CEMTREX INC - Quarter Report: 2019 December (Form 10-Q)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Cemtrex, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

Cemtrex Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND PLAN OF OPERATIONS

Cemtrex was incorporated in 1998, in the state of Delaware and has evolved through strategic acquisitions and internal growth from a small environmental monitoring instruments company into a world leading multi-industry technology company. The Company drives innovation in a wide range of sectors, including smart technology, virtual and augmented realities, advanced electronic systems, industrial solutions, and intelligent security systems. Unless the context requires otherwise, all references to “we”, “our”, “us”, “Company”, “registrant”, “Cemtrex” or “management” refer to Cemtrex, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The Company continuously assesses the composition of its portfolio businesses to ensure it is aligned with its strategic objectives and positioned to maximize growth and return in the coming years. During fiscal 2019, the Company made a strategic decision to exit its Electronics Manufacturing group by selling all companies in that business segment on August 15, 2019. Accordingly, the Company has reported the results of the Electronics Manufacturing business as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statements of Income and in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. These changes have been applied for all periods presented. During fiscal 2019, the Company also reached a strategic decision to exit the environmental products business which was part of Industrial Services group. Accordingly, the Company has reported the results of the environmental control products business as discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income/(Loss) and in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Now the Company has two business segments, consisting of (i) Advanced Technologies (AT) and (ii) Industrial Services (IS)

Advanced Technologies (AT)

Cemtrex’s Advanced Technologies segment delivers cutting-edge technologies in the IoT, Wearables and Smart Devices, such as the SmartDesk. Through the Company’s advanced engineering and product design, they deliver progressive design and development solutions to create impactful experiences for mobile, web, virtual and augmented reality, wearables and television as well as providing cutting edge, mission critical security and video surveillance. Through its Cemtrex VR division, the Company is developing a wide variety of applications for virtual and augmented reality markets.

The AT business segment also includes the Company’s majority owned subsidiary, Vicon Industries, which provides end-to-end security solutions to meet the toughest corporate, industrial and governmental security challenges. Vicon’s products include browser-based Video monitoring systems and facial recognition systems, cameras, servers, and access control systems for every aspect of security and surveillance in industrial and commercial facilities, federal prisons, hospitals, universities, schools, and federal and state government offices.

Industrial Services (IS)

Cemtrex’s IS segment, offers single-source expertise and services for rigging, millwrighting, in plant maintenance, equipment erection, relocation, and disassembly to diversified customers. We install high precision equipment in a wide variety of industrial markets like automotive, printing & graphics, industrial automation, packaging, and chemicals among others. We are a leading provider of reliability-driven maintenance and contracting solutions for the machinery, packaging, printing, chemical, and other manufacturing markets. The focus is on customers seeking to achieve greater asset utilization and reliability to cut costs and increase production from existing assets, including small projects, sustaining capital, turnarounds, maintenance, specialty welding services, and high-quality scaffolding.

NOTE 2 – INTERIM STATEMENT PRESENTATION

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2019 of Cemtrex Inc.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the Unites States (“US GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (‘SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the entire year.

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 as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes, and the reported amounts of revenues, expenses and cash flows during the periods presented. Actual amounts and results could differ from those estimates. The estimates and assumptions the Company makes are based on historical factors, current circumstances and the experience and judgment of the Company’s management. The Company evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Cemtrex Advanced Technologies Inc., Cemtrex Ltd., Cemtrex Technologies Pvt. Ltd., and Advanced Industrial Services, Inc. and the Company’s majority-owned subsidiary Vicon Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Telesite USA, IQInVision, Vicon Industries Ltd., Vicon Deutschland GmbH, and Vicon Systems, Ltd. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2019, includes a summary of the significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Adoption of ASU 2016-02 (Topic 842)

On October 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02 (Topic 842), “Leases”. ASU 2016-02 requires that a lessee recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from operating leases. A lessee should recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For leases with a term of 12 months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities. In transition, lessees and lessors are required to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. See Note 10 of these financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In August 2018, the FASB issued amended guidance, Fair Value Measurement: Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, to modify the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements based on the concepts in the FASB Concepts Statements, including the consideration of costs and benefits. The new standard is effective for the Company from October 1, 2020. The Company believes adoption will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial position.

In December 2019, the FASB issued amended guidance, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, to remove certain exceptions to the general principles from ASC 740 - Income Taxes, and to improve consistent application of U.S. GAAP for other areas of ASC 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. The guidance is effective for the Company from October 1, 2021; early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the guidance will have on its consolidated financial statement disclosures, results of operations and financial position.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation.

NOTE 3 – LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potentially dilutive outstanding shares of common stock during the period to reflect the potential dilution that could occur from common shares issuable through contingent share arrangements, stock options and warrants.

For the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, 1,483,965 and 513,076 shares of common stock, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect of their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

NOTE 4 – SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company reports and evaluates financial information for two segments: Advanced Technologies (AT) segment, and the Industrial Services (IS) segment. The AT segment develops smart devices and provides progressive design and development solutions to create impactful experiences for mobile, web, virtual and augmented reality, wearables and television as well as providing cutting edge, mission critical security and video surveillance. The IS segment offers single-source expertise and services for rigging, millwrighting, in plant maintenance, equipment erection, relocation, and disassembly to diversified customers in USA in industries such as: chemical, steel, printing, construction, & petrochemical.

The following tables summarize the Company’s segment information:

The Company generates revenue from product sales and services from its subsidiaries located in the United States, The United Kingdom, and India. Revenue information for the Company is as follows:

NOTE 5 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-level hierarchy is applied to prioritize the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under the guidance for fair value measurements are described below:

Level 1 — Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Our Level 1 assets include cash equivalents, banker’s acceptances, trading securities investments and investment funds. We measure trading securities investments and investment funds at quoted market prices as they are traded in an active market with sufficient volume and frequency of transactions.

Level 2 — Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. If the asset or liability has a specified contractual term, a Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 — Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Level 3 assets and liabilities include cost method investments, goodwill, intangible assets, and property, plant and equipment, which are measured at fair value using a discounted cash flow approach when they are impaired. Quantitative information for Level 3 assets and liabilities reviewed at each reporting period includes indicators of significant deterioration in the earnings performance, credit rating, asset quality, business prospects of the investee, and financial indicators of the investee’s ability to continue as a going concern.

The Company’s fair value assets for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 are as follows;

NOTE 6 – RESTRICTED CASH

A subsidiary of the Company participates in a consortium in order to self-insure group care coverage for its employees. The plan is administrated by Benecon Group and the Company makes monthly deposits in a trust account to cover medical claims and any administrative costs associated with the plan. These funds, as required by the plan are restricted in nature and amounted to $1,233,269 as of December 31, 2019. The Company also records a liability for claims that have been incurred but not recorded at the end of each year. The amount of the liability is determined by Benecon Group. The liability recorded in accrued expenses amounted to $118,889 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019.

NOTE 7 – ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

Accounts receivables, net consist of the following:

Accounts receivable include amounts due for shipped products and services rendered.

Allowance for doubtful accounts include estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments.

NOTE 8 – INVENTORY, NET

Inventory, net, consist of the following:

NOTE 9 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment are summarized as follows:

Depreciation expense for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were $674,353 and $640,215, respectively.

NOTE 10 – LEASES

ASC 842, “Leases”, requires that a lessee recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from operating leases. A lessee should recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For leases with a term of 12 months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities. In transition, lessees and lessors are required to recognize and measure leases at either the effective date (the “effective date method”) or the beginning of the earliest period presented (the “comparative method”) using a modified retrospective approach. Under the effective date method, the Company’s comparative period reporting is unchanged. In contrast, under the comparative method, the Company’s date of initial application is the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented, and the Topic 842 transition guidance is then applied to all comparative periods presented. Further, under either transition method, the standard includes certain practical expedients intended to ease the burden of adoption. The Company adopted ASC 842 October 1, 2019 using the effective date method and elected certain practical expedients allowing the Company not to reassess:

The Company also made the accounting policy decision not to recognize lease assets and liabilities for leases with a term of 12 months or less.

The Company entered into a financing lease for a single vehicle in the Industrial services segment with a term of 3 years. The Company enters into operating leases for its facilities in New York, United Kingdom, and India, as well as for vehicles for use in our Industrial Services segment. The operating lease terms range from 2 to 5 years. The Company excluded the renewal option on its applicable facility leases from the calculation of its right-of-use assets and lease liabilities.

Finance and operating lease liabilities consist of the following:

A reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to finance and operating lease liabilities recognized in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2019 is set forth below:

Additional disclosures of lease data are set forth below:

The Company used the rate implicit in the lease, where known, or its incremental borrowing rate as the rate used to discount the future lease payments.

NOTE 11 – PREPAID AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

On December 31, 2019, the Company had prepaid and other current assets consisting of prepayments on inventory purchases of $23,809, other current assets of $2,202,568. On September 30, 2019, the Company had prepaid and other current assets consisting of prepayments on inventory purchases of $530,447, and other current assets of $1,469,818.

NOTE 12 - OTHER ASSETS

As of December 31, 2019, the Company had other assets of $991,654 which was comprised of rent security of $140,246, and other assets of $851,618. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had other assets of $497,857 which was comprised of rent security of $140,246, other assets of $357,611.

NOTE 13 – SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES

The Company’s subsidiaries have revolving lines of credit with various banks in order to fund operations. As of December 31, 2019, the balance of these accounts were $408,940.

On September 21, 2018, the Company’s subsidiary, Vicon Industries, entered into a $5,600,000 Term Loan Agreement with NIL Funding Corporation. This note carries interest of 8.95% and has a maturity date of March 30, 2020. As of December 31, 2019, $5,425,000 of this note remains outstanding.

As of December 31, 2019, there were $3,766,391 in current portion of long-term liabilities.

NOTE 14 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

On August 31, 2019, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement for the sale of Griffin Filters, LLC to Ducon Technologies, Inc., which Aron Govil, the Company’s CFO, is President, for total consideration of $550,000. As of December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2019, there was $597,109 and $227,019 in receivables due from Ducon Technologies, Inc., respectively.

NOTE 15 – LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

Notes payable

On October 25, 2019, the Company, issued a note payable to an independent third-party in the amount of $1,725,000. This note carries interest of 8% and matures on April 25, 2021. After deduction of an original issue discount of $225,000 and legal fees of $5,000, the Company received $1,495,000 in cash.

On December 23, 2019, the Company, issued a note payable to an independent third-party in the amount of $1,725,000. This note carries interest of 8% and matures on June 23, 2021. After deduction of an original issue discount of $225,000 and legal fees of $5,000, the Company received $1,495,000 in cash.

Long-term lease liabilities

On October 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02 (Topic 842), “Leases”. ASU 2016-02 requires that a lessee recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from operating leases. As of December 31, 2019, the Company has lease liabilities of $1,225,588 of which $476,808 is classified as short-term. The Company has calculated that at September 30, 2019 it would have had an additional $1,351,317 with $289,235 classified as short-term.

NOTE 16 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value. As of December 31, 2019, and September 30, 2019, there were 3,316,683 and 3,110,718 shares issued and outstanding, respectively.

Series 1 Preferred Stock

For the three months ended December 31, 2019, 105,965 shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock were issued to pay $1,059,650 worth of dividends to holders of Series 1 Preferred Stock.

As of December 31, 2019, and September 30, 2019, there were 2,216,683 and 2,110,718 shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, respectively.

Series A Preferred stock

During the three-month period ended December 31, 2019, the Company did not issue any Series A Preferred Stock.

As of December 31, 2019, and September 30, 2019, there were 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.

Series C Preferred Stock

On October 3, 2019, pursuant to Article IV of our Articles of Incorporation, our Board of Directors voted to designate a class of preferred stock entitled Series C Preferred Stock, consisting of up to one hundred thousand (100,000) shares, par value $0.001. Under the Certificate of Designation, holders of Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to the number of votes equal to the result of (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the time of such vote multiplied by 10.01, and divided by (ii) the total number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding at the time of such vote, at each meeting of our shareholders with respect to any and all matters presented to our shareholders for their action or consideration, including the election of directors.

For the three months ended December 31, 2019, 100,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were issued to Aron Govil, Executive Director and CFO of the Company as part of his employment agreement. In order to determine the fair market value of these shares the Company used the closing price of its Series 1 preferred stock of $0.95 on October 3, 2019.

As of December 31, 2019, there were 100,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.

Common Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value. As of December 31, 2019, there were 4,424,583 shares issued and outstanding and at September 30, 2019, there were 3,962,790 shares issued and outstanding.

During the three months ended December 31, 2019, 105,142 shares of the Company’s common stock have been issued to satisfy $100,000 of a note payable and $30,252 interest, 338,393 shares were issued in a Securities Subscription Agreement (See below), 18,358 shares were issued to satisfy $27,583 of accounts payable.

During the three months ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued an aggregate of 123,400 shares of common stock in exchange for aggregate consideration of $157,835, which was used for working capital.

Subscription Rights Offering

On December 4, 2019, the “Company entered into a Subscription Agreement relating to the public offering of 338,393 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, all of which were sold by the Company (the “Offering”) to an accredited investor. The Offering price of the Shares was $1.12 per share for gross proceeds of $379,000. After deducting offering expenses of $18,950 the Company received $360,050 in net proceeds.

NOTE 17 – SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

For the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized $119,104 and $36,108 of share-based compensation expense on its outstanding options, respectively. As of December 31, 2019, $400,838 of unrecognized share-based compensation expense is expected to be recognized over a period of four years. Future compensation amounts will be adjusted for any change in estimated forfeitures.

NOTE 18 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company has moved its corporate activities to New York City with a lease of 2,500 square feet of office space at a rate of $13,000 per month that expires June 30, 2020. The Company has recognized $39,000 of lease expense for this lease, for the three months ended December 31, 2019.

The Company’s IS segment leases (i) approximately 25,000 square feet of warehouse space in Manchester, PA from a third party in a seven year lease at a monthly rent of $7,300, this lease terminated on January 29, 2020, upon the purchase of this property (SEE NOTE 20), the Company has recognized $21.900 of lease expense for this lease, for the three months ended December 31, 2019, (ii) approximately 43,000 square feet of office and warehouse space in York, PA from a third party in a seven-year lease at a monthly rent of $21,825 this lease terminated on January 29, 2020, upon the purchase of this property (SEE NOTE 20), the Company has recognized $65,475 of lease expense for this lease, for the three months ended December 31, 2019. Additionally, the Company’s IS segment leases various vehicles with monthly lease payments ranging from $84 to $1,979 that terminate during 2019 through 2023. The Company has recognized $67,002 of lease expense for these leases for the three months ended December 31, 2019.

The Company’s AT segment leases (i) approximately 6,700 square feet of office and warehouse space in Pune, India from a third party in an five year lease at a monthly rent of $6,453 (INR456,972) expiring on February 28, 2024, the Company has recognized $19,359 of lease expense for this lease, for the three months ended December 31, 2019, (ii) approximately 27,000 square feet of office and warehouse space in Hauppauge, New York from a third party in a five-year lease at a monthly rent of $25,480 expiring on April 30, 2020, the Company has recognized $76,440 of lease expense for this lease, for the three months ended December 31, 2019, and (iii) approximately 9,400 square feet of office and warehouse space in Hampshire, England in a fifteen-year lease with at a monthly rent of $7,329 (£5,771) which expires on March 24, 2031 and contains provisions to terminate in 2021 and 2026, the Company has recognized $21,988 of lease expense for this lease for the three months ended December 31, 2019.

NOTE 19 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

During fiscal 2019, the Company reached a strategic decision to exit the environmental products business, which was part of Industrial Services group. Additionally, the Company sold its Electronics Manufacturing segment. Accordingly, the Company has reported the results of the environmental control products business and the Electronics Manufacturing segment as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax and the loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax, of the ROB Cemtrex Companies and the environmental products business which are presented in total as discontinued operations, net of tax in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, are as follows:

NOTE 20 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Cemtrex has evaluated subsequent events up to the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. Cemtrex concluded that the following subsequent events have occurred and require recognition or disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Subscription Agreement

On January 23, 2020, the Company entered into a Subscription Agreement relating to the public offering of 500,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, all of which were sold by the Company (the “Offering”) to an accredited investor. The Offering price of the Shares was $1.50 per share. After offering expenses and a 5% commission paid to the Company’s placement agent, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $705,000 from the Offering.

Purchase of Properties

On January 28, 2020, the Company’s subsidiary, Advanced Industrial Services, Inc., completed the purchase of two buildings for a total purchase price of $3,381,433. The Company paid $905,433 in cash and acquired a mortgage from Fulton Bank in the amount of $2,476,000. This mortgage carries interest of LIBOR plus 2.50% per annum and is payable on January 28, 2040. This loan carries loan covenants similar to covenants on The Company’s other loans from Fulton Bank.

Purchase of Series 1 Preferred Shares.

During January and February of 2020, the Company purchased 129,223 shares of its Series 1 Preferred Stock on the open market at an average price per share of $1.103, for an aggregate cost of approximately $142,592. The Company intends to retire these shares.

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

Except for historical information contained in this report, the matters discussed are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. When used in this report, words such as “anticipates”, “believes”, “could”, “estimates”, “expects”, “may”, “plans”, “potential” and “intends” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company or its management, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of the Company’s management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company’s management. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: the effect of business and economic conditions; the impact of competitive products and their pricing; unexpected manufacturing or supplier problems; the Company’s ability to maintain sufficient credit arrangements; changes in governmental standards by which our environmental control products are evaluated and the risk factors reported from time to time in the Company’s SEC reports, including its recent report on Form 10-K. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements as a result of future events or developments.

General Overview

Cemtrex was incorporated in 1998, in the state of Delaware and has evolved through strategic acquisitions and internal growth from a small environmental monitoring instruments company into a world leading multi-industry technology company. The Company drives innovation in a wide range of sectors, including smart technology, virtual and augmented realities, advanced electronic systems, industrial solutions, and intelligent security systems. Unless the context requires otherwise, all references to “we”, “our”, “us”, “Company”, “registrant”, “Cemtrex” or “management” refer to Cemtrex, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The Company continuously assesses the composition of its portfolio businesses to ensure it is aligned with its strategic objectives and positioned to maximize growth and return in the coming years. During fiscal 2019, the Company made a strategic decision to exit its Electronics Manufacturing group by selling all companies in that business segment on August 15, 2019. Accordingly, the Company has reported the results of the Electronics Manufacturing business as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statements of Income and in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. These changes have been applied for all periods presented. During fiscal 2019, the Company also reached a strategic decision to exit the environmental products business which was part of Industrial Services group. Accordingly, the Company has reported the results of the environmental control products business as discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income/(Loss) and in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Now the Company has two business segments, consisting of (i) Advanced Technologies (AT) and (ii) Industrial Services (IS)

Advanced Technologies (AT)

Cemtrex’s Advanced Technologies segment delivers cutting-edge technologies in the IoT, Wearables and Smart Devices, such as the SmartDesk. Through the Company’s advanced engineering and product design, they deliver progressive design and development solutions to create impactful experiences for mobile, web, virtual and augmented reality, wearables and television as well as providing cutting edge, mission critical security and video surveillance. Through its Cemtrex VR division, the Company is developing a wide variety of applications for virtual and augmented reality markets.

The AT business segment also includes the Company’s majority owned subsidiary, Vicon Industries, which provides end-to-end security solutions to meet the toughest corporate, industrial and governmental security challenges. Vicon’s products include browser-based Video monitoring systems and facial recognition systems, cameras, servers, and access control systems for every aspect of security and surveillance in industrial and commercial facilities, federal prisons, hospitals, universities, schools, and federal and state government offices.

Industrial Services (IS)

Cemtrex’s IS segment, offers single-source expertise and services for rigging, millwrighting, in plant maintenance, equipment erection, relocation, and disassembly to diversified customers. We install high precision equipment in a wide variety of industrial markets like automotive, printing & graphics, industrial automation, packaging, and chemicals among others. We are a leading provider of reliability-driven maintenance and contracting solutions for the machinery, packaging, printing, chemical, and other manufacturing markets. The focus is on customers seeking to achieve greater asset utilization and reliability to cut costs and increase production from existing assets, including small projects, sustaining capital, turnarounds, maintenance, specialty welding services, and high-quality scaffolding.

Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and the related disclosures at the date of the financial statements and during the reporting period. Although these estimates are based on our knowledge of current events, our actual amounts and results could differ from those estimates. The estimates made are based on historical factors, current circumstances, and the experience and judgment of our management, who continually evaluate the judgments, estimates and assumptions and may employ outside experts to assist in the evaluations.

Certain of our accounting policies are deemed “significant”, as they are both most important to the financial statement presentation and require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. For a discussion of our significant accounting policies, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2019.

Results of Operations - For the three months ending December 31, 2019 and 2018

Total revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $12,220,083 and $5,717,589, respectively, an increase of $6,502,494, or 114%. Loss from continuing operations for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $139,254 and $1,995,094, respectively, a decrease of $1,855,790, or 93%. Total revenue for the quarter increased, as compared to total revenue in the same period last year, due to the consolidation of Vicon Industries, Inc. and sales and other increases in the Advanced Technology Segment. Loss from continuing operations decreased due to reorganization and cost saving measures enacted by management in the last fiscal year.

Revenues

Our Advanced Technologies segment revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2019, increased by $6,757,398 or 1,444% to $7,225,233 from $467,835 for the three months ended December 31, 2018. This increase represents mainly the consolidation of Vicon Industries, Inc.

Our Industrial Services segment revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2019, decreased by $254,904 or 5%, to $4,994,850 from $5,249,754 for the three months ended December 31, 2018. The decrease was primarily due to the timing and recognition of revenue.

Gross Profit

Gross Profit for the three months ended December 31, 2019 was $5,348,486 or 44% of revenues as compared to gross profit of $2,187,586 or 38% of revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2018. Gross profit increased in the three months ended December 31, 2019, compared to the three months ended December 31, 2018 due to a shift by management in the last fiscal year to focus on products with higher gross margins. The Company’s gross profit margins vary from product to product and from customer to customer.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2019 increased $1,518,396 or 46% to $4,852,957 from $3,334,561 for the three months ended December 31, 2018. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue was 40% and 58% of revenues for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. The increases in General and Administrative Expenses in dollars is the result of the Consolidation of Vicon Industries, Inc. The decrease in General and Administrative Expenses as a percentage of revenue is the result of reduction in overhead expenses.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and Development expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2019 was $376,586 compared to $379,517 for the three months ended December 31, 2018. Research and Development expenses are primarily related to the Advanced Technologies Segment’s development of proprietary technology and further developments of the SmartDesk and video surveillance software.

Other Income/(Expense)

Other income/(expense) for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 was $(258,197) as compared to $(468,602) for the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Other income/(Expense) for the three months ended December 31, 2019 was primarily due to interest expense offset by one-time other income generated by the settlement of certain accounts payable.

Provision for Income Taxes

During the first quarter of fiscal 2012 no income tax benefit or provision was recorded compared to a benefit of $50 for the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The provision for income tax is based upon the projected income tax from the Company’s various U.S. and international subsidiaries that are subject to their respective income tax jurisdictions.

Comprehensive income/loss

The Company had a comprehensive loss of $829,218 or 7% of revenues, for the three-month period ended December 31, 2019 as compared to a comprehensive loss of $3,991,630 or 70% of revenues, for the three months ended December 31, 2018. Comprehensive loss decreased in the first quarter as compared to comprehensive loss in the same period last year, as a result of reduction of general and administrative expenses.

Effects of Inflation

The Company’s business and operations have not been materially affected by inflation during the periods for which financial information is presented.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Working capital was $3,495,438 at December 31, 2019 compared to $3,240,348 at September 30, 2019. This includes cash and equivalents and restricted cash of $5,197,227 at December 31, 2019 and $2,858,085 at September 30, 2019, respectively. The increase in working capital was primarily due to the increase in the Company’s current assets of $2,894,782 offset by an increase in the Company’s current liabilities of $2,639,692.

Accounts receivable increased $192,375 or 3% to $6,651,359 at December 31, 2019 from $6,458,984 at September 30, 2019. The increase in accounts receivable is attributable to higher sales in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 as compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019.

Inventories increased $65,737 or 1% to $5,272,892 at December 31, 2019 from $5,207,155 at September 30, 2019. The increase inventories is attributable to the purchase of inventories to fulfill sales bookings not shipped in the first quarter.

Operating activities used $840,949 of cash for the three months ended December 31, 2019 compared to providing $1,226,718 of cash for the nine months ended December 31, 2018. The decrease in operating cash flows was primarily due to the increase in operating assets, as compared to the same period a year ago. Discontinued operations for the three months ended December 31, 2018 provided cash of $4,575,628.

Investment activities used $166,519 of cash for the three months ended December 31, 2019 compared to using cash of $428,879 during the three-month period ended December 31, 2018. Investing activities for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 were driven by the Company’s investment in fixed assets offset by proceeds from the sale of marketable securities. Discontinued operations for the three months ended December 31, 2018 used cash of $119,482.

Financing activities provided $2,782,103 of cash in the three-month period ended December 31, 2019 as compared to using cash of $1,607,752 in the three-month period ended December 31, 2018. Financing activities were primarily driven by proceeds from notes payable and proceeds from securities purchase agreements offset by payments on bank loans, notes payable, expenses of notes payable and equity offerings, and use of the Company’s revolving credit lines. Discontinued operations for the three months ended December 31, 2018 used cash of $2,925,581.

We believe that our cash on hand and cash generated by operations is sufficient to meet the capital demands of our current operations during the 2020 fiscal year (ending September 30, 2020). Any major increases in sales, particularly in new products, may require substantial capital investment. Failure to obtain sufficient capital could materially adversely impact our growth potential.

Overall, there is no guarantee that cash flow from our existing or future operations and any external capital that we may be able to raise will be sufficient to meet our expansion goals and working capital needs.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures reporting as promulgated under the Exchange Act is defined as controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our CEO and our CFO have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2019. Based on their evaluation, our management has concluded that as of December 31, 2019 there is a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. The material weakness relates to the Company lacking sufficient accounting personnel. The shortage of accounting personal resulted in the Company lacking entity level controls around the review of period-end reporting processes, accounting policies and public disclosures. This deficiency is common in small companies, similar to us, with limited personnel.

In order to mitigate the material weakness, the Board of Directors has assigned a priority to the short-term and long-term improvement of our internal control over financial reporting. Our Board of Directors will work with management to continuously review controls and procedures to identified deficiencies and implement remediation within our internal controls over financial reporting and our disclosure controls and procedures.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

While there was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the Company’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, the Company is taking steps to improve its internal controls by obtaining additional accounting personnel.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

Our management, including our CEO and CFO, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Due to the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been detected.

Part II Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

NONE.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

See Risk Factors included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2019.

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

During the three months ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued an aggregate of 123,400 shares of common stock in exchange for aggregate consideration of $157,835, which was used for working capital. Such shares were issued pursuant to the exemption contained under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 6. Exhibits

* Filed herewith

(1) Incorporated by reference from Form 10-12G filed on May 22, 2008.

(2) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on September 10, 2009.

(3) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on August 22, 2016.

(4) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2016.

(5) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K/A filed on September 26, 2016.

(6) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on June 12, 2019.

(7) Intentionally omitted

(8) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2019

(9) Intentionally omitted

(10) Incorporated by reference from Form S-1 filed on August 29, 2016 and as amended on November 4, 2016, November 23, 2016, and December 7, 2016.

(11) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on January 24, 2017.

(12) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on September 8, 2017.

(13) Incorporated by reference from Form 10-K filed on July 2, 2019.

(14) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2019.

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 hereunto duly authorized.