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WRAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Quarter Report: 2020 September (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 September 30, 2020
Commission File Number: 000-55838
 
Wrap Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 Delaware
 
98-0551945
 (State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
 (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
1817 W 4th Street
Tempe, Arizona 85281
 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
(800) 583-2652
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
 Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
WRTC
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 such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted 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).   [ X ] 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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large Accelerated Filer        [   ]
 
 Accelerated filer                     [   ]
Non-accelerated filer            [X]
 
 Smaller reporting company    [X]
 
 
 Emerging growth company    [X]
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 Act). Yes [ ] No [ X]
 
As of October 28, 2020 a total of 37,211,217 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001, (“Common Stock”) were issued and outstanding.
 
 
 

 
 
 
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
 
 
 
Item 1. Financial Statements
 
 
 
 
 
Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Condensed Balance Sheets
 
 
 
September 30,
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
(unaudited)
 
 
2019
 
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 $20,118,192 
 $16,983,864 
Short-term investments
  24,986,117 
  - 
Accounts receivable, net
  1,170,122 
  195,347 
Inventories, net
  1,950,994 
  2,244,541 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
  300,811 
  250,947 
Total current assets
  48,526,236 
  19,674,699 
Property and equipment, net
  363,020 
  242,876 
Operating lease right-of-use asset, net
  170,397 
  260,931 
Intangible assets, net
  322,952 
  230,283 
Other assets, net
  12,681 
  12,681 
Total assets
 $49,395,286 
 $20,421,470 
 
    
    
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    
    
Current liabilities:
    
    
Accounts payable
 $761,785 
 $406,967 
Accrued liabilities
  466,523 
  194,294 
Customer deposits
  128,143 
  343,724 
Deferred revenue
  2,484 
  2,684 
Operating lease liability - short term
  104,071 
  128,131 
Note payable to bank - short term
  230,239 
  - 
Total current liabilities
  1,693,245 
  1,075,800 
 
    
    
Long-term liabilities:
    
    
Operating Lease Liability - long term
  79,116 
  150,018 
Note payable to bank - long term
  185,849 
  - 
Total long-term liabilities
  264,965 
  150,018 
Total liabilities
  1,958,210 
  1,225,818 
 
    
    
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
    
    
 
    
    
Stockholders' equity:
    
    
Preferred stock - 5,000,000 authorized; par value $0.0001 per share; none issued and outstanding
  - 
  - 
Common stock - 150,000,000 authorized; par value $0.0001 per share; 37,109,317 and 29,829,916 shares issued and outstanding each period, respectively
  3,711 
  2,983 
Additional paid-in capital
  69,180,916 
  31,922,493 
Accumulated deficit
  (21,754,157)
  (12,729,824)
Accumulated other comprehensive gain
  6,606 
  - 
Total stockholders' equity
  47,437,076 
  19,195,652 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 $49,395,286 
 $20,421,470 
 
 
See accompanying notes to condensed interim financial statements.
 
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months
 
 
Nine Months
 
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
 
 
 2020
 
 
 2019
 
 
 2020
 
 
 2019
 
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Product sales
 $988,089 
 $255,973 
 $2,485,866 
 $418,874 
  Other revenue
  18,675 
  12,790 
  42,927 
  27,144 
Total revenues
  1,006,764 
  268,763 
  2,528,793 
  446,018 
Cost of revenues
  687,991 
  157,786 
  1,658,773 
  254,701 
Gross profit
  318,773 
  110,977 
  870,020 
  191,317 
 
    
    
    
    
Operating expenses:
    
    
    
    
  Selling, general and administrative
  3,255,464 
  1,878,152 
  7,933,261 
  4,547,215 
  Research and development
  926,677 
  729,788 
  2,037,633 
  1,620,820 
Total operating expenses
  4,182,141 
  2,607,940 
  9,970,894 
  6,168,035 
Loss from operations
  (3,863,368)
  (2,496,963)
  (9,100,874)
  (5,976,718)
 
    
    
    
    
Other income (expense):
    
    
    
    
  Interest income
  5,494 
  108,922 
  80,590 
  196,109 
  Other
  (3,981)
  837 
  (4,049)
  (1,450)
 
  1,513 
  109,759 
  76,541 
  194,659 
Net loss
 $(3,861,855)
 $(2,387,204)
 $(9,024,333)
 $(5,782,059)
 
    
    
    
    
Net loss per basic common share
 $(0.11)
 $(0.08)
 $(0.28)
 $(0.20)
Weighted average common shares used to compute net loss per basic common share
  36,419,771 
  29,662,403 
  32,653,408 
  28,301,725 
 
    
    
    
    
Comprehensive loss:
    
    
    
    
Net loss
 $(3,861,855)
 $(2,387,204)
 $(9,024,333)
 $(5,782,059)
  Net unrealized gain on short-term investments
  6,606 
  - 
  6,606 
  - 
Comprehensive loss
 $(3,855,249)
 $(2,387,204)
 $(9,017,727)
 $(5,782,059)
 
 
See accompanying notes to condensed interim financial statements.
 
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Statements of Stockholders' Equity
(unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional
 
 
 
 
Other
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 Common Stock
 
 
Paid-In
 
 
Accumulated
 
 
Comprehensive
 
 
Stockholders'
 
 
 
 Shares
 
 
Amount
 
 
Capital
 
 
Deficit
 
 
Gain
 
 
Equity
 
  Balance at June 30, 2020
  34,361,591 
 $3,436 
 $54,972,797 
 $(17,892,302)
 $- 
 $37,083,931 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of warrants at $3.00 per share, net of issuance costs
  102,621 
  10 
  295,029 
  - 
  - 
  295,039 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of warrants at $5.00 per share, net of issuance costs
  1,742,870 
  174 
  8,365,542 
  - 
  - 
  8,365,716 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of warrants at $6.00 per share, net of issuance costs
  675,000 
  68 
  3,847,432 
  - 
  - 
  3,847,500 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of warrants at $6.50 per share
  177,986 
  18 
  1,102,295 
  - 
  - 
  1,102,313 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of stock options
  34,250 
  3 
  51,372 
  - 
  - 
  51,375 
 Common shares issued upon vesting of restricted stock units
  14,999 
  2 
  (2)
  - 
  - 
  - 
 Stock-based compensation expense
  - 
  - 
  546,451 
  - 
  - 
  546,451 
 Net unrealized gain on short-term investments
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  6,606 
  6,606 
 Net loss for the period
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (3,861,855)
  - 
  (3,861,855)
  Balance at September 30, 2020
  37,109,317 
 $3,711 
 $69,180,916 
 $(21,754,157)
 $6,606 
 $47,437,076 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional
 
 
 
 
Other
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 Common Stock
 
 
Paid-In
 
 
Accumulated
 
 
Comprehensive
 
 
Stockholders'
 
 
 
 Shares
 
 
Amount
 
 
Capital
 
 
Deficit
 
 
Gain
 
 
Equity
 
  Balance at December 31, 2019
  29,829,916 
 $2,983 
 $31,922,493 
 $(12,729,824)
 $- 
 $19,195,652 
 Sale of Common Stock and warrants at $6.00 per share in public offering, net of issuance costs
  2,066,667 
  207 
  11,666,999 
  - 
  - 
  11,667,206 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of warrants at $3.00 per share, net of issuance costs
  253,125 
  25 
  735,002 
  - 
  - 
  735,027 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of warrants at $5.00 per share, net of issuance costs
  3,593,873 
  359 
  17,233,805 
  - 
  - 
  17,234,164 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of warrants at $6.00 per share, net of issuance costs
  675,000 
  68 
  3,847,432 
  - 
  - 
  3,847,500 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of warrants at $6.50 per share
  261,679 
  26 
  1,646,292 
  - 
  - 
  1,646,318 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of stock options
  327,500 
  33 
  566,217 
  - 
  - 
  566,250 
 Common shares issued upon vesting of restricted stock units
  101,557 
  10 
  (10)
  - 
  - 
  - 
 Share-based compensation expense
  - 
  - 
  1,562,686 
  - 
  - 
  1,562,686 
 Net unrealized gain on short-term investments
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  6,606 
  6,606 
 Net loss for the period
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (9,024,333)
  - 
  (9,024,333)
  Balance at September 30, 2020
  37,109,317 
 $3,711 
 $69,180,916 
 $(21,754,157)
 $6,606 
 $47,437,076 
 
 
 
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Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional
 
 
 
 
Other
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 Common Stock
 
 
Paid-In
 
 
Accumulated
 
 
Comprehensive
 
 
Stockholders'
 
 
 
 Shares
 
 
Amount
 
 
Capital
 
 
Deficit
 
 
Gain
 
 
Equity
 
  Balance at June 30, 2019
  29,640,250 
 $2,964 
 $30,324,798 
 $(7,799,191)
 $- 
 $22,528,571 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of warrants at $3.00 per share
  25,000 
  2 
  74,998 
  - 
  - 
  75,000 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of stock options
  3,750 
  1 
  5,624 
  - 
  - 
  5,625 
 
 Share-based compensation expense
 
  473,657 
    
    
  473,657 
 Net loss for the period
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (2,387,204)
  - 
  (2,387,204)
  Balance at September 30, 2019
  29,669,000 
 $2,967 
 $30,879,077 
 $(10,186,395)
 $- 
 $20,695,649 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional
 
 
 
 
Other
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 Common Stock
 
 
Paid-In
 
 
Accumulated
 
 
Comprehensive
 
 
Stockholders'
 
 
 
 Shares
 
 
Amount
 
 
Capital
 
 
Deficit
 
 
Gain
 
 
Equity
 
  Balance at December 31, 2018
  27,364,607 
 $2,736 
 $16,791,254 
 $(4,404,336)
 $- 
 $12,389,654 
 Sale of Common Stock and warrants at $6.50 per share and placement agent warrants in public offering, net of issuance costs
  1,923,076 
  192 
  11,351,022 
  - 
  - 
  11,351,214 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of warrants at $3.00 per share
  87,150 
  9 
  261,441 
  - 
  - 
  261,450 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of warrants at $5.00 per share
  274,167 
  28 
  1,370,807 
  - 
  - 
  1,370,835 
 Common shares issued upon exercise of stock options
  20,000 
  2 
  29,998 
  - 
  - 
  30,000 
 
 Share-based compensation expense
 
  1,074,555 
  - 
  - 
  1,074,555 
 Net loss for the period
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (5,782,059)
  - 
  (5,782,059)
  Balance at September 30, 2019
  29,669,000 
 $2,967 
 $30,879,077 
 $(10,186,395)
 $- 
 $20,695,649 
 
 
See accompanying notes to condensed interim financial statements.
 
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
 
 
 
For the Nine Months
 
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
 
 
 2020
 
 
 2019
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
 
 
 
Net loss
 $(9,024,333)
 $(5,782,059)
 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
 
    
   used in operating activities:
    
    
   Depreciation and amortization
  90,885 
  20,949 
   Warranty provision
  17,013 
  10,776 
   Inventory obsolescence
  - 
  (130,591)
   Non-cash lease expense
  90,534 
  50,957 
   Share-based compensation
  1,562,686 
  1,074,555 
   Provision for doubtful accounts
  10,140 
  - 
   Changes in assets and liabilities:
    
    
     Accounts receivable
  (984,915)
  (91,109)
     Inventories
  293,547 
  (1,685,059)
     Prepaid expenses and other current assets
  (49,864)
  29,705 
     Accounts payable
  354,818 
  508,457 
     Operating lease liability
  (94,962)
  (34,035)
     Customer deposits
  (215,581)
  238,510 
     Accrued liabilities and other
  254,544 
  76,669 
     Deferred compensation
  - 
  (96,000)
     Warranty settlement
  2,398 
  - 
     Deferred revenue
  (200)
  2,288 
Net cash used in operating activities
  (7,693,290)
  (5,805,987)
 
    
    
 
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
 
    
Purchase of short-term investments
  (24,979,511)
  - 
Capital expenditures for property and equipment
  (202,432)
  (197,873)
Investment in patents and trademarks
  (101,266)
  (95,536)
Long-term deposits
  - 
  (11,169)
Net cash used in investing activities
  (25,283,209)
  (304,578)
 
    
    
 
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
 
    
Sale of Common Stock and warrants
  12,400,002 
  12,499,994 
Offering costs paid on sale of Common Stock and warrants
  (732,796)
  (1,148,780)
Proceeds from exercise of warrants
  24,479,654 
  1,632,285 
Offering costs paid on exercise of warrants
  (1,016,645)
  - 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
  566,250 
  30,000 
Proceeds from bank note
  414,362 
  - 
Net cash provided by financing activities
  36,110,827 
  13,013,499 
 
    
    
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
  3,134,328 
  6,902,934 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
  16,983,864 
  12,358,896 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 $20,118,192 
 $19,261,830 
 
    
    
 
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing
 
    
and Financing Activities:
    
    
Change in unrealized gain on short-term investments
 $6,606 
 $- 
Right-of-use assets and liabilites recorded during period
 $- 
 $341,000 
Issuance costs relating to warrants issued to public offering selling agent
 $- 
 $205,894 
 
 
See accompanying notes to condensed interim financial statements.
 
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements
 
 
 
1.       
ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Organization and Business Description
 
Wrap Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, “we”, “us”, and “our”), is a publicly traded company with our Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the trading symbol “WRTC”. The Company is a developer of security products designed for use by law enforcement and security personnel. The Company’s first product is the BolaWrap® 100 remote restraint device that discharges an eight-foot bola style Kevlar® tether to entangle a subject at a range of 10-25 feet. The principal markets for the Company’s proprietary products are in North and South America, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
 
Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates
 
The Company’s unaudited interim financial statements and related notes included herein have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation S-X and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The condensed balance sheet at December 31, 2019 was derived from audited financial statements but certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In management’s opinion, the accompanying statements reflect adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods indicated, and contain adequate disclosure to make the information presented not misleading. Adjustments included herein are of a normal, recurring nature unless otherwise disclosed in the footnotes. The interim financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2019. Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for a full year.
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions (e.g., stock-based compensation valuation, allowance for doubtful accounts, valuation of inventory and intangible assets, warranty reserve, accrued costs and recognition and measurement of contingencies) that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and affect the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
 
Where necessary, the prior year’s information has been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
 
Concentrations of Risk and Uncertainties
 
Credit Risk – Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consisted primarily of cash and cash equivalents, U.S. treasury bills and accounts receivable from customers. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalent deposits at two domestic financial institutions. The Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of default by a financial institution to the extent that cash and cash equivalents are in excess of the amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with high-credit quality financial institutions. To date, the Company has not experienced any losses on its cash and cash equivalents.
 
Concentrations of Accounts Receivable and Revenue – The Company has recently commenced sales activities with a limited number of customers. The Company may experience concentrations in both accounts receivable and revenue due to the timing of sales and collections of related payments.
 
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements
 
 
 
Concentration of Suppliers – The Company relies on a limited number of component suppliers and contract suppliers. In particular, a single supplier is currently the sole manufacturer of the Company’s laser assembly with some parts sole sourced from other suppliers. If supplier shortages occur, or quality problems arise, then production schedules could be significantly delayed or costs significantly increased, which could in turn have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operation and cash flows.

Impact of COVID-19 - In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) as a pandemic which continues to spread throughout the United States and the World. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and could further impact our operations and the operations of our customers and suppliers as a result of quarantines, facility closures, illnesses, and travel and logistics restrictions. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic further impacts our business, results of operations, and financial condition will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including, but not limited to the duration, spread, severity, and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our customers and suppliers and the remedial actions and stimulus measures adopted by federal, state, and local governments, and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume. Even after the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided, the Company may continue to experience adverse impacts to its business as a result of any economic recession or depression that has occurred or may occur in the future.
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less from the purchase date to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents consist primarily of amounts invested in Money Market Funds and United States (“U.S.”) Treasury bills and are stated at fair value.
 
Short-Term Investments
 
The Company’s short-term investments consist of U.S. Treasury bills with original maturities beyond three months at the date of purchase and one year or less from the balance sheet date. As of September 30, 2020, all of the Company’s short-term investments were classified as available-for-sale and are carried at estimated fair value with any unrealized gains and losses, unrelated to credit loss factors, included in other comprehensive (loss) income in our condensed statements of stockholders’ equity.
 
We adopted Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 326 issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) effective January 1, 2020, and applied the credit loss guidance related to short-term investments prospectively as we had no historical short-term investments. Because we do not have any history of losses for our short-term investments, our expected loss allowance methodology is developed using published or estimated credit default rates for similar investments and current and future economic and market conditions. Any unrealized losses related to credit loss factors are now recorded through an allowance for credit losses in other (expense) income, in our condensed consolidated statements of operations, rather than as a reduction to the amortized cost basis in other comprehensive (loss) income, when a decline in fair value has resulted from a credit loss. We determine realized gains or losses on the sale of investments on a specific identification method, and record such gains or losses as other (expense) income, in our condensed statements of operations. We did not record a credit loss reserve for short-term investments during the quarter ended September 30, 2020.
 
Stock-Based Compensation
 
The Company follows the fair value recognition provisions issued by FASB in ASC Topic 718, Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”) and has adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-07 for stock-based transactions with non-employees. Stock-based compensation expense recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes stock option and restricted stock unit compensation expense. The grant date fair value of stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The grant date is the date at which an employer and employee or non-employee reach a mutual understanding of the key terms and conditions of a stock-based payment award. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model requires inputs including the market price of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant, the term that the stock options are expected to be outstanding, the implied stock volatilities of several publicly-traded peers over the expected term of stock options, risk-free interest rate and expected dividend. Each of these inputs is subjective and generally requires significant judgment to determine. The grant date fair value of restricted stock units is based upon the market price of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of the grant. The fair value of stock-based compensation is amortized to compensation expense over the vesting term.
 
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements
 
 
 
Revenue Recognition
 
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2014-09”) and ASC Subtopic 340-40, Other Assets and Deferred Costs - Contracts with Customers (“ASC 340-40”), (collectively, “Topic 606”). On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted Topic 606 and, as it had no prior revenue or contracts with customers, there was no transition required nor any impact on prior results. ASU 2014-09 requires entities to recognize revenue through the application of a five-step model, which includes identification of the contract, identification of the performance obligations, determination of the transaction price, allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations and recognition of revenue as the entity satisfies the performance obligations. See Note 2 for additional information.
 
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
 
The Company’s expected loss allowance methodology for accounts receivable is developed using historical collection experience, when available any published or estimated credit default rates for entities that represent our customer base, current and future economic and market conditions and a review of the current status of customers' trade accounts receivables. Additionally, specific allowance amounts are established to record the appropriate provision for customers that have a higher probability of default. Our monitoring activities include account reconciliation, dispute resolution, payment confirmation, consideration of customers' financial condition and macroeconomic conditions. Balances are written off when determined to be uncollectible.
 
There was no allowance for doubtful accounts recorded at December 31, 2019. At September 30, 2020 the Company had an allowance of $10,140 resulting in part from global uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 virus. If a major customer’s creditworthiness deteriorates, or actual defaults exceed our historical experience, such allowance estimates could change and impact our future reported financial results.
 
Inventories
 
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. The cost of substantially all the Company’s inventory is determined by the FIFO cost method. Inventory is comprised of raw materials, assemblies and finished products intended for sale to customers. The Company evaluates the need for reserves for excess and obsolete inventories determined primarily based upon estimates of future demand for the Company’s products.
 
Loss per Share
 
Basic loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss for the period by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share reflects the potential dilution of securities that could share in the earnings of an entity. The Company’s losses for the periods presented cause the inclusion of potential common stock instruments outstanding to be antidilutive. Stock options, restricted stock units and warrants exercisable or issuable for a total of 7,615,959 shares of Common Stock were outstanding at September 30, 2020. These securities are not included in the computation of diluted net loss per common share for the periods presented as their inclusion would be antidilutive due to losses incurred by the Company.
 
Income Taxes
 
Until its conversion to a corporation on March 31, 2017, the Company was treated as a partnership for federal and state income tax purposes and did not incur income taxes. Instead, its losses were included in the income tax returns of the member partners. No income tax expense was recorded for period ended September 30, 2020 due to losses incurred.
 
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between the bases of certain assets and liabilities for income tax and financial reporting purposes.
 
The Company maintains a valuation allowance with respect to deferred tax assets. The Company establishes a valuation allowance based upon the potential likelihood of realizing the deferred tax asset and taking into consideration the Company’s financial position and results of operations for the current period. Future realization of the deferred tax benefit depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income within the carry-forward period under the Federal tax laws. Changes in circumstances, such as the Company generating taxable income, could cause a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset. Any change in the valuation allowance will be included in income in the year of the change in estimates.
 
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements
 
 
 
Recent Issued Accounting Guidance
 
Adopted the First Quarter of 2020:
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (“Topic 820”): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. The ASU modifies the disclosure requirements in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, to improve the effectiveness of fair value measurement disclosures by removing or modifying certain disclosure requirements and adding other requirements. This ASU is effective for public companies for annual reporting periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. The adoption of this standard in the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 had no impact on the Company’s financial statements or disclosures.
 
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments which was further updated and clarified by the FASB through issuance of additional related ASUs. Under ASU 2016-13, existing guidance on reporting credit losses for trade and other receivables and available for sale debt securities have been replaced with a new forward-looking “expected loss” model that has resulted in the earlier recognition of allowances for losses. The adoption of these standards in the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 had no impact on the Company’s financial statements or disclosures. As part of our assessment of the adequacy of our allowances for credit losses, we consider a number of factors including, but not limited to, customer credit ratings, bankruptcy filings, published or estimated credit default rates, age of receivables, expected loss rates and collateral exposures.
 
Other Pronouncements:
In December 2019, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”), which is intended to simplify various aspects related to accounting for income taxes. ASU 2019-12 removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. ASU 2019-12 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. We do not expect that the adoption of this ASU will have a significant impact on our financial statements.
 
The Company has reviewed other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements and does not believe the future adoptions of any such pronouncements will be expected to cause a material impact on its financial condition or the results of operations.
 
2. 
REVENUE AND PRODUCT COSTS
 
The Company enters into contracts that include various combinations of products, accessories and services, such as training, each of which are generally distinct and are accounted for as separate performance obligations.
 
A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to a customer and is the unit of account in Topic 606. For contracts with a single performance obligation, the entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, the Company allocates the contract transaction price to each performance obligation using the Company’s estimate of the standalone selling price (“SSP”) of each distinct good or service in a contract. The Company determines the SSP based on the price at which the performance obligation is sold separately. If the SSP is not observable through past transactions, the Company estimates the standalone selling price considering available information such as market conditions and internally approved pricing guidelines related to the performance obligations.
 
Performance obligations to deliver products and accessories are generally satisfied at the point in time the Company ships the product, as this is when the customer obtains control of the asset under our standard terms and conditions. Periodically, certain customers request bill and hold transactions for future delivery as scheduled and designated by them. In such cases, revenue is not recognized until after control, title and risk of ownership has transferred which is generally when the customer has requested such transaction under normal billing and payment terms and has been notified that the product (i) has been completed according to customer specifications, (ii) has passed our quality control inspections, and (iii) has been tagged and packed for shipment, separated from our inventory and ready for physical transfer to the customer. The value associated with custodial storage services is deemed immaterial in the context of such contracts and in total, and accordingly, none of the transaction price is allocated to such service.
 
The Company has elected to recognize shipping costs as an expense in cost of revenue when control has transferred to the customer. The revenue and cost of training associated with a customer contract are recognized when the training is completed, generally following delivery of related products.
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements
 
 
 
The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to customers. The Company generally has an unconditional right to consideration when customers are invoiced, and a receivable is recorded. A contract asset is recognized when revenue is recognized prior to invoicing, or a contract liability (deferred revenue) when revenue will be recognized subsequent to invoicing. At September 30, 2020 the Company had deferred revenue of $2,484 related to future training and extended warranties.
 
The Company may also receive consideration, per terms of a contract, from customers prior to transferring goods to the customer. The Company records customer deposits as a contract liability.
 
The Company recognizes an asset if there are incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer such as commissions. These costs are ascribed to or allocated to the underlying performance obligations in the contract and amortized consistent with the recognition timing of the revenue for any such underlying performance obligations. The Company had no such assets at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The Company will apply the practical expedient to expense any sales commissions related to performance obligations with an amortization of one year or less when incurred within selling, general and administrative expense.
 
Estimated costs for the Company’s standard one-year warranty are charged to cost of products sold when revenue is recorded for the related product. Royalties are also charged to cost of products sold.
 
3. 
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis in the Balance Sheets and assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis or disclosed at fair value, are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with inputs used to measure their fair values. The accounting guidance for fair value provides a framework for measuring fair value and requires certain disclosures about how fair value is determined. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The accounting guidance also establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value based upon whether such inputs are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect market assumptions made by the reporting entity. The three-level hierarchy for the inputs to valuation techniques is briefly summarized as follows: 
 
Level 1—Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date;
 
Level 2—Inputs are observable, unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, unadjusted quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the related assets or liabilities; and 
 
Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities that are supported by little or no market data.
 
The Company’s cash equivalent Money Market Funds and short-term investments consisting of U.S. Treasury bill securities are classified as Level 1 because they are valued using quoted market prices.
 
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements
 
 
 
The following tables show the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, Money Market Funds and short-term investments by significant investment category as of September 30, 2020. The Company only had cash and cash equivalents, including Money Market Funds of $16,618,498 at December 31, 2019 all which were considered Level 1.
 
 
 
As of September 30, 2020
 
 
 
Adjusted
 
 
Unrealized
 
 
Unrealized
 
 
Market
 
 
 
Cost
 
 
Gains
 
 
Losses
 
 
Value
 
Level 1:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds
 $6,534,798 
 $- 
 $- 
 $6,534,798 
U.S. Treasury securities considered cash equivalents
  9,999,125 
  - 
  - 
  9,999,125 
U.S. Treasury securities in short-term investments
  24,979,511 
  6,606 
    
  24,986,117 
Total Financial Assets
 $41,513,434 
 $6,606 
 $- 
 $41,520,040 
 
The Company did not recognize any credit losses related to available-for-sale investments for the first nine months of 2020 and 2019. All of the Company’s U.S. Treasury debt securities classified as available for sale as of September 30, 2020, have maturities within one year.
 
The Company may sell certain of its short-term investments prior to their stated maturities for reasons including, but not limited to, managing liquidity, credit risk, duration and asset allocation. 
 
There were no liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. There have been no transfers between fair value measurement levels during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. In addition, there were no assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
 
4. 
INVENTORIES, NET
 
Inventory is recorded at the lower of cost or net realizable value. The cost of substantially all the Company’s inventory is determined by the FIFO cost method. Inventories consisted of the following:
 
 
 
September 30,
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2020
 
 
2019
 
Finished goods
 $847,101 
 $653,323 
Work in process
  20,331 
  413 
Raw materials
  1,083,562 
  1,590,805 
Inventories - net
 $1,950,994 
 $2,244,541 
 
5. 
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
 
Property and equipment consisted of the following:
 
 
 
September 30,
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2020
 
 
2019
 
Laboratory equipment
 $142,123 
 $44,454 
Tooling
  80,936 
  59,004 
Computer equipment
  132,245 
  83,368 
Furniture, fixtures and improvements
  162,736 
  128,782 
 
  518,040 
  315,608 
Accumulated depreciation
  (155,020)
  (72,732)
 
 $363,020 
 $242,876 
 
Depreciation expense was $34,998 and $82,288 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and was $8,175 and $20,361 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements
 
 
 
 
6. 
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
 
Intangible assets consisted of the following:
 
 
 
September 30,
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2020
 
 
2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Patents
 $260,694 
 $176,425 
Trademarks
  74,916 
  57,919 
 
  335,610 
  234,344 
Accumulated amortization
  (12,658)
  (4,061)
 
 $322,952 
 $230,283 
 
Amortization expense was $3,301 and $8,597 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and was $201 and $588 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.
 
7. 
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
 
Accounts payable includes $36,973 and $18,809 due to related party Syzygy Licensing, LLC (“Syzygy”) as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Accounts payable at September 30, 2020 also included $10,000 due to related party V3 Capital Partners, LLC. See Notes 12 and 13 for additional related party information.
 
Accrued liabilities consist of the following:
 
 
 
September 30,
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2020
 
 
2019
 
Patent and legal costs
 $15,550 
 $9,851 
Accrued compensation
  401,770 
  144,193 
Warranty costs
  33,334 
  13,923 
Consulting costs
  - 
  7,500 
Taxes and other
  15,869 
  18,827 
 
 $466,523 
 $194,294 
 
8. 
LEASES
 
The Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) on January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective approach. The Company has elected not to apply ASC Topic 842 to arrangements with lease terms of 12 months or less.
 
Amortization of Right of Use operating lease assets was $30,734 and $90,534 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and was $28,746 and $50,957 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.
 
Operating lease expense for capitalized operating leases included in operating activities was $34,322 and $102,965 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and was $34,682 and $60,278 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Operating lease obligations recorded on the balance sheet at September 30, 2020 are:
 
Operating lease liability- short term
 $104,071 
Operating lease liability - long term
  79,116 
Total Operating Lease Liability
 $183,187 
 
Future lease payments included in the measurement of lease liabilities on the balance sheet at September 30, 2020 for future periods are as follows:
 
Remainder of 2020 (three months)
 $36,181 
2021
  101,406 
2022
  57,328 
Total future minimum lease payments
  194,915 
Less imputed interest
  (11,728)
Total
 $183,187 
 
The weighted average remaining lease term is 1.69 years and the weighted average discount rate is 7.0%.
 
The Company does not have any finance leases.
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements
 
 
 
 
9. 
NOTE PAYABLE TO BANK
 
On May 1, 2020, the Company received loan proceeds of $414,362 from Bank of America, N.A. (the “Lender”), as a potentially forgivable loan (the “PPP Loan”) from the U.S. Small Business Administration pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) enacted by Congress under Division A, Title 1 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) (the “CARES Act”), which was enacted March 27, 2020.
 
The PPP Loan, which was in the form of a Promissory Note dated May 1, 2020 by the Company in favor of Lender (the “PPP Note”), has a two-year term and bears interest at a rate of 1% per annum. Monthly principal and interest payments are deferred for six months after the date of disbursement of the PPP Loan. Beginning seven months from the date of the PPP Note, the Company is required to make monthly payments of principal and interest of approximately $23,320. The Company recorded accrued interest of $1,726 at September 30, 2020. The PPP Loan may be repaid at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties. The PPP Note contains events of default and other provisions customary for a loan of this type.
 
Under the terms of the CARES Act, PPP Loan participants can apply for and be granted forgiveness for all or a portion of loans granted under the PPP. Under the terms of the PPP, PPP loans and accrued interest are forgivable during specified periods, as long as the borrower uses the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. The amount of loan forgiveness will be reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries during the covered eight or 24-week period. The Company believes it used the PPP Loan proceeds for purposes consistent with the PPP and filed an application for forgiveness in October 2020. The Company anticipates that all or a majority of the loan amount may be forgiven, but there is no assurance provided that the Company will obtain forgiveness of the PPP Loan in whole or part.
 
10. 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
The Company’s authorized capital consists of 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”).
 
2020 Follow-On Public Offering
 
On June 2, 2020, the Company consummated a follow-on public offering (the “Unit Offering”) whereby the Company offered and sold certain securities consisting of one share of Common Stock and one detachable two-year warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $6.00 per share (a “Unit”) at the public offering price of $6.00 per Unit. Pursuant to the Unit Offering, the Company sold 2,066,667 Units, resulting in the Company’s receipt of gross cash proceeds of $12.4 million and net cash proceeds of $11.67 million after deduction of commissions and offering costs.
 
Summary of Stock Purchase Warrants
 
The following table summarizes warrant activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2020:
 
 
 
Number
 
 
Average Purchase Price Per Share
 
Shares purchasable under outstanding warrants at December 31, 2019
  6,620,620 
 $5.41 
Stock purchase warrants issued
  2,066,667 
 $6.00 
Stock purchase warrants exercised
  (4,783,677)
 $5.12 
Shares purchasable under outstanding warrants at September 30, 2020
  3,903,610 
 $6.08 
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 the Company received gross proceeds of $24,479,654 from the exercise of warrants and paid $1,016,645 as an agent fee to facilitate exercise of certain warrants resulting in net proceeds of $23,463,009.
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements
 
 
 
The Company has outstanding Common Stock purchase warrants as of September 30, 2020 as follows:
 
 
 
Number of
 
 
Exercise Price
 
Description
 
Common Shares
 
 
Per Share
 
Purchase Warrants
  621,367 
 $5.00 
Agent Warrants
  75,333 
 $3.00 
Purchase Warrants
  1,661,397 
 $6.50 
Agent Warrants
  153,846 
 $8.125 
Purchase Warrants
  1,391,667 
 $6.00 
 
  3,903,610 
    
 
Subsequent to September 30, 2020 a total of 101,900 warrants were exercised for gross proceeds of $358,834.
 
11. 
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
 
On March 31, 2017, the Company adopted, and the stockholders approved the 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) authorizing 2,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock for issuance as stock options and restricted stock units to employees, directors or consultants. In May 2019, the stockholders ratified an increase in the Plan authorizing an additional 2,100,000 shares of Common Stock and in June 2020 ratified a further authorization of 1,900,000 shares of Common Stock for a total of 6,000,000 shares subject to the Plan.
 
The Company generally recognizes stock-based compensation expense on the grant date and over the period of vesting or period that services will be provided.
 
Stock Options
 
The following table summarizes stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted Average
 
 
 
 
 
 
Options on
 
 
 
 
Remaining
 
 
Aggregate
 
 
 
Common
 
 
Exercise
 
 
Contractual
 
 
Intrinsic
 
 
 
Shares
 
 
Price
 
 
Term
 
 
Value
 
Outstanding December 31, 2019
  2,928,750 
 $2.96 
  3.71 
 
 
 
Granted
  731,336 
 $7.65 
  - 
 
 
 
Exercised
  (327,500)
 $1.73 
  - 
 
 
 
Forfeited, cancelled, expired
  (50,000)
 $3.00 
  - 
 
 
 
Outstanding September 30, 2020
  3,282,586 
 $4.13 
  4.48 
 $10,221,541 
Vested and exercisable at September 30, 2020
  2,042,500 
 $2.56 
  2.87 
 $8,597,238 
 
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements
 
 
 
The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of the options granted.
 
 
 
For the Nine Months
 
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
 
 
2020
 
 
2019
 
Expected stock price volatility
  46%
  49%
Risk-free interest rate
  0.38%
  2.41%
Forfeiture rate
  0%
  0%
Expected dividend yield
  0%
  0%
Expected life of options - years
  6.15 
  3.50 
Weighted-average fair value of options granted
 $3.43 
 $2.06 
 
Estimated volatility is a measure of the amount by which the Company’s stock price is expected to fluctuate each year during the expected life of awards. The Company’s estimated volatility was based on an average of the historical volatility of peer entities whose stock prices were publicly available. The Company’s calculation of estimated volatility is based on historical stock prices of these peer entities over a period equal to the expected life of the awards. The Company uses the historical volatility of peer entities due to the lack of sufficient historical data of its stock price.
 
The risk-free interest rate assumption is based upon observed interest rates on zero coupon U.S. Treasury bonds whose maturity period is appropriate for the term of the options. The dividend yield of zero is based on the fact that the Company has never paid cash dividends and has no present intention to pay cash dividends. The Company calculates the expected life of the options using the Simplified Method for the employee stock options as the Company does not have sufficient historical data.
 
Restricted Stock Units
 
The Plan provides for the grant of restricted stock units (“RSUs”). On January 16, 2020 the Company granted 73,392 service-based RSUs to officers and directors vesting over a period of three years that are settled in shares of the Company’s Common Stock as the RSUs become vested. On April 1, 2020 the Company granted 122,222 service-based RSUs to employees vesting over a period of three years that are settled in shares of the Company’s Common Stock as the RSUs become vested. Also, on April 1, 2020 the Company granted an officer 35,211 performance-based RSUs. In July and September 2020, the Company granted 52,160 service-based RSU’s to employees vesting over three and four year periods that are settled in shares of the Company’s Common Stock as the RSUs become vested.
 
The following table summarizes RSU activity under the Plan for the nine months ended September 30, 2020:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted Average
 
Weighted Average
 
 
Service-Based
 
 
Grant Date
 
Vesting
 
 
RSU's
 
 
Fair Value
 
Period
Unvested at January 1, 2020
  308,087 
 $6.77 
 
  Granted - service based
  248,374 
 $6.03 
3.02 Years
  Granted - performance based
  35,211 
 $4.26 
 
  Vested
  (101,557)
 $6.77 
 
  Forfeited and cancelled
  (60,352)
 $7.24 
 
Unvested at September 30, 2020
  429,763 
 $6.08 
 
 
The Company recorded stock-based compensation for options and RSUs in its statements of operations for the relevant periods as follows:
 
 
 
For the Three Months
 
 
For the Nine Months
 
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
 
 
 2020
 
 
 2019
 
 
 2020
 
 
 2019
 
Selling, general and administrative
 $468,241 
 $438,834 
 $1,393,375 
 $987,251 
Research and development
  78,210 
  34,823 
  169,311 
  87,304 
Total stock-based expense
 $546,451 
 $473,657 
 $1,562,686 
 $1,074,555 
 
As of September 30, 2020, total estimated compensation cost of stock options and RSUs granted but not yet vested was $5.4 million which is expected to be recognized over the weighted average period of 2.6 years.
 
 
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Wrap Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements
 
 
 
 
12. 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 
Facility Leases
See Note 8.
 
Related Party Technology License Agreement
The Company is obligated to pay royalties and pay development and patent costs pursuant to that certain exclusive Amended and Restated Intellectual Property License Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016, by and between the Company and Syzygy (the “Syzygy Agreement”), a company owned and controlled by Mr. Elwood Norris and Mr. James Barnes, both of whom are stockholders and officers of the Company. The Syzygy Agreement provides for royalty payments of 4% of revenue from products employing the licensed ensnarement device technology up to an aggregate of $1,000,000 in royalties or until September 30, 2026, whichever occurs earlier. The Company recorded payments under the Syzygy Agreement of $36,973 and $90,440 for royalties incurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and $9,915 and $16,634 incurred for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.
 
Purchase Commitments
At September 30, 2020 the Company was committed for approximately $0.5 million for future component deliveries and contract services that are generally subject to modification or rescheduling in the normal course of business.
 
Shareholder Litigation
On September 23, 2020, Carone Cobden filed a putative class action complaint against the Company, former Chief Executive Officer David Norris (“Norris”), Chief Financial Officer James A. Barnes (“Barnes”) and President Thomas Smith (“Smith”) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, docketed as Case No. 2-20-cv-08760-DMG-PVCx (the “Complaint”). The class period in the Complaint is defined as July 31, 2020 through September 23, 2020.  The Complaint alleges that the named defendants, in their capacities as officers of the Company, knowingly made false or misleading statements or omissions regarding trials of the Company’s BolaWrap product conducted by the Los Angeles Police Department (the “BolaWrap Pilot Program”). The Complaint further alleges that the conduct of the named defendants artificially inflated the price of the Company’s traded securities, and that the disclosure of certain adverse information to the public led to a decline in the market value of the Company’s securities.  The Complaint alleges violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. 
 
On October 1, 2020, Joseph Mercurio filed a second putative class action complaint against the Company, Norris, Smith, and Barnes in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which contains substantially the same factual allegations and legal claims as set forth in the Complaint, and is docketed as Case No. 2-20-cv-09030-DMG-PVCx.  
 
On October 15, 2020, Paula Earley filed a third putative class action complaint against the Company, Smith, Norris, Barnes, Chief Strategy Officer Mike Rothans, and Chief Executive Officer Marc Thomas in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which contains substantially the same factual allegations and legal claims as set forth in the Complaint, but defines the class period as April 29, 2020 through September 23, 2020, and alleges that the named defendants made additional false or misleading statements in connection with BolaWrap and the BolaWrap Pilot Program.  The complaint is docketed as Case No. 2-20-cv-09444-DMG-PVCx.
 
On October 20, 2020, the Hon. Dolly M. Gee issued an order to show cause why the above-described cases should not be consolidated under the caption In re Wrap Technologies, Inc. Securities Exchange Act Litigation, Case No. 20-8760-DMG (PVCx), with a single consolidated class action complaint or designated operative complaint.  As such, the Company expects that these cases will be consolidated, and that plaintiffs in these cases will file a consolidated amended complaint following the selection of a lead plaintiff pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3)(B). The Company believes that these cases are without merit and intends to vigorously defend against the claims raised therein.
 
13. 
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
Commencing in October 2017 the Company began reimbursing Mr. Elwood Norris, an officer and stockholder of the Company, $1,500 per month on a month to month basis for laboratory facility costs, for an aggregate of $13,500 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
 
Commencing in April 2020 the Company engaged V3 Capital Partners, LLC (“V3”), a company owned and controlled by Scot Cohen, the Company’s Executive Chairman, to provide certain investor, shareholder and marketing services, in consideration for the payment to V3 of $10,000 per month on a month to month basis for an aggregate of $60,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. In addition, the Company paid V3 a bonus of $175,000 for assistance in a qualified financing that was consummated in July 2020.
 
See Notes 7 and 12 for additional information on related party transactions and obligations.
 
14. 
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
See Notes 10 and 12. The Company evaluated other subsequent events for their potential impact on the financial statements and disclosures through the date the financial statements were available to be issued, and determined that, except as disclosed herein, no subsequent events occurred that were reasonably expected to impact the financial statements presented herein.
 
 
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
You should read the following discussion in conjunction with the financial statements and other financial information included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Report”) and with our audited financial statements and other information presented in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The following discussion may contain forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “estimate,” “continue,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” or the negative or plural of such words and similar expressions or variations of such words are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the only means of identifying forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and elsewhere in this Report and in our other SEC filings, including particularly matters set forth under Part I, Item 1A (Risk Factors) of our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Report. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.
 
We are a security technology company organized in March 2016 and are focused on delivering modern policing solutions to customers, primarily consisting of law enforcement and security personnel. We began demonstrations of our first product, the BolaWrap 100 remote restraint device, in November 2017. We made various improvements throughout 2018 as a result of feedback from early users of our devices. In late May 2019, we began shipping an updated version of our BolaWrap 100 remote restraint device featuring a green line laser to strategic police departments and international distributors.
 
The immediate addressable domestic market consists of approximately 900,000 full-time sworn law enforcement officers at over 15,300 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. We are also exploring other domestic markets, including military and private security. Our international focus is on countries with the largest police forces. The 100 largest international police agencies are estimated to have over 12.1 million law enforcement personnel. According to Statistics MRC, a market research consulting firm, we participate in a segment of the non-lethal products global market expected to grow to $11.85 billion by 2023.
 
Business Outlook and Challenges
 
Our remote restraint solution continues to gain worldwide awareness and recognition through media exposure, trade shows, product demonstrations and word of mouth as a result of positive responses from agencies and early adoption and deployment success. We believe the BolaWrap 100 is gaining traction as a recognized global brand, with innovative technology and an initial product foundation achieved through aggressive marketing and public relations.
 
We are expanding our business in 2020 domestically and internationally through both direct and distributor sales. We have distribution agreements with 13 domestic distributors representing 49 states. These nonexclusive and cancelable agreements provide certain territorial rights to distributors but allow us to sell direct to certain agencies. We have distribution agreements with 29 international distributors representing 36 countries and have delivered BolaWrap products to 35 countries to date. These international agreements are generally exclusive, require minimum performance and allow us to sell direct to customers subject to certain compensation. We focus significant sales and business development efforts to support our international distributors. We are pursuing large business opportunities internationally and also pursuing business with large domestic police agencies. It is difficult to anticipate how long it will take to close these opportunities, or if they will ultimately come to fruition.
 
To support our increased sales and distribution activities we have developed and offer robust training and class materials that certify law enforcement officers and trainers as BolaWrap Instructors in the use and limitations of the BolaWrap 100. At September 30, 2020, in addition to our internal training executives, we have trained 50 contract regional Master Instructors. As of September 30, 2020, over 300 agencies had received BolaWrap 100 training with over 1,100 training officers at those agencies certified as BolaWrap 100 instructors qualified to train the rest of their departments.
 
As we announced earlier this year, we have designed, tested and obtained independent certification for our Wrap Armor labeled 20” x 30” rifle rated police shield. Early in the second quarter we delivered our first order of Wrap Armor shields. We believe our strong and light National Institute of Justice 0108.01 Type III (High Powered Rifle) compliant tactical shields offer police agencies an affordable defense against increasingly sophisticated threats. We are currently evaluating and testing additional models and sizes, securing sources of supply and determining the sales and marketing resources required to grow this product line.
 
 
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At September 30, 2020, we had $128,143 of customer deposits on orders and had backlog of approximately $1.1 million expected to be delivered in the next twelve months. Distributor and customer orders for future deliveries are generally subject to modification, rescheduling or in some instance’s cancellation in the normal course of business.
 
Since inception in March 2016, we have generated significant losses from operations and anticipate that we will continue to generate significant losses from operations for the foreseeable future. We believe that we have adequate financial resources to sustain our operations for the next year.
 
We expect that we will need to continue to innovate new applications for our security technology, develop new products and technologies to meet diverse customer requirements and identify and develop new markets for our products.
 
COVID-19 Impact
 
We face significant challenges in operating and growing our business related to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) which continues to spread throughout the United States and the World. The outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in travel restrictions, quarantines, “stay-at-home” and “shelter-in-place” orders and extended shutdown of certain businesses around the world. We are monitoring the outbreak of COVID-19 and the related business and travel restrictions and changes to behavior intended to reduce its spread, in addition to the impact on our employees. We continued to operate with some modifications, and we took actions intended to protect our employees and our customers that adversely affected our results by increasing costs during a period of stalled sales and production activity.
 
Starting during the second quarter our customers experienced staffing issues limiting our ability to demonstrate and train. We believe we made an important transition during the second quarter including remote sales and training through webinars and expect this to be a continuing aspect of our business. We curtailed most sales and training travel and reduced our production personnel until late in the second quarter when some customer locations domestically and internationally eased restrictions and we began to again close business prospects. In the third quarter we continued to face some domestic and substantial international restrictions that affected our ability to travel and train customers. We believe this had an adverse effect on our sales in the third quarter and while it appears some severe international restrictions may ease it is uncertain as to timing and the effect on future international orders.
 
The magnitude and the duration of the pandemic and the extent and duration of the pandemic’s adverse effect on economic and social activity, consumer confidence, customer spending and preferences, labor and healthcare costs, and unemployment rates is uncertain as of the date of this Report. Our ability to sell, train and service our products and conduct our business may be adversely impacted as a result of continuing or future pandemic related travel restrictions, mandatory business closures, and stay-at home or similar orders; temporary reductions in our workforce, closures of our offices and facilities and the ability of our customers and suppliers to continue their operations as a result of the pandemic. While there could ultimately be a material impact on operations and liquidity of the Company, at the time of issuance of this Report, the impact cannot be determined.
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expense, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We evaluate our estimates, on an on-going basis, including those estimates related to recognition and measurement of contingencies and accrued costs. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
 
As part of the process of preparing our financial statements, we are required to estimate our provision for income taxes. Significant management judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities, tax contingencies, unrecognized tax benefits, and any required valuation allowance, including taking into consideration the probability of the tax contingencies being incurred. Management assesses this probability based upon information provided by its tax advisers, its legal advisers and similar tax cases. If at a later time our assessment of the probability of these tax contingencies changes, our accrual for such tax uncertainties may increase or decrease. Our effective tax rate for annual and interim reporting periods could be impacted if uncertain tax positions that are not recognized are settled at an amount which differs from our estimates.
 
Some of our accounting policies require higher degrees of judgment than others in their application. These include stock-based compensation and contingencies and areas such as revenue recognition, operating lease liabilities, warranty liabilities, impairments and valuation of intangible assets.
 
 
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Revenue Recognition. We sell our products to customers including law enforcement agencies, domestic distributors and international distributors and revenue from such transactions is recognized in the periods that products are shipped (free on board (“FOB”) shipping point) or received by customers (FOB destination), when the fee is fixed or determinable and when collection of resulting receivables is reasonably assured. We identify customer performance obligations, determine the transaction price, allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations and recognize revenue as we satisfy the performance obligations. Our primary performance obligations are products/accessories and sometimes training. Our customers do not have the right to return product unless the product is found to be defective.
 
Stock Based Compensation. We follow the fair value recognition provisions issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”) and we adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-07 for share-based transactions with non-employees. Share-based compensation expense includes stock option and restricted stock unit compensation expense. The grant date fair value of stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The grant date is the date at which an employer and employee or non-employee reach a mutual understanding of the key terms and conditions of a stock-based payment award. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model requires inputs including the market price of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant, the term that the stock options are expected to be outstanding, the implied stock volatilities of several publicly-traded peers over the expected term of stock options, risk-free interest rate and expected dividend. Each of these inputs is subjective and generally requires significant judgment to determine. The grant date fair value of restricted stock units is based upon the market price of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of the grant. We determine the amount of stock-based compensation expense based on awards that we ultimately expect to vest and account for forfeitures as they occur. The fair value of stock-based compensation is amortized to compensation expense over the vesting term.
 
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Our products are sold to customers in many different markets and geographic locations. We estimate our bad debt reserve on a case-by-case basis due to a limited number of customers mostly government agencies or well-established distributors. Our expected loss allowance methodology for accounts receivable is developed using historical collection experience, when available any published or estimated credit default rates for entities that represent our customer base, current and future economic and market conditions and a review of the current status of customers' trade accounts receivables. Our judgments and estimates regarding collectability of accounts receivable have an impact on our financial statements.
 
Valuation of Inventory. Our inventory is comprised of raw materials, assemblies and finished products. We must periodically make judgments and estimates regarding the future utility and carrying value of our inventory. The carrying value of our inventory is periodically reviewed and impairments, if any, are recognized when the expected future benefit from our inventory is less than carrying value.
 
Valuation of Intangible Assets. Intangible assets consist of patents and trademarks that are amortized over their estimated useful lives. We must make judgments and estimates regarding the future utility and carrying value of intangible assets. The carrying values of such assets are periodically reviewed and impairments, if any, are recognized when the expected future benefit to be derived from an individual intangible asset is less than carrying value. This generally could occur when certain assets are no longer consistent with our business strategy and whose expected future value has decreased.
 
Accrued Expenses. We establish a warranty reserve based on anticipated warranty claims at the time product revenue is recognized. This reserve requires us to make estimates regarding the amount and costs of warranty repairs we expect to make over a period of time. Factors affecting warranty reserve levels include the number of units sold, anticipated cost of warranty repairs, and anticipated rates of warranty claims. We have very limited history to make such estimates and warranty estimates have an impact on our financial statements. Warranty expense is recorded in cost of revenues. We evaluate the adequacy of this reserve each reporting period.
 
We use the recognition criteria of ASC 450-20, “Loss Contingencies” to estimate the amount of bonuses when it becomes probable a bonus liability will be incurred and we recognize expense ratably over the service period. We accrue bonus expense each quarter based on estimated year-end results, and then adjust the actual in the fourth quarter based on our final results compared to targets.
 
Historically, our assumptions, judgments and estimates relative to our critical accounting policies have not differed materially from actual results. There were no significant changes or modification of our critical accounting policies and estimates involving management valuation adjustments affecting our results for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
 
 
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Operating Expense
 
Our operating expense includes (i) selling, general and administrative expense, and (ii) research and development expense. Research and development expense is comprised of the costs incurred in performing research and development activities and developing production on our behalf, including compensation and consulting, design and prototype costs, contract services, patent costs and other outside expenses. The scope and magnitude of our future research and development expense is difficult to predict at this time and will depend on elections made regarding research projects, staffing levels and outside consulting and contract costs. The actual level of future selling, general and administrative expense will be dependent on staffing levels, elections regarding expenditures on sales, marketing and customer training, the use of outside resources, public company and regulatory costs, and other factors, some of which are outside of our control.
 
We expect our operating costs will increase as we expand product distribution activities and expand our research and development, production, distribution, training, service and administrative functions in the near term. We may also incur substantial noncash stock-based compensation costs depending on future option and restricted stock unit grants that are impacted by stock prices and other valuation factors. Historical expenditures are not indicative of future expenditures.
  
Results of Operations
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
 
The following table sets forth for the periods indicated certain items of our condensed statement of operations. The financial information and the discussion below should be read in conjunction with the condensed financial statements and notes contained elsewhere in this Report.
 
 
 
Three Months
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
 
Change
 

 
 2020
 
 
 2019
 
 $ 
  % 
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
    
  Product sales
 $988,089 
 $255,973 
 $732,116 
  286%
  Other revenue
  18,675 
  12,790 
  5,885 
  46%
Total revenues
  1,006,764 
  268,763 
  738,001 
  275%
Cost of revenues
  687,991 
  157,786 
  530,205 
  336%
Gross profit
  318,773 
  110,977 
  207,796 
  187%
 
    
    
    
    
Operating expenses:
    
    
    
    
  Selling, general and administrative
  3,255,464 
  1,878,152 
  1,377,312 
  73%
  Research and development
  926,677 
  729,788 
  196,889 
  27%
Total operating expenses
  4,182,141 
  2,607,940 
  1,574,201 
  60%
Loss from operations
 $(3,863,368)
 $(2,496,963)
 $(1,366,405)
  55%
 
Revenue
 
We reported revenue of $1,006,764 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from the sale of BolaWrap products and accessories. This was a significant increase from the third quarter of the prior year when we had only recently commenced product sales and reported sales of $268,763. It is also a 21% increase over the immediately preceding quarter ended June 30, 2020 of $832,592. We believe our sales during the third quarter were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as we were limited in our ability to make product demonstrations and conduct training primarily internationally. As some areas of the United States eased restrictions late in the second quarter we were able to commence limited in-person demonstrations and training to supplement our webinar capabilities. We incurred product promotional costs of $261,102 during the three months ended September 30, 2020 related to the cost of demonstration products and accessories delivered to law enforcement agencies that were expensed as marketing costs. A total of $153,539 of such product marketing costs were incurred during the three months ended September 30, 2019.
 
 
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We had $594 of deferred revenue at September 30, 2020 related to products sold for which the related training revenue component had not been completed and $1,890 related to extended warranties.
 
We believe we can accelerate sales in the future but the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus has created much uncertainty in the global marketplace. We believe the pandemic had a negative impact on our sales in the second and third quarters. We are unable to predict the impact on demand for our products in future quarters. We expect sales may be sporadic as we grow both our domestic and international distributor and customer base and due to COVID-19 restrictions. There can be no assurance, especially given the uncertainties of the COVID-19 crisis, that we can increase quarterly revenues during the balance of 2020.
 
At September 30, 2020, we had $128,143 of customer deposits on orders and had backlog of approximately $1.1 million expected to be delivered in the next twelve months. Distributor and customer orders for future deliveries are generally subject to modification, rescheduling or in some instance’s cancellation in the normal course of business.
 
Gross Profit
 
Our cost of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was $687,991 resulting in a gross margin of 32%. The gross margin for the three months ended September 30, 2019 was 41% on a small revenue base.
 
Due to our history of minimal revenue and startup costs incurred to establish volume manufacturing historical margins may not be indicative of future margins. In addition, our margins vary based on the sales channels through which our products are sold and product mix. Our sales mix of cartridges was higher in the third quarter than the prior year comparable quarter and as compared to recent quarters. Currently, our cartridges have lower margins than BolaWrap devices, but late in the third quarter we implemented initiatives to improve gross margins attributable to our cartridges. We continue to implement product updates and changes, including raw material and component changes that may impact product costs. With such product updates and changes we have limited warranty cost experience and estimated future warranty costs can impact our gross margins.
 
In September 2019 we relocated manufacturing operations and commenced production at our new facility in Tempe, Arizona. While this significantly increases our capacity, we continue to implement production and process changes targeted to improve efficiency.
 
Selling, General and Administrative Expense
 
Selling, general and administrative expense for the three months ended September 30, 2020 increased by $1,377,312 when compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019. We increased our staffing and promotion activities in 2020 to address growing market opportunities. We incurred a $29,407 increase in non-cash stock-based compensation expense allocated to selling, general and administrative expense that totaled $468,241 in the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $438,834 in the three months ended September 30, 2019. Other increases included a $605,322 increase in cash compensation and recruiting costs from an increase in headcount since the prior year and a $116,080 increase in public company related costs. Marketing and promotion costs increased $381,260 due primarily to promotional products and online advertising. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we suspended most travel in the second quarter. Our travel costs related to sales, demonstrations and training decreased by $28,086 primarily due to COVID-19 restrictions even though the number of sales and training personnel increased from the prior year.
 
Due in part to our receipt of $414,362 in loan proceeds from Bank of America, N.A. (the “Lender”), in the form of a potentially forgivable loan (the “PPP Loan”) through the U.S. Small Business Administration pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) enacted by Congress under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) (the “CARES Act”), we maintained staffing in April, we were able to respond to limited re-openings commencing late in the second quarter and develop and employ new tools such as webinars to communicate with prospective and existing customers. We believe these staffing decisions positioned us to respond to increased opportunities resulting from recent highly publicized policing issues and an increased focus on less lethal engagement.
 
We expect to expend increased resources on the marketing and selling of our products, training distributors and customers and administratively supporting our operations during the balance of 2020 to respond to increased opportunities but amounts could vary depending on sales levels, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors outside of our control.
 
 
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Research and Development Expense
 
Research and development expense increased $196,889 during the three months ended September 30, 2020, when compared to the comparable period in 2019. We incurred a $43,387 period over period increase in non-cash stock-based compensation expense allocated to research and development expense as a result of new award grants and vesting timing. The increase in costs during the 2020 period, when compared to the comparable period in 2019, included a $113,147 increase in cash compensation costs resulting from an increase in headcount primarily associated with product development. Prototype related costs increased $129,366 in the 2020 period, primarily related to development efforts to improve our BolaWrap 100 product and develop new products. Outside consulting costs decreased $51,486 from the comparable period in 2019 primarily due to the addition of permanent staff. Travel costs related to research and development decreased $34,618 during the three months ended September 30, 2020 when compared to the same period in 2019 primarily due to COVID-19 restrictions and completion of the Arizona facility setup. We expect our research and development costs to increase during the balance of 2020 as we are adding staff and expanding our research initiatives in response to market opportunities.
 
Net Loss
 
Loss from operations during the three months ended September 30, 2020 increased by $1,366,405 when compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019, resulting, primarily, from increased operating costs due to increased personnel, marketing and selling and supporting activities.
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
 
The following table sets forth for the periods indicated certain items of our condensed statement of operations. The financial information and the discussion below should be read in conjunction with the condensed financial statements and notes contained elsewhere in this Report.
 
 
 
Nine Months
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
 
Change
 

 
 2020
 
 
 2019
 
 
$
 
 
%
 
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Product sales
 $2,485,866 
 $418,874 
 $2,066,992 
  493%
  Other revenue
  42,927 
  27,144 
  15,783 
  58%
Total revenues
  2,528,793 
  446,018 
  2,082,775 
  467%
Cost of revenues
  1,658,773 
  254,701 
  1,404,072 
  551%
Gross profit
  870,020 
  191,317 
  678,703 
  355%
 
    
    
    
    
Operating expenses:
    
    
    
    
  Selling, general and administrative
  7,933,261 
  4,547,215 
  3,386,046 
  74%
  Research and development
  2,037,633 
  1,620,820 
  416,813 
  26%
Total operating expenses
  9,970,894 
  6,168,035 
  3,802,859 
  62%
Loss from operations
 $(9,100,874)
 $(5,976,718)
 $(3,124,156)
  52%
 
Revenue
 
We reported revenue of $2,528,793 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from the sale of BolaWrap products and accessories and Wrap Armor tactical shields. This was a significant increase from the first nine months of the prior year when we had only recently commenced product sales and reported sales of $446,018. As disclosed above we believe our sales during the third quarter were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as we were severely limited in our ability to make product demonstrations and conduct training both domestically and internationally. As some areas of the United States eased restrictions early in the third quarter we were able to commence limited in-person demonstrations and training to supplement our webinar capabilities. We incurred product promotional costs of $572,075 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 related to the cost of demonstration products and accessories delivered to law enforcement agencies that were expensed as marketing costs. A total of $288,599 of such product marketing costs were incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.
 
We had $594 of deferred revenue at September 30, 2020 related to products sold for which the related training revenue component had not been completed and $1,890 related to extended warranties.
  
At September 30, 2020, we had $128,143 of customer deposits on orders and had backlog of approximately $1.1 million expected to be delivered in the next twelve months. Distributor and customer orders for future deliveries are generally subject to modification, rescheduling or in some instance’s cancellation in the normal course of business.
 
 
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Gross Profit
 
Our cost of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $1,658,773 resulting in a gross margin of 34%. The gross margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was 43% on a small revenue base. We curtailed production for ten weeks during the second quarter due the COVID-19 restrictions in Arizona and this down time negatively impacted our gross margin.
 
Due to our history of minimal revenue and startup costs incurred to establish volume manufacturing historical margins may not be indicative of future margins. In addition, our margins vary based on the sales channels through which our products are sold and product mix. Due to timing of international orders our mix of cartridges was higher in the first nine months of 2020 than 2019. Currently, our cartridges have lower margins than BolaWrap devices, but late in the third quarter we implemented initiatives to improve gross margins attributable to our cartridges. We continue to implement product updates and changes, including raw material and component changes that may impact product costs. With such product updates and changes we have limited warranty cost experience and estimated future warranty costs can impact our gross margins.
 
Selling, General and Administrative Expense
 
Selling, general and administrative expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 increased by $3,386,046 when compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. We increased our staffing and promotion activities in 2020 to address growing market opportunities. We incurred a $406,124 increase in non-cash stock-based compensation expense allocated to selling, general and administrative expense that totaled $1,393,375 in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $987,251 in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Other increases included a $1,433,545 increase in cash compensation and recruiting costs from an increase in headcount since the prior year and a $240,380 increase in public company related costs. Marketing and promotion costs increased $761,791 due primarily to promotional products and online advertising. Travel efforts resumed during the third quarter, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, travel was still limited. Our travel costs related to sales, demonstrations and training increased by $7,469 from the prior year resulting from an increase in the number of sales and training personnel offset in part by travel restrictions.
 
Due in part to our receipt of $414,362 in loan proceeds by way of the PPP Loan, we maintained staffing in April, we were able to respond to agency re-openings during the third quarter and employ new tools such as webinars to communicate with prospective and existing customers. We believe these staffing decisions positioned us to respond to increased opportunities resulting from recent highly publicized policing issues and an increased focus on less lethal engagement.
  
We expect to expend increased resources on the marketing and selling of our products, training distributors and customers and administratively supporting our operations during the balance of 2020 to respond to increased opportunities but amounts could vary depending on sales levels, the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and other factors outside of our control.
 
Research and Development Expense
 
Research and development expense increased $416,813 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, when compared to the comparable period in 2019. We incurred a $82,007 period over period increase in non-cash stock-based compensation expense allocated to research and development expense as a result of new award grants and vesting timing. The increase in costs during the 2020 period, when compared to the comparable period in 2019, included a $328,124 increase in cash compensation costs resulting from an increase in headcount primarily associated with product development. Prototype related costs increased $164,482 in the 2020 period, primarily related to development efforts to improve our BolaWrap 100 product and develop new products. We expect our research and development costs to increase during the balance of 2020 was we are adding staff and expanding our research initiatives in response to market opportunities.
 
Net Loss
 
Loss from operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 increased by $3,124,156 when compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019, resulting, primarily, from increased operating costs due to increased personnel, marketing and selling and supporting activities.
 
 
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Overview
 
We have experienced net losses and negative cash flows from operations since our inception. As of September 30, 2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $20,118,192, short-term investments of $24,986,117 and positive working capital of $46,832,991 and had sustained cumulative losses attributable to stockholders of $21,747,551. We believe that our cash on hand and short-term investments will sustain our operations for at least the next twelve months from the date of this Report.
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 we received $11,667,206 of net proceeds resulting from the consummation of a registered offering of our Common Stock in June 2020, and obtained $24,029,259 of net proceeds from the exercise of previously issued warrants and stock options. We also obtained $414,362 in proceeds from the PPP Loan during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
 
In October 2020 through the date of this Report we obtained $358,834 of gross cash proceeds from the exercise of outstanding warrants and stock options to supplement our liquidity.
 
Our primary source of liquidity to date has been funding from our stockholders from the sale of equity securities and the exercise of derivative securities, consisting of options and warrants. We expect our primary source of future liquidity will be from the sale of products, exercise of stock options and warrants and if required from future equity or debt financings.
 
Capital Requirements
 
We cannot currently estimate our future liquidity requirements or future capital needs, which will depend on, among other things, capital required to introduce our products and the staffing and support requirements, as well as the timing and amount of future revenue and product costs. We anticipate that demands for operating and working capital may grow depending on decisions on staffing, development, production, marketing, training and other functions and based on other factors outside of our control. We believe we have sufficient capital to sustain our operations for the next twelve months.
 
Our future capital requirements, cash flows and results of operations could be affected by, and will depend on, many factors, some of which are currently unknown to us, including, among other things:
 
the impact and effects of the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and other potential pandemics or contagious diseases or fear of such outbreaks;
decisions regarding staffing, development, production, marketing and other functions;
the timing and extent of any market acceptance of our products;
the costs, timing and outcome of planned production and required customer and regulatory compliance of our products;
the costs of preparing, filing and prosecuting our patent applications and defending any future intellectual property-related claims;
the costs and timing of additional product development;
the costs, timing and outcome of any future warranty claims or litigation against us associated with any of our products; and
the timing and costs associated with any new financing.
 
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
 
Cash Flow
 
Operating Activities.
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, net cash used in operating activities was $7,693,290. The net loss of $9,024,333 was decreased by non-cash expense of $1,771,258 consisting primarily of stock-based compensation expense of $1,562,686. Other major component changes using operating cash included an increase of $984,915 in accounts receivable, a $215,581 decrease in customer deposits and a $49,864 increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets. A decrease of $293,547 in inventories and an increase of $609,362 in accounts payable and accrued liabilities reduced the cash used in operating activities.
 
 
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, net cash used in operating activities was $5,805,987 consisting primarily of the net loss of $5,782,059 reduced by non-cash stock-based compensation of $1,074,555. Major component changes using operating cash included a $1,685,059 increase in inventories, an increase of $91,109 in accounts receivable and a $96,000 reduction in deferred compensation. An increase of $585,126 in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and new customer deposits of $238,510 reduced the cash used in operating activities.
  
Investing Activities.
 
We used $202,432 and $197,873 of cash for the purchase of property and equipment during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We invested $101,266 and $95,536 in patents during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We purchased $24,979,511 of short-term investments in August 2020.
 
Financing Activities.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 we received $11,667,206 of net proceeds resulting from the consummation of a registered offering of our Common Stock in June 2020, and obtained $24,029,259 of net proceeds from the exercise of previously issued warrants and stock options. We also obtained $414,362 in proceeds from a PPP Loan during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 we received $11,351,214 of net proceeds resulting from the consummation of a registered offering of our Common Stock in June 2019, and obtained $1,662,285 from the exercise of previously issued warrants and stock options.
 
In October 2020 through the date of this Report our financing activities included $358,834 of gross cash proceeds from the exercise of outstanding warrants and stock options.
 
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
 
Pursuant to that certain exclusive Amended and Restated Intellectual Property License Agreement dated September 30, 2016, by and between the Company and Syzygy Licensing, LLC (“Syzygy”), we are obligated to pay to Syzygy a 4% royalty fee on future product sales up to an aggregate amount of $1.0 million in royalty payments or until September 30, 2026, whichever occurs earlier.
 
We are committed to aggregate lease payments on facility leases of $36,181 for the balance of 2020, $101,406 in 2021 and $57,328 in 2022.
 
At September 30, 2020 the Company was committed for approximately $0.5 million for future component deliveries and contract services that are generally subject to modification or rescheduling in the normal course of business.
 
Effects of Inflation
 
We do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on our business, revenue or operating results during the periods presented.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
There have been no recent accounting pronouncements or changes in accounting pronouncements during the period ended September 30, 2020, or subsequently thereto, that we believe are of potential significance to our financial statements.
 
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
 
We are required to maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that material information related to us, including our consolidated subsidiaries, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms.
 
Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, as of September 30, 2020 we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as such term is defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Our process for evaluating controls and procedures is continuous and encompasses constant improvement of the design and effectiveness of established controls and procedures and the remediation of any deficiencies, which may be identified during this process.
 
 
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
 
On September 23, 2020, Carone Cobden filed a putative class action complaint against the Company, former Chief Executive Officer David Norris (“Norris”), Chief Financial Officer James A. Barnes (“Barnes”) and President Thomas Smith (“Smith”) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, docketed as Case No. 2-20-cv-08760-DMG-PVCx (the “Complaint”). The class period in the Complaint is defined as July 31, 2020 through September 23, 2020.  The Complaint alleges that the named defendants, in their capacities as officers of the Company, knowingly made false or misleading statements or omissions regarding trials of the Company’s BolaWrap product conducted by the Los Angeles Police Department (the “BolaWrap Pilot Program”). The Complaint further alleges that the conduct of the named defendants artificially inflated the price of the Company’s traded securities, and that the disclosure of certain adverse information to the public led to a decline in the market value of the Company’s securities.  The Complaint alleges violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. 
 
On October 1, 2020, Joseph Mercurio filed a second putative class action complaint against the Company, Norris, Smith, and Barnes in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which contains substantially the same factual allegations and legal claims as set forth in the Complaint, and is docketed as Case No. 2-20-cv-09030-DMG-PVCx.  
 
On October 15, 2020, Paula Earley filed a third putative class action complaint against the Company, Smith, Norris, Barnes, Chief Strategy Officer Mike Rothans, and Chief Executive Officer Marc Thomas in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which contains substantially the same factual allegations and legal claims as set forth in the Complaint, but defines the class period as April 29, 2020 through September 23, 2020, and alleges that the named defendants made additional false or misleading statements in connection with BolaWrap and the BolaWrap Pilot Program.  The complaint is docketed as Case No. 2-20-cv-09444-DMG-PVCx.
 
On October 20, 2020, the Hon. Dolly M. Gee issued an order to show cause why the above-described cases should not be consolidated under the caption In re Wrap Technologies, Inc. Securities Exchange Act Litigation, Case No. 20-8760-DMG (PVCx), with a single consolidated class action complaint or designated operative complaint.  As such, the Company expects that these cases will be consolidated, and that plaintiffs in these cases will file a consolidated amended complaint following the selection of a lead plaintiff pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3)(B). The Company believes that these cases are without merit and intends to vigorously defend against the claims raised therein.
 
We may at times become involved in litigation in the ordinary course of business. We will also, from time to time, when appropriate in management’s estimation, record adequate reserves in our financial statements for pending litigation. Currently, there are no pending material legal proceedings to which the Company is a party or to which any of its property is subject.
 
 
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
 
As a Smaller Reporting Company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, we are electing scaled disclosure reporting obligations and therefore are not required to provide the information requested by this item.
 
Investors should carefully consider the risk factors included in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our year ended December 31, 2019, as filed with SEC on March 10, 2020. The Company’s business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected due to any of those risks including, but not limited to, the risk factor related to business interruptions, including interruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The extent to which the COVID-19 impacts our operations or those of our third-party partners will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the duration of the outbreak, new information that may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others. Any losses or damages we incur could have a material adverse effect on our financial results and our ability to conduct business as expected.
 
Additionally, the continued spread of COVID-19 and uncertain market conditions may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
No unregistered securities were issued during the three months ended September 30, 2020 that were not previously reported.
 
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
 
None.
 
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
 
Not Applicable.
 
Item 5. Other Information
 
None.
 
Item 6. Exhibits
 
Certification of Thomas P. Smith, Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
Certification of James A. Barnes, Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, executed by Thomas P. Smith, Principal Executive Officer, and James A. Barnes, Principal Financial Officer.*
 
 
Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) Exhibits*
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document*
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document*
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*
 
* Filed concurrently herewith
 
 
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 October 29, 2020
WRAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
By:  /s/ JAMES A. BARNES
James A. Barnes
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
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