Vuzix Corp - Quarter Report: 2020 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2020
OR
☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Commission file number 001-35955
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
| 04-3392453 |
State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer |
25 Hendrix Road, Suite A |
| 14586 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (585) 359-5900
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class: |
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Common Stock, par value $0.001 |
| VUZI |
| Nasdaq Capital Market |
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 filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ 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 ⌧ No ◻
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an 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.
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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-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ⌧
As of August 10, 2020, there were 39,004,106 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.
Vuzix Corporation
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Part 1: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1: Consolidated Financial Statements
VUZIX CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited) |
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June 30, | December 31, | |||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 | |||
ASSETS |
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Current Assets |
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Cash and Cash Equivalents | $ | 13,229,182 | $ | 10,606,091 | ||
Accounts Receivable, Net |
| 1,021,069 |
| 1,371,913 | ||
Accrued Project Revenue |
| 175,005 |
| — | ||
Note Receivable | 250,000 | 250,000 | ||||
Inventories, Net |
| 6,256,333 |
| 5,707,867 | ||
Licenses | 471,809 | — | ||||
Manufacturing Vendor Prepayments |
| 617,330 |
| 242,539 | ||
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets |
| 902,540 |
| 895,098 | ||
Total Current Assets |
| 22,923,268 |
| 19,073,508 | ||
Long-Term Assets |
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Fixed Assets, Net |
| 3,501,971 |
| 4,327,676 | ||
Operating Lease Right-of-Use Asset | 1,726,700 | 2,096,190 | ||||
Patents and Trademarks, Net |
| 1,370,180 |
| 1,294,675 | ||
Licenses, Net |
| 254,051 |
| 314,416 | ||
Intangible Asset, Net |
| 775,910 |
| 990,000 | ||
Other Assets, Net |
| 550,000 |
| 350,000 | ||
Total Assets | $ | 31,102,080 | $ | 28,446,465 | ||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
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Current Liabilities |
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Accounts Payable | $ | 832,584 | $ | 1,062,785 | ||
Unearned Revenue |
| 65,216 |
| 142,463 | ||
Accrued Expenses |
| 762,926 |
| 885,897 | ||
Taxes Payable |
| 24,601 |
| 18,687 | ||
Operating Lease Right-of-Use Liability | 444,495 | 524,825 | ||||
Current Portion of Debt | 684,286 | — | ||||
Total Current Liabilities |
| 2,814,108 |
| 2,634,657 | ||
Long-Term Liabilities | ||||||
Operating Lease Right-of-Use Liability | 1,282,205 | 1,571,365 | ||||
Long-Term Portion of Debt | 871,614 | — | ||||
Total Long-Term Liabilities | 2,153,819 | 1,571,365 | ||||
Total Liabilities |
| 4,967,927 |
| 4,206,022 | ||
Stockholders' Equity |
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Preferred Stock - $0.001 Par Value, 5,000,000 Shares Authorized; 49,626 Shares Issued and Outstanding as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. |
| 50 |
| 50 | ||
Common Stock - $0.001 Par Value, 100,000,000 Shared Authorized; 39,004,106 and 33,128,620 Shares and as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. |
| 39,004 |
| 33,128 | ||
Additional Paid-in Capital |
| 180,438,200 |
| 168,950,076 | ||
Accumulated Deficit |
| (154,343,101) |
| (144,742,811) | ||
Total Stockholders' Equity |
| 26,134,153 |
| 24,240,443 | ||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ | 31,102,080 | $ | 28,446,465 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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VUZIX CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited)
Preferred Stock | Common Stock | Additional | Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||
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| Paid-In Capital |
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| Total | ||||||
Balance - January 1, 2020 | 49,626 | $ | 50 |
| 33,128,620 | $ | 33,128 | $ | 168,950,076 | $ | (144,742,811) | $ | 24,240,443 | ||||||
Stock-Based Compensation Expense |
| — |
| — |
| 875,486 |
| 876 |
| 910,815 |
| — |
| 911,691 | |||||
Proceeds from Common Stock Offerings |
| — |
| — |
| 5,000,000 |
| 5,000 |
| 11,245,000 |
| — |
| 11,250,000 | |||||
Direct Costs of Common Stock Offerings |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (667,691) |
| — |
| (667,691) | |||||
Net Loss |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (9,600,290) |
| (9,600,290) | |||||
Balance - June 30, 2020 |
| 49,626 | $ | 50 |
| 39,004,106 | $ | 39,004 | $ | 180,438,200 | $ | (154,343,101) | $ | 26,134,153 |
Preferred Stock | Common Stock | Additional | Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||
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| Paid-In Capital |
| Deficit |
| Total | ||||||
Balance - April 1, 2020 | 49,626 | $ | 50 |
| 33,128,620 | $ | 33,128 | $ | 169,160,041 | $ | (150,104,435) | $ | 19,088,784 | ||||||
Stock-Based Compensation Expense |
| — |
| — |
| 875,486 |
| 876 |
| 700,850 |
| — |
| 701,726 | |||||
Proceeds from Common Stock Offering |
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| 5,000,000 |
| 5,000 |
| 11,245,000 |
| — |
| 11,250,000 | |||||
Direct Costs of Common Stock Offering |
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| (667,691) |
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| (667,691) | |||||
Net Loss |
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| (4,238,666) |
| (4,238,666) | |||||
Balance - June 30, 2020 |
| 49,626 | $ | 50 |
| 39,004,106 | $ | 39,004 | $ | 180,438,200 | $ | (154,343,101) | $ | 26,134,153 |
Preferred Stock | Common Stock | Additional | Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||
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| Paid-In Capital |
| Deficit |
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Balance - January 1, 2019 | 49,626 | $ | 50 |
| 27,591,670 | $ | 27,591 | $ | 148,695,775 | $ | (118,266,441) | $ | 30,456,975 | ||||||
Stock-Based Compensation Expense |
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| 12,496 |
| 13 |
| 749,132 |
| — |
| 749,145 | |||||
Net Loss |
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| — |
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| (11,415,695) |
| (11,415,695) | |||||
Balance - June 30, 2019 |
| 49,626 | $ | 50 |
| 27,604,166 | $ | 27,604 | $ | 149,444,907 | $ | (129,682,136) | $ | 19,790,425 |
Preferred Stock | Common Stock | Additional | Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||
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| Paid-In Capital |
| Deficit |
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Balance - April 1, 2019 | 49,626 | $ | 50 |
| 27,597,917 | $ | 27,598 | $ | 149,109,454 | $ | (124,626,202) | $ | 24,510,900 | ||||||
Exercise of Warrants |
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Stock-Based Compensation Expense |
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| 6,249 |
| 6 |
| 335,453 |
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| 335,459 | |||||
Net Loss |
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| (5,055,934) |
| (5,055,934) | |||||
Balance - June 30, 2019 |
| 49,626 | $ | 50 |
| 27,604,166 | $ | 27,604 | $ | 149,444,907 | $ | (129,682,136) | $ | 19,790,425 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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VUZIX CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
The Three Months Ended June 30, | The Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||
| 2020 |
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Sales: |
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Sales of Products | $ | 2,335,189 | $ | 1,834,915 | $ | 3,706,699 | $ | 3,208,286 | ||||
Sales of Engineering Services |
| 701,654 |
| 350,946 |
| 861,860 |
| 350,946 | ||||
Total Sales |
| 3,036,843 |
| 2,185,861 |
| 4,568,559 |
| 3,559,232 | ||||
Cost of Sales: |
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Cost of Sales - Products Sold |
| 2,122,329 |
| 1,941,350 |
| 3,548,367 |
| 3,274,832 | ||||
Cost of Sales - Engineering Services |
| 118,594 |
| 92,472 |
| 143,755 |
| 92,472 | ||||
Total Cost of Sales |
| 2,240,923 |
| 2,033,822 |
| 3,692,122 |
| 3,367,304 | ||||
Gross Profit (exclusive of depreciation shown separately below) |
| 795,920 |
| 152,039 |
| 876,437 |
| 191,928 | ||||
Operating Expenses: |
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Research and Development |
| 1,796,268 |
| 1,987,129 |
| 3,819,326 |
| 4,503,228 | ||||
Selling and Marketing |
| 796,857 |
| 822,749 |
| 1,949,665 |
| 2,240,714 | ||||
General and Administrative |
| 1,799,958 |
| 1,803,590 |
| 3,337,778 |
| 3,699,992 | ||||
Depreciation and Amortization |
| 640,711 |
| 607,965 |
| 1,289,253 |
| 1,167,054 | ||||
Impairment of Patents and Trademarks |
| — |
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| 57,532 |
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Total Operating Expenses |
| 5,033,794 |
| 5,221,433 |
| 10,453,554 |
| 11,610,988 | ||||
Loss from Operations |
| (4,237,874) |
| (5,069,394) |
| (9,577,117) |
| (11,419,060) | ||||
Other Income (Expense): |
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Investment Income |
| 7,089 |
| 32,739 |
| 29,246 |
| 91,052 | ||||
Other Taxes |
| (9,379) |
| (10,301) |
| (27,065) |
| (62,963) | ||||
Foreign Exchange Gain (Loss) |
| 1,498 |
| (8,978) |
| (25,354) |
| (24,724) | ||||
Total Other Income (Expense) |
| (792) |
| 13,460 |
| (23,173) |
| 3,365 | ||||
Loss Before Provision for Income Taxes |
| (4,238,666) |
| (5,055,934) |
| (9,600,290) |
| (11,415,695) | ||||
Provision for Income Taxes |
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Net Loss |
| (4,238,666) |
| (5,055,934) |
| (9,600,290) |
| (11,415,695) | ||||
Preferred Stock Dividends |
| (507,315) |
| (477,907) |
| (1,007,153) |
| (943,672) | ||||
Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders | $ | (4,745,981) | $ | (5,533,841) | $ | (10,607,443) | $ | (12,359,367) | ||||
Basic and Diluted Loss per Share | $ | (0.13) | $ | (0.20) | $ | (0.31) | $ | (0.45) | ||||
Weighted-average Shares Outstanding - Basic and Diluted |
| 36,341,616 |
| 27,602,014 |
| 34,735,118 |
| 27,598,909 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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VUZIX CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||
| 2020 |
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities |
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Net Loss | $ | (9,600,290) | $ | (11,415,695) | ||
Non-Cash Adjustments |
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Depreciation and Amortization |
| 1,289,253 |
| 1,167,054 | ||
Amortization of Software Development Costs in Cost of Sales - Products |
| 91,664 |
| 50,000 | ||
Stock-Based Compensation |
| 941,933 |
| 872,250 | ||
Impairment of Patents and Trademarks |
| 57,532 |
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(Increase) Decrease in Operating Assets |
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Accounts Receivable |
| (120,965) |
| (251,810) | ||
Accrued Project Revenue |
| (175,005) |
| (281,783) | ||
Inventories |
| (548,466) |
| (1,146,421) | ||
Vendor Prepayments |
| (374,791) |
| 239,558 | ||
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets |
| (7,442) |
| 496,613 | ||
Increase (Decrease) in Operating Liabilities |
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Accounts Payable |
| (230,201) |
| (1,080,970) | ||
Accrued Expenses |
| (122,971) |
| (223,286) | ||
Customer Deposits |
| — |
| (151,542) | ||
Unearned Revenue |
| (77,247) |
| 17,479 | ||
Income and Other Taxes Payable |
| 5,915 |
| 25,432 | ||
Net Cash Flows Used in Operating Activities |
| (8,871,081) |
| (11,683,121) | ||
Cash Flows from Investing Activities |
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Purchase of Fixed Assets |
| (253,174) |
| (1,286,811) | ||
Investments in Patents and Trademarks |
| (140,863) |
| (137,755) | ||
Investments in Licenses and Other Intangible Assets |
| (250,000) |
| (796,226) | ||
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities |
| (644,037) |
| (2,220,792) | ||
Cash Flows from Financing Activities |
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Net Proceeds from Sale of Equity |
| 10,582,309 |
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Proceeds from Term Note |
| 1,555,900 |
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Net Cash Flows from Financing Activities |
| 12,138,209 |
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Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents |
| 2,623,091 |
| (13,903,913) | ||
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning of Period |
| 10,606,091 |
| 17,263,643 | ||
Cash and Cash Equivalents - End of Period | $ | 13,229,182 | $ | 3,359,730 | ||
Supplemental Disclosures |
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Unamortized Common Stock Expense included in Prepaid Expenses | $ | 223,496 | $ | 123,105 | ||
Non-Cash Investment in Licenses | | $ | 471,809 | | $ | — |
Stock-Based Compensation Expense - Expensed less Previously Issued | $ | 31,118 | $ | — |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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VUZIX CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 – Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Vuzix Corporation (“the Company”) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, the unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include all information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Certain re-classifications may have been made to prior periods to conform with current reporting. The results of the Company’s operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results of the Company’s operations for the full fiscal year or any other period.
The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto of the Company as of December 31, 2019, as reported in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020.
Going Concern
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern. This basis of accounting contemplates the recovery of our assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. These unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the specific amounts and classifications of assets and liabilities, which might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern. The Company incurred net losses for the six months ended June 30, 2020 of $9,600,290 and annual net losses of $26,476,370 in 2019 and $21,875,713 in 2018. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $154,343,101.
The Company’s cash requirements are primarily for funding operating losses, research and development, working capital, and capital expenditures. Our cash requirements related to funding operating losses depend upon numerous factors, including new product development activities, our ability to commercialize our products, our products’ timely market acceptance, selling prices and gross margins, and other factors. Historically, the Company has met its cash needs primarily by the sale of equity securities.
On May 10, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain purchasers for the sale of an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in a registered direct offering at a purchase price of $2.25 per share for aggregate gross sale proceeds of $11,250,000. The purchase agreement closed on May 13, 2020. The Company received net proceeds after issuance costs and expenses of $10,582,309.
The Company’s management intends to take actions necessary to continue as a going concern, as discussed herein. The Company will need to grow its business significantly to become profitable and self-sustaining on a cash flow basis or it will be required to raise new equity and/or debt capital. Management’s plans concerning these matters and managing our liquidity include, among other things:
● | the expected growing success of our third-generation monocular device for enterprise, the M400 Smart Glasses, which entered production near the end of the third quarter of 2019, and to date customer interest and adoption of the M400 has been more rapid than earlier models; |
● | the introduction of the M4000 in the Fall of 2020 which will be the Company’s next generation see-through waveguide-based product specifically designed for the enterprise market; |
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● | the continued sale of our existing M300XL finished goods and Blade component inventory, of which we have significant levels; |
● | increased efforts to further promote our engineering services programs, which result in overall higher gross margins since such programs enable the absorption of some of our operating costs by utilizing a significant portion of our internal engineering fixed salary costs; |
● | continued to pursue licensing and strategic opportunities around our waveguide technologies with potential OEMs, which would include the receipt of upfront licensing fees and on-going supply agreements; |
● | implementation of a Company-wide voluntary payroll reduction program where employees could take salary reductions between 5% to 50% of their base salary for the period from May to December 2020 in exchange for shares of common stock at a value of 150% of the net cash wage reduction. The cash savings under this program will be approximately $888,000. The issuance of the related stock awards is further explained in Note 12; |
● | decreased tradeshow and external PR expenditures; |
● | right-sized operations and implemented greater control of operating costs across all areas of the Company, including head-count freezes or reductions; |
● | delayed or curtailed discretionary and non-essential capital expenditures not related to near-term new products; |
● | reduced the rate of new product introductions and leveraged existing platforms to reduce new product development and engineering costs; and |
● | further reduced the rate of research and development spending on new technologies, particularly the use of external contractors. |
Based upon our current amount of cash on hand, management’s historical ability to raise capital, and our ability to manage our cost structure and adjust operating plans if and as required, we have concluded that substantial doubt of our ability to continue as a going concern has been alleviated.
Customer Concentrations
For the three months ended June 30, 2020, no one customer represented more than 10% of total product revenue and two defense customers represented 100% of engineering services revenue. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, one customer represented 48% of total product revenue and one defense customer represented 100% of engineering services revenue.
For the six months ended June 30, 2020, no one customer represented more than 10% of total product revenue and two defense customers represented 100% of engineering services revenue. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, one customer represented 30% of total product revenue.
As of June 30, 2020, three customers represented 36%, 20% and 12% of accounts receivable, respectively, and one defense customer represented 100% of accrued project revenue. As of December 31, 2019, three customers represented 32%, 26% and 13%, respectively, of accounts receivable.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326). ASU 2016-13 provides for a new impairment model which requires measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments, including
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but not limited to accounts receivable. ASU 2016-13 will become effective for the Company on January 1, 2023 and early adoption is permitted. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Note 2 – Revenue Recognition and Contracts with Customers
Disaggregated Revenue
The Company’s total revenue was comprised of four major product lines: Smart Glasses Sales, OEM Product Sales, Waveguide and Display Engine Sales, and Engineering Services. The following table summarizes the revenue recognized by major product line:
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||
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Revenues |
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Smart Glasses Sales | $ | 2,335,189 | $ | 835,847 | $ | 3,706,699 | $ | 2,114,218 | ||||
OEM Product Sales |
| — |
| 951,570 |
| — |
| 951,570 | ||||
Waveguide and Display Engine Sales |
| — |
| 47,498 |
| — |
| 142,498 | ||||
Engineering Services |
| 701,654 |
| 350,946 |
| 861,860 |
| 350,946 | ||||
Total Revenue | $ | 3,036,843 | $ | 2,185,861 | $ | 4,568,559 | $ | 3,559,232 |
Significant Judgments
Under Topic 606 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, there are judgments used that could potentially impact both the timing of our satisfaction of performance obligations and our determination of transaction prices used in determining revenue recognized by major product line. Judgments made include considerations in determining our transaction prices and when our performance obligations are satisfied for our standard product sales that include an end-user 30-day right to return if not satisfied with our product and include general payment terms that are between Net 30 and 60 days. For our Engineering Services, performance obligations are recognized over time using the input method and the estimated costs to complete each project are considered significant judgments.
Performance Obligations
Revenues from our performance obligations are typically satisfied at a point in time for Smart Glasses, Waveguides and Display Engines, and our OEM Products, which are recognized when the customer obtains control and ownership, which is generally upon shipment. The Company also records revenue for performance obligations relating to our Engineering Services over time by using the input method measuring progress toward satisfying the performance obligations. Satisfaction of our performance obligations related to our Engineering Services is measured by the Company’s costs incurred as a percentage of total expected costs to project completion as the inputs of actual costs incurred by the Company are directly correlated with progress of completing the contract. As such, the Company believes that our methodologies for recognizing revenue over time for our Engineering Services correlate directly with the transfer of control of the underlying assets to our customers.
Our standard product sales include a
( ) month assurance-type product warranty. In the case of certain of our OEM products and waveguide sales, some include a standard product warranty of up to ( ) months to allow distribution channels to offer the end customer a full ( ) months of coverage. We offer extended warranties to customers, which extend the standard product warranty on product sales for an additional ( ) month period. All revenue related to extended product warranty sales is deferred and recognized over the extended warranty period. Our Engineering Services contracts vary from contract to contract but typically include payment terms of Net 30 days from date of billing, subject to an agreed upon customer acceptance period.9
The following table presents a summary of the Company’s net sales by revenue recognition method as a percentage of total net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2020:
| % of Total Net Sales |
| |
Point-in-Time |
| 77 | % |
Over Time – Input Method |
| 23 | % |
Total |
| 100 | % |
Remaining Performance Obligations
As of June 30, 2020, the Company had less than $10,000 of remaining performance obligations under two current waveguide development projects with two global aerospace and defense firms, which represents the remainder of the total transaction price of these development agreements of $855,000, less revenue recognized under percentage of completion in the six months ended June 30, 2020. The Company currently expects to recognize the remaining revenue relating to these existing performance obligations of $10,000 in the third quarter of 2020. Revenues earned less amounts invoiced at June 30, 2020 in the amount of $175,005 are reflected as Accrued Project Revenue in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
As of June 30, 2020, the Company had $43,000 of remaining performance obligations related to its extended warranties, which are included in deferred revenue on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company is recognizing this deferred revenue on a straight-line basis ending on September 30, 2020.
Note 3 – Loss Per Share
Basic loss per share is computed by dividing the loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution from the assumed exercise of stock options and warrants, and the conversion of convertible preferred shares. During periods of net loss, all common stock equivalents are excluded from the diluted EPS calculation because they are anti-dilutive. Since the Company reported a net loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the calculation for basic and diluted earnings per share is considered to be the same, as the impact of potential common shares is anti-dilutive. As of June 30, 2020 and 2019, there were 14,147,580 and 7,390,669 common stock share equivalents, respectively, potentially issuable under conversion of preferred shares, options, and warrants that could dilute basic earnings per share in the future.
Note 4 – Inventories, Net
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value and consisted of the following:
June 30, | December 31, | |||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 | |||
Purchased Parts and Components | $ | 5,351,135 | $ | 5,985,214 | ||
Work-in-Process |
| 2,072,466 |
| 2,414,142 | ||
Finished Goods |
| 2,734,039 |
| 2,096,744 | ||
Less: Reserve for Obsolescence |
| (3,901,307) |
| (4,788,233) | ||
Inventories, Net | $ | 6,256,333 | $ | 5,707,867 |
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Note 5 – Licenses, Net
| June 30, | | December 31, | |||
| 2020 |
| 2019 | |||
Licenses | $ | 493,717 | $ | 493,717 | ||
Less: Accumulated Amortization |
| (312,746) |
| (179,301) | ||
Additions |
| 544,889 |
| — | ||
725,860 | 314,416 | |||||
Less: Current Portion | (471,809) | — | ||||
Licenses, Net | $ | 254,051 | $ | 314,416 |
In January 2020, the Company entered into a global non-exclusive master reseller agreement for certain smart glasses software under which it committed to sell a minimum number of software licenses in 2020. The amount capitalized, included in current assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, will be expensed to cost of goods sold during the period based upon actual software licenses sold, with any of the remaining prepaid licenses expensed at the end of the term of the master reseller agreement.
Note 6 – Debt
Long-term debt consisted of the following:
June 30, | December 31, |
| |||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 | ||||
Unsecured Term Note - Two-year term beginning on April 22, 2020. The note bears an annual interest rate of 1%, with no principal or interest payments for months. | $ | 1,555,900 | $ | — | |||
Less: Amount Due Within One Year |
| (684,286) |
| — | |||
Amount Due After One Year | $ | 871,614 | $ | — |
On April 21, 2020, the Company entered into a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) Term Note (“PPP Note”) under the Paycheck Protection Program of the recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “US SBA”). The Company received total proceeds of $1,555,900 from the PPP Note. The PPP Note bears interest at the annual rate of 1%, with the first six months of interest deferred, has a term of two years, and is unsecured and guaranteed by the US SBA. The Company intends to apply for forgiveness of the PPP Note once rules are finalized, with the amount which may be forgiven expected to equal the sum of payroll costs, covered rent obligations, and covered utility payments incurred by the Company during the twenty four-week period beginning on April 21, 2020, calculated in accordance with the terms of the CARES Act.
Note 7 – Intangible Asset, Net
| June 30, |
| December 31, | |||
2020 | 2019 | |||||
Intangible Asset | $ | 1,500,000 | $ | 1,500,000 | ||
Less: Accumulated Amortization |
| (724,090) |
| (510,000) | ||
Intangible Asset, Net | $ | 775,910 | $ | 990,000 |
On October 4, 2018, the Company entered into amendment No. 1 to agreements (the “TDG Amendment”) with TDG Acquisition Company, LLC (“TDG”), aka Six15 Technologies, LLC. The TDG Amendment amends certain provisions of prior agreements between Vuzix and TDG, including an asset purchase agreement dated June 15, 2012, and an authorized reseller agreement dated June 15, 2012.
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Pursuant to the TDG Amendment, the Company will be permitted to engage in sales of heads-up display components or subsystems (and any services to support such sale) for incorporation into a finished good or system for sale to military organizations, subject to certain conditions. The Company will also be permitted to sell its products to defense and security organizations that include business customers and governmental entity customers that primarily provide security and defense services, including police, fire fighters, EMTs, other first responders, and homeland and border security. The Company will owe TDG commissions with respect to all such sales until June 15, 2022, when the amendment and original non-compete agreements expire, after which the Company will be free to sell any product to any customer world-wide with no commission liability to TDG.
Total commissions expense under this agreement for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $140,364 and nil, respectively. Total commissions expense under this agreement for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $176,944 and nil, respectively. All commissions expense related to this agreement are included in Selling and Marketing expense.
Total amortization expense for this intangible asset for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $112,090 and $102,000. Total amortization expense for this intangible asset for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $214,090 and $204,000. Future monthly amortization expense for the next 23 months is approximately $34,000 per month or $408,000 per year.
Note 8 – Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses consisted of the following:
| June 30, | | December 31, | |||
| 2020 |
| 2019 | |||
Accrued Wages and Related Costs | $ | 299,607 | $ | 394,669 | ||
Accrued Professional Services |
| 109,480 |
| 217,721 | ||
Accrued Warranty Obligations |
| 111,769 |
| 98,893 | ||
Other Accrued Expenses |
| 242,070 |
| 174,614 | ||
Total | $ | 762,926 | $ | 885,897 |
The Company has warranty obligations in connection with the sale of certain of its products. The warranty period for its products is generally
( ) months. The costs incurred to provide for these warranty obligations are estimated and recorded as an accrued liability at the time of sale. The Company estimates its future warranty costs based on product-based historical performance rates and related costs to repair.The changes in the Company’s accrued warranty obligations for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the balance as of December 31, 2019 were as follows:
Accrued Warranty Obligation at December 31, 2019 | $ | 98,893 | |
Reductions for Settling Warranties |
| (59,780) | |
Warranties Issued During Period |
| 72,656 | |
Accrued Warranty Obligations at June 30, 2020 | $ | 111,769 |
Note 9 – Income Taxes
The Company’s effective income tax rate is a combination of federal, state and foreign tax rates and differs from the U.S. statutory rate due to taxes on foreign income, permanent differences including tax-exempt interest, and the resolution of tax uncertainties, offset by a valuation allowance against U.S. deferred income tax assets.
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Note 10 – Capital Stock
Preferred stock
The Board of Directors is authorized to establish and designate different series of preferred stock and to fix and determine their voting powers and other special rights and qualifications. A total of 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 are authorized as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, 49,626 of which are designated as Series A Preferred Stock. There were 49,626 shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding on June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
On January 2, 2015, the Company closed a sale of Series A Preferred Stock to Intel Corporation (the "Series A Purchaser"), pursuant to which we issued and sold an aggregate of 49,626 shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock, at a purchase price of $500 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $24,813,000. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the Series A holder, into 100 shares of the Company's common stock (determined by dividing the Series A Original Issue Price of $500 by the Series A Conversion Price, which is equal to $5.00).
Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to receive dividends at a rate of 6% per year, compounded quarterly and payable in cash or in kind, at the Company’s sole discretion. As of June 30, 2020, total accumulated and unpaid preferred dividends were $9,608,245. As of December 31, 2019, total accumulated and unpaid preferred dividends were $8,601,092. There were no declared preferred dividends owed as of June 30, 2020 or December 31, 2019.
The Series A Purchaser has the right, but not the obligation, to participate in any proposed issuance by the Company of its securities, subject to certain exceptions and in such amount as is sufficient to maintain the Series A Purchaser’s ownership percentage in the Company, calculated immediately prior to such applicable financing, at a purchase price equal to the per share price of the Company’s securities in such applicable financing.
Common Stock
The Company’s authorized common stock consists of 100,000,000 shares, par value of $0.001. There were 39,004,106 and 33,128,620 shares of common stock
and as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.Historically, the Company has met its cash needs primarily by the sale of equity securities. On May 10, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain purchasers for the sale of an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in a registered direct offering at a purchase price of $2.25 per share for aggregate gross sale proceeds of $11,250,000. The purchase agreement closed on May 13, 2020. The Company received net proceeds after issuance costs and expenses of $10,582,309.
On May 4, 2020, the Company implemented a Company-wide voluntary payroll reduction program for all employees, pursuant to which they could take salary reductions between of 5% to 50% for the period from May to December 2020 in exchange for shares of common stock at a value of 150% of the net cash wage reduction. The cash savings under this program will be approximately $888,000 and resulted in the issuance of stock awards under the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan of 830,486 shares. These awards are subject to vesting and resale rules as disclosed in Note 12.
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Note 11 – Stock Warrants
A summary of the various changes in warrants during the six months ended June 30, 2020 is as follows:
Number of | ||
Warrants | ||
Warrants Outstanding at December 31, 2019 |
| 6,512,516 |
Exercised During the Period |
| — |
Issued During the Period |
| — |
Expired During the Period |
| — |
Warrants Outstanding at June 30, 2020 |
| 6,512,516 |
Of the outstanding warrants as of June 30, 2020, 1,033,062 expire on June 18, 2021 and the remaining 5,479,454 expire on January 2, 2022. The weighted average remaining term of the warrants was 1.4 years. The weighted average exercise price was $4.56 per share.
Note 12 – Stock-Based Compensation
A summary of stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2020 is as follows:
Weighted | |||||
Number of | Average | ||||
| Options |
| Exercise Price | ||
Outstanding at December 31, 2019 |
| 1,383,591 | $ | 4.77 | |
Granted |
| 1,370,000 |
| 1.36 | |
Exercised |
| — |
| — | |
Expired or Forfeited |
| (81,127) |
| 2.97 | |
Outstanding at June 30, 2020 |
| 2,672,464 | $ | 3.08 |
The weighted average remaining contractual term for all options as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was 7.7 years and 6.3 years, respectively.
As of June 30, 2020, there were 1,135,945 options that were fully vested and exercisable at a weighted average exercise price of $4.51 per share. The weighted average remaining contractual term on the vested options is 5.2 years.
As of June 30, 2020, there were 1,536,519 unvested options exercisable at a weighted average exercise price of $2.02 per share. The weighted average remaining contractual term on the unvested options is 9.5 years.
The weighted average fair value of option grants was calculated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing method. At June 30, 2020, the Company had approximately $2,236,787 of unrecognized stock compensation expense, which will be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.8 years.
On May 4, 2020, the Company implemented a Company-wide voluntary payroll reduction program for all employees, pursuant to which they could take salary reductions between of 5% to 50% for the period from May to December 2020 in exchange for shares of common stock at a value of 150% of the net cash wage reduction. The cash savings under this program will be approximately $888,000 and resulted in the issuance of stock awards under the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan. The fair market value of these stock awards has been determined to be $1.53 per share and a total of 830,486 shares were issued for a total fair market value of $1,270,641. These awards are subject to vesting and resale rules. The total expense of $1,270,641 will be amortized over the salary reduction period or eight months, which began in May.
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For the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded total stock-based compensation expense, including stock awards, of $639,358 and $382,000, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded total stock-based compensation expense, including stock awards, of $941,933 and $872,250, respectively
Note 13 – Litigation
We are not currently involved in any actual or pending legal proceeding or litigation and we are not aware of any such proceedings contemplated by or against us or involving our property, except as follows:
On or about December 16, 2019, Throop, LLC ("Throop") filed
patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Company. The complaint alleges that certain Vuzix products (which have yet to be sufficiently identified) infringe claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,035,897 and U.S. Patent No. 9,479,726. Both patents expired on January 14, 2020. The complaint purports to seek an injunction or payment of an ongoing royalty with respect to the patents, an award of damages to compensate for alleged past infringement, trebled damages, and an award of costs and attorney's fees. On March 6, 2020, before the Company filed a formal response to the complaint with the Court, Throop filed a voluntary dismissal without prejudice of the California complaint in response to the Company's position that venue was improper. The Company denies that Throop is entitled to the relief requested and intends to vigorously defend itself against the claims asserted and any lawsuit related thereto brought against the Company going forward.Note 14 – Right-of-Use Assets and Liabilities
Future lease payments under operating leases as of June 30, 2020 were as follows:
Remainder of 2020 | $ | 261,051 | |
2021 |
| 512,285 | |
2022 |
| 536,270 | |
2023 |
| 536,270 | |
2024 |
| 44,689 | |
Total Future Lease Payments |
| 1,890,565 | |
Less: Imputed Interest |
| (163,865) | |
Total Lease Liability Balance | $ | 1,726,700 |
Operating lease costs under the operating leases totaled $156,606 and $149,777 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Operating lease costs under the operating leases totaled $306,606 and $290,077 for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
As of June 30, 2020, the weighted average discount rate was 4.5% and the weighted average remaining lease term was 3.5 years.
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Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report and in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.
As used in this report, unless otherwise indicated, the terms “Company,” “Vuzix”, “management,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to Vuzix Corporation.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Developments and Estimates
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report. The preparation of these statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires the appropriate application of certain accounting policies, many of which require us to make estimates and assumptions about future events and their impact on amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements, including the statement of operations, balance sheet, cash flow and related notes. We continually evaluate our estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements, including those related to revenue recognition, bad debts, inventories, warranty reserves, product warranty, carrying value of long-lived assets, fair value measurement of financial instruments and embedded derivatives, valuation of stock compensation awards, and income taxes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not apparent from other sources. Since future events and their impact cannot be determined with certainty, the actual results will inevitably differ from our estimates. Such differences could be material to the consolidated financial statements.
We believe that our application of accounting policies, and the estimates inherently required therein, are reasonable. We periodically re-evaluate these accounting policies and estimates and make adjustments when facts and circumstances dictate a change. Historically, we have found our application of accounting policies to be appropriate, and actual results have not differed materially from those determined using necessary estimates.
Management believes certain factors and trends are important in understanding our financial performance. The critical accounting policies, judgments and estimates that we believe have the most significant effect on our consolidated financial statements are:
● | Valuation of inventories; |
● | Carrying value of long-lived assets; |
● | Going Concern; |
● | Software development costs; |
● | Revenue recognition; |
● | Product warranty; |
● | Stock-based compensation; and |
● | Income taxes. |
Our accounting policies are more fully described in the notes to our consolidated financial statements included in this quarterly report and in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. There have been no significant changes in our accounting policies for the three month period ended June 30, 2020.
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Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, an effect on our financial condition, financial statements, revenues or expenses.
Business Matters
We are engaged in the design, manufacture, marketing and sale of wearable computing devices and augmented reality wearable display devices also referred to as head mounted displays (or HMDs, but also known as HUDs or near-eye displays), in the form of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) glasses. Our wearable display devices are worn like eyeglasses or attach to a head-worn mount. These devices typically include cameras, sensors, and a computer that enable the user to view, record and interact with video and digital content, such as computer data, the Internet, social media or entertainment applications. Our wearable display products integrate micro-display technology with our advanced optics to produce compact high-resolution display engines, less than half an inch diagonally, which when viewed through our smart glasses products create virtual images that appear comparable in size to that of a computer monitor or a large-screen television.
With respect to our Smart Glasses and AR products, we are focused on the enterprise, industrial, commercial, security, first responder, medical markets, and to a lesser degree defense markets. We also provide custom solutions and engineering services to third parties, including OEMs, of waveguides to enable fully integrated wearable display systems, including head mounted displays to commercial, industrial and defense customers. We do not offer “works for hire” services but rather offer our services in ways that could result in advancing our technology or lead to a long-term supply or OEM relationship.
All of the mobile display and wearable and mobile electronics markets in which we compete, including mobile and wearable displays and electronics, have been and continue to be subject to consistent and rapid technological change over the last decade, with ever greater capabilities and performance and, in many cases, including the rapid adoption of tablets and mobile devices with larger screen sizes and improved display resolutions, as well as declining prices on mobile phones and other computing devices. As a result, we must continue to improve our products’ performance and lower our costs. We believe our intellectual property portfolio gives us a leadership position in the design and manufacturing of micro-display projection engines, waveguides, mechanical packaging, ergonomics, and optical systems.
Impact of COVID-19
As our global operations expose us to risks associated with pandemics and epidemics worldwide, we could be harmed and our operations could suffer as a result. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our business operations and the results of our operations in the first half of 2020, primarily with delays in expected orders and smart glasses deployment by several customers, and to a lesser degree due to a reduction in manufacturing output caused by supplier shortages and delays from some of our suppliers in China. In addition, due to delays in certain supply chain areas, the expected launch times of our new M4000 and upgraded version of our Blade Smart Glasses have been delayed several months. Additionally, we are experiencing increased lead times in regulatory testing of our products in some new countries, which has been forcing us to postpone customer deliveries in these new regions.
The broader implications of COVID-19 on our results from operations going forward remain uncertain. The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to cause adverse effects to our customers, suppliers or business partners in locations that have or will experience more pronounced disruptions, which could result in a reduction to future revenue and manufacturing output as well as delays in our new product development activities. However, on the other hand, opportunities in the medical field with telemedicine and guided remote support and in enterprise with remote support use cases have been growing for Vuzix smart glasses products. As companies try to go back to work, the need for enabling remote training and support for equipment in the field is becoming a new challenge for enterprises to address and our smart glasses products are poised to help companies address these challenges. Flying restrictions and resumption of travel in general remain challenged and, in the interest of safety, companies are looking for alternatives. Vuzix smart glasses solutions and those offered by our Value-Added Resellers provide a wide array of solutions that can help
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immediately address these challenges. In addition, other new use cases for our products are developing, including their use in medical applications from remote support for residents doing their rounds to remote patient care in assisted living facilities or the ICU (intensive care unit).
As an essential manufacturer of telecommunications and microelectronic devices, as well as a supplier of essential technology services and products for medical professionals, first responders and other public safety, national defense and security customers, we have maintained our current production operations through this crisis. As we are committed to the safety and well-being of all our employees, we separated our production staff into 2 six-hour non-overlapping shifts, versus the 1 eight-hour shift that was in place before the COVID-19 outbreak. The majority of our non-production employees have been working remotely and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements.
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Results of Operations
Comparison of Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019
The following table compares the Company’s consolidated statements of operations data for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
Three Months Ended June 30, |
| |||||||||||
| |
| |
| Dollar |
| % Increase |
| ||||
2020 | 2019 | Change | (Decrease) |
| ||||||||
Sales: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Sales of Products | $ | 2,335,189 |
| $ | 1,834,915 |
| $ | 500,274 |
| 27 | % | |
Sales of Engineering Services |
| 701,654 |
| 350,946 |
| 350,708 |
| 100 | % | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Total Sales |
| 3,036,843 |
| 2,185,861 |
| 850,982 |
| 39 | % | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Cost of Sales: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Cost of Sales - Products |
| 2,122,329 |
| 1,941,350 |
| 180,979 |
| 9 | % | |||
Cost of Sales - Engineering Services |
| 118,594 |
| 92,472 |
| 26,122 |
| 28 | % | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Total Cost of Sales |
| 2,240,923 |
| 2,033,822 |
| 207,101 |
| 10 | % | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Gross Profit (exclusive of depreciation shown separately below) |
| 795,920 |
| 152,039 |
| 643,881 |
| 423 | % | |||
Gross Profit % |
| 26 | % | 7 | % |
|
|
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Operating Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Research and Development |
| 1,796,268 |
| 1,987,129 |
| (190,861) |
| (10) | % | |||
Selling and Marketing |
| 796,857 |
| 822,749 |
| (25,892) |
| (3) | % | |||
General and Administrative |
| 1,799,958 |
| 1,803,590 |
| (3,632) |
| (0) | % | |||
Depreciation and Amortization |
| 640,711 |
| 607,965 |
| 32,746 |
| 5 | % | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Loss from Operations |
| (4,237,874) |
| (5,069,394) |
| 831,520 |
| (16) | % | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
Other Income (Expense): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Investment Income |
| 7,089 |
| 32,739 |
| (25,650) |
| (78) | % | |||
Other Taxes |
| (9,379) |
| (10,301) |
| 922 |
| (9) | % | |||
Foreign Exchange Gain (Loss) |
| 1,498 |
| (8,978) |
| 10,476 |
| (117) | % | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Total Other Income (Expense) |
| (792) |
| 13,460 |
| (14,252) |
| (106) | % | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Loss Before Provision for Income Taxes |
| (4,238,666) |
| (5,055,934) |
| 817,268 |
| (16) | % | |||
Provision for Income Taxes |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | % | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Net Loss | $ | (4,238,666) | $ | (5,055,934) | $ | 817,268 |
| (16) | % |
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Sales. There was an overall increase in total sales for the three months ended June 30, 2020 over the same period in 2019 of $850,982 or 39%. The following table reflects the major components of our sales:
| Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended |
| |||||||||||||
June 30, 2020 | % of Total Sales | June 30, 2019 | % of Total Sales | Dollar Change | % Increase Decrease | |||||||||||
Sales of Smart Glasses | $ | 2,300,333 |
| 76 | % | $ | 812,305 |
| 37 | % | $ | 1,488,028 |
| 183 | % | |
Sales of OEM Products |
| — |
| 0 | % |
| 951,570 |
| 44 | % |
| (951,570) |
| (100) | % | |
Sales of Waveguides & Display Engines |
| — |
| 0 | % |
| 47,499 |
| 2 | % |
| (47,499) |
| (100) | % | |
Sales Freight out |
| 34,856 |
| 1 | % |
| 23,541 |
| 1 | % |
| 11,315 |
| 48 | % | |
Sales of Engineering Services |
| 701,654 |
| 23 | % |
| 350,946 |
| 16 | % |
| 350,708 |
| 100 | % | |
Total Sales | $ | 3,036,843 |
| 100 | % | $ | 2,185,861 |
| 100 | % | $ | 850,982 |
| 39 | % |
Sales of Smart Glasses products rose by 183%, primarily as a result of our M400 Smart Glasses, which we began selling in the fourth quarter of 2019. Sales revenues from our M-Series Smart Glasses was $2,074,445, a 374% increase of $1,636,408 over the prior year’s quarter. Total M-Series unit sales increased by 164% for the three months ended June 30, 2020 versus the same period in 2019, and M400s comprised 50% of total revenues as compared to nil in the 2019 period, when the M400 was not for sale. Sale revenues of Blade smart glasses decreased by $148,380 or 40%, primarily driven by a 36% decrease in unit sales and lower average sales price.
Sales of OEM Products were nil for the three months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to $951,570 in the 2019 period. No new further customer orders for that particular OEM product have been received since spring of 2019 and none are currently contemplated from that customer.
Sales of Waveguides and Display Engines for the three months ended June 30, 2020 were nil versus $47,499 in the prior year’s comparable period. These are made-to-order products and no new orders were received in the second quarter of 2020, outside of small deliveries under our current engineering service programs.
Sales of Engineering Services for the three months ended June 30, 2020 were $701,654 as compared to $350,946 in the 2019 period. The revenue recognized in the three months ended June 30, 2020 for engineering services was a result of two waveguide and display engine development projects which commenced in the first quarter of 2020. One was completed in the second quarter and the second project was substantially completed in that same period.
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Cost of Sales and Gross Profit. Cost of product revenues and engineering services are comprised of materials, components, labor, warranty costs, freight costs, manufacturing overhead, software royalties, and the non-cash amortization of software development costs related to the production of our products and rendering of engineering services. The following table reflects the components of our cost of goods sold for products:
Three Months Ended | As % Related | Three Months Ended | As % Related | |||||||||||||
June 30, 2020 | Product Sales | June 30, 2019 | Product Sales | Dollar Change | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
Product Cost of Sales |
| $ | 1,170,555 |
| 50 | % | $ | 1,391,552 |
| 76 | % | $ | (220,997) |
| (16) | % |
Freight Costs |
| 195,080 |
| 8 | % | 115,085 |
| 6 | % | 79,995 |
| 70 | % | |||
Manufacturing Overhead |
| 383,296 |
| 16 | % | 372,066 |
| 20 | % | 11,230 |
| 3 | % | |||
Warranty Costs |
| 12,654 |
| 1 | % | 4,510 |
| 0 | % | 8,144 |
| 181 | % | |||
Inventory Reserve for Obsolescence |
| 307,600 |
| 13 | % | — |
| 0 | % | 307,600 |
| NM | ||||
Amortization of Software Development Costs |
| 45,833 |
| 2 | % | 25,000 |
| 1 | % | 20,833 |
| 83 | % | |||
Software Royalties |
| 7,311 |
| 0 | % | 33,137 |
| 2 | % | (25,826) |
| (78) | % | |||
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Total Cost of Sales - Products | $ | 2,122,329 |
| 91 | % | $ | 1,941,350 |
| 106 | % | $ | 180,979 |
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Gross Profit (Loss) - Product Sales | $ | 212,860 |
| 9 | % | $ | (106,435) |
| (6) | % | $ | 319,295 |
| 300 | % |
For the three months ended June 30, 2020, we reported an overall gross profit from product sales of $212,860 as compared to a gross loss of $106,435 in the same period in 2019. On a product cost of sales basis only, product direct costs were 50% of sales in the 2020 period as compared to 76% in 2019, primarily driven by higher margins earned with the M400 in the second quarter 2020 versus that of the M300 series in the same period in 2019. Product margin was also positively impacted by the sales of products that were fully provisioned for in prior periods.
Manufacturing overhead costs for the three months ended June 30, 2020, as a percentage of total product sales, decreased to 16% from 20% in the same period in 2019, with the majority of this decrease being attributable to higher levels of sales and a reduction in personnel as compared to the same period in 2019. There was a warranty expense of $12,654 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to $4,510 in the same period in 2019.
In addition to its normal Reserve for Obsolescence provision, the Company wrote down to net realizable value all of its unique component parts related to our original Blade in the amount of $307,600 for which several items went end-of-life, as our manufacturing efforts have had to shift to the production of our newer, Blade upgraded version, which is expected to ship by the Fall of this year.
Costs for engineering services for the three months ended June 30, 2020 were $118,594 as compared to $92,472 in 2019. The majority of the 2020 period amounts represented the reclassification of our internal R&D wage costs associated with two waveguide development projects. There was a gross profit of $583,060 from engineering services for the three months ended June 30, 2020 versus $258,474 in the same period in 2019.
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Research and Development. Our research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation costs for personnel, related stock compensation expenses, third party services, purchase of research supplies and materials, and consulting fees related to research and development. Software development expenses to determine technical feasibility before final development and ongoing maintenance are not capitalized and are included in research and development costs.
Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
June 30, 2020 | % of Total Sales | June 30, 2019 | % of Total Sales | Dollar Change | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
Research and Development | $ | 1,796,268 |
| 59 | % | $ | 1,987,129 |
| 91 | % | $ | (190,861) |
| (10) | % |
Research and development costs for the three months ended June 30, 2020 decreased by $190,861 or 10% as compared to the same period in 2019. This reduction was largely driven by a decrease of $75,560 in external consulting fees related to our Blade software development, which was completed in the first half of 2019, and a decrease of $97,217 in overall new product research and development costs.
Selling and Marketing. Selling and marketing costs consist of trade show costs, advertising, sales samples, travel costs, sales staff compensation costs including stock compensation expense, consulting fees, public relations agency fees, website costs and sales commissions paid to full-time staff and outside consultants.
Three Months Ended | % of | Three Months Ended | % of | Dollar | % Increase | |||||||||||
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Selling and Marketing | $ | 796,857 | 26 | % | $ | 822,749 | 38 | % | $ | (25,892) | (3) | % |
Selling and marketing costs for the three months ended June 30, 2020 decreased by $25,892 or 3% as compared to the same period in 2019. This reduction in costs was due to the following factors: a decrease in travel related costs of $51,325; and a decrease in external consulting fees paid to foreign sales staff of $88,988; largely offset by an increase in salary and stock-based compensation related expenses of $30,683 and a $140,196 increase in commissions largely due to commissions payable to TDG pursuant to our non-compete agreement amendment (as described in Note 7 of the financial statements).
General and Administrative. General and administrative costs include professional fees, investor relations (IR) costs including shares and warrants issued for IR services, salaries and related stock compensation, travel costs, office and rental costs.
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June 30, 2020 | % of Total Sales | June 30, 2019 | % of Total Sales | Dollar Change | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
General and Administrative | $ | 1,799,958 |
| 59 | % | $ | 1,803,590 |
| 83 | % | $ | (3,632) |
| (0) | % |
General and administrative costs for the three months ended June 30, 2020 decreased by $3,632 or 0% as compared to the same period in 2019. This reduction in costs was due to the following factors: a decrease in legal fees of $83,001; a decrease in travel related expenses of $62,529; and a decrease in consulting fees of $58,805; offset by a net increase in salary and stock-based compensation expenses of $106,334; an increase in IR and shareholder related expenses of $53,744; and an increase in insurance premiums of $23,461.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was $640,711 as compared to $607,965 in the same period in 2019, an increase of $32,746. The increase in depreciation expense is due to new investments in depreciable assets, including manufacturing equipment and molds placed into service from construction-in-progress and leasehold improvements associated with our plant expansion which were completed in the second quarter of 2019.
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Other Income (Expense). Total other expense was $792 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to income of $13,460 in the period in 2019. The overall increase of $14,252 in other expenses was primarily the result of a decrease of $25,650 in investment interest income; largely offset by a decrease of $10,476 in foreign exchange losses.
Provision for Income Taxes. There was not a provision for income taxes in the respective three-month periods ending June 30, 2020 and 2019.
Comparison of Six Months Ended June 30 2020 and June 30, 2019
The following table compares the Company’s consolidated statements of operations data for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
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Sales of Products | $ | 3,706,699 | $ | 3,208,286 | $ | 498,413 |
| 16 | % | |||
Sales of Engineering Services |
| 861,860 |
| 350,946 |
| 510,914 |
| 146 | % | |||
Total Sales |
| 4,568,559 |
| 3,559,232 |
| 1,009,327 |
| 28 | % | |||
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Cost of Sales - Products Sold |
| 3,548,367 |
| 3,274,832 |
| 273,535 |
| 8 | % | |||
Cost of Sales - Engineering Services |
| 143,755 |
| 92,472 |
| 51,283 |
| 55 | % | |||
Total Cost of Sales |
| 3,692,122 |
| 3,367,304 |
| 324,818 |
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Gross Profit (exclusive of depreciation shown separately below) |
| 876,437 |
| 191,928 |
| 684,509 |
| 357 | % | |||
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| 3,819,326 |
| 4,503,228 |
| (683,902) |
| (15) | % | |||
Selling and Marketing |
| 1,949,665 |
| 2,240,714 |
| (291,049) |
| (13) | % | |||
General and Administrative |
| 3,337,778 |
| 3,699,992 |
| (362,214) |
| (10) | % | |||
Depreciation and Amortization |
| 1,289,253 |
| 1,167,054 |
| 122,199 |
| 10 | % | |||
Impairment of Patents and Trademarks |
| 57,532 |
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| 57,532 |
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Loss from Operations |
| (9,577,117) |
| (11,419,060) |
| 1,841,943 |
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| 29,246 |
| 91,052 |
| (61,806) |
| (68) | % | |||
Other Taxes |
| (27,065) |
| (62,963) |
| 35,898 |
| (57) | % | |||
Foreign Exchange Loss |
| (25,354) |
| (24,724) |
| (630) |
| 3 | % | |||
Total Other Income (Expense), Net |
| (23,173) |
| 3,365 |
| (26,538) |
| (789) | % | |||
Net Loss | $ | (9,600,290) | $ | (11,415,695) | $ | 1,815,405 |
| (16) | % |
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Sales. There was an overall increase in total sales for the six months ended June 30, 2020 over the same period in 2019 of $1,009,327 or 28%. The following table reflects the major components of our sales:
Six Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
June 30, 2020 | % of Total Sales | June 30, 2019 | % of Total Sales | Dollar Change | % Increase Decrease | |||||||||||
Sales of Smart Glasses | $ | 3,654,766 |
| 80 | % | $ | 2,064,306 |
| 58 | % | $ | 1,590,460 |
| 77 | % | |
Sales of OEM Products |
| — |
| — | % |
| 951,570 |
| 27 | % |
| (951,570) |
| (100) | % | |
Sales of Waveguides & Display Engines |
| — |
| — | % |
| 142,499 |
| 4 | % |
| (142,499) |
| (100) | % | |
Sales Freight out |
| 51,933 |
| 1 | % |
| 49,911 |
| 1 | % |
| 2,022 |
| 4 | % | |
Sales of Engineering Services |
| 861,860 |
| 19 | % |
| 350,946 |
| 10 | % |
| 510,914 |
| 146 | % | |
Total Sales | $ | 4,568,559 |
| 100 | % | $ | 3,559,232 |
| 100 | % | $ | 1,009,327 |
| 28 | % |
Sales of Smart Glasses products for the six months ended June 30, 2020 rose by 77% over the same period in 2019, primarily the result of our newer M400 Smart Glasses, which were not available for sale in the comparable period in 2019. Sales revenues from our M-Series Smart Glasses was $3,192,403, a 175% increase of $2,031,606 over the prior year’s quarter. Total M-Series unit sales increased by 91% for the six months ended June 30, 2020 versus the same period in 2019, and M400s comprised 51% of revenues as compared to nil in the 2019 period, when the M400 was not for sale. Sale revenues of Blade smart glasses decreased by $441,146 or 49%, primarily driven by a 38% decrease in unit sales and lower average sales price.
Sales of OEM Products were nil for the six months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to $951,570 in the 2019 period. No new further customer orders for that particular OEM product have been received since spring of 2019 and none are currently contemplated from that customer.
Sales of Waveguides and Display Engines for the six months ended June 30, 2020 were nil versus $142,499 in the prior year’s comparable period. These are made-to-order products and no new orders were received in the 2020 period, outside of small deliveries under our current engineering services programs.
Sales of Engineering Services for the six months ended June 30, 2020 were $861,860 as compared to $350,946 in the 2019 period. The revenue recognized in the six months ended June 30, 2020 for engineering services was a result of two waveguide and display engine development projects which commenced in the first quarter of 2020. One was completed in the second quarter and the second project was substantially completed in that same period.
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Cost of Sales and Gross Profit. Cost of product revenues and engineering services are comprised of materials, components, labor, warranty costs, freight costs, manufacturing overhead, software royalties, and the non-cash amortization of software development costs related to the production of our products and rendering of engineering services. The following table reflects the components of our cost of goods sold for products:
Six Months Ended | As % Related | Six Months Ended | As % Related | ||||||||||||||
June 30, 2020 | Product Sales | June 30, 2019 | Product Sales | Dollar Change | % Increase (Decrease) | ||||||||||||
Product Cost of Sales | $ | 1,915,130 |
| 52 | % | $ | 2,101,651 |
| 66 | % | $ | (186,521) |
| (9) | % | ||
Freight Costs |
| 307,191 |
| 8 | % |
| 248,055 |
| 8 | % |
| 59,136 |
| 24 | % | ||
Manufacturing Overhead |
| 889,500 |
| 24 | % |
| 787,967 |
| 25 | % |
| 101,533 |
| 13 | % | ||
Warranty Costs |
| 12,876 |
| 0 | % |
| 27,993 |
| 1 | % |
| (15,117) |
| (54) | % | ||
Inventory Reserve for Obsolescence |
| 307,600 |
| 8 | % |
| — |
| 0 | % |
| 307,600 |
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Amortization of Software Development Costs |
| 91,667 |
| 2 | % |
| 50,000 |
| 2 | % |
| 41,667 |
| 83 | % | ||
Software Royalties |
| 24,403 |
| 1 | % |
| 59,166 |
| 2 | % |
| (34,763) |
| (59) | % | ||
Total Cost of Sales - Products Sold | $ | 3,548,367 |
| 96 | % | $ | 3,274,832 |
| 102 | % | $ | 273,535 |
| 8 | % | ||
Total Gross Profit (Loss) | $ | 158,332 | 4 | % | $ | (66,546) |
| (2) | % | $ | 224,878 |
| (338) | % |
For the six months ended June 30, 2020, we reported an overall gross profit from product sales of $158,332 as compared to a gross loss of $66,546 in the same period in 2019. On a product cost of sales basis only, product direct costs were 52% of sales in the 2020 period as compared to 66% in 2019, primarily driven by higher selling prices of the M400 in the second quarter of 2020 versus that of the M300 series in the same period in 2019. Product margin was also positively impacted by the sales of products that were fully provisioned for in prior periods.
Manufacturing overhead costs for the six months ended June 30, 2020 increased by $101,533 or 13% due to additional personnel as compared to the same 2019 period, but as a percentage of total product sales, decreased to 24% from 25% over the same period in 2019. There was warranty expense of $12,876 for the six months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to $27,993 in the same period in 2019. This warranty cost reduction resulted from lower overall warranty return rates on our current M400 smart glasses versus that of prior products in the prior period.
In addition to its normal Reserve for Obsolescence provision, the Company wrote down to net realizable value all its unique component parts related to our original Blade in the amount of $307,600 for which several items went end-of-life, as our manufacturing efforts have had to shift to the production of our newer, Blade upgraded version, which is expected to ship by the Fall of this year.
Costs for engineering services for the six months ended June 30, 2020 were $143,755 as compared to $92,472 in 2019. The majority of the 2020 period amounts represented the reclassification of our internal R&D wage costs associated with two waveguide development projects. There was a gross profit of $718,105 from engineering services for the six months ended June 30, 2020 versus $258,474 in the same period in 2019.
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Research and Development. Our research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation costs for personnel, related stock compensation expenses, third party services, purchase of research supplies and materials, and consulting fees related to research and development. Software development expenses to determine technical feasibility before final development and ongoing maintenance are not capitalized and are included in research and development costs.
Six Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
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Research and Development | $ | 3,819,326 |
| 84 | % | $ | 4,503,228 |
| 127 | % | $ | (683,902) |
| (15) | % |
Research and development costs for the six months ended June 30, 2020 decreased by $683,902 or 15% as compared to the same period in 2019. This reduction was largely driven by a decrease of $543,316 in external consulting fees related to our Blade software development, which was completed in the first half of 2019; a reduction of $77,143 in net salary and stock-based compensation costs as a result of reclassifying research and development wages to engineering services costs of sales; a decrease of $54,342 in research and development supplies expense; and a $49,926 decrease in travel related expenses; partially offset by an increase of $84,488 in M400 research and development support fees.
Selling and Marketing. Selling and marketing costs consist of trade show costs, advertising, sales samples, travel costs, sales staff compensation costs including stock compensation expense, consulting fees, public relations agency fees, website costs and sales commissions paid to full-time staff and outside consultants.
Six Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
June 30, 2020 | % of Total Sales | June 30, 2019 | % of Total Sales | Dollar Change | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
Selling and Marketing | $ | 1,949,665 |
| 43 | % | $ | 2,240,714 |
| 63 | % | $ | (291,049) |
| (13) | % |
Selling and marketing costs for the six months ended June 30, 2020 decreased by $291,049 or 13% as compared to the same period in 2019. This reduction in costs was due to the following factors: a decrease in advertising and trade shows of $245,853; a $173,581 decrease in external consulting fees paid to foreign sales staff; and a $65,142 decrease in travel related expenses; partially offset by a $174,283 increase in commissions largely due to commissions payable to TDG pursuant to our non-compete agreement amendment (as described in Note 7 of the financial statements).
General and Administrative. General and administrative costs include professional fees, investor relations (IR) costs including shares and warrants issued for IR services, salaries and related stock compensation, travel costs, office and rental costs.
Six Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
June 30, 2020 | % of Total Sales | June 30, 2019 | % of Total Sales | Dollar Change | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
General and Administrative | $ | 3,337,778 |
| 73 | % | $ | 3,699,992 |
| 104 | % | $ | (362,214) |
| (10) | % |
General and administrative costs for the six months ended June 30, 2020 decreased by $362,214 or 10% as compared to the same period in 2019. This reduction in costs was due to the following factors: a decrease in legal fees of $235,066; a decrease in IT and security consulting fees of $193,202; and a decrease in travel related expenses of $46,637; partially offset by an increase in insurance premiums of $64,500; and a net increase in salary and stock-based compensation expenses of $40,273.
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Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was $1,289,253 as compared to $1,167,054 in the same period in 2019, an increase of $122,199. The increase in depreciation expense is due to new investments in depreciable assets, including manufacturing equipment and molds placed into service from construction-in-progress and leasehold improvements associated with our plant expansion which were completed in the first quarter of 2019.
Other Income (Expense). Total other expense, net was $23,173 for the six months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to income of $3,365 in the period in 2019. The overall increase of $26,538 in other expenses was primarily the result of a decrease of $61,806 in investment interest income; partially offset by a decrease of $35,898 in other taxes.
Provision for Income Taxes. There was not a provision for income taxes in the respective six-month periods ending June 30, 2020 and 2019.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $13,229,182, an increase of $2,623,091 from $10,606,091 as of December 31, 2019.
As of June 30, 2020, we had current assets of $22,923,268 as compared to current liabilities of $2,814,108 which resulted in a positive working capital position of $20,109,160. As of December 31, 2019, we had a working capital position of $16,438,851. Our current liabilities are comprised principally of accounts payable, operating lease liabilities and accrued expenses.
During the six months ended June 30, 2020, we used $8,871,081 of cash for operating activities which includes: (i) a net loss of $9,600,290, partially offset by non-cash expenses totaling $2,380,382 (ii) $923,257 expenditures in inventory and vendor prepayments for M400 components, (iii) $175,005 increase in accrued project revenue and (iv) $230,201 paydown of accounts payable that existed as of December 31, 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, we used $11,683,121 of cash for operating activities.
For the three months ended June 30, 2020, net loss after adding back non-cash operating expenses was $2,871,558 versus $4,040,473 in the same period of 2019. The net loss after adding back non-cash operating expenses was $7,219,908 for the six months ended June 30, 2020 versus $9,326,391 for the same period of 2019.
During the six months ended June 30, 2020, we used $644,037 of cash for investing activities, which includes $253,174 for purchases of manufacturing equipment and product mold tooling and $250,000 in the purchase of software operating system upgrades for our smart glasses platform. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, we used $2,220,792 of cash for investing activities.
During the six months ended June 30, 2020, we received $12,138,209 in cash from financing activities, which included; (i) $10,582,309 in net proceeds from our sale of equity securities on May 12, 2020, and (ii) $1,555,900 in proceeds from the term loan obtained under the Payroll Protection Act. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, we did not incur any cash changes from financing activities.
As of June 30, 2020, the Company had $1,555,900 in current or long-term debt obligations outstanding. These debt obligations are to be repaid over an 18-month period beginning in November 2020. However, as discussed in Note 6, the Company intends to apply for forgiveness of this obligation.
We incurred a net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2020 of $9,600,290 and annual net losses of $26,476,370 in 2019 and $21,875,713 in 2018. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $154,343,101.
The Company needs to grow its business significantly to become profitable and self-sustaining on a cash flow basis or it will be required to raise new equity and/or debt capital. Our cash requirements related to funding operating losses depend upon numerous factors, including new product development activities, our ability to commercialize our
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products, our products’ timely market acceptance, selling prices and gross margins, and other factors. The Company’s management intends to take actions necessary to continue as a going concern, and accordingly, our consolidated financial statements included in this report have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern. This basis of accounting contemplates the recovery of our assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The consolidated financial statements included in this report do not include any adjustments to the specific amounts and classifications of assets and liabilities which might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.
The Company has met its cash needs primarily by the sale of equity securities. On May 10, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain purchasers for the sale of an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in a registered direct offering at a purchase price of $2.25 per share for aggregate gross sale proceeds of $11,250,000. The purchase agreement closed on May 13, 2020. The Company received net proceeds after issuance costs and expenses of $10,582,309.
If the Company raises additional funds by new equity issuances, the ownership interests of existing shareholders may be diluted. The amount of such dilution could increase due to the issuance of new warrants or securities with other dilutive characteristics, such as full ratchet anti-dilution clauses or price resets.
However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to raise capital in the future or that if we raise additional capital it will be sufficient to execute our business plan. To the extent that we are unable to raise sufficient additional capital, we will be required to substantially modify our business plan and our plans for operations, which could have a material adverse effect on us and our financial condition. Refer to Note 1 for a more detailed discussion of the Company’s plan to continue as a going concern.
Forward Looking Statements
This quarterly report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning:
● | trends in our operating expenses, including personnel costs, research and development expense, sales and marketing expense, and general and administrative expense; |
● | the effect of competitors and competition in our markets; |
● | our wearable products and their market acceptance and future potential; |
● | our ability to develop, timely introduce, and effectively manage the introduction of new products and services or improve our existing products and services; |
● | expected technological advances by us or by third parties and our ability to leverage them; |
● | our ability to attract and retain customers; |
● | our ability to accurately forecast consumer demand and adequately manage our inventory; |
● | our ability to deliver an adequate supply of product to meet demand; |
● | our ability to maintain and promote our brand and expand brand awareness; |
● | our ability to detect, prevent, or fix defects in our products; |
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● | our reliance on third-party suppliers, contract manufacturers and logistics providers and our limited control over such parties; |
● | trends in revenue, costs of revenue, and gross margin and our possible or assumed future results of operations; |
● | our ability to attract and retain highly skilled employees; |
● | the impact of foreign currency exchange rates; |
● | the effect of future regulations; |
● | the sufficiency of our existing cash and cash equivalent balances and cash flow from operations to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs for at least the next 12 months; and |
● | general market, political, economic and business conditions. |
All statements in this quarterly report that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. We may, in some cases, use terms such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify forward-looking statements.
All such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and should be evaluated in light of important risk factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risk factors include, but are not limited to, those that are described in “Risk Factors” under Item 1A and elsewhere in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the following: business and economic conditions, rapid technological changes accompanied by frequent new product introductions, competitive pressures, dependence on key customers, inability to gauge order flows from customers, fluctuations in quarterly and annual results, the reliance on a limited number of third party suppliers, limitations of our manufacturing capacity and arrangements, the protection of our proprietary technology, the effects of pending or threatened litigation, the dependence on key personnel, changes in critical accounting estimates, potential impairments related to investments, foreign regulations, liquidity issues, and potential material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. Further, during weak or uncertain economic periods, customers may delay the placement of their orders. These factors often result in a substantial portion of our revenue being derived from orders placed within a quarter and shipped in the final month of the same quarter.
We caution readers to carefully consider such factors. Many of these factors are beyond our control. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent our estimates only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing our estimates as of any subsequent date. While we may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, except as may be required under applicable securities laws, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so.
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
We invest our excess cash in high-quality short-term corporate debt instruments, which bear lower levels of relative risk. We believe that the effect, if any, of reasonably possible near-term changes in interest rates on our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows should not be material to our cash flows or income. It is possible that interest rate movements would increase our unrealized gain or loss on interest rate securities. We are exposed to changes in foreign currency exchange rates primarily through transaction gains and losses as a result of non-U.S. dollar denominated cash flows related to business activities in Japan and Europe. We do not currently hedge our foreign currency exchange rate risk. We estimate that any market risk associated with our international operations is unlikely to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operation.
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Item 4.Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), has performed an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures that are defined in Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as of the end of the period covered by this report. This evaluation included consideration of the controls, processes, and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, our management, including our CEO and CFO, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at June 30, 2020.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter 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
We are not currently involved in any actual or pending legal proceeding or litigation and we are not aware of any such proceedings contemplated by or against us or involving our property, except as follows:
On or about December 16, 2019, Throop, LLC (“Throop") filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Company. The complaint alleges that certain Vuzix products (which have yet to be sufficiently identified) infringe claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,035,897 and U.S. Patent No. 9,479,726. Both patents expired on January 14, 2020. The complaint purports to seek an injunction or payment of an ongoing royalty with respect to the patents, an award of damages to compensate for alleged past infringement, trebled damages, and an award of costs and attorney’s fees. On March 6, 2020, before the Company filed a formal response to the complaint with the Court, Throop filed a voluntary dismissal without prejudice of the California complaint in response to the Company’s position that venue was improper. The Company denies that Throop is entitled to the relief requested and intends to vigorously defend itself against the claims asserted and any lawsuit related thereto brought against the Company going forward.
Item 1A.Risk Factors
In addition to the other information set forth in this report you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes from those risk factors. The risks discussed in our 2019 annual report and described below could materially affect our business, financial condition and future results.
The COVID-19 pandemic may negatively affect our business.
The COVID-19 pandemic is having widespread, rapidly evolving, and unpredictable impacts on global society, economies, financial markets, and business practices. The continuing impacts of COVID-19 are highly unpredictable and could be significant, and may have an adverse effect on our business, operations and our future financial performance.
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The impact of the pandemic on our business, operations and future financial performance could include, but is not limited to, that:
● | We may experience significant supply chain constraints such that we cannot procure the component parts necessary for manufacturing our Smart Glasses and Waveguide and Display engine solutions. |
● | We may experience delays in our product development and new product introductions into the market. |
● | The rapid and broad-based shift to a remote working environment creates inherent productivity, connectivity, and oversight challenges. |
● | Volatility in the equity markets could affect the value of our equity to shareholders and have an impact on our ability to raise capital. |
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Sale of Unregistered Securities:
● | Stock awards to external board of directors totaling 45,000 shares, vesting monthly from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. |
● | Stock awards to employees totaling 830,486 shares to employees, officers and external board of directors that vest as of January 15, 2021 related to our voluntary payroll reduction program. |
In connection with the foregoing, we relied upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for transactions not involving a public offering.
Purchase of Equity Securities – none
Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures
Not Applicable
Item 5.Other Information
None
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Item 6.Exhibits
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101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document | |
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101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
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101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Link base Document | |
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101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Link base | |
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101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Link base Document | |
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101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Link base Document * | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) * |
* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: August 10, 2020 | By: | /s/ Paul Travers |
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| Paul Travers |
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| President, Chief Executive Officer |
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Date: August 10, 2020 | By: | /s/ Grant Russell |
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| Grant Russell |
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| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial |
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| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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