AEMETIS, INC - Quarter Report: 2019 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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☑ QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended: June 30,
2019
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: 001-36475
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AEMETIS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Nevada
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26-1407544
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(I.R.S. Employer
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of incorporation or organization)
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Identification No.)
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20400 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 700
Cupertino, CA 95014
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip
code)
(408) 213-0940
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Title of each class of registered securities
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Trading Symbol
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, $0.001 par value
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AMTX
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NASDAQ
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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 and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every
Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant
to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter)
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes ☑
No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer,
or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
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
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The
number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock
on July 31, 2019 was 20,570,187 shares.
AEMETIS, INC.
FORM 10-Q
Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2019
INDEX
PART I--FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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PART II--OTHER INFORMATION
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On one or more occasions, we may make forward-looking statements in
this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including statements regarding
our assumptions, projections, expectations, targets, intentions or
beliefs about future events or other statements that are not
historical facts. Forward-looking statements in this Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q include, without limitation, statements
regarding management’s plans; trends in market conditions
with respect to prices for inputs for our products versus prices
for our products; our ability to leverage approved feedstock
pathways; our ability to leverage our location and infrastructure;
our ability to incorporate lower-cost, non-food advanced biofuels
feedstock at the Keyes plant; our ability to adopt value-add
by-product processing systems; our ability to expand into
alternative markets for biodiesel and its by-products, including
continuing to expand our sales into international markets; our
ability to maintain and expand strategic relationships with
suppliers; our ability to continue to develop new, and to maintain
and protect new and existing, intellectual property rights; our
ability to adopt, develop and commercialize new technologies; our
ability to refinance our senior debt on more commercial terms or at
all; our ability to continue to fund operations and our future
sources of liquidity and capital resources; our ability to sell
additional notes under our EB-5 note program and our expectations
regarding the release of funds from escrow under our EB-5 note
program; our ability to improve margins; and our ability to raise
additional capital. Words or phrases such as
“anticipates,” “may,” “will,”
“should,” “believes,”
“estimates,” “expects,”
“intends,” “plans,” “predicts,”
“projects,” “targets,” “will likely
result,” “will continue” or similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are based on current assumptions and
predictions and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties.
Actual results or events could differ materially from those set
forth or implied by such forward-looking statements and related
assumptions due to certain factors, including, without limitation,
the risks set forth under the caption “Risk Factors”
below, which are incorporated herein by reference as well as those
business risks and factors described elsewhere in this report and
in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”), including without limitation, our most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1 - Financial Statements.
AEMETIS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands except for par value)
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June 30, 2019
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December 31, 2018
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Assets
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(unaudited)
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$350
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$1,188
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Accounts
receivable
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3,838
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1,096
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Inventories
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4,093
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6,129
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Prepaid
expenses
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591
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942
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Other
current assets
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1,355
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956
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Total
current assets
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10,227
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10,311
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Property,
plant and equipment, net
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78,507
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78,492
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Operating
lease right-of-use assets
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894
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-
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Other
assets
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2,707
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3,018
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Total
assets
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$92,335
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$91,821
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Liabilities and stockholders' deficit
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$17,193
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$13,500
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Current
portion of lease liability
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596
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-
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Current
portion of long term debt
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4,805
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2,396
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Short
term borrowings
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16,551
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14,902
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Mandatorily
redeemable Series B convertible preferred stock
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3,098
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3,048
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Accrued
property taxes
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3,909
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3,337
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Accrued
contingent litigation fees
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6,200
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-
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Other
current liabilities
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5,203
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5,396
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Total
current liabilities
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57,555
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42,579
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Long
term liabilities:
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Senior
secured notes
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97,998
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89,884
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EB-5
notes
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35,500
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36,500
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GAFI
secured and revolving notes
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26,222
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25,461
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Long
term subordinated debt
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6,048
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5,974
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Series
A preferred units
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8,175
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7,005
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Long
term lease liability
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348
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-
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Total
long term liabilities
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174,291
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164,824
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Stockholders'
deficit:
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Series
B convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 7,235 authorized;
1,323 shares issued and outstanding each period, respectively
(aggregate liquidation preference of $3,969 for each period
respectively)
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1
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1
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Common
stock, $0.001 par value; 40,000 authorized; 20,375 and 20,345
shares issued and outstanding each period,
respectively
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20
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20
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Additional
paid-in capital
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86,470
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85,917
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Accumulated
deficit
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(215,869)
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(193,204)
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Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
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(3,461)
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(3,576)
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Total
stockholders' deficit attributable to Aemetis, Inc.
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(132,839)
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(110,842)
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Non-controlling
interest - GAFI
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(6,672)
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(4,740)
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Total
stockholders' deficit
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(139,511)
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(115,582)
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Total
liabilities and stockholders' deficit
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$92,335
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$91,821
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial
statements.
4
AEMETIS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND
COMPREHENSIVE
LOSS
(Unaudited, in thousands except for earnings per
share)
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For the three months ended June 30,
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For the six months ended June 30,
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2019
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2018
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2019
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2018
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Revenues
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$50,619
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$45,028
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$92,507
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$88,046
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Cost
of goods sold
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47,346
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42,260
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89,585
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83,412
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Gross
profit
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3,273
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2,768
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2,922
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4,634
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Research
and development expenses
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90
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55
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123
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117
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Selling,
general and administrative expenses
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3,945
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3,589
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8,186
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7,396
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Operating
loss
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(762)
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(876)
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(5,387)
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(2,879)
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Other
(income) expense:
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Interest
expense
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Interest
rate expense
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5,190
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4,432
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10,176
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8,703
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Debt
related fees and amortization expense
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1,396
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919
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2,619
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5,676
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Accretion
of Series A preferred units
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471
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-
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920
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-
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Loss
contingency on litigation
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6,200
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-
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6,200
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-
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Other
(income) expense
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(89)
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(5)
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(712)
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63
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Loss
before income taxes
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(13,930)
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(6,222)
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(24,590)
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(17,321)
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Income
tax expense
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-
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-
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7
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6
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Net
loss
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$(13,930)
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$(6,222)
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$(24,597)
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$(17,327)
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Less:
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
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(994)
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(857)
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(1,932)
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(1,594)
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Net
loss attributable to Aemetis, Inc.
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$(12,936)
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$(5,365)
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$(22,665)
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$(15,733)
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Other
comprehensive income (loss)
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Foreign
currency translation gain (loss)
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57
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(394)
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115
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(544)
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Comprehensive
loss
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$(13,873)
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$(6,616)
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$(24,482)
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$(17,871)
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Net loss per common share attributable to Aemetis,
Inc.
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Basic
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$(0.63)
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$(0.27)
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$(1.11)
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$(0.78)
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Diluted
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$(0.63)
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$(0.27)
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$(1.11)
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$(0.78)
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Weighted
average shares outstanding
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Basic
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20,375
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20,223
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20,371
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20,203
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Diluted
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20,375
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20,223
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20,371
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20,203
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial
statements.
5
AEMETIS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited, in thousands)
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For the six months ended June
30,
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2019
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2018
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Operating activities:
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Net
loss
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$(24,597)
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$(17,327)
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Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
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Share-based
compensation
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486
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581
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Stock
issued for services
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-
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22
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Depreciation
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2,234
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2,299
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Debt
related fees and amortization expense
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2,619
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5,676
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Intangibles
and other amortization expense
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24
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70
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Accretion
of Sereis A preferred units
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920
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-
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Change
in fair value of SARs
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60
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-
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Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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(2,708)
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579
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Inventories
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2,042
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(1,264)
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Prepaid
expenses
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351
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1,053
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Other
assets
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561
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(134)
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Accounts
payable
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2,704
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2,128
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Accrued
interest expense and fees
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8,301
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5,457
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Other
liabilities
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5,772
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(745)
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Net
cash used in operating activities
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(1,231)
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(1,605)
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Investing activities:
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Capital
expenditures
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(1,038)
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(1,771)
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Net
cash used in investing activities
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(1,038)
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(1,771)
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Financing activities:
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Proceeds
from borrowings
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15,716
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12,415
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Repayments
of borrowings
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(13,901)
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(8,381)
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GAFI
proceeds from borrowings
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24
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-
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GAFI
repayments of borrowings
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(164)
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-
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GAFI
renewal fee payment
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(500)
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-
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Proceeds
from Series A preferred units financing
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250
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-
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Net
cash provided by financing activities
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1,425
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4,034
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Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
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6
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(17)
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Net
change in cash and cash equivalents for period
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(838)
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641
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Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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1,188
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428
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Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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$350
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$1,069
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Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information, cash paid:
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Cash
paid for interest, net of capitalized interest of $147 and $0 for
the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018,
respectively
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$1,699
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$3,213
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Income
taxes paid
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-
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6
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Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information, non-cash
transactions:
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Subordinated
debt extension fees added to debt
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340
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340
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Fair
value of warrants issued to subordinated debt holders
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67
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65
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TEC
debt extension, waiver fees, promissory notes fees added to
debt
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1,102
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4,005
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Capital
expenditures in accounts payable
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1,882
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-
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Operating
lease laibilities arising from obtaining right-of-use
assets
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1,181
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-
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The accompanying
notes are an integral part of the financial
statements.
6
AEMETIS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
(Unaudited, in thousands)
For
the three and six months ended June 30,
2019
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Series B Preferred Stock
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Common Stock
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Description
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Shares
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Dollars
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Shares
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Dollars
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Additional
Paid-in Capital
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Accumulated
Deficit
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Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Income/(Loss)
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Noncontrolling
Interest
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Total
Stockholders'
deficit
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Balance at
December 31, 2018
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1,323
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$1
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20,345
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$20
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$85,917
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$(193,204)
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$(3,576)
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$(4,740)
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(115,582)
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Stock-based
compensation
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-
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-
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-
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-
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290
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-
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-
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-
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290
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Issuance and
exercise of warrants
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-
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-
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30
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-
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67
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-
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-
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-
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67
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Foreign
currency translation gain
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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58
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-
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58
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Net
loss
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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(9,729)
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-
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(938)
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(10,667)
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Balance at
March 31, 2019
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1,323
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$1
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20,375
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$20
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$86,274
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$(202,933)
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$(3,518)
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$(5,678)
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$(125,834)
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Stock-based
compensation
|
-
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-
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-
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-
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196
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-
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-
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-
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196
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Foreign
currency translation gain
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-
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-
|
-
|
-
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-
|
-
|
57
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-
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57
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Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
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-
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-
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(12,936)
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-
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(994)
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(13,930)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Balance at June 30, 2019
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1,323
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$1
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20,375
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$20
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$86,470
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$(215,869)
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$(3,461)
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$(6,672)
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$(139,511)
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For the three and six months ended June 30,
2018
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Series B
Preferred Stock
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Common
Stock
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Description
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Shares
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Dollars
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Shares
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Dollars
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Additional
Paid-in
Capital
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Accumulated
Deficit
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Comprehensive
Income/(Loss)
|
Noncontrolling
Interest
|
Total
Stockholders'
deficit
|
Balance at December 31, 2017
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1,323
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$1
|
20,088
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$20
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$84,679
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$(160,188)
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$(2,904)
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$(1,469)
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(79,861)
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Options exercised
|
-
|
-
|
2
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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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Stock-based compensation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
264
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
264
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Issuance and exercise of warrants
|
-
|
-
|
113
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-
|
65
|
-
|
-
|
-
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65
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Shares issued to consultants and other services
|
-
|
-
|
20
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-
|
22
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-
|
-
|
-
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22
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Foreign currency translation loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(150)
|
-
|
(150)
|
Net loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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(10,368)
|
-
|
(737)
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(11,105)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at March 31, 2018
|
1,323
|
$1
|
20,223
|
$20
|
$85,030
|
$(170,556)
|
$(3,054)
|
$(2,206)
|
$(90,765)
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
317
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
317
|
Foreign currency translation loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(394)
|
-
|
(394)
|
Net loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(5,365)
|
-
|
(857)
|
(6,222)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at June 30, 2018
|
1,323
|
$1
|
20,223
|
$20
|
$85,347
|
$(175,921)
|
$(3,448)
|
$(3,063)
|
$(97,064)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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7
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
1.
Nature of Activities and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies
Nature of Activities.
Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Aemetis is an advanced
renewable fuels and biochemicals company focused on the
acquisition, development and commercialization of innovative
technologies that replace traditional petroleum-based products
through the conversion of second-generation ethanol and biodiesel
plants into advanced biorefineries. Founded in 2006, we own
and operate a 60 million gallon per year ethanol facility
(“Keyes Plant”) in the California Central Valley near
Modesto where we manufacture and produce ethanol, wet
distillers’ grains (“WDG”), condensed distillers
solubles (“CDS”), and distillers’ corn oil
(“DCO”). We also own and operate a 50 million
gallon per year renewable chemical and advanced fuel production
facility (“Kakinada Plant”) on the East Coast of India
producing high quality distilled biodiesel and refined glycerin for
customers in India and Europe. We operate a research and
development laboratory to develop efficient conversion technologies
using waste feedstocks to produce biofuels and biochemicals.
Additionally, we have the option to own a partially completed plant
in Goodland, Kansas (the “Goodland Plant”) through a
variable interest entity (VIE) Goodland Advanced Fuels, Inc.,
(GAFI), which was formed to acquire the Goodland Plant. Upon
exercise of the option, we plan to deploy a cellulosic ethanol
technology to the Goodland Plant.
We also lease a site in Riverbank, California, near the Keyes
Plant, where we plan to utilize biomass-to-fuel technology that we
have licensed from LanzaTech Technology (“LanzaTech”)
and InEnTec Technology (“InEnTec”) to build a
cellulosic ethanol production facility (the “Riverbank
Cellulosic Ethanol Facility”) capable of converting local
California surplus biomass – principally agricultural waste
– into ultra-low carbon renewable cellulosic ethanol. By
producing ultra-low carbon renewable cellulosic ethanol, we expect
to capture higher value D3 cellulosic renewable identification
numbers (RINs) and California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
(“LCFS”) credits.
In December 2018, we acquired a 5.2-acre parcel of land for the
construction of a facility by Linde LLC industrial gas company to
sell CO2
produced at the Keyes Plant, which
will add incremental income for the North America
segment.
During 2018, Aemetis Biogas LLC (“ABGL”) was formed to
construct bio methane digesters at local dairies near the Keyes
Plant, many of whom are already customers of the distillers’
grain produced by the Keyes Plant. The digesters are connected by
pipeline to a gas cleanup and compression facility to produce
Renewable Natural Gas (“RNG”). ABGL currently has 13
signed participation agreements and three fully executed leases
with nearby dairies at the Keyes Plant in order to capture their
methane, which would otherwise be released into the atmosphere,
primarily from their wastewater lagoons. We plan to capture biogas
from multiple dairies and pipe the gas to a centralized location at
our Keyes Plant where we will clean the biogas into bio-methane.
The bio-methane can be used in our Keyes Plant to displace
petroleum natural gas, or can be sold at retail to trucking
companies or injected into the utility natural gas pipeline to be
utilized in the transportation sector to displace diesel in
trucks.
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation. These consolidated financial statements include
the accounts of Aemetis, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its wholly
owned subsidiaries (collectively, Aemetis or the Company).
Additionally, we consolidate all entities in which we have a
controlling financial interest either directly or by option to
acquire the interest. A controlling financial interest is usually
obtained through ownership of a majority of the voting interests.
An enterprise must consolidate a variable interest entity (VIE) if
the enterprise is the primary beneficiary of the VIE, even if the
enterprise does not own a majority of the voting interests. The
primary beneficiary is the party that has both the power to direct
the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the
VIE’s economic performance, and the obligation to absorb
losses or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could
potentially be significant to the VIE.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
The accompanying consolidated condensed balance sheet as of June
30, 2019, the consolidated condensed statements of operations and
comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019
and 2018, the consolidated condensed statements of cash flows for
the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, and the consolidated
condensed statements of stockholders’ deficit for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 are unaudited. The
consolidated condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 was
derived from the 2018 audited consolidated financial statements and
notes thereto. The consolidated condensed financial statements in
this report should be read in conjunction with the 2018 audited
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the
Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2018. The accompanying consolidated condensed
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S.
GAAP) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Certain
information, footnotes, and disclosures normally included in
financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have
been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and
regulations.
In the opinion of management, the unaudited interim consolidated
condensed financial statements for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2019 and 2018 have been prepared on the same basis as the
audited consolidated statements as of December 31, 2018 and reflect
all adjustments, consisting primarily of normal recurring
adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of its statement
of financial position, results of operations, statement of cash
flows, and statement of stockholders’ deficit. The results of
operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 are not
necessarily indicative of the operating results for any subsequent
quarter, for the full fiscal year or any future
periods.
Use of Estimates. The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, revenues, and expenses during the reporting period. To
the extent there are material differences between these estimates
and actual results, the Company’s consolidated financial
statements will be affected.
Revenue Recognition. We derive
revenue primarily from sales of ethanol and related co-products in
North America, and biodiesel and refined glycerin in India based on
the supply agreements and purchase order contracts. We assessed the
following criteria under the ASC 606 guidance: (i) identify the
contracts with customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations
in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv)
allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations, and
(v) recognize revenue when the entity satisfies the performance
obligations.
We have elected to adopt the practical expedient that allows for
ignoring the significant financing component of a contract when
estimating the transaction price when the transfer of promised
goods to the customer and customer payment for such goods are
expected to be within one year of contract inception. Further, we
have elected to adopt the practical expedient in which incremental
costs of obtaining a contract are expensed when the amortization
period would otherwise be less than one year.
North America
In North America, we sell the majority of our production to one
customer under a supply contract, with individual sales
transactions occurring under this contract. Given the similarity of
these transactions, we have assessed them as a portfolio of similar
contracts. The performance obligation is satisfied by delivery of
the physical product to the tank of J.D. Heiskell or to one of
their contracted trucking companies. At this point in time, the
customer has the ability to direct the use of the product and
receive substantially all of its benefits. The transaction price is
determined based on daily market prices negotiated by Kinergy for
ethanol and by A.L. Gilbert on WDG and DCO. There is no transaction
price allocation needed.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
The below table shows our sales in North America by product
category:
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the three months ended June 30,
|
For the six months ended June 30,
|
||
|
2019
|
2018
|
2019
|
2018
|
Ethanol
sales
|
$29,808
|
$30,129
|
$56,997
|
$58,341
|
Wet
distiller's grains sales
|
8,733
|
8,499
|
17,336
|
16,327
|
Other
sales
|
945
|
1,000
|
1,789
|
2,136
|
|
$39,486
|
$39,628
|
$76,122
|
$76,804
|
We also assessed principal versus agent criteria as we buy our
feedstock from our customers and process and sell finished goods to
those customers in some contractual agreements.
In North America, we buy corn as feedstock in producing ethanol
from our working capital partner J.D. Heiskell and we sell all
ethanol, WDG, and corn oil produced in this process to J.D.
Heiskell. Our finished goods tank is leased by J.D. Heiskell and
they require us to transfer legal title to the product upon
transfer of our finished ethanol to this location. We consider the
purchase of corn as a cost of goods sold and the sale of ethanol
upon transfer to the finished goods tank as revenue on the basis
that (i) we control and bear the risk of gain or loss on the
processing of corn which is purchased at market prices into ethanol
and (ii) we have legal title to the goods during the processing
time. The pricing for both corn and ethanol is set independently.
Revenues from sales of ethanol and its co-products are billed net
of the related transportation and marketing charges. The
transportation component is accounted for in cost of goods sold and
the marketing component is accounted for in sales, general and
administrative expense. Transportation and marketing charges are
known within days of the transaction and are recorded at the actual
amounts. The Company has elected an accounting policy under which
these charges have been treated as fulfillment activities provided
after control has transferred. As a result, these charges are
recognized in cost of goods sold and selling, general and
administrative expenses, respectively, when revenue is recognized.
Revenues are recorded at the gross invoiced amount. Hence, we are
the principal in North America sales scenarios where our customer
and vendor may be the same.
We have a contract liability of $0.6 million as of June 30, 2019,
in connection with a contract with a customer to sell LCFS credits
produced from January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019. However, the
credits were not transferred to the customer until July 2, 2019
while we received cash in advance.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
India
In India where we sell products on purchase orders (written or
verbal) or by contract with governmental or international parties,
the performance obligation is satisfied by delivery and acceptance
of the physical product. Given that the contracts are sufficiently
similar in nature, we have assessed these contracts as a portfolio
of similar contracts as allowed under the practical expedient.
Doing so does not result in a materially different outcome compared
to individually accounting for each contract. All domestic and
international deliveries are subject to certain specifications as
identified in contracts. The transaction price is determined based
on reference market prices for biodiesel and refined glycerin every
day net of taxes. There is no transaction price allocation
needed.
The below table shows our sales in India by product
category:
|
For the three months
ended June 30,
|
For the six months
ended June 30,
|
||
|
2019
|
2018
|
2019
|
2018
|
Biodiesel
sales
|
$10,797
|
$3,841
|
$15,144
|
$8,342
|
Refined
Glycerin sales
|
336
|
1,559
|
1,235
|
2,900
|
Other
sales
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
|
$11,133
|
$5,400
|
$16,385
|
$11,242
|
We also assessed principal versus agent criteria as we buy our
feedstock from our customers and process and sell finished goods to
those customers in some contractual agreements.
In India, we occasionally enter into contracts where we purchase
feedstock from the customer, process the feedstock into biodiesel,
and sell to the same customer. In those cases, we receive the legal
title to feedstock from our customers once it is on our premises.
We control the processing and production of biodiesel based on
contract terms and specifications. The pricing for both feedstock
and biodiesel is set independently. We hold the title and risk to
biodiesel according to agreements we enter into in these
situations. Hence, we are the principal in India sales scenarios
where our customer and vendor may be the same.
Cost of Goods Sold. Cost of
goods sold includes those costs directly associated with the
production of revenues, such as raw material consumed, factory
overhead and other direct production costs. During periods of idle
plant capacity, costs otherwise charged to cost of goods sold are
reclassified to selling, general and administrative
expense.
Accounts Receivable. The
Company sells ethanol, WDG, CDS, and DCO through third-party
marketing arrangements generally without requiring collateral. The
Company sells biodiesel, glycerin, and processed natural oils to a
variety of customers and may require advanced payment based on the
size and creditworthiness of the customer. Usually, invoices are
due within 30 days on net terms. Accounts receivables consist of
product sales made to large creditworthy customers. Trade accounts
receivable are presented at original invoice amount, net of any
allowance for doubtful accounts.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for
balances that appear to have specific collection issues. The
collection process is based on the age of the invoice and it
requires attempted contacts with the customer at specified
intervals. If, after a specified number of days, the Company has
been unsuccessful in its collection efforts, a bad debt allowance
is recorded for the balance in question. Delinquent accounts
receivable are charged against the allowance for doubtful accounts
once un-collectability has been determined. The factors considered
in reaching this determination are the apparent financial condition
of the customer and the Company’s success in contacting and
negotiating with the customer. If the financial condition of the
Company’s customers were to deteriorate, additional
allowances may be required. We did not reserve any balance for
allowances for doubtful accounts as of June 30, 2019 and December
31, 2018.
Inventories. Finished goods,
raw materials, and work-in-process inventories are valued at the
lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or net realizable value (NRV).
Distillers’ grains and related products are stated at NRV. In
the valuation of inventories, NRV is determined as estimated
selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably
predictable costs of completion, disposal, and
transportation.
Property, Plant and Equipment.
Property, plant and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated
depreciation after assets are placed in service and are comprised
primarily of buildings, furniture, machinery, equipment, land, the
Keyes Plant, Goodland Plant and Kakinada Plant. The Goodland Plant
is partially completed and is not ready for operation; hence, we
are not depreciating these assets yet. Otherwise, it is the
Company’s policy to depreciate capital assets over their
estimated useful lives using the straight-line
method.
The Company evaluates the recoverability of long-lived assets with
finite lives in accordance with ASC Subtopic 360-10-35
Property Plant and
Equipment – Subsequent
Measurements, which requires
recognition of impairment of long-lived assets whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an
asset group may not be recoverable. When events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset group
may not be recoverable, based on estimated undiscounted cash flows,
the impairment loss would be measured as the difference between the
carrying amount of the assets and its estimated fair
value.
California Energy Commission Technology Demonstration
Grant. The Company has been
awarded an $825 thousand matching grant from the California Energy
Commission (“CEC”) Natural Resources Agency to optimize
and demonstrate the effectiveness of technologies to break down
biomass to produce cellulosic ethanol. The Company will receive the
grant proceeds as a subcontractor to the Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory. The project will focus on the deconstruction and
conversion of sugars liberated from California-relevant feedstocks
and then converting the sugars to ethanol. The Company receives
these funds as reimbursement for actual expenses incurred. Due to
the uncertainty associated with the expense approval process under
the grant program, the Company recognizes the grant as a reduction
of the expenses in the period when approval is
received.
California Department of Food and Agriculture Dairy Digester
Research and Development Grant.
The Company has been awarded $3.2 million in matching grants from
the California Department of Food and Agriculture
(“CDFA”) Dairy Digester Research and Development
program. The CDFA grant reimburses the Company for expenses
required to permit and construct two of the Company’s biogas
capture systems under contract with central California dairies. The
Company receives these funds as reimbursement for actual expenses
incurred. Due to the uncertainty associated with the expense
approval process under the grant program, the Company recognizes
the grant as a reduction of the expenses in the period when
approval is received.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Share. Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing
net loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted
net loss per share reflects the dilution of common stock
equivalents such as options, convertible preferred stock, debt, and
warrants to the extent the impact is dilutive. As the Company
incurred net losses for the three and six months ended June 30,
2019 and 2018, potentially dilutive securities have been excluded
from the diluted net loss per share computations as their effect
would be anti-dilutive. The following table shows the number of
potentially dilutive shares excluded from the diluted net loss per
share calculation as of June 30, 2019 and 2018:
|
As of
|
|
|
June 30, 2019
|
June 30, 2018
|
|
|
|
Series
B preferred (post split basis)
|
132
|
132
|
Common
stock options and warrants
|
3,994
|
3,206
|
Debt
with conversion feature at $30 per share of common
stock
|
1,247
|
1,222
|
SARs
conversion if stock issued at $1.02 per share to cover $2.1
million
|
2,062
|
-
|
Total
number of potentially dilutive shares excluded from the diluted net
loss per share calculation
|
7,435
|
4,560
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive Loss. ASC
220 Comprehensive Income
requires that an enterprise report, by
major components and as a single total, the change in its net
assets from non-owner sources. The Company’s other
comprehensive income (loss) and accumulated other comprehensive
loss consists solely of cumulative currency translation adjustments
resulting from the translation of the financial statements of its
foreign subsidiary.
Foreign Currency Translation/Transactions. Assets and liabilities of the Company’s
non-U.S. subsidiary operate in a local currency environment, where
that local currency is the functional currency, and is translated
into U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet
date, with the resulting translation adjustments directly recorded
to a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.
Income and expense accounts are translated at average exchange
rates. Gains and losses from other foreign currency transactions
are recorded in other income (expense).
Operating Segments. Operating
segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which
separate financial information is available that is evaluated
regularly by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to
allocate resources and in assessing performance. Aemetis recognized
two reportable geographic segments: “North America” and
“India.”
The “North America” operating segment includes the
Company’s 60 million gallons per year capacity Keyes Plant in
California, the cellulosic ethanol facility in Riverbank, the
cluster of biogas digesters on dairies near the Keyes Plant, the
Goodland Plant in Kansas and the research and development facility
in Minnesota.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
The “India” operating segment encompasses the
Company’s 50 million gallon per year capacity Kakinada Plant
in India, the administrative offices in Hyderabad, India, and the
holding companies in Nevada and Mauritius.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments. Financial instruments
include accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities,
current and non-current portion of subordinated debt, SARs
liability, notes payable, and long term debt. Due to the
unique terms of our notes payable and long term debt and the
financial condition of the Company, the fair value of the debt is
not readily determinable. The fair value of all other current
financial instruments is estimated using level 3 inputs to
approximate carrying value due to the short-term nature of these
instruments.
Share-Based Compensation. The
Company recognizes share-based compensation expense in accordance
with ASC 718 Stock Compensation
requiring the Company to recognize
expenses of the estimated fair value of the Company’s
share-based compensation awards calculated at the grant date over
the vesting period, adjusted to reflect only those shares that are
expected to vest.
Leases. In February 2016, the
FASB issued guidance that amended the existing accounting standards
for leases. Consistent with existing guidance, the recognition,
measurement, and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising
from a lease by a lessee primarily will depend on its
classification. Under the new guidance, a lessee is required to
recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on the balance
sheet. Leases are classified as either finance or operating, with
classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the
income statement. The new guidance was effective for us beginning
January 1, 2019, and for interim periods within that year. We were
required to recognize and measure leases existing at, or entered
into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period
presented using a modified retrospective approach, with certain
practical expedients available. On July 30, 2018, the FASB issued
ASU 2018-11 amendments to ASC 842, which included the optional
transition relief approach in which entities may elect not to
recast the comparative periods presented when transitioning to ASC
842 and lessors may not select to separate lease and non-lease
components when certain conditions are met.
We assessed all leases, equipment rentals, and supply agreements
under this guidance. We adopted the standard as of January 1, 2019
using the optional transition relief approach. We elected the
practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within
the new standard, which among other things, allows us to
carryforward the historical lease classification. We made an
accounting policy election to keep leases with a term of 12 months
or less off of the balance sheet. We recognized those lease
payments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations on a
straight-line basis over the lease term. Please refer to Note 7 for
additional information regarding the Company’s adoption of
ASC 842 and outstanding leases.
Commitments and Contingencies. The Company records and/or discloses commitments
and contingencies in accordance with ASC 450 Contingencies.
ASC 450 applies to an existing condition, situation or set of
circumstances involving uncertainty as to possible loss that will
ultimately be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail
to occur.
The Company entered into a payment plan with Stanislaus County for
unpaid property taxes on June 28, 2018 by paying $1.5 million as a
first payment. Under the annual payment plan, the Company is set to
pay 20% of the outstanding redemption amount, in addition to the
current year property taxes and any interest incurred on the unpaid
balance to date annually, on or before April 10 starting in 2019.
This payment was not made on April 10, 2019. The full tax amount is
now due and the property is subject to a process that ranges from
the collection of all past due taxes to the potential sale of the
asset. As of June 30, 2019, the balance in property tax accrual was
$3.9 million.
14
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
The Company has pending litigation with EdenIQ, Inc.
(“EdenIQ”) related to wrongful termination of a merger
agreement, filed in Santa Clara County Superior
Court. The Company and EdenIQ filed motions for
attorney’s fees and costs. On July 24, 2019, the court
granted $6.2 million of attorney’s fees and costs to EdenIQ.
The Company has assessed this matter in accordance with ASC 855 as
subsequent event type 1. As a result, a $6.2 million loss on
contingency was recorded within the Company’s consolidated
financial statements as of June 30, 2019.
Debt Modification Accounting.
The Company evaluates amendments to its debt in accordance with ASC
470-50 Debt
– Modification and Extinguishments for modification and extinguishment accounting.
This evaluation includes comparing the net present value of cash
flows of the new debt to the old debt to determine if changes
greater than 10 percent occurred. In instances where the net
present value of future cash flows changed more than 10 percent,
the Company applies extinguishment accounting and determines the
fair value of its debt based on factors available to the
Company.
Convertible Instruments. The
Company evaluates the impacts of convertible instruments based on
the underlying conversion features. Convertible instruments are
evaluated for treatment as derivatives that could be bifurcated and
recorded separately. Any beneficial conversion feature is recorded
based on the intrinsic value difference at the commitment
date.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements.
For a complete summary of the Company’s significant
accounting policies, please refer to the Company’s audited
financial statements and notes thereto for the years ended December
31, 2018 and 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 15, 2019. There were no new accounting
pronouncements issued applicable to the Company during the six
months ended June 30, 2019.
2.
Inventories
Inventories consist of the following:
|
June 30, 2019
|
December 31, 2018
|
Raw
materials
|
$1,405
|
$3,647
|
Work-in-progress
|
1,599
|
1,327
|
Finished
goods
|
1,089
|
1,155
|
Total
inventories
|
$4,093
|
$6,129
|
As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company recognized a
lower of cost or net realizable value impairment of $38 thousand
and $0.2 million respectively, related to inventory.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
3.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment consist of the
following:
|
June 30, 2019
|
December 31, 2018
|
Land
|
$4,121
|
$4,116
|
Plant
and buildings
|
83,126
|
82,445
|
Furniture
and fixtures
|
1,063
|
1,056
|
Machinery
and equipment
|
4,227
|
3,928
|
Construction
in progress
|
4,889
|
3,581
|
GAFI
property, plant & equipment
|
15,408
|
15,408
|
Total
gross property, plant & equipment
|
112,834
|
110,534
|
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(34,327)
|
(32,042)
|
Total
net property, plant & equipment
|
$78,507
|
$78,492
|
|
|
|
During the six months ended June 30, 2019 and for the year ended
December 31, 2018, interest capitalized in property, plant, and
equipment was $147 thousand and $135 thousand,
respectively.
Depreciation on the components of property, plant and equipment is
calculated using the straight-line method to allocate their
depreciable amounts over their estimated useful lives as
follows:
|
Years
|
Plant
and Buildings
|
20-30
|
Machinery
& Equipment
|
5-7
|
Furniture
& Fixtures
|
3-5
|
For the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company
recorded depreciation expense of $1.1 million for each period. For
the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded
depreciation expense of $2.2 million and $2.3 million
respectively.
Management is required to evaluate these long-lived assets for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate
that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Management
determined there was no impairment on the long-lived assets during
the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
4.
Debt
Debt consists of the notes from our senior lender, Third Eye
Capital, other working capital lenders and subordinated lenders as
follows:
|
June 30, 2019
|
December 31, 2018
|
Third
Eye Capital term notes
|
$7,022
|
$7,024
|
Third
Eye Capital revolving credit facility
|
54,702
|
47,225
|
Third
Eye Capital revenue participation term notes
|
11,792
|
11,794
|
Third
Eye Capital acquisition term notes
|
24,482
|
23,841
|
Third
Eye Capital promissory note
|
2,156
|
-
|
Cilion
shareholder seller notes payable
|
6,048
|
5,974
|
Subordinated
notes
|
10,779
|
10,080
|
EB-5
promissory notes
|
39,944
|
38,536
|
Unsecured
working capital loans
|
3,616
|
4,822
|
GAFI
Term and Revolving loans
|
26,583
|
25,821
|
Total debt
|
187,124
|
175,117
|
Less
current portion of debt
|
21,356
|
17,298
|
Total long term debt
|
$165,768
|
$157,819
|
|
|
|
On July 6, 2012, Aemetis, Inc. and Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes,
Inc. (“AAFK”), entered into an Amended and Restated
Note Purchase Agreement with Third Eye Capital (the “Note
Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Note Purchase
Agreement, Third Eye Capital extended credit in the form of (i)
senior secured term loans in an aggregate principal amount of
approximately $7.2 million to replace existing notes held by Third
Eye Capital (the “Term Notes”); (ii) senior secured
revolving loans in an aggregate principal amount of $18.0 million
(the “Revolving Credit Facility”); (iii) senior secured
term loans in the principal amount of $10.0 million to convert the
prior revenue participation agreement to a note (the “Revenue
Participation Term Notes”); and (iv) senior secured term
loans in an aggregate principal amount of $15.0 million (the
“Acquisition Term Notes”) used to fund the cash portion
of the acquisition of Cilion, Inc. (the Term Notes, Revolving
Credit Facility, Revenue Participation Term Notes and Acquisition
Term Notes are referred to herein collectively as the
“Original Third Eye Capital Notes”).
On March 27, 2018, Third Eye Capital agreed to Limited Waiver and
Amendment No. 14 to the Note Purchase Agreement, or Amendment No.
14, to: (i) extend the maturity date of the Third Eye Capital Notes
by two years to April 1, 2020 in exchange for an amendment fee
consisting of 6% (3% per year) of the outstanding note balance in
the form of an increase in the fee payable in the event of a
redemption of the Third Eye Capital Notes (as defined in the Note
Purchase Agreement); (ii) provide that the maturity date may be
further extended at our election to April 1, 2021 in exchange for
an extension fee of 5%; (iii) provide for an optional waiver of the
ratio of note indebtedness covenant until January 1, 2019 with the
payment of a waiver fee of $0.25 million; and (iv) remove the
redemption fee described in (i) above from the calculation of the
ratio of note indebtedness covenant. In addition to the fee
discussed in (i), as consideration for such amendment and waiver,
the borrowers also agreed to pay Third Eye Capital an amendment and
waiver fee of $0.5 million to be added to the outstanding principal
balance of the Revolving Credit Facility.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
We evaluated Amendment No. 14 in accordance with ASC 470-60
Troubled Debt
Restructuring. According to
guidance, we considered Amendment No. 14 to be a troubled debt
restructuring. We assessed all the terms to confirm if there is a
concession granted by the creditor. The maturity date of the Third
Eye Capital Notes was extended to April 1, 2020 for a 6% fee, which
was lower on an annual basis than the extension fee of 5% provided
by Amendment No. 13 for a one-year extension. No interest is
accrued on these fees and there were no other settlements in
Amendment No. 14 on these Notes. In order to assess whether the
creditor granted a concession, we calculated the post-restructuring
effective interest rate by projecting cash flows on the new terms
and solved for a discount rate equal to the carrying amount of
pre-restructuring of debt, and by comparing this calculation to the
terms of Amendment No. 13, we determined that Third Eye Capital
provided a concession in accordance with the provisions of ASC
470-60 Troubled Debt
Restructuring and thus applied
troubled debt restructuring accounting. The extension fee, due at
maturity, was discounted at the effective interest rate of the
Third Eye Capital Notes, and an immediate charge was taken to
recognize the fees into amortization expense on the income
statement related to the trouble debt restructuring of $3.1 million
and amendment fees of $0.5 million. Using the effective interest
method of amortization, the remaining extension fee of $1.4 million
will be amortized over the stated remaining life of the Third Eye
Capital Notes.
On March 27, 2018, Third Eye Capital also agreed to a one-year
reserve liquidity facility governed by a promissory note, payable
in the principal amount of up to $6 million. Borrowings under the
facility are available from March 27, 2018 until maturity on April
1, 2019. Interest on borrowed amounts accrues at a rate of 30% per
annum, paid monthly in arrears, or 40% if an event of default has
occurred and continues. The outstanding principal balance of the
indebtedness evidenced by the promissory note, plus any accrued but
unpaid interest and any other sums due thereunder, shall be due and
payable in full at the earlier to occur of (a) the closing of any
new debt or equity financing, refinancing or other similar
transaction between Third Eye Capital or any fund or entity
arranged by them and the Company or its affiliates, (b) receipt by
the Company or its affiliates of proceeds from any sale, merger,
equity or debt financing, refinancing or other similar transaction
from any third party and (c) April 1, 2019. The promissory note is
secured by liens and security interests upon the property and
assets of the Company. If any amounts are drawn under the facility,
the Company will pay a non-refundable fee in the amount of $200
thousand payable from the proceeds of the first drawing under the
facility. We did not draw any amounts under the facility and no
balance was outstanding as of December 31, 2018 under this
facility. On March 11, 2019, Third Eye Capital agreed to increase
the amount available under the reserve liquidity facility up to
$8.0 million and extend the maturity date to April 1, 2020 with the
same terms as above.
Based on the terms of Amendment No. 14, the Company intends to
extend the maturity to April 1, 2021 for a fee of 5% on the
outstanding debt which can be paid or added to the outstanding
balance of the revolving notes.
On March 11, 2019, Third Eye Capital agreed to Limited Waiver and
Amendment No. 15 to the Note Purchase Agreement (“Amendment
No. 15”), to waive the ratio of note indebtedness covenant
until January 1, 2020. As a consideration for this amendment, the
Company also agreed to pay Third Eye Capital an amendment fee of
$1.0 million to be added to the redemption fee which is due upon
redemption of the Notes.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
Based on the Amendment No. 15, the ratio of note indebtedness
covenant is waived for the quarters ended March 31, 2019, June 30,
2019, September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2019. According to ASC
470-10-45 debt covenant classification guidance, if it is probable
that the Company will not be able to cure the default at
measurement dates within the next 12 months, the related debt needs
to be classified as current. As the Amendment No. 15 waived the
ratio of the note indebtedness covenant over the next two quarters,
we needed to assess if the Company can meet this covenant for the
quarters ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020. To assess this
guidance, the Company performed ratio and cash flow analysis using
the forecast and debt levels. The Company will need approximately
$42.4 million of cash flows from operations and other forms of
subordinated debt over the next 12 months to reduce debt to levels
that allow for compliance with Third Eye Capital financial
covenants and to meet operations of the Company. Based on this
analysis, the Company believes that it is reasonably possible that
through a combination of cash flow from operations, new projects
that provide additional liquidity, and obtaining other low cost
subordinated debt, it will be able to meet the ratio of the note
indebtedness covenant over the next 12 months, hence the notes are
classified as long term debt.
On February 27, 2019, a Promissory Note (the “February 2019
Note”, together with the Original Third Eye Capital Notes,
the Third Eye Capital Notes) for $2.1 million was advanced by Third
Eye Capital to Aemetis, Inc., as a short-term credit facility for
working capital and other general corporate purposes with an
interest rate of 14% per annum maturing on the earlier of (a)
receipt of proceeds from any financing, refinancing, or other
similar transaction, (b) extension of credit by payee, as lender or
as agent on behalf of certain lenders, to the Company or its
affiliates, or (c) April 30, 2019. In consideration of the February
2019 Note, $0.1 million of the total proceeds were paid to Third
Eye Capital as financing charges. On April 30, 2019, the February
2019 Note was modified to remove the stated maturity date and
instead will be due on demand by Third Eye Capital. As of June 30,
2019, the outstanding balance of principal and interest on the
February 2019 note was $2.2 million.
Terms of Third Eye Capital Notes
A.
Term
Notes. As of June 30, 2019, the Company had $7.0 million
in principal and interest outstanding under the Term Notes. The
Term Notes accrue interest at 14% per annum and mature on April 1,
2020*.
B
Revolving
Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility accrues interest at
the prime rate plus 13.75% (19.25% as of June 30, 2019), payable
monthly in arrears. The Revolving Credit Facility matures on April
1, 2020*. As of June 30, 2019, AAFK had $54.7 million in principal
and interest and waiver fees outstanding under the Revolving Credit
Facility net of $0.3 million unamortized discount issuance
costs.
C.
Revenue
Participation Term Notes. The Revenue Participation Term Note bears interest
at 5% per annum and matures on April 1, 2020*. As of June 30, 2019,
AAFK had $11.8 million in principal and interest outstanding on the
Revenue Participation Term Notes.
D.
Acquisition
Term Notes. The Acquisition Term Notes accrue interest at the
prime rate plus 10.75% (16.25% per annum as of June 30, 2019) and
mature on April 1, 2020*. As of June 30, 2019, Aemetis Facility
Keyes, Inc. had $24.5 million in principal and interest and
redemption fees outstanding net of unamortized discount issuances
costs of $1.3 million. The outstanding principal balance includes a
total of $7.0 million in redemption fees, including $4.5 million
which was added to the Acquisition Term Notes on March 27, 2018 as
part of Amendment No. 14 and $1.0 million covenant waiver fees as
part of Amendment No. 15.
E.
Reserve
Liquidity Notes. The Reserve Liquidity Notes, with available
borrowing capacity in the amount of $8.0 million, accrue interest
at the rate of 30% per annum and are due and payable upon the
earlier of: i) the closing of new debt or equity financings, ii)
receipt from any sale, merger, debt or equity financing, or iii)
April 1, 2020*. We have no borrowings outstanding under the Reserve
Liquidity Notes as of June 30, 2019.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
The Third Eye Capital Notes contain various covenants, including
but not limited to, debt to plant value ratio, minimum production
requirements, and restrictions on capital expenditures. The terms
of the Third Eye Capital Notes allow the lender to accelerate the
maturity in the occurrence of any event that could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect, such as any change in
the business, operations, or financial condition.
The Third Eye Capital Notes are secured by first priority liens on
all real and personal property of, and assignment of proceeds from
all government grants and guarantees from Aemetis, Inc. The Third
Eye Capital Notes all contain cross-collateral and cross-default
provisions. McAfee Capital, LLC (McAfee Capital), owned by Eric
McAfee, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, provided a guaranty
of payment and performance secured by all of its Company shares. In
addition, Eric McAfee provided a blanket lien on substantially all
of his personal assets, and McAfee Capital provided a guarantee in
the amount of $8.0 million.
*
The note maturity date can be extended by the Company to April
2021. As a condition to any such extension, the Company would be
required to pay a fee of 5% of the carrying value of the debt which
can be paid in cash or added to the outstanding debt. As a result
of this ability to extend the maturity at the Company’s will,
the Third Eye Capital Notes are classified as non-current
debt.
Cilion shareholder seller notes payable. In connection with the Company’s merger
with Cilion, Inc., ("Cilion") on July 6, 2012, the Company issued
$5.0 million in notes payable to Cilion shareholders as merger
compensation subordinated to the senior secured Third Eye Capital
Notes. The liability bears interest at 3% per annum and is due and
payable after the Third Eye Capital Notes have been paid in full.
As of June 30, 2019, Aemetis Facility Keyes, Inc. had $6.0 million
in principal and interest outstanding under the Cilion shareholder
seller notes payable.
Subordinated Notes. On January
6 and January 9, 2012, AAFK entered into Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreements with two accredited investors pursuant to which it
issued $0.9 million and $2.5 million in original notes to the
investors (the “Subordinated Notes”). The Subordinated
Notes mature every six months. Upon maturity, the Subordinated
Notes are generally extended with a fee of 10% added to the balance
outstanding plus issuance of warrants exercisable at $0.01 with a
two-year term. Interest accrues at 10% and is due at maturity.
Neither AAFK nor Aemetis may make any principal payments under the
Subordinated Notes until all loans made by Third Eye Capital to
AAFK are paid in full.
On July 1, 2019, the Subordinated Notes were amended to extend the
maturity date until the earlier of (i) December 31, 2019; (ii)
completion of an equity financing by AAFK or Aemetis in an amount
of not less than $25.0 million; or (iii) after the occurrence of an
Event of Default, including failure to pay interest or principal
when due and breaches of note covenants. A 10% cash extension fee
was paid by adding the fee to the balance of the new note and
warrants to purchase 113 thousand shares of common stock were
granted with a term of two years and an exercise price of $0.01 per
share. We will evaluate the July 1, 2019 amendment and the
refinancing terms of the Subordinated Notes in accordance with ASC
470-50 Debt
– Modification and Extinguishment.
As of June 30, 2019, there were 83,000 warrants outstanding that
were issued in connection with the extension of the Subordinated
Notes pursuant to the January 1, 2019 amendment.
At June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had, in
aggregate, $10.8 million and $10.1 million in principal and
interest outstanding respectively, under the Subordinated
Notes.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
EB-5 promissory notes. EB-5 is
a U.S. government program authorized by the Immigration and
Nationality Act designed to foster employment-based visa preference
for immigrant investors to encourage the flow of capital into the
U.S. economy and to promote employment of U.S. workers. The Company
entered into a Note Purchase Agreement dated March 4, 2011 (as
further amended on January 19, 2012 and July 24, 2012) with
Advanced BioEnergy, LP, a California limited partnership authorized
as a Regional Center to receive EB-5 investments, for the issuance
of up to 72 subordinated convertible promissory notes (the
“EB-5 Notes”) bearing interest at 2-3%. Each note was
issued in the principal amount of $0.5 million and due and payable
four years from the date of each note, for a total aggregate
principal amount of up to $36.0 million (the “EB-5 Phase I
funding”). The original maturity date on the promissory notes
can be extended automatically for a one or two-year period
initially and is eligible for further one-year automatic extensions
as long as there is no notice of non-extension from investors and
the investors’ immigration processes are in progress. On
February 27, 2019, Advanced BioEnergy, LP, and the Company entered
into an Amendment to the EB-5 Notes which restated the original
maturity date on the promissory notes with automatic six-month
extensions as long as the investors’ immigration processes
are in progress. Except for four early investor EB-5 Notes, the
Company was granted 12 months from the date of the completion of
immigration process to redeem these EB-5 Notes. Accordingly, the
notes have been recognized as long term while the four early
investor notes have been classified as current debt. The EB-5 Notes
are convertible into Company’s common stock after three years
at a conversion price of $30 per share.
Advanced BioEnergy, LP arranges investments with foreign investors,
who each make loans to the Keyes Plant in increments of $0.5
million. The Company has sold an aggregate principal amount of
$36.0 million of EB-5 Notes under the EB-5 Phase I funding since
2012 to the date of this filing. As of June 30, 2019, $35.0 million
has been released from the escrow amount to the Company, with $0.5
million remaining in escrow and $0.5 million to be funded to
escrow. As of June 30, 2019, $35.0 million in principal and $2.4
million in accrued interest was outstanding on the EB-5 Phase I
Notes.
On October 16, 2016, the Company launched its EB-5 Phase II
funding, with plans to issue $50.0 million in additional EB-5 Notes
on substantially similar terms and conditions as those issued under
the Company’s EB-5 Phase I funding to refinance indebtedness
and capital expenditures of Aemetis, Inc. and GAFI. The Company
entered into a Note Purchase Agreement dated with Advanced
BioEnergy II, LP, a California limited partnership authorized as a
Regional Center to receive EB-5 Phase II investments, for the
issuance of up to 100 EB-5 Notes bearing interest at 3%. Each note
will be issued in the principal amount of $0.5 million and due and
payable five years from the date of each note, for a total
aggregate principal amount of up to $50.0 million (the “EB-5
Phase II funding”).
Advanced BioEnergy II, LP arranges investments with foreign
investors, who each make loans to the Riverbank Cellulosic Ethanol
Facility in increments of $0.5 million. The Company has sold an
aggregate principal amount of $2.5 million of EB-5 Notes under the
EB-5 Phase II funding since 2016 to the date of this filing. As of
June 30, 2019, $2.5 million was released from escrow to the Company
and $47.5 million remains to be funded to escrow. As of June 30,
2019, $2.5 million in principal and interest was outstanding on the
EB-5 Phase II Notes.
Unsecured working capital loans. On April 16, 2017, the Company entered into an
operating agreement with Gemini Edibles and Fats India Private
Limited (“Gemini”). Under this agreement, Gemini agreed
to provide the Company with working capital, on an as needed basis,
to fund the purchase of feedstock and other raw materials for the
Kakinada Plant. Working capital advances bear interest at 12%. In
return, the Company agreed to pay Gemini an amount equal to 30% of
the plant’s monthly net operating profit and recognized these
as operational support charges in the financials. In the event that
the Company’s biodiesel facility operates at a loss, Gemini
owes the Company 30% of the losses as operational support charges.
Either party can terminate the agreement at any time without
penalty. Additionally, Gemini received a first priority lien on the
assets of the Kakinada Plant. During the six months ended June 30,
2019 and 2018, the Company made principal and interest payments to
Gemini of approximately $13.7 million and $5.4 million,
respectively. As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the
Company had approximately $3.0 million and $4.6 million outstanding
under this agreement, respectively.
21
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
In November 2008, the Company entered into an operating agreement
with Secunderabad Oils Limited (“Secunderabad Oils”).
The 2008 agreement provided the working capital and had the first
priority lien on assets in return for 30% of the plant’s
monthly net operating profit. These expenses were recognized as
selling, general, and administrative expenses by the Company in the
financials. All terms of the 2008 agreement with Secunderabad Oils
were terminated to amend the agreement as below. On July 15, 2017,
the agreement with Secunderabad Oils was amended to provide the
working capital funds for British Petroleum business operations
only in the form of inter-corporate deposit for an amount of
approximately $2.3 million over a 95 days period at the rate of
14.75% per annum interest rate. The term of the agreement continues
until the either party terminates it. Secunderabad Oils has a
second priority lien on the assets of the Company’s Kakinada
Plant after this agreement. On April 15, 2018, the agreement was
amended to purchase the raw material for business operations at 12%
per annum interest rate. During the six months ended June 30, 2019
and 2018, the Company made principal and interest payments to
Secunderabad Oils of approximately $0.5 million and $2.7 million,
respectively. As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the
Company had $0.7 million and $0.3 million outstanding under this
agreement, respectively.
Variable Interest Entity (GAFI) Term loan and Revolving
loan
On July 10, 2017, GAFI entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the
“GAFI Note Purchase Agreement”) with Third Eye Capital
(the “Noteholders”). See further discussion regarding
GAFI in Note 5. Pursuant to the GAFI Note Purchase Agreement, the
Noteholders agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the GAFI
Note Purchase Agreement and relying on each of the representations
and warranties set forth therein, to make (i) a single term loan to
GAFI in an aggregate amount of $15 million (the “GAFI Term
Loan”) and (ii) revolving advances not to exceed $10 million
in the aggregate (the “GAFI Revolving Loan”). The
interest rate per annum applicable to the GAFI Term Loan is equal
to ten percent (10%). The interest rate per annum applicable to the
GAFI Revolving Loans is the greater of Prime Rate plus seven and
three quarters percent (7.75%) and twelve percent (12.00%). The
applicable interest rate as of June 30, 2019 was 13.25%. The
maturity date of the loans (“Maturity Date”) is July
10, 2019, provided that the Maturity Date may be extended at the
option of GAFI for up to two additional one-year periods upon prior
written notice and upon satisfaction of certain conditions and the
payment of a renewal fee for such extension. On June 10, 2019,
notice was given to renew the maturity date of GAFI notes to July
10, 2020 by following extension terms in the GAFI Note Purchase
Agreement in exchange for a fee of $0.5 million. An initial advance
under the GAFI Revolving Loan was made for $2.2 million as a
prepayment of interest on the GAFI Term Loan for the first eighteen
months of interest payments. In addition, a fee of $1.0 million was
paid in consideration to the Noteholders.
On June 28, 2018, GAFI entered into Amendment No. 1 to the GAFI
Term Loan with Third Eye Capital for an additional amount of $1.5
million with a fee of $75 thousand added to the loan from Third Eye
Capital at a 10% interest rate. The fee of $75 thousand was
recognized as expense on the Amendment date. Pursuant to Amendment
No. 1, Aemetis, Inc. entered into a Stock Appreciation Rights
Agreement to issue 1,050,000 Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) to
Third Eye Capital on August 23, 2018, with an exercise date of one
year from the issuance date with a call option for the Company at
$2.00 per share during the first 11 months of the agreement either
to pay $2.1 million in cash or issue common stock worth of $2.1
million based on 30-day weighted average price of the stock on the
call date, and a put option for Third Eye Capital at $1.00 per
share during the 11th
month of the agreement where the
Company can redeem the SARs for $1.1 million in cash. In the event
that none of the above options is exercised, the SARs will be
automatically exercised one year from the issuance date based upon
the 30-day weighted average stock price and paid in cash and cash
equivalents. We used an outside valuation expert to value the SARs
using the Monte Carlo method, and recorded the fair value of the
SARs of $1.3 million as fees on Amendment No. 1 and will be
amortized over the term of the loan according to ASC 470-50
Debt –
Modification and Extinguishment. The Company also recorded a liability for the fair
value of $1.3 million which is re-measured at every quarter end
until the SARs are exercised. As of June 30, 2019, none of the
options was exercised on SARs. On December 20, 2018, $1.6 million
from Amendment No. 1 was paid.
22
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
On December 3, 2018, GAFI entered into Amendment No. 2 to the GAFI
Term Loan with Third Eye Capital for an additional amount of up to
$3.5 million from Third Eye Capital at a 10% interest rate. GAFI
borrowed $1.8 million against this Amendment No. 2 with a $175
thousand fee added to the loan and $0.2 million was withheld from
the $1.8 million for interest payments. $1.5 million is available
to draw under GAFI Amendment No. 2 for the CO2
Project. Among other requirements, the
Company is also required to make the following mandatory repayments
of the CO2
Term Loan: (i) on a monthly basis, an
amount equal to 75% of any payments received by the Company for
CO2
produced by Linde LLC, (ii) an amount
equal to 100% of each monthly payment received by the Company for
land use by Linde for CO2
plant, (iii) on a monthly basis, an
amount equal to the product of: $0.01 multiplied by the number of
bushels of corn grain used in the ethanol production at the Keyes
Plant. Based on the mandatory payments, an amount of $0.4 million
is estimated to be paid in the next 12 months and is classified as
current debt as of June 30, 2019. We evaluated the Amendment No. 2
to the GAFI Term Loan and applied modification accounting treatment
in accordance with ASC 470-50 Debt – Modification and
Extinguishment.
As of June 30, 2019, GAFI had $16.5 million net of discounts
issuance costs of $0.5 million outstanding on the Term Loan and
$10.0 million on the Revolving Loan respectively.
Scheduled debt repayments for the Company’s loan obligations
follow:
Twelve
months ended June 30,
|
Debt
Repayments
|
2020
|
$21,356
|
2021
|
159,346
|
2022
|
3,500
|
2023
|
2,548
|
2024
|
2,500
|
Total
debt
|
189,250
|
Debt
issuance costs
|
(2,126)
|
Total
debt, net of debt issuance costs
|
$187,124
|
23
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
5.
Variable Interest Entity
GAFI was formed to acquire the partially completed Goodland ethanol
plant in Goodland, Kansas. GAFI entered into the GAFI Note Purchase
Agreement with Third Eye Capital to acquire the plant. GAFI, the
Company and its subsidiary AAPK also entered into separate GAFI
Intercompany Notes, pursuant to which GAFI may, from time to time,
lend a portion of the proceeds of the GAFI Revolving Loan incurred
under the GAFI Note Purchase Agreement to the Company. Aemetis,
Inc. and AAPK (in such capacity, the “GAFI Guarantors”)
also agreed to enter into a limited guaranty (the “GAFI
Limited Guaranty”). Pursuant to the GAFI Limited Guaranty,
the Guarantors agreed to guarantee the prompt payment and
performance of all unpaid principal and interest on the GAFI Loans
and all other obligations and liabilities of GAFI to the GAFI
Noteholders in connection with the GAFI Note Purchase Agreement.
The obligations of the GAFI Guarantors pursuant to the GAFI Limited
Guaranty are secured by a first priority lien over all assets of
the GAFI Guarantors pursuant to separate general security
agreements entered into by each GAFI Guarantor. The aggregate
obligations and liabilities of each GAFI Guarantor is limited to
the sum of (i) the aggregate amount advanced by GAFI to such GAFI
Guarantor under and in accordance with the GAFI Intercompany Notes
and (ii) the obligation of the GAFI Guarantor pursuant to its
indemnity and expense obligations under the GAFI Limited Guaranty
prior to the date on which the option under the GAFI Option
Agreement is exercised. Additionally, on July 10, 2017, the Company
entered into the GAFI Option Agreement by and between GAFI and the
sole shareholder of GAFI, pursuant to which the Company was granted
an irrevocable option to purchase all, but not less than all, of
the capital stock of GAFI for an aggregate purchase price equal to
$0.01 per share for a total purchase price of $10.00 (such option,
the “GAFI Option”). The GAFI Option provides for
automatic triggering in the event of certain default circumstances.
After the automatic exercise upon default, the GAFI Limited
Guaranty no longer applies and the GAFI Guarantors are responsible
for the outstanding balances of the GAFI Term Loan and the GAFI
Revolving Loan. Additionally, Third Eye Capital was granted a
warrant for the purchase of 250 shares, representing 20% of the
outstanding shares of GAFI, for a period of 10 years at an exercise
price of $0.01 per share. The sole shareholder of GAFI received
100,000 shares of common stock of the Company as consideration. On
July 10, 2017, the Company issued the 100,000 shares and recognized
$0.1 million of stock compensation expense during the year ended
December 31, 2017.
After consideration of the above agreements, we concluded that GAFI
did not have sufficient equity to finance its activities without
additional subordinated financial support. Additionally,
GAFI’s shareholder did not have a controlling financial
interest in the entity. Hence, we concluded that GAFI is a VIE. The
primary beneficiary of a VIE is the party that has both the power
to direct the activities that most significantly affect the
economic performance of the VIE and the obligation to absorb losses
or receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the
VIE. In determining whether the Company is the primary beneficiary,
a number of factors are considered, including the structure of the
entity, contractual provisions that grant any additional rights to
influence or control the economic performance of the VIE, and
obligation to absorb significant losses. Through providing the GAFI
Limited Guaranty and signing the GAFI Option Agreement, the Company
took the risks related to operations, financing the Goodland Plant,
and agreed to meet the financial covenants for GAFI to be in
existence. Based upon this assessment, the Company has the power to
direct the activities of GAFI and has been determined to be the
primary beneficiary of GAFI and accordingly, the assets,
liabilities, and operations of GAFI are consolidated into those of
the Company.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
The following are the Balance Sheets and Statements of Operations
of GAFI:
|
Goodland Advanced Fuels, Inc.
|
|
|
Balance Sheets
|
|
|
As of
|
|
|
June 30, 2019
|
December 31, 2018
|
Assets
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$1
|
$17
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
87
|
215
|
Other
assets
|
-
|
103
|
Total
current assets
|
88
|
335
|
|
|
|
Property,
plant and equipment
|
15,408
|
15,408
|
Promissory
note receivable from Aemetis
|
4,519
|
6,182
|
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
$20,015
|
$21,925
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and stockholder deficit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
accrued liabilities
|
$59
|
$44
|
Secured
and revolving notes
|
26,628
|
26,621
|
|
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
26,687
|
26,665
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
(6,672)
|
(4,740)
|
Total
liabilities and stockholder deficit
|
$20,015
|
$21,925
|
|
|
|
25
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
|
Goodland Advanced Fuels, Inc.
|
|||
|
Statements of Operations
|
|||
|
Three months ended
|
For the six months ended
|
||
|
June 30, 2019
|
June 30, 2018
|
June 30, 2019
|
June 30, 2018
|
Other
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
$102
|
$134
|
$212
|
$232
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
loss
|
(102)
|
(134)
|
(212)
|
(232)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate expense
|
756
|
689
|
1,504
|
1,367
|
Debt
related fees and amortization expense
|
280
|
200
|
527
|
325
|
Other
income
|
(144)
|
(166)
|
(311)
|
(330)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
$(994)
|
$(857)
|
$(1,932)
|
$(1,594)
|
As of June 30, 2019, the Company had outstanding balance of $4.5
million under the Intercompany Revolving Notes. In the
consolidation process, these intercompany borrowings and interest
thereon were eliminated.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
6. Biogas LLC – Series A Preferred Financing
On December 20, 2018, Aemetis Biogas LLC (the “ABGL”)
entered into a Series A Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement (the
“Preferred Unit Agreement”) by selling Series A
preferred Units to Protair-X Americas, Inc. (the
“Purchaser”), with Third Eye Capital acting as an agent
for the purchaser (the “Agent”). ABGL plans to
construct and collect biogas from dairies located near the Keyes
Plant (the “CO2
Project”). Biogas is a blend of
methane along with CO2
and other impurities that can be
captured from dairies, landfills and other sources. After a
gas cleanup and compression process, biogas can be converted into
bio-methane, which is a direct replacement of petroleum natural gas
and can be transported in existing natural gas
pipelines.
ABGL is authorized to issue 11,000,000 Common Units, and up to
6,000,000 convertible, redeemable, secured, preferred membership
units (the “Series A Preferred Units”). ABGL issued
6,000,000 Common Units to the Company. ABGL also issued 1,660,000
Series A Preferred Units to the Purchaser for $8,300,000 with the
ability to issue an additional 4,340,000 Series A Preferred Units
at $5.00 per Unit for a total of up to $30,000,000 in funding.
Additionally, 5,000,000 common units are held in reserve as
potential conversion units issuable to the Purchaser upon certain
triggering events discussed below.
The Preferred Unit Agreement includes (i) preference payments of
$0.50 per unit on the outstanding Series A Preferred Units
commencing on the second anniversary, (ii) conversion rights for up
to 1,200,000 common units or up to maximum number of 5,000,000
common units (also at a one Series A Preferred Unit to one Common
Unit basis) if certain triggering events occur, (iv) one Board seat
of the three available to be elected by Preferred Unit holders,
(iii) mandatory redemption value at $15 per unit payable at an
amount equal to 75% of free cash flow generated by ABGL, up to $90
million in the aggregate (if all units are issued), (iv) full
redemption of the units on the sixth anniversary, (v) minimum cash
flow requirements from each digester, and (vi) $0.9 million paid as
fees to the Agent from the proceeds.
Triggering events occur upon ABGL’s failure to redeem units,
comply with covenants, any other defaults or cross defaults, or to
perform representations or warranties. Upon a triggering event: (i)
the obligation of the Purchaser to purchase additional Series A
Preferred Units is terminated, (ii) cash flow payments for
redemption payments increased from 75% to 100% of free cash flows,
and (iii) total number of common units into which preferred units
may be converted increases from 1,200,000 common units to 5,000,000
common units on a one for one basis.
Pursuant to signing the agreement with the Purchaser, the ABGL
issued 1,660,000 Series A Preferred Units for an amount of $8.3
million in first tranche of investment. ABGL paid $6.0 million of
this amount to Aemetis, Inc. in the form of management fees for
managing and executing the Project. We assessed the above terms and
concluded that the minority shareholders lacks substantive
participating rights, principally based on the ownership
percentage, manager representation, and expertise in the industry.
Therefore, ABGL is controlled by Aemetis, Inc. and accordingly
consolidated into the Company. The Series A Preferred Units are
recorded as mandatorily redeemable and treated as a liability as
the conversion option was deemed to be non-substantive. The Company
is accreting up to the redemption value of $24.9 million over the
estimated future cash flow periods of six years using the effective
interest method. In addition, the Company identified freestanding
future tranche rights and the accelerated redemption feature
related to a change in control provision as derivatives which
required bifurcation. These derivative features were assessed to
have minimal value as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 based
on the evaluation of the other conditions included in the
agreement.
27
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
On June 21, 2019, ABGL issued 50,000 Series A Preferred Units for
incremental proceeds of $250 thousand as part of the first tranche
of the Series A Preferred Unit Agreement. Consistent with the first
issuance, the units are treated as a liability as the conversion
option was deemed to be non-substantive. The redemption value of
these additional units of $750 thousand is accreted over the
estimated future cash flow periods of six years from the original
anniversary date using the effective interest method.
As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company recorded
$8.2 million and $7.0 million outstanding under this
agreement.
7. Leases
In February 2016, the FASB established Topic 842, Leases, by
issuing Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, which
requires lessees to recognize leases on-balance sheet and disclose
key information about leasing arrangements. Topic 842 was
subsequently amended by ASU No. 2018-01, Land Easement Practical
Expedient for Transition to Topic 842; ASU No. 2018-10,
Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases; and ASU No.
2018-11, Targeted Improvements. The new standard establishes a
right-of-use model (ROU) that requires a lessee to recognize a ROU
asset and lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases.
Leases will be classified as finance or operating, with
classification affecting the pattern and classification of expense
recognition in the income statement.
The new standard was effective for us on January 1, 2019. We
adopted the new standard on its effective date. A modified
retrospective transition approach was required, applying the new
standard to all leases existing at the date of initial application.
An entity may choose to use either (1) its effective date or (2)
the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the
financial statements as its date of initial application. We adopted
the new standard on January 1, 2019 and used the effective date as
our date of initial application. Consequently, financial
information will not be updated and the disclosures required under
the new standard will not be provided for dates and periods before
January 1, 2019.
The new standard provides a number of optional practical expedients
in transition. We elected the ‘package of practical
expedients’, which permits us not to reassess under the new
standard our prior conclusions about lease identification, lease
classification and initial direct costs. We did not elect the
practical expedient pertaining to land easements. We made an
accounting policy election to keep leases with an initial term of
12 months or less off of the balance sheet. We will recognize those
lease payments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as we
incur the expenses.
This standard had a material effect on our consolidated balance
sheet due to the recognition of right-of-use assets and lease
liabilities. However, it did not have a material impact on the
Consolidated Statement of Operations.
After assessment of this standard on our Company wide agreements
and arrangements, we have identified assets as the corporate
office, warehouse, monitoring equipment and laboratory facilities
which we have control over these identified assets and obtain
economic benefits fully. We classified these identified assets as
operating leases after assessing the terms under classification
guidance. Our leases have remaining lease terms of 1 year to 3
years. We have only one lease that has option to extend, we have
concluded that it is not reasonably certain that we would exercise
the option to extend the lease. Therefore, as of the lease
commencement date, our lease terms generally did not include these
options. We include options to extend the lease when it is
reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. We have an
equipment lease with extension options which the Company likely to
extend, however, the equipment is billed based on the hours it is
used in the period. According to the guidance, the variable
payments based on other than index or rate, are to be expensed in
the period incurred. The equipment cost is recognized as it is
incurred. The corporate office has a sublease agreement in which we
are a sub lessor and the term of the lease is for five months and
then becomes month to month. We did not have any separate lease
components in any of the leases and the property taxes and
insurance charges are based on a variable rate in our real estate
leases, hence we did not include them in the lease payments as in
substance fixed payments.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
When discount rates implicit in leases cannot be readily
determined, the Company uses the applicable incremental borrowing
rate at lease commencement to perform lease classification tests on
lease components and to measure lease liabilities and ROU assets.
The incremental borrowing rate used by the Company was based on
weighted average baseline rates commensurate with the
Company’s secured borrowing rate, over a similar term. At
each reporting period when there is a new lease initiated, the
rates established for that quarter will be used.
Upon adoption of the standard, we recognized additional operating
liabilities of $1.2 million, with corresponding ROU assets of the
same amount based on the present value of the remaining minimum
lease payments for existing operating leases.
The components of lease expense and sublease income was as
follows:
|
Three months ended June 30, 2019
|
Six months ended June 30, 2019
|
|
|
|
Operating
lease expense
|
$143
|
$324
|
Short
term lease expense
|
12
|
53
|
Variable
lease expense
|
17
|
49
|
Sub
lease income
|
(51)
|
(68)
|
|
|
|
Total
lease cost
|
$121
|
$358
|
29
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
Supplemental non-cash flow information related to right-of-use
asset and lease liabilities was as follows for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2019:
|
Three months ended June 30, 2019
|
Six months ended June 30, 2019
|
Accretion
of the lease liability
|
$36
|
$76
|
|
|
|
Amortization
of right-of-use assets
|
$146
|
$287
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Lease Term Operating Leases
|
1.8 years
|
Weighted
Average Discount Rate Operating Leases
|
14.7%
|
Maturities of operating lease liabilities were as
follows:
Twelve
months ended June 30,
|
Operating leases
|
|
|
2020
|
$701
|
2021
|
228
|
2022
|
141
|
Total
lease payments
|
$1,070
|
|
|
Less
imputed interest
|
(126)
|
|
|
Total
operating lease liability
|
$944
|
8. Stock-Based Compensation
Plan Stock Options
2019 Plan
On April 29, 2019, the Aemetis 2019 Stock Plan (the “2019
Stock Plan”) was approved by stockholders of the Company.
This plan permits the grant of Incentive Stock Options,
Non-Statutory Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted
Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, Performance
Shares and other stock or cash awards as the Administrator may
determine in its discretion. The 2019 Stock Plan’s term is 10
years and supersedes all prior plans. The 2019 Stock Plan
authorized the issuance of 200,000 shares of common stock for the
2019 calendar year, in addition to permitting transferring and
granting any available and unissued or expired options under the
Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Plan in an amount equal to 177,246
options.
30
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
On June, 6, 2019, 374,000 option grants were issued to employees
and directors under the 2019 Stock Plan. These options expire ten
years from the date of grant. Employee grants have a general
vesting term of 1/12th
every three months and are exercisable
at any time after vesting subject to continuation of employment.
Option grants for directors had immediate vesting with 10-year term
expiration.
With the approval of the 2019 Stock Plan, the Zymetis 2006 Stock
Plan and Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Plan (the
“Terminated Stock Plans” and together with the 2019
Stock Plan, the “Company Stock Plans”) are terminated
for granting any options under either plan. However, any options
granted before approval will remain outstanding and can be
exercised, and any expired options will be available to grant under
the 2019 Stock Plan.
On January 8, 2019, 707,000 stock option grants were issued for
employees and directors under the Amended and Restated 2007 Stock
Plan. On February 21, 2019, 10,000 stock option grants were issued
to a consultant by the Company.
As of June 30, 2019, 3.8 million options are outstanding under the
Company Stock Plans.
Inducement Equity Plan Options
In March 2016, the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) approved an Inducement Equity Plan authorizing
the issuance of 100,000 non-statutory stock options to purchase
common stock.
On June 6, 2019, 25,000 option grants were made under the
Inducement Equity Plan to employees. As of June 30, 2019, 25,000
options were outstanding.
Common Stock Reserved for Issuance
The following is a summary of options granted under the Company
Stock Plans:
|
Shares Available for Grant
|
Number of Shares Outstanding
|
Weighted-Average Exercise Price
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of December 31, 2018
|
149
|
2,889
|
$1.80
|
Authorized
|
855
|
-
|
-
|
Granted
|
(1,116)
|
1,116
|
0.78
|
Forfeited/expired
|
190
|
(190)
|
3.11
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of June 30, 2019
|
78
|
3,815
|
$1.50
|
31
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
As of June 30, 2019, there were 2.4 million options vested under
all the Company Stock Plans.
Stock-based compensation for employees
Stock-based compensation is accounted for in accordance with the
provisions of ASC 718, Compensation-Stock
Compensation, which requires
the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all
stock-based awards made to employees and directors based on
estimated fair values on the grant date. We estimate the fair value
of stock-based awards on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model. The value of the portion of the award that is
ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the
requisite service periods using the straight-line
method.
For the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company
recorded stock compensation expense in the amount of $196 thousand
and $317 thousand, respectively. For the six months ended June 30,
2019 and 2018, the Company recorded stock compensation expense in
the amount of $486 thousand and $581 thousand,
respectively.
Valuation and Expense Information
All issuances of stock options or other issuances of equity
instruments to employees as the consideration for services received
by us are accounted for based on the fair value of the equity
instrument issued. The fair value of options granted to employees
is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option
valuation model. This valuation model for stock based compensation
expense requires us to make assumptions and judgments about the
variables used in the calculation, including the fair value of our
common stock, the expected term (the period of time that the
options granted are expected to be outstanding), the volatility of
our common stock, a risk-free interest rate, and expected
dividends. We also estimate forfeitures of unvested stock options.
To the extent actual forfeitures differ from our estimates, the
difference will be recorded as a cumulative adjustment in the
period estimates are revised. Compensation cost is recorded only
for vested options. We use the simplified calculation of expected
life described in the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No.
107, Share-Based Payment, and volatility is based on an average of
the historical volatilities of the common stock of four entities
with characteristics similar to those of the Company. The risk-free
rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the
time of grant for periods corresponding with the expected life of
the option. We use an expected dividend yield of zero, as we do not
anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. Expected
forfeitures are assumed to be zero due to the small number of plan
participants and the plan.
During the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, 399,000 and
423,000 options were granted respectively. The weighted average
fair value calculations for options granted during the three months
ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 are based on the following
assumptions:
|
For the three months ended June 30,
|
|
Description
|
2019
|
2018
|
Dividend-yield
|
0%
|
0%
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
2.00%
|
3.04%
|
Expected
volatility
|
88.58%
|
85.6%
|
Expected
life (years)
|
6.81
|
6.48
|
Market
value per share on grant date
|
$0.92
|
$1.71
|
Fair
value per share on grant date
|
$0.71
|
$1.28
|
32
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
As of June 30, 2019, the Company had $1.0 million of total
unrecognized compensation expense for employees, which the Company
will amortize over the 2.1 years weighted average remaining
term.
The Company entered into a Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement to
issue 1,050,000 Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) to Third Eye
Capital on August 23, 2018 as part of Amendment No. 1 to the GAFI
Note Purchase Agreement with an exercise date of one year from the
issuance date. The SARs Agreement contains a call option for the
Company at $2.00 per share during the first 11 months of the
agreement either pay $2.1 million in cash or issue common stock
worth of $2.1 million based on 30-day weighted average price of the
stock on the call date, and a put option for the Third Eye Capital
at $1.00 per share during the 11th
month of the agreement where Third Eye
Capital can redeem the SARs for $1.1 million in cash and cash
equivalents. If none of the above options is exercised, SARs are
automatically exercised and paid for in cash and cash equivalents
one year from the date of the issuance date based upon the 30-day
weighted average price of the Company’s stock price. We used
an outside valuation expert to value the SARs using the Monte Carlo
method. This valuation model requires us to make assumptions and
judgments about the variables used in the calculation, such
assumptions include the following: stock price on the measurement
date, the volatility of our common stock for the period remaining,
and a risk-free interest rate for the period remaining. Based on
the valuation of issuance date, we recorded a fair value of the
SARs of $1.28 million as fees on Amendment No. 1 to the GAFI Term
Loan and these fees are amortized over the term of the loan
according to ASC 470-50 Debt – Modification and
Extinguishment. The Company
also recorded a liability for the fair value of $1.28 million in
other liabilities which will be re-measured at every quarter end
using the Monte Carlo valuation method until the SARs are
exercised.
The SARs were measured at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 using
the following assumptions:
Description
|
June 30, 2019
|
December 31, 2018
|
|
|
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
2.20%
|
2.60%
|
Expected
volatility
|
101%
|
125%
|
Market
value per share
|
$0.85
|
$0.61
|
Fair
value per share on grant date
|
$1.14
|
$1.08
|
33
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
The Company considers the stock appreciation rights to be level 3
of the fair value hierarchy based upon the applicable
guidance.
The following table reflects the activity for liabilities measured
at fair value using Level 3 inputs from December 31, 2018 to June
30, 2019:
SARs Liability
Balance
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of December 31, 2018
|
$1,132
|
Related
change in fair value
|
35
|
Balance
as of March 31, 2019
|
$1,167
|
Related
change in fair value
|
25
|
Balance
as of June 30, 2019
|
$1,192
|
9.
Agreements
Working Capital Arrangement. Pursuant to a Corn Procurement and Working Capital
Agreement with J.D. Heiskell, the Company agreed to procure whole
yellow corn and grain sorghum, primarily from J.D. Heiskell. The
Company has the ability to obtain grain from other sources subject
to certain conditions; however, in the past all the Company’s
grain purchases have been from J.D. Heiskell. Title and risk of
loss of the corn pass to the Company when the corn is deposited
into the Keyes Plant weigh bin. The term of the Corn Procurement
and Working Capital Agreement expires on December 31, 2018 and the
term can be automatically renewed for additional one-year terms.
J.D. Heiskell further agrees to sell all ethanol the Company
produces to Kinergy Marketing or other marketing purchasers
designated by the Company and all WDG the Company produces to A.L.
Gilbert. The Company markets and sells DCO to A.L. Gilbert and
other third parties. The Company’s relationships with J.D.
Heiskell, Kinergy Marketing, and A.L. Gilbert are well established
and the Company believes that the relationships are beneficial to
all parties involved in utilizing the distribution logistics,
reaching out to widespread customer base, managing inventory, and
building working capital relationships. Revenue is recognized upon
delivery of ethanol to J. D. Heiskell as revenue recognition
criteria have been met and any performance required of the Company
subsequent to the sale to J.D. Heiskell is inconsequential. These
agreements are ordinary purchase and sale agency agreements for the
Keyes Plant.
34
AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
The J.D. Heiskell sales activity associated with the Corn
Procurement and Working Capital Agreement for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:
|
As of and for the three months ended June 30,
|
As of and for the six months ended June 30,
|
||
|
2019
|
2018
|
2019
|
2018
|
Ethanol
sales
|
$29,808
|
$30,129
|
$56,997
|
$58,341
|
Wet
distiller's grains sales
|
8,733
|
8,499
|
17,336
|
16,327
|
Corn
oil sales
|
852
|
893
|
1,652
|
1,816
|
Corn
purchases
|
30,719
|
28,760
|
59,980
|
56,505
|
Accounts
receivable
|
1,238
|
852
|
1,238
|
852
|
Accounts
payable
|
3,118
|
2,241
|
3,118
|
2,241
|
Ethanol and Wet Distillers Grains Marketing Arrangement.
The Company entered into an Ethanol
Marketing Agreement with Kinergy Marketing and a Wet Distillers
Grains Marketing Agreement with A.L. Gilbert. Under the terms of
the agreements, subject to certain conditions, the Ethanol
Marketing Agreement matures on August 31, 2019 and the Wet
Distillers Grains Marketing Agreement matures on December 31, 2019
with automatic one-year renewals thereafter. For the three months
ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company expensed marketing costs
of $0.7 million for each period under the terms of both the Ethanol
and the Wet Distiller’s Grains Marketing agreements. For the
six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company expensed
marketing costs of $1.3 million and $1.4 million,
respectively.
As of June 30, 2019, the Company has forward sales commitments for
approximately 91,000 tons of WDG. These committed sales will be
expected through September 2019.
Unrealized gains and losses on forward contracts and commitments,
in which delivery has not occurred, are deemed “normal
purchases and normal sales”, and therefore are not marked to
market in the Company’s financial statements, but are subject
to a lower of cost or market assessment.
10.
Segment Information
Aemetis recognizes two reportable geographic segments: “North
America” and “India.” The “North
America” operating segment includes the Keyes Plant in Keyes,
the cellulosic ethanol facility in Riverbank, the cluster of biogas
digesters on dairies near the Keyes Plant, the Goodland Plant in
Kansas, and the research and development facility in
Minnesota.
The “India” operating segment includes the
Company’s 50 million gallon per year nameplate capacity
biodiesel manufacturing plant (“Kakinada Plant”), the
administrative offices in Hyderabad, India, and the holding
companies in Nevada and Mauritius. The Company’s biodiesel is
marketed and sold primarily to customers in India through brokers
and by the Company directly.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
Summarized financial information by reportable segment for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
follows:
|
Three months ended June 30, 2019
|
Three months ended June 30, 2018
|
||||
|
North America
|
India
|
Total Consolidated
|
North America
|
India
|
Total Consolidated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
$39,486
|
$11,133
|
$50,619
|
$39,628
|
$5,400
|
$45,028
|
Cost
of goods sold
|
38,483
|
8,863
|
47,346
|
37,079
|
5,181
|
42,260
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
profit
|
1,003
|
2,270
|
3,273
|
2,549
|
219
|
2,768
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research
and development expenses
|
90
|
-
|
90
|
55
|
-
|
55
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
3,190
|
755
|
3,945
|
3,420
|
169
|
3,589
|
Interest
expense
|
6,470
|
116
|
6,586
|
5,199
|
152
|
5,351
|
Accretion
of Series A preferred units
|
471
|
-
|
471
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Loss
contingency on litigation
|
6,200
|
-
|
6,200
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Other
income
|
(74)
|
(15)
|
(89)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(5)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
$(15,344)
|
$1,414
|
$(13,930)
|
$(6,123)
|
$(99)
|
$(6,222)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
$234
|
$206
|
$440
|
$567
|
$208
|
$775
|
Depreciation
|
947
|
149
|
1,096
|
992
|
157
|
1,149
|
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
|
For the six months ended June 30, 2019
|
For the six months ended June 30, 2018
|
||||
|
North America
|
India
|
Total Consolidated
|
North America
|
India
|
Total Consolidated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
$76,122
|
$16,385
|
$92,507
|
$76,804
|
$11,242
|
$88,046
|
Cost
of goods sold
|
75,450
|
14,135
|
89,585
|
73,061
|
10,351
|
83,412
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
profit
|
672
|
2,250
|
2,922
|
3,743
|
891
|
4,634
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research
and development expenses
|
123
|
-
|
123
|
117
|
-
|
117
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
7,256
|
930
|
8,186
|
6,935
|
461
|
7,396
|
Interest
expense
|
12,512
|
283
|
12,795
|
14,083
|
296
|
14,379
|
Accretion
of Series A preferred units
|
920
|
-
|
920
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Loss
contingency on litigation
|
6,200
|
-
|
6,200
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Other
expense (income)
|
37
|
(749)
|
(712)
|
43
|
20
|
63
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
$(26,376)
|
1,786
|
(24,590)
|
$(17,435)
|
114
|
(17,321)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
$585
|
$453
|
$1,038
|
$1,057
|
$714
|
$1,771
|
Depreciation
|
1,941
|
293
|
2,234
|
1,984
|
315
|
2,299
|
North America: During the three
and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company’s revenues
from ethanol, WDG, and corn oil were made pursuant to the Corn
Procurement and Working Capital Agreement established between the
Company and J.D. Heiskell. Sales of ethanol, WDG, and corn oil to
J.D. Heiskell accounted for 99.8% and 99.9% of the Company’s
North America segment revenues for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2019, respectively.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the
Company’s revenues from ethanol, WDG, and corn oil were made
pursuant to the Corn Procurement and Working Capital Agreement
established between the Company and J.D. Heiskell. Sales of
ethanol, WDG, and corn oil to J.D. Heiskell accounted for 99.7% of
the Company’s North America segment revenues for both the
three and six months ended June 30, 2018.
India. During the three months
ended June 30, 2019, three biodiesel customers accounted for 29%,
24% and 20% of the Company’s consolidated India segment
revenues while none of the refined glycerin customers accounted for
more than 10%, compared to two biodiesel customers accounting for
46% and 10% of the Company’s consolidated India segment
revenues and one refined glycerin customer accounting for 11% of
such revenues during the three months ended June 30,
2018.
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, three biodiesel
customers accounted for 35%, 16% and 13% of the Company’s
consolidated India segment revenues while none of the refined
glycerin customers accounted for more than 10% of such revenues,
compared to two biodiesel customers accounting for 54% and 11% of
the Company’s consolidated India segment revenues and none of
the refined glycerin customers accounting for more than 10% of such
revenues during the six months ended June 30, 2018.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
Total assets by segment consist of the following:
|
As of
|
|
|
June 30,
|
December 31,
|
|
2019
|
2018
|
|
|
|
North
America
|
$77,408
|
$78,149
|
India
|
14,927
|
13,672
|
Total
Assets
|
$92,335
|
$91,821
|
|
|
|
11.
Related Party Transactions
The Company owes Eric McAfee, the Company’s Chairman and CEO,
and McAfee Capital LLC (“McAfee Capital”),, owned by
Eric McAfee, $0.4 million in connection with employment agreements
and expense reimbursements previously accrued as salaries expense
and accrued liabilities. The balance accrued related to these
employment agreements was $0.4 million as of June 30, 2019 and
December 31, 2018. For the three months ended June 30, 2019 and
2018, the Company expensed $8 thousand and $10 thousand,
respectively, to reimburse actual expenses incurred by McAfee
Capital and related entities. For the six months ended June 30,
2019 and 2018, the Company expensed $21 thousand and $24 thousand,
respectively, to reimburse actual expenses incurred by McAfee
Capital and related entities. The Company previously prepaid $0.2
million to Redwood Capital, a company controlled by Eric McAfee,
for the Company’s use of flight time on a corporate jet. As
of June 30, 2019, $0.1 million remained as a prepaid
expense.
As consideration for the reaffirmation of guaranties required by
Amendment No. 13 and 14 to the Note Purchase Agreement which the
Company entered into with Third Eye Capital on March 1, 2017 and
March 27, 2018 respectively, the Company also agreed to pay $0.2
million for each year in consideration to McAfee Capital in
exchange for their willingness to provide the guaranties. The
balance of $362 thousand and $400 thousand for guaranty fee
remained as an accrued liability as of June 30, 2019 and December
31, 2018 respectively.
The Company owes various members of Board amounts totaling $1.2
million and $1.1 million as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018,
respectively, in connection with board compensation fees, which are
included in accounts payable on the balance sheet. For the three
months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company expensed $97
thousand and $88 thousand respectively, in connection with board
compensation fees. For the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018,
the Company expensed $198 thousand and $177 thousand respectively,
in connection with board compensation fees.
12.
Subsequent Events
Subordinated Debt Refinancing
On July 1, 2019, the Subordinated Notes with two accredited
investors were amended to extend the maturity date until the
earlier of (i) December 31, 2019; (ii) completion of an equity
financing by AAFK or Aemetis in an amount of not less than $25.0
million; or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default,
including failure to pay interest or principal when due and
breaches of note covenants. A 10% cash extension fee was paid by
adding the fee to the balance of the new Note and warrants to
purchase 113 thousand shares of common stock were granted with a
term of two years and an exercise price of $0.01 per share.
Accounting for the July 1, 2019 amendments and the refinancing
terms of the Subordinated Notes will be evaluated in accordance
with ASC 470-50 Debt – Modification and
Extinguishment.
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AEMETIS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited, tabular data in thousands except par value and per
share data)
EdenIQ Litigation
The Company has pending litigation with EdenIQ, Inc.
(“EdenIQ”) related to wrongful termination of a merger
agreement, filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court. The
Company and EdenIQ filed motions for attorney’s fees and
costs. On July 24, 2019, the court granted $6.2 million of
attorney’s fees and costs to EdenIQ. The Company has assessed
this matter in accordance with ASC 855 as subsequent event type 1.
As a result, a $6.2 million loss on contingency has been recorded
within the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of
June 30, 2019.
13. Management’s Plan
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared
contemplating the realization of assets and satisfaction of
liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has been
required to remit substantially all excess cash from operations to
the senior lender and it is therefore reliant on the senior lender
to provide additional funding when required. In order to meet its
obligations during the next 12 months, the Company will need to
either refinance the Company’s debt or receive the continued
cooperation of the senior lender. This dependence on the senior
lender raises substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to
continue as a going concern. The Company plans to pursue the
following strategies to improve the course of the
business:
●
Operate
the Keyes Plant and continue to improve operational performance,
including the adoption of new technologies or process changes that
allow for energy efficiency, cost reduction or revenue enhancements
to the current operations.
●
Expand
the ethanol sold at the Keyes Plant to include the cellulosic
ethanol to be generated at the Riverbank Cellulosic Ethanol
Facility, a cellulosic ethanol production facility in nearby
Riverbank, California, and to utilize lower cost, non-food advanced
feedstocks to significantly increase margins by 2020.
●
Monetize the CO2
produced at the Keyes Plant by
executing on the agreement with Linde for the delivery of gas to
their neighboring facility to be built during
2019.
●
Construct
and operate biogas digesters to capture and monetize biogas by
2020.
●
Raise
the funds necessary to construct and operate the Riverbank
Cellulosic Ethanol Facility using the licensed technology from
LanzaTech and InEnTec Technology to generate federal and state
carbon credits available for ultra-low carbon fuels by reliance on
the approval of a $125 million U.S. Department of Agriculture loan
guarantee.
●
Secure
higher volumes of shipments of fuels at the India plant by
developing the sales channels and expanding the existing domestic
markets.
●
Continue
to locate funding for existing and new business opportunities
through a combination of working with our senior lender,
restructuring existing loan agreements, selling the current
offering for $50 million from the Phase II EB-5 program, or by
vendor financing arrangements.
Management believes that through the above actions, the Company
will have the ability to generate capital liquidity to carry out
the business plan for the next 12 months.
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Item
2.
Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) is provided in
addition to the accompanying consolidated financial statements and
notes to assist readers in understanding our results of operations,
financial condition, and cash flows. MD&A is organized as
follows:
●
Overview.
Discussion of our business and overall analysis of financial and
other highlights affecting us to provide context for the remainder
of MD&A.
●
Results
of Operations. An analysis of our financial
results comparing the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 to
the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.
●
Liquidity
and Capital Resources. An analysis of changes in
our balance sheets and cash flows and discussion of our financial
condition.
●
Critical
Accounting Estimates. Accounting estimates that we
believe are important to understanding the assumptions and
judgments incorporated in our reported financial results and
forecasts.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our
consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included
elsewhere in this report. The following discussion contains
forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and
beliefs. As discussed in further detail above, the actual results
could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these
differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this
Report, and in other reports we file with the SEC, specifically our
most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. All references to
years relate to the calendar year ended December 31 of the
particular year.
Overview
Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Aemetis is an advanced
renewable fuels and biochemicals company focused on the
acquisition, development and commercialization of innovative
technologies that replace traditional petroleum-based products
through the conversion of second-generation ethanol and biodiesel
plants into advanced biorefineries. We operate in two
reportable geographic segments: “North America” and
“India.”
Founded in 2006, we own and operate a 60 million gallon per year
ethanol facility in the California Central Valley near Modesto
where we manufacture and produce ethanol, wet distillers’
grains (“WDG”), condensed distillers solubles
(“CDS”), and distillers’ corn oil
(“DCO”). We operate a research and
development laboratory to develop efficient conversion technologies
using waste feedstocks to produce biofuels and biochemicals.
Additionally, we have the option to own a partially completed plant
in Goodland, Kansas (the “Goodland Plant”) through a
variable interest entity (VIE) Goodland Advanced Fuels, Inc.,
(GAFI), which was formed to acquire the Goodland Plant. Upon
exercise of the option, we plan to deploy a cellulosic ethanol
technology to the Goodland Plant. We also own and operate a 50
million gallon per year renewable chemical and advanced fuel
production facility on the East Coast of India producing high
quality distilled biodiesel and refined glycerin for customers in
India and Europe.
We also lease a site in Riverbank, California, near the Keyes
Plant, where we plan to utilize biomass-to-fuel technology that we
have licensed from LanzaTech Technology (“LanzaTech”)
and InEnTec Technology (“InEnTec”) to build a
cellulosic ethanol production facility (the “Riverbank
Cellulosic Ethanol Facility”) capable of converting local
California surplus biomass – principally agricultural waste
– into ultra-low carbon renewable cellulosic ethanol. By
producing ultra-low carbon renewable cellulosic ethanol, we expect
to capture higher value D3 cellulosic renewable identification
numbers (RINs) and California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
(“LCFS”) credits. D3 RINs have a higher value in the
marketplace than D6 RINs due to D3 RINs’ relative scarcity
and mandated pricing formula from the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (the “EPA”).
In December 2018, we acquired a 5.2-acre parcel of land for the
construction of a facility by Linde LLC industrial gas company to
sell CO2
produced at the Keyes Plant, which
will add incremental income for the North America
segment.
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During 2018, Aemetis Biogas, LLC (“ABGL”) was formed to
construct bio-methane digesters at local dairies near the Keyes
Plant, many of whom are already customers of the distillers’
grain produced by the Keyes Plant. The digesters are connected by a
pipeline to a gas cleanup and compression facility to produce
Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). ABGL currently has 13 signed
participation agreements and three fully executed leases with
nearby dairies at the Keyes Plant in order to capture their
volatile methane, which would otherwise be released into the
atmosphere, primarily from their wastewater lagoons. We plan to
capture biogas from multiple dairies and pipe the gas to a
centralized location at our Keyes Plant where we will clean the
biogas into bio-methane. The bio-methane can be used in our Keyes
Plant to displace petroleum natural gas, or can be sold at retail
to trucking companies or injected into the utility natural gas
pipeline to be utilized in the transportation sector to displace
diesel in trucks. The environmental benefits of the Aemetis Biogas
project are potentially significant because dairy biogas has a
negative carbon intensity under the California LCFS and conversion
into bio-methane for displacement of diesel in trucks is a valuable
use of biogas. The biogas produced by ABGL will also receive
D3 RINS under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard
(“RFS”) which have a higher value than the current D6
RINS we receive in the traditional ethanol market.
North America
Our revenue development strategy in North America was based on
supplying ethanol into the transportation fuel market in Northern
California and supplying feed products to dairy and other animal
feed operations in Northern California. We are actively seeking
higher value markets for our ethanol in an effort to improve our
overall margin and are actively working with local dairy and feed
potential customers to promote the value of our WDG product in an
effort to strengthen demand for this product. In addition, the
development of cellulosic ethanol production facility,
CO2
produced at the Keyes Plant, and
bio-methane conversion will add incremental income to the North
America segment.
We produce four products at the Keyes Plant: denatured ethanol
fuel, WDG, DCO and CDS. In the first quarter of 2019, we sold 100%
of the ethanol and WDG we produced to J.D. Heiskell pursuant to a
Purchase Agreement established with J.D. Heiskell. DCO was sold to
J.D. Heiskell and other local animal feedlots (primarily poultry).
Smaller amounts of CDS were sold to various local third parties.
Ethanol pricing is determined pursuant to a marketing agreement
between us and Kinergy, and is generally based on daily and monthly
pricing for ethanol delivered to the San Francisco Bay Area,
California, as published by OPIS, as well as quarterly contracts
negotiated by Kinergy with local fuel blenders. The price for WDG
is determined monthly pursuant to a marketing agreement between
A.L. Gilbert and us and is generally determined in reference to the
local price of DDG and other feed products. North American revenue
is dependent on the price of ethanol, WDG, and DCO. Ethanol
pricing is influenced by local and national inventory levels, local
and national ethanol production, corn prices and gasoline demand.
WDG is influenced by the price of corn, the supply and price of
DDG, and demand from the local dairy and feed markets. Our
revenue is further influenced by our decision to operate the Keyes
Plant at any capacity level, maintenance requirements, and the
influences of the underlying biological
processes.
In May 2019, our ethanol production was approved for a lower Carbon
Intensity (“CI”) score and was awarded additional LCFS
credits for the ethanol produced from January 1, 2019 to May 21,
2019. These credits have a market value and can be sold in the open
market. We recorded a contract liability of $0.6 million as of June
30, 2019, in connection with a contract with a customer to sell
LCFS credits which we earned from lowering the CI score on ethanol
produced from January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019. However, the
credits were not transferred to the customer until July 2, 2019
while we received cash in advance.
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India
Our revenue strategy in India is based on continuing to sell
biodiesel to our bulk fuel customers, retail fuel stations
customers, mining customers and tender offers placed by India
government oil companies for bulk purchases of fuels. The India
government imposed restrictions on imports of biodiesel mixtures,
which will positively impact local sales of biodiesel. In addition,
this opened doors to supply biodiesel for manufacturing purposes
and infrastructure companies which developed interest in our
product.
In 2019, under the Indian government mandate of mixing
biodiesel with diesel, the Kakinada Plant won the tender to supply
biodiesel to Government Oil Marketing Companies
(“OMCs”) such as Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum,
and Indian Oil Corporation. Under this agreement, we began
supplying biodiesel in May 2019. These tenders open annually in
December for bidding and are awarded for the following year based
on competitiveness of price and quality of the biodiesel supplied.
We believe the deployment of these strategies will allow for
revenue growth through 2019.
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 Compared to Three Months Ended
June 30, 2018
Revenues
Our revenues are derived primarily from sales of ethanol and WDG in
North America and biodiesel and refined glycerin in
India.
Three Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
America
|
$39,486
|
$39,628
|
$(142)
|
-0.4%
|
India
|
11,133
|
5,400
|
5,733
|
106%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$50,619
|
$45,028
|
$5,591
|
12%
|
North America. The slight
decrease in revenues during the three months ended June 30, 2019
was due to a 1% decrease in gallons of ethanol sold to 16.2 million
gallons, compared to 16.4 million gallons during the three months
ended June 30, 2018. There was no change in the average price of
ethanol sold of $1.84 per gallon during the three months ended June
30, 2019 and 2018. The decrease in ethanol volumes is offset by the
average sales price of WDG increasing by 1% to $81.71 during the
three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to $80.65 during the
three months ended June 30, 2018 while the sales volume of WDG also
increased slightly by 2% to 107 thousand tons from 105 thousand
tons during the three months ended June 30, 2018. For the three
months ended June 30, 2019, we generated 75% of our revenues from
sales of ethanol, 22% from sales of WDG, and 3% from sales of corn
oil and CDS compared to 76% of our revenues from sales of ethanol,
21% from sales of WDG, and 3% from sales of corn oil and CDS for
the three months ended June 30, 2018. During the three months ended
June 30, 2019, plant production averaged 118% of the 55 million
gallon per year nameplate capacity compared to 119% during the
three months ended June 30, 2018.
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India. For the three
months ended June 30, 2019, we generated 97% of our sales from
biodiesel and 3% of our sales from refined glycerin compared to 71%
of our sales from biodiesel and 29% of our sales from refined
glycerin for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The increase in
revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was due to an
increase in the volumes of biodiesel by 203% to 12,960 metric tons
compared to the 4,282 metric tons during the three months ended
June 30, 2018. The increase in volumes was due to obtaining and
supplying OMC tender contracts in addition to the retail, mining,
and bulk customers during the three months ended June 30, 2019. The
average price of biodiesel decreased by 7% to $833 per metric ton
during the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to $897 per
metric during the three months ended June 30, 2018. In addition,
the refined glycerin volumes decreased by 60% to 601 metric tons
during the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to 1,518
metric tons during the three months ended June 30, 2018 while the
average price also decreased by 45% to $560 per metric ton during
the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to $1,027 per metric
ton in the same period in 2018.
Cost of Goods Sold
Three Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
America
|
$38,483
|
$37,079
|
$1,404
|
4%
|
India
|
8,863
|
5,181
|
3,682
|
71%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$47,346
|
$42,260
|
$5,086
|
12%
|
North America. We ground 5.7
million bushels of corn during the three months ended June 30, 2019
and 2018. Our cost of feedstock per bushel increased by 7% to an
average of $5.37 per bushel during the three months ended June 30,
2019 compared to $5.02 per bushel during the three months ended
June 30, 2018. In addition, the increase in cost of goods sold was
due to an increase in the average price of natural gas per therm by
7%, and electricity costs by 23%, offset by a decrease in
chemicals, other variable and operating costs.
India. The increase in cost of
goods sold was attributable to the increase in revenues from
biodiesel. The volume of biodiesel feedstock we consumed increased
by 196% to 10,919 metric tons compared to 3,689 metric tons in the
same period last year. The average price of biodiesel feedstock
decreased by 16% to $629 per metric ton during the three months
ended June 30, 2019 compared to $746 per metric ton during the
three months ended June 30, 2018. In addition, the volume of
refined glycerin we consumed decreased by 61% to 541 metric tons
during the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to 1,392
metric tons in the same period in 2018 while the average price also
decreased by 31% to $643 per metric ton compared to $927 per metric
ton during the three months ended June 30,
2018.
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Gross Profit
Three Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
America
|
$1,003
|
$2,549
|
$(1,546)
|
-61%
|
India
|
2,270
|
219
|
2,051
|
937%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$3,273
|
$2,768
|
$505
|
18%
|
North America. Gross profit
decreased by 61% due to increases in the average cost of corn per
bushel by 7%, natural gas by 7%, and electricity costs by 23% while
ethanol gallons sold decreased by 1% during the three months ended
June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in
2018.
India. Gross profit increased
by 937% due to increased volume of sales for all products by 134%
to 13,561 metric tons, while the average price of feedstock ground
for all products decreased by 21% to $630 per metric ton during the
three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in
2018. The gross profit increase was partially offset by a decrease
in the average selling price for all products by 12% to $821 during
the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to $931 in the same
period in 2018.
Operating Expenses
R&D
Three Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
America
|
$90
|
$55
|
$35
|
63%
|
India
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$90
|
$55
|
$35
|
63%
|
R&D expenses increased during the three months ended June 30,
2019 due to increases in professional fees of $52 thousand and lab
supplies and utilities of $10 thousand, offset by a decrease in
depreciation and other expenses by $27 thousand.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
(SG&A)
Three Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
America
|
$3,190
|
$3,420
|
$(230)
|
-7%
|
India
|
755
|
169
|
586
|
347%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$3,945
|
$3,589
|
$356
|
10%
|
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SG&A expenses consist primarily of salaries and related
expenses for employees, marketing expenses related to product
sales, as well as professional fees, other corporate expenses, and
related facilities expenses.
North America. SG&A
expenses as a percentage of revenue during the three months ended
June 30, 2019 decreased to 8% from 9% during the three months ended
June 30, 2018. SG&A expenses during the three months ended June
30, 2019 decreased by 7% compared to the three months ended June
30, 2018. The decrease was due to a decrease in professional fees
of $86 thousand, travel and supplies of $57 thousand, salaries of
$99 thousand, and other expenses of $189 thousand due to grant
receipts charged against these expenses, offset by an increase in
rent, insurance and penalties of $202 thousand during the three
months ended June 30, 2019.
India. SG&A expenses as a
percentage of revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2019
increased to 7% from 3% compared to the corresponding period in
2018. The 347% increase in SG&A expenses during the three
months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018 was
due to increase in operating results which in turn increased the
operation support charges of $466 thousand, salaries and supplies
of $52 thousand, utilities and professional fees of $55 thousand,
and other expenses of $13 thousand during the three months ended
June 30, 2019.
Other Income and Expense
Three Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
Other
(income)/expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
North
America
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate expense
|
$5,074
|
$4,280
|
$794
|
19%
|
Debt
related fees and amortization expense
|
1,396
|
919
|
$477
|
52%
|
Accretion
of Series A preferred units
|
471
|
-
|
$471
|
100%
|
Loss
contingency on litigation
|
6,200
|
-
|
$6,200
|
100%
|
Other
income
|
(74)
|
(2)
|
$76
|
3800%
|
|
|
|
|
|
India
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate expense
|
116
|
152
|
$(36)
|
-24%
|
Other
income
|
(15)
|
(3)
|
$12
|
400%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$13,168
|
$5,346
|
$7,822
|
146%
|
Other (Income)/Expense. Other
(income) expense consists primarily of interest rate and
amortization expenses attributable to our debt facilities and those
of our subsidiaries, and interest accrued on the judgments obtained
by Cordillera Fund and The Industrial Company. The debt facilities
include stock or warrants issued as fees. The fair value of stock
and warrants are amortized as amortization expense, except when the
extinguishment accounting method is applied, in which case
refinanced debt costs are recorded as extinguishment loss or
gain.
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North America. Interest expense
was higher during the three months ended June 30, 2019 due to
higher debt balances. The increase in amortization expense was due
to debt issuance costs present during the prior period becoming
amortized as of June 30, 2019. According to accounting treatment
for Series A Preferred Unit financing, we accrete the change in the
redemption value over the estimated redemption period of six years.
We recorded the accretion of $0.5 million during the three months
ended June 30, 2019. Based on the judgment given in the EdenIQ
litigation, we recorded a $6.2 million in loss on contingency
during the three months ended June 30, 2019. The increase in other
income during the three months ended June 30, 2019 was due to the
receipt of $30 thousand of income for land usage in the
CO2
Project, $51 thousand in income from
sub lease of the Cupertino office, $16 thousand in recognition of
excess penalties reversed, and offset by $25 thousand in other
expense for change in fair value of SARs.
India. Interest expense
decreased as a result of more payments of principal and interest
than draws on two working capital loans during the three months
ended June 30, 2019. The increase in other income was caused
primarily by an increase in other income from insurance and
deposits of $18 thousand offset by recognition of other expense of
$3 thousand.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 Compared to Six Months Ended June
30, 2018
Revenues
Our revenues are derived primarily from sales of ethanol and WDG in
North America and biodiesel and glycerin in India.
Six Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
America
|
$76,122
|
$76,804
|
$(682)
|
-1%
|
India
|
16,385
|
11,242
|
5,143
|
46%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$92,507
|
$88,046
|
$4,461
|
5%
|
North America. For the six months
ended June 30, 2019, we generated 75% of our revenue from sales of
ethanol, 23% from sales of WDG, and 2% from sales of corn oil and
CDS. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, plant
production averaged 118% of the 55 million gallon per year
nameplate capacity. The slight decrease in revenues for the six
months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the six months ended June
30, 2018 was due to a decrease in the average ethanol price of 2%
to $1.76 while the ethanol sales volume stayed consistent at 32.4
million gallons compared with the same period in 2018. The average
price of WDG increased by 3% to $81 per ton while WDG sales volume
increased by 3% to 214 thousand tons in the six months ended June
30, 2019 compared to the six months ended June 30,
2018.
India. For the six months ended
June 30, 2019, we generated 92% of our sales from biodiesel and 8%
of our sales from refined glycerin compared to 74% of our sales
from biodiesel and 26% of our sales from refined glycerin during
the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase in revenues for
the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the six months ended
June 30, 2018 was due to a 99% increase in the sales volume of
biodiesel to 18,242 metric tons. The increase in biodiesel volumes
was due to obtaining and supplying under the OMCs tender contract
in addition to sales to our regular retail, mining, and bulk
customers. The average sales price of biodiesel decreased by 9% to
$830 per metric ton during the three months ended June 30, 2019
compared to $910 per metric ton in the same period in 2018. The
sales volume of refined glycerin decreased by 26% to 1,997 metric
tons while the average price of glycerin also decreased by 42% to
$618 per metric ton in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared
to the six months ended June 30, 2018.
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Cost of Goods Sold
Six Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
America
|
$75,450
|
$73,061
|
$2,389
|
3%
|
India
|
14,135
|
10,351
|
3,784
|
37%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$89,585
|
$83,412
|
$6,173
|
7%
|
North America. We
ground 11.3 million bushels of corn and milo during the six months
ended June 30, 2019 and 2018. Our average cost of corn per bushel
increased by 6% to $5.29 per bushel in the six months ended June
30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018. The increase in cost
of goods sold during the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to
June 30, 2018 reflects the increase in average price of corn per
bushel by 6%, average price of natural gas per therm by 9%, and
electricity costs by 17%, offset by a decrease in chemicals, other
variable and operating costs.
India. The increase
in cost of goods sold during the six months ended June 30, 2019
compared to June 30, 2018 was attributable to an increase in the
volume of biodiesel feedstock we ground by 101% to 15,562 metric
tons compared to 7,734 metric tons during the six months ended June
30, 2018 partially offset by a decrease in the average price of
biodiesel feedstock by 13% to $648 compared to $748 in the same
period in 2018. In addition, the volume of refined glycerin
feedstock we ground decreased by 30% to 1,681 metric tons and the
average price of the refined glycerin feedstock decreased by 17% to
$768 per metric ton in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared
to the same period in 2018.
Gross Profit
Six Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
America
|
$672
|
$3,743
|
$(3,071)
|
-82%
|
India
|
2,250
|
891
|
1,359
|
153%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$2,922
|
$4,634
|
$(1,712)
|
-37%
|
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North America. Gross profit for
the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the six months ended
June 30, 2018 decreased due to a decrease in the average price of
ethanol sold of 2% and increase in the average price of feedstock
of 6% offset by increase in the average price of WDG by 3%. In
addition, the ethanol volumes sold and corn ground volumes stayed
consistent, offset by WDG sales volume increasing by only 3% during
the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in
2018.
India. The increase in gross
profit was attributable to an increase in the sales volume of
biodiesel of 99% to 18,242 metric tons coupled with a decrease in
the average price of biodiesel feedstock by 13% to $648 per metric
ton.
Operating Expenses
R&D
Six Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
America
|
$123
|
$117
|
$6
|
5%
|
India
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$123
|
$117
|
$6
|
5%
|
R&D expenses increased in the six months ended June 30, 2019
due to increases in supplies and lease expense of $33 thousand,
professional fees of $46 thousand, offset by decrease in utilities
of $12 thousand and decrease in amortization of intangibles and
other expenses of $61 thousand.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
(SG&A)
Six Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
America
|
$7,256
|
$6,935
|
$321
|
5%
|
India
|
930
|
461
|
469
|
102%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$8,186
|
$7,396
|
$790
|
11%
|
SG&A expenses consist primarily of salaries and related
expenses for employees, marketing expenses related to sales of
ethanol and WDG in North America and biodiesel and other products
in India, as well as professional fees, other corporate expenses
and related facilities expenses.
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North America. SG&A expenses as a percentage of
revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2019 increased to 10% from
9% in the six months ended June 30, 2018. SG&A expenses during
the six months ended June 30, 2019 increased by 5% compared to the
six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase in SG&A expenses
was primarily due to an increase in insurance, rent, and penalties
of $283 thousand, professional fees of $584 thousand, offset by
decreases in salaries, supplies, and travel of $138 thousand and
$408 thousand of grant receipts charges against these expenses for
the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the six months ended
June 30, 2018.
India. SG&A
expenses as a percentage of revenue in the six months ended June
30, 2019 increased to 6% as compared to 4% in the corresponding
period of 2018. The increase was due to increase in operating
results which in turn increased operational support charges of $329
thousand, salaries and supplies of $97 thousand, utilities and
professional fees of $31 thousand, and other expenses of $12
thousand during the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to
the three months ended June 30, 2018.
Other Income and Expense
Six Months Ended June 30 (in thousands)
Other
(income)/expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
2018
|
Inc/(dec)
|
% change
|
North
America
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate expense
|
$9,893
|
$8,407
|
$1,486
|
18%
|
Debt
related fees and amortization expense
|
2,619
|
5,676
|
(3,057)
|
-54%
|
Accretion
of Series A preferred units
|
920
|
-
|
920
|
100%
|
Loss
contingency on litigation
|
6,200
|
-
|
6,200
|
100%
|
Other
income
|
37
|
43
|
(6)
|
-14%
|
|
|
|
|
|
India
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate expense
|
283
|
296
|
(13)
|
-4%
|
Other
income
|
(749)
|
20
|
769
|
3845%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$19,203
|
$14,442
|
$6,299
|
44%
|
Other (Income)/Expense. Other
(income) expense consists primarily of interest rate and
amortization expenses attributable to our debt facilities and those
of our subsidiaries, and interest accrued on the judgments obtained
by Cordillera Fund and The Industrial Company. The debt facilities
include stock or warrants issued as fees. The fair value of stock
and warrants are amortized as amortization expense, except when the
extinguishment accounting method is applied, in which case
refinanced debt costs are recorded as extinguishment loss or
gain.
North America. Interest expense
was higher during the six months ended June 30, 2019 due to an
increase in principal and interest on our Senior Notes and
Subordinated Notes. The decrease in amortization expense in the six
months ended June 30, 2019 was mainly due to absence of immediate
expense of fees compared to immediate expense of redemption fees of
$3.1 million and $0.5 million waiver fees on Amendment No. 14 in
the three months ended March 31, 2018 due to troubled debt
restructuring. According to accounting treatment for Series A
Preferred Unit financing, we have to accrete the change in the
redemption value over the estimated redemption period of six years.
We recorded the accretion of $0.9 million for the six months ended
June 30, 2019. In addition, based on the judgment given in the
EdenIQ litigation, we recorded a $6.2 million in loss on
contingency during the three months ended June 30, 2019. The slight
decrease in other expense in the six months ended June 30, 2019 was
due to fully amortized guarantee fees of $125 thousand and $60
thousand recognized as change in fair value of SARs offset by
increase in $70 thousand in sub rental income of the Cupertino
office, recognition of $18 thousand income on excess penalties
reversal, and $60 thousand of income for land usage in the
CO2
Project.
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India. Interest expense
decreased slightly as a result of more payments than draws on two
working capital loans in the six months ended June 30, 2019. The
increase in other income of $0.7 million was caused primarily by
release of long-standing accounts payable and interest on these
payables as matters closed legally.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents were $0.4 million at June 30, 2019, of
which $0.3 million was held in our Indian subsidiary and $0.1
million was held in North America segment. Our current ratio at
June 30, 2019 was 0.18 compared to a current ratio of 0.24 at
December 31, 2018. We expect that our future available capital
resources will consist primarily of cash generated from operations,
Liquidity Reserve Notes, EB-5 program borrowings, senior debt,
subordinated debt and any additional funds raised through sales of
preferred units.
Liquidity
Cash and cash equivalents, current assets, current liabilities and
debt at the end of each period were as follows (in
thousands):
|
June 30, 2019
|
December 31, 2018
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$350
|
$1,188
|
Current
assets (including cash, cash equivalents, and
deposits)
|
10,227
|
10,311
|
Current
and long term liabilities (excluding all debt)
|
44,722
|
32,286
|
Current
& long term debt
|
187,124
|
175,117
|
Our principal sources of liquidity have been cash provided by
operations and borrowings under various debt arrangements. As of
June 30, 2019, the EB-5 escrow account is holding funds in the
amount of $0.5 million from one investor pending approval by the
USCIS. The balance of $0.5 million is expected to be released from
the escrow account in 2019.
We launched an EB-5 Phase II funding in 2016, under which we expect
to issue $50.0 million in additional EB-5 Notes on substantially
similar terms and conditions as those issued under our EB-5 Phase I
funding. As of June 30, 2019, the EB-5 escrow funding of $2.5
million was released to the Company. Our principal uses of cash
have been to refinance indebtedness, fund operations, and for
capital expenditures. We anticipate these uses will continue to be
our principal uses of cash in the future. Global financial and
credit markets have been volatile in recent years, and future
adverse conditions of these markets could negatively affect our
ability to secure funds or raise capital at a reasonable cost, or
at all.
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We operate in a volatile market in which we have limited control
over the major components of input costs and product revenues, and
are making investments in future facilities and facility upgrades
that improve the overall margin while lessening the impact of these
volatile markets. As such, we expect cash provided by
operating activities to fluctuate in future periods primarily
because of changes in the prices for corn, ethanol, WDG, DCO, CDS,
biodiesel, waste fats and oils, non-refined palm oil and natural
gas. To the extent that we experience periods in which the
spread between ethanol prices and corn and energy costs narrow or
the spread between biodiesel prices and waste fats and oils or palm
oil and energy costs narrow, we may require additional working
capital to fund operations.
Management believes that through the following actions, the Company
will have the ability to generate capital liquidity to carry out
the business plan for next 12 months:
●
Operate
the Keyes Plant and continue to improve operational performance,
including the adoption of new technologies or process changes that
allow for energy efficiency, cost reduction or revenue enhancements
to the current operations.
●
Expand
the ethanol sold at the Keyes Plant to include the cellulosic
ethanol to be generated at the Riverbank Cellulosic Ethanol
Facility, a cellulosic ethanol production facility in nearby
Riverbank, California, and to utilize lower cost, non-food advanced
feedstocks to significantly increase margins by 2020.
●
Monetize the CO2
produced at the Keyes Plant by
executing on the agreement with Linde for the delivery of gas to
their neighboring facility to be built during
2019.
●
Construct
and operate biogas digesters to capture and monetize biogas by
2020.
●
Raise
the funds necessary to construct and operate the Riverbank
Cellulosic Ethanol Facility using the licensed technology from
LanzaTech and InEnTec Technology to generate federal and state
carbon credits available for ultra-low carbon fuels by reliance on
the approval of a $125 million U.S. Department of Agriculture loan
guarantee.
●
Secure
higher volumes of shipments of fuels at the India plant by
developing the sales channels and expanding the existing domestic
markets.
●
Continue to locate funding for existing and new
business opportunities through a combination of working with our
senior lender, restructuring existing loan agreements, selling the
current offering for $50 million from the Phase II EB-5 program, or
by vendor financing arrangements.
At June 30, 2019, the outstanding balance of principal, interest
and fees, net of discounts, on all Third Eye Capital Notes equaled
$98.0 million, not including the promissory note and GAFI Loans.
The current maturity date for the Third Eye Capital Notes is April
1, 2020; provided, however, that pursuant to Amendment No. 14, we
have the right to extend the maturity date of the Third Eye Capital
Notes to April 1, 2021 upon notice and payment of a 5%
extension fee which can be paid as low cost debt is available or
can be added to debt as senior debt gets reduced by low cost debt.
In addition, we borrowed $2.1 million on promissory note with Third
Eye Capital on Feb 27, 2019 and the outstanding balance was $2.2
million as of June 30, 2019. We intend to repay the Third Eye
Capital Notes through operational cash flow, proceeds from the
issuance of the EB-5 Notes, a senior debt refinancing and/or equity
financing.
At June 30, 2019, GAFI’s outstanding balance of principal,
interest and fees, net of discounts, on all GAFI Loans equaled
$26.6 million. The current maturity date for the GAFI Loans is July
10, 2020 with option to extend the maturity to July 10, 2021. GAFI
intends to repay the GAFI Loans through proceeds from the issuance
of a GAFI EB-5 offering. Our senior lender has provided a series of
accommodating amendments to the existing and previous loan
facilities in the past as described in further detail in
“Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements – Note 4.
Debt.” However, there can be no assurance that our
senior lender will continue to provide further amendments or
accommodations or will fund additional amounts in the
future.
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As of June 30, 2019, the Company has $8.0 million additional
borrowing capacity to fund future cash flow requirements under the
Reserve Liquidity Notes until April 1, 2020.
We also rely on our working capital lines with J.D. Heiskell in
California, and Gemini and Secunderabad Oils in India to fund our
commercial arrangements for the acquisitions of feedstock. J.D.
Heiskell currently provides us with working capital for the Keyes
plant, Gemini currently provides us with working capital for the
Kakinada plant and Secunderabad Oils provides us inter-corporate
deposit for our BP Operations. The ability of J.D. Heiskell,
Gemini, and Secunderabad Oils to continue to provide us with
working capital depends in part on both of their respective
financial strength and banking relationships.
Change in Working Capital and Cash Flows
The below table describes the changes in current and long term debt
during the six months ended June 30, 2019:
|
Change in total debt
|
$ 12,007
|
Increases to debt:
|
|
|
Accrued interest
|
10,127
|
|
Amendment No. 15 wavier fee added to redemption fee
|
1,000
|
|
Feb 2019 Promissory note including $0.1 million withheld as fees by
TEC
|
2,132
|
|
Sub debt extension fees
|
340
|
|
India working capital draws and changes due to foreign
currency
|
12,673
|
|
GAFI Amendment No. 2 draw
|
24
|
|
EB-5 Phase 2 two investor investment received
|
1,000
|
|
Change in debt issuance costs, net of amortization
|
1,121
|
|
|
Total increases to debt
|
$ 28,417
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decreases to debt:
|
|
|
Principal and interest payments to senior lender
|
(89)
|
|
Interest payments to EB-5 investors
|
(97)
|
|
Principal, fees and interest payments on working capital loans in
India
|
(14,175)
|
|
GAFI interest, fee and principal payments
|
(2,049)
|
|
|
Total decreases to debt
|
$ (16,410)
|
Working capital changes resulted in (i) a $2.7 million increase in
accounts receivable due to increase in sales by India operations
which caused the receivable balance in India to increase by $1.9
million and the $0.8 million increase in North America entities was
due to no cash collection during the weekend as the quarter end
fell on a weekend, (ii) a $2.0 million decrease in inventories was
mainly due to conversion of $2.2 million of raw material in India
operations offset by slight increases in other types of
inventories, (iii) a $0.4 million decrease in prepaid expenses and
other assets mainly due to recognition of $0.1 million McAfee
guarantee fees expensed and $0.5 million in insurance prepaid and
other prepaid recognized in North America entities, and (iv) a $0.4
million increase in other assets consisting of a $0.4 million
decrease in North America entities offset by a $0.8 million
increase in India operations mainly due to bank guarantee deposits
set aside for OMC contracts.
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Net cash used in by operating activities during the six months
ended June 30, 2019 was $1.2 million, consisting of non-cash
charges of $6.3 million, net changes in operating assets and
liabilities of $17.0 million and net loss of $24.6 million. The
non-cash charges consisted of: (i) $2.6 million in debt related
fees and amortization and patents amortization, (ii) $2.2 million
in depreciation expenses and (iii) $0.5 million in stock-based
compensation expense. Net changes in operating assets and
liabilities consisted primarily of an increase in accounts
receivable of $2.7 million offset by: (i) a $2.0 million decrease
in inventories, (ii) a $0.4 million decrease in prepaid expenses
(iii) a $2.7 million increase in accounts payable, (iv) a $0.6
million decrease in other assets, (v) a $5.8 million increase in
other liabilities, and (vi) a $8.3 million increase in accrued
interest.
Cash used by investing activities consisted of capital expenditures
of $0.6 million from U.S. operations and $0.4 million from our
India operations.
Cash provided by financing activities was $1.4 million, consisting
primarily of $0.3 million received from the Series A Preferred Unit
issuance, $2.0 million received from Third Eye Capital promissory
note, $1.0 million received from EB-5 investments, and $12.7
million from working capital partners in India for their
operations, partially offset by payments of $13.9 million in
principal to working capital partners in India for their
operations. GAFI had a $24 thousand of borrowings and $0.7 million
in payments including maturity renewal fee of $0.5 million on GAFI
notes.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results
of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements,
which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The
preparation of these financial statements requires us to make
estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets
and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of
net sales and expenses for each period. We believe that the
following represents our critical accounting policies, defined as
those policies that we believe are the most important to the
portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and
that require management’s most difficult, subjective or
complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates
about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain: revenue
recognition; recoverability of long-lived assets, convertible
notes, and extinguishment accounting. These significant accounting
principles are more fully described in “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations—Critical Accounting Policies” in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2018.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
None reported beyond those disclosed in our 2018 annual
report.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
We had no off balance sheet arrangements during the three months
ended June 30, 2019.
Item
3.
Quantitative and
Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
Not Applicable.
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Item 4.
Controls and
Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
Management (with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), carried out an evaluation
of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure
controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the Exchange Act). Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO
concluded that, although remediation plans were initiated to
address the material weakness over financial reporting as
identified in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the disclosure controls
and procedures along with the related internal controls over
financial reporting were not effective to provide reasonable
assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in
reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods
specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms,
and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including
our CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A new control and procedures around the new control were designed
and implemented to address the material weakness identified as of
December 31, 2018. Other than the new control design, there were no
changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during
our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our
internal control over financial reporting.
As discussed in greater detail under Item 9A, Controls and
Procedures, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2018, we initiated a remediation plan to address
the material weakness in our internal control over financial
reporting identified as of the fiscal year then ended. Our efforts
to improve our internal controls are ongoing.
For a more comprehensive discussion of the material weakness in
internal control over financial reporting identified by management
as of December 31, 2018, and the remedial measures undertaken to
address this material weakness, investors are encouraged to review
Item 9A, Controls and Procedures, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.
PART II -- OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1.
Legal Proceedings
On August 31, 2016, the Company filed a lawsuit in Santa Clara
County Superior Court against defendant EdenIQ, Inc.
(“EdenIQ”). The lawsuit was based on
EdenIQ’s wrongful termination of a merger agreement that
would have effectuated the merger of EdenIQ into a new entity that
would be primarily owned by Aemetis. The lawsuit asserted
that EdenIQ had fraudulently induced the Company into assisting
EdenIQ to obtain EPA approval for a new technology that the Company
would not have done but for the Company’s belief that the
merger would occur. The relief sought included EdenIQ’s
specific performance of the merger, monetary damages, as well as
punitive damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs. In
response to the lawsuit, EdenIQ filed a cross-complaint asserting
causes of action relating to the Company’s alleged inability
to consummate the merger, the Company’s interactions with
EdenIQ’s business partners, and the Company’s use of
EdenIQ’s name and trademark in association with publicity
surrounding the merger. Further, EdenIQ named Third Eye
Capital Corporation (“TEC”) as a defendant in a second
amended cross-complaint alleging that TEC had failed to disclose
that its financial commitment to fund the merger included terms
that were not disclosed. Finally, EdenIQ claimed that TEC and
the Company concealed material information surrounding the
financing of the merger. By way of its cross-complaint,
EdenIQ sought monetary damages, punitive damages, injunctive
relief, attorneys’ fees and costs. In November 2018, the
claims asserted by the Company were dismissed on summary judgment
and the Company filed a motion to amend its claims, which remains
pending. In December 2018, EdenIQ dismissed all of its claims prior
to trial. In February 2019, the Company and EdenIQ each filed
motions seeking reimbursement of attorney fees and costs associated
with the litigation. On July 24, 2019, the court awarded EdenIQ a
portion of the fees and costs it had sought in the amount of
approximately $6.2 million. The Company’s ability to amend
its claims and present its claims to the court or a jury could
materially affect the court’s decision to award EdenIQ its
fees and costs. In addition to further legal motions and a
potential appeal of the Court’s summary judgment order, the
Company plans to appeal the court’s award of EdenIQ’s
fees and costs. The Company intends to continue to vigorously
pursue its legal claims and defenses against EdenIQ.
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Item
1A.
Risk Factors.
No change in risk factors since the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the
SEC on March 15, 2019.
Item
2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and
Use of Proceeds.
None.
Item
3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
No unresolved defaults on senior securities occurred during the
three months ended June 30, 2019.
Item
4.
Mine Safety Disclosures.
None.
Item
5.
Other Information.
None.
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Item
6.
Exhibits.
Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of
2002.
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Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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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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AEMETIS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Eric A. McAfee
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Eric A. McAfee
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
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Date: August 8, 2019
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AEMETIS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Todd Waltz
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Todd Waltz
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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