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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
October 31, 2022
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)
|
|
(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 |
|
OPTT |
|
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
☐
If an
emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐
No ☒
As of
December 14, 2022, the number of outstanding shares of common stock
of the registrant was 55,921,880
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 revenue and
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 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
develop, market and 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 continued impact
of COVID-19 and its variants on our business, operations,
customers, suppliers and manufacturers and personnel; |
|
● |
our ability to meet
product development, manufacturing and customer delivery deadlines
may be impacted by disruptions to our supply chain, primarily
related to labor shortages and manufacturing and transportation
delays both here in the U.S. and abroad; |
|
● |
our acquisitions and
our ability to integrate them into our operations may use
significant resources, be unsuccessful or expose us to unforeseen
liabilities; |
|
● |
our estimates
regarding future expenses, revenues, and capital
requirements; |
|
● |
our ability to
identify and penetrate markets for our products, services, and
solutions; |
|
● |
our ability to
establish relationships with our existing and future strategic
partners may not be successful; |
|
● |
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 and survivability of our products; |
|
● |
changes in current
legislation, regulations and economic conditions that affect the
demand for, or restrict the use of our products; |
|
● |
our ability to hire
and retain key personnel, including senior management, to achieve
our business objectives; |
|
● |
our history of
operating losses, which we expect to continue for at least the
short term and possibly longer; 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,
2022, 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 Shareholders’ Equity
(in
$000’s, except share data)
Unaudited
|
|
Six
Months Ended October 31, 2021 |
|
|
|
Common
Shares |
|
|
Treasury
Shares |
|
|
Additional
Paid-In
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Total
Shareholders’
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances
at May 1, 2021 |
|
|
52,479,051 |
|
|
$ |
52 |
|
|
|
(21,040 |
) |
|
$ |
(338 |
) |
|
$ |
315,821 |
|
|
$ |
(234,896 |
) |
|
$ |
(171 |
) |
|
$ |
80,468 |
|
Net
loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(8,250 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(8,250 |
) |
Share-based
compensation |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
547 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
547 |
|
Proceeds
from stock options exercises |
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Other
comprehensive gain |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(45 |
) |
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
Balances
at October 31, 2021 |
|
|
52,499,051 |
|
|
$ |
52 |
|
|
|
(21,040 |
) |
|
$ |
(338 |
) |
|
$ |
316,389 |
|
|
$ |
(243,191 |
) |
|
$ |
(139 |
) |
|
$ |
72,773 |
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended October 31, 2022 |
|
|
|
Common
Shares |
|
|
Treasury
Shares |
|
|
Additional
Paid-In
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Total
Shareholders’
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Equity |
|
Balance at July 31,
2022 |
|
|
55,921,880 |
|
|
$ |
56 |
|
|
|
(23,352 |
) |
|
$ |
(341 |
) |
|
$ |
323,265 |
|
|
$ |
(259,622 |
) |
|
$ |
(46 |
) |
|
|
63,312 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(4,844 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(4,844 |
) |
Share-based
compensation |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
299 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
299 |
|
Balance, October 31,
2022 |
|
|
55,921,880 |
|
|
$ |
56 |
|
|
|
(23,352 |
) |
|
$ |
(341 |
) |
|
$ |
323,564 |
|
|
$ |
(264,466 |
) |
|
$ |
(46 |
) |
|
$ |
58,767 |
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended October 31, 2021 |
|
|
|
Common
Shares |
|
|
Treasury
Shares |
|
|
Additional
Paid-In
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Total
Shareholders’
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Equity |
|
Balances at August 1,
2021 |
|
|
52,479,051 |
|
|
$ |
52 |
|
|
|
(21,040 |
) |
|
$ |
(338 |
) |
|
$ |
316,211 |
|
|
$ |
(237,975 |
) |
|
$ |
(185 |
) |
|
$ |
77,765 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(5,171 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(5,171 |
) |
Share-based
compensation |
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
157 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
157 |
|
Proceeds from stock
options exercises |
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
21 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
21 |
|
Other comprehensive
gain/(loss) |
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(45 |
) |
|
$ |
46 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
Balances at Balance,
October 31, 2021 |
|
|
52,499,051 |
|
|
$ |
52 |
|
|
|
(21,040 |
) |
|
$ |
(338 |
) |
|
$ |
316,389 |
|
|
$ |
(243,191 |
) |
|
$ |
(139 |
) |
|
$ |
72,773 |
|
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
(a) Background
Ocean
Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPTI”) was founded in 1984 in New
Jersey, commenced business operations in 1994 and re-incorporated
in Delaware in 2007. Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. acquired 3dent
Technology, LLC (“3Dent”), in February 2021 and Marine Advanced
Robotics, Inc. (“MAR”) in November 2021, both of which are now
included as part of OPTI. OPTI, along with its subsidiaries, (the
“Company”) is a complete solutions provider, controlling the
design, manufacturing, sales, installation, operations and
maintenance of its products and services. The Company’s solutions
provide distributed offshore power and data 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 the Company’s goal is to generate the majority of its
revenues from the sale or lease of its products and solutions, and
sales of services to support business operations.
(b) Basis of Presentation
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
8 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, 2022, 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.
(c) Liquidity
For
the six months ended October 31, 2022, the Company incurred net
losses of approximately $10.7 million, used cash in operations of
approximately $11.0 million and had an
accumulated deficit of approximately $264.5 million. The Company has
continued to make investments in ongoing product development
efforts in anticipation of, and to support, future growth. The
Company has also made investments to build its inventory in
anticipation of this 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 could
cause actual results to vary materially from expectations include,
but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties identified
under “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in this
quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The Company previously obtained
equity financing through its At the Market Offering Agreement
(“ATM”) with A.G.P/Alliance Global Partners (“AGP”) and through its
equity line financing with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC (“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 at October 31, 2022 of $10.3 million and marketable securities balance
of $35.9 million is sufficient to
fund its planned expenditures through at least December
2023.
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 was filed on January 10, 2022
to allow the Company to sell an additional $25.0
million (or an aggregate of $75.0
million) under the 2020 ATM Facility, none of which has been sold
to date.
On
September 18, 2020, 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 $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 shareholders on
December 23, 2020 for the sale of 9,864,706
additional shares of common stock which exceeded the 19.99% limit
of the outstanding common stock on the date of the agreement.
Through October 31, 2022, 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
$0.7
million remaining on the facility as of October 31,
2022.
(2)
Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies
(a) Consolidation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts
of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries, Ocean Power
Technologies Ltd. in the United Kingdom, and Ocean Power
Technologies (Australasia) Pty Ltd. in Australia (“OPT-A”). OPT-A
is in the process of being liquidated due to inactivity. All
documents have been filed with the Australian Tax Organization and
the Company expects this to be completed in the current fiscal
year. All significant intercompany accounts 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, stock-based compensation, valuations,
purchase price allocations and contingent consideration related to
business combinations, expected future cash flows including growth
rates, discount rates, terminal values and other assumptions and
estimates used to evaluate the recoverability of long-lived assets,
goodwill and other intangible assets and the related amortization
methods and periods, estimated hours and costs to complete customer
contracts for purposes of revenue recognition. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
(c) Cash, Cash
Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Security Agreements and Marketable
Securities
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 or in short
term held-to-maturity marketable securities. The Company had cash
and cash equivalents $10.0 million as of October
31, 2022 and $7.9 million as of April
30, 2022.
Restricted
Cash and Security Agreements
The
Company has a letter of credit agreement with Santander Bank, N.A.
(“Santander”). Cash of $154,000 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 a letter of credit to subsidiaries of Enel Green Power
(“EGP”) pursuant to the Company’s contracts with EGP. This letter
of credit was originally issued in the amount of $645,000 and
was reduced to $323,000
in August 2020. The letter of credit will be reduced by an
additional $258,000
once the PowerBuoy® (“PB3”) and its accompanying systems pass final
acceptance testing which the Company expects to take place during
the third quarter of fiscal year 2023. The remaining restricted
amount of $65,000 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
|
|
October
31,
2022 |
|
|
April
30,
2022 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
$ |
10,030 |
|
|
$ |
7,885 |
|
Restricted cash- short
term |
|
|
258 |
|
|
|
258 |
|
Restricted cash- long
term |
|
|
219 |
|
|
|
219 |
|
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash
equivalents |
|
$ |
10,507 |
|
|
$ |
8,362 |
|
Marketable
Securities
During
fiscal 2022, the Company acquired investment securities through
Charles Schwab Bank. As of October 31, 2022 and April 30, 2022,
their value was approximately $35.9 million and $49.4
million, respectively. All marketable securities consist of
corporate bonds, government agency bonds, or U.S. Treasury Notes
and Bonds, are investment grade rated or better, and mature within
12 months. The Company has the ability and the intention to hold
all investments to maturity, and as such are classified as
held-to-maturity investments and carried at amortized cost. The
total recognized interest expense on the premium we paid for the
securities as of October 31, 2022 and 2021 is approximately
$0.2 million and
zero, respectively, on an amortized cost basis of
approximately $0.3 million and
zero, respectively. Additionally, there has been no
impairment on these investments.
The
following table summarizes the Company’s marketable securities as
of October 31, 2022:
Schedule of Investments and Unrealized
Gains/Losses
Category |
|
Amortized
Cost |
|
|
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses)
|
|
|
Market
Value |
|
Corporate
Bonds |
|
$ |
27,364 |
|
|
$ |
(23 |
) |
|
$ |
27,341 |
|
Government Bonds &
Notes |
|
|
5,008 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
5,008 |
|
Government
Agency |
|
|
3,496 |
|
|
$ |
(5 |
) |
|
|
3,491 |
|
Total Marketable
Securities |
|
$ |
35,868 |
|
|
$ |
(28 |
) |
|
$ |
35,840 |
|
(d) Concentration of
Credit Risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to credit risk
consist principally of trade accounts receivable, marketable
securities and cash. The Company believes that its credit risk is
limited because the Company’s current contracts are with companies
with a reliable payment history. The Company invests its excess
cash in a money market fund and short term held-to maturity
investments and does not believe that it is exposed to any
significant risks related to its cash accounts, money market fund,
or held-to maturity investments. Cash is also maintained at foreign
financial institutions. Cash in foreign financial institutions as
of October 31, 2022 was approximately $5,000.
For
the six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had
four and three customers whose revenues accounted for at least 10%
of the Company’s consolidated revenues, respectively. These
revenues accounted for approximately 69% and 73% of the Company’s
total revenues for the respective periods. For the three months
ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had five and four
customers whose revenues accounted for at least 10% of the
Company’s consolidated revenues, respectively. These revenues
accounted for approximately 80% and 76% of the Company’s
total revenues for the respective periods.
(e) Share-Based
Compensation
Costs
resulting from all share-based payment transactions are recognized
in the consolidated financial statements at their fair values. The
aggregate share-based compensation expense recorded in the
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the six months ended
October 31, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $0.6 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
For the three months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, share-based
compensation expense was $0.3 million and
$0.2 million,
respectively.
(f) Revenue
Recognition
The
Company accounts for revenues in accordance with Accounting
Standards Codification 606 (ASC 606) which states that 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 is estimated based upon 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,
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 October 31, 2022
or 2021. The Company presents shipping and handling costs, that
occur after control of the promised goods or services transfer to
the customer, as fulfillment costs in costs of goods sold and
regular shipping and handling activities charged to operating
expenses.
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 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 labor hours 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, 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, fixed-price contracts,
time and material agreements, lease or service agreements. Under
cost plus contracts, customers are billed for actual expenses
incurred plus an agreed-upon fee.
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, and 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 revenues by
contract type since this method best represents the Company’s
business. For the six-month periods ended October 31, 2022 and
2021, all of the Company’s contracts were classified as firm
fixed-price.
The
Company at times enters into agreements with government agencies
through SBIR contract agreements. These are typically fixed-priced
agreements where the Company retains ownership of the data and
grants the government a license with unlimited rights to use,
disclose, reproduce, prepare derivative works and publicly
distribute the data.
Time
and materials agreements are billed based solely on the cost of
time spent working on the contract and the material
used.
As of
October 31, 2022, the Company’s total remaining performance
obligations, also referred to as backlog, totaled $2.4
million. The Company expects to recognize approximately 77%,
or $1.8
million, for the remaining performance obligations as revenue over
the next twelve months.
The
Company also enters into lease arrangements for its PowerBuoys and
Wave Adaptive Modular Vessels (“WAM-V®”) 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 PowerBuoy and components, while
non-lease elements, which the Company expects to become more
prevalent, generally include engineering, monitoring and support
services. In the lease arrangement, the customer may be provided an
option to extend the lease term or purchase the leased PB3 or
WAM-V® 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.
Lease revenues were de minimus for the three and six months ended
October 31, 2022 and 2021.
(g) Other Income –
Employee Retention Credit
The
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act
provides an employee retention credit (“CARES ERC”), which is a
refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes of up to
$5,000 per employee for
eligible employers. The tax credit is equal to 50% of
qualified wages paid to employees during a quarter, capped at
$10,000 of qualified wages per
employee through December 31, 2020. Additional relief provisions
were passed by the United States government, which extend and
slightly expand the qualified wage caps on these credits through
December 31, 2021. Based on these additional provisions, the tax
credit is now equal to 70% of
qualified wages paid to employees during a quarter, and the limit
on qualified wages per employee has been increased to $10,000 of qualified wages per
quarter. The Company qualifies for the tax credit under the CARES
Act.
During
the three-month period ended October 31, 2022, the Company claimed
CARES ERC’s of approximately $612,000 and $590,000 for the fiscal years ended
April 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively, and recognized approximately
$1,202,000 as other income in the
statement of operations for the three and six-month periods ended
October 31, 2022. Claimed CARES ERC’s are expected to be settled
during the year ended April 30, 2023 and have been recorded within
other current assets in the accompanying balance sheet as of
October 31, 2022.
In
November 2022 the company received approximately $200,000 from the IRS related to the
receivable.
(h) Net Loss per
Common Share
Basic
and diluted net loss per 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 (Note 11) were
determined to be common stock equivalents and were included in the
weighted average number of shares outstanding for calculation of
the basic earnings per share number before being
exercised.
Due
to the Company’s net losses, potentially dilutive securities,
consisting of options to purchase shares of common stock, potential
exercises of warrants on common stock and unvested restricted stock
issued to employees and non-employee directors, were excluded from
the diluted loss per share calculation due to their anti-dilutive
effect.
In
computing diluted net loss per share on the Consolidated Statement
of Operations, potential exercises of warrants on common stock,
options to purchase shares of common stock and non-vested
restricted stock issued to employees and non-employee directors,
totaling 6,242,465
and
4,928,474 for the six months ended October 31, 2022 and
2021, respectively, were excluded from each of the computations as
the effect would be anti-dilutive.
(i) 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,
Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities
The
following provides further details on the balance sheet accounts of
accounts receivable, contract assets and contract liabilities from
contracts with customers:
Schedule of Accounts Receivable, Contract
Assets and Contract Liabilities
|
|
October
31,
2022 |
|
|
April
30,
2022 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Accounts
receivable |
|
$ |
587 |
|
|
$ |
482 |
|
Contract
assets |
|
|
301 |
|
|
|
386 |
|
Contract
liabilities |
|
|
1,462 |
|
|
|
129 |
|
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
Contract
assets include unbilled amounts typically resulting from
arrangements whereby the right to payment is conditional on
completing additional tasks or services for a performance
obligation. The decrease in contract assets is primarily a result
of services performed relating to MAR projects for which revenue
was recognized in prior periods but was billed during the six
months ended October 31, 2022.
Significant
changes in the contract assets balances during the period were as
follows:
Schedule of Significant Changes in Contract
assets and Contract Liabilities
|
|
Six months
ended October 31,
2022 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Transferred to
receivables from contract assets recognized at the beginning of the
period |
|
$ |
(132 |
) |
Revenue recognized and
not billed as of the end of the period |
|
|
47 |
|
Net change in contract
assets |
|
$ |
(85 |
) |
Contract
Liabilities
Contract
liabilities consist of amounts invoiced to customers in excess of
revenue recognized. The increase in contract liabilities is
primarily due to payments received for the following: $1.0 million related to future grant revenue
and $0.4 million for future sales revenue during
the six months ended October 31, 2022 for which we have not
recognized revenue.
(4)
Inventory
The
Company holds inventory related to the production of its WAM-V® and
PowerBuoy® products.
Schedule of Inventory
|
|
October
31,
2022 |
|
|
April
30,
2022 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Raw
Materials |
|
$ |
748 |
|
|
$ |
198 |
|
Work in
Process |
|
|
280 |
|
|
|
244 |
|
Inventory, net |
|
$ |
1,028 |
|
|
$ |
442 |
|
(5)
Other Current
Assets
Other
current assets consisted of the following at October 31, 2022 and
April 30, 2022:
Schedule of Other Current
Assets
|
|
October
31,
2022 |
|
|
April
30,
2022 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Prepaid
insurance |
|
$ |
660 |
|
|
$ |
182 |
|
Prepaid software &
licenses |
|
|
189 |
|
|
|
127 |
|
Prepaid project
costs |
|
|
153 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Prepaid sales &
marketing |
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
Employee retention credit
receivable |
|
|
1,202
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Interest
receivable |
|
|
195 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other
receivables |
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Prepaid expenses-
other |
|
|
146 |
|
|
|
84 |
|
Total other current assets |
|
$ |
2,647 |
|
|
$ |
467 |
|
(6)
Property and
Equipment, net
The
components of property and equipment, net as of October 31, 2022
and April 30, 2022 consisted of the following:
Schedule of Components of Property and
Equipment
|
|
October
31,
2022 |
|
|
April
30,
2022 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Equipment |
|
$ |
806 |
|
|
$ |
615 |
|
Computer equipment
& software |
|
|
596 |
|
|
|
571 |
|
Office furniture &
equipment |
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
352 |
|
Leasehold
improvements |
|
|
503 |
|
|
|
477 |
|
Construction in
process |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Property and equipment, gross |
|
|
1,981 |
|
|
|
2,030 |
|
Less: accumulated
depreciation |
|
|
(1,475 |
) |
|
|
(1,585 |
) |
Property and equipment, net |
|
$ |
506 |
|
|
$ |
445 |
|
Depreciation
expenses were approximately $117,000 and $70,000 for the six-month
periods ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. During the
six months ended October 31, 2022, the Company had approximately
$227,000 of fully
depreciated fixed assets that were no longer in use that were
written off and purchased approximately $179,000 of new
equipment.
(7)
Intangible
Assets
The
components of intangible assets, net as of October 31, 2022 and
April 30, 2022 consisted of the following:
Schedule of Components of Intangible
Assets
|
|
October
31,
2022 |
|
|
April
30,
2022 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Patents |
|
$ |
2,729 |
|
|
$ |
2,729 |
|
Trademarks |
|
$ |
2,769 |
|
|
$ |
2,769 |
|
Tradename |
|
$ |
130 |
|
|
$ |
130 |
|
Customer
Relationships |
|
$ |
150 |
|
|
$ |
150 |
|
Intangible assets, gross |
|
$ |
5,778 |
|
|
$ |
5,778 |
|
Accumulated
amortization |
|
$ |
(1,721 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,642 |
) |
Intangible assets, net |
|
$ |
4,057 |
|
|
$ |
4,136 |
|
Amortization expense was approximately $79,000 and $12,000 for the six-month
periods ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Amortization expense was approximately $40,000 and $6,000 for the three-month
periods ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(8)
Goodwill
Goodwill
in the amount of $8.5 million was recognized in November
2021 related to the acquisition of MAR. There have been no
additions to or impairment of goodwill during the six-month
period ended October 31, 2022.
(9)
Leases
Lessee
Information
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. The Company’s
operating leases consist of leases for office facilities and
warehouse space. 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.
The
Company has a 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 lease
reflects an initial lease term of seven
years which is set to expire in November of 2024 and
contains an option to extend the lease for another five
years. The lease is classified as an operating lease and 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 a lease located in Houston, Texas that was
acquired as part of the 3Dent acquisition that is used for office
space. The lease term is for 3 years
and is set to expire in January
of 2023 and the Company is evaluating its options with
respect to the lease. The lease is classified as an operating lease
and included in the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities-
current on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The
Company also has a lease with the University of California Berkeley
in Richmond, California that was acquired as part of the MAR
acquisition. The lease is currently a month-to-month lease in
accordance with the lease agreement. In accordance with ASC
842-20-5-2, since the remaining lease term at the time of the
acquisition of MAR was less than 12 months, the lease was not
recognized as a right-of-use asset.
The
operating lease cash flow payments for the three months ended
October 31, 2022 and 2021 were $108,000
and $102,000,
respectively. The operating lease cash flow payments for the six
months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021 were $215,000
and $204,000,
respectively.
The
components of lease expense in the Consolidated Statement of
Operations for the three and six months ended October 31, 2022 and
2021 were as follows:
Schedule of Operating Lease
Costs
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
|
Three
months ended
October 31, |
|
|
Six months
ended
October 31, |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
Operating lease
cost |
|
$ |
92 |
|
|
$ |
92 |
|
|
$ |
184 |
|
|
$ |
184 |
|
Short-term lease
cost |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total lease
cost |
|
$ |
100 |
|
|
$ |
97 |
|
|
$ |
200 |
|
|
$ |
184 |
|
Information
related to the Company’s right-of use assets and lease liabilities
as of October 31, 2022 was as follows:
Schedule of Right-of Use Assets and Lease
Liabilities
|
|
October
31,
2022 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
lease: |
|
|
|
|
Operating
right-of-use asset, net |
|
$ |
600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Right-of-use
liability- current |
|
$ |
324 |
|
Right-of-use
liability- long term |
|
|
367 |
|
Total lease
liability |
|
$ |
691 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
remaining lease term- operating leases |
|
|
1.92
years |
|
Weighted average
discount rate- operating leases |
|
|
8.4 |
% |
Total
remaining lease payments under the Company’s operating leases are
as follows:
Schedule
of Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Operating
Lease
|
|
October
31,
2022 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
Remainder of fiscal
year 2023 |
|
$ |
196 |
|
2024 |
|
|
362 |
|
2025 |
|
|
184 |
|
Total future minimum
lease payments |
|
$ |
742 |
|
Less imputed
interest |
|
|
(51 |
) |
Total |
|
$ |
691 |
|
(10)
Accrued
Expenses
Accrued
expenses consisted of the following at October 31, 2022 and April
30, 2022:
Schedule of Accrued
Expenses
|
|
October
31,
2022 |
|
|
April
30,
2022 |
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
|
|
|
|
Project
costs |
|
$ |
238 |
|
|
$ |
59 |
|
Contract loss
reserve |
|
|
435 |
|
|
|
328 |
|
Employee incentive
payments |
|
|
721 |
|
|
|
266 |
|
Accrued salary and
benefits |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
Legal and accounting
fees |
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Other |
|
|
94 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
Accrued expenses total |
|
$ |
1,557 |
|
|
$ |
877 |
|
(11)
Warrants
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 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 October 31, 2022, 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 October 31, 2022, warrants to
purchase 732,500
shares of the common stock had been exercised.
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 shareholders’ equity in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets.
(12)
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 $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 and governed by a Loan Agreement with Santander. 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 was fully forgiven. The Company
recognized a gain on forgiveness of PPP loan of approximately
$891,000 during the six
months ended October 31, 2021.
(13)
Share-Based
Compensation
In
2015, upon approval by the Company’s shareholders, 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 October 31,
2022, the Company had approximately 830,000
shares available for future issuance under the 2015
Plan.
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. On February 9, 2022, the 2018
Inducement Plan was amended to increase the authorized shares by
250,000
to 275,000.
As of October 31, 2022, there were approximately 211,000
shares available for grant under the 2018 Inducement Plan. The 2015
Plan and the 2018 Inducement Plan together comprise the “Stock
Incentive Plans”.
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 weighted
average valuation assumptions. The risk-free rate is based on the
US Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant commensurate
with the expected life of the award. The expected life (estimated
period of time outstanding) of the stock options granted was
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 and six months ended
October 31, 2022 or 2021.
A
summary of stock options under our Stock Incentive Plans is
detailed in the following table.
Schedule of Stock Option
Activity
|
|
Shares
Underlying
Options
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(In
Years)
|
|
Outstanding as of
April 30, 2022 |
|
|
1,110,356 |
|
|
$ |
2.34 |
|
|
|
9.2 |
|
Granted |
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Cancelled/forfeited |
|
|
(122,324 |
) |
|
$ |
1.51 |
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding as of
October 31, 2022 |
|
|
988,032 |
|
|
$ |
2.39 |
|
|
|
8.6 |
|
Exercisable as of
October 31, 2022 |
|
|
291,541 |
|
|
$ |
4.53 |
|
|
|
7.3 |
|
As of
October 31, 2022, the total intrinsic value of outstanding and
exercisable options was approximately zero.
As of October 31, 2022, approximately 696,000 options were unvested,
which had an intrinsic value of
zero and a weighted average remaining contractual term of
9.2
years. There was approximately $168,000 and
$115,000 of
total recognized compensation cost related to stock options during
each of the six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021,
respectively. There was approximately $72,000 and
$5,000 of
total recognized compensation cost related to stock options during
each of the three months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021,
respectively. The three month compensation expense was lower as of
October 31, 2021 due to a larger number of forfeitures related to
the departure of some of the executive management team in the prior
year. As of October 31, 2022, there was approximately $0.6
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
2.1
years.
Performance
Stock Options
A
summary of performance stock options under our Stock Incentive
Plans is detailed in the following table.
Schedule of Stock Option
Activity
|
|
Shares
Underlying
Options
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(In
Years)
|
|
Outstanding as of
April 30, 2022 |
|
|
210,122 |
|
|
$ |
2.20 |
|
|
|
8.8 |
|
Granted |
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Cancelled/forfeited |
|
|
(8,466 |
) |
|
$ |
2.93 |
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding as of
October 31, 2022 |
|
|
201,656 |
|
|
$ |
2.17 |
|
|
|
8.3 |
|
Exercisable as of
October 31, 2022 |
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
As of
October 31, 2022, approximately 202,000 options
were unvested, which had an intrinsic value of zero and a
weighted average remaining contractual term of 8.3
years. There was approximately $101,000 and $61,000 of total
recognized compensation cost related to stock options during the
six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. There was
approximately $48,000 and $(34,000) of total
recognized compensation cost related to stock options during the
three months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The
three month compensation expense was negative as of October 31,
2021 due to a larger number of forfeitures related to the departure
of some of the executive management team in the prior year. As of
October 31, 2022, there was approximately $0.1 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 0.4
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 six
months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company granted
52,500 and
33,333 shares,
respectively, 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
|
|
Number
of
Shares
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Price
per Share
|
|
Unvested at April 30,
2022 |
|
|
827,764 |
|
|
$ |
1.41 |
|
Granted |
|
|
52,500 |
|
|
$ |
1.12 |
|
Vested and
issued |
|
|
(16,667 |
) |
|
$ |
2.37 |
|
Cancelled/forfeited |
|
|
(6,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Unvested at October
31, 2022 |
|
|
857,597 |
|
|
$ |
1.37 |
|
There
was approximately $364,000 and
$29,000
of total recognized compensation cost related to restricted stock
for the six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
There was approximately $180,000 and
$143,000
of total recognized compensation cost related to restricted stock
for the three months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
As of October 31, 2022, there was approximately $636,000 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 1.7
years.
(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 Company’s contingent
consideration liability represents the only asset or liability
classified financial instrument that is measured at fair value on a
recurring basis.
The
total carrying value of our marketable securities approximates fair
value due to the short term nature of these investments. As of
October 31, 2022 and April 30, 2022, the carrying values were
$35.9 million and
$49.4 million,
respectively.
Additionally,
there is a Level 3 contingent liability related to earnouts as part
of the MAR acquisition in the amount of $1.4
million as the inputs are currently unobservable to determine this
fair value. As of October 31, 2022, the fair value of this
contingent liability from the time that it was acquired has
decreased by $0.2 million from
$1.6
million.
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 and
six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021.
(15)
Commitments and
Contingencies
Spain
Income Tax Audit
The
Company underwent an income tax audit in Spain for the period from
2011 to 2014, when its Spanish branch was closed. On July 30, 2018,
the Spanish tax 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. During the year ended April 30, 2022, the
Company received notice from the Spanish Central Economic and
Administrative Tribunal (“Spanish Tax Administration”) 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. On January 25, 2021,
the Company paid the Spanish Tax Administration €279,870. Notwithstanding
that payment, on April 30, 2022, the Company filed its appeal of
the decision of the Central Court to the Spanish National Court.
The Company expects a ruling on the appeal prior to the end of
fiscal 2023.
(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. The Company is currently undergoing an income tax
audit in Spain for the period from 2011 to 2014, when the Company’s
Spanish branch was closed (see Note 15). At October 31, 2022, the
Company had no unrecognized tax positions. The Company does not
expect any material increase or decrease in its income tax expense
or benefit in the next twelve months, related to examinations or
uncertain tax positions. 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.
The
Company does not have any interest or penalties accrued related to
uncertain tax positions as it does not have any unrecognized tax
benefits.
Income
Tax Benefit
The
Company sold New Jersey State net operating losses and research
development credits under the New Jersey Economic Development
Authority Tax Transfer program in the amount of approximately
$12.0 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. There was
no income tax benefit related to
the three and six months ended October 31, 2022.
(17)
Operating Segments and
Geographic Information
The
Company’s business consists of one reportable segment
as the revenues associated with its different business lines are
not material enough to justify segment reporting or to make it
meaningful to investors, and our chief operating decision maker
does not view the Company’s operations on a segment basis. The
Company operates worldwide, with its U.S. operations in New Jersey,
California and Texas, one operating subsidiary in the UK and one
subsidiary which was discontinued during 2022 in Australia.
Revenues and expenses are generally attributed to the operating
unit that bills the customers. During each of the three and six
months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s primary
business operations were in North America.
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, 2022 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 2023 refers
to the year ended April 30, 2023).
Overview
Our
solutions focus on three major service areas: Data as a Service
(“DaaS”), which includes data collected by our Wave Adaptive
Modular Vessel (WAM-V®) autonomous vehicles or our PowerBuoy®
product lines; Power as a Service (“PaaS”), which includes our
PowerBuoy® and Subsea battery products; and our Strategic
Consulting Services.
We
provide ocean data collection and reporting, marine power, offshore
communications, and Maritime Domain Awareness (“MDA”) products,
integrated solutions, and consulting services. We offer our
products and services to a wide range of customers, including those
in government and offshore energy, oil and gas, construction, wind
power and other industries. We are involved in the entire life
cycle of product development, from product design through
manufacturing, testing, deployment, maintenance and upgrades, while
working closely with partners across our supply chain. We also work
closely with our third party partners that provide us with, among
other things, software, controls, sensors, integration services,
and marine installation services. Our solutions enable technologies
for data collection, analysis, and communication in ocean and other
offshore environments, and generate actionable intelligence via a
variety of inputs. We then channel the information we collect, and
other communications, through control equipment linked to edge
computing and cloud hosting environments.
Our
mission is to provide intelligent maritime solutions and services
that enable more secure and more productive utilization of our
oceans and waterways, provide clean energy power services, and
offer sophisticated surface and subsea maritime domain awareness
solutions. We achieve this through our proprietary,
state-of-the-art technologies that are at the core of our clean and
renewable energy platforms, and our solutions and
services.
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.
Business
Update Regarding COVID-19 Supply Chain Issues and Macroeconomic
Conditions
The
COVID-19 pandemic presented substantial health and economic risks,
uncertainties and challenges to our business, the global economy,
supply chain, and financial markets. During 2020 we started to
experience some delays related to the impact of COVID-19 on the
international supply chain, and we are still experiencing some
component shortages, delivery delays and price increases related to
these supply chain issues. We were able to mitigate the impact of
these issues by not only consuming internal inventory but also by
expanding our supply base. While our supply chain is primarily
domestically oriented with the majority of our products
domestically sourced, we obtain some components from Asia and
Europe. We use a combination of off-the-shelf components and
equipment as well as custom developed parts. Although we have been
able to find alternatives for many component shortages without
compromising our product standards or integrity, we experienced,
and continue to experience, some delays and cost increases with
respect to container shortages, ocean shipping and air freight.
Like others in the industry, we continue to have concerns over
component shortages, particularly for semiconductors, lithium-based
batteries and specialty metals. In addition, our key suppliers have
experienced longer lead times and cost increases for raw
materials.
In
addition, adverse macroeconomic conditions, including inflation,
slower growth or recession, policy changes, higher interest rates,
and currency fluctuations may have a negative impact on our
business. Ongoing labor pool shortages are continuing and are
impacting some of our delivery deadlines. These adverse conditions
could impact the spending budgets of our customers, and therefore
could adversely affect the sales of our products and
services.
We
will continue to monitor these conditions, and, if necessary,
adjust our operations in response to these conditions.
Our
Solutions
Data as a
Service
Our
DaaS solution is at the forefront of our strategic plan to be a
leader in offshore data collection, integration, analytics and real
time communication for a variety of important applications. For
example, our solutions can track surface movement for maritime
border enforcement, illegal fishing interdiction, provide security
for offshore wind farms and oil and gas fields, or provide harbor
or port security as well as logistics support. We have the ability
to support aquaculture and gather information on ocean currents,
water quality, wind and other weather metrics, and map shorelines
or subsurface areas. Additionally, we offer 24/7 monitoring
solutions that can provide meaningful real time information, and
long term data collection and analytics for sophisticated
applications across many industries and scientific
applications.
As
part of our DaaS offering, 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 PowerBuoy® (“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”). As of October 31,
2022, the Company continues to work with the Naval
Postgraduate School and SLAMR to explore how 5G technologies can be
used to connect ships, all-domain autonomous systems, and sensors
in the domain where the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps
operate.
Maritime Domain Awareness Solution (“MDAS”)
The
International Maritime Organization defines Maritime Domain
Awareness (“MDA”) as the effective understanding of any activity
that could impact the security, safety, economy, or environment
related to and within our oceans and seas. Since 2002, the United
States of America has had an active strategy to secure the maritime
domain, primarily through the U.S. Navy. 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.
We
have designed our solution to provide detailed, localized maritime
domain awareness that can be utilized for a wide range of
applications across market segments. Our MDAS base hardware
consists of a high-definition radar, a stabilized high-definition
optical and thermal imaging camera, and a vessel automatic
identification system (“AIS”) detection module. This hardware can
be customized or supplemented by other solutions, depending on our
customer’s requirements. These devices can be mounted on our
products, such as our PB3 or WAM-V®, and then utilizing integrated
command and control software, data is sent to us and to our
customers via secure communications channels. Multiple sensors can
be used on a single unit based on the comprehensiveness of customer
needs. Capabilities of our MDAS include 24/7 vessel tracking,
automatic radar plotting, and high-definition optical and thermal
video surveillance capable of providing actionable intelligence day
or night, in real time.
Our
MDAS processes data onboard our buoys using edge computing and
transmits the results to our cloud-based analytics platform via
secure Wi-Fi, and cellular communications. We anticipate
integrating MDAS into our WAM-Vs® and utilizing satellite
communication to expand the availability of our data service.
Surveillance data can be integrated with third party 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. This network can be coordinated with the use of our
WAM-Vs® so that customers can have mobile sensor networks linked to
our self-powered buoy data and communication hubs. The data can
also be integrated with satellite, weather, bathymetric, and other
third party data feeds to form a detailed surface and subsea
picture of a monitored area.
In
May 2022, OPT launched the first commercially-ready MDAS on a test
buoy off the coast of New Jersey. The system includes our
proprietary integration of sensors, hardware and software,
supported by cloud infrastructure as well as having a web-based
user interface that displays camera, radar, AIS and live chart
data. We had successfully demonstrated the system multiple times
for potential customers, and it was showcased in San Diego Bay at
the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise in August 2022.
All vessel video, radar, and track data are securely stored in our
cloud environment and is accessible indefinitely for further
analysis and reference. We continue to develop our MDAS with
hardware optimization and feature enhancements.
Autonomous Vehicles
(“WAM-V®”)
On
November 15, 2021, the Company acquired all of the outstanding
equity interest of Marine Advanced Robotics, Inc. (“MAR”). Founded
in 2004, MAR is the developer of the patented Wave Adaptive Modular
Vessel (WAM-V®) technology, which enables roaming capabilities for
unmanned maritime systems in waters around the world. MAR launched
the first WAM-V® in 2007 as a new vessel class to deliver to
customers reliable autonomous surface vehicles that could provide
robust, real-time data collection and reporting. MAR also provides
RaaS (Robotics as a Service) allowing customers to lease WAM-V®
robotics and access information from our WAM-Vs® while we maintain
ownership and maintenance and repair responsibilities. Today,
WAM-Vs® operate in 11 countries for commercial, military and
scientific uses. Our WAM-Vs® exist in three primary sizes, 8, 16,
and 22 feet, however, many of the design components are common
across the sizes, allowing for integration of different payloads
and adaption of the payload platforms for larger equipment. All
sizes can be adapted to suit different propulsion
methods.
This
acquisition immediately provided the Company with an established
product line that highly complements the Company’s business
strategy and can be used inshore, nearshore, and offshore. Since
the acquisition, the business of MAR has continued to grow and is
further expanding into its core marine survey and maritime security
markets in Europe, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. We continue to
find ways to integrate MAR technology with the Company’s existing
platforms and service offerings and expect to take advantage of new
synergistic opportunities as they arise. For example, we plan to
integrate the MDAS platform onto the WAM-V® to expand our MDA
offering to provide a roaming MDA solution to our
customers.
Power as a
Service
PaaS
solutions deliver value to customers by utilizing our managed power
platforms. We continue to develop and commercialize our proprietary
power platforms that generate electricity primarily by harnessing
the renewable energy of ocean waves for our PB3, solar power for
our hybrid PowerBuoy® (the “hybrid PB”) and have the option of
adding small wind turbines to supplement power generation. We also
continue to commercialize our subsea battery for subsea power
applications and as additional storage when combined with our buoy
platforms. Our focus for these solutions is on bringing autonomous
clean power to our customers wherever it is required. Moreover,
offshore data and communications networks require power to
function, and our solution solves for this need without requiring
ongoing battery replacement or older technologies such as shore to
station power cables. Lessons learned from the deployments of both
our PB3 and hybrid PB are being used to develop the next generation
of PowerBuoy® systems that is based on modularity for Wave Energy
Converter (“WEC”) and non-WEC applications. The PB3 and hybrid PB
will continue to be available and supported.
PB3 PowerBuoy®
The
PB3 uses proprietary technologies that convert the hydrokinetic
energy of ocean waves into electricity. 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 nameplate capacity rating of up to 3 kilowatts
(“kW”) of peak power. Power generation is deployment-site
dependent, as wave activity impacts power generation. Our energy
storage system (“ESS”) has a 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 offshore locations. The hull consists of a main spar
structure compliantly 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 the
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 protect the
PB3 from being damaged by storms.
Our
PB3 can be equipped with MDAS, which can, among other functions,
monitor vessel traffic across a specific offshore area of interest,
with the ability to utilize 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, tsunami activity, and water
quality.
hybrid PowerBuoy®
The
hybrid PB is an alternative platform to the PB3 and is capable of
utilizing solar and wind power and providing reliable power in
remote offshore locations, regardless of ocean wave conditions. We
believe this product addresses a broader spectrum of customer
deployment needs, including low-wave and nearshore environments,
with the potential for greater product integration within each
customer project. The hybrid PB is intended to provide a stable
energy platform for our MDAS solution, and for agile deployment of
subsea power applications, such as a surface communications hub for
electric remotely operated vehicles (“eROV”) and autonomous
underwater vehicles (“AUV”) used for underwater inspections and
short-term maintenance, and subsea equipment monitoring and
control. The design has a high payload capacity for surveillance
and communications equipment, with the capability of being tethered
to subsea payloads such as batteries, or with a conventional anchor
mooring system. Energy is stored in onboard lithium ion batteries
which can power subsea and topside payloads. The control system
uses sensors and an onboard computer to continuously monitor the
hybrid PB subsystems. The hybrid PB is designed to be able to
operate over a broad range of temperature and ocean wave
conditions. It has a 30kW-hour battery system and carries up to
1.2MW-hour energy when combined with the current onboard propane
storage system.
Subsea Battery
Our
subsea battery is complementary to both the PB3 and hybrid PB
products and can be deployed together with our PowerBuoys® or as a
standalone unit. 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 pressure-tested
lithium-iron phosphate subsea batteries supply power that can
enable subsea equipment, sensors, communications and AUV and eROV
recharge. Our PB3 and hybrid PB 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 provides both long 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 100kW-hours of available energy storage and is designed
to operate in water depths of up to 500 meters. It comes installed
on a readily deployable subsea skid suitable for installation on
the seabed. The subsea battery can be integrated into other subsea
equipment on land prior to deployment.
Strategic Consulting
Services
The
focus of our Strategic Consulting Services is 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 integrated in
support of our broader PaaS and/or DaaS solutions, utilizing our
products or on an independent basis for third party clients. In the
near term, we will focus on increasing our market share in the
offshore wind market, the broader floating foundation design
market, as well as with our offshore energy customers.
We
intend to continue to grow our service sectors and strengthen our
solutions through internal developments, partnerships, and
potential acquisitions. Our Strategic Consulting Services were
materially expanded with the acquisition of 3dent Technology, LLC
(“3Dent”), in February 2021. Our team of dedicated
consultants/designers has expertise in structural engineering,
hydrodynamics and naval architecture. Consulting services include
simulation engineering, developing purpose specific software,
concept design and motion analysis. We also offer a full range of
high-level offshore engineering to offshore wind developers,
offshore construction companies, drilling contractors, major oil
companies, service companies, shipyards, and engineering firms. For
example, we advise offshore drill rig owners, including owners of
floaters, jackups, and lift boats. The Company has seen an increase
in consulting services activity for conventional offshore energy
and for offshore wind projects over the last year
Strategy
and Marketing
Our
strategy includes developing integrated solutions and services,
including autonomous and cloud-based delivery systems for ocean
data and predictive analytics to provide actionable intelligence
for our clients. 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, data
collection, and communications, either by supplying electric power
to payloads that are integrated directly with our products or
located in its vicinity, such as on the surface, the seabed, or in
the water column. Our recent projects have been in the offshore
energy, military and government, and science and research
industries.
Based
on our market research and publicly available data, including but
not limited to the 2019 DOE Report: Exploring Opportunities for
Marine Renewable Energy in Maritime Markets Report (the “Powering
the Blue Economy Report”), and the Westwood Global Energy World ROV
Operations Forecast 2019-2023, we believe there is an increasing
need for our products and services in maritime domain awareness
applications and numerous other markets.
Potential
customers include, but are not limited to, defense and security,
offshore oil and gas, science and research, and offshore wind
markets, as well as government applications in border security,
vessel tracking, fishery protection, aquaculture, hydrographic
survey, and monitoring of marine protected areas. For example,
autonomously monitoring and surveying offshore wind farm lease
areas would enable developers to collect data needed to support
environmental impact studies with low carbon emissions. This could
be done with buoys and vehicles.
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. For the six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021,
the Company had four and three customers whose revenues accounted
for at least 10% of the Company’s consolidated revenues,
respectively. These revenues accounted for approximately 69% and
73% of the Company’s total revenue for the respective periods. For
the three months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had
five and four customers whose revenues accounted for at least 10%
of the Company’s consolidated revenues, respectively. These
revenues accounted for approximately 80% and 76% of the Company’s
total revenue for the respective periods.
In
order to achieve success in ongoing efforts to commercialize 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.
Current
and Recent Contracts
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Our
November 2021 MAR acquisition has led to contracts to build WAM-Vs®
for Brigham Young University, Nippon Kaiyo, Australian Defense,
S.T. Hudson, and Applied Research Lab at University of Hawaii, and
has resulted in leased WAM-Vs® to Sulmara and other commercial
customers and universities. |
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In
October 2022, we entered into a contract with WildAid to further
develop capabilities to combat IUU fishing. This is the third
consecutive year that MAR has been selected for this
work. |
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In
fiscal year 2022, the Company completed a Phase I study for the
Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR) program, evaluating the feasibility of the next generation
wave energy conversion technology. In Q2 fiscal year 2023, the
Company was awarded a Phase II contract, providing funding for the
detailed design, construction, and in-water testing of the initial
prototype for this next generation wave energy system. The program
commenced in Q3 fiscal year 2023 and is planned to extend through
Q4 fiscal year 2024. |
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For
the six months ended October 31, 2022, our Strategic Consulting
Services continued to generate revenues from both existing and new
customers of approximately $532,000. Notably, we advanced several
large projects in the pipeline with larger oil and gas operators
and offshore wind developers. |
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In
May 2022, the Company entered into a contract with a major oil and
gas operator to evaluate the use of wave energy conversion systems
to help decarbonize their offshore operations. The feasibility
study was completed in the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 and
discussions continue to identify opportunities to demonstrate wave
conversion technology in support of various applications supporting
offshore oil and gas operations. |
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In
September 2022, the Company entered into a contract with a major US
government services contractor to demonstrate our MDAS
capabilities. The scope includes supply of a PB3 equipped with MDAS
and a deepwater mooring system, as well as technical support for
offshore installation of the system. The system will be deployed
for a 9-month demonstration, scheduled to begin in Q1 fiscal year
2024. |
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In
August 2022, we received a NOAA Phase I SBIR Grant for research
related to dynamic swarming of USVs for hydrographic survey in post
disaster recovery efforts. |
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In
September 2022, the Company was part of a group awarded funding by
the U.S. DOE to develop advanced autonomous robotic technology for
environmental monitoring of marine ecosystems, at and below the
waterline, at offshore wind power sites on the West Coast of the
United States. |
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In
September 2019, we entered into two contracts with subsidiaries of
Enel Green Power Chile, LTDA (“EGP”), which included the sale of a
PB3 and the development and supply of a turn-key integrated Open
Sea Lab (“OSL”) which was the Company’s first deployment off the
coast of Chile. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors,
force majeure was declared in April 2020 and delayed the
deployment. In April 2021, the Company resumed the deployment
process and placed the PB3 in the water. During fiscal 2022,
deployment of the PB3 was completed. Ongoing installation and
commissioning activities of the OSL subsea equipment have continued
into fiscal 2023. |
Business
Relationships
We
believe that our solutions are best developed, sold, deployed, and
maintained together with subject matter experts in their respective
fields. This enables the Company to protect, maintain, and evolve
our various platforms and integrate them with surface and subsea
payloads. The Company has previously entered into business
relationships focused on including, but not limited to, deployment
and installations, sourcing of surface payloads, and integration
with autonomous vehicles. To further develop the MDAS, we recently
entered into strategic software and robotics partnerships with two
software companies, Greensea Systems, Inc. and Fathom5. We believe
the business relationships with Greensea and Fathom5 will further
the development of our next-generation MDAS product for the
maritime industrial market and governmental defense and security
organizations.
Greensea
Systems, Inc. is contributing to the Company’s MDAS by providing
integration software, control software, autonomy and systems
integration for the buoy sensor payload.
Fathom5
designed and is building a customized data platform that supports
the Company’s MDAS with sensor data feed management, secure
communications management, a cloud-based infrastructure, and
web-based user interface. The platform was designed with a flexible
architecture that allows the Company to integrate new sensor
technologies and third-party analytics capabilities and share MDAS
data with customers and partners.
We
also maintain an active dialogue with several offshore specialist
and marine operations partners in the North Sea and North America
to support our deployment, maintenance, and recovery operations and
projects.
Business
Strategy
During
fiscal 2022, we advanced our marketing programs, products, and
solutions. We have made progress in transitioning from an R&D
focused organization to more robust commercialization efforts and
we are moving further into the ocean DaaS market. We intend to
build on these efforts by introducing additional processes and
making investments in appropriate human capital to more effectively
target potential customers from demand generation to close of
contract. In addition we are focusing on customer care and service
efforts to increase repeat business opportunities. This strategy
was further enhanced by our acquisition of MAR in November
2021.
The
majority of the Company’s potential customers are in areas of
defense and security, hydrographic survey, offshore and coastal
communication networks, and maritime domain awareness, including
mitigation of IUU fishing. These are largely for customers in the
United States, where the end use may be both domestic or abroad.
Further, the Company’s acquisition of MAR provides an unmanned
surface vehicle platform for use in oil & gas, renewable
energy, hydrographic survey, and security and defense markets
largely in North America and Europe.
Historically,
demonstration projects have been a requisite step towards broad
solution deployment and revenues associated with specific
applications such as our New Jersey MDAS test array as part of our
DaaS solution and to highlight these capabilities. Customers may
want their own dedicated demonstration depending on customer needs.
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 its capabilities. Such
demonstrations are often a required step prior to leasing and may
include negotiation of standard terms and conditions. Many
proposals contain provisions which would provide the option to
purchase or lease of our PowerBuoy® or WAM-V® product upon
successful conclusion of the demonstration project. The Company has
successfully demonstrated the capabilities of many of its solutions
on its own or in customer-sponsored evaluation projects and remains
focused on further demonstrations to build customer awareness and
confidence and to drive sales.
The
Company is pursuing a long-term growth strategy to expand its
market value proposition while growing the Company’s revenue base.
This strategy includes partnerships with leading companies and
organizations in adjacent and complementary markets. We continue to
develop our PowerBuoy® and WAM-V® products for use in offshore
power, data acquisition, and real-time data communications
applications, and in order to achieve this goal, we are pursuing
the following business objectives:
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Integrated
turn-key solutions, purchases or leases. We believe our DaaS and
PaaS solutions, together with our platforms, are well suited to
enable unmanned, autonomous (non-grid connected) offshore
applications, such as topside and subsea surveillance and
communications, subsea equipment monitoring, early warning systems
platform, 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/or 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
diagnostics, 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, engineering, product
development, safety, and application support, and through
engagement of expert market consultants in various geographies. As
our MDAS development continues, we expect that this will also
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Expand
customer system solution offerings through new complementary
products that enable shorter and more cost-efficient deployments.
We are continuously improving our technology solutions. The hybrid
PB is highly complementary to the PB3 by providing the Company with
additional ways to address a broader spectrum of customer
deployment needs, including operating in low-wave environments,
with the potential for greater system integration within each
customer project. The hybrid PB is intended for deployments for
which the PB3 is not optimal, including shorter term missions and
low wave environments. In addition, we have future plans to
integrate PB3 and WAM-V® capabilities, including the possibility of
adding recharging capabilities to our PB3’s, and MDAS capabilities
to our WAM-Vs®, thus extending our reach and providing both fixed
and mobile MDAS offerings to our customers. |
The
Company has a subsea battery system available to commercial clients
that is complementary 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 designed to be safe, high performance, cost-efficient,
and quickly deployable.
Our
WAM-Vs® are easily and economically shipped via land, air, or sea,
and their modular design enables us to quickly reduce their size
for storage or shipment. The optional folding features further
reduces the footprint by as much as 75%, and as a result, a 20 foot
container can hold four 16 foot WAM-Vs®. To integrate our solutions
and add roaming as an option or enhancement to our MDAS, we are
advancing developments to further integrate MDAS into the WAM-V®
platform and develop additional autonomy capabilities.
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Focus
sales and marketing efforts in global markets. While we are
marketing our products and services globally, we have focused on
several key markets and applications, including U.S. and foreign
defense and security applications with our MDAS offering; subsea
power for oil and gas; and the hydrographic survey market in the
U.S., Europe, Canada and Australia with regard to our WAM-Vs®. We
believe that each of these areas has demand for our solutions,
sizable end market opportunities, and high levels of
industrialization and economic development. We have an office in
Houston, Texas that enables us to further support our customers and
strengthen our dialogue with our solution partners. During fiscal
2022, we added an office in Richmond, California through our
acquisition of MAR. During fiscal 2022, we also further streamlined
our global operation by selecting to work with partners in active
offshore markets, such as the North Sea. We are in active
discussions with potential partners in North and South America, the
Caribbean, Southeast Asia and West Africa. |
|
● |
Expand
our relationships in key market areas through strategic
partnerships and collaborations. We believe that strategic partners
are an important part of expanding visibility to our 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. 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, including, for example, our acquisition of 3Dent and
MAR. |
|
● |
Partner
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. We believe this domestically
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. |
|
● |
Survey
and security market applications. With the addition of our WAM-V®
products, we are able to increase our ability to lease vehicles
specifically to support shoreline and offshore survey markets as
well as security applications while integrating MDA into these
solutions. |
Liquidity
During
the first six months ending October 31, 2022, the Company incurred
a net loss of approximately $10.7 million and used cash in
operations of approximately $11.0 million. The Company has
continued to make investments in ongoing product development
efforts in anticipation of, and in support of, future growth. The
Company has also made an investment to build its inventory in
anticipation of this 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 could
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, ability to attract and retain key personnel,
concentration of customers and suppliers, deployment risks and
integration of acquisitions, and the impact of COVID-19 and any
variants on its business. The Company previously obtained equity
financing through its At the Market Offering Agreement (“ATM”) with
A.G.P/Alliance Global Partners (“AGP”) and through its equity line
financing with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC (“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 cash balance at October
31, 2022 of $10.3 million and marketable securities balance of
$35.9 million is sufficient to fund its planned operations through
at least December 2023.
Capital
Raises
At
the Market Offering Agreement: On November 20, 2020, the
Company entered into an At the Market Offering Agreement with AGP
(the “2020 ATM Facility”), pursuant to which the Company may issue
and sell, from time to time, shares of the Company’s common stock
having an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million. The
Company’s common stock will be sold at prevailing market prices at
the time of sale, and, as a result, prices will vary.
Although
the Company initially only had filed to sell up to $50.0 million, a
prospectus supplement was filed on January 10, 2022 to allow the
Company to sell an additional $25.0 million of common stock under
the 2020 ATM Facility. As of October 31, 2022, an aggregate of
$50.0 million remained available under this facility, subject to
the filing of a prospectus supplement for an additional $25.0
million.
Equity
Line Common Stock Purchase Agreement: On September 18, 2020,
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 $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
shareholders on December 23, 2020 for the sale of 9,864,706
additional shares of common stock which exceeded the 19.99% limit
of the outstanding common stock on the date of the agreement.
Through October 31, 2022, 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 $0.7
million remaining on the facility as of October 31,
2022.
The
sale of additional equity or convertible securities could result in
dilution to our shareholders. 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
October 31, 2022, the Company’s backlog was $2.4 million. Our
backlog includes 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 portion of our revenue is recognized
using the input method used to measure progress towards completion
of our customer contracts over time, 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, 2022. There were no
material changes to our critical accounting estimates or accounting
policies during the six months ended October 31, 2022.
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 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 considerations 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 related to open
contracts as of October 31, 2022 and 2021.
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 or labor hour
incurred 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 exceeds revenues,
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 revenues by contract type
since this method best represents the Company’s business. For the
six-month periods ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, all of the
Company’s contracts were classified as firm fixed price.
As of
October 31, 2022, the Company’s total remaining performance
obligations, also referred to as backlog, totaled $2.4 million. The
Company expects to recognize approximately 77%, or $1.8 million, of
the remaining performance obligations as revenue over the next
twelve months.
The
Company also enters into lease arrangements for its PB3 and WAM-V®
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 or WAM-V®
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 October 31, 2022 and
2021 was immaterial.
For
the six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had
four and three customers whose revenues accounted for at least 10%
of the Company’s consolidated revenues, respectively. These
revenues accounted for approximately 69% and 73% of the Company’s
total revenue for the respective periods. For the three months
ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had five and four
customers whose revenues accounted for at least 10% of the
Company’s consolidated revenues, respectively. These revenues
accounted for approximately 80% and 76% of the Company’s total
revenue for the respective periods.
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 six months ended
October 31, 2022 and 2021.
|
|
Six months
ended October 31, |
|
Customer
Location |
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
America |
|
|
77 |
% |
|
|
66 |
% |
South
America |
|
|
— |
% |
|
|
31 |
% |
Europe |
|
|
— |
% |
|
|
3 |
% |
Asia and
Australia |
|
|
23 |
% |
|
|
— |
% |
|
|
|
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® and our other products supplied by
third-party suppliers. Cost of revenues also includes PowerBuoy®
and other product system delivery and deployment expenses and may
include anticipated losses at completion on certain
contracts.
Operating
Expenses
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 and other products, 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 product development costs, including engineering
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 marketable securities 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, and the Euro.
We
maintain cash accounts that are denominated in British pounds
sterling in addition to U.S. dollars. These foreign-denominated
accounts had an aggregate balance of $13,000 as of October 31, 2022
and $28,000 as of April 30, 2022, compared to our total cash, cash
equivalents, marketable securities, and restricted cash balances of
$46.4 million as of October 31, 2022 and $57.7 million as of April
30, 2022.
In
addition, a portion of our operations is conducted through our
subsidiaries in countries other than the U.S., and specifically
Ocean Power Technologies Ltd. in the United Kingdom, the functional
currency of which is the British pound sterling. This subsidiary
has foreign exchange exposure that results from changes in the
exchange rate between their functional currency and other foreign
currencies in which they conduct business. The Company is in the
process of winding down its Australian subsidiary, which is
expected to be completed during fiscal 2023. The unrealized gains
or losses resulting from foreign currency balances translation are
included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss within
Shareholders’ Equity. Foreign currency translation gains and losses
are recognized within our Consolidated Statement of
Operations.
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 October 31, 2022 compared to the three months
ended October 31, 2021
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 October 31, 2022
and 2021.
|
|
Three
months ended October 31, |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
|
$ |
303 |
|
|
$ |
247 |
|
Cost of
revenues |
|
|
264 |
|
|
|
300 |
|
Gross margin
(loss) |
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
(53 |
) |
Change in fair value
of contingent consideration |
|
|
(90 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Operating
expenses |
|
|
6,409 |
|
|
|
5,132 |
|
Operating
loss |
|
|
(6,280 |
) |
|
|
(5,185 |
) |
Interest income,
net |
|
|
234 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
Gain on extinguishment
of PPP loan |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other income (expense), net |
|
|
1,202
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Foreign exchange
loss |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
Loss
before income taxes |
|
|
(4,844
|
) |
|
|
(5,171 |
) |
Income tax
benefit |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Net
loss |
|
$ |
(4,844
|
) |
|
$ |
(5,171 |
) |
Revenues
Revenues
for the three months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021 were $0.3
million and $0.2 million, respectively. The year-over-year increase
was primarily due to higher levels of revenue stemming from the
acquisition of MAR which produced $0.1 million in revenue for the
three month ended October 31, 2022. The MAR acquisition took place
in November 2021 so there was no revenue for the three months ended
October 31, 2021.
Cost
of revenues
Cost
of revenues for the three months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021
were $0.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively. The decrease is
related to better margins on our strategic consulting services in
the current year.
Change
in fair value of contingent consideration
The
change in fair value of contingent consideration for the three
months ended October 31, 2022 was $0.2 million relating to an
adjustment of the contingent consideration liability based on
actual and forecasted revenues relating to the MAR
acquisition.
Operating
expenses
Operating
expenses for the three months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021 were
$6.4 million and $5.1 million, respectively. The increase of
approximately $1.3 million was the result of an increase in
employee related costs of $0.2 million and an increase in overhead
related costs of $1.0 million.
Interest
income
Interest
income for the three months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021 was
$0.2 million and $19,000, respectively. The increase was directly
related to the marketable securities that we acquired during the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.
Other income
Other income for the three months ended October 31, 2022 and
2021 was $1.2 million and zero, respectively. The amount in the
current year relates to employee retention credits applied for
previously filed payroll tax returns with the IRS.
Six months ended October 31, 2022 compared to the six months ended
October 31, 2021
The
following table contains selected statement of operations
information, which serves as the basis of the discussion of our
results of operations for the six months ended October 31, 2022 and
2021.
|
|
Six months
ended October 31, |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
|
$ |
1,017 |
|
|
$ |
519 |
|
Cost of
revenues |
|
|
784 |
|
|
|
723 |
|
Gross margin
(loss) |
|
|
233 |
|
|
|
(204 |
) |
Change in fair value
of contingent consideration |
|
|
(221 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Operating
expenses |
|
|
12,727 |
|
|
|
10,011 |
|
Operating
loss |
|
|
(12,273 |
) |
|
|
(10,215 |
) |
Interest income,
net |
|
|
375 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
Gain on extinguishment
of PPP loan |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
891 |
|
Other income (expense), net |
|
|
1,202
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Foreign exchange
loss |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
Loss
before income taxes |
|
|
(10,696 |
) |
|
|
(9,291 |
) |
Income tax
benefit |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,041 |
|
Net
loss |
|
$ |
(10,696 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,250 |
) |
Revenues
Revenues
for the six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021 were $1.0
million and $0.5 million, respectively. The year-over-year increase
was primarily due to higher levels of revenue stemming from the
acquisition of MAR which produced $0.4 million in revenue as of
October 31, 2022. The MAR acquisition took place in November 2021
so there was no revenue for the six months ended October 31,
2021.
Cost
of revenues
Cost
of revenues for the six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021 were
$0.8 million and $0.7 million, respectively. The increase of
approximately $0.1 million over 2021 was mostly due to the
acquisition of MAR and their related projects for the six months
ended October 31, 2022 which were not part of the Company during
the six months ended October 31, 2021.
Change
in fair value of contingent consideration
The
change in fair value of contingent consideration for the six months
ended October 31, 2022 was $0.2 million relating to an adjustment
of the contingent consideration liability based on actual and
forecasted revenues relating to the MAR acquisition.
Operating
expenses
Operating
expenses for the six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021 were
$12.7 million and $10.0 million, respectively. The increase of
approximately $2.7 million was the result of an increase in
employee related costs of $1.1 million, an increase in overhead
related costs of $1.6 million, an increase in sales and marketing
related expenses of $0.3 million and an increase in insurance cost
of $0.1 million related to the acquisition of MAR.
Interest
Income
Interest
income for six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021 was $0.4
million and $38,000, respectively. The increase was directly
related to the marketable securities we acquired during the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2022.
Extinguishment
of Debt
The
Company filed its loan forgiveness application for the PPP loan 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 was fully forgiven, and the Company recognized a
gain on extinguishment of PPP loan of $0.9 million.
Other income
Other income for the six months ended October 31, 2022 and
2021 was $1.2 million and zero, respectively. The amount in the
current year relates to employee retention credits applied for
previously filed payroll tax returns with the IRS.
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
$10.7 million and $8.3 million for the six months ended October 31,
2022 and 2021, respectively. Refer to “Liquidity Outlook” below for
additional information.
Net
cash used in operating activities
During
the six months ended October 31, 2022, net cash flows used in
operating activities was $11.0 million, an increase of $0.6 million
compared to net cash used in operating activities during the six
months ended October 31, 2021 of $10.4 million. This reflects an
increase in net loss of $2.4 million and an increase in inventory
of $0.6 million, primarily offset by a gain on extinguishment of
the PPP loan of $0.9 million, an increase in contract liabilities
of $1.2 million and the payment of litigation payable in the prior
year of $1.2 million.
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
Net
cash provided by investing activities during the six months ended
October 31, 2022 was $13.1 million, compared to $24,000 cash used
in investing activities during the six months ended October 31,
2021. The increase in net cash provided by investing activities was
primarily due to the redemption of marketable securities of $33.0
million and dividends on investments of $0.7 million, partially
offset by the purchase of marketable securities of $20.1 million
during the six months ended October 31, 2022.
Net
cash provided by financing activities
Net
cash provided by financing activities during the six months ended
October 31, 2022 and October 31, 2021 was zero and $21,000
respectively. The difference relates to the number of stock option
exercises in the prior year while no options were exercised in the
current year.
Effect
of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
The
effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents was a
decrease of approximately $20,000 during the six months ended
October 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. As of October 31, 2022, our aggregate revenues
were $1.0 million, our aggregate net losses were $10.7 million, our
aggregate net cash used in operating activities was $11.0 million
and our accumulated deficit was $264.5 million.
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 develop, market and commercialize our products, and
achieve and sustain profitability; |
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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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our
ability to obtain additional funding, as and if needed which will
be subject to several factors, including market conditions, and our
operating performance; |
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the
continued impact of COVID-19 and its variants on our business,
operations, customers, suppliers and manufacturers and
personnel; |
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our
ability to meet product development, manufacturing and customer
delivery deadlines may be impacted by disruptions to our supply
chain, primarily related to labor shortages and manufacturing and
transportation delays both here in the U.S. and abroad; |
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our
acquisitions and our ability to integrate them into our operations
may use significant resources, be unsuccessful or expose us to
unforeseen liabilities; |
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our
estimates regarding future expenses, revenues, and capital
requirements; |
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our
ability to identify and penetrate markets for our products,
services, and solutions; |
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our
ability to establish relationships with our existing and future
strategic partners may not be successful; |
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our
ability to maintain the listing of our common stock on the NYSE
American; |
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the
reliability of our technology, products and solutions; |
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our
ability to improve the power output and survivability of our
products; |
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changes
in current legislation, regulations and economic conditions that
affect the demand for, or restrict the use of our
products; |
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our
ability to hire and retain key personnel, including senior
management, to achieve our business objectives; |
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our
history of operating losses, which we expect to continue for at
least the short term and possibly longer; and |
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our
ability to protect our intellectual property portfolio. |
Our
business is capital intensive, and through October 31, 2022, we
have been funding our business principally through sales of our
securities. As of October 31, 2022, our cash and cash equivalents,
restricted cash, and marketable securities balance was $46.4
million and we expect to fund our business with this amount and, to
a lesser extent, with our revenues. Management believes the
Company’s current cash and cash equivalents, and marketable
securities, are sufficient to fund its planned expenditures through
at least December 2023.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
Since
inception, we have not engaged in any off-balance sheet financing
activities.
Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT
MARKET RISK
Not
applicable.
Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Management,
under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the
effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure
controls and procedures as of October 31, 2022 pursuant to Rules
13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”). Disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) are
controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file
or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities
and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) rules and forms. Disclosure
controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and
procedures designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by us in the reports that we file under the Exchange Act
is accumulated and communicated to our management, as appropriate,
to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on
such evaluation, management concluded that our disclosure controls
and procedures were effective as of October 31, 2022 to ensure that
non-financial statement and related disclosure information required
to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under
the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and
forms.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
No
change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred
during the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2022 that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
As
part of our normal business activities, we are party to a number of
legal proceedings and other matters in various stages of
development. Management periodically assesses our liabilities and
contingencies in connection with these matters based upon the
latest information available. We disclose material pending legal
proceedings pursuant to SEC rules and other pending matters as we
may determine to be appropriate.
For
information on matters in dispute, see Note 15 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements under Part I, Item 1 of this
report.
Item 1A. RISK FACTORS
The
discussion of our business and operations should be read together
with the risk factors contained in Item 1A of our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2022 and set forth below in
this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. These risk factors describe
various risks and uncertainties to which we are or may become
subject. These risks and uncertainties have the potential to affect
our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash
flows, strategies or prospects in a material and adverse manner.
Except as noted below, there have been no material changes in our
risk factors from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed with the SEC on July 13, 2022.
We have a history of operating losses and may not achieve or
maintain profitability and positive cash flow.
We
have incurred net losses since we began operations in 1994,
including net losses of $10.7 million during the first six months
of fiscal year 2023 and $8.3 million in fiscal year 2022. As of
October 31, 2022, we had an accumulated deficit of $264.5 million.
To date, our activities have consisted primarily of activities
related to the development and testing of our technologies and our
PowerBuoy®. Thus, our losses to date have resulted primarily from
costs incurred in our research and development programs and from
our selling, general and administrative costs. As we continue to
develop our proprietary technologies, we expect to continue to have
a net use of cash from operating activities unless or until we
achieve positive cash flow from the commercialization of our
products and services.
We do
not know whether we will be able to successfully commercialize our
products and solutions, or whether we can achieve profitability.
There is significant uncertainty about our ability to successfully
commercialize our products and solutions in our targeted markets.
Even if we do achieve commercialization of our products and
solutions and become profitable, we may not be able to achieve or,
if achieved, sustain profitability on a quarterly or annual
basis.
Our business could be affected by macroeconomic
risks.
The
Company’s operations and performance depend significantly on global
and regional economic conditions. Macroeconomic conditions,
including inflation, slower growth or recession, changes to fiscal
and monetary policy, tighter credit, higher interest rates, high
unemployment and currency fluctuations can materially adversely
affect demand for the Company’s products and services. In addition,
confidence and spending can be materially adversely affected in
response to financial market volatility, negative financial news,
declines in income or asset values, energy shortages and cost
increases, labor and healthcare costs and other economic factors.
An adverse impact on demand for the Company’s products, uncertainty
about, or a decline in, global or regional economic conditions can
have a significant impact on the Company’s suppliers and other
partners. Potential effects include financial instability;
inability to obtain credit to finance operations and purchases of
the Company’s products; and insolvency. We cannot predict the
timing or scale of these various macroeconomic conditions, but they
could have a material adverse affect on our business, results of
operations and financial condition.
Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE
OF PROCEEDS
None.
Item 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR
SECURITIES
None.
Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not
applicable.
Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
Item 6. EXHIBIT INDEX
31.1 |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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The
following financial information from Ocean Power Technologies,
Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October
31, 2022, formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language
(XBRL): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets – October 31, 2022
(unaudited) and April 30, 2021, (ii) Consolidated Statements of
Operations (unaudited) – three and six months ended October 31,
2022 and 2021, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
(unaudited) – three and six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021,
(iv) Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited) –
three and six months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021 (v)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) –six months ended
October 31, 2022 and 2021, (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements.** |
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XBRL Instance Document |
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101.SCH |
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Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
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101.CAL |
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Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
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101.DEF |
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Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
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101.LAB |
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Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
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101.PRE |
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Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
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Cover
Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
document) |
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As
provided in Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K, this exhibit
shall not be deemed to be “filed” or part of a registration
statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and shall not be deemed “filed”
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or otherwise subject to the liability under those
sections. |
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As
provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this exhibit shall not be
deemed “filed” or a part of a registration statement or prospectus
for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the
liability under those sections. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Ocean
Power Technologies, Inc. |
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(Registrant) |
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Date:
December 14, 2022 |
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/s/
Philipp Stratmann |
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By: |
Philipp
Stratmann |
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President
and Chief Executive Officer |
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Date:
December 14, 2022 |
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/s/
Robert Powers |
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By: |
Robert
Powers |
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Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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