IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS INC - Quarter Report: 2020 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, 2020
[
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE
ACT
For the transition period from _________ to _________
Commission file number 001-15757
IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
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33-0224167
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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13500 Evening Creek Drive N., Suite 550
San Diego, CA 92128
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(858) 673-8600
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area
Code)
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 every Interactive Data File required to be submitted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to submit such
files). Yes [X] No
[ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer,
smaller reporting company or emerging growth company. See
definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting
company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large
accelerated filer
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[ ]
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Accelerated
filer
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[
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Non-accelerated
filer
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[X]
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Smaller
reporting company
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[X]
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Emerging
growth company
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[
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
(as defined in Rule 12b-12 of the Exchange Act). Yes
[ ] No [X]
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
The number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
outstanding on November 20, 2020 was
139,492,122.
IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS, INC.
INDEX
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Page
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PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM
1.
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Financial
Statements
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1
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Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 (unaudited)
and December 31, 2019
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2
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)
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3
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
(unaudited)
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4
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Deficit for the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
(unaudited)
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5
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended
September 30, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)
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7
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Notes
to unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
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8
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ITEM
2.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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40
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ITEM
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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57
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ITEM
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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58
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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59
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ITEM1A.
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Risk
Factors
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59
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ITEM
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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60
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ITEM
3.
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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61
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ITEM
4.
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Mine
Safety Disclosures
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61
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ITEM
5.
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Other
Information
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61
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ITEM
6.
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Exhibits
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62
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SIGNATURES
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63
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PART I
Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this "Quarterly Report")
contains forward-looking statements. The words or
phrases "would be," "will allow," "intends to," "will likely
result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated,"
"estimate," "project," or similar expressions are intended to
identify "forward-looking statements." Actual results
could differ materially from those projected in the forward looking
statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties,
including those risks factors contained in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on May
15, 2020, and as amended on May 19, 2020, which Annual Report on
Form 10-K, as amended, is incorporated herein by
reference. Statements made herein are as of the date of
the filing of this Report with the SEC and should not be relied
upon as of any subsequent date. Unless otherwise
required by applicable law, we do not undertake, and specifically
disclaim any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements
to reflect occurrences, developments, unanticipated events or
circumstances after the date of such statement.
IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS, INC.
(In Thousands, except for share and per share data)
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September
30, 2020
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December 31, 2019
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ASSETS
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(Unaudited)
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Current
Assets:
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Cash and cash
equivalents
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$2,906
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$1,030
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful
accounts of $7 at September 30,
2020 and December 31, 2019.
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473
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657
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Inventory,
net
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22
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615
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Other
current assets
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178
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243
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Total
Current Assets
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3,579
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2,545
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Property
and equipment, net
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169
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216
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Other
assets
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512
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257
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Operating
lease right-of-use assets
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1,649
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1,906
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Intangible
assets, net of accumulated amortization
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61
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70
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Goodwill
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3,416
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3,416
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Total Assets
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$9,386
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$8,410
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LIABILITIES, MEZZANINE EQUITY AND SHAREHOLDERS’
DEFICIT
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Current
Liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$1,380
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$515
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Deferred
revenue
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1,256
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1,629
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Accrued
expense
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1,346
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1,312
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Notes
payable to related parties
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900
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—
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Operating
lease liabilities, current portion
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412
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373
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Notes
payable, current portion
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2,905
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—
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Derivative
liabilities
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—
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369
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Total
Current Liabilities
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8,199
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4,198
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Other
long-term liabilities
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69
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118
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Notes
payable, net of current portion
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853
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—
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Lease
liabilities, net of current portion
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1,406
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1,716
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Pension
obligation
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2,380
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2,256
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Total
Liabilities
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12,907
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8,288
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Mezzanine
Equity:
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Series C
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, designated
1,000 shares, 1,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30,
2020 (unaudited) and December 31, 2019, respectively; liquidation
preference $10,000 at September 30, 2020 (unaudited) and $10,000 at
December 31, 2019.
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9,401
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8,884
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Shareholders’
Deficit:
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Preferred
stock, 5,000,000 and 4,000,000 shares authorized at September 30,
2020 (unaudited) and December 31, 2019, respectively:
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Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock,
$0.01 par value; designated 38,000 shares, 37,467 shares issued and
18,917 and 37,467 shares outstanding at September 30, 2020
(unaudited) and December 31, 2019, respectively; liquidation preference $18,917 and $37,467
at September 30, 2020 (unaudited) and December 31, 2019,
respectively.
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—
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—
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Series A-1 Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock,
$0.01 par value; designated 31,021 shares, 18,550 and 0 shares
issued at September 30, 2020 (unaudited) and December 31, 2019,
respectively; 18,200 and 0 shares outstanding at September 30, 2020
(unaudited) and December 31, 2019, respectively; liquidation
preference $18,200 and $0 at September 30, 2020 (unaudited)
and December 31, 2019, respectively
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—
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—
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Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock,
$0.01 par value; designated 750,000 shares, 389,400 shares issued
and 239,400 shares outstanding at September 30, 2020
(unaudited) and December 31, 2019;
liquidation preference $620 and $607 at September 30, 2020
(unaudited) and December 31, 2019, respectively.
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2
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2
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Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 345,000,000 and
175,000,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2020 (unaudited) and
December 31, 2019, respectively; 138,263,629 and 113,353,176 shares
issued at September 30, 2020 (unaudited) and December 31,
2019, respectively, and 138,256,925
and 113,346,472 shares outstanding at September 30, 2020
(unaudited) and December 31, 2019,
respectively.
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1,382
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1,133
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Additional
paid-in capital
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199,870
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195,079
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Treasury
stock, at cost 6,704 shares
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(64)
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(64)
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Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
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(1,815)
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(1,741)
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Accumulated
deficit
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(212,297)
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(203,171)
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Total
Shareholders’ Deficit
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(12,922)
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(8,762)
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Total Liabilities, Mezzanine Equity and Shareholders’
Deficit
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$9,386
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$8,410
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS, INC.
(In Thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended
September 30,
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Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
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2020
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2019
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2020
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2019
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Revenue:
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Product
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$1,858
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$155
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$2,129
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$592
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Maintenance
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613
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630
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1,870
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1,935
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2,471
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785
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3,999
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2,527
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Cost of revenue:
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Product
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715
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41
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781
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158
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Maintenance
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123
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97
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328
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323
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Gross
profit
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1,633
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647
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2,890
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2,046
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Operating expense:
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General
and administrative
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953
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791
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2,875
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2,793
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Sales
and marketing
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615
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985
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2,239
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2,924
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Research
and development
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1,117
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1,898
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4,503
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5,511
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Depreciation
and amortization
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18
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17
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54
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53
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2,703
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3,691
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9,671
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11,281
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Loss
from operations
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(1,070)
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(3,044)
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(6,781)
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(9,235)
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Interest expense
(income), net
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56
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(27)
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131
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(80)
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Other
expense
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3
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—
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4
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1
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Change in fair
value of derivative liabilities
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(535)
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(388)
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(369)
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(445)
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Other components of
net periodic pension expense
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31
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35
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106
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113
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Loss
before income taxes
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(625)
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(2,664)
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(6,653)
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(8,824)
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Income
tax expense (income)
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1
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1
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(1)
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1
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Net
loss
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(626)
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(2,665)
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(6,652)
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(8,825)
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Preferred
dividends, preferred stock discount accretion and deemed dividends
from preferred stock exchange
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(2,529)
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(1,300)
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(5,275)
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(3,968)
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Net
loss available to common shareholders
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$(3,155)
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$(3,965)
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$(11,927)
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$(12,793)
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Basic and diluted loss per common share - see Note 3:
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Basic
and diluted loss per share available to common
shareholders
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$(0.02)
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$(0.04)
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$(0.09)
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$(0.13)
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Basic
and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding
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133,341,134
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106,571,261
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125,558,524
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102,830,312
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS, INC.
(In Thousands)
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended
September 30,
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Nine Months Ended
September 30,
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2020
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2019
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2020
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2019
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Net
loss
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$(626)
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$(2,665)
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$(6,652)
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$(8,825)
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Other
comprehensive loss:
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Foreign
currency translation adjustment
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(41)
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39
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(74)
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34
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Comprehensive
loss
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$(667)
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$(2,626)
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$(6,726)
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$(8,791)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF
SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT
(In Thousands
except share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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Series A
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Series A-1
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Series B
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Convertible,
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Convertible,
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Convertible,
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Accumulated
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Redeemable
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Redeemable
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Redeemable
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Additional
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Other
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Preferred
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Preferred
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Preferred
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Common Stock
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Treasury
Stock
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Paid-In
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Comprehensive
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Accumulated
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Shares
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Amount
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Shares
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Amount
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Shares
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Amount
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Shares
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Amount
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Shares
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Amount
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Capital
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Loss
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Deficit
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Total
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Balance at December 31,
2019
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37,467
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$-
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-
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$-
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239,400
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$2
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113,353,176
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$1,133
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(6,704)
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$(64)
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$195,079
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$(1,741)
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$(203,171)
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$(8,762)
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Accretion of Preferred
Stock discount
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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(175)
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-
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-
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(175)
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Issuance of common
stock net of financing costs
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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10,000,000
|
100
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-
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-
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1,287
|
-
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-
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1,387
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Stock-based
compensation expense
|
-
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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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124
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-
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-
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124
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Common stock issued in
exchange for unexercised options
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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400,000
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4
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-
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-
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58
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-
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-
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62
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Foreign currency
translation adjustment
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-
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-
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-
|
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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31
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-
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31
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Dividends on Series A
preferred stock, $(25.01)/share
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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(937)
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(937)
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Dividends on Series C
preferred stock, $(250.00)/share
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
|
-
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-
|
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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(250)
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(250)
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Net
loss
|
-
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-
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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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(3,124)
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(3,124)
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Balance at March 31,
2020
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37,467
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$-
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-
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$-
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239,400
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$2
|
123,753,176
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$1,237
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(6,704)
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$(64)
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$196,373
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$(1,710)
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$(207,482)
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$(11,644)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accretion of Preferred
Stock discount
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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-
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(172)
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-
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-
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(172)
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Issuance of common
stock net of financing costs
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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2,500,000
|
25
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-
|
-
|
215
|
-
|
-
|
240
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Issuance of common
stock for financing facility
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,500,000
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
375
|
-
|
-
|
400
|
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
40
|
-
|
-
|
40
|
Common stock issued in
exchange for unexercised options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
288,695
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
93
|
-
|
-
|
96
|
Foreign currency
translation adjustment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(64)
|
-
|
(64)
|
Additional minimum
pension liability
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Dividends on Series A
preferred stock, $(25.01)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(937)
|
(937)
|
Dividends on Series B
preferred stock, $(0.11)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(25)
|
(25)
|
Dividends on Series C
preferred stock, $(250.00)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(250)
|
(250)
|
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,902)
|
(2,902)
|
Balance at June 30,
2020
|
37,467
|
$-
|
-
|
$-
|
239,400
|
$2
|
129,041,871
|
$1,290
|
(6,704)
|
$(64)
|
$196,924
|
$(1,774)
|
$(211,596)
|
$(15,218)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accretion of Preferred
Stock discount
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(170)
|
-
|
-
|
(170)
|
Issuance of common
stock net of financing costs
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,200,000
|
32
|
-
|
-
|
601
|
-
|
-
|
633
|
Modification of Series
A Preferred Stock from issuance of Series A-1 Preferred
Stock
|
(18,550)
|
-
|
18,550
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,849
|
-
|
-
|
1,849
|
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
74,448
|
1.00
|
-
|
-
|
121
|
-
|
-
|
122
|
Common stock issued in
exchange for unexercised options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12,750
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
Foreign currency
translation adjustment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(41)
|
-
|
(41)
|
Conversion of Preferred
Series A-1 to common stock
|
-
|
-
|
(350.00)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
538,452
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
(5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Dividends on Series A
preferred stock, $(1.17)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
219,374
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
24
|
Dividends on Series C
preferred stock, $(75.00)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5,176,734
|
52
|
-
|
-
|
523
|
-
|
(75)
|
500
|
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(626)
|
(626)
|
Balance at September
30, 2020
|
18,917
|
$-
|
18,200
|
$-
|
239,400
|
$2
|
138,263,629
|
$1,382
|
(6,704)
|
$(64)
|
199,870
|
$(1,815)
|
$(212,297)
|
$(12,922)
|
The accompanying notes are an
integral part of these condensed consolidated financial
statements.
IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS'
DEFICIT
(In Thousands, except share amounts)
(Unaudited)
|
Series
A
|
Series
B
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Convertible,
|
Convertible,
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
||
|
Redeemable
|
Redeemable
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
Other
|
|
|
||
|
Preferred
|
Preferred
|
Common
Stock
|
Treasury
Stock
|
Paid-In
|
Comprehensive
|
Accumulated
|
|
||||
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Loss
|
Deficit
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31,
2018
|
37,467
|
$-
|
239,400
|
$2
|
98,230,336
|
$981
|
6,704
|
$(64)
|
$184,130
|
$(1,428)
|
$(186,648)
|
$(3,027)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accretion of Preferred
Stock discount
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(186)
|
-
|
-
|
(186)
|
Issuance of Common
Stock pursuant to option exercises
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
286,834
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
103
|
-
|
-
|
106
|
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
166
|
-
|
-
|
166
|
Foreign currency
translation adjustment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
15
|
-
|
15
|
Dividends on Series A
preferred stock, $(23.06)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
591,803
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
858
|
-
|
(864)
|
-
|
Dividends on Series C
preferred stock, $(230.60)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
157,945
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
229
|
-
|
(231)
|
-
|
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,612)
|
(3,612)
|
Balance at March 31,
2019
|
37,467
|
$-
|
239,400
|
$2
|
99,266,918
|
$992
|
6,704
|
$(64)
|
$185,300
|
$(1,413)
|
$(191,355)
|
$(6,538)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accretion of Preferred
Stock discount
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(184)
|
-
|
-
|
(184)
|
Issuance of common
stock net of financing costs
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5,954,545
|
60
|
-
|
-
|
6,035
|
-
|
-
|
6,095
|
Issuance of Common
Stock pursuant to option exercises
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
64,500
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
59
|
-
|
-
|
60
|
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
181
|
-
|
-
|
181
|
Issuance of common
stock warrants as compensation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
Foreign currency
translation adjustment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(20)
|
-
|
(20)
|
Dividends on Series A
preferred stock, $(24.81)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
999,633
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
921
|
-
|
(930)
|
-
|
Dividends on Series B
preferred stock, $(0.11)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(26)
|
(26)
|
Dividends on Series C
preferred stock, $(248.12)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
266,793
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
245
|
-
|
(248)
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,548)
|
(2,548)
|
Balance at June 30,
2019
|
37,467
|
$-
|
239,400
|
$2
|
106,552,389
|
$1,065
|
6,704
|
$(64)
|
$192,565
|
$(1,433)
|
$(195,107)
|
$(2,972)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accretion of Preferred
Stock discount
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(181)
|
-
|
-
|
(181)
|
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
168
|
-
|
-
|
168
|
Foreign currency
translation adjustment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
39
|
-
|
39
|
Dividends on Series A
preferred stock, $(23.20)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,857,263
|
19
|
-
|
-
|
854
|
-
|
(873)
|
-
|
Dividends on Series C
preferred stock, $(232.97)/share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
495,688
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
228
|
|
(233)
|
-
|
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,665)
|
(2,665)
|
Balance at September
30, 2019
|
37,467
|
$-
|
239,400
|
$2
|
108,905,340
|
$1,089
|
6,704
|
$(64)
|
$193,634
|
$(1,394)
|
$(198,878)
|
$(5,611)
|
The accompanying notes are an
integral part of these condensed consolidated financial
statements.
IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In Thousands)
(Unaudited)
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
2020
|
2019
|
Cash
flows from operating activities
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
$(6,652)
|
$(8,825)
|
Adjustments to
reconcile net loss to net cash used by operating
activities:
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
54
|
53
|
Stock-based
compensation
|
449
|
515
|
Warrants issued in
lieu of cash as compensation for services
|
—
|
9
|
Application of rent
deposit in lieu of cash payments
|
89
|
—
|
Change in fair
value of derivative liabilities
|
(369)
|
(445)
|
Change in assets
and liabilities:
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
184
|
402
|
Inventory
|
593
|
(479)
|
Other
assets
|
36
|
(56)
|
Operating lease
right-of-use assets
|
(13)
|
138
|
Accounts
payable
|
863
|
(154)
|
Deferred
revenue
|
(374)
|
775
|
Accrued
expense
|
37
|
44
|
Contract
costs
|
—
|
(29)
|
Pension
obligation
|
124
|
45
|
Total
adjustments
|
1,673
|
818
|
Net cash used in
operating activities
|
(4,979)
|
(8,007)
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities
|
|
|
Purchase of
property and equipment
|
—
|
(19)
|
Net cash used in
investing activities
|
—
|
(19)
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities
|
|
|
Proceeds from
issuance of Common Stock, net
|
2,296
|
6,520
|
Proceeds from
issuance of related party notes payable
|
900
|
—
|
Proceeds from
issuance of note payable to bank
|
3,758
|
—
|
Dividends
paid
|
(25)
|
(26)
|
Proceeds from
exercised stock options
|
—
|
167
|
Net cash provided
by financing activities
|
6,929
|
6,661
|
|
|
|
Effect of exchange
rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
(74)
|
34
|
Net increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
1,876
|
(1,331)
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents at beginning of period
|
1,030
|
5,694
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents at end of period
|
$2,906
|
$4,363
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
|
|
Cash paid for
interest
|
$35
|
$—
|
Cash paid for
income taxes
|
$—
|
$—
|
Summary of non-cash
investing and financing activities:
|
|
|
Issuance of common
stock for financing facility
|
$400
|
$—
|
Stock dividends on
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
|
$25
|
$2,667
|
Stock dividends on
Series C Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock
|
$575
|
$712
|
Conversion of
Series A-1 into Common Stock
|
$5
|
$—
|
Accretion of
discount on Series C Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock
|
$517
|
$551
|
Preferred stock
exchange
|
$2,272
|
$—
|
Recognition of
operating lease right-of-use assets from adoption of ASC
842
|
$—
|
$2,265
|
Recognition of
lease liabilities from adoption of ASC 842
|
$—
|
$(2,280)
|
Accrued financing
costs
|
$—
|
$425
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND
OPERATIONS
Overview
As
used in this Quarterly Report, “we”, “us”,
“our”, “ImageWare”, “ImageWare
Systems”, "IWS", or the “Company” refers to
ImageWare Systems, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries. ImageWare
Systems, Inc. is incorporated in the state of Delaware. The Company
is a pioneer and leader in the emerging market for biometrically
enabled software-based identity management solutions. Using those
human characteristics that are unique to us all, the Company
creates software that provides a highly reliable indication of a
person’s identity. The Company’s “flagship”
product is the patented IWS Biometric Engine®. The
Company’s products are used to manage and issue secure
credentials, including national IDs, passports, driver licenses and
access control credentials. The Company’s products also
provide law enforcement with integrated mug shot, fingerprint
LiveScan and investigative capabilities. The Company also provides
comprehensive authentication security software using biometrics to
secure physical and logical access to facilities or computer
networks or internet sites. Biometric technology is now an integral
part of all markets the Company addresses, and all the products are
integrated into the IWS Biometric Engine.
The Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the "Common
Stock"), trades under the
symbol "IWSY" on the OTCQB Marketplace.
Liquidity, Going Concern and Management’s Plan
Historically, our principal sources of cash have
included customer payments from the sale of our products, proceeds
from the issuance of common and preferred stock and proceeds from
the issuance of debt. Our principal uses of cash have included cash
used in operations, product development, and payments relating to
purchases of property and equipment. We expect that our principal
uses of cash in the future will be for product development,
including customization of identity management products for
enterprise and consumer applications, further development of
intellectual property, development of Software-as-a-Service
(“SaaS”) capabilities for existing products as
well as general working capital and capital expenditure
requirements. Management expects that, as our revenue grows, our
sales and marketing and research and development expense will
continue to grow, albeit at a slower rate and, as a result, we will
need to generate significant net revenue to achieve and sustain
positive cash flows from operations. Historically the Company has
not been able to generate sufficient net revenue to achieve and
sustain positive cash flows from operations and management has
determined that there is substantial doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern.
Related Party Financings
On February 12, 2020, the Company entered into a
factoring agreement (the "Factoring
Agreement") with a member of
the Company’s Board of Directors (the "Factoring
Lender"). Under the Factoring
Agreement, the Company received $350,000 in proceeds (the
"Factoring
Principal") in the form of a
loan, bearing interest at a rate of 1% for every seven days until
the Factoring Principal and accrued interest are paid in full, with
a maturity date of March 4, 2020. Pursuant to the Factoring
Agreement, repayment of the Factoring Principal and accrued
interest was secured by certain of the Company’s trade
accounts receivable approximating $500,000 (the
"Factoring
Collateral"). As of September
30, 2020, despite collection of the Company’s trade accounts
receivable, the Factoring Principal had not been repaid. During the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
recorded approximately $46,000 and $116,000, respectively in
interest expense related to the Factoring Agreement. In May 2020,
the Company repaid $35,000 in accrued interest to the Factoring
Lender. Accrued unpaid interest at September 30, 2020 approximated
$81,000 and is included in the Company’s condensed
consolidated September 30, 2020 balance sheet under the caption
“Accrued expense”. As a condition to the consummation
of the Company's offer and sale (the "Closing") of shares of its Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock, par value $0.01 ("Series D
Preferred") (the
"Series D
Financing"), the Factoring
Lender agreed to settle the entire Factoring Principal plus accrued
interest and release the Company from liabilities due under the
Factoring Agreement in exchange for a one-time payment of $360,000
to be made upon the Closing, and out of the proceeds, of the Series
D Financing. Such payment was made by the Company on November 16,
2020. The Series D Financing is described below in this Note and in
Note 12, Subsequent Events.
During the
nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company received advances
from a second member of the Board of Directors (the
"Board
Lender") in the aggregate
amount of $450,000. On June 29, 2020, the Company executed a
promissory note (the "Board Note") in the favor of the Board Lender in the
principal amount of $450,000 (the "Board Note
Principal"), pursuant to which
the Board Note Principal accrued simple interest at the rate of 5%
per annum, and was convertible into shares of the Company's Common
Stock at $0.16 per share of Common Stock at the election of the
Board Lender. The Board Note was to mature on the earlier to occur
of (i) October 13, 2020, or (ii) on such date that the Company
consummates a debt and/or equity financing resulting in net
proceeds to the Company of at least $3.0 million. As a condition to
the Series D Financing, the Board Lender agreed to purchase the
number of shares of Series D Preferred equal to one-half (50%) of
the Board Note Principal and interest accrued thereon at the
Closing of the Series D Financing, with the remaining one-half of
the Board Note Principal and interest accrued thereon to be paid to
the Board Lender out of the proceeds of the Series D
Financing.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020,
the Company received advances from a third member of the Board of
Directors (the "Second Board
Lender", and collectively with
the First Board Lender, the "Board
Lenders") in the aggregate
amount of $100,000. On June 29, 2020, the Company executed a
promissory note (the "Second Board
Note", and collectively with
the Board Note, the "Board Notes") in the principal amounts of $100,000 (the
"Second
Board Note Principal"),
pursuant to which the Second Board Note Principal accrued simple
interest at the rate of 5% per annum, and was convertible into
shares of the Company’s Common Stock at $0.16 per share of
Common Stock at the election of the Second Board Lender. The Second
Board Note was to mature on the earlier to occur of (i) October 13,
2020, or (ii) on such date that the Company consummates a debt
and/or equity financing resulting in net proceeds to the Company of
at least $3.0 million. As a condition to the Series D
Financing, the Second Board Lender agreed to purchase the number of
shares of Series D Preferred equal to the Second Board Note
Principal and accrued interest thereon, such purchase of shares of
Series D Preferred, and release of the Company from its liability
under the Second Board Note, to occur upon the Closing of the
Series D Financing.
During
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
recorded approximately $7,000 and $13,000, respectively, in
interest expense related to the Board Notes. Accrued unpaid
interest at September 30, 2020 approximated $13,000 and is included
in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet under
the caption “Accrued expense”.
2020
Common Stock Financings
Triton Funds LP
On February 20, 2020, the Company entered into a
securities purchase agreement (the “Triton Purchase
Agreement”) with Triton
Funds LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Triton"). The Triton Purchase Agreement provides the
Company the right to sell to Triton, and Triton is obligated to
purchase, up to $2.0 million worth of shares of Common Stock under
the Triton Purchase Agreement (the "Triton Offering”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Triton Purchase Agreement, the purchase price of the
Common Stock will be based on the number of shares of Common Stock
equal to the amount in U.S. Dollars that the Company intends to
sell to Triton to be set forth in each written notice sent to
Triton by the Company (the "Triton Purchase
Notice") and delivered to
Triton (the "Triton Purchase Notice
Amount"), divided by the lowest
daily volume weighted average price of the Company's Common Stock
listed on the OTC Markets during the five business days prior to
closing (the "Triton
Shares"). The closing of the
purchase of the Triton Shares as set forth in the Triton Notice
will occur no later than three business days following receipt of
the Triton Shares by Triton.
In
February and March of 2020, the Company sold, and Triton purchased,
an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock for cash. In
February, the Company sold 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock for
$0.16 per share resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of
$640,000. In March 2020, the Company sold 6,000,000 shares of
Common Stock resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of
$765,000, or a per share purchase price of $0.13 per share.
Aggregate net proceeds from this financing approximated $1,387,000
after recognition of direct offering costs.
Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC
On April 28, 2020, the Company entered into a
purchase agreement, and as amended on June 11, 2020 (the
“Lincoln Purchase
Agreement”), and a
registration rights agreement (the “Lincoln Registration Rights
Agreement”) with Lincoln
Park Capital fund, LLC (“Lincoln
Park”) pursuant to which
Lincoln Park committed to purchase up to $10,250,000 of our Common
Stock.
Under the terms and subject to the conditions of
the Lincoln Purchase Agreement, including stockholder
approval of an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended from time to time (the "Certificate of Incorporation") to
increase the number of shares of the Company’s capital stock
to 350 million shares, obtained from our shareholders effective
June 9, 2020, we have the right, but
not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park is
obligated to purchase up to $10,250,000 of shares of Common Stock.
On April 28, 2020, we sold 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock to
Lincoln Park under the Lincoln Purchase Agreement for an aggregate
purchase price of $100,000 (the “Initial Purchase
Shares”). On June 11,
2020, we sold an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock to
Lincoln Park under the Lincoln Purchase Agreement for an aggregate
purchase price of $150,000 (the “Commencement Purchase
Shares”). Future sales of
Common Stock under the Lincoln Purchase Agreement, if any, will be
subject to certain limitations, and may occur from time to time, at
our sole discretion, over the 24-month period commencing on July 8,
2020, and the other conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement
are satisfied (such date on which all of such conditions are
satisfied, the “Commencement
Date”).
After the Commencement Date, on any business day
over the term of the Lincoln Purchase Agreement, the Company has
the right, in its sole discretion, to direct Lincoln Park to
purchase up to 125,000 shares of its Common Stock on such business
day (the “Regular
Purchase”), subject to
increases under certain circumstances as provided in the Lincoln
Purchase Agreement. The purchase price per share of Common Stock
for each such Regular Purchase will be based on prevailing market
prices of the Company’s Common Stock immediately preceding
the time of sale as computed under the Lincoln Purchase Agreement.
In each case, Lincoln Park’s maximum commitment in any single
Regular Purchase may not exceed $500,000. In addition to Regular
Purchases, provided that the Company presents Lincoln Park with a
Lincoln Purchase Notice for the full amount allowed for a Regular
Purchase, the Company may also direct Lincoln Park to make
accelerated purchases and additional
accelerated purchases as described in the Lincoln Purchase
Agreement.
Pursuant to the
terms of the Lincoln Purchase Agreement, in no event may the
Company issue or sell to Lincoln Park under the shares of Common
Stock under the Lincoln Purchase Agreement which, when aggregated
with all other shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by
Lincoln Park and its affiliates (as calculated pursuant to Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”)
and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder), would result in the
beneficial ownership by Lincoln Park and its affiliates of more
than 4.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock (the “Beneficial
Ownership Limitation”).
The
Lincoln Purchase Agreement and the Lincoln Registration Rights
Agreement contain customary representations, warranties, agreements
and conditions and indemnification obligations of the parties. The
Company has the right to terminate the Purchase Agreement at any
time, at no cost or penalty. The Company issued to Lincoln Park
2,500,000 shares of Common Stock in consideration for entering into
the Lincoln Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to this issuance, $400,000
was recorded by the Company as a deferred stock issuance cost. Such
amount was recorded in the Company’s condensed consolidated
balance sheet under the caption “Other assets”. Such
deferred stock issuance costs will be recognized as a charge
against paid in capital in proportion to securities sold under this
Lincoln Purchase Agreement. During the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2020, the Company recognized approximately $26,000
and $36,000, respectively, as a charge against paid- in capital
relating to securities sold under the Lincoln Purchase
Agreement.
During
the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company sold an
aggregate 3,200,000 shares of Common Stock to Lincoln Park under
the terms of the Lincoln Purchase Agreement resulting in cash
proceeds to the Company of approximately $669,000.
Due to the terms of the Lincoln Purchase Agreement
as described above, management is not currently expecting the
related proceeds from the Lincoln Purchase Agreement to be
sufficient to sustain operations for an extended period of
time.
CARES Act Financing
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law
the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act
(“CARES Act”). On May 4, 2020, the Company entered into
a loan agreement (the “PPP Loan”)
with Comerica Bank (“Comerica”) under the Paycheck Protection Program
(the “PPP”), which is part of the CARES Act
administered by the United States Small Business Administration
(“SBA”). As part of the application for these
funds, the Company in good faith, has certified that the current
economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary to support the
ongoing operations of the Company. This certification further
requires the Company to take into account our current business
activity and our ability to access other sources of liquidity
sufficient to support ongoing operations in a manner that is not
significantly detrimental to the business. Under the PPP, the
Company received proceeds of approximately $1,571,000, from
the PPP Loan. In accordance with the requirements of
the PPP, the Company intends to use proceeds from
the PPP Loan primarily for payroll costs, rent and
utilities. The PPP Loan has a 1.00% interest rate per
annum, matures on May 4, 2022 and is subject to the terms and
conditions applicable to loans administered by the SBA under
the PPP. Under the terms of PPP, all or certain amounts
of the PPP Loan may be forgiven if they are used for
qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act, which the
Company continues to evaluate. While no determination has been made
at the time of the filing of this Quarterly Report, the Series D
Financing may affect the Company's ability to have the PPP Loan
forgiven under the PPP. The Company has recorded the entire amount
of the PPP Loan as debt. Under the terms of the PPP Loan, monthly
payments of principal and interest were due to commence on November
1, 2020, however the SBA is deferring loan payments for borrowers
who apply for loan forgiveness until the SBA remits the
borrower’s loan forgiveness amount to the lender. The Company
plans to file for loan forgiveness and at the time of the filing of
this Quarterly Report, no amounts have been repaid. At September
30, 2020, the Company has recorded the current portion of the PPP
Loan of approximately $718,000 as a current liability under the
caption “Notes payable, current portion” in its
condensed consolidated balance sheet. The remaining portion of
approximately $853,000 is recorded as a long-term liability under
the caption “Note payable, net of current portion” in
its condensed consolidated September 30, 2020 balance
sheet.
Creation of Series A-1 Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock
On July 14, 2020, the Company filed the
Certificate of Designations, Preferences, and Rights of Series A-1
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A-1
Certificate”) with the
Secretary of State for the State of Delaware – Division of
Corporations, designating 31,021 shares of the Company’s
preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Preferred
Stock") as Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 ("Series A-1
Preferred"). Shares of Series
A-1 Preferred accrue cumulative
dividends and are payable quarterly beginning March 31, 2021 at a
rate of 8% per annum if paid in cash, or 10% per annum if paid by
the issuance of shares of Common Stock. Each share of Series A-1 Preferred is convertible
into that number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock
equal to that number of shares of Series A-1 Preferred being
converted multiplied by $1,000, divided by $0.65, or the conversion
price as defined in the Series A-1 Certificate of Designation in
effect as of the date the holder delivers to the Company their
notice of election to convert. In addition to the aforementioned
holder conversion option, if the volume weighted average closing
price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s Common Stock is
at least $1.00 per share for 20 consecutive trading days, then the
Company has the right to convert one-half of the issued and
outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred into Common Stock. In
the event of a Change of Control, the Company will have the option
to redeem all issued and outstanding shares of Series A-1Preferred
for 115% of the Liquidation Preference per
share.
On
September 28, 2020, the Company's holders of Common Stock and
Preferred Stock voted to further revise the Series A-1 Certificate,
as more specifically set forth below in this Note 1 to Item 1, Part
1, entitled "September 28, 2020 Action by Written Consent of
Stockholders."
Series A Restructuring
During July
2020, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement, Consent and
Waiver (“Series A Exchange
Agreement”) with certain
holders (the "Series A
Holders") of its Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 ("Series A
Preferred"), pursuant to which
such Series A Holders agreed to exchange one-half of the Series A
Preferred beneficially owned by such Series A Holders for an
equivalent number of Series A-1 Preferred in consideration for
their waiver of approximately $1,849,000 in dividends payable to
the Series A Holders and payable for the quarters ended March 31,
2020 and June 30, 2020 (the “Series A
Restructuring”). Shares
of the Series A-1 Preferred issued to the Series A Holders pursuant
to the Series A Exchange Agreement are convertible into shares of
Common Stock at $0.65 per share of Common Stock, and automatically
convert into Common Stock when the volume weighted average closing
price (VWAP) of the Company’s Common Stock for the preceding
twenty trading days is at least $1.00.
During
the three months ended September 30, 2020, certain Holders of
Series A-1 Preferred converted 350 shares of Series A-1 Preferred
into 538,452 shares of the Company’s Common
Stock.
On
September 28, 2020, the Company's holders of Common Stock and
Preferred Stock voted to revise the Certificate of Designations,
Preferences, and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
(the "Series A
Certificate") and the Series A-1 Certificate, as more
specifically set forth below in the following
paragraph.
September 28, 2020 Action by Written Consent of the Shareholders;
Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
On
September 28, 2020, the Company received executed written consents
from holders of our Common Stock and Preferred Stock representing
104,228,110 voting shares on an as-converted basis, or
approximately 54.3% of our outstanding voting class on an
as-converted basis, approving the following actions:
(i) amending
and restating the Series A Certificate and the Series A-1
Certificate to, without limitation, provide for (i) the voluntary
conversion of all outstanding shares of the Company's Series A
Preferred and Series A-1 Preferred into shares of the
Company’s Common Stock at a reduced conversion price of $0.20
per share of Common Stock, and (ii) the automatic conversion of all
issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred and Series A-1
Preferred into shares of Common Stock at a rate of 10% per month,
beginning on November 1, 2020, and ending on August 1, 2021, at the
reduced conversion price of $0.20 per share of Common
Stock;
(ii) amending and restating the Certificate
of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock (the "Series C
Certificate") to, without
limitation, provide for a drag-along right whereby upon the
voluntary exchange of such Series C Convertible Preferred Stock,
par value $0.01 per share ("Series C
Preferred") into shares of the
Company’s Series D Preferred, by a majority of the holders of
the Company's Series C Preferred, the remaining issued and
outstanding shares of Series C Preferred would automatically be
exchanged for Series D Preferred on the same terms as the majority
holders so electing to exchange their shares of Series C
Preferred;
(iii) increasing the number of authorized
shares of the Company’s Common Stock from 345,000,000 shares
to 1,000,000,000 shares (the “Capital
Increase”);
(iv) amending and restating the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, in its entirety to
give effect to the Capital Increase, among other amendments (the
“Amended
Charter”);
and
(v) authorizing our Board of Directors, in
its sole and absolute discretion, without further action of the
shareholders, to amend the Amended Charter to implement a reverse
stock split of our issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at
a specific ratio, ranging from one-for-thirty (1:30) to one-for-one
hundred (1:100), within one year from September 28, 2020 (the
“Reverse
Split”).
These
aforementioned actions did not become effective until 20 calendar
days after an Information Statement was delivered to our
shareholders. Such Information Statement was delivered on October
13, 2020.
Furthermore,
the following actions were approved by the affirmative vote of the
holders of the requisite number of shares of the below-referenced
series of the Company's Preferred Stock, consisting of Series A
Preferred, Series A-1 Preferred, and Series C Preferred, with each
series voting as a separate class pursuant to its respective
governing documentation:
(i) for the Series A Preferred, (a) amending
and restating the Series A Certificate (the
"Amended
and Restated Series A Certificate"), and (b) waiving the protective provisions set
forth in Section 9(a) and Section 9(c) of the Series A Certificate,
thereby consenting to (i) the creation of a series of Preferred
Stock ranking senior to the Series A Preferred, and (ii) the
Company incurring additional indebtedness in the form of a bridge
loan from certain accredited investors participating in the
offering and sale of the Company’s Series D Preferred, in a
principal amount not to exceed $3.0 million (the
“Permitted
Loan”), which Permitted
Loan shall be exchanged for shares of Series D Preferred upon
filing of the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights
of the Series D Preferred (the “Series D
Certificate”);
(ii) for the Series A-1 Preferred, (a)
amending and restating the Series A-1 Certificate (the
“Amended and Restated Series
A-1 Certificate”), and
(b) waiving the protective provisions set forth in Section 9(a) and
Section 9(c) of the Series A-1 Certificate, thereby consenting to
(i) the creation of a series of Preferred Stock ranking senior to
the Series A-1 Preferred, and (ii) the Company incurring additional
indebtedness by way of the Permitted Loan, which the Permitted Loan
shall be exchanged for shares of Series D Preferred upon the filing
of the Series D Certificate; and
(iii) for the Series C Preferred, (a)
amending and restating Series C Certificate (the
"Amended
and Restated Series C Certificate"), and (b) waiving the protective provisions set
forth in Section 9(a) and Section 9(f) of the Series C Certificate,
thereby consenting to (i) the creation of a series of Preferred
Stock ranking senior to the Series C Preferred, and (ii) the
Company incurring additional indebtedness by way of the Permitted
Loan, which the Permitted Loan shall be exchanged into shares of
Series D Preferred upon the filing of the Series D
Certificate.
Series D Preferred Stock Financing
On September 28, 2020, the Company entered into a
Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”) whereby the
Company agreed to sell shares of the Company's Series D Preferred,
for a purchase price of $1,000 per share, to certain accredited
investors (collectively, the “Investors”). The Purchase Agreement provides for the
issuance of shares of Series D Preferred at Closing (which occurred
November 12, 2020) resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of
approximately $11.56 million. The obligation of the Investors to
purchase the Series D Preferred was conditioned on, among other
terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, (A) the
filing with the Delaware Secretary of State of (i) the Amended
Charter; (ii) Amended and Restated Series A Certificate, Amended
and Restated Series A-1 Certificate, and Amended and Restated
Series C Certificate (together, the “New Organizational
Documents”); and (iii)
the Series D Certificate; and (B) the distribution to the
Company’s shareholders of an Information Statement relating
to the written consent of shareholders approving the New
Organizational Documents, for which the preliminary Information
Statement was filed with the SEC for review thereby on September
30, 2020.
Concurrently with the execution of the Purchase
Agreement, the Company and the Investors executed (i) a
Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed
to file a registration statement with the SEC within thirty days of
Closing to register the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Series D Preferred; (ii) a Series C Exchange
Agreement (the "Exchange
Agreement"), pursuant to which
the Company and certain holders of the Company’s Series C
Preferred agreed to exchange their Series C Preferred, with a
liquidation preference of approximately $10.0 million, for Series D
Preferred at Closing; and (iii) a Term Loan and Security Agreement
(“Loan
Agreement”), pursuant to
which each Investor signatory thereto agreed to make a term loan to
the Company, secured by all assets of the Company, in an amount
equal to 20% of such Investor’s purchase commitment as set
forth in the Purchase Agreement (“Bridge Loan”), which Bridge Loan, plus accrued
interest, will roll into, and be used to purchase, Series D
Preferred at Closing. In anticipation of entering into the Purchase
Agreement and the Series D Financing, on September 23, 2020, the
Company entered into an Escrow Agreement with CitiBank, N.A.,
pursuant to which the Investor signatories to the Loan Agreement
would deposit their pro-rata portion of the Bridge Loan into
escrow, which amount was later released to the Company on September
29, 2020 (the “Bridge Loan
Closing”). Such amounts
are included in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated
September 30, 2020 balance sheet under the caption “Notes
payable, current portion”.
Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, at the
Closing of the Series D Financing, the holders of Series D
Preferred will own approximately 50% of the voting securities of
the Company on an as-converted basis, with the holders of the
Common Stock and remaining classes of Preferred Stock, including
Series A Preferred, Series A-1 Preferred, Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock (“Series B
Preferred”) and Series C
Preferred, owning the remaining approximate 50% on an as-converted
basis. Additionally, all current members of the Company’s
Board of Directors will resign at Closing, with the exception of
Kristin Taylor, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and
the new members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed as
follows: (i) the holders of Series D Preferred will appoint two
directors (the “Series D
Directors”); and (ii)
Kristin Taylor and the two Series D Directors will appoint two
additional, independent directors.
Upon Closing of the Series D Financing, or shortly
thereafter, the Company will:
(i) sell and issue 11,560 shares of its Series D Preferred, for a
purchase price of $1,000 per share, to the Investors, for aggregate
gross proceeds to the Company at Closing of $11.56 million less
placement fees and expenses; (ii) convert all 1,000 shares of
Series C Preferred into 10,000 shares of Series D Preferred
pursuant to the Exchange Agreement and Amended Series C
Certificate, and (iii) exchange approximately $661,000 of
liabilities of the Company for 661.3 shares of Series D
Preferred.
The
Purchase Agreement contains covenants, requiring the Company to,
among other things, file an application to list its Common Stock on
the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the
NASDAQ Capital Market on or before December 31, 2020.
The
Purchase Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Series C
Exchange Agreement, Escrow Agreement, and Loan Agreement contain
customary representations, warranties, agreements and conditions to
Closing, as well as indemnification rights and other obligations of
the parties.
The
Series D Purchase agreement did not become effective until 20
calendar days after an Information Statement was delivered to our
shareholders. Such Information Statement was delivered on October
13, 2020.
See
Note 12, Subsequent Events, for more information regarding the
Closing of the Series D Financing.
Bridge Loan
Upon consummation of the Bridge Loan Closing on
September 28, 2020, approximately $2.2 million was released to the
Company from escrow pursuant to the Escrow Agreement. The Bridge
Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 12% and is due and payable
in arrears on the earlier of the Loan Conversion Date, as such term
is defined in the Loan Agreement, or six months after the
disbursement of the Bridge Loan. All amounts due and payable
pursuant to the Bridge Loan are automatically convertible, without
further action by the Investors, into shares of Series D Preferred
at Closing at a purchase price of $1,000 for each share of Series D
Preferred. The repayment of all amounts due under the terms of the
Loan Agreement are secured by all assets of the Company.
Such amounts are included in the
Company’s Condensed Consolidated September 30, 2020 balance
sheet under the caption “Notes payable, current
portion”.
The
Company expects to use the proceeds from the Bridge Loan for
working capital requirements and general corporate purposes. See
Note 12, Subsequent Events, for more information regarding the
conversion of the Bridge Loan into Series D Preferred.
Going
Concern
At
September 30, 2020, we had negative working capital of
approximately $4,620,000. Our principal sources of liquidity at
September 30, 2020 consisted of approximately $2,906,000 of cash
and cash equivalents.
On March 11, 2020, the World Health
Organization declared the rapidly growing outbreak of a
novel strain of coronavirus ("COVID-19") a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic is
affecting the United States and global economies and may affect the
Company's operations and those of third parties on which the
Company relies. Additionally, as the duration of
the COVID-19 pandemic is difficult to assess or predict,
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial
markets may reduce our ability to access capital, which could
negatively impact the Company's short-term and long-term liquidity.
These effects could have a material impact on the Company's
liquidity, capital resources, operations and business and those of
the third parties on which the Company relies.
Considering
the financings consummated in 2020, as well as our projected cash
requirements, and assuming we are unable to generate incremental
revenue, our available cash will be insufficient to satisfy our
cash requirements for the next twelve months from the date of this
filing. At November 18, 2020, cash on hand approximated $9,572,000
which includes the proceeds from the closing of the Series D
Financing. The Series D Financing is more fully described in Note
12, Subsequent Events. As a result of the Company’s
historical losses and financial condition, there is substantial
doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern.
To
address our working capital requirements, management has instituted
several cost cutting measures and has utilized cash proceeds
available under the Lincoln Purchases Agreement and that will be
available pursuant to the Series D Financing to satisfy the
Company’s working capital requirements.
In view of the matters described in the preceding
paragraphs, recoverability of a major portion of the recorded asset
amounts shown in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance
sheet is dependent upon continued operations of the Company, which,
in turn, is dependent upon the Company’s ability to continue
to generate positive cash flows from operations. However, the
Company operates in markets that are emerging and highly
competitive. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to
obtain additional capital, operate at a profit or generate positive
cash flows in the future. Therefore, management’s plans do
not alleviate the substantial doubt regarding the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern.
The
condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any
adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of
recorded asset amounts and classifications of liabilities that
might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a
going concern.
NOTE 2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND BASIS OF
PRESENTATION
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying
condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019, which
has been derived from audited financial statements, and the
unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have
been prepared by the Company in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(“GAAP”)
and the rules and regulations of the SEC related to a quarterly
report on Form 10-Q. Certain information and note disclosures
normally included in annual financial statements prepared in
accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to
those rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the
disclosures made are adequate to make the information not
misleading. The interim financial statements reflect all
adjustments, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for
a fair statement of the results for the periods presented. All such
adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. These unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements
for the year ended December 31, 2019, which are included in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2019 as filed with the SEC on May 15,
2020.
Operating
results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 are
not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for
the year ending December 31, 2020, or any other future
periods.
Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
The
condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company’s
wholly-owned subsidiaries are: XImage Corporation, a California
Corporation; ImageWare Systems ID Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (formerly Imaging Technology Corporation); I.W. Systems
Canada Company, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company;
ImageWare Digital Photography Systems, LLC, a Nevada limited
liability company (formerly Castleworks LLC); Digital Imaging
International GmbH, a company formed under German laws; and Image
Ware Mexico S de RL de CV, a company formed under Mexican laws. All
significant intercompany transactions and balances have been
eliminated.
Operating Cycle
Assets
and liabilities related to long-term contracts are included in
current assets and current liabilities in the accompanying
condensed consolidated balance sheets, although they will be
liquidated in the normal course of contract completion which may
take more than one operating cycle.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the condensed
consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed
consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of
revenue and expense during the reporting period. Significant
estimates include the evaluation of our ability to continue as a
going concern, the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable,
deferred tax asset valuation allowances, assumptions used in the
Black-Scholes model to calculate the fair value of share based
payments, fair value of financial instruments issued with and
affected by the Series C Preferred Financing, assumptions used in
the application of revenue recognition policies, assumption used in
the evaluation of the modification of our Series A Preferred Stock
and exchange for shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, assumptions
used in the derivation of the Company’s incremental borrowing
rate used in the computation of the Company’s operating lease
liabilities and assumptions used in the application of fair value
methodologies to calculate the fair value of pension assets and
obligations. Actual results could differ from
estimates.
Accounts Receivable
In
the normal course of business, the Company extends credit without
collateral requirements to its customers that satisfy pre-defined
credit criteria. Accounts receivable are recorded net of an
allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts receivable are considered
delinquent when the due date on the invoice has passed. The Company
records its allowance for doubtful accounts based upon its
assessment of various factors. The Company considers historical
experience, the age of the accounts receivable balances, the credit
quality of its customers, current economic conditions and other
factors that may affect customers’ ability to pay to
determine the level of allowance required. Accounts receivable
are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts when
all collection efforts by the Company have been
unsuccessful.
Inventories
Finished
goods inventories are stated at the lower of cost, determined using
the average cost method, or net realizable value. See Note
4.
Property, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements
Property
and equipment, consisting of furniture and equipment, are stated at
cost and are being depreciated on a straight-line basis over the
estimated useful lives of the assets, which generally range from
three to five years. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense
as incurred. Major renewals or improvements are capitalized. When
assets are sold or abandoned, the cost and related accumulated
depreciation are removed from the accounts and the resulting gain
or loss is recognized. Expenditures for leasehold improvements are
capitalized. Amortization of leasehold improvements is computed
using the straight-line method over the shorter of the remaining
lease term or the estimated useful lives of the
improvements.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
For
certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including
accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expense, and
deferred revenue, the carrying amounts approximate fair value due
to their relatively short maturities.
Lease Liabilities and Operating Lease Right-of-Use
Assets
The
Company is a party to certain contractual arrangements for office
space which meet the definition of leases under Accounting
Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 842 – Leases
(“ASC 842”). In
accordance with ASC 842, the Company has determined that such
arrangements are operating leases and accordingly the Company has,
as of January 1, 2019, recorded operating lease right-of-use assets
and related lease liability for the present value of the lease
payments over the lease terms using the Company’s estimated
weighted-average incremental borrowing rate of approximately 14.5%
using a capital asset pricing model. The Company has utilized the
practical expedient regarding lease and nonlease components and has
combined such items into a single combined component. The Company
has also utilized the practical expedient regarding leases of
twelve months or less and has excluded such leases from its
computation of lease liability and related right-of-use assets. The
Company has also elected the optional transition package of
practical expedients which include:
A
package of practical expedients to not reassess:
●
Whether
a contract is or contains a lease
●
Lease
classification, and
●
Initial
direct costs
Revenue Recognition
Effective January 1, 2018, we adopted ASC 606,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), using the modified retrospective
transition method.
In
accordance with ASC 606, revenue is recognized when control of the
promised goods or services is transferred to our customers, in an
amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to
in exchange for those goods or services.
The
core principle of the standard is that we should recognize revenue
to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers
in an amount that reflects the consideration to which we expect to
be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve
that core principle, we apply the following five step
model:
1.
Identify
the contract with the customer;
2.
Identify
the performance obligation in the contract;
3.
Determine
the transaction price;
4.
Allocate
the transaction price to the performance obligations in the
contract; and
5.
Recognize
revenue when (or as) each performance obligation is
satisfied.
At
contract inception, we assess the goods and services promised in a
contract with a customer and identify as a performance obligation
each promise to transfer to the customer either: (i) a good or
service (or a bundle of goods or services) that is distinct, or
(ii) a series of distinct goods or services that are substantially
the same and that have the same pattern of transfer to the
customer. We recognize revenue only when we satisfy a performance
obligation by transferring a promised good or service to a
customer.
Determining
the timing of the satisfaction of performance obligations as well
as the transaction price and the amounts allocated to performance
obligations requires judgement.
We
disclose disaggregation of our customer revenue by classes of
similar products and services as follows:
●
Software
licensing and royalties;
●
Sales
of computer hardware and identification media;
●
Services;
and
●
Post-contract
customer support.
Software Licensing and Royalties
Software licenses
consist of revenue from the sale of software for identity
management applications. Our software licenses are functional
intellectual property and typically provide customers with the
right to use our software in perpetuity as it exists when made
available to the customer. We recognize revenue from software
licensing at a point in time upon delivery, provided all other
revenue recognition criteria are met.
Royalties
consist of revenue from usage-based arrangements and guaranteed
minimum-based arrangements. We recognize revenue for royalty
arrangements at the later of (i) when the related sales occur, or
(ii) when the performance obligation to which some or all of the
royalty has been allocated has been satisfied.
Computer Hardware and Identification Media
We
generate revenue from the sale of computer hardware and
identification media. Revenue for these items is recognized upon
delivery of these products to the customer, provided all other
revenue recognition criteria are met.
Services
Services
revenue is comprised primarily of software customization services,
software integration services, system installation services and
customer training. Revenue is generally recognized upon completion
of services and customer acceptance provided all other revenue
recognition criteria are met.
Post-Contract Customer Support (“PCS”)
Post contract customer support consists of
maintenance on software and hardware for our identity management
solutions. We recognize PCS revenue from periodic maintenance
agreements. Revenue is generally recognized ratably over the
respective maintenance periods provided no significant obligations
remain. Costs related to such contracts are expensed as
incurred.
Arrangements with Multiple Performance Obligations
A
performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a
distinct good or service to the customer. In addition to selling
software licenses, hardware and identification media, services and
post-contract customer support on a standalone basis, certain
contracts include multiple performance obligations. For such
arrangements, we allocate revenue to each performance obligation
based on our best estimate of the relative standalone selling
price. The standalone selling price for a performance obligation is
the price at which we would sell a promised good or service
separately to a customer. The primary methods used to estimate
standalone selling price are as follows: (i) the expected cost-plus
margin approach, under which we forecast our expected costs of
satisfying a performance obligation and then add an appropriate
margin for that distinct good or service, and (ii) the percent
discount off of list price approach.
Contract Costs
We
recognize an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a
contract with a customer if we expect the benefit of those costs to
be longer than one year. We apply a practical expedient to expense
costs as incurred for costs to obtain a contract when the
amortization period is one year or less. At September 30, 2020 and
December 31, 2019, we had capitalized incremental costs of
obtaining a contract with a customer of approximately $69,000 and
$118,000, respectively. We recorded no additional contract costs
during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Additionally, we recognized approximately $1,513,000 in revenue
during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 that was
related to contract costs at the beginning of the
period.
Other Items
We
do not offer rights of return for our products and services in the
normal course of business.
Sales
tax collected from customers is excluded from revenue.
The
following table sets forth our disaggregated revenue for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
|
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
||
Net
Revenue
|
2020
|
2019
|
2020
|
2019
|
(dollars
in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software and
royalties
|
$587
|
$73
|
$780
|
$306
|
Hardware and
consumables
|
13
|
15
|
75
|
53
|
Services
|
1,258
|
67
|
1,274
|
233
|
Maintenance
|
613
|
630
|
1,870
|
1,935
|
Total
revenue
|
$2,471
|
$785
|
$3,999
|
$2,527
|
Customer Concentration
For the
three months ended September 30, 2020, two customers accounted for
approximately 82% or $2,037,000 of our total revenue and had trade
receivables at September 30, 2020 of $193,000. For the nine months
ended September 30, 2020, two customers accounted for approximately
65% or $2,588,000 of our total revenue and had trade receivables at
September 30, 2020 of $193,000.
For the
three months ended September 30, 2019, one customer accounted for
approximately 28% or $216,000 of our total revenue and had trade
receivables at September 30, 2019 of $0. For the nine
months ended September 30, 2019, two customers accounted for
approximately 40% or $1,009,000 of our total revenue and had trade
receivables at September 30, 2019 of $161,000.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
From time to time, new accounting pronouncements
are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”), or other standard setting bodies, which
are adopted by us as of the specified effective date. Unless
otherwise discussed, the Company’s management believes the
impact of recently issued standards not yet effective will not have
a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements upon adoption.
FASB Accounting Standards
Update (‘ASU”) No. 2018-14. In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU
2018-14, “Compensation
—Retirement Benefits —Defined Benefit Plans
—General (Subtopic 715-20) —Disclosure Framework
—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit
Plans” (“ASU 2018-14”). The amendments in this update remove
defined benefit plan disclosures that are no longer considered
cost-beneficial, clarify the specific requirements of disclosures,
and add disclosure requirements identified as relevant. ASU 2018-14
is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020. Early
adoption is permitted. The adoption of this standard should be
applied to all periods presented. The adoption of this standard
will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated
financial statements.
FASB ASU No.
2019-12. In December 2019, the
FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic
740). The amendments in
this update simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing
certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. The
amendments also improve consistent application of and simplify GAAP
for other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing
guidance. Early adoption of the amendments is
permitted. For public business entities, the amendments in
this update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods
within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020.
The adoption of this standard will not have a material impact on
the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
FASB ASU No.
2020-01. In January 2020, the
FASB issued ASU 2020-01 “Investments-Equity Securities (Topic 321),
Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and
Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)-Clarifying the Interactions
between Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic
815”, to clarify the
interaction of the accounting for equity securities under ASC 321
and investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting
in ASC 323 and the accounting for certain forward contracts and
purchased options accounted for under ASC 815. With respect to the
interactions between ASC 321 and ASC 323, the amendments clarify
that an entity should consider observable transactions that require
it to either apply or discontinue the equity method of accounting
when applying the measurement alternative in ASC 321, immediately
before applying or upon discontinuing the equity method of
accounting. With respect to forward contracts or purchased options
to purchase securities, the amendments clarify that when applying
the guidance in ASC 815-10-15-141(a), an entity should not consider
whether upon the settlement of the forward contract or exercise of
the purchased option, individually or with existing investments,
the underlying securities would be accounted for under the equity
method in ASC 323 or the fair value option in accordance with ASC
825. The ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods
beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is
permitted, including adoption in any interim period. The
Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a
material impact on its consolidated financial
statements.
FASB ASU No.
2020-06. In August 2020, the
FASB issued ASU 2020-06 “Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other
Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—
Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40):
Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an
Entity’s Own Equity”. This ASU simplifies
accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation
models required under current U.S. GAAP. Consequently, more
convertible debt instruments will be reported as a single liability
instrument and more convertible preferred stock as a single equity
instrument with no separate accounting for embedded conversion
features. The ASU removes certain settlement conditions that are
required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope
exception, which will permit more equity contracts to qualify for
it. The ASU also simplifies the diluted earnings per share (EPS)
calculation in certain areas. This ASU is effective for public
business entities, excluding entities eligible to be smaller
reporting companies, for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all
other entities, the standard will be effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within
those fiscal years. Early adoption will be permitted. The Company
is currently evaluating the impact ASU 2020-06 will have on its
consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 3. NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE
Basic
loss per common share is calculated by dividing net loss available
to common shareholders for the period by the weighted-average
number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss
per common share is calculated by dividing net loss available to
common shareholders for the period by the weighted-average number
of common shares outstanding during the period, adjusted to
include, if dilutive, potential dilutive shares consisting of
convertible preferred stock, convertible related party lines of
credit, stock options and warrants, calculated using the treasury
stock and if-converted methods. For diluted loss per share
calculation purposes, the net loss available to common shareholders
is adjusted to add back any preferred stock dividends and any
interest on convertible debt reflected in the condensed
consolidated statement of operations for the respective
periods.
The
table below presents the computation of basic and diluted loss per
share:
(Amounts in thousands except share and per share
amounts)
|
Three Months Ended
September 30,
|
Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
|
||
|
2020
|
2019
|
2020
|
2019
|
Numerator
for basic and diluted loss per share:
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
$(626)
|
$(2,665)
|
$(6,652)
|
$(8,825)
|
Preferred
dividends, preferred stock discount accretion and deemed dividends
from preferred stock exchange
|
(2,529)
|
(1,300)
|
(5,275)
|
(3,968)
|
Net
loss available to common shareholders
|
$(3,155)
|
$(3,965)
|
$(11,927)
|
$(12,793)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator
for basic and dilutive loss per share – weighted-average
shares outstanding
|
133,341,134
|
106,571,261
|
125,558,524
|
102,830,312
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
and diluted loss per share available to common
shareholders
|
$(0.02)
|
$(0.04)
|
$(0.09)
|
$(0.13)
|
The
following potential dilutive securities have been excluded from the
computations of diluted weighted-average shares outstanding, as
their effect would have been antidilutive:
Potential
Dilutive Securities
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
2020
|
2019
|
Convertible related
party notes payable
|
3,517,338
|
—
|
Restricted stock
units
|
1,823,463
|
—
|
Convertible
redeemable preferred stock
|
54,495,592
|
42,627,000
|
Stock
options
|
2,474,670
|
7,199,668
|
Warrants
|
904,484
|
1,733,856
|
Total potential
dilutive securities
|
63,215,546
|
51,560,524
|
NOTE 4. SELECT BALANCE SHEET DETAILS
Inventory
Inventories of $22,000 as of September 30, 2020 were comprised of
work in process of $12,000 representing direct labor costs on
in-process projects and finished goods of $10,000 net of reserves
for obsolete and slow-moving items of $3,000.
Inventories of
$615,000 as of December 31, 2019
were comprised of work in process of $608,000, representing direct
labor costs on in-process projects and finished goods of
$7,000 net of reserves for
obsolete and slow-moving items of $3,000.
Intangible Assets
The
carrying amounts of the Company’s patent intangible assets
were $61,000 and $70,000 as of September 30, 2020 and December 31,
2019, respectively, which includes accumulated amortization of
$598,000 and $589,000 as of September 30, 2020 and December 31,
2019, respectively. Amortization expense for patent intangible
assets was $3,000 and $9,000 for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Patent intangible assets
are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their remaining
life of approximately 5.7 years. There was no impairment of the
Company’s intangible assets during the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.
The
estimated intangible amortization expense for the next five fiscal
years is as follows:
Fiscal
Year Ended December 31,
|
Estimated
Amortization
Expense
($ in thousands)
|
2020 (three
months)
|
$3
|
2021
|
12
|
2022
|
12
|
2023
|
12
|
2024
|
12
|
Thereafter
|
10
|
Totals
|
$61
|
Goodwill
The Company annually,
or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate a need,
tests the carrying amount of goodwill for impairment. The
Company performs its annual impairment test in the fourth quarter
of each year. In December 2018, the Company adopted the provisions
of ASU 2017-04, "Intangibles
- Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test
for Goodwill Impairment". The provisions of
ASU 2017-04 eliminate the requirement to calculate the implied fair
value of goodwill to measure a goodwill impairment
charge. Instead, entities will record an impairment charge based on
the excess of a reporting unit's carrying amount over its fair
value. Entities that have reporting units with zero or negative
carrying amounts, will no longer be required to perform a
qualitative assessment assuming they pass the simplified impairment
test. The Company continues to have only one reporting unit,
Identity Management which, at September 30, 2020, had a negative
carrying amount of approximately $12,922,000. Based on the results
of the Company's impairment testing, the Company determined that
its goodwill was not impaired as of September 30, 2020
and December 31, 2019.
Other Assets
In
conjunction with the Lincoln Purchase Agreement, the Company issued
to Lincoln Park, in May 2020, 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock as
consideration for entering into the Lincoln Purchase Agreement.
Pursuant to this issuance, the Company recorded $400,000 as a
deferred stock issuance cost. Such deferred stock issuance costs
will be recognized as a charge against paid in capital in
proportion to securities sold under the Lincoln Purchase Agreement.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the
Company recognized approximately $26,000 and $36,000, respectively,
as a charge against paid in capital relating to securities sold
under the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement.
NOTE 5. LEASES
The
Company is a party to certain contractual arrangements for office
space which meet the definition of leases under ASC 842 –
Leases. In accordance with ASC 842, the Company has determined that
such arrangements are operating leases and accordingly the Company
has, as of January 1, 2019, recorded operating lease right-of-use
assets and related lease liability for the present value of the
lease payments over the lease terms using the Company’s
estimated weighted-average incremental borrowing rate of
approximately 14.5% as the discount rates implicit in the
Company’s leases cannot be readily determined. Such assets
and liabilities aggregated approximately $2,265,000 and $2,280,000
as of January 1, 2019, respectively and $1,906,000 and $2,089,000
as of December 31, 2019, respectively. At September 30, 2020, such
assets and liabilities aggregated approximately $1,649,000 and
$1,818,000, respectively. The Company determined that it had no
arrangements representing finance leases.
The
Company’s operating leasing arrangements are summarized
below:
●
The
Company’s corporate headquarters is located in San Diego,
California, where it occupies 8,511 square feet of office space at
an average cost of approximately $28,000 per month. This
facility’s lease was entered into by the Company in July
2018. This lease commenced on November 1, 2018 and terminates on
April 30, 2025;
●
1,508
square feet in Ottawa, Province of Ontario, Canada, at a cost of
approximately $3,000 per month until the expiration of the lease on
March 31, 2021;
●
9,720
square feet in Portland, Oregon, at a cost of approximately $23,000
per month until the expiration of the lease on February 28, 2023;
and
●
183
square feet of office space in Mexico City, Mexico, at a cost of
approximately $2,000 per month until September 30, 2020. Effective
October 1, 2020, the Company extended this lease for a period of 12
months.
The
above leases contain no residual value guarantees provided by the
Company and there are no options to either extend or terminate the
leases. The Company is not a party to any subleasing
arrangements.
For the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the
Company recorded approximately $169,000 and $508,000, and $154,000
and $503,000, respectively, in lease expense using the
straight-line method. Under the provisions of ASC 842, lease
expense is comprised of the total lease payments under the lease
plus any initial direct costs incurred less any lease incentives
received by the lessor amortized ratably using the straight-line
method over the lease term. The weighted-average remaining lease
term of the Company’s operating leases as of September 30,
2020 is 3.85 years. Cash payments under operating leases aggregated
approximately $162,000 and $485,000, respectively, for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and $122,000 and $366,000,
respectively, for the comparable periods in 2019, and are included
in operating cash flows.
The
Company’s lease liability was computed using the present
value of future lease payments. The Company has utilized the
practical expedient regarding lease and non-lease components and
combined such components into a single combined component in the
determination of the lease liability. The Company has excluded the
lease of its office space in Mexico City, Mexico in the
determination of the lease liability as of January 1, 2019 as its
term is less than 12 months.
At
September 30, 2020, future minimum undiscounted lease payments are
as follows:
($ in
thousands)
|
|
2020
(three months)
|
$164
|
2021
|
642
|
2022
|
652
|
2023
|
424
|
2024
|
386
|
Thereafter
|
132
|
Total
|
2,400
|
Short-term
leases not included in lease liability
|
—
|
Present
Value effect on future minimum undiscounted lease payments at
September 30, 2020
|
(582)
|
Lease
liability at September 30, 2020
|
$1,818
|
Less
current portion
|
(412)
|
Non-current
lease liability at September 30, 2020
|
$1,406
|
NOTE 6. MEZZANINE EQUITY
Series C Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock
On September 10, 2018, the Company filed the
Series C Certificate with the Secretary of State for the State of
Delaware – Division of Corporations, designating 1,000 shares
of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share,
as Series C Preferred, each share with a stated value of $10,000
per share (the “Series C Stated
Value”). Shares of Series
C Preferred accrue dividends
cumulatively and are payable quarterly at a rate of 8% per annum if
paid in cash, or 10% per annum if paid by the issuance of shares of
Common Stock. Each share of Series C Preferred has a liquidation
preference equal to the
greater of (i) the Series C Stated Value plus all accrued and
unpaid dividends, and (ii) such amount per share as would have been
payable had each share been converted into Common Stock immediately
prior to the occurrence of a Liquidation Event (as defined in the
Series C Certificate) or Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined in
the Series C Certificate) (the "Series C Liquidation
Preference Amount"). Each share
of Series C Preferred is convertible into that number of shares of
the Company’s Common Stock (“Series C Conversion
Shares”) equal to the
Series C Stated Value, divided by $1.00, which conversion rate is
subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Series C
Certificate. Holders of Series C Preferred may elect to convert
shares of Series C Preferred into Series C Conversion Shares at any
time. Holders of the Series C Preferred may also require the
Company to redeem all or any portion of such holder’s shares
of Series C Preferred at any time from and after the third
anniversary of the issuance date or in the event of the
consummation of a Change of Control (as such term is defined in the
Series C Certificate). Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Series C Certificate, in the event the volume-weighted
average price of the Company’s Common Stock is at least $3.00
per share (subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of
the Series C Certificate) for at least 20 consecutive trading days,
the Company may convert all, but not less than all, issued and
outstanding shares of Series C Preferred into Series C Conversion
Shares. In addition, in the event of a Change of Control, the
Company will have the option to redeem all, but not less than all,
issued and outstanding shares of Series C Preferred for 115% of the
Series C Liquidation Preference Amount per share. Holders of Series
C Preferred will have the right to vote, on an as-converted basis,
with the holders of the Company’s Common Stock on any matter
presented to the Company’s stockholders for their action or
consideration. Shares of Series C Preferred rank senior to the
Company’s Common Stock, Series A Preferred, Series A-1
Preferred, and junior to the Company’s Series B
Preferred.
On September 10, 2018, the Company offered and
sold a total of 890 shares of Series C Preferred at a purchase
price of $10,000 per share, and on September 21, 2018, the Company
offered and sold an additional 110 shares of Series C Preferred at
a purchase price of $10,000 per share (the
“Series C
Financing”). The total
gross proceeds to the Company from the Series C Financing were
$10,000,000. Issuance costs incurred in conjunction with the Series
C Financing were approximately $1,211,000. Such costs have been
recorded as a discount on the Series C Preferred and will be
accreted to the point of earliest redemption which is the third
anniversary of the Series C Financing or September 10, 2021 using
the effective interest rate method. The accretion of these costs is
recorded as a deemed dividend.
There were no issuances or conversions of Series C Preferred during
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 or September 30,
2019. During the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
issued the holders of Series C Preferred 1,623,150 shares of Common
Stock as payment of dividends due on March 31, 2020; 693,896 shares
of Common Stock as payment of dividends due on June 30, 2020; and
2,859,688 shares of Common Stock as payment of dividends due as of
September 30, 2020.
The Company
issued the holders of Series C Preferred 157,945, 266,793 and
495,688 shares of Common Stock on March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019 and
September 30, 2019, respectively, as payment of dividends due on
these dates.
Guidance for
accounting for freestanding financial instruments that contain
characteristics of both liabilities and equity are contained in ASC
480, Distinguishing Liabilities
From Equity and Accounting
Series Release 268 (“ASR 268”) Redeemable Preferred
Stocks. The Company evaluated
the provisions of the Series C Preferred and determined that the
provisions of the Series C Preferred grant the holders of the
Series C Preferred a redemption right whereby the holders of the
Series C Preferred may, at any time after the third anniversary of
the Series C Preferred issuance, require the Company to redeem in
cash any or all of the holder’s outstanding Series C
Preferred at an amount equal to the Series C Liquidation Preference
Amount. In the event of a Change of Control, the holders of Series
C Preferred shall have the right to require the Company to redeem
in cash all or any portion of such holder’s shares at the
Series C Liquidation Preference Amount. The Company has concluded
that because the redemption features of the Series C Preferred are
outside of the control of the Company, the instrument is to be
recorded as temporary or mezzanine equity in accordance with the
provisions of ASR 268.
The
Company noted that the Series C Preferred instrument was a hybrid
instrument that contains several embedded features. In November
2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-16 to amend ASC 815,
“Derivatives and
Hedging”, (“ASC
815”) and require the use of the whole instrument
approach (described below) to determine whether the nature of the
host contract in a hybrid instrument issued in the form of a share
is more akin to debt or to equity.
The whole
instrument approach requires an issuer or investor to consider the
economic characteristics and risks of the entire hybrid instrument,
including all of its stated and implied substantive terms and
features. Under this approach, all stated and implied features,
including the embedded feature being evaluated for bifurcation,
must be considered. Each term and feature should be weighed based
on the relevant facts and circumstances to determine the nature of
the host contract. This approach results in a single, consistent
determination of the nature of the host contract, which is then
used to evaluate each embedded feature for bifurcation. That is,
the host contract does not change as each feature is
evaluated.
The
revised guidance further clarifies that the existence or omission
of any single feature, including an investor-held, fixed-price,
noncontingent redemption option, does not determine the economic
characteristics and risks of the host contract. Instead, an entity
must base that determination on an evaluation of the entire hybrid
instrument, including all substantive terms and
features.
However, an
individual term or feature may be weighed more heavily in the
evaluation based on facts and circumstances. An evaluation of all
relevant terms and features, including the circumstances
surrounding the issuance or acquisition of the equity share, as
well as the likelihood that an issuer or investor is expected to
exercise any options within the host contract, to determine the
nature of the host contract, requires judgement.
Using
the whole instrument approach, the Company concluded that the host
instrument is more akin to debt than equity as the majority of
identified features contain more characteristics of
debt.
The
Company evaluated the identified embedded features of the Series C
Preferred host instrument and determined that certain features meet
the definition of and contained the characteristics of derivative
financial instruments requiring bifurcation at fair value from the
host instrument.
Accordingly, the
Company has bifurcated from the Series C Preferred host instrument
the conversion options, redemption option and participating
dividend feature in accordance with the guidance in ASC 815. These
bifurcated features aggregated approximately $833,000 at issuance
and have been recorded as a discount to the Series C Preferred.
Such amount will be accreted to the
point of earliest redemption which is the third anniversary of the
Series C Financing or September 10, 2021 using the effective
interest rate method. The accretion of these features is recorded
as a deemed dividend.
For the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
recorded the accretion of debt issuance costs and derivative
liabilities aggregating approximately $170,000 and $517,000,
respectively, using the effective interest rate method. For the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company
recorded the accretion of debt issuance costs and derivative
liabilities aggregating approximately $181,000 and $551,000,
respectively, using the effective interest rate
method.
There were no conversions of Series C Preferred
into Common Stock during the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2020 and 2019.
See Note 12, Subsequent Events, regarding the
pending exchange of all shares of Series C Preferred into Series D
Preferred pursuant to the Exchange Agreement and Amended Series C
Certificate, as defined in Note 1 of Item 1, Part 1 of this
Quarterly Report.
The
Company reflected the following in Mezzanine Equity for the Series
C Preferred Stock as of December 31, 2019 and September 30,
2020:
|
Series
C
|
|
|
Convertible,
|
|
|
Redeemable
|
|
|
Preferred
|
|
(amounts
in thousands, except share amounts)
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
Total Series C
Preferred Stock as of December 31, 2019
|
1,000
|
$8,884
|
|
|
|
Accretion of
discount – deemed dividend for the nine months ended
September 30, 2020
|
—
|
517
|
|
|
|
Total
Series C Preferred Stock as of September 30, 2020
|
1,000
|
$9,401
|
NOTE 7. DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES
The Company accounts
for its derivative instruments under the provisions of ASC
815, “Derivatives
and Hedging”. Under the
provisions of ASC 815, the Company identified embedded features
within the Series C Preferred host contract that
qualify
as derivative instruments and require
bifurcation.
The
Company determined that the conversion option, redemption option
and participating dividend feature contained in the Series C
Preferred host instrument required bifurcation. The Company valued
the bifurcatable features at fair value. Such liabilities
aggregated approximately $833,000 at inception and are classified
as current liabilities on the Company’s condensed
consolidated balance sheets under the caption “Derivative
liabilities”. The Company will revalue these features at each
balance sheet date and record any change in fair value in the
determination of period net income or loss. Such amounts are
recorded in the caption “Change in fair value of derivatives
liabilities” in the Company’s condensed consolidated
statements of operations. During the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2020, the Company recorded a decrease to these
derivative liabilities using fair value methodologies of
approximately $535,000 and $369,000, respectively. As a result of
this decrease, such liabilities aggregated approximately $0 at
September 30, 2020. During the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2019, the Company recorded a decrease to these
derivative liabilities using fair value methodologies of
approximately $388,000 and $445,000, respectively. See Note 9 to
these condensed consolidated financial statements for a
reconciliation of amounts recorded at September 30, 2020. In
November 2020, pursuant to the Series D Preferred Stock financing,
all holders of Series C Preferred will be exchanging their shares
of Series C Preferred for Series D Preferred and the embedded
derivative liabilities bifurcated in the Series C Preferred will
cease to exist upon the consummation of the exchange
transaction.
NOTE 8. NOTES PAYABLE
Concurrently
with the execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the
Investors executed the Loan Agreement, pursuant to which each
Investor signatory thereto agreed to the Bridge Loan, secured by
all assets of the Company, in an amount equal to 20% of such
Investor’s purchase commitment as set forth in the Purchase
Agreement, which Bridge Loan, plus accrued interest, will roll
into, and be used to purchase, Series D Preferred at Closing. For
more information regarding the Purchase Agreement, the Investors,
the Loan Agreement, and the Bridge Loan, see Note 1, Description of
Business and Operations.
Pursuant
to the Bridge Loan, the Company received proceeds of $2,187,000 in
September 2020. The Bridge Loan bears interest at a fixed
rate of 12% and is due and payable in arrears on the earlier of the
Loan Conversion Date, as such term is defined in the Loan
Agreement, or six months after the disbursement of the Bridge Loan.
All amounts due and payable pursuant to the Bridge Loan are
automatically convertible, without further action by the Investors,
into shares of Series D Preferred at Closing at a purchase price of
$1,000 for each share of Series D Preferred. The repayment of all
amounts due under the terms of the Loan Agreement are secured by
all assets of the Company. At September 30, 2020, the Company has
recorded the Bridge Loan of $2,187,000 as a current liability under
the caption “Notes payable, current portion” in its
condensed consolidated balance sheet.
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law
the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act
(“CARES Act”). On May 4, 2020, the Company entered into
a loan agreement (the “PPP Loan”)
with Comerica Bank (“Comerica”) under the Paycheck Protection Program
(the “PPP”), which is part of the CARES Act
administered by the United States Small Business Administration
(“SBA”). As part of the application for these
funds, the Company in good faith, has certified that the current
economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary to support the
ongoing operations of the Company. This certification further
requires the Company to take into account our current business
activity and our ability to access other sources of liquidity
sufficient to support ongoing operations in a manner that is not
significantly detrimental to the business. Under the PPP, the
Company received proceeds of approximately $1,571,000, from
the PPP Loan. In accordance with the requirements of
the PPP, the Company intends to use proceeds from
the PPP Loan primarily for payroll costs, rent and
utilities. The PPP Loan has a 1.00% interest rate per
annum, matures on May 4, 2022 and is subject to the terms and
conditions applicable to loans administered by the SBA under
the PPP. Under the terms of PPP, all or certain amounts
of the PPP Loan may be forgiven if they are used for
qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act, which the
Company continues to evaluate. While no determination has been made
at the time of the filing of this Quarterly Report, the Series D
Financing may affect the Company's ability to have the PPP Loan
forgiven under the PPP. The Company has recorded the entire amount
of the PPP Loan as debt. Under the terms of the PPP Loan, monthly
payments of principal and interest were due to commence November 1,
2020, however the SBA is deferring loan payments for borrowers who
apply for loan forgiveness until the SBA remits the
borrower’s loan forgiveness amount to the lender. The Company
plans to file for loan forgiveness and t the time of the filing of
this Quarterly Report, no amounts have been repaid. At September
30, 2020, the Company has recorded the current portion of the PPP
Loan of approximately $718,000 as a current liability under the
caption “Notes payable, current portion” in its
condensed consolidated balance sheet. The remaining portion of
approximately $853,000 is recorded as a long-term liability under
the caption “Note payable, net of current portion” in
its condensed consolidated September 30, 2020 balance
sheet.
The
Company has notes payable to certain members of the Company’s
Board of Directors. These notes are fully described in Note 1,
Description of Business and Operations, and Note 11, Related Party
Transactions. For more information regarding the Closing of the
Series D Financing and conversion of the Bridge Loan, see Note 12
– Subsequent Events.
NOTE 9. EQUITY
The
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the
issuance of two classes of stock to be designated “Common
Stock” and “Preferred Stock”. The Preferred Stock
may be divided into such number of series and with the rights,
preferences, privileges and restrictions as the Board of Directors
may determine.
On
June 9, 2020, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation
to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Common
Stock and the number of shares of the Company’s Preferred
Stock authorized thereunder from an aggregate of 179 million to 350
million, consisting of 345 million shares of Common Stock and 5
million shares of Preferred Stock. On September 28, 2020, the
Company received executed written consents from the requisite
holders of the Company's voting securities, voting on an
as-converted basis, approving the Amended Charter, which, among
other things, will increase the authorized number of shares of
Common Stock from 345 million shares to 1.0 billion shares, with no
change to the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock. This
action did not become effective until 20 calendar days after an
Information Statement was delivered to our shareholders. Such
Information Statement was delivered on October 13,
2020.
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
The Company had 18,917 and 37,467 shares of Series
A Preferred outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and December 31,
2019, respectively. During July 2020, the Company entered into the Series A
Exchange Agreement (as defined in Note 1, Description of Business
and Operations) with the Series A Holders, pursuant to the Series A
Restructuring (as defined in Note 1, Description of Business and
Operations), which such Series A Holders exchanged 18,550 shares of
Series A Preferred for an equivalent number of Series A-1 Preferred
in consideration for their waiver of approximately $1,849,000 in
dividends payable to the Series A Holders and payable for the
quarters ended March 31, 2020 and June 30,
2020.
During
the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued an
aggregate of 219,374 shares of its Common Stock as payment for
dividends due on the Company’s Series A Preferred for the
periods ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020
and there were no accrued unpaid dividends as of September 30,
2020. There were no conversions of
Series A Preferred into Common Stock during the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. Each share of Series A Preferred has a
liquidation preference equal to the greater of (i) $1,000 per share
plus all accrued and unpaid dividends, or (ii) such amount per
share as would have been payable had each such share been converted
into Common Stock immediately prior to such liquidation,
dissolution or winding up (the "Series A Liquidation
Preference Amount"). This
action did not become effective until 20 calendar days after an
Information Statement was delivered to our shareholders. Such
Information Statement was delivered on October 13,
2020.
On
September 28, 2020, the Company received executed written consents
from (i) the requisite holders of the Company's voting securities,
voting on an as-converted basis, and (ii) the requisite holders of
Series A Preferred, voting as a separate class, approving the
Amended Series A Certificate, which, among other things, provides
for (i) the automatic conversion of all Series A Preferred into
Common Stock at a rate of 10% per month following the Closing of
the Series D Financing, with the conversion price for such
conversion reduced from $1.15 per share of Common Stock, to $0.20
per share of Common Stock, and (ii) a reduction of the dividend
rate from 8% of the stated Series A Liquidation Preference Amount
if paid in cash and 10% of the stated Series A Liquidation
Preference Amount if paid in Common Stock, to 4% of the Series A
Liquidation Preference Amount, with the dividends being paid only
in shares of Common Stock.
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock
In
July 2020, the Company filed the Series A-1 Certificate with the
Secretary of State for the State of Delaware – Division of
Corporations, designating 31,021 shares of the Company’s
Preferred Stock as Series A-1 Preferred. Shares of Series A-1
Preferred accrue cumulative dividends and are payable quarterly
beginning March 31, 2021 at a rate of 8% per annum if paid in cash,
or 10% per annum if paid by the issuance of shares of the
Company’s Common Stock.
Shares of Series A-1 Preferred rank senior to the
Company’s Common Stock, pari-passu to the Company's Series A
Preferred, and are subordinate and rank junior to (i) the Series B
Preferred; (ii) the Series C Preferred; (iii) any Preferred Stock
(“New
Preferred”) issued in
connection with a financing resulting in gross proceeds to the
Company of at least $10.0 million (“Qualified
Financing”), provided
such Qualified Financing occurs on or before December 31, 2020. In
the event the Company consummates a Qualified Financing prior to
December 31, 2020, the Company may continue to offer such New
Preferred until December 31, 2020, provided, however, the Qualified
Financing shall not exceed $15.0 million, exclusive of any New
Preferred offered in exchange for Series C Preferred and all
indebtedness of the Company now or hereafter
outstanding.
Each share of Series A-1 Preferred has a liquidation preference
equal to the greater of (i) $1,000 per share plus all accrued and
unpaid dividends, or (ii) such amount per share as would have been
payable had each such share been converted into Common Stock
immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up
(the amount payable pursuant to the foregoing is referred to herein
as the “Series A-1 Liquidation Preference Amount”)
before any payment shall be made or any assets distributed to the
holders of the Common Stock or any other classes and series of
equity securities of the Company which by their terms rank junior
to the Series A-1 Preferred.
Each share of Series A-1 Preferred is convertible
into that number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock
(“Series A-1 Conversion
Shares”) equal to that
number of shares of Series A-1 Preferred being converted multiplied
by $1,000, divided by $0.65, or the conversion price as defined in
the Series A-1 Certificate in effect as of the date the holder
delivers to the Company their notice of election to convert.
Holders of Series A-1 Preferred may elect to convert shares of
Series A-1 Preferred into Common Stock at any time. In addition to
the aforementioned holder conversion option, if the volume weighted
average closing price (VWAP) of the Company’s Common Stock is
at least $1.00 per share for 20 consecutive trading days, then the
Company has the right to convert one-half of the issued and
outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred into Common Stock. In
the event of a Change of Control, the Company will have the option
to redeem all issued and outstanding shares of Series A-1Preferred
for 115% of the Liquidation Preference per
share.
The
Series A-1 Preferred is a freestanding financial instrument that
contains characteristics of both liabilities and equity. Guidance
for accounting for freestanding financial instruments that contain
characteristics of both liabilities and equity are contained in ASC
480 and ASR 268. Pursuant to this
guidance, the Company evaluated the
various provisions of the Series A-1 Preferred and determined that
the instrument should be recorded as a component of permanent
equity.
The
Company noted that the Series A-1 Preferred Stock instrument was a
hybrid instrument that contains several embedded features. In
November 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-16 to amend ASC 815,
“Derivatives and
Hedging”, (“ASC
815”) and require the use of the whole instrument
approach (described below) to determine whether the nature of the
host contract in a hybrid instrument issued in the form of a share
is more akin to debt or to equity.
Using
the whole instrument approach (described more fully in Note 6), the
Company concluded that the host instrument is more akin to equity
than debt as the majority of identified features contain more
characteristics of equity.
The
Company evaluated the identified embedded features of the Series
A-1 Preferred host instrument and determined that certain features
did not meet the definition of and did not contain the
characteristics of derivative financial instruments requiring
bifurcation at fair value from the host instrument.
During July
2020, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement, Consent and
Waiver (“Exchange
Agreement”) with certain
holders of its Series A Preferred (the "Series A
Holders"), pursuant to which
such Series A Holders exchanged 18,550 shares of Series A Preferred
for an equivalent number of Series A-1 Preferred in consideration
for their waiver of approximately $1,849,000 in dividends payable
to the Series A Holders and payable for the quarters ended March
31, 2020 and June 30, 2020 (the “Series A
Restructuring”). Also, as
part of the Exchange Agreement, 739,372 warrants held by those
Series A Holders participating in the exchange were
cancelled.
As
there is no specific guidance under GAAP on whether an amendment
to, or exchange of, an equity-classified preferred stock instrument
(whether presented in temporary or permanent equity) that is not
within the scope of ASC 718 should be accounted for as an
extinguishment or a modification, the Company used, by analogy, the
Guidance in ASC 470, (“Debt”) regarding the
modification of debt instruments and determined that the exchange
transaction was an extinguishment. If a modification or exchange
represents an extinguishment for accounting purposes, it is
accounted for as a redemption of the existing equity instrument and
the issuance of a new instrument.
ASC
260-10-S99-2 (“SEC Staff
Announcement: The Effect on the Calculation of Earnings Per Share
for a Period That Includes the Redemption or Induced Conversion of
Preferred Stock”) provides guidance on the accounting
for extinguishments (redemptions) of equity-classified preferred
stock. Under that guidance, an SEC registrant compares (1) the fair
value of the consideration transferred to the holders of the
preferred stock and (2) the carrying amount of the preferred stock
immediately before the modification or exchange (net of issuance
costs). The difference is treated as a return to (or from) the
holder of the preferred stock in a manner similar to dividends paid
on preferred stock. Any excess of fair value of the consideration
transferred to the holders of the preferred stock over the carrying
amount of the preferred stock in the issuer’s balance sheet
is treated as a dividend to those holders and charged against
retained earnings or, in the absence of retained earnings, charged
against paid-in-capital. Because the Company has an accumulated
deficit, the amount computed as a deemed dividend was charged
against paid-in-capital.
The
Company measured the fair value of the Series A and A-1 Preferred
stock immediately before and after the modification date by
measuring the value of Common Stock each instrument was convertible
into and determined that the modification resulted in a deemed
dividend of approximately $2,272,000.
During the three months ended September 30, 2020,
certain Holders of Series A-1 Preferred converted 350 shares of
Series A-1 Preferred into 538,452 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock. As of September 30, 2020, there were 18,200 shares of
Series A-1 Preferred outstanding. During the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2020, there were no dividends paid nor
any accrued unpaid dividends on Series A-1 Preferred.
On September 28,
2020, the Company received executed written consents from (i) the
requisite holders of the Company's voting securities, voting on an
as-converted basis, and (ii) the requisite holders of Series A-1
Preferred, voting as a separate class, approving the Amended Series
A-1 Certificate, which, among other things, provides for (i) the
automatic, mandatory conversion of all Series A-1 Preferred into
Common Stock at a rate of 10% per month following the Closing of
the Series D Financing until all shares of Series A-1 Preferred
have been converted, with the conversion price for such conversion
reduced from $0.65 per share of Common Stock, to $0.20 per share of
Common Stock, and (ii) a reduction of the dividend rate from 8% of
the stated Series A-1 Liquidation Preference Amount if paid in cash
and 10% of the stated Series A-1 Liquidation Preference Amount if
paid in Common Stock, to 4% of the Series A-1 Liquidation
Preference Amount, with the dividends being paid only in shares of
Common Stock. This action did not
become effective until 20 calendar days after an Information
Statement was delivered to our shareholders. Such Information
Statement was delivered on October 13,
2020.
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
The Company had 239,400 shares of Series B
Convertible Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Series B
Preferred”), outstanding
as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. At September 30,
2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had cumulative undeclared
dividends of approximately $21,000 and $8,000, respectively. There
were no conversions of Series B Preferred into Common Stock during
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and
2019.
Common Stock
The following table summarizes Common
Stock activity for the nine months ended September 30,
2020:
|
Common Stock
|
Shares
outstanding at December 31, 2019
|
113,346,472
|
Shares
issued pursuant to option exchange
|
775,893
|
Shares
issued pursuant to Series A-1 conversion
|
538,452
|
Shares
issued as payment of stock dividend on Series A
Preferred
|
219,374
|
Shares
issued as payment of stock dividend on Series C
Preferred
|
5,176,734
|
Shares
issued to secure financing facility
|
2,500,000
|
Shares
issued for cash
|
15,700,000
|
Shares
outstanding at September 30, 2020
|
138,256,925
|
In
February and March of 2020, the Company sold, and Triton purchased,
an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common
Stock for cash. In February, the Company sold 4,000,000 shares of
Common Stock for $0.16 per share resulting in gross proceeds to the
Company of $640,000. In March 2020, the Company sold 6,000,000
shares of Common Stock resulting in gross proceeds to the Company
of $765,000, or a per share purchase price of $0.13 per share.
Aggregate net proceeds from this financing approximated $1,387,000
after recognition of direct offering costs.
In May
2020, the Company issued to Lincoln Park 2,500,000 shares of its
Common Stock as consideration for entering into the Lincoln
Purchase Agreement. The Company has recorded this issuance as a
deferred stock issuance cost in the amount of $400,000.
Such deferred stock issuance costs
will be recognized as a charge against paid in capital in
proportion to securities sold under the Lincoln Purchase
Agreement.
During
May 2020, the Company sold 2,500,000 shares of its Common Stock to
Lincoln Park pursuant to the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement for
$0.10 per share resulting in proceeds to the Company of
$250,000.
At
various dates in July and August 2020, the Company sold an
aggregate of 3,200,000 shares of its Common Stock to Lincoln Park
pursuant to the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement resulting in net
proceeds to the Company of approximately $659,000.
During
the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued an
aggregate of 219,374 shares of its Common Stock as payment for
dividends due on the Company’s Series A Preferred for the
periods ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020.
Also during the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
issued an aggregate of 5,176,734 shares of its Common Stock as
payment for dividends due on the Company’s Series C Preferred
for the periods ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September
30, 2020.
During
the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued
538,452 shares of its Common Stock pursuant to the conversion of
350 shares of Series A-1 Preferred.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued
612,750 shares of its Common Stock pursuant to exchange agreements
with certain terminated employees whereby such employees exchanged
an aggregate 1,225,500 Common Stock purchase options for 612,750
shares of Common Stock as a component of their severance
agreement. Disclosure of any incremental compensation expense
and the related accounting is set forth in the Stock-Based
Compensation section of this note.
During
the nine
months ended September 30, 2020, the
Company granted 708,916 restricted stock units
(“RSUs”)
to certain active employees in exchange
for 1,417,832 outstanding options held by such employees.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 163,143 shares of
RSUs vested with the remainder of such shares of Common Stock
vesting quarterly over a period of two years. Disclosure of any
incremental compensation expense and the related accounting is set
forth in the Stock-Based Compensation section of this
note.
Warrants
The
following table summarizes warrant activity for the following
periods:
|
Warrants
|
Weighted-Average
Exercise
Price
|
Balance at December
31, 2019
|
1,733,856
|
$0.14
|
Granted
|
—
|
—
|
Expired/Canceled
|
(90,000)
|
1.28
|
Cancelled in
conjunction with Series A-1 issuance
|
(739,372)
|
0.01
|
Exercised
|
—
|
—
|
Balance at
September 30, 2020
|
904,484
|
$0.14
|
As of September 30, 2020, warrants to purchase
904,484 shares
of Common Stock at prices ranging from $0.01 to $0.80 were
outstanding. All of these warrants become exercisable only upon the
attainment of specified events and expire at various dates through
September 2028. The intrinsic value of warrants outstanding at
September 30, 2020 was $0. The Company has excluded from this
computation any intrinsic value of the 754,484 warrants issued to
the Series A Preferred stockholders due to the conversion exercise
contingency associated with these warrants.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company’s 1999 Stock Award Plan (the
“1999
Plan”) was adopted by the
Company’s Board of Directors on December 17, 1999. Under the
terms of the 1999 Plan, the Company was authorized to issue up to
350,000 non-qualified or incentive stock options to purchase Common
Stock of the Company. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the
Company subsequently amended and restated the 1999 Plan, whereby it
increased the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock
reserved for issuance to approximately 7.0 million. Subsequently,
in February 2018, the Company amended and restated the 1999 Plan,
whereby it increased the number of shares of the Company’s
Common Stock reserved for issuance by 2.0 million. The 1999
Plan prohibits the grant of stock option or stock appreciation
right awards with an exercise price less than fair market value of
Common Stock on the date of grant. The 1999 Plan also generally
prohibits the “re-pricing” of stock options or stock
appreciation rights, although awards may be bought-out for a
payment in cash or shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The
1999 Plan permits the grant of stock-based awards other than stock
options, including the grant of “full value” awards
such as restricted stock, stock units and performance shares. The
1999 Plan permits the qualification of awards under the plan
(payable in either stock or cash) as “performance-based
compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
Revenue Code. The number of options issued and outstanding and the
number of options remaining available for future issuance are shown
in the table below. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock
available for issuance under the 1999 Plan at September 30, 2020
was 0 due to the termination of the 1999 Plan.
On June 9, 2020, pursuant to authorization
obtained from the Company’s stockholders, the Company adopted
the 2020 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the
”2020
Plan”). The 2020 Plan was
adopted by the Board of Directors to enhance our ability to attract
and retain highly qualified officers, non-employee directors, key
employees and consultants. Awards granted under the 2020 Plan are
designed to qualify for special tax treatment under Section 422 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”). A total of 25.0 million shares of Common
Stock are authorized for issuance under the 2020
Plan.
The 2020 Plan supersedes and replaces the 1999
Plan and therefore no new awards will be granted under the 1999
Plan. Any awards outstanding under the 1999 Plan on the date of
approval of the 2020 Plan will remain subject to the 1999 Plan. All
shares of Common Stock remaining authorized and available for
issuance under the 1999 Plan and any shares subject to outstanding
awards under the 1999 Plan that subsequently expire, terminate, or
are surrendered or forfeited for any reason without issuance of
shares will automatically become available for issuance under the
2020 Plan. As of September 30, 2020, 27,149,707 shares are available for issuance under the 2020
Plan.
The Company estimates the fair value of its stock
options using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model, consistent with
the provisions of ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock
Compensation”. The fair
value of stock options granted is recognized to expense over the
requisite service period. Stock-based compensation expense for all
share-based payment awards is recognized using the straight-line
single-option method. Stock-based compensation expense is reported
in operating expense based upon the departments to which
substantially all the associated employees report and credited to
additional paid-in-capital.
ASC
718 requires the use of a valuation model to calculate the fair
value of stock-based awards. The Company has elected to use the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which incorporates various
assumptions including volatility, expected life, and interest
rates. The Company is required to make various assumptions in the
application of the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Company
has determined that the best measure of expected volatility is
based on the historical weekly volatility of the Company’s
Common Stock. Historical volatility factors utilized in the
Company’s Black-Scholes computations for the nine months
ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 ranged from 57% to 84%. The
Company has elected to estimate the expected life of an award based
upon the SEC approved “simplified method” noted under
the provisions of Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 14. The expected
term used by the Company during the nine months ended September 30,
2020 was 5.17 years. The difference between the actual historical
expected life and the simplified method was immaterial. The
interest rate used is the risk-free interest rate and is based upon
U.S. Treasury rates appropriate for the expected term. Interest
rates used in the Company’s Black-Scholes calculations for
the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 averaged 2.58%.
Dividend yield is zero as the Company does not expect to declare
any dividends on the Company’s common shares in the
foreseeable future.
In
addition to the key assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model,
the estimated forfeiture rate at the time of valuation is a
critical assumption. The Company has adopted the provisions of ASU
2016-09 and will continue to use an estimated annualized forfeiture
rate of approximately 0% for corporate officers, 4.1% for members
of the Board of Directors and 6.0% for all other
employees.
A
summary of the activity under the Company’s stock option
plans is as follows:
|
Options
|
Weighted-Average
Exercise
Price
|
Balance at December
31, 2019
|
7,204,672
|
$1.32
|
Granted
|
2,320,000
|
$0.15
|
Expired/Cancelled
|
(7,050,002)
|
$1.35
|
Exercised
|
—
|
$—
|
Balance at
September 30, 2020
|
2,474,670
|
$0.20
|
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued an
aggregate 2,320,000 options to purchase common stock at exercise
prices of $0.13 to $0.15.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, certain terminated
employees exchanged 1,200,000 Common Stock purchase options for
600,000 shares of Common Stock as a component of their severance
agreement. The Company recorded the grant date fair value of these
Common Stock issuances as severance expense in the amount of
approximately $86,000.
During
the nine months ended
September 30, 2020, certain employees exchanged 1,417,832 Common
Stock purchase options for 708,916 Restricted Stock Units
(“RSUs”).
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, certain members of
the Company’s Board of Directors and certain officers
exchanged 3,467,000 Common Stock purchase options for 1,733,500
RSUs.
In
addition to the aggregate 6,084,832 options exchanged or pending
exchange as disclosed above, an additional 965,170 Common Stock
purchase options expired unexercised during the nine months ended
September 30, 2020.
There
were no options exercised during the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2020.
The intrinsic value of options exercisable
and outstanding at September 30, 2020 was $0. The aggregate intrinsic value for all
options outstanding as of September 30, 2020 was
$0. The
weighted-average grant-date per share fair value of options granted
during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $0.09. At
September 30, 2020, the total remaining unrecognized compensation
cost related to unvested stock options amounted to approximately
$238,000, which will be recognized over a weighted-average period
of 1.6 years.
The Company
periodically issues RSUs to certain employees which vest over time.
When vested, each RSU represents the right to that number of shares
of Common Stock equal to the number of RSUs granted. The grant date
fair value for RSU’s is based upon the market price of the
Company's Common Stock on the date of the grant. The fair value is
then amortized to compensation expense over the requisite service
period or vesting term.
A
summary of the activity related to RSUs is as follows:
|
RSU’s
|
Weighted-Average
Issuance
Price
|
Balance at December
31, 2019
|
—
|
$—
|
Granted
|
2,942,416
|
$0.16
|
Expired/Cancelled
|
(572,952)
|
$0.17
|
Vested
|
(546,016)
|
$0.17
|
Balance at
September 30, 2020
|
1,823,448
|
$0.16
|
During
the nine months ended
September 30, 2020, the Company granted 708,916 RSUs to
certain employees in exchange for options to purchase
1,417,832 shares of Common Stock held by such employees.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 163,143 of these
RSUs vested with the remainder of such RSUs vesting quarterly over
a period of two years.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company agreed
to grant 1,733,500 RSUs to certain officers and members of the
Company’s Board of Directors in exchange for options to
purchase 3,467,000 shares of Common Stock held by such officers and
directors. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 366,203
of these RSUs vested with the remainder of such RSUs vesting
quarterly over a period of two years. However, principally due to
the lack of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to
satisfy certain commitments of the Company, and in lieu of pending
efforts to restructure certain issued and outstanding preferred
stock and secure additional working capital, the Company and
certain officers and directors have agreed to suspend the issuance
common stock under the RSU agreements.
The
Company determined that the exchange agreements are a modification
of a share-based payment award under ASC 718. Accordingly, the
Company computed any incremental compensation expense as a
component of the total compensation cost to be measured at the
modification date. Aggregate incremental compensation expense
measured from the modifications of stock options was approximately
$385,000.
In addition and unrelated to the aforementioned exchanges, on July
29, 2020, the Company granted 500,000 RSUs at a per share price of
$0.13 to certain employees. During the three months ended September
30, 2020, 16,670 of these RSUs vested with the remainder of the
RSU’s vesting at various dates over a two-year
period.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 572,952 RSUs expired
unexercised.
Stock-based
compensation expense for employees, officers and members of the
Company’s Board of Directors, related to RSU’s, equity
options, and the modifications of equity options, has been
classified as follows in the accompanying condensed consolidated
statements of operations (in thousands):
|
Three Months Ended
September 30,
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
|
||
|
2020
|
2019
|
2020
|
2019
|
Cost
of revenue
|
$2
|
$3
|
$6
|
$10
|
General
and administrative
|
83
|
92
|
240
|
282
|
Sales
and marketing
|
19
|
38
|
120
|
119
|
Research
and development
|
23
|
35
|
83
|
104
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$127
|
$168
|
$449
|
$515
|
NOTE 10. FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING
The Company accounts for fair value measurements
in accordance with ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures”, which
defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair
value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands
disclosures about fair value measurements.
ASC
820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs
to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy
gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active
markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements)
and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3
measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under
ASC 820 are described below:
|
Level 1
|
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at
the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or
liabilities.
|
|
|
|
|
Level 2
|
Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other
than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for
the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or
liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets
or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent
transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in
which significant inputs are observable or can be derived
principally from, or corroborated by, observable market
data.
|
|
|
|
|
Level 3
|
Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both
significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable
(supported by little or no market activity).
|
The
following table sets forth the Company’s financial assets and
liabilities measured at fair value by level within the fair value
hierarchy. As required by ASC 820, assets and liabilities are
classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input
that is significant to the fair value measurement.
|
Fair Value at September 30, 2020
|
|||
($ in thousands)
|
Total
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Pension
assets
|
$1,785
|
$—
|
$—
|
$1,785
|
Totals
|
$1,785
|
$—
|
$—
|
$1,785
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
liabilities
|
$—
|
$—
|
$—
|
$—
|
Totals
|
$—
|
$—
|
$—
|
$—
|
|
Fair Value at December 31, 2019
|
|||
($ in thousands)
|
Total
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Pension
assets
|
$1,713
|
$—
|
$—
|
$1,713
|
Totals
|
$1,713
|
$—
|
$—
|
$1,713
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
liabilities
|
$369
|
$—
|
$—
|
$369
|
Totals
|
$369
|
$—
|
$—
|
$369
|
The
Company’s German pension plan is funded by insurance contract
policies whereby the insurance company guarantees a fixed minimum
return. The Company has determined that the pension assets are
appropriately classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy
because they are valued using actuarial valuation methodologies
which approximate cash surrender value that cannot be corroborated
with observable market data. All plan assets are managed in a
policyholder pool in Germany by outside investment managers. The
investment manager is responsible for the investment strategy of
the insurance premiums that Company submits and does not hold
individual assets per participating employer. The German Federal
Financial Supervisory oversees and supervises the insurance
contracts.
As of September 30, 2020, the Company had embedded
features contained in the Series C Preferred host instrument
(issued in September 2018) that qualified
for derivative liability treatment. The
recorded fair market value of these features was approximately $0
and $369,000 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019,
respectively, and are classified as a current liability in the
condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2020 and
December 31, 2019. The fair value of the
Company’s derivative liabilities is classified
within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued
using pricing models that incorporate management assumptions that
cannot be corroborated with observable market data. The
Company uses the lattice framework, Monte-Carlo simulations and
other fair value methodologies in the determination of the fair
value of derivative liabilities. In
November 2020, pursuant to the Series D Financing, all holders of
Series C Preferred will be exchanging their shares of Series C
Preferred for shares of Series D Preferred and the embedded
derivative liabilities bifurcated in the Series C Preferred cease
to exist.
Some
of the aforementioned fair value methodologies are affected by the
Company’s stock price as well as assumptions regarding the
expected stock price volatility over the term of the
derivative liabilities in addition to the probability of
future events. Significant assumptions used in the fair value
methodologies during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 are a
risk-free rate of 0.10%, equity volatility of 150%, effective life
of 0.25 years and a preferred stock dividend rate of 0%. These
assumptions incorporate management’s estimate of the
probability of future financings (Series D Financing) with terms
requiring the conversion of the Series C Preferred and the timing
of potential change of control events. The primary assumptions
impacted by Series D Financing were the effective life of 0.25
years and equity volatility. Significant assumption used in the
fair value methodologies during the nine months ended September 30,
2019 are a risk-free rate of 1.54% - 1.62%, equity volatility of
68% - 70%, effective life of 1.95 – 3.95 years and a
preferred stock dividend rate of 10%.
The
Company monitors the activity within each level and any changes
with the underlying valuation techniques or inputs utilized to
recognize if any transfers between levels are
necessary. That determination is made, in part, by
working with outside valuation experts for Level 3 instruments and
monitoring market related data and other valuation inputs for Level
1 and Level 2 instruments.
The reconciliations of Level 3 pension assets
measured at fair value during the three months ended September 30,
2020 and 2019 are presented below:
($ in
thousands)
|
Three months
ended
September 30,
2020
|
Three months
ended
September 30,
2019
|
|
|
|
Pension
assets:
|
|
|
Fair value at
beginning of period
|
$1,711
|
$1,721
|
Return on plan
assets
|
19
|
14
|
Company
contributions and benefits paid, net
|
(28)
|
(4)
|
Effect of exchange
rate changes
|
83
|
(82)
|
Fair value at end
of period
|
$1,785
|
$1,649
|
The reconciliations of Level 3 pension assets
measured at fair value during the nine months ended September 30,
2020 and 2019 are presented below:
($ in
thousands)
|
Nine
months ended
September 30,
2020
|
Nine
months ended
September 30,
2019
|
|
|
|
Pension
assets:
|
|
|
Fair value at
beginning of period
|
$1,713
|
$1,733
|
Return on plan
assets
|
49
|
44
|
Company
contributions and benefits paid, net
|
(61)
|
(34)
|
Effect of exchange
rate changes
|
84
|
(94)
|
Fair value at end
of period
|
$1,785
|
$1,649
|
The
reconciliations of Level 3 derivative liabilities measured at fair
value during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 are
presented below:
($ in
thousands)
|
Three months
ended
September 30,
2020
|
Three months
ended
September 30,
2019
|
Derivative
liabilities:
|
|
|
Fair value at
beginning of period
|
$535
|
$1,008
|
Change in fair
value included in earnings
|
(535)
|
(388)
|
Fair value at end
of period
|
$—
|
$620
|
The
reconciliations of Level 3 derivative liabilities measured at fair
value during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 are
presented below:
($ in
thousands)
|
Nine
months ended
September 30,
2020
|
Nine
months ended
September 30,
2019
|
|
|
|
Derivative
liabilities:
|
|
|
Fair value at
beginning of period
|
$369
|
$1,065
|
Change in fair
value included in earnings
|
(369)
|
(445)
|
Fair value at end
of period
|
$—
|
$620
|
NOTE 11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Notes Payable
On February 12, 2020, the Company entered into a
factoring agreement (the "Factoring
Agreement") with a member of
the Company’s Board of Directors (the "Factoring
Lender"). Under the Factoring
Agreement, the Company received $350,000 in proceeds (the
"Factoring
Principal") in the form of a
loan, bearing interest at a rate of 1% for every seven days until
the Factoring Principal and accrued interest are paid in full, with
a maturity date of March 4, 2020. Pursuant to the Factoring
Agreement, repayment of the Factoring Principal and accrued
interest was secured by certain of the Company’s trade
accounts receivable approximating $500,000 (the
"Factoring
Collateral"). As of September
30, 2020, despite collection of the Company’s trade accounts
receivable, the Factoring Principal had not been repaid and the
Company requested an extension from the Factoring Lender. During
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
recorded approximately $46,000 and $116,000, respectively in
interest expense related to the Factoring Agreement. In May 2020,
the Company repaid $35,000 in accrued interest to the Factoring
Lender. Accrued unpaid interest at September 30, 2020 approximated
$81,000 and is included in the Company’s condensed
consolidated September 30, 2020 balance sheet under the caption
“Accrued expense”. As a condition to the consummation
of the Company's offer and sale (the "Closing") of shares of its Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock, par value $0.01 ("Series D
Preferred") (the
"Series D
Financing"), the Factoring
Lender agreed to settle the entire Factoring Principal plus accrued
interest and release the Company from liabilities due under the
Factoring Agreement in exchange for a one-time payment of $360,000
(the "Factoring
Settlement") to be made upon
the Closing, and out of the proceeds, of the Series D Financing.
The Series D Financing in Note 12, Subsequent
Events.
During the
nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company received advances
from a second member of the Board of Directors (the
"Board
Lender") in the aggregate
amount of $450,000. On June 29, 2020, the Company executed a
promissory note (the "Board Note") in the favor of the Board Lender in the
principal amount of $450,000 (the "Board Note
Principal"), pursuant to which
the Board Note Principal accrued simple interest at the rate of 5%
per annum, and was convertible into shares of the Company's Common
Stock at $0.16 per share of Common Stock at the election of the
Board Lender. The Board Note was to mature on the earlier to occur
of (i) October 13, 2020, or (ii) on such date that the Company
consummates a debt and/or equity financing resulting in net
proceeds to the Company of at least $3.0 million. As a condition to
the Series D Financing, the Board Lender agreed to purchase the
number of shares of Series D Preferred equal to one-half (50%) of
the Board Note Principal and interest accrued thereon at the
Closing of the Series D Financing, with the remaining one-half of
the Board Note Principal and interest accrued thereon to be paid to
the Board Lender out of the proceeds of the Series D
Financing.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020,
the Company received advances from a third member of the Board of
Directors (the "Second Board
Lender") in the aggregate
amount of $100,000. On June 29, 2020, the Company executed a
promissory note (the "Second Board
Note", and collectively with
the Board Note, the "Board Notes") in the principal amounts of $100,000 (the
"Second
Board Note Principal"),
pursuant to which the Second Board Note Principal accrued simple
interest at the rate of 5% per annum, and was convertible into
shares of the Company’s Common Stock at $0.16 per share of
Common Stock at the election of the Second Board Lender. The Second
Board Note was to mature on the earlier to occur of (i) October 13,
2020, or (ii) on such date that the Company consummates a debt
and/or equity financing resulting in net proceeds to the Company of
at least $3.0 million. As a condition to the Series D
Financing, the Second Board Lender agreed to purchase the number of
shares of Series D Preferred equal to the Second Board Note
Principal and accrued interest thereon, such purchase of shares of
Series D Preferred, and release of the Company from its liability
under the Second Board Note, to occur upon the Closing of the
Series D Financing.
NOTE 12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
On
November 12, 2020, the Company filed its Amended Charter. The
Amended Charter increases the number of authorized shares of Common
Stock from 345 million shares to 1.0 billion shares, resulting in a
total increase of 655 million shares of Common Stock. The Amended
Charter, among other things, includes an exclusive jurisdiction
provision, which provides that Delaware is the exclusive
jurisdiction, and the Delaware Court of Chancery as the exclusive
forum, for all disputes relating to the internal affairs of the
Company, and the federal district courts of United States of
America as the exclusive forum for the resolution of any causes of
action arising under the Securities Act. New Section 13 is not
intended to apply to derivative actions brought by shareholders for
claims arising under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, as the federal district courts have exclusive jurisdiction
over all matters arising thereunder.
Amendment to Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
On
November 12, 2020, the Company filed the Amended Series A
Certificate, as approved by the shareholders of the Company
pursuant to the action by written consent received by the Company
on September 28, 2020. The Amended Series A Certificate, among
other things: (i) amends the terms of conversion from Series A
Preferred to Common Stock by (A) amending the conversion price from
$1.15 per share of Common Stock to $0.20 per share of Common Stock,
(B) amending the voluntary conversion process by providing a
voluntary conversion window, beginning on the consummation of the
Series D Financing and ending on August 1, 2021 (the
“Conversion
Period”), to voluntarily convert all shares of Series
A Preferred into Common Stock upon notice to the Company, and (C)
for holders of Series A Preferred that do not voluntarily convert
all shares of Series A Preferred into Common Stock, a mandatory,
automatic conversion of each such holder’s shares of Series A
Preferred at a rate of 10% per month beginning on the consummation
of the Series D Financing, with all shares converting by August 1,
2021; (ii) amends the dividend payment provisions to reduce the
specified rate from 8% if paid in cash, or 10% if paid in Common
Stock, to 4%, with dividends now only being payable in Common Stock
through the end of the Conversion Period; (iii) a waiver of the
protective provisions in Section 9 of the Series A Certificate; and
(iv) provides that the Series A Preferred is junior to the newly
authorized and issued Series D Preferred.
Amendment to Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock
On
November 12, 2020, the Company filed Amended Series A-1
Certificate. The Amended Series A-1 Certificate, among other
things: (i) amends the terms of conversion from Series A-1
Preferred to Common Stock, by (A) amending the conversion price
from $0.65 per share of Common Stock to $0.20 per share of Common
Stock, (B) amending the voluntary conversion process by providing a
voluntary conversion window, beginning on the consummation of the
Series D Financing and ending on August 1, 2021 (the
“Conversion
Period”), to voluntarily convert all shares of Series
A-1 Preferred into Common Stock upon notice to the Company, and (C)
for holders of Series A-1 Preferred that do not voluntarily convert
all shares of Series A-1 Preferred into Common Stock, a mandatory,
automatic conversion of each such holder’s shares of Series
A-1 Preferred at a rate of 10% per month beginning on the
consummation of the Series D Financing, with all shares converting
by August 1, 2021; (ii) amends the dividend payment provisions to
reduce the specified rate from 8% in cash or 10% if paid in shares
of Common Stock, to 4%, with dividends now only being payable in
Common Stock through the end of the Conversion Period; (iii) a
waiver of the protective provisions in Section 9 of the Series A-1
Certificate; and (iv) provides that the Series A-1 Preferred is
junior to the newly authorized and issued Series D
Preferred.
Amendment to Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
On
November 12, 2020, the Company filed the Amended Series C
Certificate to, without limitation, provide for a drag-along right
whereby if at any time one or more holders of Series C Preferred
then holding, in the aggregate, more than 50% of the outstanding
shares of Series C Preferred, exchange all (but not less than all)
of each such exchanging shareholder’s shares of Series C
Preferred for shares of Series D Preferred, then such initiating
shareholder(s), in their sole discretion, shall have the right to
require that all the holders of Series C Preferred similarly
exchange their shares of Series C Preferred into shares of Series D
Preferred on identical terms and conditions to the majority
shareholders that elected to exchange their Series C Preferred into
Series D Preferred. Additionally, the Series C Certificate was
amended to provide that the Series C Preferred shall rank junior to
the newly authorized and issued Series D Preferred.
Creation of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock
On
November 12, 2020, the Company filed the Series D Certificate.
Pursuant to the Series D Certificate, the Series D Preferred ranks
senior to all Common Stock and all other present and future classes
or series of capital stock, except for Series B Preferred, and upon
liquidation will be entitled to receive the Liquidation Preference
Amount (as defined in the Series D Certificate) plus any accrued
and unpaid dividends, before the payment or distribution of the
Company’s assets or the proceeds thereof is made to the
holders of any junior securities. Additionally, dividends on shares
of Series D Preferred will be paid prior to any junior securities,
and are to be paid at the rate of 4% of the Stated Value (as
defined in the Series D Certificate) per share per annum in the
form of cash or shares of Series D Preferred. Holders of Series D
Preferred shall vote together with holders of Common Stock on an
as-converted basis, and not as a separate class, except (i) the
holders of Series D Preferred, voting as a separate class, shall be
entitled to elect two directors, (ii) the holders of Series D
Preferred have the right to vote as a separate class regarding the
waiver of certain protective provisions set forth in the Series D
Certificate, and (iii) as otherwise required by law.
The
holders of Series D Preferred may voluntarily convert their shares
of Series D Preferred into Common Stock at any time that is at
least ninety days following the issuance date, at the conversion
price calculated by dividing the Stated Value by the conversion
price of $0.0583 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustments
as set forth in Section 5(e) of the Series D Certificate. The
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D
Preferred shall be subject to the following registration rights:
(i) one demand registration starting three months after the
Closing, (ii) two demand registrations starting one year after the
Closing, and (iii) unlimited piggy-back and Form S-3 registration
rights with reasonable and customary terms.
On the fourth
anniversary of the Issuance Date, or in the event of the
consummation of a Change of Control, if any shares of Series D
Preferred are outstanding, then each holder of Series D Preferred
shall have the right (the “Holder Redemption
Right”), at such holder’s option, to
require the Company to redeem all or any portion of such
holder’s shares of Series D Preferred at the Liquidation
Preference Amount per share of Series D Preferred plus an amount
equal to all accrued but unpaid dividends, if any, (such price, the
“Holder Redemption
Price”), which Holder Redemption Price
shall be paid in cash.
Closing of Series D Financing
On
November 12, 2020 (“Closing
Date”), the Company consummated the Series D
Financing, resulting in the sale of 11,560 shares of its Series D
Preferred, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $11.56
million, less fees and expenses. The gross proceeds include
approximately $2.2 million in principal amount due and payable
under the terms of certain term loans issued by the Company on
September 29, 2020 (“Bridge
Note”), which Bridge Notes were converted into Series
D Preferred at Closing (the “Conversion”). The issuance and
sale of the Series D Preferred was made pursuant to that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated September 28, 2020 (the
"Purchase Agreement"), by
and between the Company and the Investors, for the purchase price
of $1,000.00 per share of Series D Preferred. The Conversion and
Series D Financing was undertaken pursuant to Section 3(a)(9)
and/or Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities
Act").
On the Closing Date, the Company exchanged
approximately $661,000 of liabilities of the Company for 661.3
shares of Series D Preferred, and received notice from the holders
of a majority of the Series C Preferred (the
“Series C Exchange
Notice”) of their
election to convert all of their shares of Series C Preferred into
Series D Preferred, and further exercising their right to require
all other holders of Series C Preferred to convert their shares of
Series C Preferred into Series D Preferred (the
“Series C
Exchange”). Upon
the consummation of the Series C Exchange in accordance with the
terms of the Series C Exchange Notice, the Company will issue an
additional 10,000 shares of Series D Preferred in exchange for all
1,000 issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Series C
Preferred.
Series C Exchange Agreement
In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the
Company entered into an Exchange Agreement with certain holders of
the Series C Preferred which hold, in the aggregate, more than 50%
of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred (the
“Exchange
Agreement”). As
contemplated by the parties thereto, after the filing of the
Amended Series C Certificate and in connection with the closing of
the Purchase Agreement and Exchange Agreement, such holders
exercised their right under the Amended Series C Certificate to
require all holders of Series C Preferred to similarly exchange
their shares of Series C Preferred into shares of Series D
Preferred on identical terms and conditions.
Payment of Factoring Settlement
On November 12, 2020, the Company and the
Factoring Lender entered into that certain Satisfaction and Release
Agreement (the "Factoring
Release") whereby the Company
agreed to pay the Factoring Settlement to the Factoring Lender out
of the proceeds of the Series D Financing in full satisfaction of
all liabilities and obligations arising from the Factoring
Agreement. On November 16, 2020, the Company fulfilled its
obligations under the Factoring Release, thereby releasing it from
its obligations under the Factoring Agreement.
Satisfaction of Board Notes
On November 12, 2020, in connection with the
Closing of the Series D Financing, the Board Lenders (See Note 1)
entered into (i) Debt Exchange Agreements (collectively, the
"Debt
Exchange Agreements"), and (ii)
Satisfaction and Release Agreements (collectively, the
"Release
Agreements"), for the purpose
of satisfying certain obligations of the Company arising under (i)
the Board Note, and (ii) the Second Board Note. Pursuant to the
Debt Exchange Agreements and Release Agreements: (a) one-half of
the Board Note Principal plus accrued interest, totaling
approximately $232,000 was converted into 231.6 shares of Series D
Preferred at a rate of $1,000 per share of Series D Preferred, with
the remaining one-half of the Board Note Principal plus accrued
interest, totaling approximately $232,000, to be paid to the Board
Lender in cash out of proceeds of the Series D Financing, in full
satisfaction of the Company's obligations under the Board Note; and
(b) the entire Second Board Note Principal plus accrued interest,
totaling approximately $103,000, was converted into 102.8 shares of
Series D Preferred at a rate of $1,000 per share of Series D
Preferred, in full satisfaction of the Company's obligations under
the Second Board Note.
In
November 2020, the Company issued 127,842 shares of its Common
Stock as payment of dividends on its Series C Preferred for the
period October 1, 2020 up to the closing date of the
Company’s Series D Preferred financing.
In
November 2020, the Company issued an aggregate 1,107,355 shares of
its Common Stock to certain employees and member of management and
the Company’s Board of directors pursuant to the vesting of
RSUs held by these individuals.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this "Quarterly Report")
contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"). All forward-looking statements
included in this report are based on information available to us as
of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve
known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may
cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry
results to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute
to such differences include but are not limited to those items
discussed under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2019, and in Item 1A of Part II of this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q (the “Quarterly Report”).
The following discussion of the financial condition and results of
operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed
consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this
Quarterly Report. Fluctuations in annual and quarterly results may
occur as a result of factors affecting demand for our products,
such as the timing of new product introductions by us and by our
competitors and our customers’ political and budgetary
constraints. Due to such fluctuations, historical results and
percentage relationships are not necessarily indicative of the
operating results for any future period. As used in this Quarterly
Report, “we”, “us”, “our”,
“ImageWare”, “ImageWare Systems”, "IWS", or
the “Company” refers to ImageWare Systems, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and all of its subsidiaries.
Overview
The
Company is a pioneer and leader in the emerging market for
biometrically enabled software-based identity management solutions.
Using those human characteristics that are unique to us all, the
Company creates software that provides a highly reliable indication
of a person’s identity. The Company’s
“flagship” product is the patented IWS Biometric
Engine®. The Company’s products are used to manage and
issue secure credentials, including national IDs, passports, driver
licenses and access control credentials. The Company’s
products also provide law enforcement with integrated mug shot,
fingerprint LiveScan and investigative capabilities. The Company
also provides comprehensive authentication security software using
biometrics to secure physical and logical access to facilities or
computer networks or internet sites. Biometric technology is now an
integral part of all markets the Company addresses, and all the
products are integrated into the IWS Biometric
Engine.
Recent Market Conditions
During March 2020, a global pandemic was declared
by the World Health Organization related to the rapidly growing
outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus
(“COVID-19”).
The
pandemic has significantly impacted the economic conditions both in
the United States and worldwide, with accelerated effects in
February through the date of this report, as federal, state and
local governments react to the public health crisis, creating
significant uncertainties in both the worldwide and the United
States economies. In the interest of public health and safety,
jurisdictions (international, national, state and local), required
and continue to require mandatory office closures. As of the date
of this report, while our employees are working remotely, all of
our facilities are closed. The situation is rapidly changing and
additional impacts to our business may arise that we are not aware
of currently. We cannot predict whether, when or the manner in
which the conditions surrounding COVID-19 will change
including the timing of lifting any restrictions or office closure
requirements.
The
full extent of COVID-19’s impact on our operations and
financial performance depends on future developments that are
uncertain and unpredictable, including the duration and spread of
the pandemic, its impact on capital and financial markets and any
new information that may emerge concerning the severity of the
virus, its spread to other regions as well as the actions taken to
contain it, among others.
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law
the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act
(“CARES Act”). The CARES Act, among other things,
includes provisions relating to refundable payroll tax credits,
deferment of employer side social security payments, net operating
loss carryback periods, alternative minimum tax credit refunds,
modifications to the net interest deduction limitations, increased
limitations on qualified charitable contributions and technical
corrections to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement
property.
The Company continues to examine the impact that
the CARES Act may have on our business. Currently the Company is
unable to determine the impact that the CARES Act will have on our
financial condition, results of operation or
liquidity.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The discussion and analysis of our consolidated
financial condition and results of operations are based on our
consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of these consolidated
financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires us to utilize
accounting policies and make certain estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the
disclosure of contingencies as of the date of the consolidated
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and
expense during a fiscal period. The Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) considers an accounting policy to be
critical if it is important to a company’s financial
condition and results of operations, and if it requires significant
judgment and estimates on the part of management in its
application.
Significant
estimates include the evaluation of our ability to continue as a
going concern, the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable,
deferred tax asset valuation allowances, assumptions used in the
Black-Scholes model to calculate the fair value of share based
payments, fair value of financial instruments issued with and
affected by the Series C Preferred Financing (as defined in Note 6
of Item 1, Part 1 of this Quarterly Report), assumptions used in
the application of revenue recognition policies, assumptions used
in the evaluation of the modification of our Series A Preferred
Stock and exchange for shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock,
assumptions used in the derivation of the Company’s
incremental borrowing rate used in the computation of the
Company’s operating lease liabilities and assumptions used in
the application of fair value methodologies to calculate the fair
value of pension assets and obligations.
Critical
accounting policies are those that, in management’s view, are
most important in the portrayal of our financial condition and
results of operations. Other than the assumptions used in the
evaluation of the modification of our Series A Preferred Stock and
exchange for shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, management
believes there have been no material changes during the nine months
ended September 30, 2020 to the critical accounting policies
discussed in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations section of our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2019.
Results of Operations
This
management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition
and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the
condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes
contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 to the
Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
|
Three Months Ended
September 30,
|
|
|
|
Net Product Revenue
|
2020
|
2019
|
$ Change
|
% Change
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software
and royalties
|
$587
|
$73
|
$514
|
704%
|
Percentage
of total net product revenue
|
32%
|
47%
|
|
|
Hardware
and consumables
|
$13
|
$15
|
$(2)
|
13%
|
Percentage
of total net product revenue
|
0%
|
10%
|
|
|
Services
|
$1,258
|
$67
|
$1,191
|
1,778%
|
Percentage
of total net product revenue
|
68%
|
43%
|
|
|
Total
net product revenue
|
$1,858
|
$155
|
$1,703
|
1,099%
|
Software and
royalty revenue increased approximately $514,000 during the three
months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding
period in 2019. This increase is attributable to higher
identification project related revenue of approximately $534,000
offset by lower sales of boxed identity management software sold
through our distribution channel of approximately $10,000 and lower
identification royalties of approximately $10,000.
Revenue
from the sale of hardware and consumables decreased approximately
$2,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared
to the corresponding period in 2019 due to a decrease in the timing
of consumable purchases.
Services
revenue is comprised primarily of software integration services,
system installation services and customer training. Such revenue
increased approximately $1,191,000 during the three months ended
September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period of 2019
due to an increase in the service element of project related work
completed during the three months ended September 30,
2020.
We believe that the period-to-period fluctuations
of identity management software revenue in project-oriented
solutions are largely due to the timing of government procurement
with respect to the various programs we are pursuing. Although
no assurances can be given, based on management’s current
visibility into the timing of potential government procurements and
potential partnerships and current pilot programs, we
believe that we will see an increase in government procurement and
implementations with respect to identity management initiatives;
however, government procurement initiatives, implementations and
pilots are frequently delayed and extended and we cannot predict
the timing of such initiatives.
As
discussed more fully elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, the full
extent of COVID-19’s impact on our operations and financial
performance depends on future developments that are uncertain and
unpredictable, including the duration and spread of the pandemic,
its impact on capital and financial markets and any new information
that may emerge concerning the severity of the virus, its spread to
other regions as well as the actions taken to contain it, among
others.
During the three months ended September 30,
2020, we have focused on
strategically updating our products with the latest mobile and
cloud technology prioritized by market opportunities. We
relaunched GoVerify ID® in
July 2020. This relaunch includes a new container and
microservices-based architecture along with refreshed mobile and
desktop clients. We believe these updates will result in additional
customers implementing our GoVerify ID® solution.
Additionally, we have focused on the integration of the suite of
products that comprise out Identity Platform. Throughout the
remainder of 2020 we plan to continue to enhance our Identity
Platform products, including our EPI (our biometric smart access
cards) and law enforcement offerings by leveraging cloud and mobile
technologies to improve both functionality and value to the
customer. Management believes that these initiatives will result in
the expansion of our solutions into the both law enforcement and
non-governmental sectors including commercial, consumer and
healthcare applications further resulting in additional
implementations of both our GoVerify ID® products and Identity
Platform products.
|
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
Maintenance Revenue
|
2020
|
2019
|
$
Change
|
%
Change
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total maintenance
revenue
|
$613
|
$630
|
$(17)
|
(3)%
|
Maintenance
revenue was approximately $613,000 for the three months ended
September 30, 2020, as compared to approximately $630,000 for the
corresponding period in 2019. Identity management maintenance
revenue generated from identification software solutions was
approximately $290,000 for the three months ended September 30,
2020 as compared to approximately $302,000 during the comparable
period in 2019. Law enforcement maintenance revenue was
approximately $323,000 and $328,000 for the three months ended
September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The decrease of $12,000
and $5,000 in identification software and law enforcement software
maintenance revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2020
as compared to the corresponding period of 2019 is reflective of
the expiration of certain maintenance contracts combined with the
timing of the commencement of maintenance services related to a
certain customer.
We
anticipate growth of our maintenance revenue through the retention
of existing customers combined with the expansion of our installed
base resulting from the completion of project-oriented work;
however, we cannot predict the timing of this anticipated
growth.
|
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
Cost of Product Revenue
|
2020
|
2019
|
$ Change
|
% Change
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software and
royalties
|
$13
|
$11
|
$2
|
18%
|
Percentage of
software and royalty product revenue
|
2%
|
15%
|
|
|
Hardware and
consumables
|
$9
|
$12
|
$(3)
|
(25)%
|
Percentage of
hardware and consumables product revenue
|
69%
|
80%
|
|
|
Services
|
$693
|
$18
|
$675
|
3,750%
|
Percentage of
services product revenue
|
55%
|
27%
|
|
|
Total product cost
of revenue
|
$715
|
$41
|
$674
|
1,644%
|
Percentage of total
product revenue
|
38%
|
27%
|
|
|
The cost of software and royalty product revenue
increased approximately $2,000 despite higher software and royalty
revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2020 of
approximately $514,000 due to a significant percentage of the
revenue increase containing solutions with extremely minimal
third-party software costs. In addition to changes
in costs of software and royalty product revenue caused by revenue
level fluctuations, costs of products can vary as a percentage of
product revenue from period to period depending upon level of
software customization and third-party software license content
included in product sales during a given
period.
The
cost of services revenue increased approximately $675,000 during
the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the
corresponding period in 2019 due to higher service revenue of
approximately $1,191,000. Cost of services revenue as a percentage
of service revenue increased to 55% for the three months ended
September 30, 2020 as compared to 27% for the correspond 2019
period. This increase reflects the one-time impact of additional
service costs incurred in the completion of the service element for
a particular customer. Although changes in costs of services
product revenue are sometimes caused by revenue level fluctuations,
costs of services can also vary as a percentage of service revenue
from period to period depending upon both the level and complexity
of professional service resources utilized in the completion of the
service element.
Maintenance
Cost of Revenue
|
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
2020
|
2019
|
$
Change
|
%
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total maintenance
cost of revenue
|
$123
|
$97
|
$26
|
27%
|
20%
|
15%
|
|
|
Cost
of maintenance revenue increased approximately $26,000 during the
three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the
corresponding period in 2019 despite lower maintenance revenue of
approximately $17,000. This increase is reflective of higher
maintenance labor costs incurred during the three months ended
September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in 2019
due primarily to the composition of engineering resources used in
the provision of maintenance services.
Product
Gross Profit
|
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
(dollars
in thousands)
|
2020
|
2019
|
$
Change
|
%
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software and
royalties
|
$574
|
$62
|
$512
|
826%
|
Percentage of
software and royalty product revenue
|
98%
|
85%
|
|
|
Hardware and
consumables
|
$4
|
$3
|
$1
|
33%
|
Percentage of
hardware and consumables product revenue
|
31%
|
20%
|
|
|
Services
|
$565
|
$49
|
$516
|
1,053%
|
Percentage of
services product revenue
|
45%
|
73%
|
|
|
Total product gross
profit
|
$1,143
|
$114
|
$1,029
|
903%
|
Percentage of total
product revenue
|
62%
|
74%
|
|
|
Software and royalty gross profit increased
approximately $512,000 for the three months ended September 30,
2020 from the corresponding period in 2019 due primarily to higher
software and royalty revenue of approximately $514,000 combined
with lower software and royalty cost of revenue of $2,000 for the
same period. This revenue increase with only a minimal
increase in software and royalty cost of revenue reflects extremely low third-party software costs.
In addition to changes in costs of software and royalty product
revenue caused by revenue level fluctuations, costs of products can
vary as a percentage of product revenue from period to period
depending upon level of software customization and third-party
software license content included in product sales during a given
period.
Services
gross profit increased approximately $516,000 for the three months
ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in
2019 due to higher service revenue of approximately $1,191,000
combined with higher service cost of revenue of $675,000 for the
three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the
corresponding period in 2019. The decrease in services gross profit
as a percentage of services revenue from 73% in the three months
ended September 30, 2019 to 45% in the corresponding period of 2020
reflects the one-time impact of additional service costs incurred
in the completion of the service element for a particular customer.
Although changes in costs of services product revenue are sometimes
caused by revenue level fluctuations, costs of services can also
vary as a percentage of service revenue from period to period
depending upon both the level and complexity of professional
service resources utilized in the completion of the service
element.
Maintenance
Gross Profit
|
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
2020
|
2019
|
$
Change
|
%
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total maintenance
gross profit
|
$490
|
$533
|
$(43)
|
(8)%
|
Percentage of total
maintenance revenue
|
80%
|
85%
|
|
|
Gross
profit related to maintenance revenue decreased 8% or approximately
$43,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared
to the corresponding period in 2019. This decrease reflects lower
maintenance revenue of approximately $17,000 combined with higher
cost of maintenance revenue of approximately $26,000 due primarily
to the composition of engineering resources used in the provision
of maintenance services. The decrease in maintenance revenue
results from the timing of maintenance revenue recognition related
to a certain customer combined with the expiration of certain
maintenance contracts. Maintenance gross profit can change from
period to period depending upon both the level and complexity of
engineering service resources utilized in the provision of
maintenance services.
|
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
Operating
Expense
|
2020
|
2019
|
$ Change
|
% Change
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and
administrative
|
$953
|
$791
|
$162
|
20%
|
Percentage of total
net revenue
|
39%
|
101%
|
|
|
Sales and
marketing
|
$615
|
$985
|
$(370)
|
38%
|
Percentage of total
net revenue
|
25%
|
125%
|
|
|
Research and
development
|
$1,117
|
$1,898
|
$(781)
|
(41)%
|
Percentage of total
net revenue
|
45%
|
242%
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
$18
|
$17
|
$1
|
6%
|
Percentage of total
net revenue
|
1%
|
2%
|
|
|
General and Administrative Expense
General
and administrative expense is comprised primarily of salaries and
other employee-related costs for executive, financial, and other
infrastructure personnel. General legal, accounting and consulting
services, insurance, occupancy and communication costs are also
included with general and administrative expense. The dollar
increase of approximately $162,000 during the three months ended
September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in 2019
is comprised of the following major components:
●
Increase
in personnel related expense of approximately $11,000.
●
Increase
in professional services of approximately $144,000, which includes
higher legal fees of approximately $84,000 for various general
corporate matters, higher patent related expense of approximately
$73,000 resulting primarily from professional and legal fees
related to the Company’s patent monetization efforts, higher
audit related fees of $11,000, higher contract services of
approximately $11,000 and higher contractor fees of $5,000 offset
by lower investor relations fees of approximately $27,000 and lower
general corporate expenses of approximately $13,000
●
Increase
in insurances, licenses, dues and other costs of approximately
$8,000;
●
Increase
in rent and office related costs of approximately $5,000;
and
●
Decrease
in stock-based compensation expense of approximately
$6,000.
We continue to focus our efforts on achieving
additional future operating efficiencies by reviewing and improving
upon existing business processes and evaluating our cost structure.
We believe these efforts will allow us to continue to gradually
decrease our level of general and administrative expense expressed
as a percentage of total revenue.
Sales and Marketing
Sales
and marketing expense consists primarily of the salaries,
commissions, other incentive compensation, employee benefits and
travel expense of our sales, marketing, and business development
functions. The dollar decrease of approximately $370,000 during the
three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the
corresponding period in 2019 is primarily comprised of the
following major components:
●
Decrease
in personnel related expense of approximately $136,000, driven
primarily by the effect of headcount decreases;
●
Decrease
in contractor and contract services of approximately $177,000
resulting from decreased utilization of certain sales consultants
of approximately $64,000, lower contract service expense of
approximately $97,000 and lower marketing dues and subscription
expense of approximately $16,000;
●
Decrease
in travel, trade show expense and office related expense of
approximately $69,000;
●
Decrease
in stock-based compensation expense of approximately $19,000;
and
●
Increase
in our Mexico sales office expense and other of approximately
$31,000.
Research and Development
Research
and development expense consists primarily of salaries, employee
benefits and outside contractors for new product development,
product enhancements, custom integration work and related facility
costs. Such expense decreased approximately $781,000 for the three
months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding
period in 2019 due primarily to the following major
components:
●
Decrease
in personnel related expense of approximately $468,000 driven
primarily by the effect of headcount decreases;
●
Decrease
in contractor fees and contract services of approximately $259,000
resulting from the cancellation of certain engineering
contractors;
●
Decrease
in stock based-compensation expense of approximately $12,000;
and
●
Decrease
in office related expense, engineering tools, supplies and travel
of approximately $42,000.
Depreciation and Amortization
During
the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, depreciation
and amortization expense was approximately $18,000 and $17,000,
respectively. The relatively small amount of depreciation and
amortization reflects the relatively small property and equipment
carrying value.
Interest
Expense (Income), Net
For the three months ended September 30, 2020, we
recognized interest expense of approximately $56,000 and interest
income of approximately $0. For the three months ended September
30, 2019, we recognized interest expense of $0 and interest income of approximately $27,000.
Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2020
reflects interest expense on related party notes payable and notes
payable to bank.
Change in Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities
For the
three months ended September 30, 2020, we recognized approximately
$535,000 from the decrease of derivative liabilities arising from
the consummation of the Series C Financing in September 2018. Such
decrease was determined by management using fair value
methodologies and is included as income under the caption
“Change in fair value of derivative liabilities” in our
condensed consolidated statement of operations for three months
ended September 30, 2020. This decrease in derivative liabilities
results primarily from the fair value methodologies including the
high likelihood of the consummation of the Series D financing and
conversion of the Series C host instrument containing the embedded
derivatives. For the three months ended September 30, 2019, we
recognized a decrease of approximately $388,000 from the increase
of derivative liabilities measured using fair value
methodologies.
Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 to the Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2019
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
|
|
|
|
Net Product Revenue
|
2020
|
2019
|
$ Change
|
% Change
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software
and royalties
|
$780
|
$306
|
$474
|
155%
|
Percentage
of total net product revenue
|
36%
|
52%
|
|
|
Hardware
and consumables
|
$75
|
$53
|
$22
|
42%
|
Percentage
of total net product revenue
|
4%
|
9%
|
|
|
Services
|
$1,274
|
$233
|
$1,041
|
447%
|
Percentage
of total net product revenue
|
60%
|
39%
|
|
|
Total
net product revenue
|
$2,129
|
$592
|
$1,537
|
260%
|
Software and
royalty revenue increased 155% or approximately $474,000 during the
nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the
corresponding period in 2019. This increase is attributable to
higher identification project related revenue of approximately
$500,000, offset by lower law enforcement project related revenue
of approximately $9,000 and lower sales of boxed identity
management software sold through our distribution channel of
approximately $17,000. The
increase in identification project related revenue is reflective of
the expansion of the Company’s identity management software
base combined with the sale of additional software licenses into
existing identification projects caused by increased end-user
utilization during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as
compared to the corresponding period in 2019. The decrease in our
law enforcement project revenue resulted from a decrease in the
timing of procurement by our law enforcement customers. The
decrease in boxed identity management software sold through our
distribution channel reflects slightly lower procurement from both
domestic and international customers.
Revenue
from the sale of hardware and consumables increased approximately
$22,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared
to the corresponding period in 2019 due to a decrease in project
related solutions containing hardware and higher consumable sales
primarily to law enforcement customers.
Services
revenue is comprised primarily of software integration services,
system installation services and customer training. Such revenue
increased approximately $1,041,000 during the nine months ended
September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period of 2019
due to an increase in the service element of project related work
completed during the nine months ended September 30,
2020.
We believe that the period-to-period fluctuations
of identity management software revenue in project-oriented
solutions are largely due to the timing of government procurement
with respect to the various programs we are pursuing. Although
no assurances can be given, based on management’s current
visibility into the timing of potential government procurements and
potential partnerships and current pilot programs, we
believe that we will see an increase in government procurement and
implementations with respect to identity management initiatives;
however, government procurement initiatives, implementations and
pilots are frequently delayed and extended and we cannot predict
the timing of such initiatives.
As
discussed more fully elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, the full
extent of COVID-19’s impact on our operations and financial
performance depends on future developments that are uncertain and
unpredictable, including the duration and spread of the pandemic,
its impact on capital and financial markets and any new information
that may emerge concerning the severity of the virus, its spread to
other regions as well as the actions taken to contain it, among
others.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we have focused on
strategically updating our products with the latest mobile and
cloud technology prioritized by market opportunities. We
relaunched GoVerify ID® in
July 2020. This relaunch includes a new container and
microservices-based architecture along with refreshed mobile and
desktop clients. We believe these updates will result in additional
customers implementing our GoVerify ID® solution.
Additionally, we have focused on the integration of the suite of
products that comprise out Identity Platform. Throughout the
remainder of 2020 we plan to continue to enhance our Identity
Platform products, including our EPI (our biometric smart access
cards) and law enforcement offerings by leveraging cloud and mobile
technologies to improve both functionality and value to the
customer. Management believes that these initiatives will result in
the expansion of our solutions into the both law enforcement and
non-governmental sectors including commercial, consumer and
healthcare applications further resulting in additional
implementations of both our GoVerify ID® products and Identity
Platform products.
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
|
|
|
|
Maintenance Revenue
|
2020
|
2019
|
$ Change
|
% Change
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
maintenance revenue
|
$1,870
|
$1,935
|
$(65)
|
(3)%
|
Maintenance revenue was approximately $1,870,000
for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to
approximately $1,935,000 for the corresponding period in
2019. Identity management maintenance revenue generated from
identification software solutions was approximately $898,000 for
the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to
approximately $958,000 during the comparable period in
2019. Law enforcement maintenance revenue was approximately
$972,000 and $977,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020
and 2019, respectively. The decrease of $60,000 in identification software maintenance revenue for
the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the
corresponding period of 2019 is reflective of the expiration of
certain maintenance contracts combined with the timing of the
commencement of maintenance services related to a certain
customer.
We
anticipate growth of our maintenance revenue through the retention
of existing customers combined with the expansion of our installed
base resulting from the completion of project-oriented work;
however, we cannot predict the timing of this anticipated
growth.
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
|
|
|
|
Cost of Product Revenue
|
2020
|
2019
|
$ Change
|
% Change
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software
and royalties
|
$40
|
$27
|
$13
|
48%
|
Percentage
of software and royalty product revenue
|
5%
|
9%
|
|
|
Hardware
and consumables
|
$46
|
$35
|
$11
|
31%
|
Percentage
of hardware and consumables product revenue
|
61%
|
66%
|
|
|
Services
|
$695
|
$96
|
$599
|
624%
|
Percentage
of services product revenue
|
55%
|
41%
|
|
|
Total
product cost of revenue
|
$781
|
$158
|
$623
|
394%
|
Percentage
of total product revenue
|
37%
|
27%
|
|
|
The cost of software and royalty product revenue
increased approximately $13,000 despite higher software and royalty
revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2020 of
approximately $474,000 due to a significant percentage of the
revenue increase containing solutions with extremely minimal
third-party software costs. In addition to changes
in costs of software and royalty product revenue caused by revenue
level fluctuations, costs of products can vary as a percentage of
product revenue from period to period depending upon level of
software customization and third-party software license content
included in product sales during a given
period.
The cost of hardware and consumable product
revenue increased approximately $11,000 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in 2019
due primarily to higher hardware and consumable product revenue of
approximately $22,000 during
the 2020 period.
The
cost of services revenue increased approximately $599,000 during
the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the
corresponding period in 2019 due to higher service revenue of
approximately $1,041,000. Cost of services revenue as a percentage
of service revenue increased to 55% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2020 as compared to 41% for the correspond 2019
period. This increase reflects the one-time impact of additional
service costs incurred in the completion of the service element for
a particular customer. Although changes in costs of services
product revenue are sometimes caused by revenue level fluctuations,
costs of services can also vary as a percentage of service revenue
from period to period depending upon both the level and complexity
of professional service resources utilized in the completion of the
service element.
Maintenance Cost of Revenue
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
|
|
|
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
2020
|
2019
|
$
Change
|
%
Change
|
Total
maintenance cost of revenue
|
$328
|
$323
|
$5
|
2%
|
Percentage
of total maintenance revenue
|
18%
|
17%
|
|
|
Cost
of maintenance revenue increased approximately $5,000 during the
nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the
corresponding period in 2019. This increase is due primarily to the
composition of engineering resources used in the provision of
maintenance services.
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
Product
Gross Profit
|
2020
|
2019
|
$
Change
|
%
Change
|
(dollars
in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
Software and
royalties
|
$740
|
$279
|
$461
|
165%
|
Percentage of
software and royalty product revenue
|
95%
|
91%
|
|
|
Hardware and
consumables
|
$29
|
$18
|
$11
|
61%
|
Percentage of
hardware and consumables product revenue
|
39%
|
34%
|
|
|
Services
|
$579
|
$137
|
$442
|
323%
|
Percentage of
services product revenue
|
45%
|
59%
|
|
|
Total product gross
profit
|
$1,348
|
$434
|
$914
|
211%
|
Percentage of total
product revenue
|
63%
|
73%
|
|
|
Software and royalty gross profit increased
approximately $461,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020
from the corresponding period in 2019 due primarily to higher
software and royalty revenue of approximately $474,000 combined
with higher software and royalty cost of revenue of $13,000 for the
same period. This revenue increase with only a minimal
increase in software and royalty cost of revenue reflects extremely low third-party software costs.
In addition to changes in costs of software and royalty product
revenue caused by revenue level fluctuations, costs of products can
vary as a percentage of product revenue from period to period
depending upon level of software customization and third-party
software license content included in product sales during a given
period.
Hardware and consumable gross profit increased
approximately $11,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020
from the corresponding period in 2019 due primarily to higher
hardware and consumable revenue of approximately $22,000
combined with higher cost of hardware
and consumable revenue of approximately $11,000. These increases
result from an increase in project related solutions containing
hardware and consumable components.
Services
gross profit increased approximately $442,000 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in
2019 due to higher service revenue of approximately $1,041,000 for
the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the
corresponding period in 2019 combined with higher costs of service
revenue of approximately $599,000 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in 2019.
The decrease in services gross profit as a percentage of services
revenue from 59% in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 45%
in the corresponding period of 2020 reflects the one-time impact of
additional service costs incurred in the completion of the service
element for a particular customer. Although changes in costs of
services product revenue are sometimes caused by revenue level
fluctuations, costs of services can also vary as a percentage of
service revenue from period to period depending upon both the level
and complexity of professional service resources utilized in the
completion of the service element.
Maintenance Gross Profit
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
2020
|
2019
|
$
Change
|
%
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
maintenance gross profit
|
$1,542
|
$1,612
|
$(70)
|
(4)%
|
Percentage
of total maintenance revenue
|
82%
|
83%
|
|
|
Gross
profit related to maintenance revenue decreased 4% or approximately
$70,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to
the corresponding period in 2019. This decrease reflects lower
maintenance revenue of approximately $65,000 combined with higher
cost of maintenance revenue of approximately $5,000 due primarily
to the composition of engineering resources used in the provision
of maintenance services. The decrease in maintenance revenue
results from the timing of maintenance revenue recognition related
to a certain customer combined with the expiration of certain
maintenance contracts. Maintenance gross profit can change from
period to period depending upon both the level and complexity of
engineering resources utilized in the provision of the maintenance
services.
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
Operating Expense
|
2020
|
2019
|
$ Change
|
% Change
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
and administrative
|
$2,875
|
$2,793
|
$82
|
3%
|
Percentage
of total net revenue
|
72%
|
111%
|
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
$2,239
|
$2,924
|
$(685)
|
(23)%
|
Percentage
of total net revenue
|
56%
|
116%
|
|
|
Research and
development
|
$4,503
|
$5,511
|
$(1,008)
|
(18)%
|
Percentage
of total net revenue
|
113%
|
218%
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
$54
|
$53
|
$1
|
2%
|
Percentage
of total net revenue
|
1%
|
2%
|
|
|
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expense is comprised primarily of
salaries and other employee-related costs for executive, financial,
and other infrastructure personnel. General legal, accounting and
consulting services, insurance, occupancy and communication costs
are also included with general and administrative expense. The
dollar increase of approximately $82,000 during the nine months
ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in
2019 is comprised of the following major components:
●
Decrease in personnel related expense of approximately
$16,000 due to reductions in
headcount;
●
Increases in professional services of approximately $77,000 which
includes higher auditing fees of approximately $10,000, higher
legal fees of approximately $134,000, higher patent-related fees of
approximately $124,000 resulting from the Company’s efforts
to monetize certain patents, and higher general corporate expense
of $16,000 offset by reductions in Board of Director fees of
approximately $82,000, lower investor relations fees of
approximately $83,000 and lower contract services of approximately
$42,000;
●
Decrease in travel, insurances, licenses, dues, rent, office
related costs and other of approximately $5,000;
●
Increase in financing expense of approximately $66,000;
and
●
Decrease in stock-based compensation expense related to options and
warrants of approximately $40,000.
We
continue to focus our efforts on achieving additional future
operating efficiencies by reviewing and improving upon existing
business processes and evaluating our cost structure. We believe
these efforts will allow us to continue to gradually decrease our
level of general and administrative expense expressed as a
percentage of total revenue.
Sales and Marketing
Sales
and marketing expense consists primarily of the salaries,
commissions, other incentive compensation, employee benefits and
travel expense of our sales, marketing, and business development
functions. The dollar decrease of approximately $685,000 during the
nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the
corresponding period in 2019 is primarily comprised of the
following major components:
●
Decrease in personnel related expense of approximately
$203,000 driven primarily by
headcount reductions;
●
Decrease in contractor and contract services of approximately
$229,000 resulting from
increased utilization of certain sales consultants of approximately
$31,000, lower contract service expense of approximately
$105,000 offset by lower
marketing dues and subscription expense of approximately
$93,000;
●
Decrease in travel, trade show expense and office related expense
of approximately $188,000;
●
Decrease
in stock-based compensation expense of approximately $60,000 ; and
●
Decrease in our Mexico sales office expense and other of
approximately $5,000.
Research and Development
Research
and development expense consists primarily of salaries, employee
benefits and outside contractors for new product development,
product enhancements, custom integration work and related facility
costs. Such expense decreased approximately $1,008,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the corresponding
period in 2019 due primarily to the following major
components:
●
Decrease in personnel related expense of approximately
$535,000 due to headcount reductions;
●
Decrease in contractor fees and contract services of approximately
$398,000;
●
Decrease
in stock based-compensation expense of approximately $44,000 ; and
●
Decrease in rent, office related expense and engineering tools and
supplies of approximately $31,000.
Depreciation and Amortization
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, depreciation and
amortization expense was approximately $54,000 and $53,000,
respectively. The relatively small amount of depreciation and
amortization reflects the relatively small property and equipment
carrying value.
Interest Expense, Net
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we
recognized interest expense of approximately $131,000 and interest
income of approximately $1,000. For the nine months ended September
30, 2019, we recognized interest expense of approximately $0
and interest income of approximately
$80,000. Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30,
2020 reflects interest expense on related party notes payable and
notes payable to bank.
Change in Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities
For the
nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recognized approximately
$369,000 from the decrease of derivative liabilities arising from
the consummation of the Series C Financing in September 2018. Such
decrease was determined by management using fair value
methodologies and is included as income under the caption
“Change in fair value of derivative liabilities” in our
condensed consolidated statement of operations for nine months
ended September 30, 2020. This decrease in derivative liabilities
results primarily from the fair value methodologies including the
high likelihood of the consummation of the Series D financing and
conversion of the Series C host instrument containing the embedded
derivatives. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we
recognized approximately $445,000 from the decrease of derivative
liabilities arising from the consummation of the Series C Financing
in September 2018. Such decrease was determined by management using
fair value.
LIQUIDITY, CAPITAL RESOURCES AND GOING CONCERN
Going Concern
Historically, our principal sources of cash have
included customer payments from the sale of our products, proceeds
from the issuance of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Common
Stock”) and preferred
stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred
Stock”) and proceeds from
the issuance of debt. Our principal uses of cash have included cash
used in operations, product development, and payments relating to
purchases of property and equipment. We expect that our principal
uses of cash in the future will be for product development,
including customization of identity management products for
enterprise and consumer applications, further development of
intellectual property, development of Software-as-a-Service
(“SaaS”) capabilities for existing products as
well as general working capital and capital expenditure
requirements. Management expects that, as our revenue grows, our
sales and marketing and research and development expense will
continue to grow, albeit at a slower rate and, as a result, we will
need to generate significant net revenue to achieve and sustain
positive cash flows from operations. Historically the Company has
not been able to generate sufficient net revenue to achieve and
sustain positive cash flows from operations and management has
determined that there is substantial doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern.
Related Party Financings
Factoring Agreement
On February 12, 2020, the Company entered into a
factoring agreement (the "Factoring
Agreement") with a member of
the Company’s Board of Directors (the "Factoring
Lender"). Under the Factoring
Agreement, the Company received $350,000 in proceeds (the
"Factoring
Principal") in the form of a
loan, bearing interest at a rate of 1% for every seven days until
the Factoring Principal and accrued interest are paid in full, with
a maturity date of March 4, 2020. Pursuant to the Factoring
Agreement, repayment of the Factoring Principal and accrued
interest was secured by certain of the Company’s trade
accounts receivable approximating $500,000 (the
"Factoring
Collateral"). As of September
30, 2020, despite collection of the Company’s trade accounts
receivable, the Factoring Principal had not been repaid. During the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
recorded approximately $46,000 and $116,000, respectively in
interest expense related to the Factoring Agreement. In May 2020,
the Company repaid $35,000 in accrued interest to the Factoring
Lender. Accrued unpaid interest at September 30, 2020 approximated
$81,000 and is included in the Company’s condensed
consolidated September 30, 2020 balance sheet under the caption
“Accrued expense”. As a condition to the consummation
of the Company's offer and sale (the "Closing") of shares of its Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock, par value $0.01 ("Series D
Preferred") (the
"Series D
Financing"), the Factoring
Lender agreed to settle the entire Factoring Principal plus accrued
interest and release the Company from liabilities due under the
Factoring Agreement in exchange for a one-time payment of $360,000
to be made upon the Closing, and out of the proceeds, of the Series
D Financing. Such payment was made by the Company on November 16,
2020. The Series D Financing is described in Note 12, Subsequent
Events.
Convertible Promissory Notes
During the
nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company received advances
from a second member of the Board of Directors (the
"Board
Lender") in the aggregate
amount of $450,000. On June 29, 2020, the Company executed a
promissory note (the "Board Note") in the favor of the Board Lender in the
principal amount of $450,000 (the "Board Note
Principal"), pursuant to which
the Board Note Principal accrued simple interest at the rate of 5%
per annum, and was convertible into shares of the Company's Common
Stock at $0.16 per share of Common Stock at the election of the
Board Lender. The Board Note was to mature on the earlier to occur
of (i) October 13, 2020, or (ii) on such date that the Company
consummates a debt and/or equity financing resulting in net
proceeds to the Company of at least $3.0 million. As a condition to
the Series D Financing, the Board Lender agreed to purchase the
number of shares of Series D Preferred equal to one-half (50%) of
the Board Note Principal and interest accrued thereon at the
Closing of the Series D Financing, with the remaining one-half of
the Board Note Principal and interest accrued thereon to be paid to
the Board Lender out of the proceeds of the Series D
Financing.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020,
the Company received advances from a third member of the Board of
Directors (the "Second Board
Lender", and collectively with
the First Board Lender, the "Board
Lenders") in the aggregate
amount of $100,000. On June 29, 2020, the Company executed a
promissory note (the "Second Board
Note", and collectively with
the Board Note, the "Board Notes") in the principal amounts of $100,000 (the
"Second
Board Note Principal"),
pursuant to which the Second Board Note Principal accrued simple
interest at the rate of 5% per annum, and was convertible into
shares of the Company’s Common Stock at $0.16 per share of
Common Stock at the election of the Second Board Lender. The Second
Board Note was to mature on the earlier to occur of (i) October 13,
2020, or (ii) on such date that the Company consummates a debt
and/or equity financing resulting in net proceeds to the Company of
at least $3.0 million. As a condition to the Series D
Financing, the Second Board Lender agreed to purchase the number of
shares of Series D Preferred equal to the Second Board Note
Principal and accrued interest thereon, such purchase of shares of
Series D Preferred, and release of the Company from its liability
under the Second Board Note, to occur upon the Closing of the
Series D Financing.
During
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
recorded approximately $7,000 and $13,000, respectively, in
interest expense related to the Board Notes. Accrued unpaid
interest at September 30, 2020 approximated $13,000 and is included
in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet under
the caption “Accrued expense”.
2020 Common Stock Financings
Triton Funds LP
On February 20, 2020, the Company entered into a
securities purchase agreement (the “Triton Purchase
Agreement”) with Triton
Funds LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Triton"). The Triton Purchase Agreement provides the
Company the right to sell to Triton, and Triton is obligated to
purchase, up to $2.0 million worth of shares of Common Stock under
the Triton Purchase Agreement (the "Triton
Offering”). Pursuant to
the terms and conditions set forth in the Triton Purchase
Agreement, the purchase price of the Common Stock will be based on
the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the amount in U.S.
Dollars that the Company intends to sell to Triton to be set forth
in each written notice sent to Triton by the Company (the
"Triton
Purchase Notice") and delivered
to Triton (the "Triton Purchase Notice
Amount"), divided by the lowest
daily volume weighted average price of the Company's Common Stock
listed on the OTC Markets during the five business days prior to
closing (the "Triton
Shares"). The closing of the
purchase of the Triton Shares as set forth in the Triton Purchase
Notice will occur no later than three business days following
receipt of the Triton Shares by Triton.
In
February and March of 2020, the Company sold, and Triton purchased,
an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock for cash. In
February, the Company sold 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock for
$0.16 per share resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of
$640,000. In March 2020, the Company sold 6,000,000 shares of
Common Stock resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of
$765,000, or a per share purchase price of $0.13 per share.
Aggregate net proceeds from this financing approximated $1,387,000
after recognition of direct offering costs.
Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC
On April 28, 2020, the Company entered into a
purchase agreement, and as amended on June 11, 2020 (the
“Lincoln Purchase
Agreement”), and a
registration rights agreement (the “Lincoln Registration Rights
Agreement”) with Lincoln
Park Capital fund, LLC (“Lincoln
Park”) pursuant to which
Lincoln Park committed to purchase up to $10,250,000 of our Common
Stock.
Under the terms and subject to the conditions of
the Lincoln Purchase Agreement, including stockholder
approval of an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended from time to time (the "Certificate of Incorporation") to
increase the number of shares of the Company’s capital stock
to 350 million shares, obtained from our shareholders effective
June 9, 2020, we have the right, but
not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park is
obligated to purchase up to $10,250,000 of shares of Common Stock.
On April 28, 2020, we sold 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock to
Lincoln Park under the Lincoln Purchase Agreement for an aggregate
purchase price of $100,000 (the “Initial Purchase
Shares"). On June 11, 2020, we
sold an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock to Lincoln Park
under the Lincoln Purchase Agreement for an aggregate purchase
price of $150,000 (the “Commencement Purchase
Shares”). Future sales of
Common Stock under the Lincoln Purchase Agreement, if any, will be
subject to certain limitations, and may occur from time to time, at
our sole discretion, over the 24-month period commencing on July 8,
2020, and the other conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement
are satisfied (such date on which all of such conditions are
satisfied, the “Commencement
Date”).
After the Commencement Date, on any business day
over the term of the Lincoln Purchase Agreement, the Company has
the right, in its sole discretion, to direct Lincoln Park to
purchase up to 125,000 shares of its Common Stock on such business
day (the “Regular
Purchase”), subject to
increases under certain circumstances as provided in the Lincoln
Purchase Agreement. The purchase price per share of Common Stock
for each such Regular Purchase will be based on prevailing market
prices of the Company’s Common Stock immediately preceding
the time of sale as computed under the Lincoln Purchase Agreement.
In each case, Lincoln Park’s maximum commitment in any single
Regular Purchase may not exceed $500,000. In addition to Regular
Purchases, provided that the Company presents Lincoln Park with a
Triton Purchase Notice for the full amount allowed for a Regular
Purchase, the Company may also direct Lincoln Park to make
accelerated purchases and additional
accelerated purchases as described in the Lincoln Purchase
Agreement.
Pursuant to the
terms of the Lincoln Purchase Agreement, in no event may the
Company issue or sell to Lincoln Park shares of Common Stock under
the Lincoln Purchase Agreement which, when aggregated with all
other shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by Lincoln
Park and its affiliates (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 13d-3
promulgated thereunder), would result in the beneficial ownership
by Lincoln Park and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the then
issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (the
“Beneficial Ownership
Limitation”).
The
Lincoln Purchase Agreement and the Lincoln Registration Rights
Agreement contain customary representations, warranties, agreements
and conditions and indemnification obligations of the parties. The
Company has the right to terminate the Purchase Agreement at any
time, at no cost or penalty. The Company issued to Lincoln Park
2,500,000 shares of Common Stock in consideration for entering into
the Lincoln Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to this issuance, $400,000
was recorded by the Company as a deferred stock issuance cost. Such
amount is recorded in the Company’s condensed consolidated
balance sheet under the caption “Other assets”. Such
deferred stock issuance costs will be recognized as a charge
against paid in capital in proportion to securities sold under this
Lincoln Purchase Agreement. During the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2020, the Company recognized approximately $26,000
and $36,000, respectively, as a charge against paid in capital
relating to securities sold under the Lincoln Purchase
Agreement.
During
the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company sold an
aggregate 3,200,000 shares of Common Stock to Lincoln Park under
the terms of the Lincoln Purchase Agreement resulting in cash
proceeds to the Company of approximately $669,000.
Due to the terms of the Lincoln
Purchase Agreement as described above, management is not currently
expecting the related proceeds from the Lincoln Purchase Agreement
to be sufficient to sustain operations for an extended period of
time.
CARES Act Financing
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law
the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act
(“CARES Act”). On May 4, 2020, the Company entered into
a loan agreement (the “PPP Loan”)
with Comerica Bank (“Comerica”) under the Paycheck Protection Program
(the “PPP”), which is part of the CARES Act
administered by the United States Small Business Administration
(“SBA”). As part of the application for these
funds, the Company in good faith, has certified that the current
economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary to support the
ongoing operations of the Company. This certification further
requires the Company to take into account our current business
activity and our ability to access other sources of liquidity
sufficient to support ongoing operations in a manner that is not
significantly detrimental to the business. Under the PPP, the
Company received proceeds of approximately $1,571,000, from
the PPP Loan. In accordance with the requirements of
the PPP, the Company intends to use proceeds from
the PPP Loan primarily for payroll costs, rent and
utilities. The PPP Loan has a 1.00% interest rate per
annum, matures on May 4, 2022 and is subject to the terms and
conditions applicable to loans administered by the SBA under
the PPP. Under the terms of PPP, all or certain amounts
of the PPP Loan may be forgiven if they are used for
qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act, which the
Company continues to evaluate. While no determination has been made
at the time of the filing of this Quarterly Report, the Series D
Financing may affect the Company's ability to have the PPP Loan
forgiven under the PPP. The Company has recorded the entire amount
of the PPP Loan as debt. Under the terms of the PPP Loan, monthly
payments of principal and interest were due to commence November 1,
2020, however the SBA is deferring loan payments for borrowers who
apply for loan forgiveness until the SBA remits the
borrower’s loan forgiveness amount to the lender. The Company
plans to file for loan forgiveness and t the time of the filing of
this Quarterly Report, no amounts have been repaid. At September
30, 2020, the Company has recorded the current portion of the PPP
Loan of approximately $718,000 as a current liability under the
caption “Notes payable, current portion” in its
condensed consolidated balance sheet. The remaining portion of
approximately $853,000 is recorded as a long-term liability under
the caption “Note payable, net of current portion” in
its condensed consolidated September 30, 2020 balance
sheet.
Creation of Series A-1 Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock
On July 14, 2020, the Company filed the
Certificate of Designations, Preferences, and Rights of Series A-1
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A-1
Certificate”) with the
Secretary of State for the State of Delaware – Division of
Corporations, designating 31,021 shares of the Company’s
preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Preferred
Stock") as Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 ("Series A-1
Preferred"). Shares of Series
A-1 Preferred accrue cumulative
dividends and are payable quarterly beginning March 31, 2021 at a
rate of 8% per annum if paid in cash, or 10% per annum if paid by
the issuance of shares of Common Stock. Each share of Series A-1 Preferred is convertible
into that number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock
equal to that number of shares of Series A-1 Preferred being
converted multiplied by $1,000, divided by $0.65, or the conversion
price as defined in the Series A-1 Certificate of Designation in
effect as of the date the holder delivers to the Company their
notice of election to convert. In addition to the aforementioned
holder conversion option, if the volume weighted average closing
price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s Common Stock is
at least $1.00 per share for 20 consecutive trading days, then the
Company has the right to convert one-half of the issued and
outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred into Common Stock. In
the event of a Change of Control, the Company will have the option
to redeem all issued and outstanding shares of Series A-1Preferred
for 115% of the Liquidation Preference per
share.
On
September 28, 2020, the Company's holders of Common Stock and
Preferred Stock voted to further revise the Series A-1 Certificate,
as more specifically set forth below in this Note 1 to Item 1, Part
1, entitled "September 28, 2020 Action by Written Consent of
Stockholders."
Series A Restructuring
During July
2020, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement, Consent and
Waiver (“Series A Exchange
Agreement”) with certain
holders (the "Series A
Holders") of its Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 ("Series A
Preferred"), pursuant to which
such Series A Holders agreed to exchange one-half of the Series A
Preferred beneficially owned by such Series A Holders for an
equivalent number of Series A-1 Preferred in consideration for
their waiver of approximately $1,849,000 in dividends payable to
the Series A Holders and payable for the quarters ended March 31,
2020 and June 30, 2020 (the “Series A
Restructuring”). Shares
of the Series A-1 Preferred issued to the Series A Holders pursuant
to the Series A Exchange Agreement are convertible into shares of
Common Stock at $0.65 per share of Common Stock, and automatically
convert into Common Stock when the volume weighted average closing
price (VWAP) of the Company’s Common Stock for the preceding
twenty trading days is at least $1.00.
During
the three months ended September 30, 2020, certain Holders of
Series A-1 Preferred converted 350 shares of Series A-1 Preferred
into 538,452 shares of the Company’s Common
Stock.
On
September 28, 2020, the Company's holders of Common Stock and
Preferred Stock voted to revise the Certificate of Designations,
Preferences, and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
(the "Series A
Certificate") and the Series A-1 Certificate, as more
specifically set forth below in the following
paragraph.
September 28, 2020 Action by Written Consent of the Shareholders;
Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
On
September 28, 2020, the Company received executed written consents
from holders of our Common Stock and Preferred Stock representing
104,228,110 voting shares on an as-converted basis, or
approximately 54.3% of our outstanding voting class on an
as-converted basis, approving the following actions:
(i) amending
and restating the Series A Certificate and the Series A-1
Certificate to, without limitation, provide for (i) the voluntary
conversion of all outstanding shares of the Company's Series A
Preferred and Series A-1 Preferred into shares of the
Company’s Common Stock at a reduced conversion price of $0.20
per share of Common Stock, and (ii) the automatic conversion of all
issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred and Series A-1
Preferred into shares of Common Stock at a rate of 10% per month,
beginning on November 1, 2020, and ending on August 1, 2021, at the
reduced conversion price of $0.20 per share of Common
Stock;
(ii) amending and restating the Certificate
of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock (the "Series C
Certificate") to, without
limitation, provide for a drag-along right whereby upon the
voluntary exchange of such Series C Convertible Preferred Stock,
par value $0.01 per share ("Series C
Preferred") into shares of the
Company’s Series D Preferred, by a majority of the holders of
the Company's Series C Preferred, the remaining issued and
outstanding shares of Series C Preferred would automatically be
exchanged for Series D Preferred on the same terms as the majority
holders so electing to exchange their shares of Series C
Preferred;
(iii) increasing the number of authorized
shares of the Company’s Common Stock from 345,000,000 shares
to 1,000,000,000 shares (the “Capital
Increase”);
(iv) amending and restating the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, in its entirety to
give effect to the Capital Increase, among other amendments (the
“Amended
Charter”);
and
(v) authorizing our Board of Directors, in
its sole and absolute discretion, without further action of the
shareholders, to amend the Amended Charter to implement a reverse
stock split of our issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at
a specific ratio, ranging from one-for-thirty (1:30) to one-for-one
hundred (1:100), within one year from September 28, 2020 (the
“Reverse
Split”).
These
aforementioned actions did not become effective until 20 calendar
days after an Information Statement was delivered to our
shareholders. Such Information Statement was delivered on October
13, 2020.
Furthermore,
the following actions were approved by the affirmative vote of the
holders of the requisite number of shares of the below-referenced
series of the Company's Preferred Stock, consisting of Series A
Preferred, Series A-1 Preferred, and Series C Preferred, with each
series voting as a separate class pursuant to its respective
governing documentation:
(i) for the Series A Preferred, (a) amending
and restating the Series A Certificate (the
"Amended
and Restated Series A Certificate"), and (b) waiving the protective provisions set
forth in Section 9(a) and Section 9(c) of the Series A Certificate,
thereby consenting to (i) the creation of a series of Preferred
Stock ranking senior to the Series A Preferred, and (ii) the
Company incurring additional indebtedness in the form of a bridge
loan from certain accredited investors participating in the
offering and sale of the Company’s Series D Preferred, in a
principal amount not to exceed $3.0 million (the
“Permitted
Loan”), which Permitted
Loan shall be exchanged for shares of Series D Preferred upon
filing of the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights
of the Series D Preferred (the “Series D
Certificate”);
(ii) for the Series A-1 Preferred, (a)
amending and restating the Series A-1 Certificate (the
“Amended and Restated Series
A-1 Certificate”), and
(b) waiving the protective provisions set forth in Section 9(a) and
Section 9(c) of the Series A-1 Certificate, thereby consenting to
(i) the creation of a series of Preferred Stock ranking senior to
the Series A-1 Preferred, and (ii) the Company incurring additional
indebtedness by way of the Permitted Loan, which the Permitted Loan
shall be exchanged for shares of Series D Preferred upon the filing
of the Series D Certificate; and
(iii) for the Series C Preferred, (a)
amending and restating Series C Certificate (the
"Amended
and Restated Series C Certificate"), and (b) waiving the protective provisions set
forth in Section 9(a) and Section 9(f) of the Series C Certificate,
thereby consenting to (i) the creation of a series of Preferred
Stock ranking senior to the Series C Preferred, and (ii) the
Company incurring additional indebtedness by way of the Permitted
Loan, which the Permitted Loan shall be exchanged into shares of
Series D Preferred upon the filing of the Series D
Certificate.
Series D Preferred Stock Financing
On September 28, 2020, the Company entered into a
Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”) whereby the
Company agreed to sell shares of the Company's Series D Preferred,
for a purchase price of $1,000 per share, to certain accredited
investors (collectively, the “Investors”). The Purchase Agreement provides for the
issuance of shares of Series D Preferred at Closing resulting in
gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $11.56 million. The
obligation of the Investors to purchase the Series D Preferred was
conditioned on, among other terms and conditions set forth in the
Purchase Agreement, (A) the filing with the Delaware Secretary of
State of (i) the Amended Charter (as defined in Note 1 of Item 1,
Part 1 of this Quarterly Report); (ii) Amended and Restated Series
A Certificate (as defined in Note 1 of Item 1, Part 1 of this
Quarterly Report), Amended and Restated Series A-1 Certificate (as
defined in Note 1 of Item 1, Part 1 of this Quarterly Report), and
Amended and Restated Series C Certificate (as defined in Note 1 of
Item 1, Part 1 of this Quarterly Report) (together, the
“New
Organizational Documents”); and (iii) the Series D Certificate (as
defined in Note 1 of Item 1, Part 1 of this Quarterly Report); and
(B) the distribution to the Company’s shareholders of an
Information Statement relating to the written consent of
shareholders approving the New Organizational Documents, for which
the preliminary Information Statement was filed with the SEC for
review thereby on September 30, 2020.
Concurrently with the execution of the Purchase
Agreement, the Company and the Investors executed (i) a
Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed
to file a registration statement with the SEC within thirty days of
Closing to register the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Series D Preferred; (ii) a Series C Exchange
Agreement (the "Exchange
Agreement"), pursuant to which
the Company and certain holders of the Company’s Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Series C
Preferred”) agreed to
exchange their Series C Preferred, with a liquidation preference of
approximately $10.0 million, for Series D Preferred at Closing; and
(iii) a Term Loan and Security Agreement
(“Loan
Agreement”), pursuant to
which each Investor signatory thereto agreed to make a term loan to
the Company, secured by all assets of the Company, in an amount
equal to 20% of such Investor’s purchase commitment as set
forth in the Purchase Agreement (“Bridge Loan”), which Bridge Loan, plus accrued
interest, will roll into, and be used to purchase, Series D
Preferred at Closing. In anticipation of entering into the Purchase
Agreement and the Series D Financing, on September 23, 2020, the
Company entered into an Escrow Agreement with CitiBank, N.A.,
pursuant to which the Investor signatories to the Loan Agreement
would deposit their pro-rata portion of the Bridge Loan into
escrow, which amount was later released to the Company on September
29, 2020 (the “Bridge Loan
Closing”).
Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, at the
Closing of the Series D Financing, the holders of Series D
Preferred will own approximately 50% of the voting securities of
the Company on an as-converted basis, with the holders of the
Common Stock and remaining classes of Preferred Stock, including
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Series A
Preferred”), Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Series A-1
Preferred”), Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Series B
Preferred”) and Series C
Preferred, owning the remaining approximate 50% on an as-converted
basis. Additionally, all current members of the Company’s
Board of Directors will resign at Closing, with the exception of
Kristin Taylor, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and
the new members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed as
follows: (i) the holders of Series D Preferred will appoint two
directors (the “Series D
Directors”); and (ii)
Kristin Taylor and the two Series D Directors will appoint two
additional, independent directors.
Upon Closing of the Series D Financing, or shortly
thereafter, the Company will:
(i) sell and issue 11,560 shares of its Series D Preferred, for a
purchase price of $1,000 per share, to the Investors, for aggregate
gross proceeds to the Company at Closing of $11.56 million less
placement fees and expenses; (ii) convert all 1,000 shares of
Series C Preferred into 10,000 shares of Series D Preferred
pursuant to the Exchange Agreement and Amended Series C
Certificate, and (iii) exchange approximately $661,000 of Company
liabilities for 661.3 shares of Series D
Preferred.
The Purchase Agreement contains covenants,
requiring the Company to, among other things, file an application
to list its Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the
NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market on or before
December 31, 2020. The Series D
Purchase agreement did not become effective until 20 calendar days
after an Information Statement was delivered to our shareholders.
Such Information Statement was delivered on October 13,
2020.
The
Purchase Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Series C
Exchange Agreement, Escrow Agreement, and Loan Agreement contain
customary representations, warranties, agreements and conditions to
Closing, as well as indemnification rights and other obligations of
the parties.
Bridge
Loan
Upon consummation of the Bridge Loan Closing on
September 28, 2020, approximately $2.2 million was released to the
Company from escrow pursuant to the Escrow Agreement. The Bridge
Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 12% and is due and payable
in arrears on the earlier of the Loan Conversion Date, as such term
is defined in the Loan Agreement, or six months after the
disbursement of the Bridge Loan. All amounts due and payable
pursuant to the Bridge Loan are automatically convertible, without
further action by the Investors, into shares of Series D Preferred
at Closing at a purchase price of $1,000 for each share of Series D
Preferred. The repayment of all amounts due under the terms of the
Loan Agreement are secured by all assets of the Company.
Such amounts are included in the
Company’s Condensed Consolidated September 30, 2020 balance
sheet under the caption “Notes payable, current
portion”.
The Company expects to use the proceeds from the Bridge Loan for
working capital requirements and general corporate purposes. See
Note 12, Subsequent Events, for more information regarding the
conversion of the Bridge Loan into Series D Preferred.
Going
Concern
At
September 30, 2020, we had negative working capital of
approximately $4,620,000. Our principal sources of liquidity at
September 30, 2020 consisted of approximately $2,906,000 of cash
and cash equivalents.
On
March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared
the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the United States and
global economies and may affect the Company's operations and those
of third parties on which the Company relies. Additionally, as the
duration of the COVID-19 pandemic is difficult to assess
or predict, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
financial markets may reduce our ability to access capital, which
could negatively impact the Company's short-term and long-term
liquidity. These effects could have a material impact on the
Company's liquidity, capital resources, operations and business and
those of the third parties on which the Company
relies.
Considering the
financings consummated in 2020, as well as our projected cash
requirements, and assuming we are unable to generate incremental
revenue, our available cash may be insufficient to satisfy our cash
requirements for the next twelve months from the date of this
filing. At November 18, 2020, cash
on hand approximated $9,572,000 which
includes the proceeds from the Series D Financing. As a result of
the Company’s historical losses and financial condition,
there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern.
To
address our working capital requirements, management has instituted
several cost cutting measures and has utilized cash proceeds
available under the Lincoln Park facility and consummated the
Series D Preferred Stock financing to satisfy the Company’s
working capital requirements.
However,
in view of the matters described in
the preceding paragraphs, recoverability of a major portion of the
recorded asset amounts shown in the accompanying condensed
consolidated balance sheet is dependent upon continued operations
of the Company, which, in turn, is dependent upon the
Company’s ability to continue to generate positive cash flows
from operations. However, the Company operates in markets that are
emerging and highly competitive. There is no assurance that the
Company will be able to obtain additional capital, operate at a
profit or generate positive cash flows in the future. Therefore,
management’s plans do not alleviate the substantial doubt
regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern.
The
condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any
adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of
recorded asset amounts and classifications of liabilities that
might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a
going concern.
Operating Activities
We used net cash of $4,979,000 in operating
activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared
to net cash used of $8,007,000 during the comparable period in 2019. During the
nine months ended September 30, 2020, net cash used in operating
activities consisted of net loss of $6,652,000 and a decrease in
working capital and other assets and liabilities of $1,450,000.
Those amounts are in addition to approximately $223,000 of non-cash
costs, including $449,000 in stock-based compensation, $54,000 in
depreciation and amortization and $89,000 from the application of
rent deposits offset by $369,000 in the change in fair value of
derivative liabilities. During the nine months ended September 30,
2020, we generated cash of $813,000 from decreases in current
assets offset by $13,000 from increases in our operating leases
right-of-use assets and generated cash of $650,000
through increases in current
liabilities and deferred revenue.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2019, net cash used in
operating activities consisted of net loss of $8,825,000 and a
decrease in working capital and other assets and liabilities of
$686,000. Those amounts were offset by approximately $132,000 of
non-cash costs, including $524,000 in stock-based compensation,
$53,000 in depreciation and amortization offset by $445,000 in the
change in fair value of derivative liabilities. During the nine
months ended September 30, 2019, we generated cash of $5,000 from
decreases in current assets and generated cash of $681,000 through
increases in current liabilities and deferred revenue.
Investing
Activities
There
was no net cash used or generated from investing activities during
the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Net cash used in
investing activities was $19,000 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2019. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019,
we used cash of $19,000 to fund capital expenditures of
software.
Financing Activities
Cash
generated from financing activities was approximately $6,929,000
for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to
approximately $6,661,000 for the comparable period in 2019. During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we generated cash of
approximately $2,360,000 from the sale of 15,700,000 shares of
Common Stock before recognition of approximately $64,000 in direct
stock issuance costs. We generated cash of $900,000 from the
issuance of related party notes payable and generated cash of
$1,571,000 from the issuance of notes payable under the Paycheck
Protection Program. We also generated cash of $2,187,000 from the
issuance of notes payable pursuant to the Bridge Loan Financing
portion of the Series D Financing. During the nine months ended
September 30, 2020, we used cash of approximately $25,000 for the
payment of dividends on our Series B Preferred Stock.
Cash
generated from financing activities was approximately $6,661,000
for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. During the nine
months ended September 30, 2019, we generated approximately
$167,000 from the exercise of 351,334 stock options resulting in
the issuance of 351,334 shares of our Common Stock, generated cash
of $6,520,000 from the sale of 5,954,545 shares of Common Stock and
used cash of approximately $26,000 for the payment of dividends on
our Series B Preferred Stock.
Inflation
We
do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on our
historical operations or profitability.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
At
September 30, 2020, we did not have any relationships with
unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities
often referred to as structured finance, special purpose or
variable interest entities, which would have been established for
the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other
contractually narrow or limited purposes. In addition, we did not
engage in trading activities involving non-exchange traded
contracts. As a result, we are not exposed to any financing,
liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged
in such relationships. We do not have relationships and
transactions with persons or entities that derive benefits from
their non-independent relationship with us or our related parties
except as disclosed elsewhere in this Quarterly
Report.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
Please refer to the section
“Recently Issued Accounting
Standards” in Note 2 of
our Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our
business extends to countries outside the United States, and we
intend to continue to expand our foreign operations. As a
result, our revenue and results of operations are affected by
fluctuations in currency exchange rates, interest rates, and other
uncertainties inherent in doing business in more than one
currency. In addition, our operations are exposed to risks
that are associated with changes in social, political, and economic
conditions in the foreign countries in which we operate, including
changes in the laws and policies that govern foreign investment, as
well as, to a lesser extent, changes in United States laws and
regulations relating to foreign trade and investment.
Changes
in currency exchange rates affect the relative prices at which we
sell our products and purchase goods and services. Given the
uncertainty of exchange rate fluctuations, we cannot estimate the
effect of these fluctuations on our future business, product
pricing, results of operations, or financial condition. We do
not use foreign currency exchange contracts or derivative financial
instruments for hedging or speculative purposes. To the extent
foreign sales become a more significant part of our business in the
future, we may seek to implement strategies which make use of these
or other instruments in order to minimize the effects of foreign
currency exchange on our business.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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, we conducted an evaluation of the
effectiveness of the design and operations of our disclosure
controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
(the “Exchange
Act”), as of September
30, 2020. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in the reports submitted under
the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, including
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company
is accumulated and communicated to management, including the
principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
The
Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
have determined that there have been no changes, in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting during
the period covered by this report identified in connection with the
evaluation described in the above paragraph that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
PART II. OTHER
INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
None.
ITEM 1A. RISK
FACTORS
Investing in our
common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully
consider the risks in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal
year ended December 31, 2019, filed on May 15, 2020, in addition to
the other information contained in this Report, before making an
investment decision. Our business, financial condition or results
of operations could be harmed by any of these risks. As a result,
you could lose some or all of your investment in our Common Stock.
These risks and uncertainties are not the only ones we face.
Additional risks not currently known to us or other factors not
perceived by us to present significant risks to our business at
this time also may impair our business operations.
Our Amended Charter designate courts within the State of Delaware
as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and
proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, and the
federal district courts for the United States of America for claims
brought under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which could
limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable
judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers,
employees or agents.
Our
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the
“Amended
Charter”) require that, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, and unless the Company consents in writing to the
selection of an alternative forum, a state court located within the
State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State
of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the
District of Delaware), will, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, be the sole and exclusive forum for each of the
following:
●
any
derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the
Company;
●
any
action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any
director or officer or other employee of the Company to the Company
or the Company’s stockholders;
●
any
action asserting a claim against the Company or any director or
officer or other employee of the Company arising pursuant to any
provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the
Company’s Amended Charter, or the Amended and Restated
Bylaws; or
●
any
action asserting a claim against the Company or any director or
officer or other employee of the Company governed by the internal
affairs doctrine.
Furthermore, the
Amended Charter sets forth that the federal district courts of the
United States of America are the exclusive forum for the resolution
of any causes of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
Because
the applicability of the exclusive forum provision is limited to
the extent permitted by law, we believe that the exclusive forum
provision would not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or
liability created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (“Exchange
Act”), or any other claim for which the federal courts
have exclusive jurisdiction. We note that there is uncertainty as
to whether a court would enforce the provision and that investors
cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the
rules and regulations thereunder. Although we believe this
provision benefits us by providing increased consistency in the
application of Delaware law and federal law under the Securities
Act in the types of lawsuits to which they apply, the provisions
may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors
and officers.
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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On September 28, 2020, the Company entered into a
Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”) whereby the
Company agreed to sell shares of the Company's Series D Preferred,
for a purchase price of $1,000 per share, to certain accredited
investors (collectively, the “Investors”). The Purchase Agreement provides for the
issuance of shares of Series D Preferred at Closing resulting in
gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $11.56 million. The
obligation of the Investors to purchase the Series D Preferred was
conditioned on, among other terms and conditions set forth in the
Purchase Agreement, (A) the filing with the Delaware Secretary of
State of (i) the Amended Charter (as defined in Note 1 of Item 1,
Part 1 of this Quarterly Report); (ii) Amended and Restated Series
A Certificate (as defined in Note 1 of Item 1, Part 1 of this
Quarterly Report), Amended and Restated Series A-1 Certificate (as
defined in Note 1 of Item 1, Part 1 of this Quarterly Report), and
Amended and Restated Series C Certificate (as defined in Note 1 of
Item 1, Part 1 of this Quarterly Report) (together, the
“New
Organizational Documents”); and (iii) the Series D Certificate (as
defined in Note 1 of Item 1, Part 1 of this Quarterly Report); and
(B) the distribution to the Company’s shareholders of an
Information Statement relating to the written consent of
shareholders approving the New Organizational Documents, for which
the preliminary Information Statement was filed with the SEC for
review thereby on September 30, 2020.
Concurrently with the execution of the Purchase
Agreement, the Company and the Investors executed (i) a
Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed
to file a registration statement with the SEC within thirty days of
Closing to register the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Series D Preferred; (ii) a Series C Exchange
Agreement (the "Exchange
Agreement"), pursuant to which
the Company and certain holders of the Company’s Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Series C
Preferred”) agreed to
exchange their Series C Preferred, with a liquidation preference of
approximately $10.0 million, for Series D Preferred at Closing; and
(iii) a Term Loan and Security Agreement
(“Loan
Agreement”), pursuant to
which each Investor signatory thereto agreed to make a term loan to
the Company, secured by all assets of the Company, in an amount
equal to 20% of such Investor’s purchase commitment as set
forth in the Purchase Agreement (“Bridge Loan”), which Bridge Loan, plus accrued
interest, will roll into, and be used to purchase, Series D
Preferred at Closing. In anticipation of entering into the Purchase
Agreement and the Series D Financing, on September 23, 2020, the
Company entered into an Escrow Agreement with CitiBank, N.A.,
pursuant to which the Investor signatories to the Loan Agreement
would deposit their pro-rata portion of the Bridge Loan into
escrow, which amount was later released to the Company on September
29, 2020 (the “Bridge Loan
Closing”).
Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, at the
Closing of the Series D Financing, the holders of Series D
Preferred will own approximately 50% of the voting securities of
the Company on an as-converted basis, with the holders of the
Common Stock and remaining classes of Preferred Stock, including
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Series A
Preferred”), Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Series A-1
Preferred”), Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Series B
Preferred”) and Series C
Preferred, owning the remaining approximate 50% on an as-converted
basis. Additionally, all current members of the Company’s
Board of Directors will resign at Closing, with the exception of
Kristin Taylor, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and
the new members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed as
follows: (i) the holders of Series D Preferred will appoint two
directors (the “Series D
Directors”); and (ii)
Kristin Taylor and the two Series D Directors will appoint two
additional, independent directors.
Upon Closing of the Series D Financing, or shortly
thereafter, the Company will:
(i) sell and issue 11,560 shares of its Series D Preferred, for a
purchase price of $1,000 per share, to the Investors, for aggregate
gross proceeds to the Company at Closing of $11.56 million less
placement fees and expenses; (ii) convert all 1,000 shares of
Series C Preferred into 10,000 shares of Series D Preferred
pursuant to the Exchange Agreement and Amended Series C
Certificate, and (iii) exchange approximately $661,000 of Company
liabilities for 661.3 shares of Series D
Preferred.
The
Purchase Agreement contains covenants, requiring the Company to,
among other things, file an application to list its Common Stock on
the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the
NASDAQ Capital Market on or before December 31, 2020.
The
Purchase Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Series C
Exchange Agreement, Escrow Agreement, and Loan Agreement contain
customary representations, warranties, agreements and conditions to
Closing, as well as indemnification rights and other obligations of
the parties.
In
November 2020, the Company consummated the Series D Financing
resulting in the sale and issuance of 12,221.3 shares of Series D
Preferred, with the Company exchanging 1,000 shares of Series C
Preferred for 10,000 shares of Series D Preferred. Net Proceeds
from the issuance of the Series D Preferred was approximately $xxx
net of $xxx in direct financing costs.
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ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR
SECURITIES
The
Company is required to pay quarterly dividends on its Series A
Preferred and its Series C Preferred. Shares of Series A Preferred
and Series C Preferred accrue dividends at a rate of 8% per annum
if the Company chooses to pay in cash, and 10% per annum if the
Company chooses to pay in shares of Common Stock.
Such
dividends were not paid at March 31, 2020 or June 30, 2020 nor
within 30 days of the due date.
On July 9,
2020, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement with a
majority of Series A Holders, pursuant to which such Series A
Holders agreed to exchange one-half of the Series A Preferred
beneficially owned by such Series A Holders for an equivalent
number of Series A-1 Preferred in consideration for their waiver of
approximately $1,849,000 in dividends payable to the Series A
Holders on Series A Preferred for the quarters ended March 31, 2020
and June 30, 2020 (the “Series A
Restructuring”).
In
August 2020, the Company issued 110,990 shares of its Common Stock
as payment to those Series A holders who did not participate in the
Exchange Agreement for Series A Preferred dividends due March 31,
2020 and June 30, 2020.
In
August 2020, the Company issued 2,317,046 shares of its Common
Stock as payment for Series C Preferred dividends due March 31,
2020 and June 30, 2020.
On
September 30, 2020, the Company all dividends due as of September
30, 2020. As of September 30, 2020 all defaults upon senior
securities had been cured.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not
applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
ITEM 6 . EXHIBITS
(a)
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EXHIBITS
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Certification
of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and
15d-14(a)
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Certification
of the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)
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Certification
by the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350 as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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SIGNATURES
In
accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the
registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date:
November 23, 2020
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IMAGEWARE
SYTEMS, INC
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By:
/s/ Kristin
Taylor
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Kristin
Taylor
Chief
Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and
President
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Date:
November 23,
2020
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By:
/s/ Jonathan D. Morris
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Jonathan
D. Morris
Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
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