ZYNEX INC - Quarter Report: 2009 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
, D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
[X]
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For
the quarterly period ended
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September
30, 2009
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OR
[ ]
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the transition period
from _______ to _______
Commission
file number 33-26787-D
Zynex,
Inc.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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NEVADA
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90-0214497
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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8022
SOUTHPARK CIRCLE, STE 100
LITTLETON,
COLORADO
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80120
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(303)
703-4906
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(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area
code)
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(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes þ No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if
any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to
Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12
months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit
and post such files). Yes ¨ No ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated
filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
One):
Large
accelerated filer ¨
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Accelerated
filer ¨
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Non-accelerated
filer ¨
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Smaller
reporting company þ
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(Do
not check if a smaller reporting
company)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No þ
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class
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Shares
Outstanding as of November 02, 2009
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Common
Stock, par value $0.001
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30,387,804
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ZYNEX,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
INDEX
TO FORM 10-Q
PART I - FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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Page
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Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2009 (unaudited) and
December 31, 2008
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3
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine
months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008
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4
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009
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5
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended
September 30,
2009 and 2008
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6
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Unaudited
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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7
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Item
2.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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18
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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25
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Item
4T.
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Controls
and Procedures
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25
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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26
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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26
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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27
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Signatures
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28
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PART I - FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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ZYNEX,
INC AND SUBSIDIARY
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CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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September
30,
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December
31,
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|||||||
2009
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2008
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(unaudited)
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ASSETS
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Current
Assets:
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Cash
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$ | 239,396 | $ | - | ||||
Accounts
receivable, net
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6,092,799 | 5,614,996 | ||||||
Inventory
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2,145,293 | 2,209,600 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses
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20,427 | 73,324 | ||||||
Deferred
tax asset
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785,000 | 648,000 | ||||||
Other
current assets
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177,588 | 70,032 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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9,460,503 | 8,615,952 | ||||||
Property
and equipment, net
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2,415,345 | 2,096,394 | ||||||
Deferred
financing fees, net
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52,109 | 71,650 | ||||||
$ | 11,927,957 | $ | 10,783,996 | |||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
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Current
Liabilities:
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Bank
overdraft
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$ | - | $ | 112,825 | ||||
Current
portion of notes payable and other obligations
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1,131,296 | 1,818,059 | ||||||
Loans
from stockholder
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- | 24,854 | ||||||
Accounts
payable
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731,144 | 1,037,205 | ||||||
Income
taxes payable
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1,175,644 | 670,000 | ||||||
Accrued
payroll and payroll taxes
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432,028 | 292,562 | ||||||
Other
accrued liabilities
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920,583 | 1,511,126 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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4,390,695 | 5,466,631 | ||||||
Notes
payable and other obligations, less current portion
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91,391 | 115,287 | ||||||
Deferred
tax liability
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393,000 | 428,000 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
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4,875,086 | 6,009,918 | ||||||
Stockholders
Equity:
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Preferred
stock; $.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized,
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no
shares issued or outstanding
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- | - | ||||||
Common
stock, $.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized,
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30,387,804
(2009) and 29,871,041 (2008) shares issued and outstanding
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30,388 | 29,871 | ||||||
Paid-in
capital
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4,187,821
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3,676,621 | ||||||
Retained
earnings
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2,834,662
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1,067,586 | ||||||
Total
stockholders equity
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7,052,871 | 4,774,078 | ||||||
$ | 11,927,957 | $ | 10,783,996 |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements
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ZYNEX,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
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CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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(UNAUDITED)
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Three
Months Ended
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Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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September
30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Net
revenue:
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Rental
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$ | 2,547,457 | $ | 2,164,827 | $ | 7,796,826 | $ | 6,057,794 | ||||||||
Sales
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2,143,258 | 1,043,505 | 5,472,811 | 2,779,719 | ||||||||||||
Provider
Settlement (See Note 9)
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- | (1,009,594 | ) | - | (1,009,594 | ) | ||||||||||
4,690,715 | 2,198,738 | 13,269,637 | 7,827,919 | |||||||||||||
Cost
of revenue:
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Rental
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345,640
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215,029 |
966,724
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431,257 | ||||||||||||
Sales
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551,588
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238,569 |
1,189,809
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757,267 | ||||||||||||
897,228 | 453,598 | 2,156,533 | 1,188,524 | |||||||||||||
Gross
profit
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3,793,487 | 1,745,140 | 11,113,104 | 6,639,395 | ||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expense
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2,906,657 | 2,636,228 | 7,783,784 | 6,269,396 | ||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from operations
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886,830 | (891,088 | ) | 3,329,320 | 369,999 | |||||||||||
Other
income (expense):
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Interest
income
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197 | 4,863 | 3,002 | 5,934 | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense
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(38,317 | ) | (6,965 | ) | (112,623 | ) | (30,604 | ) | ||||||||
Other
income (expense)
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- | (229 | ) | (1,175 | ) | 26,972 | ||||||||||
(Loss)
gain on value of derivative liability
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(25,070 | ) | - | 171,530 | - | |||||||||||
823,640 | (893,419 | ) | 3,390,054 | 372,301 | ||||||||||||
Income
tax expense (benefit)
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365,000 | (527,000 | ) | 1,272,000 | 220,000 | |||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
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$ | 458,640 | $ | (366,419 | ) | $ | 2,118,054 | $ | 152,301 | |||||||
Net
income (loss) per share:
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Basic
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$ | 0.02 | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.01 | |||||||
Diluted
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$ | 0.02 | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.00 | |||||||
Weighted
average number of common
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||||||||||||||||
shares
outstanding:
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Basic
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30,086,784 | 29,311,220 | 29,997,276 | 28,722,456 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
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30,282,030 | 29,311,220 | 30,223,547 | 30,576,626 |
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ZYNEX,
INC AND SUBSIDIARY
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CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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NINE
MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
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(UNAUDITED)
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Number
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Common
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Paid
in
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Retained
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Total
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of
Shares
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Stock
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Capital
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Earnings
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January
1, 2009
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29,871,041 | $ | 29,871 | $ | 3,676,621 | $ | 1,067,586 | $ | 4,774,078 | |||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of change
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in
accounting principle -
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January
1, 2009
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reclassification
of equity-
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linked
financial instrument
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to
derivative liability
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- | - | (87,085 | ) | (350,978 | ) | (438,063 | ) | ||||||||||||
Settlement of
derivative liability
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- | - | 266,534 | - | 266,534 | |||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock:
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for
option exercise
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100,000 | 100 | 31,900 | - | 32,000 | |||||||||||||||
for
option exercise from 2005 plan
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22,000 | 22 | 6,208 | - | 6,230 | |||||||||||||||
for
consulting services
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64,896 | 65 | 75,385 | - | 75,450 | |||||||||||||||
for
warrant exercise
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329,867 | 330 | 105,227 | - | 105,557 | |||||||||||||||
Employee
stock option expense
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- | - | 113,031 | - | 113,031 | |||||||||||||||
Net
income, nine months ended September 30, 2009
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- | - | - | 2,118,054 | 2,118,054 | |||||||||||||||
September
30, 2009
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30,387,804 | $ | 30,388 | $ | 4,187,821 | $ | 2,834,662 | $ | 7,052,871 |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements
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ZYNEX, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARY
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CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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(UNAUDITED)
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Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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2009
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2008
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
income
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$ | 2,118,054 | $ | 152,301 | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
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operating
activities:
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Depreciation
expense
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498,723 | 262,983 | ||||||
Provision
for provider discounts
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39,003,898 | 18,658,292 | ||||||
Provision
for losses in accounts receivable (uncollectibility)
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2,369,000 | 491,739 | ||||||
Amortization
of deferred consulting and financing fees
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19,540 | 5,525 | ||||||
Gain
on value of derivative liability
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(171,530 | ) | - | |||||
Issuance
of stock for consulting services
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75,450 | 66,370 | ||||||
Provision
for obsolete inventory
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152,000 | 114,000 | ||||||
Gain
on disposal of equipment
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- | (21,975 | ) | |||||
Employee
stock based compensation expense
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113,031 | 60,823 | ||||||
Deferred
tax benefit
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(172,000 | ) | (238,000 | ) | ||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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(41,850,701 | ) | (19,643,761 | ) | ||||
Inventory
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(87,693 | ) | (1,250,561 | ) | ||||
Prepaid
expenses
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52,898 | (69,743 | ) | |||||
Other
current assets
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(107,556 | ) | (18,696 | ) | ||||
Accounts
payable
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(306,061 | ) | 212,020 | |||||
Accrued
liabilities
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(451,073 | ) | 1,325,922 | |||||
Income
taxes payable
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505,644 | (42,000 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
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1,761,624 | 65,239 | ||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Proceeds
from disposal of equipment
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- | 47,000 | ||||||
Purchases
of equipment
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(817,674 | ) | (879,188 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(817,674 | ) | (832,188 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
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(Decrease)
increase in bank overdraft
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(112,825 | ) | 9,789 | |||||
Net
borrowings from (payments on) line of credit
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(681,598 | ) | 430,318 | |||||
Payments
on notes payable and capital leases
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(29,064 | ) | (281,053 | ) | ||||
Repayments
of loans from stockholder
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(24,854 | ) | (87,268 | ) | ||||
Issuance
of common stock
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143,787 | 695,163 | ||||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
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(704,554 | ) | 766,949 | |||||
Net
increase in cash and cash
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at
end of period
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$ | 239,396 | $ | - | ||||
Supplemental
cash flow information:
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Interest
paid
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$ | 112,623 | $ | 30,604 | ||||
Income
taxes paid (including interest and penalties)
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$ | 935,000 | $ | 500,000 |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements
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ZYNEX,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
September
30, 2009
(1) UNAUDITED CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The
condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared
by Zynex, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures
normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or
omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the Company believes
that the disclosures included herein are adequate to make the information
presented not misleading. A description of the Company’s accounting policies and
other financial information is included in the audited consolidated financial
statements as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. Amounts as of
December 31, 2008 are derived from those audited consolidated financial
statements.
In the
opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the
financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2009 and the results of
operations and cash flows for the periods presented. All such
adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The results of
operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 are not
necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for a full fiscal
year and cannot be used to indicate financial performance for the entire
year.
As
discussed and as presented in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008, the unaudited interim financial statements as of and for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2008 were restated.
The
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
Zynex, Inc. and Zynex Medical, Inc. for all of the periods presented. All
intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
The
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a
going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the
settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of
business.
The
Company is operating with emphasis on cash flow and remaining compliant with
covenants related to the line of credit. Management believes that its cash flow
projections for 2009 are achievable and, based on billings and collections in
the first nine months of 2009, that sufficient cash will be generated to meet
the loan covenants and the Company’s financial obligations and management
believes that the continued achievement of its plans will enable the Company to
continue as a going concern. The Company has developed a new model for analyzing
the collectability of accounts receivable. Management believes these changes
have enhanced the Company’s ability to monitor collections of accounts
receivable, and project cash flow more effectively. In addition, the Company has
instituted various cost reductions. Management believes that, as indicated
above, it has the ability to remain compliant with the terms of the line of
credit. Our lender informed us in July 2009 that it has eliminated its specific
healthcare lending group and transferred our account to a new loan officer. If
the Company were to be in violation of its covenants in the future, it would, as
it has successfully done in the past, seek to obtain amendments to the debt or
waivers of the covenants so that the Company would no longer be in
violation.
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(2) SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
USE OF
ESTIMATES
Preparation
of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America 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 financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting
period. Ultimate results could differ from those estimates. The most significant
management estimates used in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated
financial statements are associated with the allowance for provider discounts
and uncollectible accounts receivable and the reserve for obsolete and damaged
inventory.
REVENUE
RECOGNITION - ALLOWANCES FOR PROVIDER DISCOUNTS AND UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE
The
Company recognizes revenue when each of the following four conditions are met:
1) a contract or sales arrangement exists; 2) products have been shipped and
title has transferred or rental services have been rendered; 3) the price of the
products or services is fixed or determinable; and 4) collectibility is
reasonably assured. Accordingly, the Company recognizes revenue, both rental and
sales, when products have been dispensed to the patient and the patient’s having
insurance has been verified. For medical products that are sold from inventories
consigned at clinic locations, the Company recognizes revenue when it receives
notice that the product has been prescribed and dispensed to the patient and the
patient’s having insurance has been verified or for certain matters,
preauthorization has been obtained from the insurance company, when required.
Revenue from the rental of products is normally on a month-to-month basis and is
recognized ratably over the products’ rental period. Products on rental
contracts are placed in property and equipment and depreciated over their
estimated useful life. All revenue is recognized at amounts estimated to be paid
by customers or third party providers using the Company’s established rates, net
of estimated provider discounts. The Company recognizes revenue from
distributors when it ships its products fulfilling an order and title has
transferred.
A
significant portion of the Company’s revenues are derived, and the related
receivables are due, from insurance companies or other third party payors. The
nature of these receivables within this industry has typically resulted in long
collection cycles. The process of determining what products will be reimbursed
by third party providers and the amounts that they will reimburse is complex and
depends on conditions and procedures that vary among providers and may change
from time to time. The Company maintains an allowance for provider discounts and
records additions to the allowance to account for the risk of nonpayment.
Provider discounts result from reimbursements from insurance or other third
party payors that are less than amounts claimed, where the amount claimed by the
Company exceeds the insurance or other payor’s usual, customary and reasonable
reimbursement rate, amounts subject to insureds’ deductibles, and when there is
a benefit denial. The Company sets the amount of the allowance, and adjusts the
allowance at the end of each reporting period, based on a number of factors,
including historical rates of collection, trends in the historical rates of
collection and current relationships and experience with insurance companies or
other third party payors. If the rates of collection of past-due receivables
recorded for previous fiscal periods changes, or if there is a trend in the
rates of collection on those receivables, the Company may be required to change
the rate at which it provides for additions to the allowance. A change in the
rates of the Company’s collections can result from a number of factors,
including experience and training of billing personnel, changes in the
reimbursement policies or practices of payors, or changes in industry rates of
reimbursement. Accordingly, the provision for provider discounts recorded in the
income statement as a reduction of revenue has fluctuated and may continue to
fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter.
Due to
the nature of the industry and the reimbursement environment in which the
Company operates, estimates are required to record net revenues and accounts
receivable at their net realizable values. Inherent in these estimates is the
risk that they will have to be revised or updated as additional information
becomes available. Specifically, the complexity of third party billing
arrangements and the uncertainty of reimbursement amounts for certain products
or services from payors may result in adjustments to amounts originally
recorded. Due to continuing changes in the health care industry and third party
reimbursement, it is possible that management’s estimates could change in the
near term, which could have an impact on results of operations and cash flows.
Any differences between estimated settlements and final determinations are
reflected as a reduction to revenue in the period known.
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In
addition to the allowance for provider discounts, the Company provides an
allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable. These uncollectible accounts
receivable are a result of non-payment from patients who have been direct billed
for co-payments or deductibles; lack of appropriate insurance coverage; and
disallowances of charges by third party payors. The allowance is based on
historical trends, current relationships with payors, and internal process
improvements. If there were a change to a material insurance provider contract
or policies or application of them by a provider, or a decline in the economic
condition of providers, or a significant turnover of Company personnel, the
current amount of the allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable may not be
adequate and may result in an increase of these levels in the
future.
At
September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the allowance for provider discounts
and uncollectible accounts are as follows:
September 30, 2009
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December 31,
2008
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Allowance
for provider discounts
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$ | 25,920,280 | $ | 12,908,123 | ||||
Allowance
for uncollectible accounts receivable
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1,461,000 | 839,000 | ||||||
$ | 27,381,280 | $ | 13,747,123 |
Changes
in the allowance for provider discounts and uncollectible accounts receivable
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are as
follows:
Three
months ended
September
30,
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Nine
months ended
September
30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Balances,
beginning
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$ | 25,393,481 | $ | 14,297,680 | $ | 13,747,123 | $ | 5,901,724 | ||||||||
Additions
debited to net sales and rental revenue
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14,049,064 | 7,344,927 | 41,372,898 | 19,150,031 | ||||||||||||
Write-offs
credited to accounts receivable
|
(12,061,265 | ) | $ | (4,144,712 | ) | $ | (27,738,741 | ) | $ | (7,553,860 | ) | |||||
$ | 27,381,280 | $ | 17,497,895 | $ | 27,381,280 | $ | 17,497,895 |
RECENTLY
ISSUED AND ADOPTED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In June
2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) approved the FASB
Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification”) as the single source of
authoritative non-governmental generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
All existing accounting standard documents, such as FASB, American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, Emerging Issues Task Force and other related
literature, excluding guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”), have been superseded by the Codification. All other non-grandfathered,
non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification has become
nonauthoritative. The Codification did not change GAAP, but instead introduced a
new structure that combines all authoritative standards into a comprehensive,
topically organized online database. The Codification is effective for interim
or annual periods ending after September 15, 2009, and impacts the Company’s
consolidated financial statements, as all future references to authoritative
accounting literature will be referenced in accordance with the
Codification. As a result of the Company’s implementation of the
Codification during the quarter ended September 30, 2009, previous references to
new accounting standards and literature are no longer applicable.
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On
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted new guidance issued by the FASB related to
the accounting for business combinations and related disclosures. This new
guidance addresses the recognition and accounting for identifiable assets
acquired, liabilities assumed, and noncontrolling interests in business
combinations. The guidance also establishes expanded disclosure requirements for
business combinations. The guidance was effective for the Company on January 1,
2009, and the Company will apply this new guidance prospectively to all business
combinations subsequent to January 1, 2009.
On
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted new guidance issued by the FASB related to
the accounting for noncontrolling interests in consolidated financial
statements. This guidance establishes accounting and reporting standards for the
noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a
subsidiary. This guidance requires that noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
be reported in the equity section of the controlling company’s balance sheet. It
also changes the manner in which the net income of the subsidiary is reported
and disclosed in the controlling company’s income statement. Because the
Company’s subsidiary is wholly-owned by the Company, there are no noncontrolling
interests, and as a result, the adoption of this guidance had no impact on the
Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In April
2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance related to interim disclosures
about the fair values of financial instruments. This guidance requires
disclosures about the fair value of financial instruments whenever a public
company issues financial information for interim reporting periods. This
guidance is effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009.
The Company adopted this guidance upon its issuance, and it had no material
impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial
statements.
In June
2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance related to the accounting and
disclosures of subsequent events. This guidance incorporates the subsequent
events guidance contained in the auditing standards literature into
authoritative accounting literature. It also requires entities to disclose the
date through which they have evaluated subsequent events and whether the date
corresponds with the release of their financial statements. This guidance is
effective for all interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The
Company adopted this guidance upon its issuance and it had no material impact on
the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain
amounts in the 2008 financial statements have been reclassified to conform to
the presentation used in 2009.
FAIR
VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND CREDIT RISK
The
Company's financial instruments at September 30, 2009, include accounts
receivable and payable, for which current carrying amounts approximates fair
value due to their short term nature. Financial instruments at September 30,
2009 also include notes payable, whose carrying value approximate fair value
because interest rates on outstanding borrowings are at rates that approximates
market rates for borrowings with similar terms and average
maturities.
INVENTORY
Inventory
is valued at the lower of cost (average) or market. Inventory consists of
finished goods, consumable supplies and parts, some of which are held at
different locations by health care providers or other third parties for rental
or sale to patients.
The
Company monitors inventory for turnover and obsolescence, and records losses for
excess and obsolete inventory as appropriate. At September 30, 2009, the Company
had an allowance for obsolete and damaged inventory of approximately $482,000
and an allowance of approximately $330,000 at December 31, 2008.
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PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT
Property
and equipment as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 are as
follows:
September
30, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
Useful
lives
|
|||||||
Office
furniture and equipment
|
$ | 354,572 | $ | 329,389 |
3-7
years
|
||||
Rental
inventory
|
3,258,903 | 2,466,412 |
5
years
|
||||||
Vehicles
|
59,833 | 59,833 |
5
years
|
||||||
Leasehold
Improvements
|
8,500 | 8,500 |
5
years
|
||||||
Assembly
equipment
|
10,690 | 10,690 |
7
years
|
||||||
3,692,498 | 2,874,824 | ||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(1,277,153 | ) | (778,430 | ) | |||||
$ | 2,415,345 | $ | 2,096,394 |
(3) EARNINGS PER
SHARE
Basic
earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average
number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per
share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of
common shares outstanding and the number of dilutive potential common share
equivalents during the period, calculated using the if-converted and
treasury-stock methods. The effects of potential common stock equivalents
have not been included in the computation of diluted net loss for the three
months ended September 30, 2008, as their effect is anti-dilutive.
The
calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:
Three
months ended
September
30,
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
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2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Basic:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net income
(loss) applicable to common stockholders
|
$ | 458,640 | $ | (366,419 | ) | $ | 2,118,054 | $ | 152,301 | |||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding - basic
|
30,086,784 | 29,311,220 | 29,997,276 | 28,722,456 | ||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) per share - basic
|
$ | 0.02 | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.01 | |||||||
Diluted:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net income
(loss) applicable to common stockholders
|
$ | 458,640 | $ | (366,419 | ) | $ | 2,118,054 | $ | 152,301 | |||||||
Add/less:
(Gain) loss on value of derivative liability
|
25,070 | - | (171,530 | ) | - | |||||||||||
$ | 483,710 | $ | (366,419 | ) | $ | 1,946,524 | $ | 152,301 | ||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding - basic
|
30,086,784 | 29,311,220 | 29,997,276 | 28,722,456 | ||||||||||||
Dilutive
securities
|
195,246 | -- | 226,271 | 1,854,170 | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding - diluted
|
30,282,030 | 29,311,220 | 30,223,547 | 30,576,626 | ||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) per share - diluted
|
$ | 0.02 | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.00 |
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(4) STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
PLANS
The
Company has a 2005 Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan") and has reserved
3,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the Option Plan. Vesting
provisions are determined by the Board of Directors. All stock options under the
Option Plan expire no later than ten years from the date of grant.
For the
three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company recorded
compensation expense related to stock options of $47,938 and $25,745,
respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company
recorded compensation expense related to stock options of $113,031 and $60,823,
respectively. The stock compensation expense was included in selling, general
and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated
statements of operations.
The
Company uses the Black-Scholes pricing model to calculate fair value of its
option grants. The Company used the following assumptions to determine the fair
value of stock option grants during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and
2008:
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||
Expected
term
|
6.25
years
|
6.25
years
|
|||||||
Volatility
|
115.5
to 116.8%
|
112.66%
to 117.67%
|
|||||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
2.91
to 3.39%
|
3.09%
to 3.90%
|
|||||||
Dividend
yield
|
0% | 0% |
The
expected term of stock options represents the period of time that the stock
options granted are expected to be outstanding based on historical exercise
trends. The expected volatility is based on the historical price volatility of
our common stock. The risk-free interest rate represents the U.S. Treasury bill
rate for the expected term of the related stock options. The dividend yield
represents our anticipated cash dividend over the expected term of the stock
options.
A summary
of stock option activity under the Option Plan for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 is presented below:
Weighted
|
|||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Average
|
|
|||||||||||
Shares
|
Average
|
Remaining
|
Aggregate
|
||||||||||
Under
|
Exercise
|
Contractual
|
Intrinsic
|
||||||||||
|
Option
|
Price
|
Life
|
Value
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2009
|
732,500 | $ | 1.17 |
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
614,500 | $ | 0.99 |
|
|||||||||
Exercised
|
(22,000 | ) | $ | 0.28 |
|
||||||||
Forfeited
|
(74,500 | ) | $ | 1.16 |
|
||||||||
Outstanding
at September 30, 2009
|
1,250,500 | $ | 1.10 |
6.9
Years
|
$ | 240,970 | |||||||
Exercisable
at September 30, 2009
|
284,625 | $ | 1.15 |
3.7
Years
|
$ | 117,535 |
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A summary
of status of the Company’s non-vested shares as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009
is presented below:
|
Nonvested
|
Weighted
|
||||||
Shares
|
Average
|
|||||||
|
Under
|
Grant
Date
|
||||||
|
Option
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||
|
||||||||
Non-vested
at January 1, 2009
|
553,000 | $ | 1.00 | |||||
Granted
|
614,500 | $ | 0.87 | |||||
Vested
|
(131,875 | ) | $ | 0.88 | ||||
Forfeited
|
(69,750 | ) | $ | 1.01 | ||||
Non-vested
at September 30, 2009
|
965,875 | $ | 0.95 | |||||
As of
September 30, 2009, the Company had $600,746 of unrecognized compensation cost
related to stock options that will be recognized over a weighted average period
of approximately 4 years.
(5) INCOME
TAXES
The
provision for income taxes is recorded at the end of each interim period based
on the Company's best estimate of its effective income tax rate expected to be
applicable for the full fiscal year.
(6) NOTES
PAYABLE
Marquette
Loan
The
Company has a loan agreement with Marquette Healthcare Finance (“the Lender”)
that provides Zynex with a revolving credit facility of up to $3,000,000 (the
“Loan”). As of September 30, 2009, the balance on the facility was $1,099,103.
As of September 30, 2009, maximum borrowings available were $2,289,000
(remaining availability of $1,189,897).
On April
30, 2009, the Company entered into an amendment to a Loan and Security Agreement
with the Lender, which covers matters stated in a prior letter agreement dated
April 7, 2009. In the amendment, the Lender waived Zynex’s violation of an
EBITDA covenant and debt service coverage ratio covenant as of December 31, 2008
and violation of an EBITDA covenant as of March 31, 2009. The Lender did not
apply any default fee or default interest rate. The Lender also waived any
breach of a representation, warranty or covenant concerning the accuracy of the
unaudited financial statements for the first three quarters of 2008, which were
restated. The Lender reserved the right to declare an event of default and any
other claim with respect to the restated financial statements for these
quarterly periods and any fraud or intentional misrepresentation in connection
with the original financial statements for these quarterly periods. The Lender
revised the minimum EBITDA covenant (on a trailing 12-month basis) as of the end
of each quarterly reporting period to be as follows:
Trailing
Twelve Month EBITDA
|
|
June
30, 2009
|
$1,436,000
|
September
30, 2009
|
$3,252,000
|
December
31, 2009
|
$4,111,000
|
Thereafter:
|
To
be determined in Lender’s sole
discretion
|
The
amendment increased the margin to 3.25% and increased the collateral monitoring
fee to $1,750 per month. The interest rate for the line of credit is the margin
plus the higher of (i) a floating prime rate; or (ii) the floating LIBOR rate
plus 2%.
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The
Company may borrow, repay and reborrow under the Loan. The amount available for
advances under the Loan cannot exceed the lesser of the Borrowing Base, which is
in general a percentage of eligible accounts receivable less a reserve and
subject to a ceiling of eight trailing weeks collections, or the Facility Limit
determined from time to time by the Lender. The Facility Limit is initially
$3,000,000. At December 31, 2008, the Loan bore interest at a rate equal to the
higher of (a) a floating prime rate plus 2.5% or (b) 4.5%. At September 30, 2009
the loan bore interest at a rate of 6.5%. Interest is payable monthly. The Loan
is secured by a first security interest in all of the Company’s assets,
including accounts, contract rights, inventory, equipment and fixtures, general
intangibles, intellectual property, shares of Zynex Medical, Inc. owned by the
Company, and other assets. The Loan terminates, and must be paid in full, on
September 23, 2011.
Fees
under the Loan Agreement include an unused line fee of 0.5% per annum payable
monthly on the difference between the average daily balance and the total
Facility Limit. If the Company terminates the Loan Agreement prior to the
termination date, there is a termination fee of 3% of the Facility Limit prior
to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, 2% of the Facility Limit at any
time between the first and second annual anniversary of the Closing Date and 1%
at any time from the second anniversary of the Closing Date to the final
termination date of the Loan. The Company also pays a collateral monitoring fee
of $1,750 per month, payable monthly in arrears on the first day of each
month.
The Loan
Agreement includes a number of affirmative and negative covenants on the part of
the Company. Affirmative covenants concern, among other things, compliance with
requirements of law, engaging only in the same businesses conducted on the
Closing Date, accounting methods, financial records, notices of certain events,
and financial reporting requirements. Negative covenants include a Minimum
EBITDA, a Minimum Debt Service Coverage Ratio, a Minimum Current Ratio and a
prohibition on dividends on shares and purchases of any Company stock. Other
negative covenants include, among other things, limitations on capital
expenditures in any fiscal year, operating leases, permitted indebtedness,
incurrence of indebtedness, creation of liens, mergers, sales of assets or
acquisitions, and transactions with affiliates. The Company was in compliance
with these covenants at September 30, 2009.
Events of
Default under the Loan Agreement include, among other things: Failure to pay any
obligation under the Loan Agreement when due; failure to perform or observe
covenants or other obligations under the Loan Agreement or other Loan Documents;
the occurrence of a default or an event of default under any other Loan
Document; a breach of any agreement relating to lockbox accounts; the occurrence
of certain events related to bankruptcy or insolvency; the Company’s majority
stockholder ceasing to own at least 51% of the Company’s outstanding voting
capital stock; the Company’s ceasing to own 100% of the capital stock of Zynex
Medical; or a Change in Control. The Company will have 15 days to cure any
noticed Event of Default other than a failure to pay any of the Loan when due.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Lender may accelerate the
principal of and interest on the Loan by providing notice of acceleration and
the Lender’s commitment to make additional loans would terminate.
Validity
Guaranty
As
required by the Loan Agreement, Mr. Sandgaard, a significant shareholder and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has entered into a Validity Guaranty
with the Lender. Under the Validity Guaranty, Mr. Sandgaard is liable
to the Lender for any loss or liability suffered by the Lender arising from any
fraudulent or criminal activities of the Company or its executive officers with
respect to the transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents or any
fraudulent or criminal activities arising from the operation of the business of
the Company, which activities are known to Mr. Sandgaard. Mr.
Sandgaard also warrants the accuracy of financial statements, the accuracy of
the representations and warranties made by the Company under the Loan Agreement,
and certain other matters. He agrees to notify the Lender of a breach
of any representation, warranty or covenant made by the Company. Mr.
Sandgaard’s liability under the Validity Guaranty is not to exceed the amount of
the obligations owed by the Company to the Lender. The Validity
Guaranty terminates at such time that Mr. Sandgaard ceases to be the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company.
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Subordination
Agreement
The
Company is a party to a Subordination Agreement with Mr. Sandgaard and the
Lender, pursuant to which all indebtedness of the Company owed to Mr. Sandgaard
is subordinated in right of payment of all indebtedness of the Company owed to
the Lender. As part of this Agreement, Mr. Sandgaard will not demand
or receive payment from the Company or exercise any remedies regarding the
Subordinated Debt so long as the Senior Debt remains outstanding, except that
Mr. Sandgaard may receive regularly scheduled payments of principal and interest
on existing promissory notes, including demand payments on the demand promissory
note, so long as there is no default or Event of Default under any of the Loan
Documents. Mr. Sandgaard also subordinated any security interest held
by him in the Company’s assets to the security interest of the
Lender.
(7)DERIVATIVE
WARRANT LIABILITY AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The
Company follows the guidance found in the Derivative and Hedging, Contracts in
Entity’s Own Equity topic in the Codification, ASC 815-40-15. Paragraphs 15-5
through 15-8 specify that a contract that would otherwise meet the definition of
a derivative but is both (a) indexed to the Company’s own stock and (b)
classified in stockholders’ equity in the statement of financial position would
not be considered a derivative financial instrument. ASC 815-40-15 provides a
two-step model to be applied in determining whether a financial instrument or an
embedded feature is indexed to an issuer’s own stock and thus able to qualify
for the scope exception. The Company’s adoption of ASC 815-40-15 effective
January 1, 2009, resulted in the identification of certain warrants that were
determined to require liability classification because of certain provisions
that may result in an adjustment to their exercise price. Accordingly, these
warrants were retroactively reclassified as liabilities upon the effective date
of ASC 815-40-15. The result was a decrease in paid in capital as of January 1,
2009, of $87,085, a decrease in retained earnings of $350,978, and the
recognition of a liability of $438,063. In September 2009, the exercise price of
the warrants was modified and the underlying warrants were exercised (Note 8).
The liability was adjusted to fair value as of the date of the transaction,
resulting in a decrease in the liability and an increase in other income of
$171,530 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Upon the exercise of
the underlying warrants, the liability was settled resulting in an increase to
additional paid in capital of $266,534.
The
Company used the Black-Scholes pricing model to calculate fair value of its
warrant liabilities. Key assumptions used to apply these models are as
follows:
September 17, 2009
|
January 1, 2009
|
||
Expected
term
|
2.00
years
|
2.75
years
|
|
Volatility
|
115.3%
|
115.7%
|
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
3.0%
|
1.9%
|
|
Dividend
yield
|
0%
|
0%
|
FAIR
VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Accounting
standards define fair value as the price that would be received from selling an
asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market
participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value
measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at
fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in
which the Company would transact, and considers assumptions that market
participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent
risk, transfer restrictions, and risk of non performance.
Accounting
standards have established a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to
maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable
inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within
the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is
significant to the fair value measurement. Accounting standards have established
three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
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·
|
Level 1: Quoted prices
in active markets for identical assets and
liabilities.
|
·
|
Level 2: Observable
inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets
or liabilities, quoted prices in markets with insufficient volume or
infrequent transactions (less active markets), or model-derived valuations
in which all significant inputs are observable or can be derived
principally from or corroborated by observable market data for
substantially the full term of the assets or
liabilities.
|
·
|
Level 3: Prices or
valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the
fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market
activity).
|
At
September 30, 2009, the Company has no financial assets or liabilities subject
to recurring fair value measurements.
(8) STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY, COMMON
STOCK AND WARRANTS
In
February 2009, 100,000 shares of common stock were issued for cash of $32,000
upon the exercise of stock options.
In
September 2009, the Company and Ascendiant Capital Group, LLC (“Ascendiant”)
agreed that Ascendiant would exercise via cash payment, its remaining warrants
for 329,687 shares of common stock, the exercise price under the warrants would
be reduced from $0.39 to $0.32 and the Company would issue 100,000 shares of
common stock as consideration for the early exercise of the warrants and for
certain additional services of Ascendiant in lieu of any cash fees. In
accordance with such terms, the Company received a notice of exercise related to
the warrants and 329,687 shares of common stock were issued for cash of
$105,557. The Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock to Ascendiant in
November, 2009. The 100,000 shares of common stock were valued at $100,000 and
were expensed in September 2009.
For stock
warrants or options granted to non-employees, the Company measures fair value of
the equity instruments utilizing the Black-Scholes method if that valuation
method results in a more reliable measurement than the fair value of the
consideration or the services received. For stock granted, the Company measures
fair value of the shares issued utilizing the market price of the shares on the
date the transaction takes place. The Company amortizes such costs over the
related period of service.
(9) REFUND CLAIM AND
SETTLEMENT
In 2008,
the Company received and has settled a refund claim by Anthem Blue Cross Blue
Shield which originally concerned payments previously made by Anthem for certain
medical devices (the “devices”) rented or sold to insureds of Anthem by the
Company through July 31, 2008 the (“Provider Settlement”). In the Provider
Settlement, which was recorded in the third quarter of 2008, the Company agreed
to pay Anthem a total of $679,930 over 12 months and waive rights to payments of
outstanding billings for the devices provided to Anthem’s insureds from
September 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008. Accounts receivable for these
billings were $329,664, net of contractual allowances, as of June 30, 2008.
Under the Provider Settlement, the Company made an initial payment of $17,770
and was to make a monthly payment of $55,180 on the first day of each month
commencing December 1, 2008 and ending November 1, 2009. In November 2009, the
Company made the final payment under the agreement.
The Company recognized no
revenue relating to the devices rented or sold to insureds of Anthem since June
30, 2008 and discontinued providing those devices to Anthem’s
insureds. Under the
terms of the Provider Settlement, the Company has agreed to allow insureds of
Anthem to continue to use the units for which the Company agreed to no longer
bill Anthem. These units at patients continue to be depreciated and the
depreciation expense is included in Cost of Revenue in the accompanying
Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Operations.
Anthem
has been and continues to be one of the largest health insurers in terms of
payments to the Company for the rental and sale of its products. The Company
continues to have an agreement (terminable by either party upon advance notice)
with Anthem making the Company part of the Anthem network. Neither Anthem nor
the Company has indicated that it will terminate this agreement. The Company
also continues to provide its products to Anthem insureds, including products
which may be used to treat insureds with the same medical conditions as those
using devices subject to the claim.
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(10)
LITIGATION
A lawsuit
was filed against the Company, its President and Chief Executive Officer and its
Chief Financial Officer on April 6, 2009, in the United States District Court
for the District of Colorado (Marjorie and David Mishkin v. Zynex,
Inc. et al.). On April 9 and April 10, 2009, two other lawsuits were
filed in the same court against the same defendants. These lawsuits allege
substantially the same matters. The lawsuits refer to the April 1, 2009
announcement of the Company that it would restate its unaudited financial
statements for the first three quarters of 2008. The lawsuits purport to be a
class action on behalf of purchasers of the Company’s securities between May 21,
2008 and March 31, 2009. The lawsuits allege, among other things, that the
defendants violated Section 10 and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 by making intentionally or recklessly untrue statements of material fact
and/or failing to disclose material facts regarding the financial results and
operating conditions for the first three quarters of 2008. The plaintiffs ask
for a determination of class action status, unspecified damages and costs of the
legal action. The Company believes that the allegations are without merit and
will vigorously defend itself in the lawsuit. The Company has notified its
directors and officers liability insurer of the claim. At this time, the Company
is not able to determine the likely outcome of the legal matters described
above, nor can it estimate its potential financial exposure. Litigation is
subject to inherent uncertainties, and if an unfavorable resolution of any of
these matters occurs, the Company’s business, results of operations, and
financial condition could be adversely affected.
(11)
SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS
The
Company’s management has evaluated events subsequent to September 30, 2009
through November 16, 2009 which is the issuance date of this
report. Except as described below, there has been no material event
noted in this period which would either impact the results reflected in this
report or the Company’s results going forward.
On
November 12, 2009, the Company entered into a lease agreement with Spiral Lone
Tree, LLC (the “Lease Agreement”). The Lease Agreement provides for the lease of
75,000 square feet in Lone Tree, Colorado (the “Property”) beginning January 1,
2010. The Property will serve as the Company’s headquarters, office, plant and
warehouse, replacing the existing facilities of approximately 17,000 square feet
which are under an expiring lease.
The term
of the Lease Agreement is 69 months; provided, however, that the Lease Agreement
may be terminated after 42 months upon payment of a termination fee as set forth
in the Lease Agreement. The Lease Agreement provides for a five year renewal
option at the then market rental rate.
During the first year of
the Lease Agreement, the annual rental payment will be
$300,000. In the second, third, fourth and fifth years, the annual
rental payment will be $1,650,000, $1,725,000, $1,800,000, and $1,875,000,
respectively. For months 61 through 69, the total rental payment will
be $1,406,250.
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ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The
following information should be read in conjunction with the Company's condensed
consolidated financial statements and related footnotes contained in this report
which have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern, and
in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008.
As
discussed and presented in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008,
we restated the unaudited interim financial statements as of and for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2008.
Results
of Operations
Net Revenue. Net revenue is
comprised of net rental and sales of products and consumable supplies revenue.
Net revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was
$4,690,715 and $13,269,637 an increase of $2,491,977 or 113% and $5,441,718 or
70% compared to $2,198,738 and $7,827,919 for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2008. The increase in net revenue for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2009, compared to the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2008 was due primarily to the Provider Settlement in
2008, which is explained in Note 9 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements in this Report, and a greater number of products in use during the
periods ended September 30, 2009.
Products in use create monthly rental revenue and sales of consumable supplies
for those products. The increase in the number of products in use resulted from
increased prescriptions (orders) in the current as well as prior periods. The
increased orders resulted from the expansion of the experienced sales force from 2007
through 2009 and greater awareness of the Company's products by end users and
physicians.
Net
revenue by quarter were as follows:
2009
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2008
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First
quarter
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$ | 4,232,334 | $ | 2,588,720 | ||||
Second
quarter
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4,346,588 | 3,040,460 | ||||||
Third
quarter
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4,690,715 | 2,198,739 | ||||||
Fourth
quarter
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- | 3,935,639 | ||||||
Total
net revenue
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$ | 13,269,637 | $ | 11,763,558 |
Our
revenue is reported net, after deductions for uncollectible accounts receivable
and estimated insurance company reimbursement deductions. The deductions are
known throughout the health care industry as “contractual adjustments” and
describe the process whereby the healthcare insurers unilaterally reduce the
amount they reimburse for our products as compared to the rental rates and sales
prices charged by us. The deductions from gross revenue also take into account
the estimated denials of claims for our products placed with patients and other
factors which may affect collectability. See “Revenue Recognition, Allowances
for Provider Discounts and uncollectibile accounts receivable” in Note 2 to the
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Report.
We are
introducing, during the fourth quarter of 2009, a new product into our line of
electrotherapy products. The product, called TruWave Plus, is based upon the
Company’s existing hardware platform. TruWave Plus is capable of delivering
three modalities of stimulation, traditional Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve
Stimulation (TENS), inferential, and NeuroMusculas Electrical Stimulation
(NMES), within the same product. We do not know what reimbursement levels will
be allowed by third party payors for sale or rental of this new product and we
do not know whether coverage will be denied under any disallowance
policies.
The
Company is in the process of engaging an additional 25 sales representatives in
major cities across the United States. These additions are part of the growth
plans of the Company.
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Net Product Rental
Revenue. Net product rental revenue for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2009 was $2,547,457 and $7,796,826 an increase of
$382,630 or 18% and $1,739,032 or 29% compared to $2,164,827 and $6,057,794 for
the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2008. The increase in net product rental
revenue for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2009 was due primarily to a greater number of
products in use during the periods ended September 30, 2009.
Reasons for greater number of products in use are indicated in “Net Revenue”
above.
Net
product rental revenue for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2009 made up 54% and 59% of net revenue compared to
67% and 69% for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2008. The decrease in the percentage of total net
revenue from product rental revenue during the first nine months of 2009 was due
primarily to increased orders for sales of products compared to orders for
rentals of products and increased sales of consumable products. The increase in net
supplies sales revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009
was due primarily to a greater number of products in use during the periods
ended September 30, 2009 generating sales of consumable supplies to users of the
Company’s products
Our
products may be rented on a monthly basis or purchased. Renters are primarily
patients and third party insurance payors that pay on their behalf. If the
patient is covered by health insurance, the third party payor typically
determines whether the patient will rent or purchase a unit depending on the
anticipated time period for its use. If contractually arranged, a rental
continues until an amount equal to the purchase price is paid when we transfer
ownership of the product to the patient and cease rental charges.
Net
Sales Revenue. Net sales revenue
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $2,143,258 and
$5,472,811 an increase of $1,099,753 or 105% and $2,693,092 or 97% compared to
$1,043,505 and $2,779,719 for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2008. Net
sales of products (not including consumable supplies) revenue for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $467,436 and
$1,275,996 an increase of $423,384 or 961% and $1,008,519 or 377% compared to
$44,052 and $267,477 for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2008. The
increase in net sales revenue for such products for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2009, compared to the three and nine months ended September
30, 2008 was due primarily to increased orders for sales of products for the
reasons indicated in “Net Revenue” above and sales of products in the three
months ended September 30, 2008 which were not recorded as revenue due to the
Provider Settlement.
Net sales
of consumable supplies for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $1,675,822 and
$4,196,815 an increase of $676,369 or 68% and $1,684,573 or 67% compared to
$999,453 and $2,512,242 for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2008. The
increase in net supplies sales revenue for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2009 was due primarily to a greater number of products in use
during the periods ended September 30, 2009 generating sales of consumable
supplies to users of the Company’s products. Reasons for the greater number of
products in use are indicated in “Net Revenue” above. The majority of this
revenue is derived from surface electrodes sent to existing patients each
month.
Net sales
revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 made up 46% and 41%
of net revenue compared to 33% and 31% for the three and nine months
ended September 30,
2008. The increase in the percentage of total net revenue during the
first nine months of 2009 was due primarily to a greater number of products in
use during the periods ended September 30, 2009 generating sales of consumable
supplies to users of the Company’s products.
Our
products may be purchased. Purchasers are primarily patients and healthcare
providers; there are also purchases by dealers. If the patient is covered by
health insurance, the third party payor typically determines whether the patient
will rent or purchase a unit depending on the anticipated time period for its
use.
Provider Settlement.
In November 2008 the Company settled a refund claim with Anthem Blue Cross Blue
Shield. As part of the settlement the Company agreed to pay Anthem $679,930 and
forego unpaid claims in existence at June 30, 2008 of $329,664. Substantially
all of the $1,009,594 relates to net rental revenue; if this amount had been a
direct reduction to net rental revenue it would not allow the comparison of net
rental revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2008. See Note 9 to the
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Report.
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The
Company records its normal provision for provider discounts as direct reductions
of rental and sales revenues; however, because of the size and retrospective
nature of the Anthem settlement, the Company has treated it as a change in
estimate and displayed the additional provision needed of $1,009,594 as a
separate line reducing total revenue in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of
Operations in the third quarter of 2008.
Gross Profit. Gross
profit for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2009, was $3,793,487 and $11,113,104
or 81% and 84% of net rental and sales revenue.
For the
three months ended September 30, 2009,
this represents an increase of $2,048,347 or 117% compared to $1,745,140 or 54%
of net rental and sales revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2008.
The increase in gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2009
compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008
is primarily because of the Provider Settlement in 2008. The increase in gross
profit percentage for the three months ended September 30, 2009
as compared with the same period in 2008 is primarily from the effect of the
Provider Settlement adjustment in 2008.
For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009,
this represents an increase of $4,473,709 or 67% compared to $6,639,395 or 75%
of net rental and sales revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
The increase in gross profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2009
compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008
is primarily because of the Provider Settlement in 2008. The increase in gross
profit percentage for the nine months ended September 30, 2009
as compared with the same period in 2008 is primarily because of the Provider
Settlement in 2008.
Under the
terms of the Provider Settlement discussed above, the Company has agreed to
allow insureds of Anthem to continue to use the units for which we agreed to no
longer bill Anthem. These units at patients continue to be depreciated and the
depreciation expense is included in Cost of Revenue even though no revenue is
being derived from those units. The Company does not believe the depreciation
expense for these units has significantly impacted operations.
Selling,
General and Administrative Expenses. Selling,
general and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2009
was $2,906,657 and $7,783,784 an increase of $270,429 or 10% and $1,514,388 or
24% compared to $2,636,228 and $6,269,396 for the three and nine months
ended September 30,
2008. Selling expenses increased primarily due to increases in
sales representative commissions. Commissions are earned by sales
representatives on orders received during the period. General and administrative
expenses increased primarily due to increased payroll and benefits. Selling,
general and administrative expenses increased 24% while net revenue increased
70% during the nine
months ended September 30, 2009; this difference is due in large part to
the Provider Settlement in 2008 and recurring revenue from net product rentals
and recurring sales of consumable supplies where the commission expense was
recorded in a prior period.
On
November 12, 2009, the Company entered into a lease agreement with Spiral Lone
Tree, LLC (the “Lease Agreement”). The Lease Agreement provides for the lease of
75,000 square feet in Lone Tree, Colorado (the “Property”) beginning January 1,
2010. The Property will serve as the Company’s headquarters, office, plant and
warehouse, replacing the existing facilities of approximately 17,000 square feet
which are under an expiring lease. The move to the larger space was driven by
the Company’s recent and anticipated growth, including the hiring of additional
billing personnel and the planned engagement of 25 more sales
representatives.
The term of the Lease Agreement is 69 months; provided, however, that the Lease Agreement may be terminated after 42 months upon payment of a termination fee as set forth in the Lease Agreement. The Lease Agreement provides for a five year renewal option at the then market rental rate.
During the first year of
the Lease Agreement, the annual rental payment will be
$300,000. In the second, third, fourth and fifth years, the annual
rental payment will be $1,650,000, $1,725,000, $1,800,000, and $1,875,000,
respectively. For months 61 through 69, the total rental payment will
be $1,406,250. Management anticipates that for accounting purposes
the Company will have an annual rental expense of approximately $1,440,000
throughout the term of the lease.
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Other Income
(Expense). Interest and other income (expense) is comprised of
interest income, interest expense, other income (expense) and gain on the value
of a derivative liability.
Interest
income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $197 and
$3,002, compared to $4,863 and $5,934 for the same periods in 2008.
Interest
expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $38,317 and
$112,623, compared to $6,965 and $30,604 for the same periods in 2008. The
increase in interest expense resulted primarily from the Company's borrowing
under the line of credit established in September 2008.
Other
income or expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was
other expense of $-- and $1,175, compared to other expense of $229 and other
income of $26,972 for the same periods in 2008. The expense in 2009 was a loss
on foreign exchange. The income in 2008 was a gain on an asset
disposal.
The gain
on value of a derivative liability of $171,530 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 reflects a reduction in the market value of certain
outstanding warrants (these warrants were exercised in September, 2009 and are
no longer outstanding. See “Derivative Warrant Liability” in Note 7 to the
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Report.
Income Tax
Expense. We reported income tax expense, which expense
includes interest and penalties, in the amount of $1,272,000 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 compared to $220,000 of expense for the same period in
2008. This is primarily due to our having higher income before taxes of
$3,390,054 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to income
before taxes of $372,301 for the same period in 2008. The nine months ended
September 30, 2008 showed an effective tax rate (approximately 59%) which is
higher than the statutory tax rate. This was primarily due to permanent
differences between book income and taxable income, as well as interest and
penalties on unpaid 2007 income taxes recorded in the year ended December 31,
2008.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources.
The
Company’s financial statements for the three and nine month periods ended
September 30, 2009 have been prepared on a going concern basis, which
contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and
commitments in the normal course of business. The Report of our Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm on the Company's financial statements as of
and for the year ended December 31, 2008 includes a "going concern" explanatory
paragraph which means that the auditors stated that conditions exist that raise
substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern.
The
Company has developed its operating plans with emphasis on cash flow and
remaining compliant with covenants related to the line of credit. Management
believes that its cash flow projections for 2009 are achievable and, based on
billings and collections in the first nine months of 2009, that sufficient cash
will be generated to meet the loan covenants and the Company’s financial
obligations. Management believes that the successful implementation of these
plans will enable the Company to continue as a going concern.
Line
of Credit
Please
see Note 6 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Report and
Item 1A, Risk Factors, below for information on a line of credit established
with Marquette Healthcare Finance in September 2008. On April 30,
2009, we entered into an amendment to the Loan and Security Agreement with
Marquette Healthcare Finance, which amendment covers matters stated in a prior
letter agreement of April 7, 2009. In the amendment, Marquette waived
Zynex’s not meeting the EBITDA and debt service coverage ratio covenants as of
December 31, 2008 and not meeting the EBITDA covenant as of March 31, 2009.
Marquette did not apply any default fee or default interest
rate. Marquette also waived any breach of representation warranty or
covenant concerning the accuracy of the unaudited financial statements for the
first three quarters of 2008 which were restated. Marquette reserved the right
to declare an event of default and any other claim with respect to the restated
financial statements for these quarterly periods and any fraud or
misrepresentation in connection with the original financial statements for these
quarterly periods. Marquette revised the minimum EBITDA covenant (on a trailing
12 month basis) as of the end of each quarterly period to be as
follows:
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June
30, 2009:
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$1,436,000
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September
30, 2009:
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$3,242,000
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December
31, 2009:
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$4,111,000
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Thereafter:
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To
be determined in lender’s sole
discretion
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The
amendment increased the margin to 3.25% and increased the collateral monitoring
fee to $1,750 per month. The interest rate for the line of credit is the margin
plus the higher of the (i) a floating prime rate; or (ii) the floating LIBOR
rate plus 2%.
Limited
Liquidity
We have
limited liquidity. Our limited liquidity is primarily a result of (a)
the required high levels of inventory with sales representatives that are
standard in the electrotherapy industry, (b) the payment of commissions to
salespersons based on sales or rental orders prior to payments for the
corresponding product by insurers, (c) the high level of outstanding accounts
receivable because of the deferred payment practices of third party health
payors, (d) the increasing level of delayed payments and restricted amounts for
reimbursements by third party payors for the Company’s products, (e) the need
for improvements to the Company’s internal billing processes and (f) delayed
cost recovery inherent in rental transactions. Our growth results in higher cash
needs.
Our
long-term business plan continues to contemplate growth in revenues and thus to
require, among other things, funds for the purchases of equipment, primarily for
rental inventory, and the payment of commissions to an increasing number of
sales representatives.
The plans
of the Company’s management indicate that, while uncertain, the Company’s
projected cash flows from operating activities and borrowing available under the
Marquette line of credit will fund our cash requirements for the year ending
December 31, 2009. The availability of the line of credit depends our
ongoing compliance with covenants, representations and warranties in the
agreement for the line of credit and borrowing base limitations. Although the
maximum amount of the line of credit is $3,000,000, the amount available for
borrowing under the line of credit is subject to a ceiling based upon eight
trailing weeks of collections and other limitations and is thus less than the
maximum amount ($2,289,000 available as of September 30, 2009, remaining
availability of $1,189,897). The balance on the line of credit at September 30,
2009 was $1,099,103. At November 13, 2009, there was no balance on the
line.
For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company’s cash receipts have exceeded
operating plans. However, there is no assurance that our operations
and available borrowings will provide enough cash for operating requirements or
for the additional purchases of equipment. We have no arrangements for any
additional external financing of debt or equity, and we are not certain whether
any such financing would be available on acceptable terms. Any additional debt
would require the approval of Marquette.
Our
limited liquidity and dependence on operating cash flow means that risks
involved in our business can significantly affect our liquidity. Contingencies
such as unanticipated shortfalls in revenues or increases in expenses could
affect our projected revenue, cash flows from operations and
liquidity.
In May
2009, the Company paid approximately $660,000 of federal income taxes and
related interest and penalties owed for 2007. The funds for this payment were
obtained through borrowings under the Company’s line of credit. In September
2009, the Company made payments of $275,000 for estimated income taxes for
2009.
Cash
provided by operating activities was $1,761,624 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 compared to $65,239 of cash provided by operating activities
for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The primary reasons for the
increase in cash flow from operating activities was a reduction in inventory
purchases in 2009 compared to 2008 and larger net income in 2009.
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Cash used
in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was
$817,674 compared to cash used in investing activities of $832,188 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2008. Cash used in investing activities primarily
represents the purchase and in-house production of rental products as well as
some purchases of capital equipment. In 2008 this was partially offset by
proceeds from the disposal of equipment.
Cash used
in financing activities was $704,554 for the nine months ended September 30,
2009 compared with cash provided by financing activities of $766,949 for the
nine months ended September 30, 2008. The primary financing uses of
cash in 2009 were repayment of the bank overdraft, notes payable and loans from
a stockholder. The uses of cash in 2009 were partially offset by proceeds from
the sale of common stock upon the exercise of outstanding options and advances
on our line of credit. The primary financing source of cash in 2008 were from
proceeds from the sales of common stock and net borrowings on notes
payable.
See the
discussion above under “Selling, General and Administrative Expenses” for
information regarding a new lease of facilities into which the Company entered
in November, 2009.
Recently
issued accounting pronouncements:
In June
2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) approved the FASB
Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification”) as the single source of
authoritative non-governmental generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
All existing accounting standard documents, such as FASB, American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, Emerging Issues Task Force and other related
literature, excluding guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”), have been superseded by the Codification. All other non-grandfathered,
non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification has become
nonauthoritative. The Codification did not change GAAP, but instead introduced a
new structure that combines all authoritative standards into a comprehensive,
topically organized online database. The Codification is effective for interim
or annual periods ending after September 15, 2009, and impacts the Company’s
consolidated financial statements, as all future references to authoritative
accounting literature will be referenced in accordance with the
Codification. As a result of the Company’s implementation of the
Codification during the quarter ended September 30, 2009, previous references to
new accounting standards and literature are no longer applicable.
On
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted new guidance issued by the FASB related to
the accounting for business combinations and related disclosures. This new
guidance addresses the recognition and accounting for identifiable assets
acquired, liabilities assumed, and noncontrolling interests in business
combinations. The guidance also establishes expanded disclosure requirements for
business combinations. The guidance was effective for the Company on January 1,
2009, and the Company will apply this new guidance prospectively to all business
combinations subsequent to January 1, 2009.
On
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted new guidance issued by the FASB related to
the accounting for noncontrolling interests in consolidated financial
statements. This guidance establishes accounting and reporting standards for the
noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a
subsidiary. This guidance requires that noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
be reported in the equity section of the controlling company’s balance sheet. It
also changes the manner in which the net income of the subsidiary is reported
and disclosed in the controlling company’s income statement. Because the
Company’s subsidiary is wholly-owned by the Company, there are no noncontrolling
interests, and as a result, the adoption of this guidance had no impact on the
Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In April
2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance related to interim disclosures
about the fair values of financial instruments. This guidance requires
disclosures about the fair value of financial instruments whenever a public
company issues financial information for interim reporting periods. This
guidance is effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009.
The Company adopted this guidance upon its issuance, and it had no material
impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial
statements.
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In June
2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance related to the accounting and
disclosures of subsequent events. This guidance incorporates the subsequent
events guidance contained in the auditing standards literature into
authoritative accounting literature. It also requires entities to disclose the
date through which they have evaluated subsequent events and whether the date
corresponds with the release of their financial statements. This guidance is
effective for all interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The
Company adopted this guidance upon its issuance and it had no material impact on
the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
There are
several accounting policies that involve management’s judgments and estimates
and are critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as
these policies and estimates affect the reported amounts of revenue and other
significant areas in our reported financial statements.
Please
refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operation” located within our 10-K filed on April 15, 2009 for the
year ended December 31, 2008, and Note 2 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements in this Report for further discussion of our “Critical Accounting
Policies”.
On
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the guidance found in the Derivative and
Hedging Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity topic in the “Codification” ASC
815-40-15, which provides guidance on determining what types of instruments or
embedded features in an instrument held by a reporting entity can be considered
indexed to its own stock for the purpose of evaluating the first criteria of the
scope exception. Upon the adoption of ASC 815-40-15, the Company reclassified
certain warrants that were previously classified as equity to a derivative
liability. On January 1, 2009, we adopted the following additional critical
accounting policy as a result of a newly-adopted accounting
guidance:
Derivative
warrant liability
Accounting
guidance requires all derivatives to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair
value. As a result, beginning January 1, 2009 and ending as of September 30,
2009, certain derivative warrant liabilities were separately valued and
accounted for on our balance sheet, with any changes in fair value recorded in
earnings.
We
utilized the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to estimate fair value. Key
assumptions of the Black-Scholes option-pricing model include the market price
of the Company’s stock, applicable volatility rates, risk-free interest rates
and the instrument’s remaining term. These assumptions require significant
management judgment. In addition, changes in any of these variables during a
period can result in material changes in the fair value (and resultant gains or
losses) of this derivative instrument.
SPECIAL
CAUTIONARY NOTICE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain
information included in this quarterly report contains statements that are
forward-looking, such as statements relating to plans for future expansion and
other business development activities, as well as other capital spending and
financing sources. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and
uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future
and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. These risks
include the need for additional capital in order to grow our business, our
dependence on the reimbursement from insurance companies for products sold or
rented to our customers, acceptance of our products by health insurance
providers for reimbursement, acceptance of our products by hospitals and
clinicians, larger competitors with greater financial resources, the need to
keep pace with technological changes, our dependence on third-party
manufacturers to produce our goods on time and to our specifications,
implementation of our sales strategy including a strong direct sales force, the
uncertain outcome of pending material litigation and other risks described in
our 10-K Report for the year ended December 31, 2008 and our 10-Q Report for the
quarter ended June 30, 2009.
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ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
RISK
Not
applicable.
ITEM
4T. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
The Company under the
supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, performed an
evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s
disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2009. Based on that
evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded
that, because of the material weaknesses in internal control over financial
reporting described below, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were
not effective as of September 30, 2009.
Based on
an evaluation as of December 31, 2008, management had concluded that our
internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31,
2008. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
concluded that the Company had a material weakness in its ability to produce
financial statements free from material misstatements. Management reported a
material weakness resulting from the combination of the following significant
deficiencies:
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The
Company did not have effective controls to ensure timely write-off of
uncollectible accounts receivable, resulting in an overstatement of the
Company’s accounts receivable and net revenue. The controls that were not
considered effective included a performance issue with the Company’s
billing system which prevented timely determination of accounts to be
written-off and lack of procedures to write-off uncollectible accounts
receivable based upon their aging.
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The
Company was utilizing a method for calculating the allowance for provider
discounts and uncollectibility that was dependent on annual calculations
and annual historical results which was not reactive to rapid changes
during the year. Further, this methodology was dependent upon write-offs
which were not done timely.
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The
Company did not have an adequate process in place to update the inventory
costing to reflect the pricing differences between purchased items and
items manufactured by the Company.
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In order
to compensate for the material weakness and to ensure that the Company’s
December 31, 2008 consolidated financial statements were free from material
misstatement, the Company performed alternative procedures during the course of
preparing the December 31, 2008 consolidated financial statements. These
alternative procedures performed by management included: 1) a detailed manual
review of the aging of accounts receivables, 2) the write-off of all accounts
over 270 days old, 3) establishment of additional methodologies to better
estimate the allowances for provider discounts (as more fully
described below), and 4) a line-by-line review of all purchased inventory items
to correct, where needed, to current year costs of items purchased and items
which were manufactured.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
In order
to remediate the material weaknesses described above, our management implemented
the following changes to our internal control over financial reporting during
the first quarter of 2009:
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The
Company has made enhancements to the performance of the Company’s billing
system to allow accounts to be analyzed timely, allowing write-offs to be
made timely;
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The
Company has implemented procedures to write-off accounts receivable which
are deemed uncollectible based upon their
aging;
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The
Company has developed a new model for analyzing the collectibility of the
Company’s accounts receivable that is updated on a timely basis throughout
the year. The simultaneous use of the old model and timely write-offs of
uncollectible accounts receivable serves as a comparative tool to validate
annual trends;
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The
Company has updated the Company’s inventory costing to reflect the pricing
of purchased items and items manufactured by the
Company.
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We expect
that if the steps that we are implementing are effective throughout a period of
time, such material weakness described above will be remediated. We do not
believe that the costs of remediation for the above material weaknesses will
have a material effect on our financial position, cash flow, or results of
operations.
Other
than as described above, there was no change in our internal control over
financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2009 that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
A lawsuit
was filed against the Company, its President and Chief Executive Officer and its
Chief Financial Officer on April 6, 2009, in the United States District Court
for the District of Colorado (Marjorie
and David Mishkin v. Zynex, Inc. et al.). On April 9, 2009, a
lawsuit was filed by Robert Hanratty in the same court against the same
defendants. On April 10, 2009, a lawsuit was filed by Denise Manandik
in the same court against the same defendants. These lawsuits allege
substantially the same matters. The lawsuits refer to the April 1,
2009 announcement of the Company that it would restate its unaudited financial
statements for the first three quarters of 2008. The lawsuits purport
to be a class action on behalf of purchasers of the Company securities between
May 21, 2008 and March 31, 2009. The lawsuits allege, among other
things, that the defendants violated Section 10 and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 by making intentionally or recklessly untrue statements of
material fact and/or failing to disclose material facts regarding the financial
results and operating conditions for the first three quarters of
2008. The plaintiffs ask for a determination of class action status,
unspecified damages and costs of the legal action. The Company
believes that the allegations are without merit and will vigorously defend
itself in the lawsuits. The Company has notified its directors and
officers liability insurer of the claims.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF
PROCEEDS.
In
September 2009, the Company and Ascendiant Capital Group, LLC (“Ascendiant”)
agreed that Ascendiant would exercise, via cash payment, its remaining warrants
for 329,687 shares of common stock, the exercise price under its warrants would
be reduced from $0.39 to $0.32 and the Company would issue 100,000 shares of
unregistered common stock as consideration for the early exercise of the
warrants and for certain additional services of Ascendiant in lieu of any cash
fees. In accordance with such terms, Ascendiant exercised all of its outstanding
warrants in September, 2009 and the Company issued 100,000 shares of common
stock to Ascendiant in November, 2009. We made no general solicitation and we
believe the issuances of the shares met the standards for purchases under an
exemption for a non-public offering.
ITEM
3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
Not
applicable.
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
Not
applicable.
ITEM
5. OTHER INFORMATION.
Not
applicable.
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ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
(a)
Exhibits
4.1
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Amendment
to Warrant between the Company and Ascendiant Capital Group, LLC., dated
September 14, 2009,
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10.1
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Amendment
to Employment Agreement among the Company, Zynex Medical, Inc., and Thomas
Sandgaard dated as of July 1, 2009, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2 of the Company’s Form 10-Q filed August 14,
2009.
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31.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002
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31.2
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section
18 U.S.C. Section 1350
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
ZYNEX,
INC.
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Dated
November 16, 2009
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/s/ Thomas
Sandgaard
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Thomas
Sandgaard
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President,
Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer
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Dated November
16, 2009
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/s/ Fritz
G. Allison
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Fritz
G. Allison
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Chief
Financial Officer
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