Tecnoglass Inc. - Quarter Report: 2015 September (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(MARK ONE)

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015

For the transition period from to

Commission file number: 001-35436

TECNOGLASS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Avenida Circunvalar a 100 mts de la Via 40, Barrio Las Flores Barranquilla, Colombia

(Address of principal executive offices)

(57)(5) 3734000

(Issuer’s telephone number)

________________

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report):

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 past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 26,665,793 ordinary shares as of November 12, 2015.  

TECNOGLASS INC.

FORM 10-Q FOR THE PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Tecnoglass Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

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

Tecnoglass Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

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

Tecnoglass Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Amounts in thousands)

(Unaudited) 

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

Tecnoglass Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

Note 1. Organization, Plan of Business Operation

Tecnoglass Inc. (“TGI,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on September 21, 2011 under the name “Andina Acquisition Corporation” (“Andina”) as a blank check company. Andina’s objective was to acquire, through a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination, one or more operating businesses. On December 20, 2013, Andina consummated a merger transaction (the “Merger”) with Tecno Corporation (“Tecnoglass Holding”) as ultimate parent of Tecnoglass S.A. (“TG”) and C.I. Energía Solar S.A. ES. Windows (“ES”). The surviving entity was renamed Tecnoglass Inc. The Merger transaction was accounted for as a reverse merger and recapitalization where Tecnoglass Holding was the acquirer and TGI was the acquired company. Accordingly, the business of Tecnoglass Holding and its subsidiaries became our business. We are now a holding company operating through our direct and indirect subsidiaries.

The Company manufactures hi-specification, architectural glass and windows for the global residential and commercial construction industries. Currently the Company offers design, production, marketing, and installation of architectural systems for buildings of high, medium and low elevation size. Products include windows and doors in glass and aluminum, office partitions and interior divisions, floating façades and commercial window showcases. The Company sells to customers in North, Central and South America, and exports about half of its production to foreign countries.

TG manufactures both glass and aluminum products. Its glass products include tempered glass, laminated glass, thermo-acoustic glass, curved glass, silk-screened glass, acoustic glass and digital print glass. Its Alutions plant produces mill finished, anodized, painted aluminum profiles and rods, tubes, bars and plates. Alutions’ operations include extrusion, smelting, painting and anodizing processes, and exporting, importing and marketing aluminum products.

ES designs, manufactures, markets and installs architectural systems for high, medium and low-rise construction, glass and aluminum windows and doors, office dividers and interiors, floating facades and commercial display windows.

In 2014, the Company established two Florida limited liability companies, Tecnoglass LLC (“Tecno LLC”) and Tecnoglass RE LLC (“Tecno RE”) to acquire manufacturing facilities, manufacturing machinery and equipment, customer lists and exclusive design permits. 

Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

The accompanying unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the accounting and disclosure rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The results reported in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the entire year. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the information contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 (2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K). The year-end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by US GAAP.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the consolidated results of TGI, its indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries TG and ES, and its direct subsidiaries Tecno LLC and Tecno RE. Material intercompany accounts, transactions and profits are eliminated in consolidation. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with the rules of the SEC for interim reporting purposes.

The preparation of these unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the Company’s financial statements. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Estimates inherent in the preparation of these, condensed consolidated financial statements relate to the collectability of account receivables, the valuation of inventories, estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts, useful lives and potential impairment of long-lived assets, and valuation of warrants and other derivative financial instruments. Based on information known before these unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued, there are no estimates included in these statements for which it is reasonably possible that the estimate will change in the near term up to one year from the date of these financial statements and the effect of the change will be material, except for warrant liability further discussed below in this note and Note 10.

Foreign Currency Translation

The condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in United States Dollars, the reporting currency. The functional currency of the Company’s operations in Colombia is the Colombian Peso. The condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company’s foreign operations are prepared in the functional currency. The Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income prepared in the functional currency are translated into the reporting currency using average exchange rates for the respective periods. Assets and liabilities on the condensed consolidated Balance Sheets are translated into the reporting currency using rates of exchange at the end of the period and the related translation adjustments are recorded as accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, a component of equity in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Revenue Recognition

Our principal sources of revenue are derived from product sales of manufactured glass and aluminum products. Revenue is recognized when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists in the form of a signed purchase order or contract, (ii) delivery has occurred per contracted terms, (iii) fees and prices are fixed and determinable, and (iv) collectability of the sale is reasonably assured. All revenue is recognized net of discounts, returns and allowances. Delivery to the customer is deemed to have occurred when the title is passed to the customer. Generally, title passes to the customer upon shipment, but title transfer may occur when the customer receives the product based on the terms of the agreement with the customer.

Revenues from fixed price contracts are recognized using the percentage-of-completion method, measured by the percentage of costs incurred to date to total estimated costs for each contract. Revenues recognized in advance of amounts billable pursuant to contracts terms are recorded as unbilled receivables on uncompleted contracts based on work performed and costs to date. Unbilled receivables on uncompleted contracts are billable upon various events, including the attainment of performance milestones, delivery of product and/or services, or completion of the contract. Revisions to cost estimates as contracts progress have the effect of increasing or decreasing expected profits each period. Changes in contract estimates occur for a variety of reasons, including changes in contract scope, estimated revenue and estimated costs to complete.

Trade Accounts Receivable

Trade accounts receivable are recorded net of allowances for cash discounts for prompt payment, doubtful accounts and sales returns. Estimates for cash discounts and sales returns are based on contractual terms, historical trends and expectations regarding the utilization rates for these clients. The Company’s policy is to reserve for uncollectible accounts based on its best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in its existing accounts receivable. The Company periodically reviews its accounts receivable to determine whether an allowance for doubtful accounts is necessary based on an analysis of past due accounts and other factors that may indicate that the collectability of an account may be in doubt. Account balances deemed uncollectible are charged to the allowance for doubtful accounts after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote.

Inventories

Inventories, which consist primarily of purchased and processed glass, aluminum, parts and supplies held for use in the ordinary course of business, are valued at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using a weighted-average method. Inventory consisting of certain job specific materials not yet installed are valued using the specific identification method. Reserves for excess or slow-moving inventories are updated based on historical experience of a variety of factors including sales volume and levels of inventories at the end of the period. The Company does not maintain allowances for the lower of cost or market for inventories of finished products as its products are manufactured based on firm orders rather than built-to-stock.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost. Significant improvements and renewals that extend the useful life of the asset are capitalized. Repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. When property is retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any related gains or losses are included in income as a reduction to, or increase in selling, general and administrative expenses. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis, based on the following estimated useful lives:

Warrant liability

The Company accounts for the warrants against its ordinary shares as a derivative liability. The Company classifies the warrant instrument as a liability at its fair value because the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment under guidance contained in ASC 815-40-15-7D. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date and adjusted at each reporting period until exercised or expired, and any change in fair value is recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations.

The Company determines the fair value of warrant liability using the Binomial Lattice options pricing model. In general, the inputs used are unobservable and the fair value measurement of the warrant liability is classified as a Level 3 measurement under guidance for fair value measurements hierarchy of categorization to reflect the level of judgment and observability of the inputs involved in estimating fair values. Refer to Note 10 for additional details about the Company’s warrants.

When the warrants are exercised for ordinary shares, the Company remeasures the fair value of the exercised warrants as of the date of exercise using available fair value methods and estimates the gain or loss on extinguishment of the warrant liability. The gain or loss is recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations and is disclosed as a separate component of the total change in the warrant liability for the period.

Income Taxes 

The Company’s operations in Colombia are subject to the taxing jurisdiction of the Republic of Colombia. Tecno LLC and Tecno RE are subject to the taxing jurisdiction of the United States. TGI and Tecnoglass Holding are subject to the taxing jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected impact of differences between the financial statements and tax bases of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax losses and tax credit carry forwards if any.

The Company believes that its income tax positions and deductions used in its tax filings would be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material changes to its financial position.

Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period, excluding the effects of any potentially dilutive securities. Income per share assuming dilution (diluted earnings per share) would give effect to dilutive options, warrants, and other potential ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Basic loss per share is computed by dividing loss available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted loss per share is computed similar to basic loss per share except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potential common shares had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive. The Company considered the dilutive effect of warrants and options to purchase ordinary shares in the calculation of diluted income per share, which resulted in 4,399,080 and 3,607,484 shares of dilutive securities for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015, as well as 3,773,152 and 3,454,980 dilutive options for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014.

The following table sets forth the computation of the basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014:

Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per shares

Product Warranties

The Company offers product warranties in connection with the sale and installation of its products that are competitive in the markets in which the products are sold. Standard warranties depend upon the product and service, and are generally from five to ten years for architectural glass, curtain wall, laminated and tempered glass, window and door products. Warranties are not priced or sold separately and do not provide the customer with services or coverages in addition to the assurance that the product complies with original agreed-upon specifications. Claims are settled by replacement of the warrantied products.

Non-Operating Revenues

The Company recognizes non-operating revenues from foreign currency transaction gains and losses, interest income on receivables, proceeds from sales of scrap materials and other activities not related to the Company’s operations. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses occur when monetary assets, liabilities, payments and receipts that are denominated in currencies other than the Company’s functional currency are recorded in the Colombian peso accounts of the Company in Colombia. During the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 the Company recorded net gains from foreign currency transactions of $8.1 million and less than $0.1 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded net gains from foreign currency transactions of $11.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

Note 3 - Variable Interest Entities

As of September 30, 2015, the Company updated its evaluation as a reporting entity of its involvement with certain significant related party business entities in order to determine whether these entities were variable interest entities in which the Company had controlling financial interests requiring consolidation or disclosures in the financial statements of the Company. The Company evaluated two entities with whom it has maintained significant commercial relationships since 2004: ESW Windows LLC and Ventanas Solar S.A.

ES Windows LLC (“ESW LLC”), a Florida LLC, imports and resells the Company’s products in the United States, and acts as a freight forwarder for certain raw materials inventory purchased in the United States. The Company’s CEO and COO, an immediate family members, and other related parties own 100% of the equity and are the Managing Members in ESW LLC. The Company’s sales to ESW LLC for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $14.4 million and $8.9 million, respectively, and for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $37.3 million and $27,0 million, respectively. Outstanding receivables from ESW LLC at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were $20.5 million and $13.8 million, respectively.

Ventanas Solar S.A. (“VS”), a Panama sociedad anonima, is an importer and installer of the Company’s products in Panama. Family members of the Company’s CEO and CFO own 100% of the equity in VS. The Company’s sales to VS for the three month ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $1.2 million and $1.7 million, respectively. Sales for the nine month period ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $3.8 million and $8.9 million, respectively. Outstanding receivables from VS as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were $10.9 million and $12.2 million respectively, including a three-year payment agreement for trade receivables with a long-term balance of $2.5 million and $4.2 million as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

Management evaluated several factors, including whether (i) these entities required subordinated financial support from the Company in order to operate, (ii) what variable interests existed in the risks and operations of the entities, (iii) what explicit or implicit interests the Company had in these entities as a result of the significant commercial relationships, (iv) whether the Company or its related parties had the controlling financial interests in these entities, and as a result, (v) who were the primary beneficiaries of those controlling variable interests. In order to evaluate these considerations, the Company analyzed the designs and initial purposes of these entities using available quantitative information, qualitative factors and guidance under ASC 810-10-25 Consolidation and related Subsections. Also, the Company evaluated whether there were any reconsideration events.

The Company concluded that ESW LLC is not a variable interest entity as of September 30, 2015. The Company evaluates its relationship with the entity for reconsideration events if any at each reporting period. Also, the Company concluded that VS is a variable interest entity as of September 30, 2015, however the inclusion of VS in the consolidated financial statements of the Company is not indicated. The Company concluded that is not the primary beneficiary of these entities.

Note 4 - Inventories, net

Inventories are comprised of the following:

Note 5. Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net consist of the following:

Depreciation and amortization expense, inclusive of capital lease amortization, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $3.0 million and $2.8 million respectively, and for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $8.3 million and $7.8 million, respectively.

Note 6. Long-Term Debt

At September 30, 2015, the Company owed approximately $116.8 million under its various borrowing arrangements with several banks in Colombia, Panama and the United States and including obligations under various capital leases. The bank obligations have maturities ranging from six months to 15 years that bear interest at rates ranging from 2.8% to 14.7%. These loans are generally secured by substantially all of the Company’s accounts receivable and/or inventory.

The mortgage loan from TD Bank N.A. for real property acquired in December 2014 by Tecno RE includes covenant requirements that the Company has to maintain debt service coverage ratio to be evaluated for the first time at December 31, 2015 and annually thereafter as well a loan to value ratio evaluation from time to time by the bank.

The company had various lines of credit amounting to $30.8 million and $26.8 million as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. These lines of credit are secured by fixed assets amounting to $5.9 million and $7.4 million of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, and other long term assets amounting to $0.3 million and $0.4 million as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. The terms of the line of credit agreements do not restrict the Company´s operation and use of the assets.

Maturities of long term debt and other current borrowings are as follows as of September 30, 2015:

Revolving Lines of Credit

The Company has approximately $7.1 million available in two lines of credit under a revolving note arrangement as of September 30, 2015. The floating interest rates on the revolving notes are between DTF+6% and DTF+7%. DTF is the primary measure of interest rates in Colombia. As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we had $6.7 million and $0.4 million, respectively, of outstanding borrowings under these lines of credit.

Proceeds from debt and repayments of debt for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:

The Company acquired assets under capital leases for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 for $ 44.6 million and $3.1 million, respectively.

Interest expense for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $ 6.5 million and $6.6 million, respectively.

Note 7. Income Taxes

The Company files income tax returns for TG and ES in the Republic of Colombia. Colombia’s Tax Statute was reformed on December 23, 2014. A general corporate income Tax Rate applies at 25% and a CREE Tax based on taxable income applies at a rate of 9% to certain taxpayers including the Company. Prior to the reform, the CREE Tax would only apply up to tax years 2015. The reform makes the CREE tax rate of 9% permanent and an additional CREE Surtax will apply for the years 2015 through 2018 at varying rates. 

The following table summarizes income tax rates under the tax reform law:

The components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:

The Company’s effective tax rates were 52.9% and 73.5% for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2015. The Company’s effective tax rates were 13.6% and 50.1% for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014. The Company's effective tax rate for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 reflect non-deductible losses of $3.1 million and $14.5 million from the change in fair value of warrant liability as of September 30, 2015, compared with a non-taxable gain of $6.8 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2014 and a non-deductible loss of $ 6.8 million for the nine month period ended September 30, 2014. In addition, the Company’s statutory tax rate increased from 34% in 2014 to 39% in 2014 as a result of the tax reform mentioned above.

Note 8. Fair Value Measurements

The Company accounts for financial assets and liabilities in accordance with accounting standards that define fair value and establish a framework for measuring fair value. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through market corroboration, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on the Company’s assumptions used to measure assets and liabilities at fair value. The classification of a financial asset or liability within the hierarchy is determined by the lowest level inputs that are significant to the fair value measurement. 

Assets and Liabilities recognized or disclosed at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis as of September 30, 2015:

Assets and Liabilities recognized or disclosed at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis as of December 31, 2014:

Note 9. Segment and Geographic Information

The Company has one operating segment, Architectural Glass and Windows, which is also its reporting segment, comprising the design, manufacturing, distribution, marketing and installation of high-specification architectural glass and window products sold to the construction industry.

The following tables present geographical information about external revenues.

Note 10. Warrant Liability

Prior to the Merger on December 20, 2013 the Company issued an aggregate of 9,200,000 warrants to purchase its ordinary shares as follows: 4,200,000 warrants issued in connection with Andina’s Initial Public Offering, 4,800,000 warrants issued in connection with a Private Placement simultaneous with the Initial Public Offering and 200,000 working capital warrants issued upon conversion of a promissory note at the closing of the Merger. Following the Notice of Effectiveness of its Registration Statement on June 16, 2014, an aggregate of 1,382,217 warrants have been exercised by investors resulting in 7,817,783 warrants remaining outstanding as of September 30, 2015.

The fair value of the warrant liability was determined by the Company using the Binomial Lattice pricing model. This model is dependent upon several variables such as the instrument’s expected term, expected strike price, expected risk-free interest rate over the expected instrument term, the expected dividend yield rate over the expected instrument term and the expected volatility of the Company’s stock price over the expected term. The expected term represents the period of time that the instruments granted are expected to be outstanding. The expected strike price is based upon a weighted average probability analysis of the strike price changes expected during the term as a result of the down round protection. The risk-free rates are based on U.S. Treasury securities with similar maturities as the expected terms of the options at the date of valuation. Expected dividend yield is based on historical trends. The Company measures volatility using a blended weighted average of the volatility rates for a number of similar publicly traded companies.  

The inputs to the model were as follows:

The table below provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for the warrant liability measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):

The Company’s equity warrants are exercisable by the warrant holder in either of two modes: (i) by making a cash payment at the exercise price and receiving ordinary shares (“cash exercise”), or (ii) by applying a formula in the warrant agreement that is based on the market price of the shares on the NASDAQ market in order to receive ordinary shares for the warrant with no cash payment (“cashless exercise”). Of 1,382,217 aggregate warrants exercised since the merger in December 2013, warrant holders exercised 102,570 warrants on a cash basis and 1,279,647 warrants (14.1% of all warrants outstanding at June 30, 2015) for 532,078 ordinary shares on a cashless basis.

The Company remeasured the fair value of the exercised warrants as of the date of exercise using quoted prices on the NASDAQ and OTC Pink Markets (e.g., unadjusted Level 1 inputs) to estimate the gain or loss on extinguishment of the associated warrant liability. The gain or loss was recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations as a separate component of the total change in the warrant liability for the period as follows:

Note 11. Related Parties

The Company’s major related party entities are: ESW LLC, a Florida limited liability company partially owned by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, VS, an importer and installer based in Panama owned by related party family members, and Union Temporal ESW (“UT ESW”), a temporary contractual joint venture under Colombian law with Ventanar S. A. managed by related parties that expires at the end of its applicable contracts.

The following is a summary of assets, liabilities, and income and expense transactions with all related parties, shareholders, directors and managers:

Sales to other related parties were less than $0.7 million and $0.4 million in the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and less than $0.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively.

*Payments to other related parties in 2015 and 2014 consists of donations to Fundación Tecnoglass. 

In December 2014, the Company and VS executed a three-year payment agreement for recovery of trade receivables outstanding for $6.6 million with an interest rate of Libor + 4.7% paid semiannually. The payment agreement was accounted for at fair value. 

In 2013, the Company guaranteed a loan for $0.2 million used to develop a lot adjacent to the Alutions plant into a related party fuel service station Santa Maria del Mar S.A. At September 30, 2015, the guarantee was in good standing and no liabilities have been recorded, and the Company was in the process of restructuring the guarantee to exclude the involvement of Tecnoglass, S.A., as required by the merger agreement. 

In December 2014, ESW LLC, a related party, guaranteed a mortgage loan for $3.9 million for the acquisition of real properties in Miami-Dade County, Florida in favor of Tecnoglass RE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

Note 12. Note Payable to Shareholder

From September 5, 2013 to November 7, 2013, A. Lorne Weil loaned the Company $150 of which $70 was paid at closing of the Merger and $80 remained unpaid as of December 31, 2014. During the second quarter of 2015, the Company paid $1, $79 remaining unpaid as of September 30, 2015.

Note 13. Derivative Financial Instruments

In 2012, the Company entered into two interest rate swap (IRS) contracts as economic hedges against interest rate risk through 2017. Hedge accounting treatment per guidance in ASC 815-10 and related Subsections was not pursued at inception of the contracts. The derivative contracts are recorded on the balance sheet as liabilities at an aggregate fair value of $55 and $134 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Changes in the fair value of the derivatives are recorded in current earnings.

Note 14. Commitments and Contingencies

Guarantees

Guarantees on behalf of or from related parties are disclosed in Note 11 - Related Parties 

Legal Matters

Tecnoglass S.A. is also a named defendant in the matter of Diplomat Properties, Limited Partnership as assignee of Shower Concepts, Inc. v. Tecnoglass Colombia, S.A. in the 17th Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida. Plaintiff Diplomat Properties, Limited (“Diplomat”) has asserted a claim for indemnification against TG and Tecnoglass USA, Inc. The claim arises from the supplying of glass shower doors to a hotel/spa in Broward County, Florida. Specifically, in 2006, Diplomat commenced arbitration against Shower Concepts, Inc. seeking damages for breach of contract due to fractures in the installed glass shower doors. Diplomat initiated a complaint asserting various claims, which were dismissed with prejudice. The only remaining claim against the Tecnoglass entities is common law indemnification. TG denies liability and asserts that Shower Concepts was at fault and that as a joint tort feasor, it cannot sue for indemnity. A trial date has not yet been set for this case. Management and TG’s counsel believes that a liability in this claim is remote and immaterial and there are no significant reasonably estimated amounts for a possible loss.

General Legal Matters

From time to time, the Company is involved in legal matters arising in the ordinary course of business. While management believes that such matters are currently not material, there can be no assurance that matters arising in the ordinary course of business for which the Company is, or could be, involved in litigation, will not have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.

Note 15. Equity

Pursuant to the merger agreement and plan of reorganization and on filing of financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, Energy Holding Corporation received an aggregate of 500,000 ordinary shares in April 2015 based on the Company’s achievement of specified EBITDA targets set forth in such agreement.

Starting July 6, 2014, warrant holders exercised 1,279,647 Company warrants on a cashless basis and received 532,078 ordinary shares as of September 30, 2015. On April 14, 2015, the Company´s Board of Directors authorized the payment of regular dividends at a quarterly rate of $0.125 per share (or $0.50 per share on annual basis) to holders of its ordinary shares following the completion of a warrant exchange.

Note 16. Subsequent Events

Through November 9, 2015, the Company has received $20.8 million from a line of credit with a 10-year term that will be primarily used to repay short-term obligations.

On November 10, 2015, the Company filed an amendment to its Registration Statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with a proposed exchange of its warrants for its ordinary shares. Under the terms of the warrant exchange offer, each of Tecnoglass’ warrant holders will have the opportunity to receive one Tecnoglass ordinary share in exchange for every 2.3 of the Company’s outstanding warrants tendered by the holder and exchanged pursuant to the offer. The Exchange Offer will commence as soon as practicable after the registration statement becomes effective and is expected to remain open for not less than 30 days.

On November 12, 2015, the Company issued an aggregate total of 566,162 ordinary shares relating to the exercise of unit purchase options and the underlying warrants.

Management concluded that no additional subsequent events required disclosure other than those disclosed in these financial statements.

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

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings. References to “we”, “us” or “our” are to Tecnoglass Inc. (formerly Andina Acquisition Corporation), except where the context requires otherwise. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.

Overview

The Company is a holding company operating through its indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries: TG, which manufactures, markets and exports a variety of glass products since 1994 and established the Alutions plant in 2007 for aluminum products, and ES, a leader in the production of high-end windows and architectural glass systems. We have more than 30 years’ experience in the glass and aluminum structure assembly market in Colombia.

The Company manufactures hi-specification, architectural glass and windows for the global residential and commercial construction industries. Currently the Company offers design, production, marketing, and installation of architectural systems for buildings of high, medium and low elevation size. Products include windows and doors in glass and aluminum, office partitions and interior divisions, floating façades and commercial window showcases. The Company sells to more than 800 customers in North, Central and South America, and exports almost half of its production to foreign countries.

In Panama, ES sells products primarily to companies participating in large construction projects in the higher income areas of the city. ES products were supplied in the Soho Plaza, a complex of a shopping mall and two skyscrapers which brought in approximately $18 million in revenues to the Company since the inception of the contract in 2012.

TG sells to its customers using several sales teams based out of Colombia to specifically target regional markets in South, Central and North America. In addition, TG has approximately ten free-lance sales representatives based in North America.

ES sells its products through four sales teams based out of Colombia, Peru, Panama and the US. The Colombia sales team is the largest sales group and has deep contacts throughout the construction industry, and markets ES’s products and installation services.

The sales team in Peru is responsible for sales in South America excluding Colombia. Sales forces in Panama and the US are not through subsidiaries but arms-length agreements with sales representatives.

Liquidity

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $16.9 million and $15.9 million, respectively. The Company expects that cash flow from operations and proceeds from borrowings under the Company’s lines of credit will be sufficient to fund the Company’s cash requirements for the next twelve months.

As of September 30, 2015, the Company has secured approximately $100 million in additional long term loan availability for working capital or capital expenditures with maturities ranging from 5 to 10 years, which will be sufficient to fund anticipated requirements for the next twelve months. As of September 30, 2015 the Company has taken a number of bridge loans increasing its short term debt profile while it continues negotiations with local and foreign banks in order to restructure and extend the maturities of its current debt profile by accessing the long-term debt facilities, which are available in the Colombian and international loan markets. If the Company is unable to refinance expiring portions of its short-term debt as they become due, the Company could be unable to meet payment obligations to suppliers and other creditors until additional debt is secured. The Company believes it will be able to restructure and refinance its short-term debt.

During the year 2014, the proceeds from the merger were one of our primary sources of liquidity as well.

Additionally, until the redemption of certain warrants and unit purchase options or their expiration in December 2016, we could receive up to $79.1 million from the exercise of warrants and unit purchase options comprised of: up to $34.5 million upon the exercise of all of the insider warrants and working capital warrants, up to $9.4 million upon the exercise of the unit purchase options, up to $7.2 million upon the exercise of the warrants underlying such unit purchase options and up to $28.0 million upon the exercise of the warrants issued in our IPO. As of September 30, 2015, 102,570 warrants have been exercised for proceeds of $0.8 million and 1,279,647 warrants have been exercised on a cashless basis for 532,078 shares. 

Capital Resources

New technology investments

During the nine months ended in September 30, 2015, the Company made significant capital expenditures of approximately $ 62.9 million. This included the creation of a complete state of the art soft coat low emissivity glass manufacturing plant to produce low emissivity glass to satisfy our internal requirements and sell to external customers, as well as four new glass tempering ovens purchased which increased the plant efficiency and the quality of the finished products.

Results of Operations

Comparison of quarterly periods ended September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014

Revenues

The Company’s net operating revenues increased $ 9.4 million or 18% from $53.5 million to $62.9 million for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015 compared the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014. A total of $2.4 and 4.1 million was related to the effect of price and product mix for the three months ended and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. Also, a total of $2.9 and $6.1 million was related to the increase in volume for the three months ended and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively.

Sales in the U.S. market for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015 increased $16.1 million or 60% when compared to the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014. The Company continued expansion of sales outside of traditional base in the South Florida region and is now selling in several regions including Baltimore-Washington, California, Texas, New York and New Jersey on the basis of timely delivery, competitive prices, and high quality. Sales in the Colombian market, with a significant participation of long-term contracts priced in local currency, increased 20% in terms of local currency, but because of unfavorable change in exchange rates, sales in Colombia decreased by $4.8 million or 21% for the quarters ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014. Sales to Panama and other territories decreased by $0.6 million, or 24%, and $1.3 million, or 78%, respectively from the third quarter of 2015 compared to the third quarter of 2014 as large projects the Company had in Panama were finalized.

Margins

Sales margins increased to 34.5% from 30.8% in the quarterly periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. This variation results from slightly lower than normal margin in the three-month period ended September 30, 2014 that fell within normal fluctuations experienced by the company depending on varied product mix over short periods of time, accompanied by improvement in 2014 due to a 35.8% favorable decrease in the average exchange rate for the Colombian Peso, currency in which much of the Company’s fixed manufacturing costs are recorded. The sales margin for the nine month period ended September 30,2015 shows a smaller improvement over 2014, as further discussed below.

Expenses

Selling and Administrative Expenses increased 24% from $8.8 million to $10.9 million in the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015 when compared to the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014. The increase was a result of $0.8 million provision for bad debt, $0.4 million higher sales commissions, $0.3 million shipping expense and $0.2 million more advertising as part of the Company’s strategy to increase sales, as well as $0.3 million in depreciation and amortization of Miami-Dade county Notices of Acceptance and other tangible and intangible assets that were purchased during the second half of 2014.

Loss - Warrants Liability

A non-cash, non-operating loss of $3.1 million arose from the increase in the fair value of the warrant liability in the three-month period ended September 30, 2015 relative to its fair value at the end of the previous quarter ended June 30, 2015. The fair value of the warrants liability changes in response to market factors not directly controlled by the Company such as the market price of the Company’s shares and the volatility index of comparable companies. There are no income tax effects as the Company is registered in the Cayman Islands. See the footnotes to the financial statements.

Management does not consider the effects of the change in the warrant liability to be indicative of the results of the Company’s operations.

Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rates were 52% and 14% for the quarterly periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. The Company's effective tax rate for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2015 reflect an increase in statutory tax rates in Colombia from 34% to 39%, as well as a non-deductible loss of $3.1 million from the change in fair value of warrant liability as of September 30, 2015, compared with a non-taxable gain of $6.8 million for the same period ended September 30, 2014.

Results of operations for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2015 and 2014

Revenues

The Company’s net operating revenues increased $19.8 million or 13% from $153.2 million to $173.0 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2015 compared the same period ended September 30, 2014.

Growth was driven by sales in the U.S. market which increased $33.2 million or 44% in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 when compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, which were offset by declines in sales in other markets. The Company continued its expansion of sales outside of its traditional base in the South Florida region and is with direct and contract sales in several regions including Baltimore-Washington, California, Texas, New York and New Jersey on the basis of timely delivery, competitive prices, high quality and strategic alliances with major industry. Sales in the Colombian market, with a significant participation of long-term contracts priced in local currency, increased 19% in terms of local currency, but because of unfavorable changes in exchange rates, sales in Colombia declined $8.3 million, or 13% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014. Sales to Panama decreased by $5.1 million, or 57%, from the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014 as large projects the Company had in Panama were finalized.

Margins

Sales margins increased from 31.1% to 33.5% in the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. The company believes the increase in sales margin is a result of a higher degree of vertical manufacturing integration and increased exports to markets in the United States where strict building codes require products with higher specifications.

Expenses

During the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, general selling and administrative increased $6.0 million, or 25%, from $23.8 million to $29.8 million. The significant increase was primarily due to several factors that include a capital tax levied on the Company’s Colombian subsidiaries and amounted to approximately $0.9 million in 2015, with no comparable expense in 2014. Selling, general and administrative expenses also increased as a result of $1.3 million higher sales commissions, $0.7 million higher shipping expense borne by the Company and $0.4 million higher advertising expense as part of the Company’s strategy to increase sales. Additionally, the Company also recorded an increase of $1.4 million in amortization and depreciation of assets purchased during the second half of 2014, as well $1.2 million increase in bad debt write offs and $0.3 million higher consulting fees offset by $0.6 million decrease in personnel expense due to fluctuations in exchange rate of the Colombian Peso.

During the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, interest expense decreased slightly from $6.6 million to $6.5 million. The decrease is partially due to a favorable decrease in exchange rate of the Colombian Peso, currency in which most of the Company´s interest expense is incurred and paid, as well as a shift towards more short-term debt with lower interest rates while the Company negotiates with several domestic and foreign banks to improve the structure of debt at better terms.

Non-operating Revenues

During the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 the Company recorded net non-operating revenues of $15.9 million and $3.5 million respectively. The Company’s non-operating revenues are comprised primarily of net gains on foreign currency transactions that increased by $10.1 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014, and an increase of $8.1 million during the three-month period ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014, as an effect of the devaluation of the Colombian Peso, the functional currency of the Company’s operating subsidiaries TG and ES.

Loss - Warrants Liability

A non-cash, non-operating loss of $14.5 million arose from the increase in the fair value of the warrant liability in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2015. The fair value of the warrant liability changes in response to market factors not directly controlled by the Company such as the market price of the Company’s shares and the volatility index of comparable companies. There are no income tax effects as the Company is registered in the Cayman Islands. See the footnotes to the financial statements.

Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rates were 73% and 50% for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. The Company's effective tax rate for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 reflect an increase in statutory tax rates in Colombia from 34% to 39%, as well as non-deductible losses of $14.5 million from the change in fair value of warrant liability as of September 30, 2015, compared with a non-deductible loss of $6.8 million for the same period ended September 30, 2014.

Cash Flow from Operations, Investing and Financing Activities

During the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, $10.2 million and $14.2 million, respectively, were generated and used in operating activities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the principal uses of cash were inventories and trade accounts receivable with cash flows of approximately $21.1 million and $18.9 million, respectively, partially offset by trade accounts payable and other current liabilities which generated $20.8million and $11.3 million, respectively, as well as advances from customers which generated $5.3 million due to new projects in the first half of 2015.

The Company used $19.2 million and $22.0 million in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 respectively. Principal use of cash for both periods has been purchase of fixed assets as part of the Company’s growth strategy that requires investments in state of the art manufacturing equipment and facilities discussed under the Capital Resources section of this Management Discussion and Analysis.

Cash generated from financing activities was $7.1 million and $49.9 million during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Cash flow from financing activities in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 included $22.5 million of proceeds from the merger in December 2013 that were received in January 2014.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

None

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

None

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We carried out an evaluation required by Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of Tecnoglass, Inc. “disclosure controls and procedures” as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, because of certain material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 were not effective as of September 30, 2015. To address the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting the Company performed additional manual procedures and analysis such as validation of sources of information that impact financial statements including revenue recognition, receivables, disbursements, reconciliation of accounting modules versus the general ledger, inventory count review and analysis, related party reconciliations, analytical reviews of property plant and equipment, gross margins, payroll and translation of financial statements into USGAAP and other post-closing procedures in order to prepare the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Notwithstanding the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, we believe that the consolidated financial statements contained in this report present our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods covered thereby in all material respects.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

For the quarter ended September 30, 2015, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Tecnoglass S.A. is also a named defendant in in the matter of Diplomat Properties, Limited Partnership as assignee of Shower Concepts, Inc. v. Tecnoglass Colombia, S.A. in the 17th Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida. Plaintiff Diplomat Properties, Limited (“Diplomat”) has asserted a claim for indemnification against TG and Tecnoglass USA, Inc. The claim arises from the supplying of glass shower doors to a hotel/spa in Broward County, Florida. Specifically, in 2006, Diplomat commenced arbitration against Shower Concepts, Inc. seeking damages for breach of contract due to fractures in the installed glass shower doors. Diplomat initiated a complaint asserting various claims which were dismissed with prejudice. The only remaining claim against the Tecnoglass entities is common law indemnification. TG denies liability and asserts that Shower Concepts was at fault and that as a joint tort feasor, it cannot sue for indemnity. A trial date has not yet been set for this case. Management and TG’s counsel believes that a liability in this claim is remote and immaterial and there are no significant reasonably estimated amounts for a possible loss.

General Legal Matters

From time to time, the Company is involved in legal matters arising in the ordinary course of business. While management believes that such matters are currently not material, there can be no assurance that matters arising in the ordinary course of business for which the Company is, or could be, involved in litigation, will not have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.

PART II-OTHER INFORMATION

Item 6. Exhibits

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.