WYTEC INTERNATIONAL INC - Annual Report: 2019 (Form 10-K)

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

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19206 Huebner Rd., Suite 202

San Antonio, Texas 78258

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The number of shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding on June 15, 2020 was 5,501,040 shares.

WYTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Index to Report on Form 10-K

PART I

Item 1. Business.

Company Overview

Wytec International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Wytec,” the “Company.” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a developer of wide area networks designed to support the installation and operation of 5G infrastructure across the United States utilizing its patented LPN-16 small cell technology. Wytec was incorporated in November 2011 with the purchase of five (5) United States patents (all of which have expired) directly related to local multipoint distribution service (“LMDS”), utilized in broadband wireless access technology and originally designed for digital television transmission. In June 2014, Wytec filed a provisional patent for its small cell (“Small Cell”) technology which we now call the “LPN-16.” In December 2017, we were granted a patent for our LPN-16 in the United States (United States Patent and Trademark Office patent number 9,807,032). The patent is described as an “Upgradeable, High Data Transfer Speed, Multichannel Transmission System (“UHTMTS”). The design of the LPN-16 has been purposed as a Small Cell device to be installed on multiple utility poles throughout the United States capable of supporting multiple frequencies transmitting from multiple radios without interference due to its unique patented design. Wytec believes that its most significant users will include municipal governments, cable operators, wireless Internet Service Providers (“WISPs”), and carriers. While Wytec is a public reporting company, its common stock is not yet quoted for public trading.

Industry Overview

In 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) predicted that U.S. mobile operators would experience a significant challenge in serving America’s smart devices due to an increase in mobile data usage. This accelerated growth in data traffic is being driven by a substantial increase in smart device subscriptions, and an increase in data volume per subscription, fueled primarily by the viewing of video content and the proliferation of data-intensive mobile apps. The increase in data volume not only impacts individual data usage but places a substantial stress on America’s communication infrastructure, which is also utilized for securing our country’s government networks connected to homeland security, first responders, public safety, health care, and educational systems. Even before 4G LTE became fully deployed, carrier networks were experiencing data capacity challenges.

As a result of this need for greater data capacity, cellular carriers have been aggressively pursuing new technologies to manage this massive data demand. The next generation of wireless communication services, 5G, has now been introduced to be the answer to America’s future communications needs, both for Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity. For the U.S. cellular industry to meet this challenge, a radical change in network architecture is needed.

Today 4G LTE data traffic depends on “Macro” cell towers for virtually all of the country’s cellular transmission. These towers, which are easily recognized across America’s landscape, stand several hundred feet in height and support antennas six to nine feet in length. These mammoth towers cost mobile operators billions of dollars to construct and millions more to operate. Macro towers were originally designed to support cellular signals in a radius of two to three miles or more and provide service for thousands of subscribers. This design is no longer adequate in meeting current consumer demand or the anticipated speeds of 5G.

To overcome this inadequacy, 5G network architecture condenses the coverage area with the use of Small Cells, with two primary objectives in mind: to increase data capacity and reduce higher-power transmission signals thus reducing dangerous radiation transmission. Most communication experts agree that Small Cells will be the driving force behind 5G services enabling gigabit speeds on essentially all communication devices, including Smartphones. Small Cells are designed to be mounted on utility poles permitting the flexibility of placement throughout a city supporting citywide ubiquitous coverage. This new architecture has now become the primary infrastructure design for “all” citywide 5G deployments. According to an article by Price Waterhouse Coopers (“PWC”), “5G networks can’t succeed without a small cell revolution.”

Connectivity for All

Wytec owns patented Small Cell technology known as the “LPN-16”. Its neutral-host design is its key differentiation from other Small Cell technologies, with its ability to support multiple spectrum usage owned and utilized by multiple mobile operators simultaneously. This multi-operator architecture is expected to be overwhelmingly accepted by city governments due to the reduced need for utility poles as compared to a single-operator Small Cell. Carriers are also expected to embrace Wytec due to a substantially reduced installation cost and speed of deployment.

Another key feature and differentiation of Wytec’s LPN-16 design is its integration with private LTE networks. Already, the City of San Antonio, in a recent article, has indicated a major initiative in deploying a citywide private network to be integrated with its school districts in support of greater distance learning capabilities and increased public safety. Though much of the funding support could rely on federal relief programs, Wytec believes that it can present a way of “self-funding” these needed initiatives through a collaboration involving existing Independent School Districts’ (“ISDs”) federal funds (already in place), revenue derived from a private LTE network (owned by both the city and ISD), and private funding from the capital markets.

Today, carriers dominate the mobile cellular industry, but due to 5G deployment requiring Small Cells to be installed on utility poles, city governments have significant influence over Small Cell deployments due to “right of way” regulations requiring pole access. This legal authority has had a major impact on the anemic speed of 5G deployment to date throughout America’s cities. The cities’ major concerns on the deployment of Small Cells have been the vast number of pole access requests from the carriers, potentially creating a public outcry on both esthetics and safety concerns. Wytec’s LPN-16 diminishes these concerns due to its multi-carrier features allowing for multiple operators to gain access to poles and utilize the network simultaneously.

Revenue Opportunities

In October 2019, Wytec, participated in a request for proposal (the “Proposal”) submitted by the Laredo ISD in Laredo, Texas involving an enhanced cellular solution for the ISD. Laredo ISD is a member of the Central Texas Purchasing Alliance (“CTPA”) consisting of 125 ISDs. The Laredo ISD issued the Proposal under a special “procurement process” allowing for all 125 ISDs to accept the winning bid from one vendor. Wytec won the bid on the Proposal and is now the “only” approved vendor for the chosen technology. The total number of buildings within the CTPA consists of 3,608 buildings, representing approximately 435,640,000 square feet at a winning bid of $0.38 per square foot, producing a total CTPA buildout estimated to be approximately $165,482,632 over a three-year period, potentially generating that much gross revenue for Wytec and its subcontractors. Wytec is now building out its second school district under this contract and is aligning itself to manage a more aggressive build-out over the coming three-year period. In addition to the current cellular enhancement service provided by Wytec to CTPA, the Company has received a strong interest from CTPA members to construct a private LTE solution (to include Wytec’s patented LPN-16), potentially representing substantially greater revenue opportunities for Wytec.

In addition to Wytec’s revenue potential involving cellular enhancement and private LTE, the Company plans to utilize its LPN-16 technology to provide wholesale services to Mobile Virtual Network Operators (“MVNO”), predominately in the cable industry. Today, cable operators are aggressively pursuing mobile product (Smartphones) solutions due to their eroding subscriber base to the carriers. This mobile service is currently offered to cable operators by virtually all carriers, but the cable operators struggle to achieve acceptable profit margins with it due to the current absence of multi-operator neutral host Small Cell technology for the networks, a weakness Wytec believes will be remedied by its LPN-16 Small Cell technology. Indeed, Wytec anticipates wide acceptance of the LPN-16 by city governments due to its multi-carrier service capability. There are 450 cable operators aggressively pursuing MVNO services in the U.S. This initiative by cable operators is anticipated to create a substantial revenue potential to Wytec.

As described above, Wytec’s LPN-16 Small Cell offers two significant revenue opportunities involving both a potential sale of the LPN-16 to private LTE clients (such as schools and cities) and as a 5G, Wytec owned network, supporting MVNO wholesale clients such as to the cable industry. In a recent publication by Allied Market Research, studies suggest that the Small Cell 5G Market will reach $6.87 billion by 2026.

National Security Implications

It is no secret that the federal government has identified 5G technology as a high priority. More than $180 billion has been allocated to various components of 5G with cyber-security being at the top. A great concern expressed by the top levels of our federal intelligence divisions has been an eventual attack on America’s power grid, essentially bringing down our primary economic infrastructure, including a substantial interference with America’s financial markets, educational, health, and transportation systems. Recent reports indicate that the total potential cost of this type of cybercrime could exceed $500 billion dollars.

To address these public safety concerns, Wytec recently entered into a comprehensive Contractor Service Agreement with Southwest Research Institute (“SwRI”), to support the efforts to eradicate potential cyber-attacks on America’s communications networks. SwRI, a member of the Joint Base San Antonio (“JBSA”) group, has invited Wytec to utilize its LPN-16 Small Cell as an open architecture project to begin testing a government approved 5G solution involving communication vulnerabilities, multi-carrier, multi-spectrum private LTE solutions, and 5G military mobile applications.

The testing to be performed by SwRI is expected to record and validate the following results:

On June 3, 2020, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) selected the JBSA as a 5G Security Experimentation site, identifying the critical importance of 5G in military and civilian applications. In the announcement, Joseph Evans, DoD Technical Director for 5G, said, “5G technology is vital to maintaining America’s military and economic advantages.” Wytec is thrilled to be engaged with SwRI and the 5G JBSA working group to include the testing of safety and security measures with the LPN-16 that will further America’s data security and military needs, as well as assist in protecting America’s city and school systems.

With the increased capabilities of private LTE networks, edge computing technology, and network slicing, Wytec’s LPN-16 can increase network intelligence to security measures which will be tested in the upcoming San Antonio, Texas Trials. This technology will be capable of recognizing data intrusions far sooner and stop potential cyber-attacks long before incurring serious damage and devastating costs to the U.S. economy.

Wytec’s LPN-16 has been in significant trials for more than two years and is now preparing to launch multiple 5G deployments to combat cyber-attack efforts and support multiple IOT applications. Applications will include: advanced public safety measures such as smart video surveillance and gun-shot detection; cyber-attack protection on America’s power grid; as well as advanced technologies to medical facilities; while providing commercial buildings, education districts, and cities with Private LTE technology. Included in its most recent trials, Wytec received FCC approval to test commercial access to the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (“CBRS”), which was originally authorized for the US Navy radar operators and fixed satellite services. In September 2019, the FCC commercialized the CBRS spectrum in the General Authorized Access (“GAA”) band thereby allowing Wytec to utilize this expansive spectrum for its technology trials prior to a citywide deployment and for ultimate deployment for commercial use.

Our Products

The LPN-16, recognized by the U.S Patent and Trademark Office as Patent number 9,807,032, is an “Upgradeable, High Data Transfer Speed, Multichannel Transmission System.” The LPN-16 is a local area network system that includes modular, multi-frequency, multi-channel, upgradable transmission nodes. The transmission nodes can include one or more independent RF modules. They may be configured to include 802.11ac and evolve to LTE and other technology and frequency bands as well as software defined radio attributes. The LPN-16 provides transmission and network services for wireless data, wireless video, wireless voice, voice over internet protocol (“VoIP”), local portal for emergency services, mesh node from one transmission to the next, single channel transmission, multi-channel transmission, Wi-Fi access as well as a number of other similar services. We believe this range of services and the timeline of 5G networks needing small cell capabilities squarely places Wytec in the path of serving several substantial markets such as small cells as a service, outdoor Wi-Fi, the Internet of Things, and a host of other related telecommunications services. 

Fixed Wireless: Wytec currently offers a fixed wireless broadband solution originating from its millimeter wave Diamond Ring directly to a customer’s premises via a wireless local area network (“WLAN”) connection operating in a 5GHz Wi-Fi radio channel. One hundred (100) Mbps speeds are easily obtainable with the ability to increase to one (1) gigabit or more utilizing Wytec design modifications. Additionally, Wytec has developed a unique broadband Internet feature known as “FlexSpeed” which enables customers to modify their Internet service by increasing their upload and/or download speeds. In a recent survey conducted by Galloway Research, over 80% of the respondents indicated their interest in a variable speed Internet service.

Recently, DSL (i.e. digital subscriber line) technology has made vast technology improvements in the “distribution points” connecting a DSL service. This new technology, called “G.Fast”, can support broadband speeds up to one (1) gigabit per second with the use of advanced Distribution Point Units (“DPU”) while still utilizing existing installed (dormant) copper wire and/or coax cable. We believe this produces enormous cost savings and underpins Wytec’s FlexSpeed service as a viable alternative to fiber and cable within multi-tenant/MDUs. As Wytec extends its FlexSpeed services to MDU residential and commercial facilities management anticipates accelerated subscriber growth at a greatly reduced cost.

SmartDAS: We believe Wytec offers a powerful alternative to the in-building cellular enhancement market which consists of signal boosters, small cells and related indoor distributed antenna systems (“DAS”). DAS is designed to strengthen cellular signals in facilities where materials interfere with cellular frequencies and diminish the quality of a cellular call or data usage. DAS may be deployed indoors (an iDAS) or outdoors (an “oDAS”), and is a way to deal with isolated spots of poor cellular coverage inside a large building by installing a network of relatively small antennas throughout the building to serve as repeaters. Traditional DAS requires the support of the carrier to allow access to their network and can take weeks if not months to obtain.

We believe that our SmartDAS, costing about one third (1/3) that of traditional DAS, is a viable alternative solution without the tedious and sometimes delayed support of the carriers. Wytec has established a valuable vendor relationship with Nextivity, the inventor and patented owner of the underlying technology in our branded SmartDAS service. Wytec believes that it is a premier provider of this technology within the U.S.

Wytec, with its preferred vendor relationship with Nextivity, expects to generate significant revenues deploying SmartDAS services while simultaneously developing its FlexSpeed services within the same buildings.

4G LTE: Wytec has secured a wholesale agreement through a Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (“MVNE”) allowing Wytec to access most of the largest carrier’s 4G LTE network operations in the U.S. The 4G LTE cellular network represents the largest cellular deployment in the world and is still growing. Recently, the carriers have developed a wholesale service allowing qualified partners to re-sell the data portion of the 4G network as a secondary connection for a business “back-up” or “fail-over” in the event the customer’s primary Internet connection fails.

Recent studies indicate that the “downtime” that a business experiences during the failure of its primary service is costly and disruptive. As a result of this primary service failure, the carriers developed a “fail-over” or “back-up” service utilizing the 4G network connection. Wytec has exploited its wholesale agreement in developing its own proprietary version of a 4G “fail-over” product to serve the Small Medium Business (“SMB”) Market. This has allowed Wytec to leverage a massive existing network to expand its subscriber base while constructing its 5G network.

Competition

There are numerous existing and commercially available methods of providing both Small Cell technology, site rental and high-speed Internet to multi-tenant commercial and residential units. This makes the telecommunications industry highly competitive, rapidly evolving, and subject to rapid technology changes. Additionally, there are numerous telecommunications service companies that conduct extensive advertising campaigns to capture market share. We believe the principal competitive factors affecting our lines of business for LPN-16 placement and our hybrid network Internet service will be our time to market in traditionally underserved areas, differentiated service offerings such as FlexSpeed, Internet failover, and our SmartDAS™ service, as well as traditional business strategies for meeting market pricing levels and clear pricing policies, customer service, and the variety of services offered.

Although we believe our FlexSpeed™, SmartDAS™, and related services allow for market rate pricing, our ability to compete effectively will depend upon our continued capacity to maintain high-quality, market-driven services at prices generally equal to or below those charged by competitors. To maintain a competitive posture, we believe that we may need to reduce our prices in order to meet reductions in rates, if any, by others. Any such reductions could reduce profitability and make it cost prohibitive to continue as a going concern. Many of our current and potential competitors have more financial, personnel and other resources than Wytec, including brand name recognition as well as other competitive advantages.

Competition by Equipment (Small Cell). The Hetnet Bible issued by SNS Research has identified approximately 19 small cell vendors offering small cell equipment to network developers. Most, if not all of those vendors utilize the same chipset and provide nearly identical form factors (housing) with standard rooftop installations. We are, however, unaware of a single manufacturer who has developed an outdoor small cell device capable of transmitting multiple frequencies on multiple channels from a single device at a single site location without frequency interference such as the LPN-16 small cell technology. We believe our LPN-16 small cell access point will set a new standard in the mobile broadband industry. Wytec is now listed in the updated HetNet Bible version 2014-2020 Report on Small Cells, Carrier Wi-Fi, and DAS.

Competition by Service: (Site Rental). Driven by the thriving ecosystem, SNS Telecom expects small cells and carrier Wi-Fi deployments to account for nearly $352 billion in worldwide mobile data service revenues by the end of 2020, while overall spending on heterogeneous network infrastructure is expected to reach $42 billion annually during the same period. This expected growth has led to numerous competitors who offer site rental services for carriers seeking to attach small cells to utility poles and other mounting assets. Two of the largest publicly traded and national site rental, small cell and DAS network providers are Crown Castle and American Tower.

Crown Castle operates as a real estate investment trust. The company provides broadcast, data, and wireless communications infrastructure services in the US. Wireless carrier customers lease antenna space on Crown Castle's owned or managed towers and distributed antenna systems (“DAS”). It has about 40,000 tower sites and 25,000 small cell nodes supported by more than 26,500 miles of fiber. The company also designs networks, selects and develops sites, and installs antennas. On December 16, 2011, Crown Castle purchased NextG Networks for $1.0 billion in cash. At the time, NextG was the largest U.S. provider of outdoor distributed antenna systems with over 7,000 nodes-on-air and with an additional 1,500 nodes under construction.

American Tower rents space on towers and rooftop antenna systems to wireless carriers and radio and TV broadcasters who use the infrastructure to enable their services. It operates about 40,000 wireless towers in the US, some 57,000 in India, and roughly 43,000 throughout the rest of the world. Its portfolio includes approximately 800 distributed antenna system networks used mainly for indoor communications (malls, casinos, etc.). American Tower also offers tower-related services such as site acquisition, structural analysis to determine support for additional equipment, and zoning and permitting management services.

Competition by Service (Internet). There are a substantial number of local, regional, and national residential and commercial Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”) hosting data, voice and texting services in the United States. Publicly traded brands such AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Cox Communications, Spectrum, Comcast, and Tower Stream all provide both commercial and/or residential cellular and wired Internet services. Although we have our own hybrid wired-wireless network for delivering our own branded version of 5G Internet services, we also provide, through wholesale agreements, a 4G LTE voice, text and data service through four of the largest U.S. wireless carriers. These services have significant competition from the carriers providing similar services at less cost and using other communications technologies unavailable to us, as well as having substantial financial resources and brand awareness that we do not have. While some of these technologies and services are now operational, others are being developed or may be developed. As a 4G LTE MVNO, we compete for customers based principally on providing better and lower cost services. Our primary 4G LTE service offering is a wireless automatic Internet failover service.

SmartDAS™ Competition. SmartDAS™ is an alternative to DAS, which according to Markets and Markets, was valued at USD $6.71 billion in 2015 and expected to reach USD $10.78 billion by 2022. The DAS industry is dominated by substantially well financed vendors such as CommScope, TE Connectivity (purchased by CommScope), Axell, Corning, Solid and other large DAS providers. Cel-Fi (owned by Nextivity) is a new comer in the DAS market with an alternative solution costing one-third the current cost of DAS.

Intellectual Property

Wytec owns an interest in five (5) U.S. patents related to local multipoint distribution service (“LMDS”) or millimeter technology, all of which are now expired. In April 2014, the Company filed a provisional patent representing the LPN-16 Small Cell device. In March 2015, the Company filed a Taiwanese Patent Application along with Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application for patent filings in additional countries. In May 2017, Wytec was granted a patent for its LPN-16 technology and device by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks, patent number 9,807,032. We cannot assure that we do not and will not infringe on the intellectual property rights of other parties, or that our patents will be enforceable. We may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business and third parties may sue us for intellectual property infringement or initiate proceedings to invalidate our intellectual property. Moreover, should we be found liable for infringement, we may be required to enter into licensing agreements (if available on acceptable terms or at all), pay damages or curtail our product and service offerings. We may also need to redesign some of our products or services to avoid future infringement liability. Any of the foregoing could prevent us from competing effectively and could adversely affect our business.

Government Regulation

Wytec generally is subject to all of the governmental regulations that regulate businesses generally such as compliance with regulatory requirements of federal, state, and local agencies and authorities, including regulations concerning the environment, permits for certain activities, workplace safety, labor relations, employee rights, and government taxes. The adoption of any additional laws or regulations may decrease the growth of our business, decrease the demand for services and increase our cost of doing business. Changes in tax laws also could have a significant adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition.

Employees

As of December 31, 2019, we have nine full-time employees. Currently, there are no organized labor agreements or union agreements between us and our employees. Assuming we are able to earn additional revenue through organic growth, acquisitions and strategic alliances during 2020, we may need to hire additional employees. In the interim, we intend to use the services of independent consultants and contractors to perform various professional services when appropriate. We believe the use of third-party service providers may enhance our ability to control general and administrative expenses and operate efficiently.

Seasonality

Our operations are not expected to be materially affected by seasonality.

Item 1A Risk Factors

The following discussion of risk factors contains forward-looking statements. These risk factors may be important to understanding other statements in this Form 10-K. The following information should be read in conjunction with Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.

The business, financial condition and operating results of the Company can be affected by a number of factors, whether currently known or unknown, including but not limited to those described below, any one or more of which could, directly or indirectly, cause the Company’s actual financial condition and operating results to vary materially from past, or from anticipated future, financial condition and operating results. Any of these factors, in whole or in part, could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition, operating results and stock price.

Because of the following factors, as well as other factors affecting the Company’s financial condition and operating results, past financial performance should not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and investors should not use historical trends to anticipate results or trends in future periods.

Risks Related to Our Business and Marketplace

If we are unable to renew lease agreements for the locations where our equipment is installed, our business could be harmed. We constructed our first wireless network in Columbus, Ohio to include the installation of our millimeter wave equipment on selective rooftops and other structures (our Diamond Ring) pursuant to lease or license agreements designed to send and receive wireless signals necessary for the operation of the network. While we have tested this network, we have not yet launched it for daily commercial operations and have not yet built any other networks, although we are currently doing several cellular enhancement installation. Nevertheless, we would typically seek five year initial terms for our leases with three to five year renewal options. Such renewal options are generally exercisable at our discretion before the expiration of the current term. If these leases are terminated or if the owners of these structures are unwilling to continue to enter into leases or licenses with us in the future, or breach those agreements with us, we would be forced to seek alternative arrangements with other building owners or providers. If we are unable to continue to obtain, retain or renew such leases on satisfactory terms, our business would be harmed.

We have a history of operating losses and expect to continue incurring losses for the foreseeable future. Our current business was launched in 2011 and has incurred losses in each year of operation. We cannot anticipate when, if ever, our operations will become profitable. We expect to incur significant net losses as we invest in our technology, expand our markets and pursue our business strategy. We intend to invest significantly in our business before we expect cash flow from operations to be adequate to cover our operating expenses. If we are unable to execute our business strategy and grow our business, either as a result of the risks identified in this section or for any other reason, our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations will be adversely affected.

Our success depends in part on the results of current and planned tests of our proprietary LPN-16 technology. Testing thus far has included environmental and radio frequency interference testing with our manufacturer and multiple speed tests utilizing an integrated 2.4GHz and 5GHz Qualcomm 802.11ac chipset which we completed in December of 2014. Additional tests will include proof of concept testing for network load balancing, public safety Band 14 and mobile network operator mobile data offloading, and WiFi and backhaul network testing. While we expect future tests of our LPN-16 to go well since preliminary testing of the technology in San Antonio, Texas was positive, the LPN-16 may not work as we have currently designed and constructed it, causing us material delays and harm. If the LPN-16 fails the upcoming tests or the tests are materially delayed, it could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, operating results, and business performance. The timing of the commencement of the launch of the LPN-16 product line is currently uncertain, and may be delayed until we have more capital to fund it. There is no assurance that our LPN-16 or any other proprietary technology that we develop will be successful, will work as planned, or can be commercialized or monetized profitably.

We must adapt quickly to changes in technology. Telecommunications technology is a rapidly evolving technology. We must keep abreast of this technological evolution. To do so, we must continually improve the performance, features and reliability of our equipment and related products. If we fail to maintain a competitive level of technological expertise, then we will not be able to compete in our market.

Our inability to respond timely to technological advances could have an adverse effect on our business. We must be able to respond to technological advances and emerging industry standards and practices on a cost-effective and timely basis. We can offer no assurance that we will be able to successfully use new technologies effectively or adapt our products and services in a timely manner to a competitive standard. If we are unable to adapt in a timely manner to changing technology, market conditions or customer requirements, then we may not be able to successfully compete in our market.

Our ability to protect our intellectual property is uncertain. We assigned our five Patents to our subsidiary, Wytec, LLC, which was then managed and 50% owned by General Patent Corporation. General Patent Corporation (“GPC”), the oldest patent enforcement firm in the United States, represents clients on patent enforcement rights and licensing transactions on a contingency basis. GPC was the manager of Wytec, LLC until 2017, when it assigned all of its rights in Wytec, LLC back to us. After extensive research and analysis, GPC elected not to assert infringement claims for the Patents on behalf of us and itself through Wytec, LLC. All five patents have expired. We re-acquired the 50% of Wytec, LLC that we did not already own, and became the manager of it. In 2014, we filed a new provisional patent application for our proprietary LPN-16 data transmission technology. We have applied for additional patents and may do so in the future. On October 31, 2017, we received our Patent on the LPN-16. There is no assurance that this patent or any other patent that may be granted to us, if any, in the future will be enforceable. We will have limited resources to fight any infringements on our proprietary rights and if we are unable to protect our proprietary rights or if such rights infringe on the rights of others, our business would be materially adversely affected. The current manufacturer of our LPN-16 owns the intellectual property rights to certain software used in the device, for which our license is only exclusive for the first three years of sales, after which it is nonexclusive in perpetuity. This arrangement may enable our competitors to more readily enter the market for this type of equipment.

Our business may be adversely affected by competition. The telecommunications industry is highly competitive. Many of our current and potential competitors have financial, personnel and other resources, including brand name recognition, substantially greater than ours, as well as other competitive advantages over us. Certain competitors may be able to secure products from vendors on more favorable terms, devote greater resources to marketing and promotional campaigns, and adopt more aggressive pricing than we will. We cannot assure that we will be able to compete successfully against these competitors, which ultimately may have a materially adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and potential products in the future.

Our business is subject to government regulation. Our registered Links and other aspects of our telecommunication business are subject to and designed to comply with the regulations of the FCC. A change in those regulations or significant diminution of the right to access, use or license of the spectrum acquired in our registered Link program may have a material adverse effect on our operating results, financial condition, and business prospects and performance. We are also subject to regulations applicable to businesses generally, including without limitation those governing employment, construction, permit requirements, the environment, and health and safety, those governing the telecommunications industry, and the FCC. The adoption of any additional laws or regulations may decrease the growth of our business, decrease the demand for services and increase our cost of doing business. Changes in tax laws also could have a significant adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition.

We cannot assure that we will achieve profitability. We cannot assure that we will be able to operate profitably in the future. Profitability, if any, will depend in part upon our ability to successfully develop and market our proprietary telecommunications technology, and other products and services. We may not be able to successfully transition from our current stage of business to a stabilized operation having sufficient revenues to cover expenses. While attempting to make this transition, we will be subject to all the risks inherent in a small business, including the need to adequately service and expand our customer base and to maintain and enhance our current services.

We are exposed to various possible claims relating to our business and we may not have sufficient insurance to fully protect us. We cannot assure that we will not incur uninsured liabilities and losses as a result of the conduct of our business, even though we currently maintain insurance policies for liability and property insurance coverage, along with workmen’s compensation and related insurance. Should uninsured losses occur, our investors could lose their invested capital.

We may incur additional indebtedness. We cannot assure that we will not incur additional debt in the future, that we will have sufficient funds to repay our indebtedness or that we will not default on our debt, jeopardizing our business viability. Furthermore, we may not be able to borrow or raise additional capital in the future to meet our needs or to otherwise provide the capital necessary to conduct our business.

We expect to incur losses for the near future. We project that we will incur development and administrative expenses and operate at a loss for the foreseeable future unless we are able to generate substantial revenues from our planned proprietary products and services. We cannot be certain whether or when we will be able to achieve profitability because of the significant uncertainties with respect to our business.

We may incur cost overruns. We may incur substantial cost overruns in the development and deployment of our proprietary products and services. Management is not obligated to contribute capital to us. Unanticipated costs may force us to obtain additional capital or financing from other sources or may cause us to lose our entire investment in our business if we are unable to obtain the additional funds necessary to implement our business plan. We cannot assure that we will be able to obtain sufficient capital to successfully implement our business plan. If a greater investment is required in the business because of cost overruns, the probability of earning a profit or a return on investment in us is diminished.

We could be subject to liens. If we fail to pay for materials and services for our business on a timely basis, our assets could be subject to material men’s and workmen’s liens. We may also be subject to bank liens in the event that we default on loans from banks, if any.

We may face litigation in the future. We may be involved in litigation in the future. For example, a former Linkholder and current Series B Preferred Stockholder of the Company has requested a refund of his payments to the Company. While the Company does not believe that this individual is entitled to a refund, the Company has been amenable to refunding him, but not in excess of the amount he paid for his Links, which he previously exchanged for the Series B Preferred Stock. If this individual does not accept the Company’s offer and commences litigation or the Company becomes involved in other litigation, the adverse resolution of such litigation to us could impair our ability to continue in business. We may incur substantial legal fees and costs in connection with future litigation, if any. If we fail in our defense to future actions, if any, we could be forced to liquidate or to file for bankruptcy and be unable to continue in our business. There is also a risk that we could face litigation and regulatory claims that could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, operating results, and business.

We may not have adequate funds to implement our business plan. We have limited capital available to us. Although we anticipate securing additional funding from the issuance of additional securities, we cannot assure that we will secure all or any of the funding we anticipate. If our entire original capital is fully expended and additional costs cannot be funded from borrowings or capital from other sources, then our financial condition, results of operations and business performance would be materially adversely affected. We cannot assure that we will have adequate capital or financing to conduct our business or to grow.

Our limited resources may prevent us from retaining key employees or inhibit our ability to hire and train a sufficient number of qualified management, professional, technical and regulatory personnel. Our success may also depend on our ability to attract and retain other qualified management and personnel familiar in telecommunications industry. Currently, we have a limited number of personnel that are required to perform various roles and duties as a result of our limited financial resources. We intend to use the services of independent consultants and contractors to perform various professional services, when appropriate to help conserve our capital. If and when we determine to acquire additional personnel, we will compete for such persons with other companies and other organizations, some of which have substantially greater capital resources than we do. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be successful in recruiting or retaining personnel of the requisite caliber or in adequate numbers to enable us to conduct our business.

The loss of the services of any or our management or key executives could adversely affect our business. Our success is substantially dependent on the performance of our executive officers and key employees. The loss of an officer or director could have a material adverse impact on us. We are generally dependent upon our primary executive officer, William H. Gray, for the direction, management and daily supervision of our operations. We do not currently have any employment agreements with any members of our management team.

The consideration being paid to management has not been determined at arm’s-length. The common stock and cash consideration being paid by us to our management have not been determined based on arm’s-length negotiation. We may grant stock options and other equity incentives to our executive officers and directors, which may further dilute our shareholders’ ownership of us. While management believes that the consideration is fair for the work being performed, there is no assurance that the consideration to management reflects the true market value of its services.

Directors and officers have limited liability. As permitted by the Nevada General Corporation Law, our certificate of incorporation and by-laws limit the personal liability of our directors and officers and authorize our indemnification of them, but such provision does not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer in certain circumstances, such as for: (i) any breach of the director’s or officer’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 174 of the Nevada General Corporate Law; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If we were called upon to perform under our indemnification agreement, then the portion of our assets expended for such purpose would reduce the amount otherwise available for our business.

Global and regional economic conditions could materially adversely affect the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition and growth. Adverse macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, slower growth, or recession, new or increased tariffs, changes to fiscal and monetary policy, tighter credit, higher interest rates, high unemployment and currency fluctuations could materially adversely affect demand for the Company’s products and services. In addition, consumer confidence and spending could be adversely affected in response to financial market volatility, negative financial news, conditions in the real estate and mortgage markets, declines in income or asset values, changes to fuel and other energy costs, labor and healthcare costs and other economic factors.

In addition to an adverse impact on demand for the Company’s products, uncertainty about, or a decline in, global or regional economic conditions could have a significant impact on the Company’s suppliers, contract manufacturers, logistics providers, distributors, cellular network carriers and other channel partners. Potential effects include financial instability; inability to obtain credit to finance operations and purchases of the Company’s products; and insolvency.

A downturn in the economic environment could also lead to increased credit and collectability risk on the Company’s trade receivables; the failure of derivative counterparties and other financial institutions; limitations on the Company’s liquidity, which is currently minimal; and declines in the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments. These and other economic factors could materially adversely affect the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition and growth.

The Company’s ability to compete successfully depends heavily on its ability to ensure a continuing and timely introduction of innovative new products, services and technologies to the marketplace.

The Company could be subject to changes in its tax rates, the adoption of new U.S. or international tax legislation or exposure to additional tax liabilities. The Company is subject to taxes in the U.S. Due to economic and political conditions, tax rates in various jurisdictions may be subject to significant change. The Company’s effective tax rates could be affected by changes in the mix of earnings in countries with differing statutory tax rates, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, or changes in tax laws or their interpretation. The Company is also subject to the examination of its tax returns and other tax matters by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities and governmental bodies. The Company regularly assesses the likelihood of an adverse outcome resulting from these examinations to determine the adequacy of its provision for taxes. There can be no assurance as to the outcome of these examinations. 

Impact of COVID-19 on Wytec’s business. Wytec expects delays in the commencement of its next installation with the Laredo, Texas school district because district staff has not been consistently available to coordinate the installation of the Company’s equipment at their schools as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company also expects that as state actions in response to COVID-19 continue to disrupt commerce at all levels of industry, the Company will experience delays in its supply chain. Although the Company is taking measures to mitigate the effect of COVID-19 on the Company’s business as much as possible, the Company is unable to predict the overall impact of the pandemic on the Company at this time.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

No market for our common stock currently exists, and an active trading market may not develop or be sustained. Our stock price may fluctuate significantly. There is currently no public market for our common stock. We intend to apply to have our common stock quoted and traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market, or possibility the OTC-QB Market or the OTC-QX Market. In order to have our common stock quoted for public trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market or on the OTC Market, which is an over-the-counter market, not an exchange, we must have a market maker registered with FINRA to sponsor our application for a trading symbol for the NASDAQ or for the appropriate over-the-counter market. There is no assurance that we will find a market maker to sponsor our common stock for public trading. An active trading market for our common stock may not develop or may not be sustained in the future. The lack of an active market may make it more difficult for stockholders to sell our shares and could lead to our share price and trading volume being depressed or volatile. We cannot predict the prices at which our common stock may trade. The market price of the common stock may fluctuate widely and decline, depending on many factors, some of which may be beyond our control.

The concentration of our capital voting stock ownership may limit our stockholders’ ability to influence corporate matters and may involve other risks. William H. Gray, our chief executive officer, is currently the beneficial owner of an aggregate (not subject to dilution) of approximately 51% of Wytec’s outstanding voting power. As a result of such stock ownership, Mr. Gray is able to exercise significant control over all matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control and might adversely affect the market price of our common stock. This concentration of ownership may not be in the best interests of all of our shareholders.

Your percentage ownership in us may be diluted in the future. Our board of directors has the authority to cause us to issue additional securities and convertible securities at such prices and on such terms as it determines in its discretion without the consent of the stockholders, including without limitation common stock, preferred stock, warrants, stock options, and convertible notes. Consequently, our shareholders are subject to the risk that their ownership in us will be substantially diluted in the future.

We may not pay dividends in the future. Any return on investment may be limited to the value of our common stock. We do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. The payment of dividends on our common stock will depend on earnings, financial condition, and other business and economic factors affecting us at such time as our board of directors may consider relevant. Our current intention is to apply net earnings, if any, in the foreseeable future to increasing our capital base and marketing. Prospective investors seeking or needing dividend income should therefore not purchase our common stock. If we do not pay dividends, our common stock may be less valuable because a return on investment will only occur if our stock price appreciates.

Offers or availability for sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock may cause the price of our common stock to decline. If our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, or upon the expiration of any statutory holding period under Rule 144 or issued upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants, it could create a circumstance commonly referred to as an “overhang”, in anticipation of which the market price of our common stock could fall. The existence of an overhang, whether or not sales have occurred or are occurring, also could make more difficult our ability to raise additional financing through the sale of equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate.

Our stock price may be volatile. The market price of our common stock may be highly volatile and could fluctuate widely in price in response to various factors, many of which are beyond our control. In addition, the securities markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock in general.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2. Properties.

We currently lease approximately 3,395 square feet of office space at 19206 Huebner Road, Suite 202, San Antonio, Texas 78258 and 2,210 square feet of office space at 19206 Huebner Road, Suite 201, San Antonio, Texas 78258 for approximately $10,000 per month.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not Applicable.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

Our common stock has not yet been approved for trading on FINRA’s Over-the-Counter QB Market (OTC:QB) or any other trading market or exchange.

The Company is authorized to issue 495,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share. The Company is also authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, 4,100,000 of which have been designated as Series A Preferred Stock, 2,560,000 of which are issued and 2,460,000 of which are outstanding as of December 31, 2019, 6,650,000 of which have been designated as Series B Preferred Stock, 3,735,784 of which are issued and 3,691,249 of which are outstanding as of December 31, 2019, and 1,000 of which have been designated as Series C Preferred Stock, 1,000 of which are issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock has a par value of $0.001 and the equivalent of 51% of the votes on any matter submitted to shareholders for a vote. The Series C Preferred Stock is not convertible into the Company’s common stock and has no rights to dividends and virtually no rights to liquidation preference. The liquidation preference of each share of the Series C Preferred Stock is its par value.

As of June 15, 2020, there were 833 record holders of our common stock, not including shares held in “street name” in brokerage accounts which is unknown. As of June 15, 2020, there were 5,501,040 shares of common stock outstanding on record.

We have never declared or paid dividends on our Common Stock and have no plan to do so in the immediate future.

Equity Compensation Plan and Information

We have not yet, but may in the future, establish a management equity incentive plan pursuant to which stock options and restricted stock awards may be authorized and granted to the executive officers, directors, employees and key consultants of Wytec.

Warrants

As of December 31, 2019, we have outstanding 2,000,000 warrants to purchase our common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share until December 31, 2020, and 383,256 warrants to purchase our common stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per share with expiration dates through December 31, 2020.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Cautionary Statements

This Form 10-K contains financial projections and other “forward-looking statements,” as that term is used in federal securities laws, about our financial condition, results of operations and business. These statements include, among others, statements concerning the potential for revenues and expenses and other matters that are not historical facts. These statements may be made expressly in this Form 10-K. You can find many of these statements by looking for words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” or similar expressions used in this Form 10-K. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by us in those statements. The most important facts that could prevent us from achieving our stated goals include, but are not limited to, the following:

Because the statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We caution you not to place undue reliance on the statements, which speak only as of the date of this Form 10-K. The cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section should be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue.

We do not undertake any obligation to review or confirm analysts’ expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Form 10-K or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes to those statements. In addition to historical information, the following discussion and other parts of this annual report contain forward-looking statements and information that involves risks and uncertainties.

Overview of Current Operations

Wytec International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Wytec,” the “Company.” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is the developer of a technology called the “LPN-16,” consisting of chipsets, software, hardware designs and antennas that enable strengthened Wi-Fi and cellular transmission within a concentrated coverage area of approximately 500 feet in circumference. The hardware consists of a chassis or framework approximately three (3) feet in height and a radius of approximately 32 inches. It is designed to be installed in the communications zone of a utility pole or upper end of a light pole and can contain up to 16 radios of varying frequencies. The unit, referred to as an outdoor “small cell”, is designed to increase Wi-Fi and cellular capacity and signal strength by placing a large number of them within densely populated areas as compared to a traditional large cellular tower covering a much larger area of approximately two (2) miles. The growth of small cells is a response to increasing global data traffic and in preparation of the next generation of cellular technology now referred to as 5G.

When Wytec was first founded, we obtained five (5) United States patents (the “Patents”) (all of which had expired by 2018) directly relating to local multipoint distribution service (“LMDS”) that is utilized in broadband wireless access technology and was originally designed for digital television transmission. LMDS is a system for broadband microwave wireless transmission direct from a local antenna to homes and businesses within a line- of-sight radius, a solution to the so-called last-mile technology challenge of economically bringing high-bandwidth services to users. This technology introduced us to the concept of using high frequency radio bands for broadband backhaul and led us into millimeter wave technology. Today we utilize 70-80 GHz spectrum for our backhaul positioned on the top of multiple buildings as an expansion of Wytec’s conceptual design of a 5G network. The ultimate expansion of the network is designed to transmit from its rooftop millimeter wave backhaul network to the end user via the LPN-16 supporting both Wi-Fi and cellular networks. This configuration is in place today in Columbus, Ohio as a testing platform. It has not yet been launched for commercial business, but became a significant part of our LPN-16 test producing the cellular broadband speeds discussed in “Item 1. Business” of this report.

The 5G network is expected to have a transformative impact as it connects people with devices, data, transport systems and cities in a smart networked communications environment. The 5G network will rely substantially on small cell technology to achieve its goals. To facilitate this, operators need reliable connections with strong signal integrity, significant bandwidth and low latency. Small cells bring improved connectivity (speeds, reliability, and low latency) to the edge of existing macro networks, serving smaller pockets, especially in rural and urban areas.

We believe the LPN-16 small cell specifically solves the long-term challenges faced by operators deploying small cells who need access to backhaul, lower total cost of ownership and easier site acquisition and access. It can also assist cities wrestling with the on-going technology upgrades, network growth demands, political hurdles and new business models needed to realize the benefits of a 5G world.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations, including the discussion on liquidity and capital resources, are based upon our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, management re-evaluates its estimates and judgments, particularly those related to the determination of the estimated recoverable amounts of trade accounts receivable, impairment of long-lived assets, revenue recognition and deferred tax assets. We believe the following critical accounting policies require more significant judgment and estimates used in the preparation of the financial statements.

Basis of Accounting: The accompanying financial statements have been prepared by the Company’s management in accordance with U. S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and applied on a consistent basis.

Revenue and Cost Recognition. On January 1, 2018, Wytec International, Inc. adopted the revenue standards of Financial Accounting Standards Board Update No. 2014-09: “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” The core principle of the revenue model is that revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of a good or service. A customer obtains control when it has the ability to direct the use of and obtain the benefits from the good or service. Revenue is recognized in accordance with that core principle by applying the following five steps: 1) identify the contract with a customer; 2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; 3) determine the transaction price; 4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations; and 5) recognize revenue when (or as) we satisfy a performance obligation. We implemented this standard using the modified retrospective method. While adoption of this standard required additional disclosures, adoption did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and no adjustments were made to prior periods.

Revenues from the sale and installation of Cel-fi systems, including fixed wireless, SmartDAS, and 4G LTE, totaled $358,149 in 2019 and $261,186 in 2018. Our contracts for the sale of Cel-Fi systems generally include three identified performance obligations: (i) sales of equipment, (ii) sales of installation services, and (iii) sales of testing, commissioning and integration services. The performance obligation for the sale of equipment is deemed to be satisfied on the date the customer takes physical possession of the equipment and has control of the equipment. For installation, testing, commissioning and integration services, the Company measures progress toward complete satisfaction of the performance obligations ratably as the services are performed.

Revenues from network and other services including fixed wireless services totaled $47,319 in 2019 and $44,526 in 2018. Network service revenues are recognized each month as services are rendered.

Revenue on sales of FCC registered links is recognized once the link has been registered on behalf of the customer and the necessary equipment has been installed and is ready for use. Revenue is not recognized on the link sales until the link construction is completed and the link has been placed in service. Amounts collected prior to completion of all obligations to the customer are recorded as deferred revenue. No revenues for the sale of FCC registered links was recorded in 2019 or 2018.

Any deposits received from a customer prior to delivery of the purchased product or monies paid to us prior to the period for which a service is provided are accounted for as deferred revenue on the balance sheet.

Sales tax is recorded on a net basis and excluded from revenue.

The Company generally provides a one-year warranty on its products for materials and workmanship but may provide multiple year warranties as negotiated, and will pass on the warranties from its vendors, if any, which generally covers this one year period. In accordance with ASC 450-20-25, the Company accrues for product warranties when the loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated.  At December 31, 2019, the Company has no product warranty accrual given the Company’s de minimis historical financial warranty experience.

Cash and Cash Equivalents: The Company considers all bank deposits and short-term securities with an original purchase maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: The allowance for doubtful accounts is evaluated on a regular basis through periodic reviews of the collectability of the receivables in light of historical experience, adverse situations that may affect our customers' ability to repay, and prevailing economic conditions. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available. Accounts receivable are determined to be past due based on how recently payments have been received and those considered uncollectible are charged against the allowance account in the period they are deemed uncollectible. No allowance for trade accounts receivable was determined to be necessary at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

Construction in Process: The cost of equipment and materials purchased, and contract labor incurred, for the construction of network, plant property and equipment, and the installation of registered links on behalf of customers are held in construction in process until construction is completed. No depreciation or amortization is applied to construction in process. Once construction is complete and network element is placed in service, the costs are either capitalized or expensed as cost of goods sold as appropriate.

Property and Equipment: Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the estimated useful lives of the related assets, generally ranging from five to ten years. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to costs and expensed as incurred, while expenditures for renewal and betterments are capitalized. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the remaining term of the lease. Upon retirement or replacement, the cost of capitalized assets and the related accumulated depreciation and amortization is eliminated with the resulting gain or loss recognized.

Operating Leases Right-of-use Assets and Operating Lease Obligations: In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)." This update requires that a lessee recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease obligations and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For leases with an initial term of 12 months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset not to recognize lease assets and lease obligations. Similar to current guidance, the update continues to differentiate between finance leases and operating leases, however, this distinction now primarily relates to differences in the manner of expense recognition over time and in the classification of lease payments in the statement of cash flows. The updated guidance leaves the accounting for leases by lessors largely unchanged from existing GAAP. The guidance became effective for us on January 1, 2019. As a lessee, this standard primarily impacted our accounting for leased facilities and office equipment, for which we recognized right-of-use assets of $510,675 and a corresponding lease obligation of $510,675 on our consolidated balance sheet upon adoption of ASU No. 2016-02, and right-of-use-assets of $18,323 and a corresponding lease obligation of $18,323 during the year ended December 31, 2019.

We adopted obligations on these provisions on January 1, 2019 using the optional transition method that permits us to apply the new disclosure requirements in 2019 and continue to present comparative period information as required under FASB ASC Topic 840, "Leases." We did not have a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings at the date of adoption. We elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which, among other things, allowed us to exclude leases with an initial term of 12 months or less from the right-of-use assets and obligations. Adoption of the standards had no impact on results of operations or liquidity.

If we determine that an arrangement is or contains a lease, we recognize a right-of-use (ROU) asset and lease obligation at the commencement date of the lease. ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease obligations represent our lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and obligations are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Impairment of Assets: The Company reviews the carrying value of construction in process and property and equipment for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. In cases where undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to an amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of assets. The factors considered by management in performing this assessment include current operating results, trends, and prospects, as well as the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition, and other economic factors. Useful lives are periodically evaluated to determine whether events or circumstances have occurred which indicate the need to revise the useful lives.

During the course of a strategic review of its assets, the Company assessed the recoverability of the carrying value of certain fixed assets and construction in process, this resulted in impairment losses of $144,994 and $132,608 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. These losses reflect the amounts by which the carrying values of these assets exceed their estimated fair values determined by their estimated future discounted cash flows.

Deferred Revenue: Deferred revenue consists of amounts billed and collected before services have been completed. Such amounts are deferred until the revenue recognition requirements have been met. During 2019, $390,000 of deferred revenue obligations were relieved in exchange for the issuance of common stock and $35,000 was refunded to customer. During 2018, $400,000 of deferred revenue obligations were relieved in exchange for the issuance of preferred stock and $35,000 was refunded to the customer. During 2019 deferred revenue was reclassified to other payables due by the Company which has exited the business of installing registered links. The Company intends to relieve the liability through a combination of common and preferred stock and cash.

Income Taxes: The provision for income taxes is computed using the asset and liability method, under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and for operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates that apply to taxable income in effect for the years in which those tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be realized.

The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such positions are then measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon settlement.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments: The Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses. The recorded values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values based on their short-term nature.

Concentrations of Credit Risk: Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of temporary cash investments. The Company maintains cash deposits with financial institutions and limits the amount of credit exposure to any one financial institution. Deposits with financial institutions may on occasion exceed the federally insured limits. The Company periodically assesses the financial institutions and believes the risk of any loss is minimal.

Government Regulations: The Company is subject to federal, state and local provisions regulating the discharge of materials into the environment. Management believes that its current practices and procedures for the control and disposition of such wastes comply with applicable federal, state and local requirements.

Income (loss) per share: Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of stock outstanding during the year, including shares issuable without additional consideration. Diluted – assuming dilution is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year adjusted for the effect of dilutive potential shares from options and warrants calculated using the treasury stock method and the if-converted method for preferred stock. Potentially dilutive shares of common stock will be excluded from diluted net loss per common share because the impact of such inclusion would be anti-dilutive.”

Subsequent Events: Subsequent events have been evaluated by management through the inclusion of this financial statement in the filing of Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Material subsequent events, if any, are disclosed in a separate footnote to these financial statements.

Use of Estimates: The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U. S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassifications: Certain reclassifications may have been made to our prior year’s consolidated financial statements to conform to our current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on our previously reported results of operations or accumulated deficit

Recent Accounting Pronouncements: Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU No. 2018-07, Compensation – Stock Based Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“ASU 2018-07”), which aligns accounting for share-based payments issued to nonemployees to that of employees under the existing guidance of Topic 718, with certain exceptions. This update supersedes previous guidance for equity-based payments to nonemployees under Subtopic 505-50, Equity – Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. The adoption of ASU 2018-07 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.”

Result of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019 were $405,468 compared to revenues of $305,712 for the year ended December 31, 2018, which resulted in an increase of $99,756, or 33%. Our revenues increased in 2019 compared to 2018 due to an increase in revenue from our Cel-Fi Services, predominately our contracts with the Texas School Districts.

Cost of sales for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $219,092, an increase of $17,813 or 9%, from $201,279 for the year ended December 31, 2018. Our cost of sales increased primarily due to increased costs incurred related predominately to our contracts with the Texas School Districts.

Selling and general and administrative expenses were $2,754,447 for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to $2,885,039 for the year ended December 31, 2018, which resulted in a decrease of $130,592 or 5%. The decrease in our selling and general and administrative expenses was largely a result of a decrease in our consulting and design services, marketing, legal, commissions paid, and bad debt write off of a CCI receivable.

Research and development costs were $4,500 for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to $23,741 of research and development costs for the year ended December 31, 2018, which resulted in a decrease of $19,241, or 81%. The decrease in research and development costs is due to a reduction in expenses incurred in the development of our LPN-16.

Depreciation expense was $136,182 for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to $184,360 for the year ended December 31, 2018, resulting in a decrease of $48,178 or 26%. The decrease in depreciation expense is principally due to fewer asset additions in the last two to three years.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

While we have raised capital to meet our working capital and financing needs in the past, additional financing will be required in order to meet our current and projected cash requirements for operations. As of December 31, 2019, we had a working capital deficit of $464,613. As of December 31, 2019, $895,000 of our current liabilities is deferred revenue on Link sales that have been funded by the customers, for which obligations to the customers have not yet been completely performed, or the Link has not yet been repurchased by the Company. During 2019 deferred revenue was reclassified to other payables due by the Company which has exited the business of installing registered links. The Company intends to relieve the liability through a combination of common and preferred stock and cash.

We estimate that we will need approximately $3,000,000 of capital or financing over the next twelve months to fund our planned operations, including completing the final San Antonio trials of the LPN-16, obtaining a “certification” from Southwest Research Institute for its commercial and military applications, and supporting a valuation of the LPN-16, which we plan to satisfy as described below under “Satisfaction of our Cash Obligations for the Next Twelve Months.”

We anticipate that we will incur operating losses in the next twelve months. Our revenue is not expected to exceed our investment and operating costs in the next twelve months. Our prospects must be considered considering the risks, expenses, and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early stage of operations. To address these risks, we must, among other things, seek growth opportunities through investment and acquisitions, implement and successfully execute our business strategy, respond to competitive developments, and attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel. We cannot assure that we will be successful in addressing such risks, and the failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

Cash Flow from Operating Activities

Cash flows used in operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2019 were $2,620,130 compared to $3,002,643 during the year ended December 31, 2018.

Cash Flow from Investing Activities

Our investing activities consist principally of revenue and expenses related to our Link program (Link sales ended in January 2016, but Link program costs continue), and the LPN-16.

Cash flows used by investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2019 were $25,001 compared to the cash flows used by investing activities of $70,730 during the year ended December 31, 2018. The decrease in cash flows used is due to the Company having to purchase equipment and refund certain link purchases in 2018 and 2019.

Cash Flow from Financing Activities

Cash flows provided from financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2019 were $1,543,100 compared to $1,297,992 during the year ended December 31, 2018. During the year ended 2018, we issued $1,297,992 in common stock and during the year ended 2019, we issued $1,543,100 in common stock.

Satisfaction of Our Cash Obligations for the Next Twelve Months

As of December 31, 2019, our cash balance was $619,104. Our plan for satisfying our cash requirements for the next twelve months is through sales-generated income, including revenue from our installation contracts with the Texas school districts, private placements of our capital stock, exercise of warrants, third party financing, and/or traditional bank financing. We anticipate sales-generated income during that same period, but do not anticipate generating sufficient revenue to meet our working capital requirements. Consequently, we intend to attempt to find sources of additional capital in the future to fund our growth and expansion through additional equity or debt financing or credit facilities. There is no assurance that we will be able to meet our working capital requirements through the private placement of equity or debt or from any other source.

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue of $895,000 consists of amounts billed and collected before services related to registered links previously sold by the Company (“Registered Links”) have been completed. During 2019 deferred revenue was reclassified to other payables due by the Company which as exited the business of installing registered links. The Company intends to relieve the liability through a combination of exchanges for common and preferred stock and cash.

Repurchase of Registered Links

During 2019 and 2018, the Company refunded the purchase price of one Registered Link for a total cash payment of $35,000, respectively, for the return of the Registered Link and elimination of related obligations. Wytec, at its sole discretion, has at times refunded the purchase price of Registered Links before the Registered Links were installed and absent the acceptance of repurchase under a Registered Link buy-back offering of Series B Preferred Stock and warrants. This action resulted in a corresponding reduction of unearned revenue.

Going Concern

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable to a going concern, which contemplate the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. We have incurred continuous losses from operations, have an accumulated deficit of $20,118,169 at December 31, 2019, and have reported negative cash flows from operations over the last six years. In addition, we do not currently have the cash resources to meet our operating commitments for the next twelve months. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, and complications frequently encountered by entrance into established markets and the competitive nature in which we operate.

Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to generate sufficient cash from operations to meet our cash needs and/or to raise funds to finance ongoing operations and repay debt. However, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in our efforts to raise additional debt or equity capital and/or that our cash generated by our operations will be adequate to meet our needs. These factors, among others, indicate that we may be unable to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results or operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

We have reviewed the standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) through December 31, 2019 and which are not yet effective. No new accounting standards will impact the Company.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

WYTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 AND 2018

CONTENTS

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

Wytec International, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Wytec International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) as of December 31, 2019 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Going Concern Matter

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note B to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a net capital deficiency that raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note B. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ MaloneBailey, LLP

www.malonebailey.com

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2019.

Houston, Texas

June 29, 2020

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Wytec International, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Wytec International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") as of December 31, 2018, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' (deficit), and cash flows for the one-year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "consolidated financial statements"). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

The Company's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note B to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has insufficient working capital and a stockholders' deficit, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans regarding those matters also are described in Note B. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

/s/ Akin, Doherty, Ken & Feuge                 

Akin, Doherty, Ken & Feuge. P.C.

San Antonio, Texas

April 11, 2019

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2016.

WYTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

WYTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

WYTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT)

WYTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) (CONTINUED)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

WYTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

WYTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE A – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Description of Business and Principles of Consolidation: Wytec International, Inc., a Nevada corporation incorporated on November 7, 2011 (“Wytec”), designs, manufactures, and installs carrier-class Wi-Fi Solutions in the 70 and 80 gigahertz licensed frequency program to local government, Mobile Service Operations, National Telecommunications Operators, and corporate enterprises. The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Wytec and its subsidiaries, Wylink, Inc., Wytec, LLC, and Capaciti Networks, Inc. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Wylink Inc., a Texas corporation and wholly owned subsidiary, was until January 2016 engaged in the sale of Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) registered links participating in the 70 and 80 gigahertz licensed frequency program (the “Program”). The Program allows qualified individuals to own a segment of the “backhaul” infrastructure of Wytec’s city-wide business deployment. Wylink Inc. has assigned all of its link related contract to Wytec and Wytec plans to wind up and dissolve Wylink Inc. in the near future.

Wytec, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, formed September 7, 2012 and previously managed by General Patent Corporation (“GPC”), owns five expired patents focused on high capacity millimeter wave technology. On September 20, 2016, General Patent Corporation, the then Managing Partner of Wytec, LLC, assigned its partial ownership in the patents to Wytec, thereby terminating its role as Managing Partner. Wytec, LLC was wound up and dissolved in April 2020 and its assets and liabilities were assumed by Wytec.

Capaciti Networks, Inc. (“Capaciti”), a Texas corporation, was engaged in the sale of wired and wireless services, including products, wireless data cards, back office platform and rate plans to their commercial and enterprise clients. Capaciti is in the process of winding up and dissolving. Its assets and liabilities will be assumed by Wytec.

Collectively, Wytec and its subsidiaries, are referred to as “we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Company.”

Basis of Accounting: The accompanying financial statements have been prepared by the Company’s management in accordance with U. S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and applied on a consistent basis.

Revenue and Cost Recognition. On January 1, 2018, Wytec International, Inc. adopted the revenue standards of Financial Accounting Standards Board Update No. 2014-09: “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” The core principle of the revenue model is that revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of a good or service. A customer obtains control when it has the ability to direct the use of and obtain the benefits from the good or service. Revenue is recognized in accordance with that core principle by applying the following five steps: 1) identify the contract with a customer; 2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; 3) determine the transaction price; 4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations; and 5) recognize revenue when (or as) we satisfy a performance obligation. We implemented this standard using the modified retrospective method. While adoption of this standard required additional disclosures, adoption did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and no adjustments were made to prior periods.

Revenues from the sale and installation of Cel-fi systems, including fixed wireless, SmartDAS, and 4G LTE, totaled $358,149 in 2019 and $261,186 in 2018. Our contracts for the sale of Cel-Fi systems generally include three identified performance obligations: (i) sales of equipment, (ii) sales of installation services, and (iii) sales of testing, commissioning and integration services. The performance obligation for the sale of equipment is deemed to be satisfied on the date the customer takes physical possession of the equipment and has control of the equipment. For installation, testing, commissioning and integration services, the Company measures progress toward complete satisfaction of the performance obligations ratably as the services are performed.

Revenues from network and other services including fixed wireless services totaled $47,319 in 2019 and $44,526 in 2018. Network service revenues are recognized each month as services are rendered.

Revenue on sales of FCC registered links is recognized once the link has been registered on behalf of the customer and the necessary equipment has been installed and is ready for use. Revenue is not recognized on the link sales until the link construction is completed and the link has been placed in service. Amounts collected prior to completion of all obligations to the customer are recorded as deferred revenue. No revenues for the sale of FCC registered links was recorded in 2019 or 2018.

Any deposits received from a customer prior to delivery of the purchased product or monies paid to us prior to the period for which a service is provided are accounted for as deferred revenue on the balance sheet.

Sales tax is recorded on a net basis and excluded from revenue.

The Company generally provides a one-year warranty on its products for materials and workmanship but may provide multiple year warranties as negotiated, and will pass on the warranties from its vendors, if any, which generally covers this one year period. In accordance with ASC 450-20-25, the Company accrues for product warranties when the loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated.  At December 31, 2019, the Company has no product warranty accrual given the Company’s de minimis historical financial warranty experience.

Cash and Cash Equivalents: The Company considers all bank deposits and short-term securities with an original purchase maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: The allowance for doubtful accounts is evaluated on a regular basis through periodic reviews of the collectability of the receivables in light of historical experience, adverse situations that may affect our customers' ability to repay, and prevailing economic conditions. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available. Accounts receivable are determined to be past due based on how recently payments have been received and those considered uncollectible are charged against the allowance account in the period they are deemed uncollectible. No allowance for trade accounts receivable was determined to be necessary at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018. 

Construction in Process: The cost of equipment and materials purchased, and contract labor incurred, for the construction of network, plant property and equipment, and the installation of registered links on behalf of customers are held in construction in process until construction is completed. No depreciation or amortization is applied to construction in process. Once construction is complete and network element is placed in service, the costs are either capitalized or expensed as cost of goods sold as appropriate.

Property and Equipment: Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the estimated useful lives of the related assets, generally ranging from five to ten years. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to costs and expensed as incurred, while expenditures for renewal and betterments are capitalized. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the remaining term of the lease. Upon retirement or replacement, the cost of capitalized assets and the related accumulated depreciation and amortization is eliminated with the resulting gain or loss recognized.

Operating Leases Right-of-use Assets and Operating Lease Obligations: In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)." This update requires that a lessee recognize in the statement of financial position a liability representing lease obligations and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For leases with an initial term of 12 months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset not to recognize lease assets and lease obligations. Similar to current guidance, the update continues to differentiate between finance leases and operating leases, however, this distinction now primarily relates to differences in the manner of expense recognition over time and in the classification of lease payments in the statement of cash flows. The updated guidance leaves the accounting for leases by lessors largely unchanged from existing GAAP. The guidance became effective for us on January 1, 2019. As a lessee, this standard primarily impacted our accounting for leased facilities and office equipment, for which we recognized right-of-use assets of $510,675 and a corresponding lease obligation of $510,675 on our consolidated balance sheet upon adoption of ASU No. 2016-02, and right-of-use-assets of $18,323 and a corresponding lease obligation of $18,323 during the year ended December 31, 2019.

We adopted obligations on these provisions on January 1, 2019 using the optional transition method that permits us to apply the new disclosure requirements in 2019 and continue to present comparative period information as required under FASB ASC Topic 840, "Leases." We did not have a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated deficit at the date of adoption. We elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which, among other things, allowed us to exclude leases with an initial term of 12 months or less from the right-of-use assets and obligations. Adoption of the standards had no impact on results of operations or liquidity.

If we determine that an arrangement is or contains a lease, we recognize a right-of-use (ROU) asset and lease obligation at the commencement date of the lease. ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease obligations represent our lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and obligations are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Impairment of Assets: The Company reviews the carrying value of construction in process and property and equipment for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. In cases where undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to an amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of assets. The factors considered by management in performing this assessment include current operating results, trends, and prospects, as well as the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition, and other economic factors. Useful lives are periodically evaluated to determine whether events or circumstances have occurred which indicate the need to revise the useful lives.

During the course of a strategic review of its assets, the Company assessed the recoverability of the carrying value of certain fixed assets and construction in process, this resulted in impairment losses of $144,994 and $132,608 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. These losses reflect the amounts by which the carrying values of these assets exceed their estimated fair values determined by their estimated future discounted cash flows.

Deferred Revenue: Deferred revenue consists of amounts billed and collected before services have been completed. Such amounts are deferred until the revenue recognition requirements have been met. During 2019, $390,000 of deferred revenue obligations were relieved in exchange for the issuance of common stock and $35,000 refunded to one link holder. During 2018, $400,000 of deferred revenue obligations were relieved in exchange for the issuance of common stock and $35,000 was refunded to the customer. During 2019 deferred revenue was reclassified to other payables due by the Company which as exited the business of installing registered links. The Company intends to relieve the liability through a combination of exchanges for common or preferred stock and cash.

Income Taxes: The provision for income taxes is computed using the asset and liability method, under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and for operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates that apply to taxable income in effect for the years in which those tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be realized.

The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such positions are then measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon settlement.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments: The Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses. The recorded values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values based on their short-term nature.

The Company measures its financial assets and liabilities in accordance with the requirements of FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The Company utilizes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurements, defined as follows:

Level 1: inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets

Level 2: inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instruments.

Level 3: inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value

Concentrations of Credit Risk: Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of temporary cash investments. The Company maintains cash deposits with financial institutions and limits the amount of credit exposure to any one financial institution. Deposits with financial institutions may on occasion exceed the federally insured limits. The Company periodically assesses the financial institutions and believes the risk of any loss is minimal.

Government Regulations: The Company is subject to federal, state and local provisions regulating the discharge of materials into the environment. Management believes that its current practices and procedures for the control and disposition of such wastes comply with applicable federal, state and local requirements.

Income (loss) per share: basic is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of stock outstanding during the year, including shares issuable without additional consideration. Diluted – assuming dilution is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year adjusted for the effect of dilutive potential shares from options and warrants calculated using the treasury stock method and the if-converted method for preferred stock. Potentially dilutive shares of common stock will be excluded from diluted net loss per common share because the impact of such inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

Subsequent Events: Subsequent events have been evaluated by management through the inclusion of this financial statement in the filing of Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Material subsequent events, if any, are disclosed in a separate footnote to these financial statements.

Use of Estimates: The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U. S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:  Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU No. 2018-07, Compensation – Stock Based Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“ASU 2018-07”), which aligns accounting for share-based payments issued to nonemployees to that of employees under the existing guidance of Topic 718, with certain exceptions. This update supersedes previous guidance for equity-based payments to nonemployees under Subtopic 505-50, Equity – Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. The adoption of ASU 2018-07 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

NOTE B – GOING CONCERN

The consolidated financial statements are prepared using U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which contemplate the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has incurred continuous losses from operations, has an accumulated deficit of $20,118,169 at December 31, 2019, and reported cash used by operations of $2,620,130 for the year ended December 31, 2019, all of which raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.. In addition, the Company expects to have ongoing requirements for capital investment to implement its business plan. Finally, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern must be considered in light of the problems, expenses and complications frequently encountered by entrance into established markets and the competitive environment in which it operates.

Since inception, operations have primarily been funded through private equity financing. Management expects to continue to seek additional funding through private or public equity sources and will seek debt financing. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is ultimately dependent on its ability to generate sufficient cash from operations to meet cash needs and/or to raise funds to finance ongoing operations and repay debt. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in these efforts. These factors, among others, indicate that the Company may be unable to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts, or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should it be unable to continue as a going concern.

NOTE C – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consist of the following:

NOTE D – WARRANTS

The Company has common stock purchase warrants outstanding at December 31, 2019 to purchase 2,383,256 shares of common stock exercisable until various dates through December 31, 2020. The warrants are exercisable at the following amounts and rates: 2,000,000 of which are exercisable at an exercise price of $1.00 per share and 383,256 of which are exercisable at an exercise price of $5.00 per share. As of December 2019, the intrinsic value of outstanding warrants is $8,000,000.

The following is a summary of activity and outstanding common stock warrants:

During 2018, 1,425,000 warrants were issued for non-employee compensation expense and 2,000,000 warrants were issued for executive compensation. The total expense recognized related to the issuances was $16,075 and these warrants were accounted for with the Black-Scholes option pricing model using a dividend yield of 0%, volatility of 40%, a risk-free rate of 2.00% and expected life ranging from one to twenty-four months. During 2018, 240,000 warrants were issued in connection with link exchanges. During 2019, 193,800 warrants were issued in connection with the issuance of common stock for cash with an exercise price of $5 and expiration date of December 31, 2020 and 140,000 warrants were issued in connection with link exchanges, with an exercise price of $5, 40,000 of which expired on June 30, 2019 and the remaining 100,000 warrants expired on December 31, 2019. During 2019, 114,820 warrants were exercised for cash proceeds of $574,100.

NOTE E – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share. The common stock does not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. Accordingly, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors may elect all of the directors standing for election. Subject to preferential rights with respect to any series of preferred stock that may be issued, holders of the common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends as may be declared by the board of directors on the common stock out of funds legally available therefore and, in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of affairs, are entitled to share equally and ratably in all the remaining assets and funds. During the year ended December 31, 2019, there were 193,800 shares of common stock issued for cash proceeds of $969,000 at the price of $5.00 per share; 120,000 shares of common stock issued in exchange for deferred revenue of $390,000; 114,820 shares of common stock issued from exercise of warrants; and 28,526 shares of common stock issued for stock based compensation of $142,630.

Series A preferred stock is nonvoting capital stock but may be converted into voting common stock. Each share of series A preferred stock is convertible at the option of the holder at any time after the issuance into one share of common stock, subject to adjustment from time to time in the event (i) the Company subdivides or combines its outstanding common stock into a greater or smaller number of shares, including stock splits and stock dividends; or (ii) of a reorganization or reclassification of common stock, the consolidation or merger with or into another company, the sale, conveyance or other transfer of substantially all of the Company assets to another corporation or other similar event, whereby securities or other assets are issuable or distributable to the holders of the outstanding common stock upon the occurrence of any such event; or (iii) of the issuance to the holders of Company common stock of securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, such shares of common stock.

Each outstanding share of series A preferred stock will automatically convert into one share of common stock (a) if the common stock commences public trading on the NASDAQ capital market or better, (b) if the series A preferred stockholder receives distributions from the net profits pool equal to the original purchase price paid for their registered links, or (c) five years after the date of issuance of the series A preferred stock. The Company does not have any other right to require a conversion of the series A preferred stock into common stock. The Company does not have the option to redeem outstanding shares of series A preferred stock. A holder of the series A preferred stock has no preemptive rights to subscribe for any additional shares of any class of stock or for any issue of bonds, notes or other securities convertible into any class of stock. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up whether voluntary or otherwise, after payment of debts and other liabilities, the holders of the series A preferred stock will be entitled to receive from the remaining net assets, before any distribution to the holders of the common stock, the amount of $1.50 per share. After payment of the liquidation preference to the holders of series A preferred stock and payment of any other distributions that may be required with respect to any other series of preferred stock, the remaining assets, if any, will be distributed ratably to the holders of the common stock and the holders of the series A preferred stock on an as-if converted basis.

The series B preferred stock is voting capital stock. The holders of the series B preferred stock will vote on an as-converted basis with the common stock on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders. The holders of the series B preferred stock are not entitled to any dividends unless and until the series B preferred stock is converted into common stock. Each share of series B preferred stock is convertible at the option of the holder at any time after issuance into one share of common stock, subject to adjustment from time to time in the event (i) the Company subdivides or combines into outstanding common stock into a greater or smaller number of shares, including stock splits and stock dividends; or (ii) of a reorganization or reclassification of common stock, the consolidation or merger with or into another company, the sale, conveyance or other transfer of substantially all of the Company assets to another corporation or other similar event, whereby securities or other assets are issuable or distributable to the holders of the outstanding common stock upon the occurrence of any such event; or (iii) of the issuance by us to the holders of common stock of securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, such shares of common stock.

Each outstanding share of series B preferred stock will automatically convert into one share of common stock at a conversion rate equal to the lesser of $3.00 per share or 75% of the average closing price of the Company’s common stock as quoted on the public securities trading market on which our common stock is then traded with the highest volume, for ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately after the first day of public trading of common stock if common stock commences public trading on the NASDAQ capital market or better, but in any event no less than $2.50 per share or at $3.00 per share five years after the date of issuance of the series B preferred stock. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up whether voluntary or otherwise, after payment of debts and other liabilities, the holders of the series B preferred stock will be entitled to receive from the remaining net assets, before any distribution to the holders of the common stock, and pari pasu with the payment of a liquidation preference of $1.50 per share to the holders of the series A preferred stock, the amount of $3.00 per share. After payment of the liquidation preference to the holders of the series A preferred stock and the series B preferred stock, and payment of any other distribution that may be required with respect to any other series of preferred stock, the remaining assets, if any, will be distributed ratably to the holders of the common stock, the holders of the series A preferred stock, and the holders of the series B preferred stock on an as-if converted basis.

The series C preferred stock is voting capital stock. For so long as any shares of the series C preferred stock remain issued and outstanding, the holders thereof, voting separately as a class, shall have the right, on or after July 20, 2016, to vote in an amount equal to 51% of the total vote (representing a super majority voting power) with respect to all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of Wytec. Such vote shall be determined by the holder(s) of a majority of the then issued and outstanding shares of series C preferred stock. For example, if there are 10,000 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding at the time of such shareholder vote, the holders of the series C preferred stock, voting separately as a class, will have the right to vote an aggregate of 10,408 shares, out of a total number of 20,408 shares voting.

Additionally, the Company is prohibited from adopting any amendments to the Company’s bylaws or articles of incorporation, as amended, making any changes to the certificate of designation establishing the series C preferred stock, or effecting any reclassification of the series C preferred stock, without the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding shares of series C preferred stock. The Company may, however, by any means authorized by law and without any vote of the holders of shares of series C preferred stock, make technical, corrective, administrative or similar changes to such certificate of designation that do not, individually or in the aggregate, adversely affect the rights or preferences of the holders of shares of series C preferred stock.

The holders of the series C preferred stock are not entitled to any dividends. Holders of the series C preferred stock have no conversion rights. The shares of the series C preferred stock shall be automatically redeemed by us at their par value on the first to occur of the following: (i) on the date that Mr. Gray ceases, for any reason, to serve as officer, director or consultant of Wytec, or (ii) on the date that our shares of common stock first trade on any national securities exchange provided that the listing rules of any such exchange prohibit preferential voting rights of a class of securities of Wytec, or listing on any such national securities exchange is conditioned upon the elimination of the preferential voting rights of the series C preferred stock set forth in the certificate of designation. A holder of the series C preferred stock has no preemptive rights to subscribe for any additional shares of any class of stock of Wytec or for any issue of bonds, notes or other securities convertible into any class of stock of Wytec. The holders of the Series C Preferred Stock are not entitled to any liquidation preference.

NOTE F – INCOME TAXES

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows at:

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”) was enacted. The Tax Act includes, among other items, a reduction of the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018. The Tax Act made broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code. As the Company records a full valuation allowance to offset deferred tax assets, no income statement impact occurred. 

The Company has net operating loss carryforwards for tax purposes of approximately $18.3 million for the year 2019 that begin to expire in the year 2032. Management has reviewed its net deferred asset position, and due to the history of operating losses has determined that the application of a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax asset at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 is warranted. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had not accrued any interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions. Tax returns filed for the years 2016 through 2019 are open for examination by taxing authorities.

The Company does not have a liability for state taxes at either December 31, 2019 or December 31, 2018.

The federal income tax benefit expected by the application of the corporate income tax rates to pre-tax net loss differs from the actual benefit recognized due to the valuation allowance recorded for 2019 and 2018.

NOTE G – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company has an account payable balance owed to Richardson & Associates in the amount of $76,280. Mark Richardson is the owner of Richardson & Associates and he was appointed as a director of Wytec International, Inc. in September 2019.

NOTE H – LEASES

The Company has entered into multiple rooftop lease agreements for the placement of equipment used in the build out of the Company’s millimeter wave network. The monthly lease payments range from $100 to $575 per month and the leases expire from 2018 to 2024. Rent expense for these leases totaled approximately $77,588 for the year ended December 31, 2018, and $74,960 for the year ended December 31, 2019. Total rent expense for office space, equipment storage space and rooftop equipment placement was $191,472 and $155,288 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The weighted average remaining lease term is 2.93 years and the weighted average discount rate is 5.50% as of December 31, 2019.

As of December 31, 2019, the future minimum lease payments are as follows:

NOTE I – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

During the first quarter of 2020, Wytec sold $625,000 of 7% promissory notes and issued 62,500 common stock purchase warrants to one investor. These warrants are exercisable on a cashless basis at an exercise price of $5.00 per share at any time until March 31, 2021, unless the Notes are extended beyond March 31, 2021, in which case the warrants may be exercised until the maturity date of the Notes.

During the first quarter of 2020, Wytec issued 554 shares of common stock to one vendor for services.

During the first quarter of 2020, Wytec issued 10,000 shares of common stock to a former employee.

During Second quarter of 2020, Wytec issued 40,000 shares of common stock as exchange for Series A stock for one stockholder.

During the first quarter of 2020, Wytec issued 20,000. shares of common stock and 20,000 common stock purchase warrants to two investors pursuant to Wytec’s offering of units under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D of the Securities Act, each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one common stock purchase warrant at a purchase price of $5.00 per unit,. These warrants are exercisable for cash until December 31, 2021 at an exercise price equal to the greater of (i) $5.00 or (ii) 85% of the average closing price of our common stock as quoted on the public securities trading market on which our common stock is then traded with the highest volume, for ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately prior to the date of exercise.

During the second quarter of 2020, Wytec issued 920 shares of common stock to one vendor for services.

Effective January 30, 2020, William H. Gray resigned as the chief financial officer of the Company and Donna Ward was appointed as the chief financial officer of the Company.

Effective April 30, 2020, Robert Merola resigned as an officer and director of the Company.

Effective April 30, 2020, William H. Gray was appointed as the president of the Company.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer during the year ended December 31, 2019, William Gray, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the end of the period covered by this Report. Based on that evaluation, Mr. Gray concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective, which are discussed below in more detail, in timely alerting him to material information relating to us required to be included in our periodic SEC filings and in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The conclusion that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective was due to the presence of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as identified below under the heading “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.” Management anticipates that such disclosure controls and procedures will not be effective until the material weaknesses are remediated.

Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error or fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Due to the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. To address the material weaknesses, we performed additional analysis and other post-closing procedures in an effort to ensure our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this report fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Based upon this evaluation, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2019 for the following reasons.

We intend to rectify these weaknesses by implementing an independent board of directors and hiring additional accounting personnel once we have additional resources to do so.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting through the date of this report or during the quarter ended December 31, 2019, that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

No Attestation Report by Independent Registered Accountant

The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019 have not been audited by our independent registered public accounting firm by virtue of our exemption from such requirement as a smaller reporting company.

Item 9B. Other Information.

None.

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance.

The members of the board of directors of the Company will serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders, or until their successors have been elected. The officers serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. Officers are elected by the board of directors and their terms of office are, except to the extent governed by employment contract, at the discretion of the board. Information as to the directors and executive officers of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Wytec is as follows:

Duties, Responsibilities, and Experience

William H. Gray has been the chairman and chief executive officer of Wytec since November 2011, the president of Wytec since April 2020, a director of Competitive Companies, Inc., a Nevada corporation and the former parent company of Wytec (“CCI”) since November 2008, and the chief executive officer, president, and chief financial officer of CCI since February 10, 2009. Mr. Gray was the president of Wytec from November 2011 to September 2019, the chief financial officer of Wytec from November 2011 to January 2020, and the corporate secretary of Wytec from November 2011 to April 2014 and again from November 2015 to February 2019. Mr. Gray was the secretary of CCI from February 2009 to April 2014 and again since July 2015. Mr. Gray has over 19 years of experience in the planning, development, and implementation of wide area networks in both wired and wireless configurations. As the president and chief executive officer of Wireless Wisconsin, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CCI, he developed one of the state’s first internet service providers (“ISPs”) to enter into the internet industry by forming and developing a statewide telecommunications network in the state of Wisconsin starting in 1995. Wireless Wisconsin, LLC later became one of the first ISP’s to become a competitive local exchange carrier (“CLEC”) in the state of Wisconsin.

Donna Ward, has been the chief financial officer of Wytec since January 2020 and the corporate secretary and a director of Wytec since September 2019. From May 2019 until January 2020, she was the financial accountant for Wytec. From May 2018 until joining Wytec in May 2019, she was an independent accounting consultant for private business. From August 2006 to April 2018 she was a tax accountant with the Tax Department for Valero Energy Corporatinin San Antonio, Texas, where her responsibilities included preparing and filing multistate motor fuel tax returns, amended tax returns, and completing federal electronic tax payments, preparing federal corporate income tax returns, state corporate income and franchise tax returns, and state corporate annual returns. From October 1998 to August 2006, she was a staff accountant for various companies including Albuquerque Tax Advisors, Inc. (June 2002 to August 2006 and October 1998 to June 2000), Alamo Door Systems (September 2001 to February 2002), and Alamo Area Council-Boy Scouts of America (July 2000 to September 2001). Ms. Ward received a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Ashford University in 2011 and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, as well as a BS in Business Adminsitration from Ashford University in 2010.

Mark J. Richardson, age 66, has been a director of Wytec since September 2019. He has been a securities lawyer since he graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1978. He practiced as an associate and partner in large law firms until 1993, when he established his own practice under the name Richardson & Associates. He has been the principal securities counsel on a variety of equity and debt placements for corporations, partnerships, and real estate companies. His practice includes public and private offerings, venture capital placements, debt restructuring, compliance with federal and state securities laws, representation of publicly traded companies, Nasdaq and FINRA filings, corporate law, partnerships, joint ventures, mergers, asset acquisitions, and stock purchase agreements. As a partner in a major international law firm in the 1980’s, Mr. Richardson participated in the leveraged buyout and recapitalization of a well-known producer of animated programming for children, financed by Prudential Insurance and Bear Stearns, Inc. He was also instrumental in restructuring the public debentures of a real estate company without resorting to a bankruptcy proceeding. From 1986 to 1993 Mr. Richardson was a contributing author to State Limited Partnerships Laws – California Practice Guide, Prentice Hall Law and Business. Prior to receiving his juris doctor degree cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 1978, Mr. Richardson received a bachelor of science degree summa cum laude in Conservation from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources in 1975, where he earned the Bankstrom Prize for academic excellence and achieved Phi Beta Kappa honors. Mr. Richardson is an active member of the California State Bar Associations, including the Section on Corporations, Business and Finance. Richardson & Associates is outside corporate legal counsel for the Company.

No officer or director is required to make any specific amount or percentage of his business time available to us. Each of our officers intends to devote such amount of his or her time to our affairs as is required or deemed appropriate by us.

Election of Directors and Officers

Directors are elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified. Officers are appointed to serve until the meeting of the board of directors following the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

No executive officer or director of the Company has been the subject of any order, judgment, or decree of any Court of competent jurisdiction, or any regulatory agency permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting him from acting as an investment advisor, underwriter, broker or dealer in the securities industry, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of an investment company, bank, savings and loan association, or insurance company, or from engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with any such activity or in connection with the purchase or sale of any securities.

No executive officer or director of the Company has been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations) or is the subject of a criminal proceeding which is currently pending.

Neither the Company nor any of the current executive officers or directors of the Company are the subject of any pending material legal proceedings.

Limitation of Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

Under Nevada General Corporation Law and our articles of incorporation, our directors will have no personal liability to us or our stockholders for monetary damages incurred as the result of the breach or alleged breach by a director of his “duty of care.” This provision does not apply to the directors’ (i) acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable violation of law, (ii) acts or omissions that a director believes to be contrary to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director, (iii) approval of any transaction from which a director derives an improper personal benefit, (iv) acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the director’s duty to the corporation or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director was aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing a director’s duties, of a risk of serious injury to the corporation or its shareholders, (v) acts or omissions that constituted an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director’s duty to the corporation or its shareholders, or (vi) approval of an unlawful dividend, distribution, stock repurchase or redemption. This provision would generally absolve directors of personal liability for negligence in the performance of duties, including gross negligence.

The effect of this provision in our articles of incorporation is to eliminate the rights of Wytec and our stockholders (through stockholder’s derivative suits on behalf of Wytec) to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of his fiduciary duty of care as a director (including breaches resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior) except in the situations described in clauses (i) through (vi) above. This provision does not limit nor eliminate the rights of Wytec or any stockholder to seek non-monetary relief such as an injunction or rescission in the event of a breach of a director’s duty of care. In addition, our Articles of Incorporation provide that if Nevada law is amended to authorize the future elimination or limitation of the liability of a director, then the liability of the directors will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the law, as amended. Nevada General Corporation Law grants corporations the right to indemnify their directors, officers, employees and agents in accordance with applicable law. Our bylaws provide for indemnification of such persons to the full extent allowable under applicable law. These provisions will not alter the liability of the directors under federal securities laws.

We intend to enter into agreements to indemnify our directors and officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in our bylaws. These agreements, among other things, indemnify our directors and officers for certain expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and settlement amounts incurred by any such person in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of Wytec, arising out of such person’s services as a director or officer of Wytec, any subsidiary of Wytec or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the request of Wytec. We believe that these provisions and agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified directors and officers.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling Wytec pursuant to the foregoing provisions, Wytec has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Board Committees

Director Independence. The board of directors has analyzed the independence of each director and has concluded that currently no director is considered an independent director in accordance with the director independence standards of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) the NYSE Amex Equities or the NASDAQ Capital Market.

Audit Committee. Currently, we do not have an audit committee. Until a formal committee is established, the board of directors will perform the necessary functions of an audit committee, such as: recommending an independent registered public accounting firm to audit the annual financial statements; reviewing the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm; review of the financial statements and other required regulatory financial reporting; and reviewing management’s policies and procedures in connection with its internal control over financial reporting.

Additionally, we do not have a financial expert. We believe the cost related to retaining a financial expert at this time is prohibitive. At such time the Company has the financial resources, a financial expert will be appointed.

Compensation Committee. We currently do not have a compensation committee of the board of directors. Until a formal committee is established, our board of directors will review all forms of compensation provided to our executive officers, directors, consultants and employees, including stock compensation. The board makes all compensation decisions for the Executives and approves recommendation regarding equity awards to all elected officers of Wytec. Decisions regarding the non-equity compensation of other executive officers are made by the board.

Nominating Committee. We do not have a nominating committee or nominating committee charter. Our board of directors performs some of the functions associated with a nominating committee. We elected not to have a nominating committee during the year ended December 31, 2019 because we had limited operations and resources.

Director Nomination Procedures. Generally, nominees for directors are identified and suggested by the members of the board or management using their business networks. The board has not retained any executive search firms or other third parties to identify or evaluate director candidates in the past and does not intend to in the near future. In selecting a nominee for director, the board or management considers the following criteria:

The board or management has not established any specific minimum qualifications that a candidate for director must meet in order to be recommended for board membership. Rather, the board or management will evaluate the mix of skills and experience that the candidate offers, consider how a given candidate meets the board’s current expectations with respect to each such criterion and make a determination regarding whether a candidate should be recommended to the stockholders for election as a director. During 2018, the Company received no recommendation for directors from its stockholders.

Report of the Board of Directors

Our board of directors has reviewed and discussed our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 with senior management. The board of directors has also discussed with MaloneBailey, LLP, (“MB”), our independent auditors, the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 1301, “Communications with Audit Committees”, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and received the written disclosures and the letter from MB required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Board of Directors concerning independence and have discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm its independence.

Our board of directors has reviewed and discussed our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 with senior management. The board of directors has also discussed with Akin, Doherty, Klein & Feuge, (“ADKF”), our prior independent auditors, the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 1301, “Communications with Audit Committees”, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and received the written disclosures and the letter from ADKF required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Board of Directors concerning independence and have discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm its independence.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

William H. Gray

Donna Ward

Mark Richardson

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of our previous or future filings under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that might incorporate this report in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in whole or in part, the foregoing report shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any such filing.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), requires executive officers and directors, and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent of an issuer’s common stock, which has been registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the SEC. Executive officers, directors and greater-than-ten-percent beneficial owners are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based upon a review of the copies of such forms furnished to us and written representations from our executive officers and directors, we believe that as of December 31, 2019, they were current in their filings.

Code of Conduct

We have adopted a code of conduct that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees. The text of the code of conduct has been posted on our internet website and can be viewed at http://www.Wytec International.com. Any waiver of the provisions of the Code of Conduct for executive officers and directors may be made only by the audit committee and, in the case of a waiver for members of the audit committee, by the board of directors. Any such waivers will be promptly disclosed to our shareholders.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

The following Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes the material elements of compensation for the executive officers identified in the Summary Compensation Table (“Named Executive Officers”), and executive officers that we may hire in the future. As more fully described below, our board of directors makes all decisions for the total direct compensation of our executive officers, including the Named Executive Officers. We do not have a compensation committee, so all decisions with respect to management compensation are made by the whole board.

Compensation Program Objectives and Rewards

Our compensation philosophy is based on the premise of attracting, retaining, and motivating exceptional leaders, setting high goals, working toward the common objectives of meeting the expectations of customers and stockholders, and rewarding outstanding performance. Following this philosophy, in determining executive compensation, we consider all relevant factors, such as the competition for talent, our desire to link pay with performance in the future, the use of equity to align executive interests with those of our stockholders, individual contributions, teamwork and performance, and each executive’s total compensation package. We strive to accomplish these objectives by compensating all executives with total compensation packages consisting of a combination of competitive base salary and, once we grow more and increase our staff, incentive compensation. Because of our small size and staff to date, we have not yet adopted a management equity incentive plan, nor have we yet used equity incentives as part of our management compensation policy.

While we have not hired at the executive level significantly since inception because our business has not grown sufficiently to justify increasing staff, we expect to grow and hire in the future. Our Named Executive Officers have been with us for many years and their compensation has basically been static, based primarily on levels at which we can afford to retain them, and their responsibilities and individual contributions. To date, we have not applied a formal compensation program to determine the compensation of the Named Executives. In the future, as we and our management team expand, our board of directors expects to add independent members, form a compensation committee comprised of independent directors, adopt a management equity incentive plan and apply the compensation philosophy and policies described in this section of the Registration Statement.

The primary purpose of the compensation and benefits described below is to attract, retain and motivate highly talented individuals when we do hire, who will engage in the behaviors necessary to enable us to succeed in our mission while upholding our values in a highly competitive marketplace. Different elements are designed to engender different behaviors, and the actual incentive amounts which may be awarded to each Named Executive Officer are subject to the annual review of the board of directors. The following is a brief description of the key elements of our planned executive compensation structure.

Benchmarking

We have not yet adopted benchmarking but may do so in the future. When making compensation decisions, our board of directors may compare each element of compensation paid to our Named Executive Officers against a report showing comparable compensation metrics from a group that includes both publicly-traded and privately-held companies. Our board believes that while such peer group benchmarks are a point of reference for measurement, they are not necessarily a determining factor in setting executive compensation as each executive officer’s compensation relative to the benchmark varies based on scope of responsibility and time in the position. We have not yet formally established our peer group for this purpose.

The Elements of Wytec’s Compensation Program

Base Salary

Executive officer base salaries are based on job responsibilities and individual contribution. The board reviews the base salaries of our executive officers, including our Named Executive Officers, considering factors such as corporate progress toward achieving objectives (without reference to any specific performance-related targets) and individual performance experience and expertise. None of our Named Executive Officers have employment agreements with us. Additional factors reviewed by the board of directors in determining appropriate base salary levels and raises include subjective factors related to corporate and individual performance. For the year ended December 31, 2019, all executive officer base salary decisions were approved by the board of directors.

Our board of directors determines base salaries for the Named Executive Officers at the beginning of each fiscal year, and the board proposes new base salary amounts, if appropriate, based on its evaluation of individual performance and expected future contributions. We do not have a 401(k) Plan, but if we adopt one in the future, we expect that base salary would be the only element of compensation that would be used in determining the amount of contributions permitted under the 401(k) Plan.

Incentive Compensation Awards

Although our executive officers have been paid bonuses on a case by case basis, our board of directors has not yet established a formal compensation policy for the determination of bonuses. If our revenue grows and bonuses become affordable and justifiable, we expect to use the following parameters in justifying and quantifying bonuses for our Named Executive Officers and other officers of Wytec: (1) the growth in our revenue, (2) the growth in our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, as adjusted (“EBITDA”), and (3) our stock price. The board has not adopted specific performance goals and target bonus amounts for any of its fiscal years, but may do so in the future.

Equity Incentive Awards

Our board has not yet adopted a management equity incentive plan and no stock options or other equity incentive awards have yet been made to any of our Named Executives or other officers or employees of Wytec other than a limited number of stock issuances made to two Named Executive and seven other employees of Wytec on December 20. 2019 which were not issued pursuant to a formal plan. As stated previously, in the future we plan to adopt a formal management equity incentive plan pursuant to which we plan to grant stock options and make restricted stock awards to members of management, which would not be assignable during the executive’s life, except for certain gifts to family members or trusts that benefit family members. These equity incentive awards, we believe, would motivate our employees to work to improve our business and stock price performance, thereby further linking the interests of our senior management and our stockholders. The board will consider several factors in determining whether awards are granted to an executive officer, including those previously described, as well as the executive’s position, his or her performance and responsibilities, and the amount of options or other awards, if any, currently held by the officer and their vesting schedule. Our policy will prohibit backdating options or granting them retroactively.

Benefits and Prerequisites

At this stage of our business we have limited benefits and no prerequisites for our employees other than health insurance and vacation benefits that are generally comparable to those offered by other small private and public companies or as may be required by applicable state employment laws. We recently established a 401(k) Plan for our Named Executive Officers and other employees. Under the 401(k) Plan, participating U.S. employees may defer a portion of their pre-tax earnings, up to the IRS annual contribution limit ($19,000 for calendar year 2019). We match 0% to 100% of each employee’s contributions.

Separation and Change in Control Arrangements

We do not have any employment agreements with our Named Executive Officers or any other executive officer or employee of Wytec. None of them are eligible for specific benefits or payments if their employment or engagement terminates in a separation or if there is a change of control.

Our Anticipated Compensation Program

We are currently in the process of determining the compensation programs we anticipate implementing for our senior executives, including our Named Executive Officers.

Executive Officer Compensation

The following table summarizes compensation paid or accrued by us for the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019 for services rendered in all capacities, by our chief executive officer and our other most highly compensated executive officers during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.