ITEM
1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Sigma
Additive Solutions, Inc. (formerly Sigma Labs, Inc.)
Condensed
Balance Sheets
See
accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
Sigma
Additive Solutions, Inc. (formerly Sigma Labs, Inc.)
Condensed
Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
See
accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
Sigma
Additive Solutions, Inc. (formerly Sigma Labs, Inc.)
Statement
of Stockholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
For
the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021
| |
Preferred Stock | | |
Common Stock | | |
Additional | | |
| | |
| |
| |
Shares Outstanding | | |
Preferred Stock | | |
Shares Outstanding | | |
Common Stock | | |
Paid-in
Capital | | |
Accumulated Deficit | | |
Total | |
Balances, June 30, 2021 | |
| 465 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 10,493,598 | | |
$ | 10,494 | | |
$ | 52,058,003 | | |
$ | (35,676,342 | ) | |
$ | 16,392,156 | |
Preferred Stock Dividends | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 14,220 | | |
| (14,220 | ) | |
| - | |
Shares Securities Issued to Directors for Services | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 282,306 | | |
| - | | |
| 282,306 | |
Securities Issued for Third Party Services | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 72,872 | | |
| - | | |
| 72,872 | |
Stock Awarded to Employees | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 5,204 | | |
| 5 | | |
| 659,507 | | |
| - | | |
| 659,512 | |
Net Loss | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (2,490,978 | ) | |
| (2,490,978 | ) |
Balances, September 30, 2021 | |
| 465 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 10,498,802 | | |
$ | 10,499 | | |
$ | 53,086,908 | | |
$ | (38,181,540 | ) | |
$ | 14,915,868 | |
See
accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021
| |
Preferred Stock | | |
Common Stock | | |
Additional | | |
| | |
| |
| |
Shares Outstanding | | |
Preferred Stock | | |
Shares Outstanding | | |
Common Stock | | |
Paid-in
Capital | | |
Accumulated Deficit | | |
Total | |
Balances, December 31, 2021 | |
| 465 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 10,498,802 | | |
$ | 10,499 | | |
$ | 53,442,431 | | |
$ | (40,593,180 | ) | |
$ | 12,859,751 | |
Net Loss | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (6,746,873 | ) | |
| (6,746,873 | ) |
Preferred Stock Dividends | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 42,660 | | |
| (42,660 | ) | |
| - | |
Stock Options Issued for Third Party Services | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 24,463 | | |
| - | | |
| 24,463 | |
Stock Options Awarded to Directors for Services | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 70,594 | | |
| - | | |
| 70,594 | |
Stock Options Awarded to Employees | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 613,833 | | |
| - | | |
| 613,833 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Balances, September 30, 2022 | |
| 465 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 10,498,802 | | |
$ | 10,499 | | |
$ | 54,193,981 | | |
$ | (47,382,713 | ) | |
$ | 6,821,768 | |
| |
Preferred Stock | | |
Common Stock | | |
Additional | | |
| | |
| |
| |
Shares Outstanding | | |
Preferred Stock | | |
Shares Outstanding | | |
Common Stock | | |
Paid-in
Capital | | |
Accumulated Deficit | | |
Total | |
Balances, December 31, 2020 | |
| 715 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 5,995,320 | | |
$ | 5,995 | | |
$ | 38,262,744 | | |
$ | (33,105,008 | ) | |
$ | 5,163,732 | |
Common Shares Sold in Public Offerings | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 3,901,783 | | |
| 3,902 | | |
| 14,865,997 | | |
| - | | |
| 14,869,899 | |
Extinguishment of Derivative Liability | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (1,092,441 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (1,092,441 | ) |
Preferred Stock Dividends | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 19,000 | | |
| 19 | | |
| 89,328 | | |
| (89,347 | ) | |
| - | |
Common Shares Issued Upon Conversion of Preferred Shares | |
| (250 | ) | |
| - | | |
| 100,000 | | |
| 100 | | |
| (100 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Common Shares issued for Exercise of Common Warrants | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 475,995 | | |
| 476 | | |
| 1,135,534 | | |
| - | | |
| 1,136,010 | |
Stock Options Awarded to Directors | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 404,580 | | |
| - | | |
| 404,580 | |
Securities Issued for Third Party Services | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 1,500 | | |
| 2 | | |
| 128,807 | | |
| - | | |
| 128,809 | |
Stock Options Awarded to Employees | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 5,204 | | |
| 5 | | |
| 893,426 | | |
| - | | |
| 893,431 | |
Offering Costs | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (1,600,967 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (1,600,967 | ) |
Net Loss | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (4,987,185 | ) | |
| (4,987,185 | ) |
Balances, September 30, 2021 | |
| 465 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 10,498,802 | | |
$ | 10,499 | | |
$ | 53,086,908 | | |
$ | (38,181,540 | ) | |
$ | 14,915,868 | |
See
accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
Sigma
Additive Solutions, Inc. (formerly Sigma Labs, Inc.)
Condensed
Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
See
accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
SIGMA ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS,
INC. (FORMERLY SIGMA LABS, INC.)
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September
30, 2022
NOTE
1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Nature
of Business -Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. (formerly Sigma Labs, Inc.), a Nevada corporation (“Company,” “Sigma,”
“we,” “us” and “our”), was founded by a group of scientists, engineers and businessmen to
develop and commercialize novel and unique manufacturing and materials technologies. Sigma believes that some of these technologies
will fundamentally redefine conventional quality assurance and process control practices by embedding them into the manufacturing
processes in real time, enabling process intervention and ultimately leading to closed loop process control. The Company anticipates
that its core technologies will allow its customers to combine advanced manufacturing quality assurance and process control
protocols with novel materials to achieve breakthrough product potential in many industries, including aerospace, defense, oil and
gas, bio-medical, and power generation.
Basis
of Presentation - The accompanying financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal
recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows at September 30, 2022
and 2021 and for the periods then ended have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements
prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted. The Company suggests these condensed financial statements be read in
conjunction with the December 31, 2021 audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K. The results of operations for the period ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results
for the full year.
Reclassification
- Certain amounts in prior-period financial statements have been reclassified for comparative purposes to conform to presentation
in the current-period financial statements.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments - The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for the cash and cash equivalents, receivables,
accounts payable, and accrued liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of
the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of
interest.
The
Company does not use derivative instruments for hedging of market risk or for trading or speculative purposes. On March 26, 2021, the
Company issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,190,000 shares of common stock in a private placement concurrently with a registered
direct offering of our common stock The warrants became exercisable on May 24, 2021, the date the Company obtained stockholder approval
to increase its authorized common shares from 12,000,000 to 24,000,000, and will expire on May 24, 2023.
Pursuant
to ASC 815.40.25.10, such warrants were accounted for as a derivative liability because the Company did not have sufficient authorized
and unissued shares of common stock available to settle the warrants at the issue date. On May 24, 2021, upon receiving stockholder approval
to increase its authorized common shares, the Company reclassified the warrant liability to equity pursuant to ASC 815.40.35.8.
For
the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded a gain of $1,092,441 due to the change in the fair value of the derivative
liability as measured on a recurring basis.
Loss
Per Share – The computation of loss per share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period
in accordance with ASC Topic No. 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Shares underlying the Company’s outstanding warrants, options
and preferred stock were excluded due to the anti-dilutive effect they would have on the computation. At September 30, 2022 and 2021,
the Company had the following common shares underlying these instruments:
Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded
from Computation of Earnings Per Share
| |
September 30, | |
| |
2022 | | |
2021 | |
Warrants | |
| 3,825,781 | | |
| 3,987,931 | |
Stock Options | |
| 1,784,942 | | |
| 1,400,407 | |
Preferred Stock | |
| 148,918 | | |
| 124,483 | |
Total Underlying Common Shares | |
| 5,759,641 | | |
| 5,512,821 | |
The
following table shows the amounts used in computing loss per share and the effect on net loss and the weighted average number of shares
of dilutive potential common stock for the periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:
Schedule of Computing Loss Per Share
| |
2022 | | |
2021 | | |
2022 | | |
2021 | |
| |
Three Months Ended September 30 | | |
Nine Months Ended September 30 | |
| |
2022 | | |
2021 | | |
2022 | | |
2021 | |
| |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Net Loss per Common Share - Basic and Diluted | |
$ | (0.22 | ) | |
$ | (0.24 | ) | |
$ | (0.65 | ) | |
$ | (0.53 | ) |
Loss Applicable to Common Stockholders (numerator) | |
$ | (2,306,528 | ) | |
$ | (2,505,198 | ) | |
$ | (6,789,533 | ) | |
$ | (5,076,532 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding Used in Loss Per Share During the Period (denominator) | |
| 10,498,802 | | |
| 10,494,560 | | |
| 10,498,802 | | |
| 9,602,666 | |
Accounting
Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from
those estimated by management. Significant accounting estimates that may materially change in the near future are impairment of long-lived
assets, values of stock compensation awards and stock equivalents granted as offering costs, and allowance for bad debts and inventory
obsolescence.
Revenue
Recognition – The Company’s revenue is derived primarily from sales of our software and related hardware
suite under perpetual licenses and from providing engineering services under contracts. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance
with ASC Topic No. 606. In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No.
2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09 is a comprehensive revenue recognition standard that superseded
nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under prior U.S. GAAP and replaced it with a principles-based approach for
determining revenue recognition. The core principle of the standard is the recognition of revenue upon the transfer of promised
goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange
for those goods or services. In general, we determine revenue recognition by: (1) identifying the contract, or contracts, with our
customer; (2) identifying the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determining the transaction price; (4) allocating the
transaction price to performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognizing revenue when, or as, we satisfy performance
obligations by transferring the promised goods or services.
In
January 2022, the Company began offering a subscription option to its customers, pursuant to which it leases its PrintRite3D platform
for terms between 12 and 36 months and provide technical support and maintenance for the term of the arrangement, as well as installation
and training. The Company has determined these are leases because they relate to discrete pieces of equipment to which customers have
the right to substantially all the economic benefit from and exclusive right to use during the term of the arrangement. These leases
are classified as operating leases and the Company retains title to the underlying equipment.
The
leases may be renewed for successive one-year terms unless notice is given by either party of its intent not to renew at least 30 days
before the end of the lease term. For leases with 36-month terms, the lessee may terminate the agreement after the first 18 months with
30-days written notice. Some, but not all, of the leases permit lessees to purchase the equipment at any time at an amount that approximates
fair value and are not reasonably certain to be exercised at the inception of the lease. There are no anticipated variable lease payments
at the inception of the lease.
There
are two non-lease components in the arrangement that consist of technical support and maintenance, and installation and training. The
Company has elected the single component practical expedient to combine the technical support and maintenance with the lease as they
have the same pattern of transfer. The installation and training component does not have the same pattern of transfer; therefore, this
component is not eligible for the single component practical expedient. The consideration has been allocated on a relative fair value
basis of the underlying lease and non-lease components. The Company has estimated the residual value of the leased equipment based on
its useful life, and the ability to refurbish and sell the equipment, as well as the Company’s ability to componentize the hardware
and utilize subassemblies in other products.
Revenue
from these operating leases for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $2,834 and $17,006, respectively.
Minimum
Lease Payments Receivable
Minimum
lease payments receivable for each of the succeeding years ending December 31 are as follows:
Schedule of Minimum
Lease Payments Receivable
Year ending December 31, | |
Amount | |
2022 (remaining) | |
$ | 8,503 | |
2023 | |
$ | 8,503 | |
2024 | |
| - | |
2025 and thereafter | |
| - | |
Total | |
$ | 17,006 | |
Equipment
Underlying Operating Leases:
Equipment
under operating leases as of September 30, 2022 were comprised of the following:
Schedule of Assets underlying Operating Leases
| |
September 30,
2022 | |
PrintRite 3D Hardware | |
$ | 38,949 | |
Accumulated Depreciation | |
| 4,173 | |
Net Book Value | |
$ | 34,776 | |
The
Company is depreciating the underlying equipment over its useful life of
7 years, but certain subassemblies and components may have a longer economic life.
NOTE
2 – Inventory
At
September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company’s inventory was comprised of the following:
Schedule of Inventory
| |
September 30,
2022 | | |
December 31,
2021 | |
Raw Materials | |
$ | 264,558 | | |
$ | 202,015 | |
Work in Process | |
| 420,420 | | |
| 224,079 | |
Finished Goods | |
| 282,454 | | |
| 283,986 | |
Total Inventory | |
$ | 967,432 | | |
$ | 710,080 | |
NOTE
3 – Intangible Assets
The
Company’s intangible assets consist of patents and patent applications.
Provisional
patent applications are not amortized until a patent has been granted. Once a patent is granted, the Company will amortize the related
costs over the estimated useful life of the patent. If a patent application is denied, then the costs will be expensed at that time.
During
2022, $126,231 of costs related to patents issued to us during 2022 were reclassified from provisional patent application to patents and began to be amortized as of the date of issue.
The
following is a summary of definite-life intangible assets less accumulated amortization as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021,
respectively:
Summary of Definite-life Intangible Assets and Accumulated Amortization
| |
September 30,
2022 | | |
December 31,
2021 | |
Provisional Patent Applications | |
$ | 725,164 | | |
$ | 675,291 | |
Patents | |
| 426,601 | | |
| 300,370 | |
Less: Accumulated Amortization | |
| (67,560 | ) | |
| (50,550 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net Intangible Assets | |
$ | 1,084,205 | | |
$ | 925,111 | |
Amortization
expense on intangible assets was $17,010 and $22,998 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
The
estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the following years ending December 31 is as follows:
Schedule of Aggregate Amortization Expense
| |
| | |
2022 (Remaining) | |
$ | 6,153 | |
2023 | |
| 24,610 | |
2024 | |
| 24,610 | |
2025 | |
| 24,610 | |
Thereafter | |
| 279,058 | |
| |
| | |
Intangible
asset and amortization expense | |
$ | 359,041 | |
NOTE
4 – Deferral of Social Security Tax Payments
Pursuant
to sections 2302(a)(1) and (a)(2) of the CARES Act, the Company has elected to defer payments of its share of Social Security tax due
during the “payroll tax deferral period.” The payroll tax deferral period began on March 27, 2020 and ended on December 31,
2020. At September 30, 2022, the total remaining amount of the deferral was $37,728. Per the terms of the deferral program, such amount
is due by December 31, 2022, without interest.
NOTE
5 - Stockholders’ Equity
Common
Stock
On
May 24, 2021, at a Special Stockholders Meeting, our stockholders approved an increase in the authorized shares of common stock from
12,000,000 to 24,000,000.
In
January 2021, the Company closed a public offering of its securities in which it issued 1,711,783 shares of common stock at a price of
$3.00 per share, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $4,532,445 after deducting underwriting commissions and other offering expenses
payable by the Company. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company also issued to the Underwriter and its designees warrants
to purchase 136,943 shares of common stock. Such warrants have a term of five years and an exercise price of $3.75 per share.
In
February 2021, the Company issued 263,200 shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of warrants issued in our January 2020 private
placement.
In
March 2021, the Company issued 119,000 shares of common stock in exchange for the conversion of 250 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock, including 19,000 shares of common stock as in-kind payment of preferred stock dividends. Also in March 2021, the company issued
191,204 shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of warrants issued in our April 2020 offering, and 21,591 shares of common stock
issued pursuant to the cashless exercise of placement agent warrants.
In
March 2021, the Company closed a public offering in which it issued 2,190,000 shares of common stock at a price of $4.445 per share,
resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $8,736,487 after deducting placement agent commissions and other offering costs
payable by the Company. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the purchasers severally agreed to vote the shares of common stock purchased
under the Purchase Agreement in favor of any resolution presented to the stockholders of the Company for the purpose of obtaining approval
of an increase in the authorized shares of the Company’s Common Stock from 12,000,000 to 24,000,000 shares (“Stockholder
Approval”). In a concurrent private placement under the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to the purchasers warrants (“Warrants”)
to purchase an aggregate of 2,190,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.32 per share. Each Warrant became exercisable
commencing May 24, 2021, the date the Company obtained Stockholder Approval, and will expire two years after the initial exercise date.
The Company also issued to designees of the Placement Agent warrants to purchase up to 175,200 shares of Common Stock (the “Placement
Agent Warrants”) constituting 8% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock sold in the public offering. The Placement Agent
Warrants have substantially the same terms as the Warrants, except that the Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price equal to
125% of the offering price per share (or $5.55625 per share). Upon any exercise of the Warrants for cash, we have also agreed to pay
the Placement Agent warrants to purchase 8% of the number of shares of our Common Stock issued upon such exercise.
In
March 2021, Company issued 1,500 shares of common stock valued at $4.99 per share to an investor relations firm previously engaged by
the Company as partial compensation for services rendered.
Preferred
Stock
The
Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value, of which 465 shares were issued and outstanding
at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
In
January 2020, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain institutional investors (the “Institutional
Private Placement”), pursuant to which the Company issued and sold 1,640 shares of the Company’s newly created Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) at an initial stated value of $1,000 per share. Dividends accrue at a rate
of 9% per annum (subject to increase upon the occurrence (and during the continuance) of certain triggering events described therein)
and are payable monthly in kind by the increase of the stated value of the Series D Preferred Shares by said amount. The holders of the
Series D Preferred Shares have the right at any time to convert all or a portion of the Series D Preferred Shares (including, without
limitation, accrued and unpaid dividends and make-whole dividends through the third anniversary of the closing date) into shares of the
Company’s Common Stock at the conversion price then in effect, which is $2.50 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, dividends,
recapitalizations and similar events and full ratchet price protection in the event the Company issues or sells, or is deemed to have
issued or sold, shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share less than a price equal to the conversion price then in effect).
Alternatively, a holder may at any time convert all, or any part, of its Series D Preferred Shares at an alternative conversion price
equal to the lower of the applicable conversion price then in effect, and the greater of (x) $1.80 and (y) 85% of the average volume
weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Common Stock for a five-trading day period prior to such conversion. Upon the occurrence
of certain triggering events, described in the Certificate of Designations, including, but not limited to payment defaults, breaches
of transaction documents, failure to maintain listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, and other defaults set forth therein, the Series
D Preferred Shares would become subject to redemption, at the option of a holder, at a 125% premium to the underlying value of the Series
D Preferred Stock being redeemed.
At
September 30, 2022, there were 132 shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding, which if converted as of September 30, 2022, including
the make-whole dividends, would result in the issuance of 87,267 shares of common stock.
Concurrent
with the Institutional Private Placement, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company issued
and sold to certain of its directors and the Company’s then largest stockholder 333 shares of the Company’s newly created
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series E Preferred Stock”) at an initial stated value of $1,000 per share. Dividends
accrue at a dividend rate of 9% per annum and are payable monthly in kind by the increase of the stated value of the Series E Preferred
Stock by said amount. The Series E Preferred Stock is initially convertible into 48,544 shares of common stock (subject to adjustment
for stock splits, dividends, recapitalizations and similar events).
At
September 30, 2022, 333 shares of Series E Preferred Stock were outstanding, which if converted as of September 30, 2022, including the
make-whole dividends, would result in the issuance of 61,651 shares of common stock.
Stock
Options
As
of September 30, 2022, an aggregate of 450,617 shares of common stock were reserved for future issuance under the Company’s 2013
Equity Incentive Plan.
In
March 2022, the Company granted options to its non-employee directors to purchase up to an aggregate of 56,000 shares of common stock
at a strike price of $2.50. As of September 30, 2022, 75% of such grants were fully vested and exercisable, and the remaining 25% will
vest on December 31, 2022 subject to the directors remaining in our service through such date.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company granted twelve employees options to purchase up to an aggregate of 228,973 shares
of common stock in connection with their employment. The options have a strike price of $2.50 with vesting periods ranging from immediately
upon issuance to three years beginning July 1, 2022, provided that the employees remain employed by the Company on such dates. In addition,
the Company granted its President and CEO options to purchase up to 135,000 shares of common stock in connection with his employment.
The options have a strike price of $2.50 and will vest in equal monthly installments over 36 months beginning March 2022, provided that
the President and CEO remains employed by the Company on such dates.
Also,
during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company granted two consultants options to purchase up to an aggregate of 14,000
shares of common stock for services to be rendered. The options have a strike price of $2.50 and are fully vested.
The
Company generally grants stock options to employees and directors at exercise
prices equal to the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the grant date, The exercise prices will not be less than 100% of
the fair market value of a share on the date of grant of the option. Stock options are typically granted throughout the year and
generally vest over a period from one to three years of service and expire five years from the grant date, unless otherwise specified.
The Company recognizes compensation expense for the fair value of the stock options over the requisite service period for each stock option award.
Total
stock-based compensation expense included in the statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was $613,833
and $893,431 respectively, all of which is related to stock options.
The
fair value of stock-based awards was estimated using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted average assumptions for the
nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:
Schedule of Share Based Payments Award Stock
Options Valuation Assumptions
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
Dividend
yield |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Risk-free
interest rate |
|
|
0.95
-3.23 |
% |
|
|
0.19
- 0.70 |
% |
Expected
volatility |
|
|
106.40
-109.97 |
% |
|
|
116.8-123.8 |
% |
Expected
life (in years) |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Option
activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021 was as follows:
Schedule of Stock Option Activity
| |
Options | | |
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price ($) | | |
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Yrs.) | | |
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value ($) | |
| |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Options outstanding at December 31, 2020 | |
| 713,010 | | |
| 5.15 | | |
| 4.40 | | |
| 477,802 | |
Granted | |
| 698,831 | | |
| 3.29 | | |
| 4.39 | | |
| 46,800 | |
Exercised | |
| (5,204 | ) | |
| 2.50 | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Forfeited or cancelled | |
| (10,755 | ) | |
| 3.49 | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Options outstanding at December 31, 2021 | |
| 1,395,882 | | |
| 4.24 | | |
| 3.89 | | |
| - | |
Granted | |
| 433,973 | | |
| 2.50 | | |
| 4.64 | | |
| - | |
Exercised | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Forfeited or cancelled | |
| (44,913 | ) | |
| 4.21 | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Options outstanding September 30, 2022 | |
| 1,784,942 | | |
| 3.82 | | |
| 3.50 | | |
| - | |
Options expected to vest in the future as of September 30, 2022 | |
| 534,242 | | |
| 2.91 | | |
| 4.08 | | |
| - | |
Options exercisable at September 30, 2022 | |
| 1,250,700 | | |
| 4.21 | | |
| 3.25 | | |
| - | |
Options vested, exercisable, and options expected to vest at September 30, 2022 | |
| 1,784,942 | | |
| 3.82 | | |
| 3.50 | | |
| - | |
The
aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the market price of
our common stock for those awards that have an exercise price below the market price of our common stock. At September
30, 2022, no option had an exercise price below the $0.815
closing price of our common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
At
September 30, 2022, there was $908,588 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options with a weighted
average remaining recognition period of 2.0 years.
Stock
Appreciation Rights
On
June 23, 2020, the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company adopted the 2020 Stock
Appreciation Rights Plan (the “Plan”). The purposes of the Plan are to: (i) enable the Company to attract and retain the
types of employees, consultants, and directors (collectively, “Service Providers”) who will contribute to the Company’s
long-range success; (ii) provide incentives that align the interests of Service Providers with those of the stockholders of the Company;
and (iii) promote the success of the Company’s business. The Plan provides for incentive awards only in the form of stock appreciation
rights payable in cash (“SARs”) and no shares of common stock are reserved or will be issued pursuant to the Plan.
SARs
may be granted to any Service Provider. A SAR is the right to receive an amount equal to the Spread with respect to a share of the Company’s
common stock (“Share”) upon the exercise of the SAR. The “Spread” is the difference between the exercise price
per share specified in a SAR agreement on the date of grant and the fair market value per share on the date of exercise of the SAR. The
exercise price per share will not be less than 100% of the fair market value of a share on the date of grant of the SAR. The administrator
of the Plan will have the authority to, among other things, prescribe the terms and conditions of each SAR, including, without limitation,
the exercise price and vesting provisions, and to specify the provisions of the SAR Agreement relating to such grant.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company granted a total of 404,975 SARs to fifteen employees at exercise prices ranging
from $1.30 to $2.50 with vesting periods ranging from immediately upon issuance to three years, beginning January 3, 2022, provided that
the employees remain employed by the Company on such dates. The SARs expire on the fifth anniversary of the grant date.
Also,
during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company granted 406,887 SARs to our President and Chief Executive Officer at exercise
prices ranging from $1.30 to $2.50. Of the SARs, 30,000 will vest equally over 36 months beginning March 2022, 194,940 will vest over
36 months beginning July 1, 2022, and 181,947will vest on March 15, 2025, in each case provided that the President and Chief Executive
Officer remains an employee of the Company on such dates. The SARs will expire on the fifth anniversary of each of the grant dates.
On
March 31, 2022, the Company granted 3,000 SARs to a consultant as partial compensation for services pursuant to a consulting agreement
at an exercise price of $2.50. The SARs expire on the fifth anniversary of the grant date and are fully vested and exercisable.
The
Company recognizes compensation expense and a corresponding liability for the fair value of the SARs over the requisite service period
for each SAR award. The SARs are revalued at each reporting date in accordance with ASC 718 “Compensation-Stock Compensation”,
and any changes in fair value are reflected in the Statement of Operations as of the applicable reporting date.
The
fair value of SAR awards was estimated using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the nine months
ended September 30, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021:
Schedule of Share Based Payments Award Stock
Options Valuation Assumptions
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
Dividend
yield |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Risk-free
interest rate |
|
|
0.82-2.79 |
%
|
|
|
0.39-0.40 |
%
|
Expected
volatility |
|
|
108.38-119.02 |
% |
|
|
123.0 |
% |
Expected
life (in years) |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
SARs
activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021 was as follows:
Schedule of Stock Option Activity
| |
Options | | |
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price ($) | | |
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Yrs.) | | |
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value ($) | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| - | | |
| | |
SARs outstanding at December 31, 2020 | |
| 127,679 | | |
| 2.61 | | |
| 4.52 | | |
| 97,919 | |
Granted | |
| 242,945 | | |
| 3.43 | | |
| 4.61 | | |
| - | |
Exercised | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Forfeited or cancelled | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
SARs outstanding at December 31, 2021 | |
| 370,624 | | |
| 3.15 | | |
| 4.24 | | |
| - | |
Granted | |
| 814,862 | | |
| 1.81 | | |
| 4.73 | | |
| - | |
Exercised | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Forfeited or cancelled | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
SARs outstanding September 30, 2022 | |
| 1,185,486 | | |
| 2.23 | | |
| 4.34 | | |
| - | |
SARs expected to vest in the future as of September 30, 2022 | |
| 897,970 | | |
| 2.05 | | |
| 4.50 | | |
| - | |
SARs exercisable at September 30, 2022 | |
| 287,516 | | |
| 2.80 | | |
| 3.84 | | |
| - | |
SARs vested, exercisable, and SARs expected to vest at September 30, 2022 | |
| 1,185,486 | | |
| 2.23 | | |
| 4.34 | | |
| - | |
The
aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the market price
of our common stock for those awards that have an exercise price below the market price of our common stock. At September 30,
2022, no SAR had an exercise price below the $0.815
closing price of our common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
At
September 30, 2022, there was $1,128,615 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested SARs with a weighted average
remaining recognition period of 2.38 years.
Warrants
Warrant
activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021 was as follows:
Schedule of Warranty Activity
| |
Warrants | | |
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price ($) | | |
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Yrs.) | |
Warrants outstanding at December 31, 2020 | |
| 1,881,429 | | |
| 7.57 | | |
| 4.16 | |
Granted | |
| 2,602,143 | | |
| 4.36 | | |
| 1.63 | |
Exercised | |
| (495,641 | ) | |
| 2.59 | | |
| - | |
Forfeited or cancelled | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Warrants outstanding at December 31, 2021 | |
| 3,987,931 | | |
| 6.10 | | |
| 2.10 | |
Granted | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Exercised | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Forfeited or cancelled | |
| (162,150 | ) | |
| 40.00 | | |
| - | |
Warrants outstanding at September 30, 2022 | |
| 3,825,781 | | |
| 4.66 | | |
| 2.10 | |
NOTE
6 - Subsequent Events
On
October 14, 2022, the Company received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) that the closing bid price for our
common stock had been below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days, and that the Company therefore is not in compliance with
the minimum bid price requirement for continued inclusion on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The notice
indicates that the Company has 180 calendar days, or until April 12, 2023, to regain compliance with this requirement. The Company may also be eligible for an additional 180 calendar days to regain compliance.
The
Company believes that it will regain compliance with the $1.00
minimum bid price requirement.
ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Forward-looking
statements
This
Quarterly Report contains “Forward-Looking Statements.” All statements other than statements of historical fact are “Forward-Looking
Statements” including but not limited to, statements regarding our expectations about development and commercialization of our
technology, any projections of revenues or statements regarding our anticipated revenues or other financial items, any statements of
the plans and objectives of management for future operations, any statements concerning proposed new products or services, any statements
regarding future economic conditions or performance, and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. All Forward-Looking
Statements included in this Quarterly Report are made as of the date hereof and are based on information available to us as of such date.
We assume no obligation to update any Forward-Looking Statement. In some cases, Forward-Looking Statements can be identified by the use
of terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,”
“intends,” “believes,” “estimates,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative
thereof or other comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the Forward-Looking Statements contained
herein are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations or any of the Forward-Looking Statements will prove to be correct,
and actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in the Forward-Looking Statements. Future financial condition
and results of operations, as well as any Forward-Looking Statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors
referred to in our press releases and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). All subsequent Forward-Looking
Statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary
statements. Additional factors that may have a direct bearing on our operating results are described under the caption “Risk Factors”
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
Corporation
Information
We
were incorporated as Messidor Limited in Nevada on December 23, 1985 and changed our name to Framewaves Inc. in 2001. On September 27,
2010, we changed our name to Sigma Labs, Inc. We commenced our current business operations in 2010. On May 17, 2022, we began doing business
as Sigma Additive Solutions, and on August 9, 2022 changed our name to Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc.
Our
principal executive offices are located at 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507, and our telephone number is (505) 438-2576.
Our website address is www.sigmaadditive.com. The Company’s annual reports, quarterly reports, current reports on Form 8-K
and amendments to such reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange
Act”), and other information related to the Company, are available, free of charge, on our website. The Company’s website
and the information contained therein, or connected thereto, are not and are not intended to be incorporated into this Quarterly Report.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
(“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported assets, liabilities, sales and
expenses in the accompanying financial statements. Critical accounting policies are those that require the most subjective and
complex judgments, often employing the use of estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. By their nature,
changes in these assumptions and estimates could significantly affect our financial position or results of operations. Significant
accounting estimates that may materially change in the near future are revenue recognition, impairment of long-lived assets, values
of stock compensation awards and stock equivalents granted as offering costs, and allowance for bad debts and inventory
obsolescence. Such critical accounting policies, including the assumptions and judgments underlying them, are disclosed in Note 1 of
the Notes to Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report. However, we do not believe that there are any alternative
methods of accounting for our operations that would have a material effect on our financial statements.
The
critical accounting policies and estimates addressed below reflect our most significant judgements and estimates used in the preparation
of our financial statements
Revenue
Recognition – The Company’s revenue is derived primarily from sales of our software and related hardware suite under
perpetual licenses and from providing engineering services under contracts. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC
Topic No. 606. In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue
from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09 is a comprehensive revenue recognition standard that superseded nearly all existing
revenue recognition guidance under prior GAAP and replaced it with a principles-based approach for determining revenue
recognition. The core principle of the standard is the recognition of revenue upon the transfer of promised goods or services to
customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or
services. In general, we determine revenue recognition by: (1) identifying the contract, or contracts, with our customer; (2)
identifying the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determining the transaction price; (4) allocating the transaction price
to performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognizing revenue when, or as, we satisfy performance obligations by
transferring the promised goods or services.
In
January 2022, the Company began offering a subscription option to its customers, pursuant to which it leases its PrintRite3D platform
for terms between 12 and 36 months and provide technical support and maintenance for the term of the arrangement, as well as installation
and training. The Company has determined these are leases because they relate to discrete pieces of equipment to which customers have
the right to substantially all the economic benefit and exclusive right to use during the term of the arrangement. These leases
are classified as operating leases and the Company retains title to the underlying equipment.
The
leases may be renewed for successive one-year terms unless notice is given by either party of its intent not to renew at least 30 days
before the end of the lease term. For leases with 36-month terms, the lessee may terminate the agreement after the first 18 months with
30-days written notice. Some, but not all, of the leases permit lessees to purchase the asset at any time at an amount that approximates
fair value and are not reasonably certain to be exercised at the inception of the lease. There are no anticipated variable lease payments
at the inception of the lease.
There
are two non-lease components in the arrangement that consist of technical support and maintenance, and installation and training.
The Company has elected the single component practical expedient to combine the technical support and maintenance with the lease as
they have the same pattern of transfer. The installation and training component does not have the same pattern of transfer;
therefore, this component is not eligible for the single component practical expedient. The lease consideration is allocated
on a relative fair value basis of the underlying lease and non-lease components. The Company has estimated the residual value of the
leased equipment based on its useful life, and the ability to refurbish and sell the equipment, as well as the Company’s
ability to componentize the hardware and utilize subassemblies in other products.
The
Company is depreciating assets over their useful life of 7 years, but certain subassemblies and components may have a longer economic
life.
Accounts
Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - Trade accounts receivable are carried at original invoice amount less an estimate
made for doubtful accounts. We determine the allowance for doubtful accounts by identifying potential troubled accounts and by using
historical experience and future expectations applied to an aging of accounts. Trade accounts receivable are written off when deemed
uncollectible. Recoveries of trade accounts receivable previously written off are recorded as income when received.
Inventory
Valuation - Inventories consist of raw materials used in the production of customized parts, work-in-process and finished goods components
which will be sold to customers. Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value, using the first-in, first-out (FIFO)
method. Charges for obsolete inventory are based on identification of specific items resulting from regular, on ongoing reviews of our
inventory.
Long-Lived
and Intangible Assets – Long-lived assets and certain identifiable definite life intangibles to be held and used by the Company
are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.
The Company continuously evaluates the recoverability of its long-lived assets based on estimated future cash flows and the estimated
liquidation value of such long-lived assets and provides for impairment if such undiscounted cash flows are insufficient to recover the
carrying amount of the long-lived assets. If impairment exists, an adjustment is made to write the asset down to its fair value, and
a loss is recorded as the difference between the carrying value and fair value. Fair values are determined based on quoted market values,
discounted cash flows or internal or external appraisals, as applicable. Assets to be disposed of are carried at the lower of carrying
value or estimated net realizable value. Utility patents are amortized over a 17-year period. Patents which are pending are not amortized.
Stock-Based Compensation – We measure the compensation costs of stock-based compensation arrangements based on the grant-date fair
value and recognize the costs in the financial statements over the period during which recipients are required to provide services. Stock-based compensation arrangements may include stock options, grants of shares of common stock with and without restrictions, performance-based
awards, and stock appreciation rights. Compensation cost is measured on the date of grant at its fair value.
Equity
instruments issued to non-employees are recorded on the basis of the grant date fair value of the instruments. In general, the measurement
date is either (a) when a performance commitment, as defined, is reached or (b) the earlier of the date that (i) the non-employee performance
requirement is complete or (ii) the instruments are vested. The measured value related to the instruments is recognized over a period
based on the facts and circumstances of each particular grant.
The
fair value of common stock grants is based upon the closing price of our
common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market on the date of the grant. The grant date fair value of stock options and SARs is
calculated using the Black Scholes valuation model, and requires estimates of several inputs to the model, including risk-free interest
rates, dividends, and expected volatility of our stock price.
Business
Overview
Historically,
we have generated revenues through sales, and more recently, subscription-based licensing of our PrintRite3D® technology to
customers that seek to improve their manufacturing production processes, and through ongoing annual software upgrades and
maintenance fees. However, 2022 has been a year of significant change for our business, from our symbolic name change to the
execution of a new approach to the market. We have a mission to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing by setting the
industry standard for quality, and we have charted our path to deliver the first holistic digital
quality experience for the additive industry with the following objectives:
| ● | Simplifying
the quality experience from up to twelve disparate software licenses and multiple manual
spreadsheets, to a single user experience that is holistic and integrated with production
workflow. |
| ● | Building
strategic partnerships, expanding our partner ecosystem, and best ensuring success of existing
customers as they move into production. |
| ● | Offering
products that are easier to use and less expensive, both for initial purchases and as expansion
opportunities. |
| ● | Attracting
a strategic corporate investment partner with clear product, customer, and financial synergies. |
A
holistic digital quality experience connects in-process data upstream to CAD/CAM through the downstream inspection and material data.
This digital quality journey begins by creating a new qualification framework for in-process data. The path to qualified parts and continued
production relies on more than just melt pool monitoring; it also covers machine health, process health, and part health.
Our customers require specific data for qualification
and certification of parts and need a holistic approach to production quality, and further, require a way to simplify quality from 8-12
disparate software licenses and several manual spreadsheets, to one user experience that is integrated into their production workflow.
In
order to expand the number of OEMs distributing our technology, we launched a three-tiered OEM program directed to: (1) new OEMs
without their own quality assurance or monitoring solution; (2) established OEMs with a quality monitoring offering, but who have
customers with multiple printers from multiple OEMs and want a single third party quality and analytics solution with consistent
quality metrics across printers, processes and materials; and (3) OEMs building open application programming interfaces, or APIs, to
integrate components of Sigma’s proprietary technology with their current offerings. We are now working with OEMs on their
next generation printers to offer a software-only solution that will utilize the printer’s computing infrastructure and
dramatically reduce the overall cost of its technology, enabling the opportunity to move towards a software only embedded solution
on every printer sold by partner OEMs. To further augment this initiative, we have also begun integrating with industry wide
hardware providers, such as our recently announced relationship with a laser scanner provider.
We began offering our current PrintRite3D integrated hardware and software
solution on a subscription basis in 2022. Among other things, at present the change reduced the initial upfront cost to a new user from
over $100,000 to approximately $3,000-$5,000 per month. The
combination of subscription pricing and the new software-only products that can be embedded into OEM and software partner offerings
are intended to make our technology more affordable to acquire and easier to bundle, distribute and support in an effort to
become the industry standard.
The
shift in our business model has adversely affected our revenues and near-term
revenue growth as we increased our focus on building strategic partnerships, expanding our partner ecosystem, and ensuring the success
of our existing customers as they move into production. Our ability to generate revenues in the future will depend on our ability to further
commercialize and increase market presence of our traditional PrintRite3D® technology, along with our new software-only offerings
that start to link industry quality together. Additionally, it will depend on whether key prospective customers continue to move from
additive manufacturing prototyping to production, which our products are intended to accelerate. However, we believe these changes
to our business model will contribute to faster adoption of our product by end users and will result in more predictable and profitable
revenues over the longer term.
In connection with this shift, we reduced our headcount in the third quarter
by a net of five employees. With a further reduction of two employees in October, our full-time headcount now stands at twenty-five, a
net reduction of ten employees from our peak of thirty-five in April of this year. Though we plan to hire one or two new employees to
fill open positions in the near-term, we expect our headcount will be stable for the next twelve to eighteen months.
As part of our vision to build the future of connected digital quality,
we have undertaken an initiative to attract a strategic corporate investment partner with clear product, customer, and financial synergies
to Sigma. This work is focused on identified companies that connect to our long-term quality vision. This strategic investment initiative
is focused on synergies and potential product integration to accelerate market visibility and customer adoption.
Over
the past ten years, Sigma has invested its resources to solve the problem of in-process AM quality: melt pool analytics for the “part”.
This remained a retrofit lab solution until the last eight months. Our prior product offering met the needs of materials scientists, but
overlooked the production needs of shop floor technicians, process engineers, and operations teams. The addition of our “machine”
and “process” software products for additive manufacturing will provide a holistic in-process quality base for us to connect
to the broader digital quality ecosystem.
We
believe the industry is evolving. Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs, are opening up, as some of our relationships with
OEMs have become public. There is also a trend toward consolidation in additive manufacturing as companies align for profitability.
Sigma has made demonstrable progress in 2022 connecting to other products in the AM digital quality stream, and a connection to a strategic
partner paired with near term execution can augment our ability to scale, support the market, and create value. Further, alignment with
a strategic partner allows for common growth, vision, and funding of the Company to achieve its mission, but also provides an opportunity
for other strategic relationships, including potential acquisitions that can further accelerate the execution of our digital quality
vision.
Results
of Operations
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021
During
the three months ended September 30, 2022, we recognized revenue of $188,245, as compared to $700,237 in the same period in 2021, a
decrease of $511,992, or 72.7%. The decrease was primarily due to lower PrintRite3D® unit sales of $511,870, the shift to
subscription-based sales, and a decrease in contract additive manufacturing revenue of $11,190, partially offset by an increase in
annual maintenance contract renewals in the third quarter of 2022 of $11,068, as compared to the third quarter of 2021.
Our
cost of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $79,713, as compared to $164,766 for the same period in 2021, a decrease
of $85,053, or 51.6%. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower unit sales in the quarter.
Our
total operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2022 were $2,392,596, as compared to $3,026,888 for the same period
in 2021, an decrease of $633,932, or 20.9%. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in stock-based compensation expense
of $384,093, a decrease in investor, public relations and marketing expense of $72,790, and a decrease in organization costs of $201,590
primarily attributable to a timing difference in stock option grants as further
explained below.
Salary
and benefits costs were $1,227,805 for the three months ended September
30, 2022, as compared to $1,222,760 for the same period in 2021, an increase of $5,045, or 0.4%. The increase was comprised of: (a) $100,125
of salary increases for existing employees and two new hires; (b) an increase in severance costs of $88,379; and (d) increased taxes and
benefits of $18,737. Offsetting these increases was a decrease in SAR expense of $196,766 resulting from the September 30, 2022 revaluation
due to the decrease in our stock price, and a decrease in employee commissions and bonuses of $5,429.
Stock-based compensation was $275,418 for the three months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to $659,512 for the same period in 2021,
a decrease of $384,094, or 58.2%. This decrease was primarily a result of the expense related to options awarded to new employees
and annual option grants awarded to other employees in the third quarter of 2021.
We incurred operations and research and development costs of $152,245 during
the three months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to $131,772 in the same period of 2021, an increase of $20,473, or 15.5%. The increase
was primarily due to an increase in research and development expenses of $27,430, partially offset by a decrease in operations costs of
$6,614. The increase in research and development expenses was attributable to an increase in consulting expenses of $14,930 in connection with ongoing PrintRite3D software development and research on the laser application of PrintRite3D for a
new OEM of $20,000, partially offset by costs of $7,500 incurred in the third quarter of 2021 related to a simulation project. The decrease
in operations costs related to charges in the third quarter of 2021 for inventory obsolescence and purchases of parts and materials.
We incurred investor, public relations, and marketing costs of $46,832
during the three months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to $119,622
during the same period in 2021. The decrease of $72,790, or 60.9%, was primarily due to a decrease in tradeshow expenses of $38,136 as
a result of a timing difference of a rescheduled trade show from the second to the third quarter in 2021 due to COVID. , and a decrease
in investor relations consulting costs of $33,207 due to decreased consulting fees and revaluation of outstanding SARs held
by consultants.
We incurred organization costs of $140,522 during the three months ended
September 30, 2022, as compared to $342,112 during the same period in 2021. The
decrease of $201,590, or 58.9% was primarily attributable to a decrease in non-employee director compensation of $234,154 as compared
to stock options grants in the same period in 2021, partially offset by an increase in directors cash compensation.
Offsetting this decrease was an increase due to a timing difference of $33,909 resulting from expense recognized in the second quarter
of 2021 as our annual stockholders meeting was held earlier in 2021 than in 2022.
Legal
and professional fees incurred in the three months ended September 30, 2022 were $252,886, as compared to $261,075 incurred during the
same period in 2021, a decrease of $8,189, or 3.1%. This decrease was a result of a decrease in accounting expenses of $18,118, and a
decrease in consulting expenses of $46,147 primarily due to stock option grant and the reclassification of a consulting expense to research
and development in 2021. Partially offsetting these decreases was an increase in recruiting expenses of $17,444 for new hires, an increase
in legal expenses of $39,487 as a result of a timing difference in the move of our annual stockholders meeting from the second
quarter in 2021 to the third quarter in 2022.
Office
expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2022 were $183,608 as compared to $172,238 for the same period in 2021, an increase
of $11,370, or 6.6%. The increase resulted primarily from: (a) an increase in travel and entertainment expenses of $17,825 as compared
to the same period in 2021 as a result of COVID-19 related travel restrictions; (b) an increase in payroll service fees of $4,486 related
to annual price increases; and (c) dues & subscriptions of $6,514 for new customer relationship management, product lifecycle management,
and project management software. Partially offsetting these increases was: (a) a decrease in postage and shipping of $8,093; (b) a decrease
in office supplies of $2,645; and (c) and a decrease in training and education expense of $5,368.
Depreciation
and amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 2022 totaled $26,857, as compared to $27,689 for the same period in
2021, an increase of $832, or 7.2%. The increase was primarily the result of depreciation expense associated with PrintRite3D units sold
under our subscription-based pricing program.
Other
operating expenses were $86,783 for the three months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to $90,108 for the same period in 2021. The
$3,326 decrease was primarily due to credit card transaction fees in September 2021, as compared to none in the third quarter of 2022,
partially offset by an increase in insurance premiums.
In
the three months ended September 30, 2022, we realized net other expenses of $7,884, as compared to net other income of $439 in 2021.
The increase in net other expenses of $8,323, was primarily due to a foreign currency exchange loss in 2022 due to the strengthening
of the US dollar against the Euro.
Our
net loss applicable to common stockholders for the three months ended September
30, 2022 was $2,306,528, as compared to $2,505,198 for the same period of 2021, a decrease of $198,670, or 7.9%. The decrease was primarily
due to the decrease in the loss from operations of $206,993, partially offset by an increase in net other expense of $8,323.
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we recognized revenue of $476,749, as compared to $1,302,525 in the same period in 2021, a
decrease of $825,776, or 63.4%. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in sales of our PrintRite3D® units
of $919,355, decreased revenues from our legacy Rapid Test and Evaluation (“RTE”) program of $4,100, and decreased contract
additive manufacturing revenue of $11,189 in 2022. Partially offsetting these decreases was an increase in revenues of $17,006 from our
subscription-based pricing program, on-site installation and support revenue of $49,068, an increase in consulting service revenue of
$4,500, and an increase in annual maintenance contract revenue of $38,295.
Our
cost of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $312,879, as compared to $409,493 for the same period in 2021, a decrease
of $96,614, or 23.6%. The decrease was primarily attributable to fewer unit sales in 2022 partially offset by increased travel costs
incurred related to installations from 2021 sales.
Our
operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 were $6,968,079, as compared to $6,976,944 for the same period in 2021,
an decrease of $8,865. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in stock-based compensation for employees, executives, and
board members, a decrease in operating and R&D costs, partially offset by increases in salary and benefits, office expenses due to a company-wide global conference held in May of 2022, and increased travel in 2022 as described below.
Salary
and benefits costs were $3,704,633 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to $3,055,279 for the same period in 2021,
an increase of $649,354, or 21.3%. The increase was comprised of: (a) $617,977 in employee salary increases and average full-time employee
headcount increasing by five; (b) a $115,768 increase in severance due to the termination of employment of six employees; and (c) increased
taxes and benefits of $206,257. Partially offsetting these increases was a decrease in commissions of $38,682 due to fewer unit sales
and a decrease in SARs of $251,965 due to revaluations resulting from a decrease in our stock price.
Stock-based compensation was $613,833 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to $893,431 for the same period in 2021, a
decrease of $279,597 or 31.3%. This decrease was primarily due to the expense related to options granted to new employees and annual
option grants awarded to other employees in the third quarter of 2021.
We incurred operations and research and development costs of $442,548 during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to $608,812
in the same period of 2021, a decrease of $166,266, or 27.3%. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in operations costs of $133,827
and a decrease in research and development costs of $32,439. The decrease in operations expense was due to: (a) charges we incurred in
2021 of $41,964 for inventory obsolescence, including $14,471 for metal powder write-offs; (b) equipment upgrades in 2021 in both our
manufacturing facility and our 3D metal printer totaling $12,277; (c) a decrease in parts and material purchases of $77,374 in the first
nine months of 2022; and (d) a decrease in purchase of lab supplies of $2,212. The decrease in research and development costs was due
to expenses associated with a simulation project in 2021 of $95,461, partially offset by an increase in consulting costs of $43,022 in
connection with ongoing PrintRite3D software development and $20,000 for research on laser application of PrintRite3D for a new OEM.
We incurred investor, public relations, and marketing expenses of $293,458
during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to $342,725
during the same period in 2021. The decrease of $49,267, or 14.4%, was primarily due to a decrease in investor relations consulting costs
of $62,741 resulting from a revaluation of SARs at June 30 and September 30, 2022, and lower advertising expenses of $9,524.
Partially offsetting this decrease was an increase in tradeshow expenses of $22,998 as compared to 2021, when COVID-19 travel restrictions
precluded attendance at such events.
We incurred organization costs of $260,088 during the nine months ended
September 30, 2022, as compared to $578,256 during the same period in 2021. The decrease of $318,268, or 55%, was primarily attributable
to decreases in: (a) non-employee director fees of $274,865, mostly as a result of a decrease in stock options issued; and (b) stockholder
services of $43,304, primarily due to expenses incurred in 2021 in connection with a special stockholders meeting.
Legal
and professional fees incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 were $608,830, as compared to $681,941 during the
same period in 2021, a decrease of $73,111, or 10.7%. This decrease was primarily a result of a decrease in legal expenses of $21,403
due to one less stockholder meeting and fewer regulatory filings, a decrease in recruiting expenses of $73,223 related to new hires in
2021, and a decrease in accounting fees of $9,817 due to fulltime hire of temporary accounting support. These decreases were partially
offset by an increase in consulting expenses of $30,530 attributable to the engagement of technical consulting support in connection
with our subscription-based pricing model, external human resources consulting, and hire of an inventory management consultant.
Office
expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 were $692,640, as compared to $472,335 for the same period in 2021, an
increase of $220,305, or 46.6%. The increase resulted primarily from: (a) travel and entertainment of $113,616 related to increased
travel as compared to 2021 as a result of COVID-19 related travel restrictions; (b) expenses of
$109,435 related to a Company-wide, global conference held in May of 2022; (c) an increase in payroll service fees of $12,867
related to new hires; (d) dues & subscriptions of $21,715 for new customer relationship management, product lifecycle
management, and project management software; and (e) an increase in utilities expenses of $1,755. Partially offsetting these
increases was a decrease in postage and shipping of $28,783 and a decrease in office supply expense of $9,262.
Depreciation
and amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 totaled $88,302 as compared to $76,502 for the same period in
2021, an increase of $11,800, or 15.4%. The increase was primarily due to depreciation expense on PrintRite3D units leased under our
subscription-based program.
Other
operating expenses were $263,747 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to $267,663 for the same period in 2021, a
decrease of $3,916. The decrease was due to: (a) a decrease in SEC filing fees of $6,102; (b) a decrease in licensing fees of $2,166;
and (c) a decrease in bank fees, primarily credit card transaction fees of $7,413. These decreases were partially offset by an increase
in insurance policy premiums for 2022 of $11,765.
In
the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we realized net other income
of $57,336, as compared to net other income of $1,096,727 in 2021. The decrease of $1,039,391, or 94.8%, was primarily due to a gain of
$1,092,441 from the 2021 revaluation of the derivative liability related to our private placement of warrants in the second quarter
of 2021, a foreign currency exchange loss of $16,950 in 2022 due to the strengthening of the US dollar against the Euro, and a decrease
in interest income of $7,028. Partially offsetting these decreases was an increase of $76,628 in New Mexico state incentives in the first
quarter of 2022.
Our
net loss applicable to common stockholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $6,789,533, as compared to $5,076,532 for
the same period of 2021, a $1,713,001 increase. The increase was due to an increased loss from operations of $720,297 and a decrease
in other income of $1,039,391, partially offset by a decrease in preferred dividends of $46,687.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
of September 30, 2022, we had $4,800,680 in cash and working capital of $5,492,725, as compared with $11,447,047 in cash and working
capital of $11,702,358 as of December 31, 2021.
Our
major sources of funding have been proceeds from public and private offerings of our equity securities and from warrant exercises.
On
March 26, 2021, the Company closed a public offering of 2,190,000 shares of common stock at a price of $4.445 per share,
resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $8,736,487 after deducting placement agent commissions and other offering costs
payable by the Company. In a concurrent private placement, the Company issued to the purchasers warrants
to purchase an aggregate of 2,190,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.32 per share. Each warrant became exercisable
on May 24, 2021, and will expire two years after the initial exercise date.
On
January 12, 2021, the Company closed a public offering of 1,711,783 shares of common stock at a price of $3.00 per share,
resulting in net proceeds of approximately $4,532,445 after deducting commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company.
During
the first quarter of 2021, the Company received cash proceeds of $1,136,010 from warrant exercises.
We
believe that our existing cash on hand, together with expected revenue,
will be sufficient to fund our anticipated operating costs and capital expenditure requirements through at least the first quarter of
2023. The Company is currently engaged in identifying sources of financing either in the form of equity or debt or a combination thereof.
No assurance can be given as to the availability of such financing, or, if available, that such financing would be on terms acceptable
to the Company.
Because
of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the research, development, and commercialization of our products, we are unable
to estimate the exact amount of our working capital requirements. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:
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During
the remainder of 2022, we expect to sustain our operations and our commercialization and marketing efforts with our cash reserves
and revenues generated from sales of our PrintRite3D® technology. To support the
commercialization of our PrintRite3D® technology, we plan to continue funding our development activities and operating expenses
by licensing our PrintRite3D® systems and supporting field services, as applicable, and providing PrintRite3D®-enabled
engineering consulting services concerning our areas of expertise (materials and manufacturing quality assurance and process control
technologies).
The
ongoing impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, in particular the shortage of certain components of our PrintRite3D systems, is highly uncertain
and no assurance can be given that our business and results of operations will not be materially and adversely affected. It is also uncertain
as to whether any further disruption of the financial markets, which may reduce our ability to access capital on favorable terms or at
all. However, due to the need to have more flexibility in supply chains with the ability to respond quickly to shortages in parts or
products, we believe that the crisis will eventually accelerate the adoption of 3D printing, which may benefit the Company.
The
effects of a US or global recession, while difficult to predict, could result in some customers delaying orders or not proceeding with
planned orders for our PrintRite3D systems.
Net
Cash Used in Operating Activities
Net
cash used in operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $6,386,415 as compared to $4,786,590 during the
same period in 2021, an increase of $1,599,825, or 33%. Contributing to this increase was an increase in net loss, adjusted for
non-cash expenses, of $1,373,377, and a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $469,397, an increase in inventory
purchases of $60,456, an increase in prepaid expenses of $49,506, and an increase in deferred revenue of $26,689. Partially
offsetting these increases was a decrease in accounts receivable of $379,600.
Net
Cash Used in Investing Activities
Net
cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September
30, 2022 was $259,952, which compares to $254,772 of cash used in investing activities during the same period of 2021, an increase of
$5,180, or 2%. The increase resulted from an increase in patent costs of $37,963, partially offset by a decrease in purchases of property,
plant and equipment of $32,783 during the first nine months of 2022.
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
The
Company did not raise any capital nor were there any warrant exercises during the nine months ended September 30, 2022. Cash provided
by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 totaled $14,404,942 due to the receipt of the net proceeds of
$13,268,932 from our January and March 2021 public and private offerings and the exercise of outstanding warrants which provided an
additional $1,136,010 in cash proceeds.
Our
ability to continue to fund our working capital needs will be dependent upon the success of our efforts to generate revenues
from existing and future PrintRite3D contracts, follow-on contracts resulting from successful engagements, possible strategic partnerships,
and by obtaining additional capital from the sale of securities or by borrowing funds from lenders to fulfill our business plans. If
we issue additional equity or debt securities, stockholders may experience additional dilution or the new equity securities may have
rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing holders of our common stock. There is no assurance that we will be successful
in obtaining additional funding. The Company is unable to predict the effect a global recession or geopolitical events, including the
on-going conflict in Ukraine, may have on its access to the financing markets. If we fail to obtain sufficient funding when needed, we
may be forced to delay, scale back or eliminate all or a portion of our commercialization efforts and operations.
We
have no lines of credit or other financing arrangements.
Inflation,
changing prices and rising interest rates have had no material effect on our continuing operations over our two most recent fiscal years.
However, continued unfavorable trends may affect the prices we pay for materials and other goods and services necessary to our business,
thus increasing our use of cash.
We
have no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K.