COOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Quarter Report: 2017 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017
o 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: 000-53443
COOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Nevada |
| 75-3076597 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
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8875 Hidden River Parkway, Suite 300 Tampa, FL |
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33637 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (813) 975-7467
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§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 x 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.
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | ¨ |
Non-accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | x |
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| 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. ¨
As of November 13, 2017, there were 152,383,654 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, issued and outstanding.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements discuss matters that are not historical facts. Because they discuss future events or conditions, forward-looking statements may include words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “may,” “seek,” “plan,” “might,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “predict,” “project,” “forecast,” “potential,” “continue” negatives thereof or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, are based on various underlying assumptions and current expectations about the future and are not guarantees. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievement to be materially different from the results of operations or plans expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
We cannot predict all of the risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, such information should not be regarded as representations that the results or conditions described in such statements or that our objectives and plans will be achieved and we do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are found at various places throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and include information concerning possible or assumed future results of our operations, including statements about potential sales and revenues; acquisition or merger targets; business strategies; future cash flows; financing plans; plans and objectives of management; any other statements regarding future acquisitions, future cash needs, future operations, business plans and future financial results, and any other statements that are not historical facts.
These forward-looking statements represent our intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors. Many of those factors are outside of our control and could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events described in the forward-looking statements might not occur or might occur to a different extent or at a different time than we have described. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning other matters addressed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Except to the extent required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, a change in events, conditions, circumstances or assumptions underlying such statements, or otherwise.
Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Cool Technologies, Inc. and subsidiary
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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| September 30, 2017 |
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| December 31, 2016 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash |
| $ | 456,545 |
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| $ | 62,291 |
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Prepaid expenses and other assets |
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| 46,999 |
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Total current assets |
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| 503,544 |
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| 62,291 |
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Intangibles |
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| 182,082 |
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| 166,402 |
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Equipment, net |
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| 52,212 |
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| 71,664 |
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Total assets |
| $ | 737,838 |
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| $ | 300,357 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
| $ | 1,693,239 |
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| $ | 1,595,883 |
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Accrued liabilities – related party |
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| 496,534 |
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| 553,953 |
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Customer deposits – related party |
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| 400,000 |
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| 400,000 |
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Accrued payroll taxes |
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| 106,917 |
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| 93,512 |
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Debt, current portion, net of debt discount |
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| 1,042,812 |
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| 825,170 |
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Derivative liability |
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| 20,740 |
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| 4,851,760 |
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Total current liabilities |
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| 3,760,242 |
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| 8,320,278 |
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Debt, long-term portion, net of debt discount |
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| 23,627 |
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| 18,311 |
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Total liabilities |
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| 3,783,869 |
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| 8,338,589 |
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 5) |
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Stockholders’ equity (deficit): |
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Preferred stock, $.001 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized; 2,727,303 and 3,636,360 Preferred A and Preferred B shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, Respectively |
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Common stock, $.001 par value; 350,000,000 shares authorized; 146,016,834 and 111,438,236 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively |
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| 144,444 |
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| 110,865 |
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Preferred stock payable |
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| 51,000 |
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Common stock payable |
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| 554,000 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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| 40,517,316 |
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| 31,981,116 |
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Common stock issuable |
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| 0 |
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| 125,500 |
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Common stock held in escrow |
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| 8,441 |
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| 8,441 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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Total deficit |
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Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary |
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| (50,041 | ) |
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Total stockholders’ deficit |
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| (3,046,031 | ) |
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit |
| $ | 737,838 |
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| $ | 300,357 |
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Cool Technologies, Inc. and subsidiary
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
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| Three months ended September 30, |
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Revenues |
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Cost of revenues |
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Gross profit |
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Operating expenses |
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Payroll and related expenses |
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| 132,754 |
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| 129,668 |
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| 397,702 |
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| 540,320 |
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Consulting |
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| 309,968 |
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| 157,500 |
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| 641,997 |
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| 1,523,041 |
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Professional fees |
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| 72,210 |
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| 33,113 |
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| 176,493 |
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| 241,488 |
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Research and development |
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| 77,034 |
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| 156,484 |
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| 188,832 |
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| 175,739 |
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General and administrative |
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| 92,152 |
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| 63,130 |
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| 235,190 |
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| 661,420 |
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Total operating expenses |
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| 684,118 |
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| 539,895 |
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| 1,640,214 |
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Operating loss |
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Other income (expense): |
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Interest expense, net |
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Change in fair value of derivative liability |
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| (5,148 | ) |
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| 409,994 |
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| 1,164,807 |
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Loss on Extinguishment of Debt |
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| (56,221 | ) |
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| (628,510 | ) |
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Net loss |
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| (984,330 | ) |
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Less: Noncontrolling interest in net loss |
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| (3,276 | ) |
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| (3,389 | ) |
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| (9,665 | ) |
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Net loss to shareholders |
| $ | (981,054 | ) |
| $ | (389,820 | ) |
| $ | (4,034,506 | ) |
| $ | (3,620,396 | ) |
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Net loss per common share: |
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Basic and diluted |
| $ | (0.01 | ) |
| $ | (0.005 | ) |
| $ | (0.03 | ) |
| $ | (0.04 | ) |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding: |
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Basic and diluted |
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| 137,153,770 |
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| 84,142,499 |
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| 123,840,788 |
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| 80,677,522 |
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Cool Technologies, Inc. and subsidiary
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Operating Activities: |
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Net loss |
| $ | (4,044,171 | ) |
| $ | (3,629,530 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Stock issued for services |
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| 115,329 |
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| 332,090 |
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Warrants issued for services |
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| 204,597 |
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| 1,188,933 |
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Loss on extinguishment of debt |
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| 628,510 |
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Employee stock options |
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| 327,000 |
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Non-cash interest expense |
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| 47,737 |
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| 307,097 |
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Change in fair value of derivative liability |
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| 1,542,548 |
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| (1,164,807 | ) |
Amortization of debt discount |
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| 791,528 |
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| 657,426 |
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Depreciation expense |
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| 19,452 |
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| 19,452 |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Prepaid expenses |
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| (46,999 | ) |
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| 95,175 |
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Accounts payable |
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| 97,356 |
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| 291,444 |
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Accrued liabilities – related party |
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| (57,419 | ) |
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| 54,732 |
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Accrued payroll liabilities |
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| 13,405 |
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| 59,775 |
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Net cash used in operating activities |
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| (1,316,637 | ) |
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| (832,703 | ) |
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Investing Activities: |
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Intangible assets |
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| (15,680 | ) |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
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| (15,680 | ) |
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| (7,736 | ) |
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Financing Activities: |
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Proceeds from issuance of notes payable |
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| 574,985 |
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Payment of notes payable |
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| (14,414 | ) |
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Issuance of common stock for cash, net of costs |
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| 1,166,000 |
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Proceeds from sale of common stock |
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| 555,500 |
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Proceeds from debt |
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| 643,347 |
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Payments on debt |
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| (368,563 | ) |
Net cash provided by financing activities |
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| 1,726,571 |
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| 830,284 |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash |
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| 394,254 |
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Cash, beginning of period |
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| 62,291 |
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| 10,882 |
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Cash, end of period |
| $ | 456,545 |
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| $ | 727 |
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Supplemental cash flow information: |
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Cash paid for: |
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Interest |
| $ | 14,133 |
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| $ | 27,092 |
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Income taxes |
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Non-cash investing and financing activities: |
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Derivative liability offset by debt discount |
| $ | 54,985 |
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| $ | 281,329 |
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Reduction of common stock payable by issuing Stock |
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| 105,000 |
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| 465,400 |
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Reduction of preferred stock payable by issuing stock |
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| 51,000 |
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Debt and interest settled for common stock |
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| 492,340 |
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| 1,014,756 |
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Reclassification of common share equivalents to additional paid-in capital |
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| (6,364,224 | ) |
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Cool Technologies, Inc. and subsidiary
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Note 1 – Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Description of Business
Cool Technologies, Inc. and subsidiary, (we, us, our, the "Company" or "Cool Technologies") was incorporated in the State of Nevada in July 2002. In April 2014, we formed Ultimate Power Truck, LLC ("Ultimate Power Truck" or "UPT"), of which we own 95% and a shareholder of Cool Technologies owns 5%. We were formerly known as Bibb Corporation, as Z3 Enterprises, and as HPEV Inc. On August 20, 2015, we changed our name to Cool Technologies, Inc.
We have developed and intend to commercialize heat dispersion technologies in various product platforms, and have developed and are commercializing a parallel power gearing system around which we have designed a mobile power generation system that retrofits onto Class 3 to 7 work trucks. In preparation, we have applied for trademarks for one of our technologies and its acronym. We currently own one trademark: TEHPC. We believe that our proprietary technologies, including our patent portfolio and trade secrets, can help increase the efficiency and positively affect manufacturing cost structure in several large industries beginning with motors/generators and fleet vehicles. The markets for products utilizing our technology include consumer, industrial and military markets, both in the U.S. and worldwide.
Our technologies are divided into two distinct but complementary categories: a) mobile power generation and b) heat dispersion technology. As of September 30, 2017, we have seven US patents, one granted Mexican patent, four pending applications and one filed provisional application in the area of composite heat structures, motors, and related structures, heat pipe architecture, applications (commonly referred to as "thermal" or "heat dispersion technology") and a parallel vehicle power platform. We intend to commercialize our patents by licensing our thermal technologies and applications to electric motor, pump and vehicle component manufacturers; by licensing a plug-in hybrid conversion system for heavy duty trucks, buses and tractor trailers to fleet owners and service centers; and by licensing a mobile electric power system powered by our proprietary gearing system to commercial vehicle and fleet owners. On May 25, 2017, the company received its first order: 10 mobile power generation systems.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2017, has been derived from audited financial statements. They include the accounts of Cool Technologies, Inc. and Ultimate Power Truck, LLC. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual audited financial statements and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") for interim financial information and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for interim financial statements. In the opinion of management, such unaudited information includes all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of this interim information. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Noncontrolling interest represents the 5% third party ownership of our subsidiary, UPT. There are no restrictions on the transfer of funds or net assets from UPT to Cool Technologies. Operating results and cash flows for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that can be expected for the entire year. The information included in this report should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016..
Going Concern
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern. We have incurred net losses of $44,222,918 since inception and have not fully commenced operations, raising substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to generate revenue, achieve profitable operations and repay our obligations when they come due. We will have to obtain additional debt and / or equity financing; however, we cannot provide investors with assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient capital to fund our operations. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts, or amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from this uncertainty.
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Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance
In May 2014, the FASB issued a comprehensive new revenue recognition standard that will supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The standard’s core principle (issued as ASU 2014-09 by the FASB), is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. These may include identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation. The new guidance must be adopted using either a full retrospective approach for all periods presented in the period of adoption or a modified retrospective approach. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year, and would allow entities the option to early adopt the new revenue standard as of the original effective date. This ASU is effective for public reporting companies for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The adoption of ASU 2014-15 did not materially impact our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Presentation of Financial Statements-Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern.” ASU 2014-15 provides guidance on management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an organization’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. For each reporting period, management will be required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about a company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the date the financial statements are issued. The amendments in ASU 2014-15 are effective for annual reporting periods ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual and interim periods thereafter. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has elected to adopt the methodologies prescribed by ASU 2014-15. The adoption of ASU 2014-15 had no material effect on its financial position or results of operations.
In March 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2015-03, “Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. The amendments in this ASU require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this ASU. The amendments are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption of the amendments is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The amendments should be applied on a retrospective basis, wherein the balance sheet of each individual period presented should be adjusted to reflect the period-specific effects of applying the new guidance. Upon transition, an entity is required to comply with the applicable disclosures for a change in an accounting principle. These disclosures include the nature of and reason for the change in accounting principle, the transition method, a description of the prior-period information that has been retrospectively adjusted, and the effect of the change on the financial statement line items (i.e., debt issuance cost asset and the debt liability). The Company adopted ASU 2015-03 during the year ended December 31, 2016. The adoption of ASU 2015-03 had no material effect on its financial position or results of operations or cash flows.
In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Compensation – Stock Compensation” (topic 718). The FASB issued this update to improve the accounting for employee share-based payments and affect all organizations that issue share-based payment awards to their employees. Several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions are simplified, including: (a) income tax consequences; (b) classification of awards as either equity or liabilities; and (c) classification on the statement of cash flows. The updated guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption of the update is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2016-09 had no material effect on its financial position or results of operations or cash flows.
Recent Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted
In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-10, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing” (topic 606). In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross verses Net)” (topic 606). These amendments provide additional clarification and implementation guidance on the previously issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”. The amendments in ASU 2016-10 provide clarifying guidance on materiality of performance obligations; evaluating distinct performance obligations; treatment of shipping and handling costs; and determining whether an entity’s promise to grant a license provides a customer with either a right to use an entity’s intellectual property or a right to access an entity’s intellectual property. The amendments in ASU 2016-08 clarify how an entity should identify the specified good or service for the principal versus agent evaluation and how it should apply the control principle to certain types of arrangements. The adoption of ASU 2016-10 and ASU 2016-08 is to coincide with an entity’s adoption of ASU 2014-09, which we intend to adopt for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new standard.
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In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments” (“ASU 2016-15”). ASU 2016-15 will make eight targeted changes to how cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. The new standard will require adoption on a retrospective basis unless it is impracticable to apply, in which case it would be required to apply the amendments prospectively as of the earliest date practicable. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2016-15 on its condensed consolidated financial statements.
In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230)”, requiring that the statement of cash flows explain the change in the total cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim reporting periods therein, beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted. The provisions of this guidance are to be applied using a retrospective approach which requires application of the guidance for all periods presented. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new standard.
In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. This ASU better aligns accounting rules with a company’s risk management activities; better reflects economic results of hedging in financial statements; and simplifies hedge accounting treatment. The standard is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of this new standard on the financial statements.
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, when adopted, will have a material effect on the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.
Note 2 – Customer deposits – Related party
These represent advance payments of $400,000 received on orders that have not yet been fulfilled, with companies controlled by the individual who is the 5% owner of UPT and a shareholder of Cool Technologies.
Note 3 – Debt
Debt consists of the following:
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| September 30, 2017 |
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| December 31, 2016 |
| ||
Notes payable -- original issue discount |
| $ | 225,000 |
|
| $ | 225,000 |
|
Convertible notes payable |
|
| 798,603 |
|
|
| 641,129 |
|
Test vehicle financing |
|
| 47,396 |
|
|
| 61,811 |
|
Note payable – related party |
|
| 237 |
|
|
| 237 |
|
Note payable – UPT minority owner |
|
| 250,000 |
|
|
| 250,000 |
|
|
|
| 1,321,236 |
|
|
| 1,178,177 |
|
Debt discount |
|
| (254,797 | ) |
|
| (334,696 | ) |
|
|
| 1,066,439 |
|
|
| 843,481 |
|
Less: current portion |
|
| (1,042,812 | ) |
|
| (825,170 | ) |
Long-term portion |
| $ | 23,627 |
|
| $ | 18,311 |
|
Notes payable – original issue discount
In October 2015, we received $350,000 under two notes payable with an original issue discount of $50,000, in lieu of interest. The $400,000 principal balance was payable in full on March 31, 2016. In the event of default, the interest rate will be 18% per annum.
Negotiations to extend the maturity date commenced before the end of March and were concluded with the signing of the Forbearance and Amendment Agreement on April 28, 2016. $377,142 and $102,857 for a total of $480,000 plus a forbearance fee of $5,000 payable to each holder of a note payable. In exchange, the holders agreed to refrain from taking legal action until May 16, 2016.
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An Extension and Amendment Agreement signed on May 23, 2016 extended the Maturity Date of one of the Note until September 30, 2016. And amended Conversion Rights at a price equal to 75% of the VWAP for the preceding 12 business days. The outstanding principal amount including interest, forbearance fees, liquidated damages and expenses was amended to $458,571 from the previous $382,142 and the original $314,285. The second note holder exchanged his debt with a third party for a payment of $104,801 on May 24, 2016.
A series of conversions from June 7 to August 15, 2016 reduced the outstanding principal to the remaining noteholder to $60,751. The note was extinguished with a payment on August 26, 2016.
Convertible notes payable
August 2016 Convertible Note – In August 2016, the Company entered into a senior convertible note agreement. We received $400,000, bearing interest at 3%, with principal and interest payable on August 24, 2018. In addition, the Company received the right to require the buyer to purchase from the company four million restricted shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.05 per share and a warrant to purchase four million shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.06 per share. At the same time, the Company granted the buyer the right to require the company to sell to the buyer four million restricted shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.05 per share and a warrant to purchase four million shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.06 per share. In the event of default, the interest rate will be 18% per annum, require the Company to (i) redeem all or any portion of the note at a premium of 150% or (ii) convert any portion of this note then held by noteholder into shares of common stock at the conversion price of $0.025, equal to a number of shares of common stock equal to the principal amount outstanding on the note (divided by 0.025) and multiplied by the premium of 150%.
The note may be converted at any time into shares of the common stock at the conversion price pursuant to the terms of the note. The buyer may not, however, convert more than 50% of the note’s purchase price prior to September 30, 2016. On April 18, 2017, the buyer converted $28,300 into 1,132,000 shares of common stock.
November 2016 Convertible Note – In November 2016, the Company entered into a convertible note agreement. We issued 350,000 inducement shares of common stock and received $100,000, with an original issue discount of $10,000 in lieu of interest, for a total amount of $110,000 due on June 9, 2017. At the holder’s option, a portion or all of the unpaid principal and interest may be converted into shares of our common stock at $0.07 per share. In the event of default, the outstanding balance will increase by 25%. At any time following an event of default, the lender has the right to convert a portion or all of the unpaid principal balance at a rate of 65% of the average of the three lowest closing prices in the twenty trading days immediately preceding the request for conversion date.
On May 22, 2017, a total of $35,000 were converted into 500,000 shares of common stock.
On June 9, 2017, the company signed an amendment to the convertible promissory note which extended the maturity date to August 10, 2017 and reduced the conversion price from $0.07 to $0.05 per share.
Subsequent to the signing of the amendment, from June 6 to June 15, 2017, a total of $55,000 were converted into 1,100,000 shares of common stock. On June 28, 2017, the buyer converted $25,500 into 510,000 shares of common stock and the note was retired.
December 2016 Convertible Notes -- In December 6, 2016, the Company entered into a note purchase agreement which provides for the purchase of up to an aggregate of $150,000 principal amount of convertible promissory notes (the “Notes”). The Notes have a 5% original issue discount and bear interest at 5% per annum. On December 7, 2016, $85,000 was paid pursuant to the initial Note (after the deduction of $10,000 for legal expenses) which is due on December 5, 2017. On December 28, 2016, after the filing by the Company of a registration statement with the SEC, the Company issued another Note in the original principal amount of $50,000 for $47,500.
The Notes may be prepaid in whole or in part by the Company at a 115% premium if within 120 days of the issue date or 125% after 120 days of the issue date. The Notes are convertible into common stock at a 30% discount to the lowest trading price for the ten trading days immediately prior to the delivery of a conversion notice, provided that the conversion price will not be less than $0.06 per share.
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The Note Purchase Agreement also provides that it is an event of default if the Company does not obtain FINRA’s approval to effectuate a 1:15 reverse stock split no later than January 15, 2017, which was extended to January 20, 2017, then extended to February 15, 2017 and further extended to April 24, 2017. As part of the last extension to April 24, 2017, Bellridge agreed to add an increase in the authorized share capital of the Company as another method to avoid the triggering of an event of default. The increase in amounts required under the Notes held by Bellridge necessitated that the Company amend its Articles of Incorporation. This was accomplished on March 22, 2017.
The Company also agreed to reserve the greater of (i) 1,000,000 shares of common stock or (ii) 300% of the maximum aggregate number of shares issued or issuable. The Company determined that the conversion feature meets the requirements for derivative treatment and has recorded a derivative liability and a corresponding debt discount on the consolidated balance sheet.
On May 3, 2017, we issued an aggregate of 1,411,426 shares of common stock to Bellridge Capital, LLC upon the exercise of the $150,000 principal amount of convertible promissory notes issued to Bellridge on December 6, 2016. The Note in the principal amount of $100,000 was converted into an aggregate of 941,867 shares of the Company’s common stock, which included 17,226 shares representing accrued interest of $1,863.01. The Note in the principal amount of $50,000 was converted into an aggregate of 469,559 shares of the Company’s common stock, which included 7,219 shares representing accrued interest of $780.82.
February Convertible Note – On February 7, 2017, the Company entered into a convertible note agreement. We issued 200,000 inducement shares of restricted common stock and received $100,000, with an original issue discount of $10,000 in lieu of interest, for a total amount of $115,000 due on September 7, 2017. At the holder’s option, a portion or all of the unpaid principal and interest may be converted into shares of our common stock at $0.08 per share. In the event of default, the outstanding balance will increase by 25% and a daily penalty of $100 will accrue until the default is remedied. Shares reserved for future conversions must equal to at least 100% of the full number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of all outstanding amounts under this note.
On August 15, 2017, we issued 186,643 shares of our common stock pursuant to the terms of a securities purchase agreement entered into on February 7, 2017, which required the issuance of additional inducement shares if the price of our common stock decreased six months from the date of the agreement so that the aggregate value of the shares issued on the closing date would equal the aggregate value of the shares after six months.
On August 24, 2017, the company signed an amendment to the convertible promissory note which extended the maturity date until September 30, 2017 and reduced the conversion price from $0.08 to $0.05 per share.
Subsequent to the signing of the amendment, from August 25 to September 20, 2017, a total of $72,500 were converted into 1,450,000 shares of common stock. On September 27, 2017, the buyer converted $25,000 into 816,000 shares of common stock and the note was retired.
On August 15, 2017, we issued 186,643 shares of our common stock to Lucas Hoppel pursuant to the terms of a securities purchase agreement entered into on February 7, 2017, which required the issuance of additional inducement shares if the price of our common stock decreased six months from the date of the agreement so that the aggregate value of the shares issued on the closing date would equal the aggregate value of the shares after six months.
March 2017 Convertible Note. On March 14, 2017, the Company entered into an additional note purchase agreement with Bellridge which provides for the purchase of a $78,750 convertible promissory note on the same terms as the December 6, and December 28, 2016 Notes. The note has a 5% original issue discount and bears interest at 5% per annum. The maturity date is March 14, 2018. On March 14, 2017, we also issued 200,000 shares of common stock to Bellridge for agreeing to enter into such agreement.
The Note may be prepaid in whole or in part at a 115% premium if within 120 days of the issue date or 125% after 120 days of the issue date. The Note is convertible into common stock at a 30% discount to the lowest trading price for the ten trading days immediately prior to the delivery of a conversion notice, provided that the conversion price will not be less than $0.06 per share.
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After 180 days the conversion floor of $0.06 expired. The Note was converted in full and 1,382,889 shares and 434,836 shares of common stock were issued to Bellridge on September 14, 2017 and September 26, 2017, respectively.
April Convertible Note – On April 5, 2017, the Company entered into a convertible note agreement. We issued 300,000 inducement shares of restricted common stock and received $150,000, with an original issue discount of $15,000 in lieu of interest, for a total amount of $165,000 due on November 5, 2017. At the holder’s option, a portion or all of the unpaid principal and interest may be converted into shares of our common stock at $0.10 per share. In the event of default, the outstanding balance will increase by 25% and a daily penalty of $100 will accrue until the default is remedied. Shares reserved for future conversions must equal to at least 100% of the full number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of all outstanding amounts under this note.
On October 16, 2017, the company signed an amendment to the convertible promissory note which extended the maturity date until December 31, 2017 and reduced the conversion price from $0.10 to $0.05 per share.
Subsequent to the signing of the amendment, on October 25, 2017, $25,000 was converted into 500,000 shares of common stock.
August Convertible Note – On August 25, 2017, the Company entered into a convertible note agreement. We issued 300,000 inducement shares of restricted common stock and received $150,000, with an original issue discount of $15,000 in lieu of interest, for a total amount of $165,000 due on March 25, 2018. At the holder’s option, a portion or all of the unpaid principal and interest may be converted into shares of our common stock at $0.05 per share. In the event of default, the outstanding balance will increase by 25% and a daily penalty of $100 will accrue until the default is remedied.
Test Vehicle Financing
In October 2014, the Company entered into financing agreements for the purchase of test vehicles, bearing interest at 5.99% payable monthly over five years, collateralized by the vehicles.
Note payable – related party
On February 3, 2016, an agreement was signed with the Secretary of Cool Technologies to retire a non-interest bearing note that was due on demand. The note was retired with the issuance of 143,187 shares of restricted common stock on June 24, 2016.
Note payable – UPT minority owner
Held by the 5% minority owner of UPT. The terms of the note have not been finalized.
Future contractual maturities of debt are as follows:
Year ending December 31, |
|
|
| |
2017 |
|
| 652,714 |
|
2018 |
|
| 413,725 |
|
2019 |
|
| (0 | ) |
|
| $ | 1,066,439 |
|
Note 4 – Derivative Liability
Under the terms of the May 2016, December 2016, February 2017, March 2017, April 2017, August 2017 Convertible Notes, we identified derivative instruments arising from embedded conversion features.
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The following summarizes the Black-Scholes assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the derivative liability at the dates of issuance and the revaluation dates:
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| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Volatility |
| 122–199 | % | |
Risk-free interest rate |
| 0.54–1.31 | % | |
Expected life (years) |
| 0.15–1.67 |
| |
Dividend yield |
|
| -- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in the derivative liability were as follows:
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| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 |
| |||||||||
|
| Level 1 |
|
| Level 2 |
|
| Level 3 |
| |||
Convertible debt and other derivative liabilities at December 31, 2016 |
|
| -- |
|
|
| -- |
|
| $ | 4,851,760 |
|
Conversions of convertible debt |
|
| -- |
|
|
| -- |
|
|
| (316,245 | ) |
Issuance of convertible debt and other derivatives |
|
| -- |
|
|
| -- |
|
|
| 306,901 |
|
Reclassification of common share equivalents to additional paid-in-capital |
|
| -- |
|
|
| -- |
|
|
| (6,364,224 | ) |
Change in fair value |
|
| -- |
|
|
| -- |
|
|
| 1,542,548 |
|
Convertible debt and other derivative liabilities at September 30, 2017 |
| $ | -- |
|
| $ | -- |
|
| $ | 20,740 |
|
Note 5 -- Commitments and Contingencies
On December 12, 2012, we concluded negotiations on a debt settlement agreement by and among the Company, Phoenix Productions and Entertainment Group ("PPEG"), Action Media Group, LLC ("Action Media") and Spirit Bear Limited ("Spirit Bear") (PPEG and Action Media collectively, the "Debt Holders"). The Debt Holders were to return to escrow a total of 4,676,000 shares of our common stock. 3,676,000 of these shares were returned and cancelled on January 14, 2013, following our filing a registration statement with the SEC on January 11, 2013. The remaining 1,000,000 shares will be purchased by the Company or a nominee of the Company at $0.40 per share (or $400,000) at the rate of $10,000 per month commencing within 90 days of the Company achieving $1,000,000 in gross revenues for products or services from business operations. PPEG and Action Media will divide the $400,000 on a pro rata basis, based on each company's respective amount of debt forgiven. The historical cost of the shares held in escrow are reflected in equity on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as common stock held in escrow.
Effective May 1, 2015, we executed a First Amendment to Settlement Agreement (the "Amendment") with Spirit Bear and the parties identified as the assignees of Spirit Bear who are signatories to the Amendment, which amends certain provisions of our original Settlement Agreement with Spirit Bear. In accordance with the terms of the Amendment, Jay Palmer, Carrie Dwyer and Donica Holt, the Spirit Bear holdover directors, tendered their resignation from the Board of Directors of the Company. Spirit Bear also agreed that it will no longer have any rights to appoint nominees to the Board of Directors. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company agreed to file a registration statement on Form S-1 covering an aggregate of 14,028,385 shares of common stock, preferred stock and warrants on behalf of Spirit Bear and its assignees no later than July 15, 2015, which was filed with the SEC on July 15, 2015. A representative of Spirit Bear agreed that the obligation to register the shares on a Form S-1 need only include shares of common stock and shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and exercise of the warrants held by Spirit Bear and its assignees. The Company agreed to issue replacement warrants for certain previously-issued warrants, which will be canceled in connection with the replacement issuance. Within 10 business days of June 1, 2015, the parties agreed to dismiss all of the pending litigation between and among them.
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On November 4, 2016, Spirit Bear agreed to the withdrawal of the registration statement in exchange for confirmation that the warrants owned by Spirit Bear and its associate which were subject to a separate court action shall not expire even if the court action continued beyond the warrants’ initial expiration date. The registration had not been declared effective by the SEC and the Company filed a request to withdraw the Registration Statement on November 14, 2016.
On August 28, 2015, the parties filed a stipulation to dismiss the direct claims of the Company against Spirit Bear and of Spirit Bear against the Company in the Nevada Lawsuit. By order dated September 1, 2015, and filed September 2, 2015, the court ordered dismissal of all direct claims in the Nevada Lawsuit.
Additionally, on February 20, 2015, the Court issued its preliminary approval to the derivative action settlement agreement (the "DASA'), which would lead to the ultimate dismissal of the derivative suit also filed by Spirit Bear in the same action. The Court has scheduled a fairness hearing for November 20, 2015, to consider giving its final approval to the DASA. No shareholder filed any objections to the DASA by April 30, 2015, which was the deadline established by the Court for filing objections. On October 22, 2015, however, Peak Finance, LLC ("Peak Finance") filed a Motion to Intervene in the action seeking, among other things, approval to file a new derivative Complaint in this matter. The Company has opposed this Motion.
On August 31, 2015, the Company received notice of a summons in the matter styled Peak Finance, Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal Defendant, HPEV, Inc. v. Hassett, et al., No. 2:15-cv-01590-GMN-CWH, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (the "Peak Finance Claim"). Plaintiff Peak Finance, LLC ("Peak Finance") alleges that certain members of the Company's Board of Directors and officers caused a misleading proxy statement to issue and breached alleged fiduciary duties from and after June 18, 2013. Peak Finance further alleges that its claim is related to the Spirit Bear Lawsuit described above. The Company has not determined that there is any merit to the allegations, and has decided to submit the claims to an Independent Director Committee consisting of Directors Christopher McKee, Richard J. "Dick" Schul, and Donald Bowman for their review and consideration. Additionally, on September 28, 2015, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the initial Complaint filed by Peak Finance. On October 22, 2015, rather than oppose the motion to dismiss, Peak Finance filed an amended complaint in this case in addition to the Motion to Intervene in the pending Spirit Bear litigation set forth above. On November 9, 2015, the Company filed a new motion to dismiss the first amended complaint filed by Peak Finance on October 22, 2015.
At the November 20, 2015, fairness hearing, the Court denied Peak Finance's Motion to Intervene. However, the Court did allow Peak Finance to formally argue its objections to the DASA. The Court ordered additional briefing on certain issues, which has not been completed. The Court further ordered another hearing to consider the DASA on April 1, 2016.
On April 1, 2016, Peak Finance and the Company advised the Court that they had agreed in principle to a settlement that would include withdrawal of Peak Finance's objection to the DASA. On April 20, 2016, the parties filed a Stipulation and Proposed Order for Withdrawal of Objection to DASA, which was granted by the Court on April 21, 2016. On May 3, 2016, the Court issued an Order, which fully and finally approved the DASA and dismissed the Peak Finance and the Spirit Bear cases, with prejudice. On May 17, 2016, the Company filed a document to show cause as to the effect of the Stipulation and Proposed Order Regarding Settlement on the pending Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint.
Also on May 17, 2016, Peak Finance and the Company filed a Stipulation and Proposed Order to Modify Stay of Proceedings so that the stay issued on January 6, 2016 could be modified in order to permit the Court to consider the Stipulation and Proposed Order Regarding Settlement and for the Court and all parties to take all necessary actions to seek final approval of a settlement prior to the Court ruling on the pending Motion to Dismiss.
On October 11, 2016, the United States District Court, District of Nevada orally approved the derivative action settlement agreement (“Peak Settlement Agreement”) reached in Peak Finance, LLC v. Timothy J. Hassett et. al., Case No. 2:15-cv-01590-GMN-CWH. Noting that no non-party shareholder filed any objections to the Peak Settlement Agreement, the District Court specifically found that it is “fundamentally fair, reasonable and adequate” and serves the best interest of the Company. The Court further directed that counsel for the parties prepare a proposed formal written order finally approving the Peak Settlement Agreement and dismissing the case.
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On October 20, 2016, the Derivative Action Settlement Agreement was formally approved and the case was formally dismissed with prejudice.
Subsequent to the dismissal, an Independent Directors Committee consisting of directors Christopher McKee, Richard J. "Dick" Schul and Donald Bowman reviewed the allegations made by Peak Finance, LLC to determine a proper corporate response. On December 6, 2016, a quorum of the members of the Independent Directors Committee met with Peak Finance, LLC in New York City, to fulfill the judges’ final orders. No further action is required by the Company in this matter.
On October 7, 2016, the Company received a complaint, Wang et al v. Cool Technologies, Inc. et al, filed on July 28, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn) Civil docket #1:16CV04101RRMPK alleging damages of $1,100,000 for inter alia breach of contract for failing to register shares sold to the Plaintiffs in February and March 2014. On March 30, 2017, the Company and Timothy Hassett, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, requested leave of the court to move to dismiss the matter, on both Substantive and Jurisdictional grounds. On April 13, 2017, the Honorable Roslynn R. Mauskopf granted leave to renew our March 30, 2017 request for a pre-motion conference after the initial conference before Magistrate Judge Kuo. At the initial conference, Corporate counsel informed the court that the Company, in fact, filed a registration statement for said shares in July 2014 and the Warrants were in the possession of Plaintiff Gary Zse Kong J.D. and located on his computer and printed at his office in the Law Offices of Gary Park. Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo directed plaintiff to file an amended complaint and directed plaintiff Gary Sze Kong to preserve all computer and other records which may still be at the Law Offices of Gary Park. Defendants were also granted leave to subpoena such records if they are no longer under the control of Plaintiff Kong. On June 30th Plaintiff filed an “attorney verified” amended complaint inter alia admitting that the company registered the shares. On August 7, 2017, Corporate Counsel requested leave for a pre-motion conference to move to dismiss the matter. On October 10, 2017, the Honorable Magistrate Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf issued an order that by October 17, 2017, plaintiffs shall file a letter with the Court setting forth the legal and factual bases on which they intend to oppose the defendants' proposed motion to dismiss. As of October 17, 2017, the Plaintiff has not complied with the Court’s order.
From time to time, the Company may be a party to other legal proceedings. Management currently believes that the ultimate resolution of these other matters, if any, and after consideration of amounts accrued, will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations, financial position, or cash flow.
Note 6 – Equity
Preferred Stock
The Company has 15,000,000 preferred shares authorized and 33 Series A and 2,727,270 Series B preferred shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017.
On August 12, 2016, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with four accredited investors pursuant to which it sold 3,636,360 shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. Each share of the preferred stock is convertible into one share of company’s common stock. The conversion price of the preferred stock is equal to the $0.055.
In addition to the preferred stock, the Securities Purchase Agreement included warrants to purchase (i) 3,636,360 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.07 per share. The aggregate purchase price of the preferred stock and warrants was $200,000, of which $150,000 was paid in cash and $50,000 was paid in services.
In connection with the sale of the Preferred Stock, on October 20, 2016, the Company filed with the Secretary of the State of Nevada, an amended Certificate of Designations of the Rights, Preferences, Privileges and Restrictions, which have not been set forth in the Certificate of Designation of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock nor the first Amendment to Certificate of Designation filed on August 12, 2016.
The preferred stock has the same rights as if each share of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into one share of common stock. For so long as the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is issued and outstanding, the holders of such Series B Convertible Preferred Stock vote together as a single class with the holders of the common stock and the holders of any other class or series of shares entitled to vote with the common stock, with the holders of Series B Stock being entitled to 66 2/3% of the total votes on all such matters.
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In the event of the death of a holder of the Class B Preferred Stock, or a liquidation, winding up or bankruptcy of a holder which is an entity, all voting rights of the Class B Preferred Stock shall cease.
The holder of any shares of Class B Preferred Stock have the right to convert their shares into common stock at any time, in a conversion ratio of one share of common stock for each share of Class B Preferred. If the Corporation’s common stock trades or is quoted at a price per share in excess of $2.25 for any twenty consecutive day trading period, the Class B Preferred Stock will automatically be convertible into the common stock of the Corporation in a conversion ratio of one share of Common Stock for each share of Class B Preferred.
The holders of Class B Preferred Stock are not entitled to receive any distributions in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
The warrants cannot be exercised on a cashless basis.
On October 31 and November 1, 2016, three of the accredited investors provided $51,000 to the company. Pursuant to signed approval from the investors, on July 25, 2017, we issued 309,090 shares of common stock to each of the investors.
On May 8, 2017, Inverom Corporation converted its 909,090 Series B preferred shares into 909,090 shares of common stock. The represented all of the shares of Series B stock held by Inverom Corporation.
Preferred stock issuable on the consolidated balance sheet represents preferred stock to be issued for either cash received or services performed. As of September 30, 2017 and 2016, the number of shares of preferred stock to be issued was 0.
Spirit Bear, a related party, holds 30 shares of our Series A preferred stock and KHIC, Inc., a related party, holds the remaining 3 shares of our Series A preferred stock. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock ("Preferred Stock") is convertible into 50,000 shares of common stock. Each share of Preferred Stock has voting rights as if they were converted into 50,000 shares of common stock. The holders of each share of Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the Available Funds and Assets (as defined in the "Certificate of Designation"), and prior and in preference to any payment or distribution (or any setting apart of any payment or distribution) of any Available Funds and Assets on any shares of common stock, an amount per preferred share equal to the Preferred Stock Liquidation Price ($2,500 per share).
Common Stock
On August 19, 2015, the stockholders voted to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 100,000,000 shares to 140,000,000 shares. On February 10, 2017, the board of directors and the holders of Series B Preferred shares voted to amend the Articles of Incorporation and increase the number of authorized shares to 350,000,000. Amending the Articles of Incorporation requires an affirmative vote from the holders holding at least a majority of the voting rights of the outstanding common stock. As per an amended and restated Certificate of Designation filed with the state of Nevada on October 31, 2016, the holders of Series B Preferred shares are entitled to sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the total votes on all such matters that shareholders are allowed to vote on.
Common stock issuable on the condensed consolidated balance sheet represents common stock to be issued for either cash received or services performed. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the number of shares of common stock to be issued was 291,000 and 125,000 shares, respectively.
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Common stock warrants issued with the sale of our common stock
When we sell shares of our common stock the buyer also typically receives fully-vested common stock warrants with a maximum contractual term of 3-5 years. A summary of common stock warrants issued with the sale of our common stock as of September 30, 2017, and changes during the period then ended is presented below:
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| Number of Warrants |
|
| Weighted-average Exercise Price |
| Weighted-average Remaining Life (Years) |
|
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
| ||||
Outstanding, December 31, 2016 |
|
| 34,045,467 |
|
| $ | 0.30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Granted |
|
| 23,441,558 |
|
|
| 0.08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Forfeited or cancelled |
|
| (12,038,264 | ) |
|
| 0.24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Outstanding, September 30, 2017 |
|
| 45,448,771 |
|
|
| 0.20 |
|
| 2.2 |
|
| $ | 114,000 |
|
Exercisable, September 30, 2017 |
|
| 45,448,771 |
|
|
| 0.20 |
|
| 2.2 |
|
| $ | 114,000 |
|
Included in the warrants granted and cancelled above are 3,729,164 warrants for which the life was extended by one year, for which the Company recorded expense of $660,000.
Note 7 – Share-based payments
Amounts recognized as expense in the consolidated statements of operations related to share-based payments are as follows:
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| Nine months ended September 30, |
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| 2017 |
|
| 2016 |
| ||
Nonemployee common stock |
| $ | 115,329 |
|
| $ | -- |
|
Nonemployee preferred Series B |
|
| -- |
|
|
| 50,000 |
|
Nonemployee warrants – fully-vested upon issuance |
|
| 198,479 |
|
|
| 445,390 |
|
Nonemployee warrants – service and performance conditions |
|
| 6,118 |
|
|
| 18,392 |
|
Employee common stock |
|
| -- |
|
|
| -- |
|
Employee stock options – market price-based |
|
| -- |
|
|
| 327,000 |
|
Total share-based expense charged against income |
| $ | 319,926 |
|
| $ | 840,782 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impact on net loss per common share: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted |
| $ | (0.00 | ) |
| $ | (0.01 | ) |
Nonemployee common stock
UPT management agreement
In July, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with the company managing the operations of UPT, whereby we would issue common stock under the following conditions:
Condition |
| Number of Shares |
| |
UPT recognizes $100 million of revenue or a change in control |
|
| 500,000 |
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UPT recognizes $100 million of revenue |
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| 150,000 |
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|
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| 650,000 |
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As of September 30, 2017, and from the date of the agreement, meeting these conditions was not deemed probable, so no expense was recognized under this agreement and no common stock was issued.
Investor relations agreement
In June, 2014, we entered into an agreement with a company, which subsequently became a shareholder, to provide investor relations services. Under the terms of this agreement, the Company agreed to issue 60,000 shares of common stock each quarter through May 2015, for a total of 240,000 shares. We recognized expense of $31,200, during the quarter ended March 31, 2015, for the issuance of 60,000 shares.
In January, 2016, we entered into an agreement with a company, which subsequently became a shareholder, to provide investor relations services. Under the terms of this agreement, the Company agreed to issue 150,000 one year warrants per month through February 2016, for a total of 300,000 warrants. In March 2016, we renewed the agreement through December 2016. Under the terms of the renewed agreement, the Company agreed to issue 50,000 restricted common shares and 150,000 one year warrants each month for three months. Thereafter, we agreed to issue 100,000 restricted common shares and 100,000 warrants each month for the duration of the renewed agreement. A total of 2,000,000 restricted common shares and warrants are due to be issued under the renewed agreement.
The warrants were priced based upon the closing bid price on the last day of the previous month before issuance. The shares were priced based upon the closing bid price on the day of issuance. Warrants were issued for services rendered during the months of January, February, March and April. Twenty-five thousand shares were issued for services rendered during the month of March. Therefore, the exercise prices of the warrants are $0.18, $0.22, $0.40 and $0.30, respectively, and the shares were priced at $0.38. A total of 1,675,000 restricted common shares and warrants remain to be issued.
Other
During the quarters ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company issued no other shares of common stock in exchange for services.
Nonemployee common stock warrants -- Fully-vested upon issuance
We may issue fully-vested common stock warrants with a maximum contractual term of 5 years to non-employees in return for services or to satisfy liabilities, such as accrued interest.
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| Number of Warrants |
|
| Weighted-average Exercise Price |
| Weighted-average Remaining Life (Years) |
|
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
| ||||
Outstanding, December 31, 2016 |
|
| 10,866,071 |
|
|
| 0.72 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Granted |
|
| 3,050,000 |
|
|
| 0.09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Forfeited or expired |
|
| (3,270,235 | ) |
|
| 0.58 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Outstanding, September 30, 2017 |
|
| 10,645,836 |
|
|
| 0.35 |
|
| 2.5 |
|
| $ | 6,000 |
|
Exercisable, September 30, 2017 |
|
| 10,645,836 |
|
|
| 0.35 |
|
| 2.5 |
|
| $ | 6,000 |
|
On June 28, 2017, we issued three year warrants to purchase at total of 500,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.07 per to six individuals who provide services to the company. We recognized $27,727 of expense for these warrants.
Volatility |
|
| 144 | % |
Risk-free interest rate |
|
| 1.5 | % |
Expected life (years) |
|
| 3.0 |
|
Dividend yield |
|
| -- |
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Financing Advisory Services
In January 2016, the Company modified the terms of previously issued warrants and issued additional warrants to a company that provides us with financial consulting services. We lowered the exercise price on 2,533,000 warrants to $0.30 per share for warrants that previously had exercise prices ranging from $0.56 to $2.50 per share. As a result of modifying the previously issued warrants, the Company recognized expense of $64,000. We also issued 1,266,503 additional warrants with an exercise price of $0.30 per share that expire in five years, for which the Company recognized expense of $246,500.
The following summarizes the Black-Scholes assumptions used to estimate the fair value of these common stock warrants:
|
| Replacement Warrants |
|
| Additional Warrants |
| ||
Volatility |
| 133 – 182 | % |
|
| 204 | % | |
Risk-free interest rate |
| 1.1 – 1.3 | % |
|
| 1.4 | % | |
Expected life (years) |
| 3.0 – 4.3 |
|
|
| 5.0 |
| |
Dividend yield |
|
| -- |
|
|
| -- |
|
Board of Advisors
In February 2016, the Company issued three year warrants to purchase 400,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.27 per share and 200,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.31 per share, to five individuals serving on our board of advisors. We recognized $134,890 of expense for these warrants.
The following summarizes the Black-Scholes assumptions used to estimate the fair value of these common stock warrants:
Volatility |
|
| 127 | % |
Risk-free interest rate |
|
| 0.9 | % |
Expected life (years) |
|
| 3.0 |
|
Dividend yield |
|
| -- |
|
Board of Directors
In September 2017, the Company issued three-year warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.08536 per share to six individuals serving on our board of directors. We recognized $81,222 of expense for these warrants.
The following summarizes the Black-Scholes assumptions used to estimate the fair value of these common stock warrants:
Volatility |
|
| 145 | % |
Risk-free interest rate |
|
| 1.55 | % |
Expected life (years) |
|
| 3.0 |
|
Dividend yield |
|
| -- |
|
Nonemployee common stock warrants -- Service and performance conditions
UPT management agreement
In July, 2014, the Company entered into a three year agreement with the company managing the operations of UPT, whereby we would issue common stock warrants under the following conditions:
|
|
| Number of |
| ||
Vesting Condition |
| Category |
| Warrants |
| |
Fully vest upon UPT generating $1 million of revenue |
| Performance |
|
| 350,000 |
|
45,945 warrants for every $3 million of revenue generated by UPT up to $100 million |
| Performance |
|
| 1,530,000 |
|
60,000 warrants for every three months of completed service managing UPT |
| Service |
|
| 720,000 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
| 2,600,000 |
|
Vested – September 30, 2017 |
|
|
|
| (720,000 | ) |
Nonvested – September 30, 2017 |
|
|
|
| 1,880,000 |
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The common stock warrants have a three year life and an exercise price of $1.00 per share. The grant date fair value was $2,586,000. As of September 30, 2017, and since the date of the agreement, we have not deemed it probable that the performance conditions will be met, so no expense was recognized and no common stock warrants vested. During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, 60,000 of the common stock warrants under the service condition vested with the passage of time and the Company recognized expense of $6,118 and $18,392, respectively.
Financing advisory services
In March 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with a company, which is also a shareholder, to provide financing advisory services, in return for 400,000 common stock warrants having a five year life and an exercise price of $2.50, with vesting in March, 2015 upon satisfactory performance under the agreement. As of December 31, 2014, we deemed it probable that the vesting conditions would be met. Accordingly, during the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company recognized estimated expense of $200,379. As of September 30, 2015, the service conditions were met and the award was re-valued at $179,964, resulting in a reduction in expense of $20,415 during the quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Employee stock options – Fully-vested
The Company granted no additional fully-vested options during the three months ended September 30, 2017.
Employee stock options – Market-based
The Company granted no additional options that vest upon the achievement of certain stock prices during the three months ended September 30, 2017. No additional non-vested market-based options vested during the quarter ended September 30, 2017.
Note 8 – Net Loss per Share
Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted net loss per share is computed similarly to basic loss per share, except that it includes the potential dilution that could occur if dilutive securities are exercised.
The following table presents a reconciliation of the denominators used in the computation of net loss per share – basic and diluted:
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| Three months ended September 30, |
|
| Nine months ended September 30, |
| ||||||||||
|
| 2017 |
|
| 2016 |
|
| 2017 |
|
| 2016 |
| ||||
Net loss available for stockholders |
| $ | (981,054 | ) |
| $ | (389,820 | ) |
| $ | (4,034,506 | ) |
| $ | (3,620,396 | ) |
Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock |
|
| 137,153,770 |
|
|
| 84,143,586 |
|
|
| 123,840,788 |
|
|
| 80,677,887 |
|
Dilutive effect of stock options and warrants |
|
| -- |
|
|
| -- |
|
|
| -- |
|
|
| -- |
|
Common stock and equivalents |
|
| 84,143,586 |
|
|
| 84,143,586 |
|
|
| 80,677,887 |
|
|
| 80,677,887 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share – Basic and diluted |
| $ | (0.01 | ) |
| $ | (0.005 | ) |
| $ | (0.03 | ) |
| $ | (0.04 | ) |
Outstanding stock options and common stock warrants are considered anti-dilutive because we are in a net loss position.
|
| September 30 |
| |||||
|
| 2017 |
|
| 2016 |
| ||
Stock options |
|
| 4,000,000 |
|
|
| 4,000,000 |
|
Common stock warrants |
|
| 71,175,986 |
|
|
| 51,317,075 |
|
Common stock issuable |
|
| 7,420,635 |
|
|
| 390,412 |
|
Convertible notes |
|
| 20,169,776 |
|
|
| 15,698,045 |
|
Convertible preferred stock |
|
| 4,377,270 |
|
|
| 6,100,000 |
|
Convertible preferred stock issuable |
|
| -- |
|
|
| 3,636,360 |
|
Total |
|
| 106,743,667 |
|
|
| 81,141,892 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total exercisable at September 30 |
|
| 99,323,032 |
|
|
| 77,115,120 |
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Note 9 – Subsequent Events
On October 11, 2017, we issued 377,097 shares of our common stock pursuant to the terms of a securities purchase agreement entered into on April 5, 2017, which required the issuance of additional inducement shares if the price of our common stock decreased six months from the date of the agreement so that the aggregate value of the shares issued on the closing date would equal the aggregate value of the shares after six months.
On October 25, 2017, we issued 500,000 shares of our common stock upon partial conversion of $25,000 on convertible debt of $165,000 by Lucas Hoppel.
On October 26, 2017, we engaged the services of Barron and Associates, LLC as an independent agent for generating revenue and investment funding. Pursuant to the Independent Agent Agreement, Barron and Associates, received one block of 1,000,000 warrants with an exercise price of $0.05 and a three-year maturity. The warrants do not offer a cashless option.
For each agreement in principle accepted and signed by the Company, Barron will also be eligible to receive a block of warrants to be issued on a sliding scale. For the first agreement, the Agent will be eligible to receive a warrant to purchase 1,000,000 shares of restricted common stock. For each subsequent agreement, the block of warrants that the Agent will be eligible to receive will be reduced by half.
The exercise price of the first warrant will be $0.05 with a three-year maturity and no cashless option. Each subsequent warrant will carry the same terms as the first warrant, with the exception of the exercise price, which will equal the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the day the agreement in principle is accepted and signed by the company.
The warrants for the first agreement which was indicated to be Jatropha, Inc. would be delivered upon the signing of the Jatropha agreement. The warrants for all subsequent agreements in principle will be paid out on each $250,000 of net revenue shipped by the company in fulfillment of the respective agreement.
In addition, for the first 18 months of the Independent Agent Agreement, Barron will receive a commission of 10% of the net revenues from opportunities and customers introduced to and registered with the company. At any time after that, Barron will be entitled to a commission of 5% of net revenues.
Either party may terminate the agreement at any time without cause. Upon termination, the agent will continue to receive commission based on orders for up to six months.
On November 7, 2017, we accepted and signed an agreement with Jatropha (see below). Therefore, Barron was issued received one block of 1,000,000 warrants with an exercise price of $0.05 and a three-year maturity.
On October 31, 2017, we issued 750,000 shares of our common stock upon partial conversion of $37,500 on convertible debt of $165,000 by Lucas Hoppel.
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On November 1, 2017 we entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement and General Release with Black Mountain Equities, Inc. Previously, on September 30, 2016, Black Mountain received a Secured Promissory Note for $45,000 with 5% annual interest redeemable in cash. The Note was originally due to mature on June 30, 2017. It was subsequently extended with no change in terms until September 30, 2017 and then again until November 30, 2017.
On November 1, 2017, the total principal and interest reached $47,451.68. In lieu of repaying the principal and interest in cash, the Company agreed to issue 949,034 shares in full repayment of the note and to issue another 10,880 shares to Black Mountain as an inducement to sign the Exchange Agreement, thereby, making the total number of shares to be issued 959,914.
On November 3, 2017, we issued 750,000 shares of our common stock upon partial conversion of $37,500 on convertible debt of $165,000 by Lucas Hoppel.
On November 3, 2017, we issued 302,506 shares of restricted common stock valued at $0.08 per share to Postremous Partners, LLC in payment for an outstanding invoice of $24,200.44.
On November 7, 2017, we entered into an Agreement of Principal Terms with Jatropha, Inc. Pursuant to the Agreement, CoolTech will furnish Jatropha with one MG80 prototype retro-fitted onto a Ford F-350 truck within 60 business days of the execution of the Agreement. Jatropha will have the use of the prototype for a subsequent period of 60 days.
When the MG80 prototype meets the technical criteria established by Jatropha in cooperation with CoolTech, Jatropha will release the rest of the purchase order to CoolTech: 233 MG units. The Purchase Order Agreement will encompass MG units in a variety of kilovolt amp (KVA) outputs (either 30, 55, 80 or 125) with a minimum order of 25 of the same model number. The order terms and conditions will be 50% down at the time of order and 50% at the time of shipment.
The production schedule will be mutually agreed upon by CoolTech and Jatropha. It will start no later than April 2018 and continue until the order is completed.
If the MG80 prototype does not meet the mutually agreed upon technical criteria, there will be a 30 cure period. If the technical criteria still has not been met after the cure period, Jatropha will return the Ford F-350 truck with the installed MG80 prototype within 5 business days and CoolTech will refund the cost to Jatropha.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Overview
Cool Technologies, Inc., (we, us, our, the "Company" or "Cool Technologies") was incorporated in the State of Nevada on July 22, 2002. We were formerly known as Bibb Corporation, Z3 Enterprises and HPEV, Inc. On August 20, 2015, we changed our name to Cool Technologies, Inc. We have developed and intend to commercialize thermal dispersion technologies in various product platforms and a parallel power input gearbox, around which we have designed a mobile generator system that can be retrofit onto new and existing trucks. In preparation, we have applied for trademarks for one of our technologies and its acronym.
Our technologies are divided into two distinct but complementary categories: heat dispersion technology and mobile power generation (MG).
We plan to commercialize thermal dispersion technologies based on proprietary composite heat structures and heat pipe architecture in various product platforms such as electric motors, pumps, turbines, bearings and vehicle components. We believe that our technologies can help increase the efficiency and lifespan as well as help meet regulatory emissions standards for heat producing equipment and components. We believe that the simplicity of the heat pipe architecture as well as the fact that it provides effective new applications for existing manufacturing processes should enhance the cost structure in several large industries including motor/generator and engine manufacturing.
We also plan to commercialize an integrated parallel power input system that can be retrofit onto new and existing American trucks. The integrated system enables work trucks to run an on-board generator to deliver mobile electric power. When the generator is enhanced by our thermal technology, we believe it should be able to output more power than any other generator of its size on the market.
The markets we intend to serve with our mobile generation system include consumer, industrial and military markets, both in the U.S. and worldwide.
As of September 30, 2017, we have seven US patents, one granted Mexican patent, four pending applications (2 Canadian, 1 Brazilian, 1 US) and one US provisional application pending, all in the area of composite heat structures, motors, and related structures, heat pipe architecture, applications (commonly referred to as "thermal" or "heat dispersion technology") and a parallel power vehicle platform system. We also have a Patent Cooperation Treaty ("PCT") applications filed for a heat pipe cooled brake system, a parallel power input gearing system (PPIG) and radial vent thermal technology.
We intend to commercialize our patents by integrating our technology with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partners, by licensing our thermal technologies and applications to electric motor, generator, pump and vehicle component (brake, resistor, caliper) manufacturers; and by licensing or marketing a mobile electric power system powered by our proprietary gearing system to commercial vehicle and fleet owners. Third party representatives and our UPT subsidiary are also taking pre-orders for new retrofitted work trucks.
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We opened our UPT headquarters in Largo, Florida in May 2014. We use the facility to perform research and development for our mobile generator business and it will serve as a sales showroom in the future.
We have developed and intend to commercialize thermal dispersion technologies in various product platforms, a parallel power input gearbox, around which we have designed a mobile generator system and an electric load assist around which we have designed a vehicle retrofit system. As part of our commercialization efforts, we have applied for and received a trademark for our Totally Enclosed Heat Pipe Cooled technology or 'TEHPC'.
We have not generated any revenues to date. We generated our first Mobile Generation (MG) order during the quarter ended June 30, 2014, and received a partial deposit in advance of completing the sale. Subsequently, we received an order for 10 MG systems from Craftsmen Industries during the quarter ended June 30, 2017. There can be no assurances that we will be able to fulfill the order, however, a software upgrade is being completed on an 80 kVA truck and conversion is under way on a larger truck with a 125 kVA system.. We generally incur expenses to commercialize our products, which include costs for research and development, professional fees and general operations.
Company management, along with key directors and members of the Board of Advisors utilized 2016 to do extensive market research, interview prospective customers, hold up-fitter meetings and perform channel-to market evaluation. They have put the plans in place for coverage for upfront sales, specification influence, full up-fitting capabilities with aftermarket parts and service. In the fourth quarter of 2016, we demonstrated the Mobile Generation system to associates of the Company and potential customers.
Our primary focus is on the mobile generation systems from MG 30 to MG 125. In the first quarter of 2017, we provided the first public demonstration of a 30 kilovolt amp (kVA) MG system at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. Subsequent appearances at public events such as the Kentucky Derby parade as well as presentations at private events such as Craftsmen Industries’ 35th Anniversary Party have generated interest from potential customers including truck manufacturers, distributors and up-fitters, trailer manufacturers, the US military and military vehicle providers, disaster relief agencies, and a global conglomerate. That interest has been magnified as attendees introduced CoolTech to their customers, procurement officers and C-level management.
The Company is working to turn the interest into orders by acquiring and retrofitting Class 4 and 7 trucks to address the specific needs of interested customers and by writing quotes as well as arranging additional demonstrations for target industries and decision-makers.
There can be no assurances that we will be able to generate new orders nor fulfill the existing ones nor address all the requirements of all the interested parties, however, a software upgrade is nearly complete on an 80 kVA truck and conversion is under way on a larger truck with a 125 kVA system.
The software upgrade is intended to enhance the MG’s flexibility by allowing quick adaption to different vehicle platforms and enabling future Bluetooth and Wi-Fi applications. It also increases the number of Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) the system can work with. The enhancements should also increase the MG’s appeal to the OEMs, government agencies and corporate conglomerates the company has been in contact with.
In addition, the system’s packaging has been simplified to speed and ease the conversion process. Testing has been arranged at high altitude to stress the vehicle in cold temperatures and measure the robustness of the design and refinements. And current plans call for the initial up-fitting of trucks to occur in at least three locations, each in a different region of the country.
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Recent Developments
PGC Investments
On July 1, 2014, we entered into a 36-month independent contractor agreement ("PGC Agreement"), with PGC Investments LLC, a Florida limited liability company ("PGC") to provide the full-time services of Dennis Campbell to manage the day-to-day operations of our subsidiary, UPT. Under the PGC Agreement, PGC and Mr. Campbell may not solicit or hire any of the Company's current or former (within one year) employees, consultants or contractors for six months following the termination of the PGC Agreement. Either party to the PGC Agreement may terminate the PGC Agreement upon 30 days’ notice to the other party. The Company may immediately terminate the PGC Agreement for "cause" (as defined in the PGC Agreement), subject to a 10-day cure period. We also issued PGC three-year warrants as a sign-on bonus to purchase an aggregate of 350,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share exercisable upon the Company receiving revenues in excess of $1,000,000. Until the sign-on warrants become exercisable, upon termination, PGC is entitled to a severance payment equal to three months of consulting fees and any earned bonuses, warrants and shares. As consideration for such consulting services, PGC will be paid monthly consulting fees (payable at the end of each month) of $10,000 during the first year, with a $10,000 bonus to be paid upon the opening of the Tampa Bay store; $12,000 in the second year with a $10,000 bonus payable in the last month of the second year upon satisfactory performance; and $13,500 in the third year with a $10,000 bonus payable in the last month of the third year upon satisfactory performance.
PGC will be entitled to (i) a three-year (commencing upon vesting) cashless warrant to purchase an aggregate of 1,530,000 shares of common stock exercisable at $1,00 per share that vests ratably upon reaching incremental revenues of $3,000,000 (from MG product sales which result from the efforts of Dennis Campbell and PGC) with a total target revenue of $100,000,000 and (ii) a three-year cashless warrant to purchase an aggregate of 720,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 that vests ratably on a quarterly basis; and (iii) 500,000 shares of our common stock that vest upon reaching revenues of $100,000,000 or upon sale of the Company. PGC will also be entitled to a $25,000 cash bonus at sales milestones for every $5,000,000 in new revenue.
On July 30, 2014, we reached preliminary terms on a LLC Agreement (the "Preliminary LLC Agreement") with Alfred A. Cullere ("Cullere") concerning the governance and operations of UPT. Under the terms of the Preliminary LLC Agreement, we would own 95% of the membership interests and Cullere would own 5%. Cullere's interest cannot be diluted, even if additional membership interests are issued. These terms may change upon formalizing the final agreement.
The Company's current operations include product development with MJ Engineering and Quality Castings and other companies developing products that include the Company's intellectual property.
Amendment of Series B Preferred Stock
On October 31, 2016, the Company filed an amended and restated Series B Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation (which was originally filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on April 19, 2016, and amended on August 12, 2016) to designate 3,636,360 shares as Series B Preferred Stock and to provide for supermajority 66 2/3% voting rights for the Series B Preferred Stock. The Series B Preferred Stock will not bear dividends, will not be entitled to receive any distributions in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and will have no other preferences, rights, restrictions, or qualifications, except as otherwise provided by law or the articles of incorporation of the Company. The holders of Class B Stock shall have the right, at such holder’s option, at any time to convert such shares into common stock, in a conversion ratio of one share of common stock for each share of Class B Stock. If the common stock trades or is quoted at a price per share in excess of $2.25 for any twenty consecutive day trading period, (subject to appropriate adjustment for forward or reverse stock splits, recapitalizations, stock dividends and the like), the Series B Stock will automatically be convertible into the common stock in a conversion ratio of one share of common stock for each share of Series B Stock. The Series B Stock may not be sold, hypothecated, transferred, assigned or disposed without the prior written consent of the Company and the holders of the outstanding Series B Preferred Stock.
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Bellridge Capital, LP
On December 6, 2016, we entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement and a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with Bellridge, pursuant to which Bellridge has agreed to purchase from us up to $5,000,000 in shares of our common stock, subject to certain limitations from time to time over a 36-month period commencing on the date of effectiveness of a registration statement which provides for the resale of such shares pursuant to the Registration Agreement. The shares issuable to Bellridge under the Equity Purchase Agreement are being offered pursuant to this prospectus. The likelihood that the Company will receive the full amount of proceeds available under the Agreement and its reliance on Bellridge as a source of funding will depend on a number of factors, including the prevailing market price of our common stock and the extent to which we are able to secure working capital from other sources. At a price per share of $0.19, the Company would have to issue 26,315,790 shares to access the full $5,000,000 available under the agreement with Bellridge. No fees or commissions are required to be paid upon the sale to Bellridge of these shares.
Upon the effectiveness of a registration statement which provides for the resale of the shares, we may direct Bellridge, subject to certain conditions, to purchase a minimum of $25,000 and a maximum of $500,000 of shares (each a “Draw Down”) that is no more than 300% of the average trading volume of our common stock during the 10-day period immediately prior to the Draw Down. In addition, we may direct Bellridge to purchase shares only if during the fifteen consecutive days following a Draw Down request by us, the common stock equals or exceeds $0.06 per share. The purchase price of the shares under the Equity Purchase Agreement is the average of the lowest trade price of our common stock during the ten trading days immediately prior to each Draw Down notice plus a 20% discount.
We will control the timing and amount of any sales of common stock to Bellridge but we may not request a Draw Down less than ten business days apart.
The proceeds received by us under the Equity Purchase Agreement are expected to be used for general corporate purposes. The Equity Purchase Agreement limits our sales of shares of common stock to Bellridge to no more than the number of shares that would result in the beneficial ownership by Bellridge, at any single point in time, of more than 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of our common stock. However, the 4.99% limitation may be increased by Bellridge up to 9.99% upon at least 61 days’ prior notice to us. These ownership limitations do not prevent Bellridge from selling some of its shares and then receiving additional shares in a Draw Down.
As consideration for its commitment to purchase shares of common stock pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement, we agreed to issue to Bellridge 1,317,176 shares of common stock. On October 24, 2017, the Company filed an amendment to a Form S-1 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register 50,000,000 shares of common stock which may be issued pursuant to purchases of shares made under the Equity Purchase Agreement.
Amended Articles of Incorporation
We filed an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada increasing our authorized shares of common stock, from 140,000,000 shares to 350,000,000 shares, effective March 22, 2017. We currently believe that the increase in authorized share capital eliminates the need for any other type of corporate action such as a reverse stock split.
Craftsmen Industries, Inc.
As a consequence of the first public demonstration of the MG 30 kilovolt amp (“kVA”) system at the North America International Auto Show in Detroit in January 2017, the Company entered into an agreement in principle, dated February 21, 2017, with Craftsmen Industries, Inc.(“Craftsmen’), a company engaged in the design, engineering and production of mobile marketing vehicles, experiential marketing platforms and industrial mobile solutions.
On April 25, 2017, we delivered to Craftsmen Industries, a Class III Vehicle (Ford F-350 dually) up-fitted with a production-ready MG 30 kVA (single phase/three phase) system.
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Subsequently, Craftsmen invited the Company to demonstrate its mobile generation technology and the potential benefits for Craftsmen products at Craftsmen’s 35th Anniversary Party on April 27, 2017. Over 100 current and prospective Craftsmen customers were in the audience for the demonstrations.
On June 9, 2017, the Company received a purchase order for 10 MG systems from Craftsmen, each in the amount of $29,500 with 50% paid as a down payment at the time of customer acceptance.
After conducting internal design reviews, the Company decided to enhance the MG’s control and software system to accommodate class 6-8 trucks with accelerator pedal sensors (APP) and Fords with special idle controls (SEIC).
The Company currently expects to have its 80 and 125 kVA MGs ready for production by the end of 2017.
Veteran Technology Group
On May 26, 2017, the Company entered into a five-year strategic alliance agreement with Veteran Technology Group LLC (“Vet Tech”), a developer of artificial intelligence (“AI”) software for advanced troubleshooting of complex systems. The agreement automatically renews for successive one-year terms unless terminated by either party 30 days prior to its expiration. The agreement may be earlier terminated by either party upon 60 days prior notice. The parties agreed not to solicit the other parties’ employees or contractors for six months after the expiration or termination of the agreement.
The agreement provides that the Company market and provide its MG product and services to customers referred by Vet Tech and Vet Tech will market and provide GAIT software and other AI services for clients referred by the Company.
Cornerstone Growth Partners
On June 5, 2017, the Company entered into a Master Retainer Agreement (“Cornerstone Retainer Agreement”) with Cornerstone Growth Advisors (“Cornerstone”) to retain the advisory and business development services in the commercial vehicle industry of its managing partner, David Gerrard. The term of the Agreement is until April 20, 2019 and may be terminated by either party upon three months prior notice. The Company will pay Cornerstone $4,000 per month for its services. In addition, Cornerstone is entitled to a commission of 5% of gross revenues on all new business generated by it for the Company, payable monthly and continuing for five years. Under the Cornerstone Retainer Agreement, Cornerstone is also entitled to the award of from 5,000 to 20,000 warrants upon the acquisition of certain customers. On July 3, 2017, the Company issued Cornerstone, a three-year warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.07, in lieu of cash payments due under the Agreement for the months of May and June 2017. The warrant includes a provision for cashless exercise.
We believe that Mr. Gerrard will help position the Company, and nurture client relationships to help secure new customers and manage sales with Fortune 500 companies for Class 3 to 7 work trucks with applications ranging from disaster relief units, mobile kitchens and command centers, utility and telecom vehicles, digger derricks, crane trucks, bucket trucks, refrigerated trucks, electric vehicle chargers and mobile power platforms.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, condensed consolidated statements of operations data. The table and the discussion below should be read in conjunction with the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this report.
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| 2016 |
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| Change |
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Revenues |
| $ | -- |
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| $ | -- |
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| N/A |
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| N/A |
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Operating expenses |
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Payroll and related expenses |
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| 132,754 |
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| 129,668 |
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| 3,086 |
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| 2.4 | % |
Consulting |
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| 309,968 |
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| 157,500 |
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| 152,468 |
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| 96.8 | % |
Professional fees |
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| 72,210 |
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| 33,113 |
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| 39,097 |
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| 118.1 | % |
Research and development |
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| 77,034 |
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| 156,484 |
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| (79,450 | ) |
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| -50.8 | % |
General and administrative |
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| 92,152 |
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| 63,130 |
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| 29,022 |
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| 46.0 | % |
Total operating expenses |
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| 684,118 |
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| 539,895 |
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| 144,223 |
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| 26.7 | % |
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Interest expense, net |
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| (295,064 | ) |
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| (207,087 | ) |
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| (87,977 | ) |
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| -42.5 | % |
Change in fair value of derivative liability |
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| (5,148 | ) |
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| 409,994 |
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| (415,142 | ) |
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| -101.3 | % |
Loss on extinguishment of debt |
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| -- |
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| (56,221 | ) |
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| (56,221 | ) |
| N.A. |
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Net loss |
|
| (984,330 | ) |
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| (393,209 | ) |
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| (591,121 | ) |
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| -150.3 | % |
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Less: Noncontrolling interest |
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| (3,276 | ) |
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| (3,389 | ) |
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| 113 |
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| 3.3 | % |
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Net loss to shareholders |
| $ | (981,054 | ) |
| $ | (389,820 | ) |
| $ | (591,234 | ) |
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| -151.7 | % |
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| Nine months ended September 30, |
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| 2016 |
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Revenues |
| $ | -- |
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| $ | -- |
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| N/A |
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| N/A |
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Operating expenses |
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|
|
|
|
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|
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Payroll and related expenses |
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| 397,702 |
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| 540,320 |
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|
| (142,618 | ) |
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| -26.4 | % |
Consulting |
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| 641,997 |
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| 1,523,041 |
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|
| (881,044 | ) |
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| 57.8 | % |
Professional fees |
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| 176,493 |
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| 241,488 |
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|
| (64,995 | ) |
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| -26.9 | % |
Research and development |
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| 188,832 |
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|
| 175,739 |
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|
| 13,093 |
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|
| 7.5 | % |
General and administrative |
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| 235,190 |
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|
| 661,420 |
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|
| (426,230 | ) |
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| -64.4 | % |
Total operating expenses |
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| 1,640,214 |
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| 3,142,008 |
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|
| (1,501,794 | ) |
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| -47.8 | % |
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Interest expense, net |
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| (861,409 | ) |
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| (1,023,818 | ) |
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| (162,409 | ) |
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| 15.9 | % |
Change in fair value of derivative liability |
|
| (1,542,548 | ) |
|
| 1,164,806 |
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|
| 1,119,450 |
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| -232.4 | % |
Loss on extinguishment of debt |
|
| (628,510 | ) |
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| (628,510 | ) |
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| (628,510 | ) |
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| N/A |
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Net loss |
|
| (4,044,171 | ) |
|
| (3,629,530 | ) |
|
| (414,641 | ) |
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| -11.4 | % |
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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Less: Noncontrolling interest |
|
| (9,665 | ) |
|
| (9,134 | ) |
|
| (531 | ) |
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| -5.8 | % |
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|
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Net loss to shareholders |
| $ | (4,034,506 | ) |
| $ | (3,620,396 | ) |
| $ | (414,110 | ) |
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| -11.4 | % |
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Revenues
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, we have not generated any revenues.
Operating Expenses
Payroll and related expenses increased slightly during the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016. A more significant reduction in payroll and related expenses from the nine month period ended September 30, 2016 to September 30, 2017 occurred because of a resignation of an officer.
Consulting expense increased during the three months ended September 30 from $157,500 in 2016 to $309,968 in 2017 due to (a) the issuance of service warrants, (b) an increase in the cost of raising funds and (c) the compensation associated with an advisory and business development agreement. For the nine months ended September 30, consulting expense decreased from $1,523,041 in 2016 to $641,997 in 2017 due to a reduction in share-based payments for financing advisory services and for our board of advisors.
Professional fees increased during the three months ended September 30 from $33,113 in 2016 to $72,210 in 2017 due to (a) the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-1 and (b) the compilation of a response to an SEC comment letter. Professional fees decreased for the nine months ended September 30 from $241,488 in 2016 to $176,493 in 2017 due to a settlement of a lawsuit with Peak Finance in October 2016.
Research and development expenses decreased during the three months ended September 30 from $156,484 in 2016 to $77,034 in 2017 due to a change in software developers and increased for the nine months ended September 30 from $175,739 in 2016 to $188,832 in 2017.
General and administrative expense increased during the three months ended September 30 from $63,130 in 2016 to $92,152 in 2017 due to additional spending on sales and promotion and decreased for the nine months ended September 30 from $661,420 in 2016 to $235,190 due to the reduction of $327,000 in stock-based compensation in 2017.
Other Income and Expense
Interest expense increased during the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016 due to accelerated debt discount amortization upon the conversion of convertible notes.
Interest expense decreased during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016 due to (a) fewer borrowings, and (b) recording fewer debt-related derivatives as interest expense.
Net Loss and Noncontrolling interest
Since we have incurred losses since inception, we have not recorded any income tax expense or benefit. Accordingly, our net loss is driven by our operating and other expenses. Noncontrolling interest represents the 5% third-party ownership in UPT, which is subtracted to calculate Net loss to shareholders.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have historically met our liquidity requirements primarily through the public sale and private placement of equity securities, debt financing, and exchanging common stock warrants and options for professional and consulting services. At September 30, 2017, we had cash of $456,545.
Working capital is the amount by which current assets exceed current liabilities. We had negative working capital of $3,349,038 and $8,257,987, respectively, at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016. The decrease in working capital was due to an increase in in prepaid expense, accounts payable, and a significant decrease in derivative liability as a result of a reclassification of derivative liabilities to common share equivalents.
August 2016 Convertible Note – In August 2016, the Company entered into a senior convertible note agreement. We received $400,0000, bearing interest at 3%, with principal and interest payable on August 24, 2018. In addition, the Company received the right to require the buyer to purchase from the company four million restricted shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.05 per share and a warrant to purchase four million shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.06 per share. At the same time, the Company granted the buyer the right to require the company to sell to the buyer four million restricted shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.05 per share and a warrant to purchase four million shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.06 per share. In the event of default, the interest rate will be 18% per annum, require the Company to (i) redeem all or any portion of the note at a premium of 150% or (ii) convert any portion of this note then held by noteholder into shares of common stock at the conversion price of $0.025, equal to a number of shares of common stock equal to the principal amount outstanding on the note (divided by 0.025) and multiplied by the premium of 150%.
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The note may be converted at any time into shares of the common stock at the conversion price pursuant to the terms of the note. The buyer may not, however, convert more than 50% of the note’s purchase price prior to September 30, 2016. We determined that the conversion feature meets the requirements for derivative treatment and have recorded a derivative liability and a corresponding debt discount on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
September 2016 Promissory Notes – In September 2016, we sold two promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $225,000. The notes totaled $180,000 and $45,000, respectively. Each note bears the same terms: 5% interest per annum with a maturity date of June 30, 2017. In the event of a default, the interest rate will increase to 18%.
On June 30, 2017, the two promissory note holders signed an extension agreement that extended the maturity date of the promissory notes to September 30, 2017. The terms and conditions remain the same.
December 2016 Equity Line of Credit -- On December 6, 2016, we entered into a securities purchase agreement and a registration rights agreement with Bellridge Capital, LP, pursuant to which Bellridge has agreed to purchase from us up to $5,000,000 in shares of our common stock, subject to certain limitations including an effective registration statement registering the shares issuable to Bellridge under the line of credit, which registration statement has not yet been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time over a 36 month period commencing on the date of effectiveness of the registration statement which provides for the resale of such shares pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. We may direct Bellridge, at our sole discretion and subject to certain conditions, to purchase a minimum of $25,000 and a maximum of $500,000 of shares that is no more than 300% of the average trading volume of our common stock during the 10 day period immediately prior to the Draw Down. In addition, we may direct Bellridge to purchase shares only if during the fifteen consecutive days following a Draw Down request by us, the common stock equals or exceeds $0.06 per share. We will control the timing and amount of any sales of common stock to Bellridge but we may not request a Draw Down less than ten business days apart. The proceeds received by us are expected to be used for general corporate purposes. The securities purchase agreement limits our sales of shares of common stock to Bellridge to no more than the number of shares that would result in the beneficial ownership by Bellridge, at any single point in time, of more than 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of our common stock. However, the 4.99% limitation may be increased by Bellridge up to 9.99% upon at least 61 days’ prior notice to us. As consideration for its commitment to purchase shares of common stock pursuant to the securities purchase agreement, we issued to Bellridge 1,250,000 shares of common stock on February 16, 2017. On October 24, 2017, the Company filed an amendment to a Form S-1 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register 50,000,000 shares of common stock which may be issued pursuant to purchases of shares made under the Equity Line of Credit.
February Convertible Note – On February 7, 2017, the Company entered into a convertible note agreement. We issued 200,000 inducement shares of restricted common stock and received $100,000, with an original issue discount of $10,000 in lieu of interest, for a total amount of $115,000 due on September 7, 2017. At the holder’s option, a portion or all of the unpaid principal and interest may be converted into shares of our common stock at $0.08 per share. In the event of default, the outstanding balance will increase by 25% and a daily penalty of $100 will accrue until the default is remedied. Shares reserved for future conversions must equal to at least 100% of the full number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of all outstanding amounts under this note.
On August 15, 2017, we issued 186,643 shares of our common stock pursuant to the terms of a securities purchase agreement entered into on February 7, 2017, which required the issuance of additional inducement shares if the price of our common stock decreased six months from the date of the agreement so that the aggregate value of the shares issued on the closing date would equal the aggregate value of the shares after six months.
On August 24, 2017, the company signed an amendment to the convertible promissory note which extended the maturity date until September 30, 2017 and reduced the conversion price from $0.08 to $0.05 per share.
Subsequent to the signing of the amendment, from August 25 to September 20, 2017, a total of $72,500 were converted into 1,450,000 shares of common stock. On September 27, 2017, the buyer converted $25,000 into 816,000 shares of common stock and the note was retired.
March 2017 Convertible Note. On March 14, 2017, the Company entered into a note purchase agreement with Bellridge which provides for the purchase of a $78,750 convertible promissory note on the same terms as the December 6, and December 28, 2016 Notes. The note has a 5% original issue discount and bears interest at 5% per annum. The maturity date is March 14, 2018. On March 14, 2017, we also issued 200,000 shares of common stock to Bellridge for agreeing to enter into such agreement.
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The Note may be prepaid in whole or in part at a 115% premium if within 120 days of the issue date or 125% after 120 days of the issue date. The Note is convertible into common stock at a 30% discount to the lowest trading price for the ten trading days immediately prior to the delivery of a conversion notice, provided that the conversion price will not be less than $0.06 per share.
After 180 days the conversion floor of $0.06 expired. The Note was converted in full and 1,382,889 shares and 434,836 shares of common stock were issued to Bellridge on September 14, 2017 and September 26, 2017, respectively.
April Convertible Note – On April 5, 2017, the Company entered into a convertible note agreement. We issued 300,000 inducement shares of restricted common stock and received $150,000, with an original issue discount of $15,000 in lieu of interest, for a total amount of $165,000 due on November 5, 2017. At the holder’s option, a portion or all of the unpaid principal and interest may be converted into shares of our common stock at $0.10 per share. In the event of default, the outstanding balance will increase by 25% and a daily penalty of $100 will accrue until the default is remedied. Shares reserved for future conversions must equal to at least 100% of the full number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of all outstanding amounts under this note.
On October 16, 2017, the company signed an amendment to the convertible promissory note which extended the maturity date until December 31, 2017 and reduced the conversion price from $0.10 to $0.05 per share.
Subsequent to the signing of the amendment, on October 25, 2017, $25,000 was converted into 500,000 shares of common stock.
August Convertible Note – On August 25, 2017, the Company entered into a convertible note agreement. We issued 300,000 inducement shares of restricted common stock and received $150,000, with an original issue discount of $15,000 in lieu of interest, for a total amount of $165,000 due on March 25, 2018. At the holder’s option, a portion or all of the unpaid principal and interest may be converted into shares of our common stock at $0.10 per share. In the event of default, the outstanding balance will increase by 25% and a daily penalty of $100 will accrue until the default is remedied.
We currently have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Cash Flows
Our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities were as follows:
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| 2017 |
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| 2016 |
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Net cash used in operating activities |
| $ | (1,316,637 | ) |
| $ | (832,703 | ) |
Net cash used in investing activities |
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| (15,680 | ) |
|
| (7,736 | ) |
Net cash provided by financing activities |
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| 1,726,571 |
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| 830,284 |
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Net cash used in operating activities decreased primarily due to deferring payment to vendors and management. Our investing activity relates to purchasing equipment in 2015 and the development of patents in both years. Cash provided by financing activities included sale of common stock for $1,166,000 and $555,500, respectively, and debt borrowings of $574,985 and $643,347, respectively, during 2017 and 2016.
Management believes the Company’s funds are insufficient to provide for its projected needs for operations for the next 12 months. We will need additional funding to support product development and working capital needs. We hope to raise additional funds by selling our equity securities; however, there can be no assurance that we will be able to raise such additional financing.
Going Concern
We have incurred net losses of $44,222,918 since inception and have not fully commenced operations, raising substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to raise capital, generate revenue, achieve profitable operations and repay our obligations when they come due. We will have to obtain additional debt and / or equity financing; however, we cannot provide investors with assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient capital to fund our operations.
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Critical Accounting Estimates
Our condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and expenses. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the condensed consolidated financial statements. The estimates are based on historical experience and assumptions believed to be reasonable under current facts and circumstances. Actual amounts and results could differ from these estimates made by management. Certain accounting policies that require significant management estimates and are deemed critical to our results of operations and financial position are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Our management does not expect that our internal controls over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. Control systems, no matter how well conceived and managed, can provide only reasonable assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. 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. Because of 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 the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.
Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as of September 30, 2017, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that, based on the material weaknesses discussed below, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of such date to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act were recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Act Commission’s rules and forms and that our disclosure controls are not effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our internal controls are not effective for the following reasons, (1) there are no entity level controls, because of the limited time and abilities of the Company’s five officers, (2) there is no separate audit committee, and (3) we have not implemented adequate system and manual controls. As a result, the Company’s internal controls have inherent weaknesses, which may increase the risks of errors in financial reporting under current operations and accordingly are not effective as evaluated against the criteria set forth in the Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992 version). Based on our evaluation, our management concluded that our internal controls over financial reporting were not effective as of September 30, 2017.
Going forward, we intend to evaluate our processes and procedures and, where practicable, implement changes in order to have more effective controls over financial reporting.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the last quarterly period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
On October 7, 2016, the Company received a complaint, Wang et al v. Cool Technologies, Inc. et al, filed on July 28, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn) Civil docket #1:16-CV-04101-RRM-PK against the Company and Timothy Hassett, the Company’s Chief Executive Office alleging damages of $1,100,000 for breach of contract for failing to register shares sold to the Plaintiffs in February and March 2014. On March 30, 2017, the Company and Timothy Hassett, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, requested leave of the court to move to dismiss the matter, on both substantive and jurisdictional grounds. On April 13, 2017, the Honorable Roslynn R. Mauskopf granted leave to renew the Company’s March 30, 2017 request for a pre-motion conference after the initial conference before Magistrate Judge Kuo. At the initial conference, the court was informed the court that the Company, in fact, filed a registration statement for said shares in July 2014 and the warrants were in the possession of Plaintiff Gary Zse Kong J.D. and located on his computer and printed at his office in the Law Offices of Gary Park. Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo directed plaintiff to file an amended complaint and directed plaintiff Gary Sze Kong to preserve all computer and other records which may still be at the Law Offices of Gary Park. Defendants were also granted leave to subpoena such records if they are no longer under the control of Plaintiff Kong. On June 30, 2017 the Plaintiff filed an “attorney verified” amended complaint inter alia admitting that the Company registered the shares. On August 7, 2017, leave for a pre-motion conference to move to dismiss the matter was requested. On October 10, 2017, the Honorable Magistrate Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf issued an order that by October 17, 2017, plaintiffs shall file a letter with the Court setting forth the legal and factual bases on which they intend to oppose the defendants' proposed motion to dismiss. As of October 17, 2017, the Plaintiff has not complied with the Court’s order.
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The securities above were offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act since, among other things, the transactions did not involve a public offering.
On July 6, 2017, we sold a total of 545,455 shares of common stock and a three-year warrant to purchase 545,455 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $30,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities. The warrant may be exercised on a non-cashless basis.
On July 10, 2017, we sold a total of 2,000,000 shares of common stock and a five-year warrant to purchase 2,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.06 per share, to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $100,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities. The warrant may be exercised on a non-cashless basis.
On July 21, 2017, we sold a total of 285,714 shares of common stock and a five-year warrant to purchase 285,714 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, to Timothy Hassett in exchange for $20,000 in accrued salary. The warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On July 21, 2017, we sold a total of 1,000,000 shares of common stock and a five-year warrant to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, to Summit Management Consulting in exchange for $70,000 in accrued salary. The warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On July 21, 2017, we sold a total of 1,400,000,714 shares of common stock and a five-year warrant to purchase 1,400,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, to Judson Bibb in exchange for $98,000 in accrued salary. The warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On July 25, 2017, we sold a total of 545,455 shares of common stock and a three-year warrant to purchase 545,455 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $30,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities. The warrant may be exercised on a non-cashless basis.
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On July 26, 2017, we sold a total of 500,000 shares of common stock and a three-year warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $30,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities. The warrant may be exercised on a non-cashless basis.
On July 27, 2017, we issued 309,090 shares of our common stock and a five- year warrant to purchase 309,090 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.07 for consideration of $17,000 to Daniel Ustian. The warrant expires on October 31, 2021 and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On July 27, 2017, we issued, 309,090 shares of our common stock and a five-year warrant to purchase 309,090 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.07 for consideration of $17,000 to Eric Brown. The warrant expires on October 31, 2021 and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On July 27, 2017, we issued, 309,090 shares of our common stock and a five-year warrant to purchase 309,090 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.07 for consideration of $17,000t o Christopher Jones. The warrant expires on October 31, 2021 and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On July 28, 2017, we sold a total of 363,636 shares of common stock and a three-year warrant to purchase 363,636 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $20,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities. The warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On August 15, 2017, we issued 186,643 shares of our common stock to Lucas Hoppel pursuant to the terms of a securities purchase agreement entered into on February 7, 2017, which required the issuance of additional inducement shares if the price of our common stock decreased six months from the date of the agreement so that the aggregate value of the shares issued on the closing date would equal the aggregate value of the shares after six months.
On August 24, 2017, we sold a total of 909,090 shares of our common stock and a three-year warrant to purchase 909,091 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $50,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities.
On August 28, 2017, we issued 250,000 shares of our common stock upon partial conversion of $12,500 on convertible debt of $113,300 by Lucas Hoppel.
On August 28, 2017, we sold a total of 1,000,000 shares of common stock and a five-year warrant to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.0725 per share, to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $50,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities. The warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On September 5, 2017, we sold a total of 363,636 shares of common stock and a three-year warrant to purchase 363,636 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $20,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities. The warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On September 7, 2017, we sold a total of 200,000 shares of common stock and a three-year warrant to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $11,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities. The warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis.
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On September 10, 2017, we sold a total of 363,636 shares of common stock and a three-year warrant to purchase 363,636 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $20,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities. The warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On September 13, 2017, we sold 3,571,429 shares of our common stock and a five-year warrant to purchase 1,071,429 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.075 per share to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $250,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities. The warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On September 13, 2017, we sold a total of 1,428,571 shares of our common stock and a five-year warrant to purchase 428,571 warrants shares of our common stock at an exercise prices of $0.075 per share to an accredited investor in a private offering. We received $100,000 as consideration for the sale of such securities. The warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis.
On September 14, 2017, we issued 300,000 shares of our common stock upon partial conversion of $15,000 on convertible debt of $113,300 by Lucas Hoppel.
On September 14, 2017, we issued 1,382,889 shares of common stock to Bellridge Capital, LP upon partial conversion of convertible debt of $80,670 by Bellridge.
On September 17, 2017, we issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock to Spirit Bear upon conversion of 20 shares of Series A Stock.
On September 19, 2017, we issued 400,000 shares of our common stock upon partial conversion of $20,000 on convertible debt of $113,300 by Lucas Hoppel
On September 20, 2017, we issued 500,000 shares of our common stock upon partial conversion of $25,000 of convertible debt of $113,300 by Lucas Hoppel
On September 26, 2017, we issued 434,826 shares of common stock upon final conversion of $19,297 of convertible debt of $80,670 by Bellridge Capital, LP.
On September 27, 2017, we issued 816,000 shares of our common stock upon conversion of $40,800 of convertible debt of $113,300 by Lucas Hoppel.
On October 11, 2017, we issued 377,097 shares of our common stock to Lucas Hoppel pursuant to the terms of a securities purchase agreement entered into on April 5, 2017, which required the issuance of additional inducement shares if the price of our common stock decreased six months from the date of the agreement so that the aggregate value of the shares issued on the closing date would equal the aggregate value of the shares after six months.
On October 25, 2017, we issued 500,000 shares of our common stock upon partial conversion of $25,000 on convertible debt of $165,000 by Lucas Hoppel.
On October 31, 2017, we issued 750,000 shares of our common stock upon partial conversion of $37,500 on convertible debt of $165,000 by Lucas Hoppel.
On November 3, 2017, we issued 750,000 shares of our common stock upon partial conversion of $37,500 on convertible debt of $165,000 by Lucas Hoppel.
None of the above issuances involved any underwriters, underwriting discounts or commissions, or any public offering and we believe we are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not Applicable.
None.
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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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Dated: November 15, 2017 | By: | /s/ Timothy Hassett | |
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Dated: November 15, 2017 | By: | /s/ Quentin Ponder | |
| Quentin Ponder | ||
| Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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