

EXPENSES:
Other General and Administration		576,855		437,870		1,814,843		1,314,055
Payroll Expense		295,890		259,010		973,172		727,494
Stock-Based Compensation		199,225		105,641		505,630		236,554
Research and Development		57,947		37,526		225,562		88,504
Total Expenses		1,129,917		840,047		3,519,207		2,366,607

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest Income		13,675		35		26,616		288
Other Income- State Incentives		2,500		-		154,568		-
Other Income-Decrease in fair value of derivative liabilities		-		-		93,206		-
Other Expense – Debt discount amortization		-		-		(56,441)		-
Total Other Income		16,175		35		217,949		288
		-
LOSS BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES		(1,116,910)		(719,320)		(3,049,616)		(1,931,833)
		-		-		-		-
Provision for income Taxes		-		-		-		-
		-		-		-		-
Net Loss	$	(1,116,910)	$	(719,320)	$	(3,049,616)	$	(1,931,833)

Net Loss per Common Share – Basic and Diluted	$	(0.24)	$	(0.23)	$	(0.70)	$	(0.62)

Weighted Average Number of Shares
Outstanding – Basic and Diluted		4,574,460		3,129,675		4,330,565		3,121,821

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

Sigma Labs, Inc.
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)

		Nine Months ended September 30,
		2017		2016
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Loss	$	(3,049,616)	$	(1,931,833)
Adjustments to reconcile Net Income (Loss) to Net Cash used in operating activities:
Noncash Expenses:
Amortization – Patents		2,289		6,526
Depreciation		134,865		131,879
Stock Compensation		506,994		240,756
Revaluation of derivative liability and debt discount related to notes payable		(93,206)		-
Note Payable original issue discount		74,794		-
Note Payable debt discount amortization		56,441		-
Change in assets and liabilities:
Accounts Receivable		182,511		160,623
Inventory		(1,666)		(64,530)
Prepaid Assets		(13,840)		4,590
Accounts Payable		2,572		104,824
Notes Payable		301,839		-
Accrued Expenses		94,454		24,799
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES		(1,801,569)		(1,322,366)

INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of Furniture and Equipment		(16,381)		(26,907)
Purchase of Intangible Assets		(37,498)		(61,556)
Notes Receivable		(775,267)		-
Investment in Joint Venture		-		8,617
Loss on Investment in Joint Venture		-		105
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES		(829,146)		(79,741)

FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants		5,225,650		-
Amendment to Warrant Agreements		(301,839)		-
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES		4,923,811		-

NET CASH DECREASE FOR PERIOD		2,293,096		(1,402,107)

CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD		398,391		1,539,809

CASH AT END OF PERIOD	$	2,691,487	$	137,702

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$	50,418	$	-
Income Taxes	$	-	$	-

Supplemental Schedule of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:
Issuance of Common Stock for services	$	85,408	$	152,265
Writeoff of Debt Discount	$	(301,839)	$	-

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

SIGMA LABS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2017

NOTE 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Business – On September 13, 2010 Sigma Labs, Inc., formerly named Framewaves, Inc., a Nevada corporation, acquired 100% of the shares of B6 Sigma, Inc. by exchanging 6.67 shares of Framewaves, Inc. restricted common stock for each issued and outstanding share of B6 Sigma, Inc. The acquisition has been accounted for as a “reverse merger” and, accordingly, the operations of Framewaves, Inc. prior to the date of acquisition have been eliminated. Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, the term “B6 Sigma” refers to B6 Sigma, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which, until the short-form merger referenced below, was our wholly-owned, operating company acquired in September 2010; the terms the “Company,” “Sigma,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Sigma Labs, Inc., together with B6 Sigma, Inc. Prior to December 29, 2015, we conducted substantially all of our operations through B6 Sigma. On December 29, 2015, we completed a short-form merger of B6 Sigma into Sigma. As a result, B6 Sigma became part of Sigma and no longer exists as a subsidiary.

B6 Sigma, Inc., incorporated February 5, 2010, was founded by a group of scientists, engineers and businessmen to develop and commercialize novel and unique manufacturing and materials technologies. The Company believes that some of these technologies will fundamentally redefine conventional quality assurance and process control practices by embedding them into the manufacturing processes in real time, enabling process intervention and ultimately leading to closed loop process control. The Company anticipates that its core technologies will allow its clientele to combine advanced manufacturing quality assurance and process control protocols with novel materials to achieve breakthrough product potential in many industries including aerospace, defense, oil and gas, bio-medical, and power generation.

Basis of Presentation – The accompanying financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with Article 8 of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows at September 30, 2017 and 2016 and for the periods then ended have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. The Company suggests these condensed financial statements be read in conjunction with the December 31, 2016 audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K. The results of operations for the periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

Reclassification – Certain amounts in prior-period financial statements have been reclassified for comparative purposes to conform to presentation in the current-period financial statements.

Loss Per Share – The computation of loss per share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period in accordance with ASC Topic No. 260, “Earnings Per Share.”

Recently Enacted Accounting Standards – The FASB established the Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification” or “ASC”) as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of GAAP for SEC registrants.

Recent Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) through ASU No. 2015-01 contain technical corrections to existing guidance or affects guidance to specialized industries or situations. The Company has evaluated recently issued technical pronouncements and has determined that these updates have no current applicability to the Company or their effect on the financial statements would not have been significant.

Accounting Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimated by management. Significant accounting estimates that may materially change in the near future are impairment of long-lived assets, values of stock compensation awards and stock equivalents granted as offering costs, and allowance for bad debts and inventory obsolescence.

NOTE 2 – Stockholders’ Equity

Common Stock

Effective March 17, 2016, our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were amended pursuant to a Certificate of Change Pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 78.209 (the “Certificate of Change”) filed with the Nevada Secretary of State. The Certificate of Change provided for both a reverse stock split of the outstanding shares of our common stock on a 1-for-100 basis (the “Reverse Stock Split”), and a corresponding decrease in the number of shares of our common stock that we are authorized to issue (the “Share Decrease”).

As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, the number of issued and outstanding shares of our common stock on March 17, 2016 decreased from 622,969,835 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares to 6,229,710 post-Reverse Stock Split shares (after adjustment for any fractional shares). Pursuant to the Share Decrease, the number of authorized shares of our common stock decreased from 750,000,000 to 7,500,000 shares of common stock. All amounts shown for common stock included in these financial statements are presented post-Reverse Stock Split.

On April 28, 2016, the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were amended to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 7,500,000 to 15,000,000 shares of common stock.

Effective February 15, 2017, our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were amended pursuant to a Certificate of Change Pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 78.209 (the “Certificate of Change”) filed with the Nevada Secretary of State. The Certificate of Change provided for both a reverse stock split of the outstanding shares of our common stock on a 1-for-2 basis (the “Reverse Stock Split”), and a corresponding decrease in the number of shares of our common stock that we are authorized to issue (the “Share Decrease”).

As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, the number of issued and outstanding shares of our common stock on February 15, 2017 decreased from 6,307,577 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares to 3,153,801 post-Reverse Stock Split shares (after adjustment for any fractional shares). Pursuant to the Share Decrease, the number of authorized shares of our common stock decreased from 15,000,000 to 7,500,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had 7,500,000 shares of authorized common stock, $0.001 par value per share.

In January, 2017, the Company issued 20,000 shares of common stock to two directors in equal amounts of 10,000 shares each, valued at $1.72 per share, or $34,404.

In February, 2017, the Company issued 5,232 shares of common stock to a director valued at $3.25 per share, or $17,004.

On February 14, 2017, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC informed the Company that it had approved the listing of the Company’s common stock on The NASDAQ Capital Market, effective as of February 15, 2017. The Company’s common stock ceased trading on the OTCQB on February 15, 2017, and on such date the common stock commenced trading on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol “SGLB”.

On August 8, 2017, the Company issued 7,489 shares of common stock to a director valued at $2.27 per share, or $17,000.

On August 16, 2017, the Company issued 8,213 shares of common stock to a director valued at $2.07 per share, or $17,000.

As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, there were 4,577,651 and 3,133,789 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, respectively.

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value. No shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and 2016.

Stock Options

On September 28, 2017, the Company granted to an officer (i) a five-year stock option to purchase up to 2,500 shares of common stock, at an exercise price equal to $1.91 per share, which was the closing market price of our common stock on September 28, 2017 (i.e., the date of grant), which option vested and became exercisable in full on the date of grant, and (ii) a five-year stock option to purchase up to 47,500 shares of common stock, at an exercise price equal to $1.91 per share (the closing market price of our common stock on the date of grant), which option is subject to vesting.

The weighted average period over which total the compensation cost of the options of $90,723 ($11,937 in 2017) will be recognized is 4 years. The weighted average exercise price of all outstanding options as of September 30, 2017 is $3.58 and the weighted average fair value of the options on the grant dates was $2.88. The estimated fair value of the options was determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model using the following assumptions:

Expected term:	5 years

Volatility:	67.3 – 155.62%

Dividend yield:	0.00%

Risk-free interest rate:	1.13 - 2.27%

Warrants

As of September 30, 2017, the Company had outstanding warrants to purchase a total of 80,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share. Each warrant, prior to its amendment described below in Note 4, had an exercise price equal to $4.13. If not exercised, the warrants to purchase the 80,000 shares will expire on October 17, 2019. In addition, as of September 30, 2017, the Company had outstanding warrants to purchase a total of 1,621,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share. If not exercised, the warrants to purchase the 1,621,500 shares will expire on February 21, 2022. The 1,621,500 warrants trade on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol “SGLBW”.

Unit Purchase Option

On February 15, 2017, Sigma Labs, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Dawson James Securities, Inc., as underwriter (the “Underwriter”) in connection with a public offering (the “Offering”) of the Company’s securities. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has granted the Underwriter the right to purchase from the Company 70,500 Units at an exercise price equal to 125% of the public offering price of the Units in the Offering, or $5.1625 per Unit. The Unit Purchase Option has a term of five years and is not redeemable by us. A “Unit” is defined as of one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at an exercise price of $4.00 per share.

NOTE 3 – Note Receivable

On May 1, 2017, the Company completed funding a loan in the principal amount of $250,000 to Jaguar Precision Machine, LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company, pursuant to a Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated May 1, 2017 delivered by Jaguar to the Company. The loan bears interest at the rate of 7% per annum, is due and payable in full on May 1, 2018, is secured by certain assets of Jaguar, and is convertible at the Company’s option into 10% of the outstanding shares of the common stock of Jaguar unless Jaguar exercises its right under specified circumstances to repay all principal and accrued interest on the loan. The purpose of the loan is to provide working capital to Jaguar to, among other things, stand up a metallurgical laboratory and become ASM9100 certified for contracts related to AM of high-precision aerospace and defense components, in furtherance of our strategic alliance. Sigma will receive from Jaguar priority for use of certain machines and services of Jaguar.

On March 27, 2017, the Company completed funding a loan in the principal amount of $500,000 to Morf3D, Inc., an Illinois corporation, pursuant to a Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated March 27, 2017 delivered by Morf3D to the Company. The loan bears interest at the rate of 7% per annum, is due and payable in full on March 27, 2018, is secured by certain assets of Morf3D, and is convertible at the Company’s option into 10% of the outstanding shares of the common stock of Morf3D unless Morf3D exercises its right under specified circumstances to repay all principal and accrued interest on the loan. The purpose of the loan is to provide working capital to Morf3D to, among other things, lease an EOS M 400 system for Morf3D for Morf3D to expand production for contracts related to AM of high-precision aerospace and defense components, in furtherance of our strategic alliance and in contemplation of a possible acquisition of or merger with Morf3D (although discussions regarding a possible acquisition of or merger with Morf3D are not currently ongoing).

NOTE 4 – Notes Payable

Effective October 17, 2016, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with two accredited investors (the “Investors”) for the private placement by the Company of Secured Convertible Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 (the “Notes”) and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase up to 80,000 shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) (subject to adjustment in certain circumstances), for aggregate gross proceeds, before expenses, to the Company of $900,000 (the “Financing Transaction”). The Notes carry a one-time upfront interest charge of a total of $100,000, which is being expensed to interest expense monthly over the 1-year term of the Notes and correspondingly increases in the Notes Payable balance each period.

The Notes carry an interest rate of 10% per annum, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, based on the $1 million Notes Payable effective balance. Such interest is payable every three months in cash, or, at the holder’s option, in unrestricted shares of Common Stock, if a registration statement is then in effect for such shares of common stock.

In connection with the Financing Transaction, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 17, 2016, with the Investors, pursuant to which the Company filed a registration statement related to the Financing Transaction with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) covering the resale of (i) the shares of Common Stock that will be issued to the Investors upon conversion of the Notes, and (ii) the Warrant Shares that will be issued to the Investors upon exercise of the Warrants.

The Notes are secured by the assets of the Company pursuant to a Security Agreement, dated October 17, 2016, between the Company and the “collateral agent” (as defined in the Notes) for the benefit of itself and each of the Investors.

The Notes , prior to their amendment described below, provided that they were convertible into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price equal to the lesser of (i) the final unit price of the Company’s proposed public offering initially filed with the SEC on July 28, 2016, and (ii) 150% of the closing price of the Common Stock as reported by the OTC Markets Group, Inc. on the date of issuance of the Notes (subject to adjustment as provided therein). As such, the conversion price of the Notes was $4.13, which is the final unit price of the Company’s public offering.

Each Warrant , prior to its amendment described below, had an exercise price equal to the lesser of (i) the final unit price of the Company’s proposed public offering initially filed with the SEC on February 17, 2017, and (ii) 150% of the closing price of the Common Stock as reported by the OTC Markets Group, Inc. on the date of issuance of the Warrants (subject to adjustment as provided therein), which Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis as provided in the Warrants. As such, the exercise price of the Warrants was $4.13, which is the final unit price of the Company’s public offering.

On September 29, 2017, the Company entered into amendments (the “Amendments”) to the Notes and Warrants pursuant to which, among other things set forth in the Amendments, (1) the exercise price of the Warrants was reduced from $4.13 per share to $2.00 per share, and (2) the conversion price of the Notes was reduced from $4.13 per share to $2.00 per share. Under the Amendments, Sigma paid the Investors an aggregate amount equal to $500,000 (representing 50% of the outstanding principal balance of the Notes) plus all accrued interest on the Notes on October 2, 2017. In consideration of the foregoing, the Investors agreed to, among other things, extend the payment date of the remaining 50% of the outstanding principal balance of the Notes from October 17, 2017 to the earlier of May 18, 2018 or the closing of the Company’s next underwritten public offering of securities in which the Company raises gross proceeds of at least $3,000,000 (should the Company elect to commence and close such an offering of securities).

As of September 30, 2017, the Notes Payable balance is $994,909 which balance was reduced to $500,000 on October 2, 2017.

NOTE 5 - Continuing Operations

The Company has sustained losses and has negative cash flows from operating activities since its inception. However, the Company has raised significant equity capital and is currently developing new product lines to increase future revenues. On February 21, 2017, the Company closed an underwritten public offering of equity securities resulting in net proceeds of approximately $5.25 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company. As such, the Company believes it has adequate working capital and cash to fund operations through 2017.

NOTE 6 – Loss Per Share

The following data show the amounts used in computing loss per share and the weighted average number of shares of dilutive potential common stock for the periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

		9 Months Ending
		9-30-17		9-30-16

Loss from continuing
Operations available to
Common stockholders (numerator)	$	(3,049,616)	$	(1,931,833)

Weighted average number of
common shares Outstanding
used in loss per share during
the Period (denominator)		4,330,565		3,121,821

Dilutive loss per share was not presented as the Company had no common equivalent shares for all periods presented that would affect the computation of diluted loss per share or its effect is anti-dilutive.

NOTE 7 – Subsequent Events

On October 6, 2017, pursuant to an advisory agreement with the Underwriter, the Company issued to the Underwriter a total of 141,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for the surrender by the Underwriter of its Unit Purchase Option to acquire up to 70,500 Units.

On October 13, 2017, the Company granted two employees five-year options to purchase an aggregate of 20,000 shares of common stock, with each option having an exercise price of $1.92 per share, and vesting over the four-year period following the date of grant.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

Forward-looking statements

This Quarterly Report, including any documents which may be incorporated by reference into this Report, contains “Forward-Looking Statements.” All statements other than statements of historical fact are “Forward-Looking Statements” for purposes of these provisions, including any projections of revenue or other financial items, any statements of the plans and objectives of management for future operations, any statements concerning proposed new products or services, any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance, and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. All Forward-Looking Statements included in this document are made as of the date hereof and are based on information available to us as of such date. We assume no obligation to update any Forward-Looking Statement. In some cases, Forward-Looking Statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” “estimates,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the Forward-Looking Statements contained herein are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations or any of the Forward-Looking Statements will prove to be correct, and actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in the Forward-Looking Statements. Future financial condition and results of operations, as well as any Forward-Looking Statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties, including any other factors referred to in our press releases and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). All subsequent Forward-Looking Statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Additional factors that may have a direct bearing on our operating results are described under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and elsewhere in this report.

Overview

Sigma Labs, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “Sigma”) is a software company that has developed In-Process-Quality-Assurance (“IPQA”) software known as PrintRite3D®. This technology is also sometimes referred to as Real-Time-Computer-Aided Inspection (“CAI”). Sigma believes that its PrintRite3D® solves the major problem that has prevented large-scale metal part production using 3D printers.

3D metal manufacturing is a technology that uses lasers to form or create parts out of welding powdered metals into a 3-dimensional (3D) object. The quality of these parts can vary from any given part to another on a single production run. Therefore, traditional after the fact quality inspection methods do not assure quality of 3D printed parts. Sigma believes that the best, indeed, only way to attain high yields for both manufacturing quality and cost efficiency is an IPQA® approach that looks at each part in real time as it is being manufactured and determines in real time whether it meets quality specifications.

GE Aviation has stated that it plans to commit $3.5 billion by 2020 to, among other things, build a metal 3D production facility for its Leap engine and other engines to produce Leap engine 3D printed metal parts. Since September 2016, GE has spent over $1 billion buying controlling interests in AM equipment manufacturers, Concept Laser and Arcam AB, and invested over $300 million creating AM manufacturing capability in both the United States and India. However, unless companies that utilize a 3D production facility like GE Aviation are able to effectively check each part for conforming attributes of shape, density, strength and consistency in real-time during the manufacturing process, we believe that such companies will be at risk of letting some substandard parts through and, also, be unable to improve the workflow and high-quality yields of 3D printing functional metal parts. We believe that our software, which can be positioned “inside” the 3D metal printer, solves these problems by assuring each part is being made to the quality specifications of the computer file as such part is being made. In essence, our software enables 3D prototyping to become 3D manufacturing. Instead of performing quality assurance (“QA”) post production or after the fact, our PrintRite3D® software has been designed to fundamentally redefine traditional QA by embedding quality assurance and process control into the manufacturing process in real time.

We have filed patent applications on our In-Process Quality Assurance™ (“IPQA®”) process and procedure for advanced manufacturing. In addition, we anticipate that our core PrintRite3D® software will enable our customers to combine their digital manufacturing technologies with our 3D manufacturing QA to achieve both cost savings and more reliable parts. Vertical markets that we believe would benefit from our technology and software include aerospace, defense, bio-medical, power generation, and oil & gas industries. We provide our software products to customers in the form of Software as a Service (“SaaS”).

About 3D Printing

3D printing (“3DP”) or additive manufacturing (“AM”) is changing the world by going directly from computer graphics to actual parts. 3D printing has been applied to the manufacture of plastic parts for decades. 3D manufacturing of metal parts involves directing a laser or other energy source at a layer of powdered metal and melting it. These layers become melted together from the bottom up. Worldwide revenues attributable to 3D manufacturing for metal products were $88.1 million in 2015 (Wohlers Report 2016, 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing State of the Industry – Annual Worldwide Progress Report).

The application of 3D printing to high-tolerance, precision manufactured metal parts has only recently emerged. 3D printing of metal parts today represents only a minor percentage of all 3D manufacturing. However, we believe the greatest future growth for 3D printing appears to be in metal parts, given the interest and investment being made by Fortune 100 companies, Federal government laboratories and agencies as well as university-based institutions. Emphasis from these high-end manufacturers and technology leaders is strongly focused on helping the transformation of analog manufacturing of precision, high-tolerance parts in the U.S. today to a digital enterprise of tomorrow complete with automation, robotics and closed-loop process control. We believe that the on-going success of 3D printing for metal parts will be highly dependent upon the evolution of digital quality assurance procedures used, such as our PrintRite3D® process control.

About Quality Assurance in 3D Printing

Current methods for providing quality in 3DP are generally either inaccurate due to use of procedures that do not recognize and measure the primary quality issues of 3D metal manufacturing or are cost prohibitive due to the expense of equipment required to examine the interior of complex dense parts such as 3D can create, and further, may be inaccurate due to misuse of statistically based assessments. After 3D-manufacture, costs are normally incurred by using non-destructive technologies such as ultrasound and non-traditional x-ray scanning technology on these parts, and old-fashioned visual inspection. Destructive testing of 3D parts is a mis-applied carryover from current Subtractive Manufacturing quality assurance practice in which the great consistency of CNC machines permits quality inspectors to infer the quality of a production run by cutting up and analyzing a statistically relevant number of parts. The test result of the parts that are destroyed and analyzed have been, at great time and expense, statistically demonstrated to be representative of the rest of the parts in the production lot. The underlying premise of quality assurance for Subtractive Manufactured parts is that if a machine is set up properly, then all parts it produces will be the same. This simple, effective and accurate quality system does not apply to Additive Manufacturing, in which each part is built in an average production lot of 5-20, and in which quality variance may occur from part to part and within any part notwithstanding that the AM machine settings are the same. Therefore, unable to rely on a traditional statistically based quality system, 3D Manufacturing’s optimum quality assurance system would evaluate the quality of each individual part. PrintRite3D®’s in-process quality inspection approach of each part individually allows a manufacturer to use AM to form a single part, such as a hip replacement or one spare aircraft part needed on an aircraft carrier, or several lots of the same part, in large quality – each approved or rejected in real time and based upon 100% inspection during fabrication. We offer our customers’ the ability to use real-time sensors to track individual scans of each layer, and our software continuously analyzes the part health so that when it is finished we can determine if it meets the production quality standard set by the customer. We believe our PrintRite3D® software could reduce inspection costs by a factor of 10 and development time for new parts by 50% or more. Most importantly is the ability of our software to reduce risk associated with the qualification and certification of printed parts.

By using PrintRite3D® software, a high-precision manufacturer would have the ability to offer its customers product warranties and assurances that its printed parts were produced in compliance with stringent quality requirements. Orders for our software have been received from Honeywell Aerospace, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Woodward, Siemens Turbomachinery, Pratt and Whitney, and Solar Turbines.

We believe there is potential for our PrintRite3D® software to be incorporated into a majority of 3D metal printing devices made by companies like Electro-Optical Systems (“EOS”), Additive Industries, Concept Lasers, Trumpf Lasers, Renishaw, Sentrol, Farsoon, Desktop Metal and others.

Sigma’s Cloud-Based IIoT Solutions

The process of making a 3D printed part could start with our customers loading a computer aided design (“CAD”) model of the part into the Cloud as shown in “A” in Figure 1. Next, computer aided engineering (“CAE”) and/or computer aided manufacturing (“CAM”) instructions are sent to the 3D printer (see “B”, as shown in Figure 1). Metal powder in the machine is then deposited onto the build platform where a laser beam, or other energy source, focused onto the build platform melts each successive layer of powder in 20-60 micron increments. Our PrintRite3D SENSORPAK® (see “C” in Figure 1) detects, records, analyzes and compares the part as it is being made layer-by-layer against the CAD/CAM specifications and physical reference points for quality assurance during manufacturing. Our PrintRite3D INSPECT®, Version 3.0 software determines compliance of each part for its metallurgical quality. Our alpha version of PrintRite3D CONTOUR® software determines the shape and conformity of a part in real-time manufacture with its geometric design specification.

Our P rintRite3D® CAI web-based software suite (see “D” in Figure 1) resides in situ and/or in the Cloud (see “A” in Figure 1) of the Industrial Internet of Things (“IIoT”). We enable manufacturing engineers to assure the part quality layer-by-layer, provide for manufacturing statistical process control and harvest, aggregate, and analyze Big Data from the manufacturing real-time data collected from our PrintRite3D SENSORPAK® (see “C” in Figure 1), as well as post-process manufacturing data collected by our customers (see “E” in Figure 1).

Our specialized sensor suite (see “C” in Figure 1), known as PrintRite3D SENSORPAK®, is an edge computing device. It contains the modular hardware and software necessary to connect to “cyber-physical” objects (see “B” in Figure 1) living on the manufacturing floor. It allows for bi-directional information flow between the manufacturing floor and the Cloud (see “A” in Figure 1). It starts a million-fold data reduction that finishes with our PrintRite3D® Digital Quality Record (“DQR”) and report, which provides customers with product guarantees and assurances that parts were produced in compliance with stringent quality standards. It can collect, analyze, aggregate, filter, and then further communicate data from the manufacturing floor to the Cloud (see “A” in Figure 1) and enable links to other areas (see “F” in Figure 1) of the IIoT.

Figure 1. Sigma’s Industrial IoT / PrintRite3D® Cloud Architecture

Business Activities and Industry Applications

Our principal business activities include the continued development and commercialization of our PrintRite3D® suite of software applications, with our main focus currently on the 3DP and the AM industry, as well as further developing our contract additive manufacturing business for metal 3DP to be a customer prototype center available for cutting edge 3D challenges and a concurrent means of demonstrating and proving the merit of PrintRite3D® for customers’ parts or application. Our strategy is to continue to leverage our advanced manufacturing knowledge, experience and capabilities through the following means:

 Identify, develop and commercialize our quality assurance software Apps for advanced manufacturing technologies designed to assure part quality in real time as the part is being made and improve process control practices for a variety of industries;

 Provide materials and process engineering consulting services in respect of our PrintRite3D® CAI quality assurance software Apps for advanced manufacturing to customers that have needs in developing next-generation technologies for digital manufacturing technologies; and

 Build and run a prototype and small lot contract manufacturing and demonstration division for metal 3DP beginning with our EOS M290 state-of-the-art metal printer.

We are presently engaged in the following industry sectors:

 Aerospace and defense manufacturing; and

 Energy and power generation.

We also seek to be engaged in the following industry sectors and have begun to develop relationships with leading manufacturers in each such sector:

 Bio-medical manufacturing;

 Automotive manufacturing; and

 Other markets such as firearms and recreational equipment.

We generate revenues through PrintRite3D® hardware and CAI software licensing of our PrintRite3D® technology to customers that seek to improve their manufacturing production processes, and through ongoing annual software upgrades and maintenance fees. Additionally, we generate revenues from our contract manufacturing activities in metal AM. By running a contract AM services operation, we are able to understand the current needs of our customers and where they are going with their next-generation product development efforts. Contract AM further allows us a means for continuing/self-funding our IPQA®-enabled R&D and product development activities for CAI software. We provide our AM contract manufacturing services to customers in the form of Quality as a Service (“QaaS”). Starting with our PrintRite3D® cloud-based SaaS model, customers will contract with us for CAE, CAM and CAI services to generate and establish a DQR for AM built parts. Each DQR is cloud-based and allows for archiving and storage of quality data, access to our big data ANALYTICS™ software App for continuous quality monitoring and improvement, and automatic industry benchmarking while maintaining firewalls between company-specific data.

In late 2015, we launched two programs − an Early Adopter Program (“EAP”) and an Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) Partner Program − designed to broaden our market presence and speed adoption of our PrintRite3D® technology. The EAP was designed to attract end user customers who have an existing, installed base of 3D metal printers and to offer them incentivized pricing in return for feedback on engineering and beta releases of our PrintRite3D® software Apps. Our OEM Partner Program was specifically designed for AM machine manufacturers seeking to embed our PrintRite3D® quality assurance software Apps directly into their machines for customers purchasing a turnkey solution for their new AM machine purchases.

We possess the resident expertise to provide manufacturing materials and process (“M&P”) engineering services and support to companies using our PrintRite3D® software Apps for metal AM. Accordingly, in addition to our primary business focus, we intend to generate revenues by providing such engineering services and support to businesses licensing our PrintRite3D® software Apps.

Our President and Chief Technology Officer has worked at or with the Edison Welding Institute, the United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) national laboratories (including the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory) over the past 34 years. Due to his work with the DOE, our President and Chief Technology Officer has developed extensive relationships with the DOE and its network of national laboratories. Accordingly, we expect to leverage these relationships in connection with licensing and developing technologies created at such national laboratories for commercialization in the private sector.

Corporate Information

Our principal executive offices are located at 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507, and our current telephone number at that address is (505) 438-2576. Our website address is www.sigmalabsinc.com. The Company’s annual reports, quarterly reports, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to such reports filed or furnished pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), and other information related to the Company, are available, free of charge, on that website as soon as we electronically file those documents with, or otherwise furnish them to, the SEC. The Company’s website and the information contained therein, or connected thereto, are not and are not intended to be incorporated into this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

We incorporated as Messidor Limited in Nevada on December 23, 1985 and changed our name to Framewaves Inc. in 2001. On September 27, 2010, we changed our name from Framewaves Inc. to Sigma Labs, Inc.

Recent Developments (in reverse chronological order)

On November 9, 2017, we announced that the Company and 3DSIM have partnered to bring their customers closer to the reality of full process control over the metal additive manufacturing (AM) process which has been a challenge for AM part designers and manufacturers. 3DSIM, an AM simulation leader, has jointly developed with the Company, a new capability for 3DSIM’s FLEX ^TM software that simulates the thermal sensors’ response to the metal AM process. FLEX ^TM is the newest software from 3DSIM, the full commercial version of which is scheduled to be released in early 2018.

On October 16, 2017, we announced that we will unveil our PrintRite3D® INSPECT™ V3.0 quality assurance software at the international Formnext 2017 to be held from November 14-17, 2017, which will showcase current and future cutting-edge applications of additive technologies.

On October 12, 2017, we announced that John Rice, our interim Chief Executive Officer, was to be a featured presenter at the 3rd Annual Dawson James Small Cap Growth Conference on October 19, 2017 in Jupiter, Florida, and on September 29, 2017, we announced that Mr. Rice was to present at The MicroCap Conference in New York City on October 5, 2017.

On September 5, 2017, we announced that our cloud-based PrintRite3D® INSPECT® software Version 2.0 was recently installed at the advanced additive manufacturing facility operated by Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB in Sweden.

On August 25, 2017, we announced that the Company received an invitation to speak at the Third Joint FAA – USAF Workshop on Qualification and Certification of Additively Manufactured Parts, at which Mark Cola, our President and CTO, presented, “In-situ Monitoring for Additive Manufacturing: Implications for the Digital Manufacturing Age,” on August 31, 2017 at the University of Dayton River Campus.

On August 22, 2017, we announced that we entered into an agreement with Digital-CAN Tech Co., LTD to serve as our non-exclusive sales agent in Taiwan. Digital-CAN has experience in a variety of industries such as aerospace, medical, tooling, industrial manufacturing 4.0 applications, architecture, product design, automotive design, and lifestyle applications. We agreed to pay Digital-CAN a commission tied to revenue generated by us as a result of customers identified by Digital-CAN. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Digital-CAN has not earned any commissions.

On August 10, 2017, we announced that our cloud-based PrintRite3D® INSPECT® software Version 2.0 was installed at Woodward Inc. Aircraft Turbine Systems group at its Zeeland, MI location. Our PrintRite3D® software is part of Woodward’s additive manufacturing strategies to ensure that their aerospace and industrial customers receive quality product.

On August 3, 2017, we announced signing Jeta Enterprises as a new manufacturer’s representative for sales of Sigma contract printing and AM services in the Northwest region of the U.S., including Oregon and Washington states. Jeta’s strong customer base in Aerospace and Medical Devices coupled with its expertise in custom-engineered components positions it to serve a growing base of demand for advanced component manufacturing with Sigma’s suite of products and services. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Jeta has not earned any commissions.

On July 27, 2017, we announced changes in senior management. Mr. Cola, who serves as President, was appointed as Sigma’s Chief Technology Officer, responsible for building and implementing the Sigma technological strategy and guiding key technical advancements towards digitalization in the context of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Together with our executive team members, Mr. Cola will seek to expand and grow the Company through next-generation products and key customer development in a broad range of industries. John Rice, who has served as Chairman of the Board of the Company since his appointment in April 2017, replaced Mr. Cola as Chief Executive Officer effective as of July 24, 2017. As Chairman of the Board and interim Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Rice oversees our implementation of internal and external growth, with an emphasis on internal focus technology, sales, and efficiency, and externally, reaching into the marketplace to expand the Company’s digital technical bandwidth with respect to our IPQA® technology and additive manufacturing. Mr. Rice brings substantial operating and investment experience to these tasks, including with respect to operations of startup and emerging companies, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions.

On July 20, 2017, we announced the June 30, 2016 publication of our U.S. Patent Application No. US 2016/0185048; Multi-Sensor Quality Inference and Control For Additive Manufacturing Processes. This patent application is related to real-time quality analysis during AM processes and the characterization of material properties using acoustic signals emitted during AM which can be used in addition to optical signals to simplify the qualification of printed parts.

On July 6, 2017, we announced that the Company has signed a Technology Development Agreement (“TDA”) with OXYS Corporation, a technology company in Cambridge, MA working in the Industrie 4.0 space. The first project to be executed under the TDA will be a new architecture platform for the Company’s PrintRite3D® INSPECT. The Company expects that the completed project will allow for miniaturization of the sensor/hardware PrintRite3D® product, enhancements to the level of hardware/software integration moving it towards board-level integration, as well as broaden the market reach of the Company’s PrintRite3D® technology to the Smart Factory and the larger Digital Enterprise, including polymer-based 3D printing.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes. These estimates and assumptions have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Critical accounting policies are those that require the most subjective and complex judgments, often employing the use of estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Our significant accounting policies are disclosed in Note 1 to the Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. However, we do not believe that there are any alternative methods of accounting for our operations that would have a material effect on our financial statements.

Results of Operations

We expect to generate revenue primarily by selling and licensing our manufacturing and materials technologies to businesses that seek to improve their manufacturing production processes and/or manipulate and improve the most functional characteristics of the materials and other input components used in their business operations. We also expect to generate revenues though contract AM manufacturing using our in-house metal 3D printing capability. However, we presently make limited sales of these technologies and services, which include limited sales of non-exclusive licenses to use our PrintRite3D® technologies, including under our Early Adopter Program and OEM Partner Program, as described above. Our ability to generate revenues in the future will depend on our ability to further commercialize and increase market presence of our PrintRite3D® technologies.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized revenue of $78,046 and $518,802, respectively, as compared to $189,952 and $642,230 in revenue recognized during the same periods in 2016. The decrease in revenue was primarily due to reduced programmatic sales, the revenue from which was only partially replaced by new EAP and OEM Partner Program sales due to the incentivized pricing associated with those two programs. We financed our operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 primarily from PrintRite3D® system sales, DARPA and Aerojet programs, engineering consulting services we provided to third parties during these periods and through sales of our common stock and debt securities. We anticipate that our revenue will increase in future periods as we seek to further commercialize and expand our market presence for our PrintRite3D®-related technologies, and obtain new contract manufacturing orders in connection with our EOS M290 metal printer, as well as further perform on our engineering consulting contracts for the Aerojet Rocketdyne Booster Propulsion program and Honeywell Aerospace for the DARPA Phase III and Plus up efforts. Our Cost of Revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $81,214 and $267,160, respectively, as compared to $69,259 and $207,744 for the same periods in 2016. The increases are attributable to the additional costs associated with implementation of the EAP and OEM programs.

Our General and Administrative Expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, were $576,855 and $1,814,843, respectively, as compared to $437,870 and $1,314,055 for the same periods in 2016. Our payroll expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 were $295,890 and $973,172, respectively, as compared to $259,011 and $727,494 for the same periods in 2016. Our expenses relating to stock-based compensation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 were $199,225 and $505,630, respectively, as compared to $105,641 and $236,554, respectively, for the same periods in 2016. Our research and development expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 were $57,947 and $225,562, respectively, as compared to $37,526 and $88,504 for the same periods in 2016.

General and Administrative Expenses principally include internal operating and sales expenses and outside service fees, the largest component of which consists of services in connection with our obligations as an SEC reporting company. The increase in General and Administrative Expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016 is principally the result of fees relating to and as a consequence of our February 2017 public offering that resulted in net proceeds of approximately $5,225,650, fees incurred in connection with investing in strategic partners, the increase in interest and finance costs on the $1,000,000 note originated in October of 2016, along with the continued development of our IPQA®-enabled PrintRite3D® technologies and our related efforts to expand our services. The increase in payroll expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same periods in 2016 is principally the result of our hiring of additional software development staff to assist in acceleration of our IPQA®-enabled PrintRite3D® technologies and 2017 increases in administrative salaries. The increase in research and development expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same periods in 2016 is principally the result of increased contract consulting combined with software and hardware upgrades required for the continued development and improvement of our software and technology. The increase in stock-based compensation costs is due to the fact that the majority of stock options were granted after September 30, 2016, thus more stock option vesting occurred in each quarter of 2017 than in the same periods of 2016.

Our General and Administrative expenses are expected to continue to increase as we seek further commercialization of our IPQA®-enabled PrintRite3D® technologies through increased marketing and sales efforts. Similarly, we anticipate that our payroll and non-cash compensation expenses will continue to increase as we engage more employees and other service providers to support our efforts to grow our business.

Our net loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased over each of the prior year comparative periods and totaled $1,116,910 and $3,049,616, respectively, as compared to $719,320 and $1,931,833 for the same periods in 2016. This increase in net loss was attributable to a decrease in revenue and an increase in expenses as noted above.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2017, we had $2,691,487 in cash and had a working capital surplus of $2,482,056, as compared with $398,391 in cash and a working capital surplus of $110,799 as of December 31, 2016.

On February 21, 2017, the Company closed an underwritten public offering of equity securities resulting in net proceeds of approximately $5,225,650, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

We expect to generate revenue primarily by licensing our manufacturing and materials technologies to businesses that seek to improve their manufacturing production processes and/or manipulate and improve the most functional characteristics of the materials and other input components used in their business operations. We also expect to generate revenues by providing contract AM services using our EOS M290 metal AM system. However, for the period from our inception through September 30, 2017, we generated revenue and financed our operations primarily from PrintRite3D®-enabled engineering consulting services as well as thru the programmatic work performed on both the DARPA Phase II and Aerojet programs we provided during this period and through sales of Sigma common stock and debt securities. We expect to further ramp up our operations and our commercialization and marketing efforts, which we anticipate will increase the amount of cash we will use in our operations.

We expect that our continued development of our IPQA®-enabled PrintRite3D® technology will enable us to further commercialize this technology for the AM metal market in the remainder of 2017. However, until commercialization of our full suite of PrintRite3D® technologies, we plan to continue funding our development activities and operating expenses by licensing our PrintRite3D® systems and conducting supporting field services, as applicable, and providing PrintRite3D®-enabled engineering consulting services concerning our areas of expertise (materials and manufacturing quality assurance and process control technologies) and contract manufacturing for metal AM, and through the use of proceeds from sales of our securities.

Cash used in operating activities increased a net of $479,203 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, to $1,801,569 from $1,322,366 during the same period in 2016. This increase was primarily due to the increases in general and administrative, payroll and research and development expenses noted above which were partially offset by the net effect of changes in accounts receivable, notes payable, and accrued expenses during the period. Cash used in investing activities increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 to $829,146, as compared to $79,741 during the same period in 2016, due primarily to the $775,267 increase in notes receivables related to our loans to Morf3D and Jaguar Precision Machine in conjunction with our strategic alliances. Cash flows provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased a net of $4,923,811 from $0 during the same period in 2016. There were no cash flows used or provided by financing activities in 2016.

Some of our engineering consulting contracts, including the contracts from Honeywell Aerospace, Bendix King, Siemens, EOS, Solar Turbines, Pratt & Whitney and Aerojet Rocketdyne, are fixed-price contracts, for which we will be entitled to receive a specified fee regardless of our cost to perform under such contract. In connection with entering into these fixed-contract consulting arrangements, we are required to estimate our costs of performance. To actually earn a profit on these contracts, we must accurately estimate costs involved and assess the probability of meeting the specified objectives, realizing the expected units of work or completing individual transactions, within the contracted time period. Accordingly, if we under-estimate the cost to complete a contract, we remain obligated to complete the work based on our initial cost estimate, which would reduce the amount of profit actually earned under the contract.

We do not have any material commitments for capital expenditures during the next twelve months. Pursuant to the September 29, 2017 amendments to the Notes and Warrants discussed in Note 4 to our financial statements above, Sigma paid an aggregate amount equal to $500,000 plus all accrued interest on the Notes on October 2, 2017. In consideration of the foregoing, the Investors agreed to, among other things, extend the payment date of the remaining 50% of the outstanding principal balance of the Notes from October 17, 2017 to the earlier of May 18, 2018 or the closing of the Company’s next underwritten public offering of securities in which the Company raises gross proceeds of at least $3,000,000 (should the Company elect to commence and close such an offering of securities).

Based on the funds we have as of November 14, 2017, and the proceeds we expect to receive under our PrintRite3D®-enabled engineering consulting agreements, from selling or licensing our PrintRite3D® systems and software, and sales of contract AM manufacturing for metal AM parts, we believe that we will have sufficient funds to pay our administrative and other operating expenses through 2017. Until we are able to generate significant revenues and royalties from selling or licensing our PrintRite3D®-enabled technologies and our contact AM manufacturing services, our ability to continue to fund our liquidity and working capital needs will be dependent upon revenues from existing and future PrintRite3D®-enabled engineering consulting contracts, strategic partnerships, contract manufacturing orders in connection with our EOS M290 metal printer, and proceeds received from sales of our securities. Revenue we generate from licensing our technologies is not expected to increase significantly during 2017 and we also anticipate that there will be an increase in the amount of cash we will use during the remainder of 2017 in connection with our efforts to identify compatible businesses to possibly acquire that will be synergistic with our business (although there is no assurance than any acquisition will be consummated). Accordingly, we will have to obtain additional capital from the sale of additional securities or by borrowing funds from lenders to fulfill our business plans. If we issue additional equity or debt securities, stockholders may experience additional dilution or the new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing holders of our common stock. There is no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining additional financing. Such financing, if in the form of equity, may be highly dilutive to our existing stockholders and may otherwise include onerous terms. Such financing, if in the form of debt, may include debt covenants and repayment obligations that are onerous and that adversely affect our business operations. If adequate funds are not available to us, we may be required to delay, limit or terminate our business operations If we fail to obtain sufficient funding when needed, we may be forced to delay, scale back or eliminate all or a portion of our commercialization efforts and operations.

Inflation and changing prices have had no effect on our continuing operations over our two most recent fiscal years.

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act defines the term “disclosure controls and procedures” as those controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Based upon an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures performed by our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer, and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, our management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at a reasonable assurance level in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods. In addition, no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2017 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

The “Risk Factors” included under Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2017 should be considered. There have been no material changes to those Risk Factors.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

None

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

Not applicable.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

3.1	Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended of Sigma Labs, Inc.**
10.1	Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2017, between Sigma Labs, Inc. and Mark J. Cola. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 27, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.2	Summary of unwritten Employment Agreement between Sigma Labs, Inc. and John Rice entered into on August 8, 2017.* **
10.3	Employment Letter Agreement, effective as of September 28, 2017, between Sigma Labs, Inc. and Nannette Toups (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 20, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.4	Amendment No. 1, dated September 18, 2017, to Employment Offer Letter Agreement, effective August 10, 2015, between Sigma Labs, Inc. and Ronald Fisher (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 20, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.5	Form of Amendment of Warrant and Note, entered into as of September 29, 2017, between the Company and the Holders named therein (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).
31.1	Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
31.2	Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
32.1	Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.**
101.SCH	XBRL Schema Document.**
101.CAL	XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document.**
101.DEF	XBRL Definition Linkbase Document.**
101.LAB	XBRL Labels Linkbase Document.**
101.PRE	XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document.**

* Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

** Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.


	SIGMA LABS, INC.

November 14, 2017	By:	/s/ John Rice
		John Rice
		Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer (Interim Principal Executive Officer)

November 14, 2017	By:	/s/ Nannette Toups
		Nannette Toups
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)