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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Form
10-Q
(Mark
One)
☒ |
QUARTERLY REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934 |
For the
Quarterly Period Ended
July 31, 2021
Or
☐ |
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:
001-33417
OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware |
|
22-2535818 |
(State or
Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation or Organization)
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|
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
|
28 ENGELHARD DRIVE,
SUITE B,
MONROE TOWNSHIP,
NJ
08831
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(609)
730-0400
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
Title of
each class |
|
Trading
Symbol(s) |
|
Name of each
exchange on which registered |
Common Stock $0.001 par value |
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OPTT |
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NYSE American |
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 ☒ No ☐
Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically
every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).
Yes ☒ 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. (Check one):
Large
accelerated filer ☐ |
|
Accelerated
filer ☐ |
|
Non-accelerated filer
☐ |
|
Smaller
reporting company
☒ |
Emerging
growth company ☐
Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes
☐ No ☒
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. ☐
As of
September 13, 2021, the number of outstanding shares of common
stock of the registrant was 52,458,011.
OCEAN
POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INDEX TO
FORM 10-Q
Special
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
We have made
statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements convey our current expectations or forecasts of future
events. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding our
future financial position, business strategy, pending, threatened,
and current litigation, liquidity, budgets, projected costs, plans
and objectives of management for future operations. The words
“may,” “continue,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “believe,”
“project,” “expect,” “anticipate”, and similar expressions may
identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words
does not necessarily mean that a statement is not
forward-looking.
The
forward-looking statements contained in or incorporated by
reference are largely based on our expectations, which reflect
estimates and assumptions made by our management. These estimates
and assumptions reflect our best judgment based on currently known
market conditions and other factors. Although we believe such
estimates and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently
uncertain and involve several risks and uncertainties that are
beyond our control, including:
|
● |
our ability
to commercialize our products, and achieve and sustain
profitability; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our
continued development of our proprietary technologies, and expected
continued use of cash from operating activities unless or until we
achieve positive cash flow from the commercialization of our
products and services; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our ability
to obtain additional funding, as and if needed which will be
subject to several factors, including market conditions, and our
operating performance; |
|
|
|
|
● |
the impact
of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, operations, customers,
suppliers and manufacturers and personnel; |
|
|
|
|
● |
future acquisitions, which may use significant resources, may be
unsuccessful or may expose us to unforeseen liabilities; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our
estimates regarding expenses, future revenues, and capital
requirements; |
|
|
|
|
● |
the adequacy
of our cash balances and our need for additional
financings; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our ability
to develop and manufacture commercially viable
products; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our ability
to successfully develop and market new products; |
|
|
|
|
● |
that we will
be successful in our efforts to commercialize our products or the
timetable upon which commercialization can be achieved, if at
all; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our ability
to identify and penetrate markets for our products and our wave
energy technology; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our ability
to implement our commercialization strategy as planned, or at
all; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our
relationships with our strategic partners may not be successful and
we may not be successful in establishing additional
relationships; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our ability
to maintain the listing of our common stock on the NYSE
American; |
|
|
|
|
● |
the
reliability of our technology, products and solutions; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our ability
to improve the power output, survivability and reliability of our
products; |
|
|
|
|
● |
the impact
of pending and threatened litigation on our business, financial
condition and liquidity; |
|
|
|
|
● |
changes in
current legislation, regulations and economic conditions that
affect the demand for renewable energy; |
|
|
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|
● |
our ability
to compete effectively in our target markets; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our limited
operating history and history of operating losses; |
|
|
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|
● |
our sales
and marketing capabilities and strategy in the United States and
internationally; and |
|
|
|
|
● |
our ability
to protect our intellectual property portfolio. |
Any or all
of our forward-looking statements in this report may turn out to be
inaccurate. We have based these forward-looking statements largely
on our current expectations and projections about future events and
financial trends that we believe may affect our financial
condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial
needs. They may be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make
or unknown risks and uncertainties, including the risks,
uncertainties and assumptions described in Item 1A “Risk Factors”
of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30,
2021, and in our subsequent reports under the Exchange Act. In
light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the
forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this report
may not occur as contemplated and actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated or implied by the forward-looking
statements.
Many of
these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. These
factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the
general or specific factors that may affect us. You should not
unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date of this filing. Unless required by law, we undertake
no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements to reflect new information or future events or
otherwise.
PART I — FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
Item 1. |
Financial
Statements |
Ocean
Power Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance
Sheets
(in
$000’s, except share data)
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial
statements.
Ocean
Power Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of
Operations
(in
$000’s, except per share data)
Unaudited
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial
statements.
Ocean
Power Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of
Comprehensive Loss
(in $000’s)
Unaudited
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial
statements.
Ocean
Power Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statement of
Stockholders’ Equity
(in
$000’s, except share data)
Unaudited
|
|
Three
Months Ended July 31, 2020 |
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional |
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
Common
Shares |
|
|
Treasury
Shares |
|
|
Paid-In |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
Comprehensive |
|
|
Stockholders’ |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances
at May 1, 2020 |
|
|
12,939,420 |
|
|
$ |
13 |
|
|
|
(4,251 |
) |
|
$ |
(302 |
) |
|
$ |
231,101 |
|
|
$ |
(220,136 |
) |
|
$ |
(183 |
) |
|
|
10,492 |
|
Beginning
balance |
|
|
12,939,420 |
|
|
$ |
13 |
|
|
|
(4,251 |
) |
|
$ |
(302 |
) |
|
$ |
231,101 |
|
|
$ |
(220,136 |
) |
|
$ |
(183 |
) |
|
|
10,492 |
|
Net
loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,385 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(3,385 |
) |
Share-based
compensation |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
116 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
116 |
|
Issuance
of common stock- Aspire financing, net of issuance
costs |
|
|
5,025,000 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,630 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,635 |
|
Issuance
of common stock- AGP At The Market offering, net of issuance
costs |
|
|
660,396 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
242 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
243 |
|
Other
comprehensive gain |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Other
comprehensive gain/(loss) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Balances
at July 31, 2020 |
|
|
18,624,816 |
|
|
$ |
19 |
|
|
|
(4,251 |
) |
|
$ |
(302 |
) |
|
$ |
234,089 |
|
|
$ |
(223,521 |
) |
|
$ |
(168 |
) |
|
$ |
10,117 |
|
Ending
balance |
|
|
18,624,816 |
|
|
$ |
19 |
|
|
|
(4,251 |
) |
|
$ |
(302 |
) |
|
$ |
234,089 |
|
|
$ |
(223,521 |
) |
|
$ |
(168 |
) |
|
$ |
10,117 |
|
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial
statements.
Ocean
Power Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flows
(in $000’s)
Unaudited
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial
statements.
Ocean
Power Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated
Financial Statements
(1)
Background, Basis of
Presentation and Liquidity
Ocean Power
Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) was founded in 1984 in New
Jersey, commenced business operations in 1994 and re-incorporated
in Delaware in 2007. We are a complete solutions provider,
controlling the design, manufacturing, sales, installation,
operations and maintenance of our products while working closely
with partners that provide payloads, integration services, and
marine installation capabilities. Our solutions provide distributed
offshore power which is persistent, reliable, and economical along
with power and communications for remote surface and subsea
applications. Historically, funding from government agencies, such
as research and development grants, accounted for a significant
portion of the Company’s revenues. Today our goal is to generate
the majority of our revenue from the sale or lease of products and
solutions, and sales of services to support our business
operations. As we continue to develop and commercialize our
products and services, we expect to have a net decrease in cash due
to the use of cash from operating activities unless and until we
achieve positive cash flow from the commercialization of products,
solutions and services.
The
accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and for interim
financial information in accordance with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”), instructions to Form 10-Q and Article
10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the
information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial
statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments
(consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary
for a fair presentation have been included. The interim operating
results are not necessarily indicative of the results for a full
year or for any other interim period. Further information on
potential factors that could affect the Company’s financial results
can be found in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended April 30, 2021, as filed with the SEC and elsewhere in
this Form 10-Q. Certain items have been reclassified from prior
periods to be consistent with current GAAP
presentations.
For the
three months ended July 31, 2021, and the fiscal year ended April
30, 2021, the Company incurred net losses of approximately
$3.1
million and
$14.8
million,
respectively, and used cash in operations of approximately
$5.3
million and
$11.7
million,
respectively. The Company has continued to make investments in
ongoing product development efforts in anticipation of future
growth. The Company’s future results of operations involve
significant risks and uncertainties. Factors that could affect the
Company’s future operating results and cause actual results to vary
materially from expectations include, but are not limited to,
performance of its products, its ability to market and
commercialize its products and new products that it may develop,
technology development, scalability of technology and production,
dependence on skills of key personnel, concentration of customers
and suppliers, deployment risks and integration of acquisitions,
pending or threatened litigation, and the impact of COVID-19 on its
business. The Company obtained equity financing through its At the
Market Offering Agreement with A.G.P/Alliance Global Partners
(“AGP”) and through its equity line financing with Aspire Capital,
but the Company cannot be sure that additional equity and/or debt
financing will be available to the Company as needed on acceptable
terms, or at all. Management believes the Company’s current cash
balance of $77.7
million is
sufficient to fund its planned expenditures through at least
September 2022.
On January
7, 2019, the Company entered into the 2019 ATM Facility with AGP,
under which the Company may issue and sell to or through AGP,
acting as agent and/or principal, shares of the Company’s common
stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $25.0
million.
From inception of the program through its termination on December
8, 2020, under the 2019 ATM Facility, the Company sold and issued
an aggregate of
17,595,472 shares of its common
stock with an aggregate market value of $23.4
million at
an average price of $1.33
per share,
including
12,342,506 shares in fiscal year
2021 with an aggregate market value of $18.7
million at
an average price of $1.51
per share
and paid AGP a sales commission of approximately $0.8
million
related to those shares. The agreement was fully utilized and
terminated on December 8, 2020.
On November
20, 2020, the Company entered into an At the Market Offering
Agreement with AGP (the “2020 ATM Facility”), having capacity up to
$100.0
million. On
December 4, 2020, the Company filed a prospectus with the
Securities and Exchange Commission whereby, the Company could issue
and sell to or through AGP, acting as agent and/or principal,
shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate offering
price of up to $50.0
million.
From inception of the 2020 ATM Facility through July 31, 2021, the
Company had sold and issued an aggregate of
17,179,883 shares of its common
stock with an aggregate market value of $50.0
million at
an average price of $2.91
per share
and paid AGP a sales commission of approximately $1.6
million
related to those shares. A prospectus supplement would need to be
filed for the Company to sell an additional amount under the 2020
ATM Facility.
Equity
Line Common Stock Purchase Agreements
On October
24, 2019, the Company entered into a common stock purchase
agreement with Aspire Capital which provided that, subject to
certain terms, conditions and limitations, Aspire Capital was
committed to purchase up to an aggregate of $10.0 million
shares of the Company’s common stock over a 30-month period.
Through September 18, 2020, the Company had sold an aggregate of
6,424,205 shares
of common stock with an aggregate market value of $4.0
million at an average price of $0.63 per share
pursuant to this common stock purchase agreement, including
5,025,000 shares
in fiscal year 2021 with an aggregate market value of $2.9
million at an average price of $0.57 per share.
The agreement was fully utilized and terminated on September 18,
2020.
On September
18, 2020, the Company entered into a new common stock purchase
agreement with Aspire Capital which provided that, subject to
certain terms, conditions and limitations, Aspire Capital was
committed to purchase up to an aggregate of $12.5
million
shares of the Company’s common stock over a 30-month period subject
to a limit of
19.99% of the outstanding
common stock on the date of the agreement if the price did not
exceed a specified price in the agreement. The number of shares the
Company could issue within the
19.99% limit was
3,722,251 shares without
shareholder approval. Shareholder approval was received at the
Company’s annual meeting of stockholders on December 23, 2020 for
the sale of
9,864,706 additional shares of
common stock which exceeds the 19.99% limit of the outstanding
common stock on the date of the agreement. Through July 31, 2021,
the Company had sold an aggregate of
3,722,251 shares of common stock
with an aggregate market value of $11.8
million at
an average price of $3.17
per share
pursuant to this common stock purchase agreement with approximately
$1.0
million
remaining on the facility as of July 31, 2021.
(2)
Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies
(a)
Consolidation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts
of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant
intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
(b)
Use of
Estimates
The
preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires
management of the Company to make a number of estimates and
assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements
and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
period. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions
include, among other items, estimated costs to complete projects
and percentage of completion of customer contracts for purposes of
revenue recognition. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
(c)
Cash, Cash
Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Security
Agreements
Cash and
Cash Equivalents
The Company
considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three
months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company
invests excess cash in a money market account. The following table
summarizes cash and cash equivalents as of July 31, 2021 and April
30, 2021:
Schedule
of Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
|
July 31,
2021 |
|
|
April 30,
2021 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Checking
and savings accounts |
|
$ |
1,022 |
|
|
$ |
1,850 |
|
Money
market account |
|
|
76,698 |
|
|
|
81,178 |
|
|
|
$ |
77,720 |
|
|
$ |
83,028 |
|
Restricted Cash and
Security Agreements
The Company
has a letter of credit agreement with Santander Bank, N.A.
(“Santander”). Cash of $157,000
is on
deposit at Santander and serves as security for a letter of credit
issued by Santander for the lease of warehouse/office space in
Monroe Township, New Jersey. This agreement cannot be extended
beyond July 31, 2025 and is cancelable at the discretion of the
bank.
Santander
also issued two letters of credit to subsidiaries of Enel Green
Power (“EGP”) pursuant to the Company’s contracts with EGP. The
first letter of credit was issued in the amount of $126,000
that will be released 12 months after the PB3 PowerBuoy®
(“PB3”) is fully deployed. The second letter of credit was issued
in the amount of $645,000
and reduced to $323,000
in August 2020. The second letter of credit will be reduced by
$64,000
once the PB3 is fully deployed and passes final acceptance testing.
The remaining restricted amount of $258,000
will be released 12 months after the buoy is fully
deployed.
The
following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents
and restricted cash reported within the Consolidated Balance Sheets
that total to the same amounts shown in the Consolidated Statements
of Cash Flows.
Schedule
of Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
|
|
July 31,
2021 |
|
|
April 30,
2021 |
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Cash and
cash equivalents |
|
$ |
77,720 |
|
|
$ |
83,028 |
|
Restricted
cash- short term |
|
|
384 |
|
|
|
384 |
|
Restricted
cash- long term |
|
|
222 |
|
|
|
222 |
|
|
|
$ |
78,326 |
|
|
$ |
83,634 |
|
(d)
Concentration of
Credit Risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to credit risk
consist principally of accounts receivable and cash and cash
equivalents. The Company believes that its credit risk is limited
because the Company’s current contracts are with companies with
strong financial strength. The Company invests its excess cash in a
money market account and does not believe that it is exposed to any
significant risks related to its cash and money market accounts.
Cash and cash equivalents are also maintained at foreign financial
institutions. Cash and cash equivalents in foreign financial
institutions as of July 31, 2021 was $0.3
million.
The table
below shows the amount of the Company’s revenues derived from
customers whose revenues accounted for at least 10% of the
Company’s consolidated revenues for at least one of the periods
indicated:
Schedule
of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting
Segments
|
|
Three
months ended July 31, |
|
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Eni
S.p.A. |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
28 |
|
Harbour
(p/k/a Premier Oil) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
27 |
|
EGP |
|
|
149 |
|
|
|
114 |
|
Valaris |
|
|
89 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Other (no
customer over 10%) |
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
$ |
272 |
|
|
$ |
169 |
|
(e)
Share-Based
Compensation
Costs
resulting from all share-based payment transactions are recognized
in the consolidated financial statements at their fair values. The
following table summarizes share-based compensation related to the
Company’s share-based plans by expense category for the three
months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020:
Schedule
of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of
Recognized Period Costs
|
|
Three
months ended July 31, |
|
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
Engineering and
product development |
|
$ |
217 |
|
|
$ |
37 |
|
Selling,
general and administrative |
|
|
173 |
|
|
|
79 |
|
Total
share-based compensation expense |
|
$ |
390 |
|
|
$ |
116 |
|
(f)
Revenue
Recognition
A
performance obligation is the unit of account for revenue
recognition. The Company assesses the goods or services promised in
a contract with a customer and identifies as a performance
obligation either: a) a good or service (or a bundle of goods or
services) that is distinct; or b) a series of distinct goods or
services that are substantially the same and that have the same
pattern of transfer to the customer. A contract may contain a
single or multiple performance obligations. For contracts with
multiple performance obligations, the Company allocates the
contracted transaction price to each performance obligation based
upon the relative standalone selling price, which represents the
price the Company would sell a promised good or service separately
to a customer. The Company determines the standalone selling price
based upon the facts and circumstances of each obligated good or
service. The majority of the Company’s contracts have no observable
standalone selling price since the associated products and services
are customized to customer specifications. As such, the standalone
selling price generally reflects the Company’s forecast of the
total cost to satisfy the performance obligation plus an
appropriate profit margin.
The nature
of the Company’s contracts may give rise to several types of
variable consideration, including unpriced change orders and
liquidated damages and penalties. Variable consideration can also
arise from modifications to the scope of services. Variable
consideration is included in the transaction price to the extent it
is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue
recognized will not occur once the uncertainty associated with the
variable consideration is resolved. Our estimates of variable
consideration and determination of whether to include such amounts
in the transaction price are based largely on our assessment of
legal enforceability, performance, and any other information
(historical, current, and forecasted) that is reasonably available
to us. There was no variable consideration as of July 31, 2021 and
2020. The Company presents shipping and handling costs, that occur
after control of the promised goods or services transfer to the
customer, as fulfillment costs rather than evaluating whether the
shipping and handling activities are promised services to the
customer.
The Company
recognizes revenue when or as it satisfies a performance obligation
by transferring a good or service to a customer, either (1) at a
point in time or (2) over time. A good or service is transferred
when, or as, the customer obtains control. The evaluation of
whether control of each performance obligation is transferred at a
point in time or over time is made at contract inception. Input
measures such as costs incurred or time elapsed are utilized to
assess progress against specific contractual performance
obligations for the Company’s services. The selection of the method
to measure progress towards completion requires judgment and is
based on the nature of the services to be provided. For the
Company, the input method using costs incurred or time elapsed best
represents the measure of progress against the performance
obligations incorporated within the contractual agreements. If
estimated total costs on any contract project a loss, the Company
charges the entire estimated loss to operations in the period the
loss becomes known. The cumulative effect of revisions to revenue,
estimated costs to complete contracts, including penalties,
incentive awards, change orders, claims, anticipated losses, and
others are recorded in the accounting period in which the events
indicating a loss are known and the loss can be reasonably
estimated. These loss projects are re-assessed for each subsequent
reporting period until the project is complete. Such revisions
could occur at any time and the effects may be material.
The
Company’s contracts are either cost plus or fixed price contracts.
Under cost plus contracts, customers are billed for actual expenses
incurred plus an agreed-upon fee. Under cost plus contracts, a
profit or loss on a project is recognized depending on whether
actual costs are more or less than the agreed upon
amount.
The Company
has two types of fixed price contracts, firm fixed price and
cost-sharing. Under firm fixed price contracts, the Company
receives an agreed-upon amount for providing products and services
specified in the contract, a profit or loss is recognized depending
on whether actual costs are more or less than the agreed upon
amount. Under cost-sharing contracts, the fixed amount agreed upon
with the customer is only intended to fund a portion of the costs
on a specific project. Under cost sharing contracts, an amount
corresponding to the revenue is recorded in cost of revenues,
resulting in gross profit on these contracts of zero. The Company’s
share of the costs is recorded as product development expense. The
Company reports its disaggregation of revenue by contract type
since this method best represents the Company’s business. For the
three-month periods ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, all of the
Company’s contracts were classified as firm fixed price.
As of July
31, 2021, the Company’s total remaining performance obligations,
also referred to as backlog, totaled $0.4
million. The Company expects to recognize 100%,
or $0.4
million, of the remaining performance obligations as revenue over
the next twelve months.
The Company
also enters into lease arrangements for its PB3 with certain
customers. Revenue related to multiple-element arrangements is
allocated to lease and non-lease elements based on their relative
standalone selling prices or expected cost plus a margin approach.
Lease elements generally include a PB3 and components, while
non-lease elements generally include engineering, monitoring and
support services. In the lease arrangement, the customer is
provided an option to extend the lease term or purchase the leased
PB3 at some point during and/or at the end of the lease
term.
Products
and Solutions Leasing
The Company
enters into lease arrangements with certain customers for their
products and solutions. As of July 31, 2021, the Company had one
lease arrangement with a remaining operating lease term of less
than 10 months. Revenue related to multiple-element arrangements is
allocated to lease and non-lease elements based on their relative
standalone selling prices or expected cost plus a margin approach.
Lease elements generally include a PB3 and components, while
non-lease elements generally include engineering, monitoring and
support services. In the lease arrangement, the customer is
provided an option to extend the lease term or purchase the leased
PB3 at some point during and/or at the end of the lease
term.
The Company
classifies leases as either operating or financing in accordance
with the authoritative accounting guidance contained within ASC
Topic 842, “Leases”. At inception of the contract, the
Company evaluates the lease against the lease classification
criteria within ASC Topic 842. If the direct financing or
sales-type classification criteria are met, then the lease is
accounted for as a finance lease. All others are treated as
operating leases.
The Company
recognizes revenue from operating lease arrangements generally on a
straight-line basis over the lease term which is presented in
Revenues in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The lease
income for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 was
immaterial.
(g)
Net Loss per Common
Share
Basic and
diluted net loss per common share for all periods presented is
computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of
shares of common stock and common stock equivalents outstanding
during the period. The pre-funded warrants were determined to be
common stock equivalents and have been included in the weighted
average number of shares outstanding for calculation of the basic
earnings per share number. Due to the Company’s net losses,
potentially dilutive securities, consisting of options to purchase
shares of common stock, warrants on common stock and unvested
restricted stock issued to employees and non-employee directors,
were excluded from the diluted loss per common share calculation
due to their anti-dilutive effect.
In computing
diluted net loss per common share on the Consolidated Statement of
Operations, warrants on common stock, options to purchase shares of
common stock and non-vested restricted stock issued to employees
and non-employee directors, totaling
5,243,647 and
5,564,404 for the three months
ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, were excluded from each
of the computations as the effect would be anti-dilutive due to the
Company’s net losses.
(h)
Recently Issued
Accounting Standards
In June
2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU
No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses
(Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial
Instruments.” This amendment replaces the incurred loss
impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that
reflects expected credit losses on instruments within its scope,
including trade receivables. This update is intended to provide
financial statement users with more decision-useful information
about the expected credit losses. In November 2019, the FASB issued
No. 2019-10, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326),
Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842),
which deferred the effective date of ASU 2016-13 for Smaller
Reporting Companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The
Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU
2016-13 will have on its consolidated financial
statements.
(3)
Account Receivable and
Contract Assets
The
following provides further details on the balance sheet accounts of
accounts receivable and contract assets from contracts with
customers:
Schedule
of Accounts Receivable, Contract Assets and Contract
Liabilities
|
|
July 31,
2021 |
|
|
April 30,
2021 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Accounts
receivable |
|
$ |
446 |
|
|
$ |
350 |
|
Contract
assets |
|
|
304 |
|
|
|
190 |
|
Accounts
Receivable
The Company
grants credit to its customers, generally without collateral, under
normal payment terms (typically 30 to 60 days after invoicing).
Generally, invoicing occurs after the related services are
performed or control of goods have transferred to the customer.
Accounts receivable represent an unconditional right to
consideration arising from the Company’s performance under
contracts with customers. The carrying value of such receivables
represents their estimated realizable value.
Contract
Assets
Significant
changes in the contract assets balances during the period were as
follows:
Schedule
of Significant Changes in Contract assets and Contract
Liabilities
|
|
Three
months ended |
|
|
|
July 31,
2021 |
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Transferred to
receivables from contract assets recognized at the beginning of the
period |
|
$ |
(190 |
) |
Revenue
recognized and not billed as of the end of the period |
|
|
304 |
|
Net change
in contract assets |
|
$ |
114 |
|
Contract
assets include unbilled amounts typically resulting from
arrangements whereby the right to payment is conditioned on
completing additional tasks or services for a performance
obligation.
(4)
Other Current
Assets
Other
current assets consisted of the following at July 31, 2021 and
April 30, 2021:
Schedule
of Other Current Assets
|
|
July 31,
2021 |
|
|
April 30,
2021 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
Deposits |
|
$ |
70 |
|
|
$ |
68 |
|
Other
receivables |
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Prepaid
insurance |
|
|
97 |
|
|
|
194 |
|
Prepaid
recruiting |
|
|
148 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Prepaid
expenses- other |
|
|
175 |
|
|
|
192 |
|
Other
current assets |
|
$ |
507 |
|
|
$ |
487 |
|
(5)
Property and
Equipment, net
The
components of property and equipment, net as of July 31, 2021 and
April 30, 2021 consisted of the following:
Schedule
of Components of Property and Equipment
|
|
July 31,
2021 |
|
|
April 30,
2021 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
Equipment |
|
$ |
311 |
|
|
|
291 |
|
Computer
equipment & software |
|
|
486 |
|
|
|
498 |
|
Office
furniture & equipment |
|
|
339 |
|
|
|
341 |
|
Leasehold
improvements |
|
|
474 |
|
|
|
474 |
|
Construction in
process |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Property
and equipment, gross |
|
$ |
1,625 |
|
|
$ |
1,619 |
|
Less:
accumulated depreciation |
|
|
(1,252 |
) |
|
|
(1,213 |
) |
Property
and equipment, net |
|
$ |
373 |
|
|
$ |
406 |
|
Depreciation
expense was approximately $40,000 and $37,000 for the three-month periods
ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
(6)
Leases
Lessor
Information
As of July
31, 2021, the Company has one lease which has been classified as an
operating lease per accounting guidance contained within ASC Topic
842,” Leases”. The Company’s remaining term on this
operating lease is less than 10 months. The maturity of lease
payments remaining on this lease is immaterial.
Lessee
Information
The Company
has one lease for its facility located in Monroe Township, New
Jersey that is used as warehouse/production space and the Company’s
principal offices and corporate headquarters. The initial lease term is for
7 years which is set to expire in November of 2024 with an
option to extend the lease for another 5 years. The lease is
classified as an operating lease. The operating lease is included
in right-of-use assets, lease liabilities- current and lease
liabilities- long-term on the Company’s Consolidated Balance
Sheets.
The Company
also has one lease located in Houston, Texas that was acquired as
part of the 3Dent acquisition that is used as office space. The
lease term is for
3 years, andis set to expire in
January of 2023. The lease is classified as an operating lease, and
included in the right-of-use assets, lease liabilities- current and
lease liabilities- long-term on the Company’s Consolidated Balance
Sheets.
The Company
has one lease for additional office space also located in Houston,
Texas. The lease was renewed for a 12-month term ending on
June 30, 2022. As the lease term is
12 months, the asset was recognized directly to the profit and loss
statement on a straight-line basis under ASC 842-20-25-2 and was
not recognized as a right-of-use asset.
Right-of-use
asset and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the
present value of future minimum lease payments over the lease term
at commencement date. When the implicit rate of the lease is not
provided or cannot be determined, the Company uses the incremental
borrowing rate based on the information available at the effective
date to determine the present value of future payments. Lease terms
may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is
reasonably certain that the Company will exercise those options.
The renewal options have not been included in the lease term as
they are not reasonably certain of exercise. Lease expense for
minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight- line basis over
the lease term and consists of interest on the lease liability and
the amortization of the right of use asset. Variable lease
expenses, if any, are recorded as incurred.
The
operating lease cash flow payments for the three months ended July
31, 2021 and 2020 were $102,000
and
$83,000,
respectively.
The
components of lease expense in the Consolidated Statement of
Operations for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 were
as follows:
Schedule
of Operating Lease Costs
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
Three
months ended July 31, |
|
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
Operating
lease cost |
|
$ |
92 |
|
|
$ |
79 |
|
Short-term
lease cost |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Total
lease cost |
|
$ |
97 |
|
|
$ |
81 |
|
Information
related to the Company’s right-of use assets and lease liabilities
as of July 31, 2021 was as follows:
Schedule
of Right-of Use Assets and Lease Liabilities
|
|
July 31, 2021 |
|
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
lease: |
|
|
|
|
Operating right-of-use asset, net |
|
$ |
967 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Right-of-use
liability- current |
|
|
317 |
|
Right-of-use liability- long term |
|
|
774 |
|
Total lease
liability |
|
$ |
1,091 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average remaining lease term-
operating leases |
|
|
3.10
years |
|
Weighted average discount rate-
operating leases |
|
|
8.2 |
% |
Total
remaining lease payments under the Company’s operating leases are
as follows:
Schedule
of Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Operating
Lease
|
|
July 31, 2021 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Remainder of fiscal year
2022 |
|
$ |
339 |
|
2023 |
|
|
391 |
|
2024 |
|
|
362 |
|
2025 |
|
|
182 |
|
Total future minimum lease
payments |
|
$ |
1,274 |
|
Less imputed
interest |
|
|
(183 |
) |
Total |
|
$ |
1,091 |
|
(7)
Accrued
Expenses
Accrued
expenses consisted of the following at July 31, 2021 and April 30,
2021:
Schedule
of Accrued Expenses
|
|
July 31,
2021 |
|
|
April 30,
2021 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
|
|
|
Project
costs |
|
$ |
198 |
|
|
$ |
368 |
|
Contract
loss reserve |
|
|
328 |
|
|
|
328 |
|
Employee
incentive payments |
|
|
323 |
|
|
|
283 |
|
Accrued
salary and benefits |
|
|
598 |
|
|
|
631 |
|
Legal and
accounting fees |
|
|
292 |
|
|
|
200 |
|
Other |
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
71 |
|
Accrued
expenses total |
|
$ |
1,821 |
|
|
$ |
1,881 |
|
(8)
Warrants
Liability
Classified Warrants
On June 2,
2016, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement,
which was amended on June 7, 2016 (as amended, the “June Purchase
Agreement”) with certain institutional purchasers (the “June
Purchasers”). Pursuant to the terms of the June Purchase Agreement,
the Company sold an aggregate of
20,850 shares of Common Stock
together with warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of
7,298 shares of Common Stock.
Each share of common stock was sold together with a warrant to
purchase
0.35 of a share of common
stock at a combined purchase price of $92.00.
The warrants have an exercise price of $121.60
per share,
became exercisable on December 3, 2016 (“Initial Exercise Date”),
and will expire on December 3, 2021,
five years following the Initial
Exercise Date. As of July 31, 2021,
none of the warrants had been
exercised.
On July 22,
2016, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to the Purchase
Agreement (the “Second Amended Purchase Agreement”) with certain
institutional purchasers (the “July Purchasers”). Pursuant to the
terms of the Second Amended Purchase Agreement, the Company sold an
aggregate of
29,750 shares of Common Stock
together with warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of
8,925 shares of Common Stock.
Each share of common stock was sold together with a warrant to
purchase
0.30 of a share of common
stock at a combined purchase price of $135.00.
The warrants were exercisable immediately at an exercise price of
$187.20
per share.
The warrants will expire on the fifth (5th)
anniversary of the initial exercise date of January 23, 2017. As of
July 31, 2021,
none of the warrants had been
exercised.
Equity
Classified Warrants
On April 8,
2019, the Company issued and sold
1,542,000 shares of common stock
and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to
3,385,680 shares of common stock
and common warrants to purchase up to
4,927,680 shares of our common
stock in an underwritten public offering. The public offering price
for the pre-funded warrants was equal to the public offering price
of the common stock, less the $0.01
per share
exercise price of each warrant. The pre-funded warrants have no
expiration date. As of July 31, 2021, all of the pre-funded
warrants had been exercised. The common stock warrants have an
exercise price of $3.85
per share
and expire
five years from the issuance date.
As of July 31, 2021, all of the common warrants had been
exercised.
The Company
accounts for warrants issued in connection with its June 2016 and
July 2016 public offerings in accordance with the guidance on
“Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with
Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity” in Topic 480
which provides that the Company classify the warrant instruments as
a liability at its fair value. The warrant liabilities are subject
to re-measurement at each balance sheet date using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model. The June 2016 and July 2016
warrants contain a feature whereby they could require the transfer
of assets and therefore are classified as a liability award in
accordance with the guidance in Topic 480. The warrants had a value
near
zero at July 31, 2021 and
April 30, 2021 and were reflected within “Warrant liabilities” in
the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The pre-funded and common warrants
issued in the Company’s April 8, 2019 public offering did not meet
the criteria to be classified as a liability award and therefore
were treated as an equity award and recorded as a component of
stockholders’ equity in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(9)
Paycheck Protection
Program Loan
On March 27,
2020, the U.S. Government passed into law the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief and Economic Security Act, or the (“CARES Act”). On May 3,
2020, the Company signed a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan
with Santander as the lender for approximately $891,000
in support
through the Small Business Association (“SBA”) under the PPP Loan.
The PPP Loan was unsecured and evidenced by a note in favor of
Santander as the lender and governed by a Loan Agreement with
Santander. The loan contained an interest rate of
1% and was repayable over
two years. The loan contained customary events of defaults relating
to, among other things, payment defaults or breaches of the terms
of the loan. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the lender
could have required immediate repayment of all outstanding amounts
under the loan. Interest and principal payments were deferred for
the first 6 months from the date of the loan. Principal and
interest were payable monthly commencing 6 months after the
disbursement date and were allowed to be repaid by the Company at
any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties. The
Company received the proceeds on May 5, 2020.
The Company filed its loan forgiveness application at the end of
February 2021 asking for 100% forgiveness of the loan. In June
2021, the Company was informed that its application was approved,
and that the loan is now fully forgiven. The Company recognized a
gain on extinguishment of PPP loan of approximately $891,000
in the July 31, 2021 Consolidated Statement of
Operations.
(10)
Preferred
Stock
The Company
has authorized 5,000,000 shares
of undesignated preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. As of
July 31, 2021, no shares of
preferred stock had been issued.
(11)
Common
Stock
The Company
has authorized 100,000,000 shares
of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. As of July
31, 2021, 52,458,011
shares had been issued and are outstanding.
(12)
Treasury
Shares
During each
of the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020,
no shares of common stock
were purchased by the Company from employees to pay taxes related
to the vesting of restricted stock.
(13)
Share-Based
Compensation
In 2015,
upon approval by the Company’s stockholders, the Company’s 2015
Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) became effective. A total
of
1,332,036 shares were authorized
for issuance under the 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan, including
shares available for awards under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
remaining at the time that plan terminated, or that were subject to
awards under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan that thereafter
terminated by reason of expiration, forfeiture, cancellation or
otherwise. If any award under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan or 2015
Plan expires, is cancelled, terminates unexercised or is forfeited,
those shares become again available for grant under the 2015 Plan.
The 2015 Plan will terminate ten years after its effective date, in
October 2025, but is subject to earlier termination as provided in
the 2015 Plan. As of July 31, 2021, the Company has
193,928 shares available for
future issuance under the 2015 Plan which reflects adjustments made
for the departure of our former CEO as well as other
departures.
On January
18, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the Company’s
Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the “2018 Inducement
Plan”) pursuant to which the Company reserved
25,000 shares of common stock
for issuance under the Inducement Plan. In accordance with Rule
711(a) of the NYSE American Company Guide, awards under the
Inducement Plan may only be made to individuals not previously
employees of the Company (or following such individuals’ bona fide
period of non-employment with the Company), as an inducement
material to the individuals’ entry into employment with the
Company. An award is any right to receive the Company’s common
stock pursuant to the 2018 Inducement Plan, consisting of a
performance share award, restricted stock award, a restricted stock
unit award or a stock payment award. As of July 31, 2021, there
were
11,487 shares available for
grant under the 2018 Inducement Plan.
Stock
Options
The Company estimates the fair value of each stock option award
granted with service-based vesting requirements, using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model, assuming no dividends, and
using the weighted average valuation assumptions noted in the
following table. The risk-free rate is based on the US Treasury
yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The expected life
(estimated period of time outstanding) of the stock options granted
is estimated using the “simplified” method as permitted by the
SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110, Share-Based
Payment. Expected volatility is based on the Company’s
historical volatility over the expected life of the stock option
granted. The Company did not grant any stock options during the
three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020. The following
assumptions were used to value the awards:
Schedule
of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation
Assumptions
|
|
Three
months ended July 31, |
|
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
Risk-free
interest rate |
|
|
1.0 |
% |
|
|
N/A |
|
Expected
dividend yield |
|
|
0.0 |
% |
|
|
N/A |
|
Expected
life (in years) |
|
|
5.8 |
% |
|
|
N/A |
|
Expected
volatility |
|
|
120.0 |
% |
|
|
N/A |
|
A summary of
stock options under our stock incentive plans is detailed in the
following table.
Schedule
of Stock Option Activity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
Remaining |
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Average |
|
|
Contractual |
|
|
|
|
Underlying |
|
|
Exercise |
|
|
Term |
|
|
|
|
Options |
|
|
Price |
|
|
(In
Years) |
|
Outstanding
as of April 30, 2021 |
|
|
|
516,827 |
|
|
$ |
3.89 |
|
|
|
8.3 |
|
Granted |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
Cancelled/forfeited |
|
|
|
(3,681 |
) |
|
$ |
13.81 |
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
as of July 31, 2021 |
|
|
|
513,146 |
|
|
$ |
3.81 |
|
|
|
8.7 |
|
Exercisable
as of July 31, 2021 |
|
|
|
247,954 |
|
|
$ |
4.92 |
|
|
|
8.0 |
|
As of July
31, 2021, the total intrinsic value of outstanding and exercisable
options was approximately $0.2
million.As
of July 31, 2021, approximately
265,000 additional options were
unvested, which had an intrinsic value of $19,000
and a
weighted average remaining contractual term of
9.4 years. There was
approximately $110,000
and
$90,000
of total
recognized compensation cost related to stock options during each
of the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As
of July 31, 2021, there was approximately $0.4
million of
total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock
options granted under the plans. This cost is expected to be
recognized over a weighted-average period of
1.2 years.
The Company’s acquisition of 3Dent (See Note 18) was valued at the
fair value of the stock on the acquisition date of $1,451,584
(361,991
shares at $4.01).
Since the shares will be restricted for one year and lack
marketability, the Company applied a 20% discount to the purchase
price to make the adjusted fair value $1,161,267.
Additionally, as the Sellers must be employed for 12 months from
the date of acquisition, the difference between the calculated fair
value and the net assets acquired represents the value of the
compensation expense to be recognized over the period of the agreed
upon employment.
Schedule
of Business Acquisition and Fair Value of Net Assets, Compensation
Expense Recognized
Fair Value
of Purchase |
|
$ |
1,161,267 |
|
Total
Acquired Assets |
|
$ |
(593,571 |
) |
Total
Acquired Liabilities |
|
$ |
117,106 |
|
Compensation
Expense |
|
$ |
684,802 |
|
Quarterly
Compensation Expense |
|
$ |
171,201 |
|
The Company
will recognize approximately $171,000
of
compensation expense on a quarterly basis for the consideration
paid until 12 months from the acquisition date on February 2,
2022.
Performance Stock
Options
In January
of 2020, the Company issued
81,337 performance-based stock
options to two of its executives.
The awards vest over 2 years if there is positive total shareholder
return (e.g. share price increase) as measured by the 5-day
(January 11-15, 2021) and (January 10-14, 2022) share price volume
weighted average price (“VWAP”). There were
40,668 shares that were
unvested and outstanding for at July 31, 2021. One of the
executives, the Company’s former President and CEO, left the
Company as of June 18, 2021, however, he is able to exercise any
vested options for a period of 180 days after his
departure.
In January
of 2021, the Company issued
344,723 performance-based stock
options to employees and executives.
The awards vest over 2 years provided there is positive total
shareholder return (e.g. share price increase) as measured by the
closing share price on January 14, 2022 and January 14,
2023. There were
343,456 shares unvested and
outstanding at July 31, 2021. None of the shares granted to our
former President and CEO under this issuance vested and lapsed as
of June 18, 2021.
The Company
determined these awards contain a market- based condition and
estimated the fair value using the Monte Carlo simulation model
with the following assumptions:
Schedule
of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation
Assumptions
|
|
Three
months ended January 31, |
|
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
Risk-free
interest rate |
|
|
1.0 |
% |
|
|
N/A |
|
Expected
dividend yield |
|
|
0.0 |
% |
|
|
N/A |
|
Expected
life (in years) |
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
|
N/A |
|
Expected
volatility |
|
|
120.0 |
% |
|
|
N/A |
|
A summary of
performance stock options under our stock incentive plans is
detailed in the following table.
Schedule
of Stock Option Activity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
Remaining |
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Average |
|
|
Contractual |
|
|
|
|
Underlying |
|
|
Exercise |
|
|
Term |
|
|
|
|
Options |
|
|
Price |
|
|
(In
Years) |
|
Outstanding
as of April 30, 2021 |
|
|
|
424,790 |
|
|
$ |
2.57 |
|
|
|
8.7 |
|
Granted |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
Cancelled/forfeited |
|
|
|
(6,767 |
) |
|
$ |
2.93 |
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
as of July 31, 2021 |
|
|
|
418,023 |
|
|
$ |
2.56 |
|
|
|
9.3 |
|
Exercisable
as of July 31, 2021 |
|
|
|
40,668 |
|
|
$ |
1.05 |
|
|
|
8.5 |
|
As of July
31, 2021, the total intrinsic value of both outstanding and
exercisable options was approximately $37,000
and
zero, respectively. As of
July 31, 2021, approximately
377,000 additional options were
unvested, which had an intrinsic value of $37,000
and a
weighted average remaining contractual term of
9.4 years. There was
approximately $95,000
and
$8,000
of total
recognized compensation cost related to stock options during each
of the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As
of July 31, 2021, there was approximately $0.5
million of
total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock
options granted under the plans. This cost is expected to be
recognized over a weighted-average period of
1.4 years.
Restricted
Stock
Compensation
expense for non-vested restricted stock is generally recorded based
on its market value on the date of grant and recognized ratably
over the associated service and performance period. During the
three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company granted
no shares that were subject
to service-based vesting requirements.
A summary of
non-vested restricted stock under our stock incentive plans is as
follows:
Schedule of Non-vested Restricted Stock
Activity
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
Number |
|
|
Average
Price per |
|
|
|
of
Shares |
|
|
Share |
|
Issued and
unvested at April 30, 2021 |
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
$ |
2.93 |
|
Granted |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
$ |
2.37 |
|
Vested |
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Cancelled/forfeited |
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Issued and
unvested at July 31, 2021 |
|
|
110,000 |
|
|
$ |
2.42 |
|
There was
approximately $
and
$5,000
of total
recognized compensation cost related to restricted stock for the
three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of July
31, 2021, there is approximately $202,000
of
unrecognized compensation cost remaining related to unvested
restricted stock granted under our plans. This cost is expected to
be recognized over a weighted-average period of
0.5 years.
In December
2019, the Company granted
51,547 shares to an employee,
subject to service-based vesting requirements, that were outside
the Company stock incentive plans. There was approximately
zero and $12,000
of total
recognized compensation cost related to this award for the three
months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of July 31,
2021, there was
no unrecognized
compensation cost remaining related to this award.
CEO Stock
Options
On June 18,
2021, the Company issued
100,000 restricted shares to the
Company’s new President and CEO, subject to vesting. A total of
66,667 of those shares are
subject to performance-based vesting and the remaining
33,333 shares are subject to
time-based vesting equally at the end of each of the next
two years.
The vesting of the performance-based shares is contingent upon the
future closing share price on June 18, 2022, and June 18,
2023.
The analysis
required a Monte Carlo simulation due to the performance vesting
schedule. These performance-based shares only vest in the event
that the future stock price increases above the closing price of
June 18, 2021 of 2.37 per share. A total of 50% of the
performance-based shares will vest if the closing price of the
Company’s stock on June 18, 2022, exceeds $2.37 per share, and 50%
of the options will vest if the closing price of the Company’s
stock on June 18, 2023, exceeds the closing price on June 18,
2022.
(14)
Fair Value
Measurements
ASC Topic
820, “Fair Value Measurements” states that fair value is an
exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell
an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date. Assets and
liabilities that are measured at fair value are reported using a
three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used
to measure fair value. This hierarchy maximizes the use of
observable input and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs. The
following is a description of the three hierarchy
levels.
Level
1 |
Unadjusted
quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement
date. |
|
|
Level
2 |
Inputs other
than quoted prices in active markets that are observable for the
asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. |
|
|
Level
3 |
Inputs that
are unobservable for the asset or liability. |
Disclosure of Fair
Values
The
Company’s financial instruments that are not re-measured at fair
value include cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts
receivable, contract assets and liabilities, deposits, accounts
payable, and accrued expenses. The carrying values of these
financial instruments approximate their fair values and are viewed
as Level 1 items. The Company’s warrant liabilities represent the
only asset or liability classified financial instrument that is
measured at fair value on a recurring basis.
The fair
value of the Company’s warrant liabilities (refer to Note 8) is
based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model which is based on
Level 3 unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market
data, requiring the Company to develop its own assumptions. The
assumptions used by the Company are the quoted price of the
Company’s common stock in an active market, risk-free interest
rate, volatility and expected life, and assumes no dividends.
Volatility is based on the actual market activity of the Company’s
stock. The expected life is based on the remaining contractual term
of the warrants and the risk-free interest rate is based on the
implied yield available on U.S. Treasury Securities with a maturity
equivalent to the warrants’ expected life. The fair value on a
recurring basis as of July 31, 2021 and April 30, 2021 was near
zero.
There were
no unrealized gains or losses for the
three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020. When incurred, gains and
losses are included within “Gain (loss) due to change in fair value
of warrant liabilities” in the Consolidated Statements of
Operations. The Company determined the fair value using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following
assumptions:
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock
Options, Valuation Assumption
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July 31, 2021 |
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July 31, 2020 |
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Dividend rate |
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0.0% |
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0.0% |
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Risk-free rate |
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0.05% - 0.06% |
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0.1% |
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Expected life (years) |
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0.4 |
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1.0 - 1.4 |
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Expected volatility |
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154.0% |
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101.8% |
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Transfers
into or out of any hierarchy level are recognized at the end of the
reporting period in which the transfers occurred. There were no
transfers between any hierarchy levels during each of the three
months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020.
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Commitments and
Contingencies
Employment
Litigation
On June 10,
2014, the Company announced that it had terminated Charles Dunleavy
as its Chief Executive Officer and as an employee of the Company
for cause, effective June 9, 2014, and that Mr. Dunleavy had also
been removed from his position as Chairman of the Board of
Directors. On June 17, 2014, Mr. Dunleavy wrote to the Company
stating that he had retained counsel to represent him in connection
with an alleged wrongful termination of his employment. On July 28,
2014, Mr. Dunleavy resigned from the Board and the boards of
directors of the Company’s subsidiaries. On August 28, 2018,
counsel for Mr. Dunleavy filed a demand for arbitration, captioned
Charles F. Dunleavy v. Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., Case No.
01-18-0003-2374, before the American Arbitration Association in New
Jersey. The demand named Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. as the
respondent and alleged various claims and sought declaratory relief
and permanent injunction. The demand sought damages in the amount
of $5.0
million for
compensatory and punitive damages, plus interest and attorneys’
fees as well as certain equitable relief. On November 8, 2018, the
Company through counsel responded to the demand for arbitration,
denied all allegations, and asserted various affirmative defenses.
The final day of hearing occurred in Princeton, New Jersey on July
15, 2020. Post-hearing briefs were filed on September 22, 2020.
Following those filings, the panel issued two interim awards
finding, among other things, that the termination for cause of Mr.
Dunleavy was in breach of his employment contract and awarding him
compensatory damages in the amount of $438,255.
The panel denied Mr. Dunleavy’s claims for defamation and
injunctive and declaratory relief. The panel also awarded Mr.
Dunleavy attorneys’ fees, costs and pre-judgment interest. The
Company agreed, on May 24, 2021, to pay Mr. Dunleavy $1,223,963,
representing the total compensatory damages, attorneys’ fees, costs
and pre-judgment interest, which was the full amount awarded by the
panel and was accrued in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet
at April 30, 2021. This amount was paid in full on May 26, 2021,
and the matter is now closed.
Spain
Income Tax Audit
The Company
underwent an income tax audit in Spain for the period from 2011 to
2014, when our Spanish branch was closed. In connection with the
tax audit, the Spanish tax inspector challenged the Company’s
recognition of grant funds received in 2011 to 2014 from the
European Commission in connection with the Company’s Waveport
project. On July 30, 2018, the inspector concluded that although
there was no tax owed in light of losses reported, the Company’s
Spanish branch owed penalties for failure to properly account for
the income associated with the funding grant. On August 30, 2018,
the Company filed an administrative appeal of the penalty and its
underlying conclusions. During the three months ended July 31,
2020, the Company received notice from the Spanish Central Economic
and Administrative Tribunal that it agreed with the inspector and
ruled that the Company owes the full amount of the penalty in the
amount of €279,870
or
approximately $331,000.
In the quarter ended October 31, 2020, the Company recorded an
additional reserve of €117,146
(or
approximately $154,000)
to Selling, general and administrative costs in the Statement of
Operations making the total reserve €279,870,
which amount was paid by the Company to the Spanish Tax
Administration on January 25, 2021. On April 30, 2021, the Company
filed its appeal of the decision of the Central Court to the
Spanish National Court. There is no schedule for a ruling from the
Spanish National Court.
(16)
Income
Taxes
Uncertain
Tax Positions
The Company
applies the guidance issued by the FASB for the accounting and
reporting of uncertain tax positions. The guidance requires the
Company to recognize in its consolidated financial statements the
impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not
to be sustained upon examination, based on the technical merits of
the position. At July 31, 2021, the Company had no unrecognized tax
positions. The Company does not expect any material increase or
decrease in its income tax expense in the next twelve months,
related to examinations or uncertain tax positions. U.S. federal
and state income tax returns were audited through fiscal 2014 and
fiscal 2010 respectively. Net operating loss and credit carry
forwards since inception remain open to examination by taxing
authorities and will continue to remain open for a period of time
after utilization.
Income Tax Benefit
The Company sold New Jersey State net operating losses and research
development credits (“NJ NOL”) under the NJEDA Tax Transfer program
in the amount of approximately $12 million for the year ended April
30, 2021, for net proceeds of approximately $1.0 million which was
received in May 2021 and recorded in the Company’s Statement of
Operations in fiscal year 2022.
(17)
Operating Segments and
Geographic Information
The
Company’s business consists of one segment as this represents
management’s view of the Company’s operations. The Company operates
on a worldwide basis with one operating company in the U.S. and
subsidiaries in the UK and in Australia. Revenues and expenses are
generally attributed to the operating company that bills the
customers. During each of the three months ended July 31, 2021 and
2020, the Company’s primary business operations were in North
America.
(18)
Acquisition of 3dent
Technologies, LLC
On February
1, 2021, the Company acquired all of the outstanding equity
interest of 3dent Technologies, LLC (“3Dent”), a Houston, Texas
based company that offers offshore energy engineering and design
services that are complementary to OPT’s technology and products.
As consideration for the purchase, the Company issued
361,991 shares of its common
stock to the seller, subject to a 12-month post acquisition
employment condition. In addition, the former owners of 3Dent will
be eligible for awards of performance stock with a potential value
of $360,000
if certain
revenue targets are achieved over the 12 month-period post
acquisition. There were no changes during the three months ended
July 31, 2021 that would affect this valuation.
The Company
accounted for the transaction as a business combination under ASC
805, “Business Combinations.” Accordingly, the assets and
liabilities acquired were recorded at their estimated fair value on
the date of acquisition. Under ASC 805, acquisition-related
transaction costs (such as advisory, legal, valuation, other
professional fees) were expensed in the Consolidated Statement of
Operations in the period incurred.
Item 2. |
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS |
The
following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction
with the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements
and related notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Some of the information contained in this management’s discussion
and analysis is set forth elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, including
information with respect to our plans and strategy for our
business, pending and threatened litigation and our liquidity,
includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. You should review the “Risk Factors” section of our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2021 for a
discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the results described in or implied by the
forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion
and analysis. References to a fiscal year in this Form 10-Q refer
to the year ended April 30 of that year (e.g., fiscal 2021 refers
to the year ended April 30, 2021).
Overview
We are a
marine power equipment, data solutions and consulting services
provider. We control the design, manufacture, sales, installation,
operations and maintenance of our solutions and services while
working closely with commercial, technical, and other development
partners that provide software, controls, mechatronics, sensors,
integration services, and marine installation services. We believe
our renewable autonomous ocean solutions deliver power and data
collection, analysis and communication in remote ocean
environments, allowing users to generate actionable intelligence
and control certain equipment. Our mission and purpose are to
provide intelligent maritime solutions and services that enable
safer and more productive ocean operations for the defense and
security, offshore oil and gas, science and research, and offshore
wind markets. We achieve this through our proprietary,
state-of-the-art technologies that are at the core of our clean and
renewable energy platforms upon which we offer our solutions and
services.
We continue
to develop and commercialize our proprietary systems that generate
electricity by harnessing the renewable energy of ocean waves for
our PowerBuoy® (“PB3”), and solar power for our hybrid PowerBuoy®
(the “hybrid”). The PB3 uses proprietary technologies that convert
the kinetic energy created by the heaving motion of ocean waves
into electricity. Our strategy includes developing complete
solutions and services, including cloud-based delivery systems for
ocean data and predictive analytics to provide actionable
intelligence for our clients. Based on feedback from our current
customers, discussions with potential customers in the defense and
security, offshore oil and gas, science and research, and offshore
wind markets, as well as government applications in fishery
protection and marine protected areas, together with our market
research and publicly available data, we believe that numerous
markets have a direct need for our solutions. Our recent projects
have been in the offshore oil and gas and science and research
industries. We believe there is an increasing need for our products
and services in areas such as fishery protection, offshore windfarm
support, and maritime domain awareness applications. We believe
that having demonstrated the capability of our solutions, we can
advance our product and services and gain further adoption from our
target markets. Our marketing efforts are focused on offshore
locations that require a cost-efficient solution for renewable,
reliable, and persistent power and communications, either by
supplying electric power to payloads that are integrated directly
with our product or located in its vicinity, such as on the seabed
and in the water column. We believe we are the leader in offshore
autonomous ocean wave power conversion technology which provides
renewable power for offshore operations that were previously
logistically problematic and difficult to decarbonize.
We were
incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey in April
1984 and began commercial operations in 1994. On April 23, 2007, we
reincorporated in Delaware. We are continuing to
build upon our mission of connecting the oceans with those who
operate, and manage the resource, in the environment. We do this
through our solutions’ offerings, that are based on our proprietary
renewable power platforms and engineering skills. Our solutions
focus on three major services areas, Data as a Service, supported
and enabled by Power as a Service, and underpinned by our Strategic
Consulting Services, which we expanded with the acquisition of
3dent Technology, LLC (“3Dent”), in February 2021. Over the course
of fiscal 2022, we intend to continue to grow our service sectors
and develop, evolve, and strengthen our solutions.
Our Power as
a Service solutions deliver value to customers by utilizing our
managed power platforms, such as the PB3 PowerBuoy® or hybrid
PowerBuoy®, and subsea battery for topside and subsea power
applications. Our focus for this solution is on bringing autonomous
clean power to our customers wherever it is required. On our
project with Eni S.p.A. (“Eni”), we utilized our PB3 PowerBuoy®,
which operated in the
Adriatic Sea for over 600 days of
continuous operation as part of Eni’s resident autonomous
underwater vehicle (“AUV”) feasibility studies. During commercial
operations, an AUV would remain on site to perform various
inspection, maintenance, and repair tasks. As demonstrated during
our project with Eni, our solutions generated sufficient power that
could, with client assets, extend missions for longer
durations.
Our Data as
a Service solution is an evolution of the work we did for Harbour
Energy (formerly known as Premier Oil) in 2019 in the North Sea.
Since then, we have been developing a Maritime Domain Awareness
solution (“MDA-S” or “MDA”) to introduce edge computing and
artificial intelligence modules that can be delivered to customers
via cyber secure cloud environments.
Our
Strategic Consulting Services, materially strengthened by the
acquired 3Dent team, focus on delivering value to our customers in
the areas of ocean engineering, structural and dynamic analysis,
Front End Engineering and Design (“FEED”) studies, and motion
simulation. These services can be delivered as part of our broader
Power and/or Data as a Service solution utilizing our solutions or
on a standalone basis. In the near term, we are focusing on
increasing our market share in the floating offshore wind market
and the broader floating foundation design market, as well as our
business with offshore oil and gas customers.
Throughout
fiscal 2021 we delivered several transactions and projects laying
the foundation for our growth in fiscal 2022. We have identified,
and are pursuing, several new applications for our PowerBuoys® in
the areas of defense, security and maritime domain awareness
solutions. In February 2021, the Company acquired all the
outstanding equity interest of 3Dent, a company based in Houston,
Texas, that offers offshore engineering and design services that
are complementary to our technology and products and strengthen our
Strategic Consulting Services. During the first quarter of fiscal
2022, we commenced several research and development (“R&D”) and
commercial development programs, including commencing our custom
software development efforts with Greensea and Fathom5 to further
extend our edge computing and cloud hosting
capabilities.
In November
2020, the Company entered into an agreement with the Offshore
Operators Committee (“OOC”) under which the Company provided
engineering and technical services for a new project under the
DeepStar Global Technology Consortium Program. This project
showcased our Power as a Service offering among well-known
operators in the industry.
In October
2020, the Company entered into an agreement with Adams
Communication & Engineering Technology, Inc. (“ACET”) to
conduct a feasibility study for the evaluation of a PB3 power and
5G communications solution in support of the U.S. Navy’s Naval
Postgraduate School’s Sea, Land, Air, Military Research Initiative
(“SLAMR”). This forms part of our Data as a Service
division.
Business
Update Regarding COVID-19
The COVID-19
pandemic presented substantial health and economic risks,
uncertainties and challenges to our business, the global economy
and financial markets. In March 2020, one of the Company’s
customers cancelled a portion of their contract due to the outbreak
of COVID-19 and instead extended an existing lease. In April 2020,
the Company declared force majeure on a contract with a different
customer and delayed the deployment of its PB3 PowerBouy® in Chile.
For additional information on various uncertainties and risks posed
by the COVID-19 pandemic, see Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30,
2021.
On March 27,
2020, the U.S. Government passed into law the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief and Economic Security Act, or the (“CARES Act”). On May 3,
2020, the Company signed a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan
with Santander as the lender for approximately $891,000 in support
through the Small Business Association (“SBA”) under the PPP loan.
The PPP loan is unsecured and evidenced by a note in favor of
Santander as the lender and governed by a Loan Agreement with
Santander. The loan contained an interest rate of 1% and was
repayable over two years. The loan contained customary events of
defaults relating to, among other things, payment defaults or
breaches of the terms of the loan. Upon the occurrence of an event
of default, the lender could have required immediate repayment of
all outstanding amounts under the loan. Interest and principal
payments are deferred for the first 6 months from the date of the
loan. Principal and interest were payable monthly commencing 6
months after the disbursement date and were allowed to be repaid by
the Company at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment
penalties. The Company received the proceeds on May 5,
2020.
The Company
filed its loan forgiveness application at the end of February 2021
asking for 100% forgiveness of the loan. In June 2021, the Company
was informed that its application was approved, and that the loan
is now fully forgiven. The Company recognized a gain on
extinguishment of PPP loan of approximately $891,000 in the July
31, 2021 Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Our
Solutions and Power Generating Platform Services
PB3
PowerBuoy®
The PB3
generates electricity by harnessing the renewable energy of ocean
waves. The PB3 features a unique onboard power take-off (“PTO”)
system, which incorporates both energy storage and energy
management and control systems. The PB3 generates a nominal
name-plated capacity rating of up to 3 kilowatts (“kW”) of peak
power during recharging of the onboard batteries. Power generation
is deployment-site dependent. Our standard energy storage system
(“ESS”) has an energy capacity of up to a nominal 150 kW-hours to
meet specific application requirements.
The PB3 is
designed to generate power for use independent of the power grid in
remote offshore locations. The hull consists of a main spar
structure loosely moored to the seabed and surrounded by a floating
annular structure that can freely move up and down in response to
the passage of the waves. The PTO system includes a mechanical
actuating system, an electrical generator, a power electronics
system, our control system, and our ESS which is sealed within the
hull. As ocean waves pass the PB3, the mechanical stroke action
created by the rising and falling of the waves is converted into
rotational mechanical energy by the PTO, which in turn, drives the
electric generator. The power electronics system then conditions
the electrical output which is collected within an ESS. The
operation of the PB3 is controlled by our customized, proprietary
control system.
The control
system uses sensors and an onboard computer to continuously monitor
the PB3 subsystems. We believe that this ability to optimize and
manage the electric power output of the PB3 is a significant
advantage of our technology. In the event of large storm waves, the
control system automatically locks the PB3, and electricity
generation is suspended. However, the load center (either the
on-board payload or one in the vicinity of the PB3) may continue to
receive power from the ESS. When wave heights return to normal
operating conditions, the control system automatically unlocks the
PB3 and electricity generation and ESS replenishment recommences.
This safety feature helps to prevent the PB3 from being damaged by
storms.
The PB3 can
be transported over land to the deployment port using conventional
transportation methods. Once at port, the PB3 can be lifted into
the water or onboard a vessel using a readily available crane of
appropriate capacity. The PB3 may then be towed to a site using a
standard vessel (if the location is within an appropriate distance
from the port), or the PB3 may be carried aboard a vessel to its
offshore location and craned into the water at site. The PB3 is
then attached to the mooring system, which is installed during a
separate operation, after which a brief commissioning process
places the PB3 into operation.
We believe
that using wave energy for electricity generation has the following
potential benefits, compared to existing incumbent
solutions.
● |
Scalability within a
small site area. Due to the dense energy in ocean waves, we
believe that the electricity may be aggregated to supply larger
payloads, as a result, for example, of multiple PB3s which are
placed in an array, occupying a relatively small area. We believe
the array of a larger number of PB3s could offer end users a
variety of advantages in availability, reliability and
scalability. |
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Predictability.
The generation of power from wave energy can be forecasted several
days in advance. Available wave energy can be calculated with a
high degree of accuracy based on satellite images and
meteorological data, even when the wave field is hundreds of miles
away and days from reaching a PB3. Therefore, we believe end-users
relying on PB3 for power may be able to proactively plan their
logistics, payload scheduling and other operational activities
based on such data. |
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Constant
source of energy. The annual occurrence of waves at specific
sites can be relatively persistent and defined with relatively high
accuracy. Based on our studies and analyses of various sites of
interest, we believe that we will be able to deploy our PB3 in
locations where the waves could produce usable electricity for most
of the year. |
Based on our
market research and publicly available data, including but not
limited to the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) 2019 Powering the
Blue Economy Report, the Westwood Energy World ROV Operations
Forecast 2019-2023, and the World Bank Database, we believe that
numerous markets may have a direct need for our PB3 including
defense and security, offshore oil and gas, science and research,
and offshore wind, as well as government applications in fishery
protection and marine protected areas. Depending on payload power
requirements, sensor types and other considerations, we have found
that our PB3 could satisfy several application requirements within
these markets. We believe that the PB3 can generate sufficient
power to meet the requirements of many potential customer
applications within our target markets, and that the hybrid could
provide ample power in geographies where wave conditions may not be
sufficient to allow the PB3 to generate sufficient
power.
hybrid
PowerBuoy®
The Company
has product launched a hybrid PowerBuoy® (“hPB”) that is a solar
powered surface buoy, compared to the wave power generating PB3.
The hybrid PowerBuoy® is powered primarily through solar panels
with an efficient and clean burning external combustion Stirling
engine to provide back-up power and is capable of providing
reliable power in remote offshore locations, regardless of ocean
wave conditions. We believe this product is complementary to the
PB3 by providing the Company the opportunity to address a broader
spectrum of customer deployment needs, including low-wave
environments, with the potential for greater product integration
within each customer project. It is intended for agile deployment
applications, such as recharging and surface communications hub for
electric remotely operated vehicles (“eROV”) and autonomous
underwater vehicles (“AUV”) used for underwater inspections and
short-term maintenance, subsea equipment monitoring and control,
and provides a flexible platform to optimize power storage based on
the environment and the application. The hybrid can be quickly
deployed and offers customers a cost-effective solution. The design
has a high payload capacity for communications and surveillance,
with the capability of being tethered to subsea payloads such as
batteries, or with a conventional anchor mooring system. The hybrid
generates power from both an array of solar panels and an
efficient, clean burning 1 kW Stirling engine fueled by liquid
propane. This energy is stored in onboard batteries which power
subsea and topside payloads. The Company has designed the hybrid
with a Stirling engine backup system to outperform traditional
diesel buoys, which we believe have more frequent service and
refueling intervals and higher carbon intensities. We believe the
hybrid will be able to operate over a broad range of temperature
and ocean wave conditions.
The towable,
boat-shaped hull design of the hybrid is appropriate for deployment
throughout the world. Power is generated independent of wave
activity, making it a good solution for providing power in
relatively calm, low wave environments with high solar intensity
and is complimentary to the PB3.
As with the
PB3, the control system uses sensors and an onboard computer to
continuously monitor the hybrid subsystems. We believe that this
ability to optimize and manage the electric power output of the
hybrid is a significant advantage of our technology. In the event
of extended cloudy periods, the control system automatically
switches electricity generation from the solar panels to the backup
engine. However, the load center, either the on-board payload or
one in the vicinity of the hybrid, may continue to receive power
from the on-board ESS. When more suitable solar power generation
conditions return, the control system automatically stops the
backup up engine and ESS replenishment recommences by way of solar
electricity generation.
The hybrid
is designed for use with a single point umbilical and mooring but
can be adapted for a 3-point mooring installation for use as a
temporary replacement for PB3 installations during planned
maintenance or repairs.
The hybrid
can be transported over land to the deployment port using
conventional transportation methods. Once at port, the hybrid is
fitted with additional stabilizing outriggers, and then can be
lifted into the water or onboard a vessel using a readily available
crane of appropriate capacity. The hybrid may then be towed to a
site using a standard vessel (if the location is within an
appropriate distance from the port), or the hybrid may be carried
aboard a vessel to its offshore location and craned into the water
at site. The hybrid is then attached to the single point mooring
system, which is installed during a separate operation, after which
a brief commissioning process places the hybrid into
operation.
The hybrid
is configured with a nominal 30 kW-hours of battery energy storage
and approximately 1 megawatt-hour (“MWh”) of stored energy in the
propane system. While the batteries are primarily charged through
solar power generation, the propane powered Stirling engine system
on the hybrid can be considered reserve energy storage, with
propane having a much higher energy storage density than
lithium-ion batteries. It can be utilized when needed based on load
demand and will provide approximately 1 MWh of stored energy
capacity. We believe that this amount of stored energy offers an
attractive local, autonomous energy solution for clients in a range
of industries, including but not limited to offshore oil and gas
and marine observation, particularly for shorter term
deployments.
During the
first quarter of fiscal 2022, we commenced efforts to upgrade the
current version of the hPB to host our MDA-S (as defined below)
offering by adding further stabilizing features.
Subsea
Battery
We have
product launched a subsea battery that is complementary to both the
PB3 and hybrid products and can be deployed together with our
PowerBuoys® or on its own. It offers customers the option of
placing additional modular and expandable energy storage on the
seabed near existing, or to be installed, subsea equipment. Our
lithium-ion subsea batteries supply power that can enable subsea
equipment, sensors, communications and AUV and eROV recharge. Our
PB3 and hybrid are complimentary to the subsea batteries by
providing a means for recharging during longer term deployments, or
the batteries can be used independently for shorter term
deployments.
The subsea
battery has been designed to provide continuous and/or short-term
power supply from its integrated energy storage system, enabling us
to supply into a range of industries and applications, from backup
power to critical subsea infrastructure to continuous operation of
subsea equipment, such as electric valves. The base design of the
subsea battery has a nominal 100 kW-hours of energy storage. The
subsea battery can be transported over land to the deployment port
using conventional transportation methods. Once at port, the subsea
battery can be lifted onboard a vessel using a readily available
crane of appropriate capacity. The battery can then be carried
aboard a vessel to its offshore location and craned into the water
at site. It comes installed on a ready deployable subsea skid
suitable for installation on the seabed. The subsea battery can be
integrated into other subsea equipment on land prior to deployment.
The battery is then connected to the other components on the seabed
with the use of an eROV.
Maritime
Domain Awareness Solution (“MDA-S”)
The
International Maritime Organization defines Maritime Domain
Awareness as the effective understanding of any activity that could
impact upon the security, safety, economy, or environment. Since
2002 the United States of America, for example, has had an active
strategy to secure the Maritime Domain. Furthermore, in 2020 the
U.S. Coast Guard elevated Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated
(“IUU”) fisheries, one aspect of MDA security, as the leading
global maritime threat. It is estimated that tens of billions of
Dollars are lost every year to IUU fishing alone.
We intend
our MDA-S payload to consist of a high-definition radar,
gyro-stabilized high-definition optical and thermal imaging
cameras, vessel automatic identification system (“AIS”) detection,
and integrated command and control software and as customer needs
dictate. Capabilities include 24/7 vessel tracking, automatic radar
plotting, automated vessel warnings, and high-definition optical
and thermal video surveillance capable of providing evidentiary
backup of activity to aid in prosecution.
We intend
data from our MDA-S will be processed onboard our buoys using edge
computing, developed together with our software partners,
transmitted to shore-based command stations via cyber-secure Wi-Fi,
cellular, and/or satellite systems, depending upon location, and
then further processed in our cloud-based analytics platform.
Surveillance data can be integrated with readily available marine
monitoring software or with our own MDA software solution developed
together with leading partners in the technology industry to
provide command and control features of a multi-buoy surveillance
network. The data can also be integrated with satellite, weather,
bathymetric, and other data feeds to form a detailed surface and
subsea picture of a monitored area.
A single
MDA-S, PB3 PowerBuoy®, can monitor vessel traffic, with or without
AIS turned on, across an area approximately 1,300 square nautical
miles of ocean territory on a permanent or temporary basis, with
the ability to link multiple surveillance assets together over
large ocean areas giving end-users visibility into potentially
damaging environmental or illegal activities. Customized solutions
are also available including the addition of subsea sensors to
monitor for acoustic signatures, including tsunami, and water
quality.
The
development of our MDA-S is underway, and we intend to launch the
first offshore demonstrations of the newly developed system during
the second and third quarters of fiscal 2022.
Strategic
Consulting Services
In addition
to work being performed by OPT for the DeepStar project, through
our technology subsidiary, 3Dent, we also offer a full range of
high-level offshore engineering, including providing consulting
engineering and design services to offshore wind developers,
offshore construction companies, drilling contractors, major oil
companies, service companies, shipyards, and engineering firms.
3Dent’s team of dedicated consultants/designers has expertise in
structural engineering, hydrodynamics and naval architecture. Among
its services is a focus on addressing the issues current or
would-be owners of offshore floaters, jackups, and lift boats have
with their fleet. 3Dent’s services include simulation engineering,
software engineering, concept design and motion
analysis.
Commercial
Activities
We continue
to seek new strategic relationships and further develop our
existing partnerships. We collaborate with companies that have
developed or are developing in-ocean applications requiring a
persistent source of power that is also capable of real time data
collection, processing and communication, to address potential
customer needs. The table below shows the percentage of the
Company’s revenues derived from customers whose revenues accounted
for at least 10% of the Company’s consolidated revenues for at
least one of the periods indicated:
|
|
Three
months ended July 31, |
|
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
Eni
S.p.A. |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
17 |
% |
Harbour
(p/k/a Premier Oil) |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
16 |
% |
EGP |
|
|
55 |
% |
|
|
67 |
% |
Valaris |
|
|
33 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
Other (no
customer over 10%) |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
100 |
% |
In order to
achieve success in commercializing our products, we must expand our
customer base and obtain commercial contracts to lease or sell our
solutions and services to customers. Our potential customer base
for our solutions includes
various public and private entities, and agencies that require
remote offshore power. To date, substantially all of our revenue
producing contracts have been with a small number of customers
under contracts to fund a portion of the costs of our operational
efforts to develop and improve our technology, validate our product
through ocean and laboratory testing, and business development
activities with potential commercial customers. Our goal in the
future is that an increased portion of our revenues will be from
the lease or sale of our products and related maintenance as well
as consultative and other services.
Current
and Recent Customers
● |
In June
2021, the Company was notified of a pre-award for a Department of
Energy (“DOE”) Small Business Innovation Research program (“SBIR”)
to support the development of the next generation of our wave
energy conversion systems. In August 2021, we completed all
required documentation, signed the DOE contract and initiated the
9-month project which will begin in the second quarter of fiscal
2022. |
|
|
● |
Throughout
the first quarter of fiscal 2022, our strategic consulting
services, continued to generate revenues from prior and new
customers of approximately $220,000. |
|
|
● |
In November
2020, the Company entered into an agreement with the OOC under
which the Company will provide engineering and technical services
for a new project under the DeepStar Global Technology Consortium
Program. This project showcased our Power as a Service
solution among well-known operators in the industry. |
|
|
● |
In October
2020, the Company entered into an agreement with ACET to conduct a
feasibility study for the evaluation of a PB3 power and 5G
communications solution in support of the U.S. Navy Naval
Postgraduate School’s SLAMR. The study was completed and the
Company is currently in active discussions with the Naval
Postgraduate School on the project’s next steps on providing the
data and power solution. |
|
|
● |
In March
2020, Eni exercised their option from the March 2018 contract to
extend their lease of the PB3 for an additional 18 months. The
initial provision in March 2018 agreement provided for a minimum
24-month contract that included an 18-month PB3 lease and
associated project management. In November 2020, Eni retrieved the
PB3 and returned it to shore due to a mooring issue. The PB3 has
since been returned to our headquarters in New Jersey and is
currently being refurbished to be redeployed. |
|
|
● |
In September
2019, we entered into two contracts with subsidiaries of EGP, which
included the sale of a PB3 and the development and supply of a
turn-key integrated Open Sea Lab (“OSL”) that was expected to be
the Company’s first deployment off the coast of Chile. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, force majeure was declared in April 2020 and
delayed the deployment. In March 2021, the Company began the
deployment process and placed the PB3 in the water. Final
deployment installation activities are anticipated in late
2021. |
|
|
● |
In June
2018, we entered into a contract with Harbour Energy for the lease
of a PB3 to be deployed in one of Harbour Energy’s offshore fields
in the North Sea. During its
deployment, the PB3 provided unmanned EZM service. In early March
2020 the Company and Harbour Energy retrieved the PB3. This PB3 has
since been returned to our headquarters in New Jersey and is
currently being refurbished to be redeployed. We continue to have
active discussions to engage with Harbor Energy on the next phase
of this project. |
Partnerships
We believe
that our solutions are best developed, sold, deployed, and
maintained together with subject matter experts in their respective
fields. This enables OPT to protect, maintain, and evolve our power
platforms and integrate them with surface and subsea payloads. OPT
has previously entered into partnerships focused on including, but
not limited to, deployment and installations, sourcing of surface
payloads, and integration with autonomous vehicles. To further
develop the MDA-S, we recently entered into strategic software and
robotics partnerships with two software companies, Greensea
Systems, Inc. and Fathom5. We believe, the partnerships with
Greensea and Fathom5 will further the development of our
next-generation MDA-S product for the maritime industrial market
and governmental defense and security organizations.
Greensea
Systems, Inc. will be contributing to OPT’s MDA-S by providing
integration software, control software, autonomy and systems
integration for the buoy sensor payload.
Fathom5 will
be designing and building a customized industrial analytics
platform to support OPT’s MDA-S. The Fathom5 customized platform
will integrate sensor technologies, combine data feeds, and provide
a flexible plug-in analytic capability to apply artificial
intelligence and machine learning to sensor feeds. Fathom5 is also
building the user interface that will allow remote operators to
control the MDA-S payload and view sensor data in real
time.
Furthermore,
we are in active discussions with larger systems integrators to
develop partnerships focused on selling our platforms and solutions
as part of larger projects.
Business
Strategy
During
fiscal 2021 and the first quarter of fiscal 2022, we advanced our
marketing programs, products, and solutions. We have made progress
in transitioning from R&D to commercialization and we intend to
build on these efforts by implementing processes and solutions that
cover the entire life cycle, from demand generation to close of
contract, and from channel strategies to customer care.
Most of the
Company’s opportunities with potential customers have been for
projects in Western Europe, including the North Sea, as well as
North America and Asia. Nearly two-thirds of these opportunities
have progressed past initial feasibility and non-disclosure
agreement stages to more detailed, confidential discussions around
specific customer applications.
Many
proposal requests are for projects where one of our PowerBuoy®
products, either the PB3, the hybrid, or our subsea battery is part
of a larger solution deployment, and typically include the
potential lease or sale of one or more PowerBuoys®, as well as
required services and maintenance support. A majority of hybrid
inquiries are for shorter term deployments in calmer waters.
Historically, demonstration projects have been a necessary step
toward broad solution deployment and revenues associated with
specific applications. A proposal phase typically lasts from three
months to more than one year. During the demonstration project
specification, negotiation and evaluation period, we are often
subject to the prospective customer’s vendor qualification process,
which entails substantial due diligence of the Company and
capabilities and may include negotiation of standard terms and
conditions. Many proposals contain provisions which would mandate
the sale or lease of our PowerBuoy® product upon successful
conclusion of the demonstration project.
We believe
this is an accurate depiction of the overall sales cycle for new
technology in each of our target markets, including our products
and solutions. Cycle times for each step of the sales’ cycle will
vary depending on several customer factors, including, but not
limited to, technical evaluation, project priorities, project
funding approval process, and alignment of new technology
integration with the customer’s broader operational strategy. We
believe that the resulting evidence of potential demand, vis-à-vis
specific application proposal requests, is indicative of progress
in our commercialization strategy. We believe that we have the
potential for growth as a result of our positioning for higher
volume production of our PowerBuoy® products and the initial
indications of demand for our PowerBuoy® products in multiple
customer applications.
The Company
is pursuing a long-term growth strategy to expand its market value
proposition while building the Company’s revenue base. This
strategy includes partnerships with leading companies in adjacent
and complementary markets. We continue to commercialize our
PowerBuoy® products for use in remote offshore power and real-time
data communications applications, and in order to achieve this
goal, we are pursuing the following business objectives:
● |
Integrated turn-key
solutions sales or leases incorporating our products and
services. We believe our PB3 hybrid and our subsea battery
solutions, as well as our MDA-S, are well suited to enable many
uncrewed, autonomous (non-grid connected) offshore solutions, such
as topside and subsea surveillance and communications, subsea
equipment monitoring, early warning systems platform and subsea
power and buffering, and weather and climate data collection. We
have investigated and realized market demand for some of these
solutions and we intend to sell and lease our products to these
markets as part of these broader integrated solutions.
Additionally, we intend to provide services associated with our
solution offerings such as paid engineering studies, value-added
engineering, maintenance, remote monitoring and diagnostic,
application engineering, planning, training, project management,
and marine and logistics support required for our solution life
cycle. We continue to increase our commercial capabilities through
new hires in sales and application support, and through engagement
of expert market consultants in various geographies. |
● |
Expand
customer system solution offerings through new complimentary
products that enable shorter and more cost-efficient
deployments. The hybrid is highly complementary to the PB3 by
providing the Company the opportunity to address a broader spectrum
of customer deployment needs, including low-wave environments, with
the potential for greater system integration within each customer
project. The hybrid is primarily intended for shorter term
deployment applications such as eROV and AUV inspections and
short-term maintenance, topside surveillance and communications,
and subsea equipment and controls. The Company has developed a
subsea battery system that is complimentary to the Company’s
PowerBuoy® products. The subsea battery system offers the
possibility of creating a sea floor energy storage solution for
remote offshore operations. These subsea battery systems contain
lithium-ion batteries, which provide high power density to supply
power to subsea equipment, sensors, communications, and the
recharging of AUVs and eROVs. Ideal for many remote offshore
customer applications, these subsea battery systems are anticipated
to be safe, high performance, cost-efficient, and quickly
deployable. |
|
|
● |
Concentrate sales and
marketing efforts in global markets. We are currently focusing
our marketing efforts globally. We believe that each of these areas
has demand for our solutions, sizable end market opportunities,
political and economic stability, and high levels of
industrialization and economic development. In fiscal 2021, we
opened an office in Houston, Texas to further support our customers
and strengthen our dialogue with our solution partners. |
|
|
● |
Expand
our relationships in key market areas through strategic
partnerships and collaborations. We believe that strategic
partners are an important part of commercializing new products.
Partnerships and collaborations can be used to improve the
development of overall integrated solutions, create new market
channels, expand commercial know-how and geographic footprint, and
bolster our product delivery capabilities. We have formed such a
relationship with several well-known groups, and we continue to
seek other opportunities to collaborate with application experts
from within our selected markets. These partnerships have helped us
source services, such as installation expertise, and products, such
as MDA enabling equipment, to meet our development and customer
obligations. Since our acquisition of 3Dent, we have been actively
pursuing additional opportunities to bring in-house skills,
capabilities, and solutions that are complementary to our strategy
and enable us to scale more quickly. |
|
|
● |
Partnering
with fabrication,
deployment and service support. In order to minimize our
capital requirements as we scale our business, we intend to
optimize and utilize state of the art fabrication, anchoring,
mooring, cabling supply, and in some cases, deployment of our
products and solutions. Our PTO is a proprietary subsystem that is
assembled and tested at our facility. We believe this distributed
manufacturing and assembly approach enables us to focus on our core
competencies and ensure a cost-effective product by leveraging a
larger more established supply base. We continue to seek strategic
partnerships regarding servicing of our products and
solutions. |
|
|
● |
Cost
reduction and PowerBuoy® solution development. Our
engineering efforts are mainly focused on addressing customer
solutions; product and solution sales; reducing production,
installation, and product life-cycle costs; and improving the
energy output, reliability, maintenance interval and expected
operating life of our products. We continue to optimize the
manufacturing of our designs with a focus on cost competitiveness,
and we believe we will be able to address new applications by
developing new payloads and solutions that address customer
needs. |
Through our
3Dent subsidiary, we plan to expand our customer base and increase
our revenue base, by providing consulting engineering and design
services to offshore wind developers, offshore construction
companies, drilling contractors, major oil companies, service
companies, and engineering firms.
Liquidity
During
the first
three months ending July 31, 2021, the Company incurred a net loss
of approximately $3.1 million and used cash in operations of
approximately $5.3 million. The Company has continued to make
investments in ongoing product development efforts in anticipation
of future growth. The Company’s future results of operations
involve significant risks and uncertainties. Factors that could
affect the Company’s future operating results and cause actual
results to vary materially from expectations include, but are not
limited to, performance of its products, its ability to market and
commercialize its products and new products that it may develop,
technology development, scalability of technology and production,
dependence on skills of key personnel, concentration of customers
and suppliers, deployment risks and integration of acquisitions,
pending or threatened litigation, and the continued impact of
COVID-19 on its business. The Company currently has committed
sources of equity financing through its At the Market Offering
Agreement with A.G.P/Alliance Global Partners (“AGP”) and the
Aspire Capital financing, but the Company cannot be sure that
additional equity and/or debt financing will be available to the
Company as needed on acceptable terms, or at all. Management
believes the Company’s current cash balance of $78.1 million is
sufficient to fund its planned expenditures through at least
September 30, 2022. In addition to the acquisition of 3Dent
in the prior year, the Company is looking at further organic and
inorganic growth opportunities to advance our data and power
services and solutions.
Capital
Raises
At the
Market Offering Agreements
On January
7, 2019, the Company entered into an At the Market Offering
Agreement (“2019 ATM Facility”) with AGP, under which the Company
may issue and sell to or through AGP, acting as agent and/or
principal, shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate
offering price of up to $25.0 million. From inception of the
program through its termination on December 8, 2020, under the 2019
ATM Facility, the Company sold and issued an aggregate of
17,595,472 shares of its common stock with an aggregate market
value of $23.4 million at an average price of $1.33 per share and
paid AGP a sales commission of approximately $0.8 million related
to those shares. The agreement was fully utilized and terminated on
December 8, 2020.
On November
20, 2020, the Company entered into an At the Market Offering
Agreement with AGP (the “2020 ATM Facility”). On December 4, 2020
the Company filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange
Commission whereby, the Company could issue and sell to or through
AGP, acting as agent and/or principal, shares of the Company’s
common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50.0
million. From inception of the 2020 ATM Facility through April 30,
2021, the Company sold and issued an aggregate of 17,179,883 shares
of its common stock with an aggregate market value of $50.0 million
at an average price of $2.91 per share and paid AGP a sales
commission of approximately $1.6 million related to those shares. A
prospectus supplement would need to be filed for the Company to
sell additional amounts under the 2020 ATM Facility.
Equity
Line Common Stock Purchase Agreements
On October
24, 2019, the Company entered into a common stock purchase
agreement with Aspire Capital which provided that, subject to
certain terms, conditions and limitations, Aspire Capital was
committed to purchase up to an aggregate of $10.0 million shares of
the Company’s common stock over a 30-month period. Through
September 18, 2020, the Company had sold an aggregate of 6,424,205
shares of common stock with an aggregate market value of $4.0
million at an average price of $0.63 per share pursuant to this
common stock purchase agreement. The agreement was fully utilized
and terminated on September 18, 2020.
On September
18, 2020, the Company entered into a new common stock purchase
agreement with Aspire Capital which provided that, subject to
certain terms, conditions and limitations, Aspire Capital was
committed to purchase up to an aggregate of $12.5 million shares of
the Company’s common stock over a 30-month period subject to a
limit of 19.99% of the outstanding common stock on the date of the
agreement if the price did not exceed a specified price in the
agreement. The number of shares the Company could issue within the
19.99% limit was 3,722,251 shares without shareholder approval.
Shareholder approval was received at the Company’s annual meeting
of stockholders on December 23, 2020 for the sale of 9,864,706
additional shares of common stock which exceeds the 19.99% limit of
outstanding common stock on the date of the agreement. Through July
31, 2021, the Company had sold an aggregate of 3,722,251 shares of
common stock with an aggregate market value of $11.8 million at an
average price of $3.17 per share pursuant to this common stock
purchase agreement.
The sale of
additional equity or convertible securities could result in
dilution to our stockholders. If additional funds are raised
through the issuance of debt securities or preferred stock, these
securities could have rights senior to those associated with our
common stock and could contain covenants that would restrict our
operations. The Company has obtained equity financing through its
At the Market Offering Agreement with AGP and the Aspire Capital
financing, but the Company cannot be sure that additional equity
and/or debt financing will be available to the Company as needed on
acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to obtain required
financing when needed, we may be required to reduce the scope of
our operations, including our planned product development and
marketing efforts, which could materially and adversely affect our
financial condition and operating results. If we are unable to
secure additional financing, we may be forced to cease our
operations.
Backlog
As of July
31, 2021, the Company’s backlog was $0.4 million. As of April 30,
2021, backlog was $0.2 million. Our backlog can include unfilled
firm orders for our products and services from commercial or
governmental customers. If any of our contracts were to be
terminated, our backlog would be reduced by the expected value of
the remaining terms of such contract.
The amount
of contract backlog is not necessarily indicative of future revenue
because modifications to or terminations of present contracts and
production delays can provide additional revenue or reduce
anticipated revenue. A substantial portion of our revenue is
recognized using the input method used to measure completion over
time of customer contracts, and changes in estimates from time to
time may have a significant effect on revenue and backlog. Our
backlog is also typically subject to large variations from time to
time due to the timing of new awards.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
To
understand our financial statements, it is important to understand
our critical accounting policies and estimates. We prepare our
financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial
statements also requires us to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, costs and
expenses and related disclosures. We base our estimates on
historical experience and on various other assumptions that we
believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results
could differ significantly from the estimates made by our
management. To the extent that there are differences between our
estimates and actual results, our future financial statement
presentation, financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows will be affected. We believe that the accounting policies are
critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as
these policies relate to the more significant areas involving
management’s judgments and estimates.
For a
discussion of our critical accounting estimates, see the section
entitled Item 7.- “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2021. There were no
material changes to our critical accounting estimates or accounting
policies during the three months ended July 31, 2021.
Recently
Issued Accounting Standards
In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit
Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial
Instruments.” This amendment replaces the incurred loss
impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that
reflects expected credit losses on instruments within its scope,
including trade receivables. This update is intended to provide
financial statement users with more decision-useful information
about the expected credit losses. In November 2019, the FASB issued
No. 2019-10, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326),
Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842),
which deferred the effective date of ASU 2016-13 for Smaller
Reporting Companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The
Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU
2016-13 will have on its consolidated financial statements.
Financial
Operations Overview
The
following describes certain line items in our statement of
operations and some of the factors that affect our operating
results.
Revenues
A
performance obligation is the unit of account for revenue
recognition. The Company assesses the goods or services promised in
a contract with a customer and identifies as a performance
obligation either: a) a good or service (or a bundle of goods or
services) that is distinct; or b) a series of distinct goods or
services that are substantially the same and that have the same
pattern of transfer to the customer. A contract may contain a
single or multiple performance obligations. For contracts with
multiple performance obligations, the Company allocates the
contracted transaction price to each performance obligation based
upon the relative standalone selling price, which represents the
price the Company would sell a promised good or service separately
to a customer. The Company determines the standalone selling price
based upon the facts and circumstances of each obligated good or
service. The majority of the Company’s contracts have no observable
standalone selling price since the associated products and services
are customized to customer specifications. As such, the standalone
selling price generally reflects the Company’s forecast of the
total cost to satisfy the performance obligation plus an
appropriate profit margin.
The nature
of the Company’s contracts may give rise to several types of
variable considerations, including unpriced change orders and
liquidated damages and penalties. Variable consideration can also
arise from modifications to the scope of services. Variable
consideration is included in the transaction price to the extent it
is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue
recognized will not occur once the uncertainty associated with the
variable consideration is resolved. Our estimates of variable
consideration and determination of whether to include such amounts
in the transaction price are based largely on our assessment of
legal enforceability, performance and any other information
(historical, current, and forecasted) that is reasonably available
to us. There was no variable consideration as of July 31, 2021 and
2020.
The Company
recognizes revenue when or as it satisfies a performance obligation
by transferring a good or service to a customer, either (1) at a
point in time or (2) over time. A good or service is transferred
when or as the customer obtains control of it. The evaluation of
whether control of each performance obligation is transferred at a
point in time or over time is made at contract inception. Input
measures such as costs incurred or time elapsed are utilized to
assess progress against specific contractual performance
obligations for the Company’s services. The selection of the method
to measure progress towards completion requires judgment and is
based on the nature of the services to be provided. For the
Company, the input method using costs incurred or time elapsed best
represents the measure of progress against the performance
obligations incorporated within the contractual agreements. When
the Company’s estimate of total costs to be incurred to satisfy the
performance obligations exceed revenue, the Company recognizes the
loss immediately.
The
Company’s contracts are either cost plus or fixed price contracts.
Under cost plus contracts, customers are billed for actual expenses
incurred plus an agreed-upon fee. Under cost plus contracts, a
profit or loss on a project is recognized depending on whether
actual costs are more or less than the agreed upon
amount.
The Company
has two types of fixed price contracts, firm fixed price and
cost-sharing. Under firm fixed price contracts, the Company
receives an agreed-upon amount for providing products and services
specified in the contract, a profit or loss is recognized depending
on whether actual costs are more or less than the agreed upon
amount. Under cost-sharing contracts, the fixed amount agreed upon
with the customer is only intended to fund a portion of the costs
on a specific project. Under cost sharing contracts, an amount
corresponding to the revenue is recorded in cost of revenues,
resulting in gross profit on these contracts of zero. The Company’s
share of the costs is recorded as product development expense. The
Company reports its disaggregation of revenue by contract type
since this method best represents the Company’s business. For the
three-month periods ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, all of the
Company’s contracts were classified as firm fixed price.
As of July
31, 2021, the Company’s total remaining performance obligations,
also referred to as backlog, totaled $0.4 million. The Company
expects to recognize approximately 100%, or $0.4 million, of the
remaining performance obligations as revenue over the next twelve
months.
The Company
also enters into lease arrangements for its PB3 with certain
customers. Revenue related to multiple-element arrangements is
allocated to lease and non-lease elements based on their relative
standalone selling prices or expected cost plus a margin approach.
Lease elements generally include a PB3 and components, while
non-lease elements generally include engineering, monitoring and
support services. In the lease arrangement, the customer is
provided an option to extend the lease term or purchase the leased
PB3 at some point during and/or at the end of the lease
term.
The Company
classifies leases as either operating or financing in accordance
with the authoritative accounting guidance contained within ASC
Topic 842, “Leases”. At inception of the contract, the
Company evaluates the lease against the lease classification
criteria within ASC Topic 842. If the direct financing or
sales-type classification criteria are met, then the lease is
accounted for as a finance lease. All others are treated as an
operating lease.
The Company
recognizes revenue from operating lease arrangements generally on a
straight-line basis over the lease term and is presented in
Revenues in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The lease
income for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 was
immaterial.
The
following table provides information regarding the breakdown of our
revenues by customer for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and
2020.
|
|
Three
months ended July 31, |
|
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Eni
S.p.A. |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
28 |
|
Harbour
(p/k/a Premier Oil) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
27 |
|
EGP |
|
|
149 |
|
|
|
114 |
|
Valaris |
|
|
89 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Other (no
customer over 10%) |
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
$ |
272 |
|
|
$ |
169 |
|
We currently
focus our sales and marketing efforts globally. The following table
shows the percentage of our revenues by geographical location of
our customers for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and
2020.
|
|
Three
months ended July 31, |
|
Customer
Location |
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Europe |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
33 |
% |
South
America |
|
|
55 |
% |
|
|
67 |
% |
North
America |
|
|
45 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
100 |
% |
Cost of
revenues
Our cost of
revenues consists primarily of subcontracts, incurred material,
labor and manufacturing overhead expenses, such as engineering
expense, equipment depreciation and maintenance and facility
related expenses, and includes the cost of equipment to customize
the PowerBuoy® supplied by third-party suppliers. Cost of revenues
also includes PowerBuoy® system delivery and deployment expenses
and may include anticipated losses at completion on certain
contracts.
Engineering and
product development costs
Our
engineering and product development costs consist of salaries and
other personnel-related costs and the costs of products, materials
and outside services used in our product development and unfunded
research activities. Our product development costs relate primarily
to our efforts to increase the power output and reliability of our
PowerBuoy® system, to enhance and optimize data monitoring and
controls systems, and to the development of new products, product
applications and complementary technologies. We expense all of our
engineering and product development costs as incurred.
Selling,
general and administrative costs
Our selling,
general and administrative costs consist primarily of professional
fees, salaries and other personnel-related costs for employees and
consultants engaged in sales and marketing and support of our
products and costs for executive, accounting and administrative
personnel, professional fees and other general corporate
expenses.
Interest
income, net
Interest
income, net consists of interest received on cash, cash equivalents
and money market fund and interest paid on certain obligations to
third parties.
Foreign
exchange gain (loss)
We transact
business in various countries and have exposure to fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates. Foreign exchange gains and losses
arise in the translation of foreign-denominated assets and
liabilities, which may result in realized and unrealized gains or
losses from exchange rate fluctuations. Since we conduct our
business in U.S. dollars and our functional currency is the U.S.
dollar, our main foreign exchange exposure, if any, results from
changes in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the
British pound sterling, the Euro and the Australian
dollar.
We maintain
cash accounts that are denominated in British pounds sterling,
Euros and Australian dollars. These foreign-denominated accounts
had a balance of $0.3 million as of July 31, 2021 and July 31,
2020, compared to our total cash, cash equivalents and restricted
cash balances of $78.3 million as of July 31, 2021 and $12.0
million as of July 31, 2020. These foreign currency balances are
translated each month into our functional currency, and any
resulting gain or loss is recognized in our results of
operations.
In addition,
a portion of our operations is conducted through our subsidiaries
in countries other than the United States, specifically Ocean Power
Technologies Ltd. in the United Kingdom, the functional currency of
which is the British pound sterling, and Ocean Power Technologies
(Australasia) Pty Ltd. in Australia, the functional currency of
which is the Australian dollar. Both of these subsidiaries have
foreign exchange exposure that results from changes in the exchange
rate between their functional currency and other foreign currencies
in which they conduct business.
We currently
do not hedge our exchange rate exposure. However, we assess the
anticipated foreign currency working capital requirements and
capital asset acquisitions of our foreign operations and attempt to
maintain a portion of our cash and cash equivalents denominated in
foreign currencies sufficient to satisfy these anticipated
requirements. We also assess the need and cost to utilize financial
instruments to hedge currency exposures on an ongoing basis and may
hedge against exchange rate exposure in the future.
Results
of Operations
This section
should be read in conjunction with the discussion below under
“Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
Three
months ended July 31, 2021 compared to the three months ended July
31, 2020
The
following table contains selected statement of operations
information, which serves as the basis of the discussion of our
results of operations for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and
2020.
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|
Three
months ended July 31, |
|
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
Revenues |
|
$ |
272 |
|
|
$ |
169 |
|
Cost of
revenues |
|
|
423 |
|
|
|
334 |
|
Gross
profit/(loss) |
|
|
(151 |
) |
|
|
(165 |
) |
Operating
expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Engineering and
product development costs |
|
|
1,971 |
|
|
|
1,252 |
|
Selling,
general and administrative costs |
|
|
2,909 |
|
|
|
1,987 |
|
Total
operating expenses |
|
|
4,880 |
|
|
|
3,239 |
|
Operating
loss |
|
|
(5,031 |
) |
|
|
(3,404 |
) |
Interest
income, net |
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Gain on
extiguishment of PPP loan |
|
|
891 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Foreign
exchange gain/(loss) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Loss
before income taxes |
|
|
(4,120
|
) |
|
|
(3,385
|
) |
Income tax benefit |
|
|
1,041
|
|
|
|
- |
|
Net
loss |
|
$ |
(3,079 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,385 |
) |
Revenues
Revenues for
the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 were $0.3 million and
$0.2 million, respectively. The year-over-year increase was
primarily due to higher levels of revenue derived from our EGP
contract and new work with 3Dent projects as compared to the same
period in the prior year.
Cost of
revenues
Cost of
revenues for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 were
$0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively. The increase of
approximately $0.1 million over 2020 was mostly due to higher
deployment and material costs incurred on the EGP contract for the
three months ended July 31, 2021 as compared to the three months
ended July 31, 2020.
Engineering and
product development costs
Engineering
and product development costs for the three months ended July 31,
2021 and 2020 were $2.0 million and $1.3 million, respectively. The
increase of approximately $0.7 million is the result of higher
spending on new product development projects of $0.5 million as
compared to the same period in the prior year and increases in
employee payroll of $0.6 million driven by higher headcount in the
current year with the addition of 3Dent. These increases were
partially offset by a decrease in overhead and penalties incurred
during the first quarter of fiscal 2021, of $0.4
million.
Selling,
general and administrative costs
Selling,
general and administrative costs for the three months ended July
31, 2021 and 2020 were $2.9 million and $2.0 million, respectively.
The increase of $0.9 million for the three months ended July 31,
2021 was primarily due to higher consulting costs of $0.3 million,
increases in equity compensation of $0.2 million, professional fees
of $0.2 million, and risk management insurance cost increases of
$0.2 million.
Extinguishment of
Debt
The Company
filed its loan forgiveness application at the end of February 2021
asking for 100% forgiveness of the loan. In June 2021, the Company
was informed that its application was approved, the loan is now
fully forgiven and the Company recognized a gain on extinguishment
of PPP loan of $0.9 million.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Our cash
requirements relate primarily to working capital needed to operate
and grow our business including funding operating expenses. We have
experienced and continue to experience negative cash flows from
operations and net losses. The Company incurred net losses of $3.1
million and $3.4 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021
and 2020, respectively. Refer to “Liquidity Outlook” below for
additional information.
Net cash
used in operating activities
During the
three months ended July 31, 2021, net cash flows used in operating
activities was $5.3 million, an increase of $2.6 million compared
to net cash used in operating activities during the three months
ended July 31, 2020. This increase is primarily due to higher
project and employee related costs and the settlement of litigation
of approximately $1.2 million.
Net cash
used in investing activities
Net cash
used in investing activities during the three months ended July 31,
2021 was $7,325, compared to no cash used for investing activities
during the three months ended July 31, 2020. The increase in net
cash used in investing activities was due to higher spending on the
purchase of property, plant and equipment.
Net cash
provided by financing activities
Net cash
provided by financing activities during the three months ended July
31, 2021 was zero compared to net cash provided by financing
activities during the three months ended July 31, 2020 of $3.8
million. The decrease in net cash provided by financing activities
during the three months ended July 31, 2021 reflects the
combination of no capital raises during the first quarter of fiscal
2022 in addition to proceeds related to the PPP loan and capital
raises related to Aspire and AGP in the prior year.
Effect of
exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
The effect
of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents was an increase of
approximately $14,000 during the three months ended July 31, 2021.
The effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents results
primarily from gains or losses on consolidation of foreign
subsidiaries and foreign denominated cash and cash
equivalents.
Liquidity
Outlook
Since our
inception, the cash flows from customer revenues have not been
sufficient to fund our operations and provide the capital resources
for our business. For the two years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020,
our aggregate revenues were $2.9 million, our aggregate net losses
were $25.1 million and our aggregate net cash used in operating
activities was $22.3 million.
Our business
is capital intensive, and up through July 31, 2021, we have been
funding our business principally through sales of our securities.
As of July 31, 2021, cash and cash equivalents was $78.1 million
and we expect to fund our business with this amount and, to a
limited extent, with our revenues until, we generate sufficient
cash flow to internally fund our business. Management believes the
Company’s current cash and cash equivalent is sufficient to fund
its planned expenditures through at least September, 2022. In
addition to the acquisition of 3Dent in the prior year, the Company
is looking at further organic and inorganic growth opportunities to
advance our data and power services and solutions.
We expect to
devote substantial resources to continue our development efforts
for our products and to expand our sales, marketing and
manufacturing programs associated with the continued
commercialization of our products. Our future capital requirements
will depend on a number of factors, including but not limited
to:
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● |
our ability
to commercialize our products, and achieve and sustain
profitability; |
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|
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|
● |
our
continued development of our proprietary technologies, and expected
continued use of cash from operating activities unless or until we
achieve positive cash flow from the commercialization of our
products and services; |
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|
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|
● |
our ability
to obtain additional funding, as and if needed which will be
subject to a number of factors, including market conditions, and
our operating performance; |
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|
|
|
● |
the impact
of COVID-19 pandemic on our business, operations, customers,
suppliers and manufacturers, and personnel; |
|
|
|
|
● |
future acquisitions, which may use significant resources, may be
unsuccessful or may expose us to unforeseen liabilities;
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|
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|
● |
our
estimates regarding expenses, future revenues and capital
requirements; |
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|
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|
● |
the adequacy
of our cash balances and our need for additional
financings; |
|
|
|
|
● |
our ability
to develop and manufacture commercially viable
products; |
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|
|
|
● |
our ability
to successfully develop and market new products; |
|
● |
that we will
be successful in our efforts to commercialize our products or the
timetable upon which commercialization can be achieved, if at
all; |
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|
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|
● |
our ability
to identify and penetrate markets for our products and our wave
energy technology; |
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|
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|
● |
our ability
to implement our commercialization strategy as planned, or at
all; |
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|
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|
● |
our
relationships with our strategic partners may not be successful and
we may not be successful in establishing additional
relationships; |
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|
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|
● |
our ability
to maintain the listing of our common stock on the NYSE
American; |
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|
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|
● |
the
reliability of our technology and our products; |
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|
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|
● |
our ability
to improve the power output, survivability and reliability of our
products; |
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|
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|
● |
the impact
of pending and threatened litigation on our business, financial
condition and liquidity; |
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|
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|
● |
changes in
current legislation, regulations and economic conditions that
affect the demand for renewable energy; |
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|
● |
our ability
to compete effectively in our target markets; |
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