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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                   to

Commission file number 001-34278

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BROADWIND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

88-0409160

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

3240 S. Central Avenue, Cicero, IL 60804

(Address of principal executive offices)

(708) 780-4800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, $0.001 par value

BWEN

The NASDAQ Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding twelve 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  ☒  No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding twelve months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes  ☒  No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large accelerated filer ☐

Accelerated filer ☐

Non-accelerated filer ☒

Smaller reporting company ☒

   
Emerging growth company ☐  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period to comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes  ☐  No  ☒

Number of shares of registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001, outstanding as of AugustNovember 4, 2022: 20,471,051.20,673,265.



 

 

 

 

BROADWIND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

INDEX

 

Page No.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Unaudited Financial Statements

1

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

1

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

2

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

4

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

5

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

1718

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

2627

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

2627

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

2728

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

2728

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

2829

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

2829

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

2829

Item 5.

Other Information

2829

Item 6.

Exhibits

2829

Signatures

3031

 

 

 

 

PART I.       FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.Financial Statements

 

BROADWIND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

  

September 30,

 

December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 
  

ASSETS

            

CURRENT ASSETS:

            

Cash

 $49 $852  $1,509 $852 

Accounts receivable, net

 21,161 13,802  16,916 13,802 

Employee retention credit receivable

 0 497   497 

Contract assets

 3,330 1,136  3,489 1,136 

Inventories, net

 34,929 33,377  33,902 33,377 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  2,065  2,661   3,858  2,661 

Total current assets

  61,534   52,325   59,674   52,325 

LONG-TERM ASSETS:

            

Property and equipment, net

 44,454 43,655  45,497 43,655 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 17,140 18,029  16,872 18,029 

Intangible assets, net

 3,086 3,453  2,902 3,453 

Other assets

  653  585   1,119  585 

TOTAL ASSETS

 $126,867  $118,047  $126,064  $118,047 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

            

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

            

Line of credit and other notes payable

 $17,178 $6,650  $15,629 $6,650 

Current portion of finance lease obligations

 2,170 2,060  1,967 2,060 

Current portion of operating lease obligations

 1,798 1,775  1,871 1,775 

Accounts payable

 26,105 16,462  21,436 16,462 

Accrued liabilities

 4,312 3,654  4,897 3,654 

Customer deposits

  4,293  12,082   3,076  12,082 

Total current liabilities

  55,856   42,683   48,876   42,683 

LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:

            

Long-term debt, net of current maturities

 687 177  8,489 177 

Long-term finance lease obligations, net of current portion

 2,940 2,481  2,881 2,481 

Long-term operating lease obligations, net of current portion

 17,511 18,405  17,180 18,405 

Other

  197  167   24  167 

Total long-term liabilities

  21,335   21,230   28,574   21,230 

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

                

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

            

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding

 0  0     

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 20,744,988 and 19,859,650 shares issued as of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively

 20 20 

Treasury stock, at cost, 273,937 shares as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021

 (1,842) (1,842)

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 20,944,873 and 19,859,650 shares issued as of September 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively

 21 20 

Treasury stock, at cost, 273,937 shares as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021

 (1,842) (1,842)

Additional paid-in capital

 396,021 395,372  396,730 395,372 

Accumulated deficit

  (344,523)  (339,416)  (346,295)  (339,416)

Total stockholders’ equity

  49,676   54,134   48,614   54,134 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 $126,867  $118,047  $126,064  $118,047 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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BROADWIND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

  

Six Months Ended June 30,

  

Three Months Ended September 30,

  

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Revenues

 $50,012  $46,491  $91,856  $79,219  $44,843  $40,389  $136,699  $119,608 

Cost of sales

  47,618   44,293   87,450   76,739   41,095   38,315   128,545   115,054 

Gross profit

  2,394   2,198   4,406   2,480   3,748   2,074   8,154   4,554 

OPERATING EXPENSES:

                

Selling, general and administrative

 4,122  4,325  8,024  8,735  4,085  3,888  12,109  12,623 

Intangible amortization

  184   184   367   367   183   183   550   550 

Total operating expenses

  4,306   4,509   8,391   9,102   4,268   4,071   12,659   13,173 

Operating loss

  (1,912)  (2,311)  (3,985)  (6,622)  (520)  (1,997)  (4,505)  (8,619)

OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME, net:

                

Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness

 0 9,151 0 9,151     9,151 

Interest expense, net

 (776) (318) (1,121) (547) (1,234) (269) (2,355) (816)

Other, net

  0   3,775   21   7,137   (4)  185   17   7,322 

Total other (expense) income, net

  (776)  12,608   (1,100)  15,741   (1,238)  (84)  (2,338)  15,657 

Net (loss) income before provision for income taxes

 (2,688) 10,297  (5,085) 9,119  (1,758) (2,081) (6,843) 7,038 

Provision for income taxes

  15   45   22   77   14   24   36   101 

NET (LOSS) INCOME

  (2,703)  10,252   (5,107)  9,042   (1,772)  (2,105)  (6,879)  6,937 

NET (LOSS) INCOME PER COMMON SHARE—BASIC:

                

Net (loss) income

 $(0.13) $0.55  $(0.26) $0.50  $(0.09) $(0.11) $(0.34) $0.38 

WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING—BASIC

 20,244  18,761  19,977  17,974  20,506  19,418  20,156  18,460 

NET (LOSS) INCOME PER COMMON SHARE—DILUTED:

                

Net (loss) income

 $(0.13) $0.53  $(0.26) $0.48  $(0.09) $(0.11) $(0.34) $0.36 

WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING—DILUTED

 20,244  19,400  19,977  18,864  20,506  19,418  20,156  19,218 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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BROADWIND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except share data)

 

 

Common Stock

 

Treasury Stock

 

Additional

       

Common Stock

 

Treasury Stock

 

Additional

      
 

Shares

 

Issued

    

Issued

 

Paid-in

 

Accumulated

    

Shares

 

Issued

    

Issued

 

Paid-in

 

Accumulated

   
 

Issued

  

Amount

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Deficit

  

Total

  

Issued

  

Amount

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Deficit

  

Total

 
  

BALANCE, December 31, 2020

 17,211,498  $17  (273,937) $(1,842) $384,749  $(342,263) $40,661  17,211,498  $17  (273,937) $(1,842) $384,749  $(342,263) $40,661 

Stock issued for restricted stock

 241,806  0  0  0  0  0  0  241,806             

Stock issued under defined contribution 401(k) retirement savings plan

 26,265 0 0 0 258 0 258  26,265    258  258 

Share-based compensation

   0    0  219  0  219          219    219 

Shares withheld for taxes in connection with issuance of restricted stock

 (105,399) 0 0 0 (847) 0 (847) (105,399)    (847)  (847)

Sale of common stock, net

 1,100,000 1 0 0 6,100 0 6,101  1,100,000 1   6,100  6,101 

Net loss

     0      0   0   (1,210)  (1,210)                 (1,210)  (1,210)

BALANCE, March 31, 2021

  18,474,170  $18   (273,937) $(1,842) $390,479  $(343,473) $45,182   18,474,170  $18   (273,937) $(1,842) $390,479  $(343,473) $45,182 

Stock issued for restricted stock

 440,611  1  0  0  0  0  1  440,611  1          1 

Stock issued under defined contribution 401(k) retirement savings plan

 71,334 0 0 0 312 0 312  71,334    312  312 

Share-based compensation

   0    0  445  0  445          445    445 

Shares withheld for taxes in connection with issuance of restricted stock

 (124,814) 0 0 0 (644) 0 (644) (124,814)    (644)  (644)

Sale of common stock, net

 797,697 1 0 0 3,247 0 3,248  797,697 1   3,247  3,248 

Net income

    0    0  0  10,252  10,252             10,252  10,252 

BALANCE, June 30, 2021

  19,658,998  20  (273,937)  (1,842)  393,839  (333,221)  58,796   19,658,998  20  (273,937)  (1,842)  393,839  (333,221)  58,796 
 

Stock issued for restricted stock

 9,583       

Stock issued under defined contribution 401(k) retirement savings plan

 87,615    300  300 

Share-based compensation

     193  193 

Shares withheld for taxes in connection with issuance of restricted stock

 (2,940)    (12)  (12)

Sale of common stock, net

     (20)  (20)

Net loss

            (2,105)  (2,105)

BALANCE, September 30, 2021

  19,753,256 $20  (273,937) $(1,842) $394,300 $(335,326) $57,152 
  

BALANCE, December 31, 2021

 19,859,650  $20  (273,937) $(1,842) $395,372  $(339,416) $54,134  19,859,650  $20  (273,937) $(1,842) $395,372  $(339,416) $54,134 

Stock issued for restricted stock

 480,595 0 0 0 0 0 0  480,595       

Stock issued under defined contribution 401(k) retirement savings plan

 146,790   0  0   0   282   0   282  146,790    282  282 

Share-based compensation

  0  0 192 0 192      192  192 

Shares withheld for taxes in connection with issuance of restricted stock

 (194,962) 0  0  0  (411) 0  (411) (194,962)    (411)  (411)

Net loss

     0      0   0   (2,404)  (2,404)            (2,404)  (2,404)

BALANCE, March 31, 2022

  20,292,073  $20   (273,937) $(1,842) $395,435  $(341,820) $51,793   20,292,073  $20   (273,937) $(1,842) $395,435  $(341,820) $51,793 

Stock issued for restricted stock

 328,139 0 0 0 0 0 0  328,139       

Stock issued under defined contribution 401(k) retirement savings plan

 207,722 0 0 0 331 0 331  207,722           331      331 

Share-based compensation

  0  0 388 0 388      388  388 

Shares withheld for taxes in connection with issuance of restricted stock

 (82,946) 0 0 0 (133) 0 (133) (82,946)       (133)   (133)

Net loss

    0    0  0  (2,703)  (2,703)                 (2,703)  (2,703)

BALANCE, June 30, 2022

  20,744,988 $20  (273,937) $(1,842) $396,021 $(344,523) $49,676   20,744,988 $20  (273,937) $(1,842) $396,021 $(344,523) $49,676 

Stock issued for restricted stock

 7,000       

Stock issued under defined contribution 401(k) retirement savings plan

 94,773    302  302 

Share-based compensation

     180  180 

Shares withheld for taxes in connection with issuance of restricted stock

 (2,267)    (2)  (2)

Sale of common stock, net

 100,379 1   229  230 

Net loss

            (1,772)  (1,772)

BALANCE, September 30, 2022

  20,944,873 $21  (273,937) $(1,842) $396,730 $(346,295) $48,614 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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BROADWIND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

  

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

        

Net (loss) income

 $(5,107) $9,042  $(6,879) $6,937 

Adjustments to reconcile net cash used in operating activities:

        

Depreciation and amortization expense

 3,095 3,164  4,581 4,758 

Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness

 0 (9,151)  (9,151)

Deferred income taxes

 (9) 21  (13) 19 

Change in fair value of interest rate swap agreements

 2 12  (27) 18 

Stock-based compensation

 580 664  760 857 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 30 (421) (18) (434)

Common stock issued under defined contribution 401(k) plan

 613 570  915 870 

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

 3 (23) 3 (33)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

  

Accounts receivable

 (7,389) (1,856) (3,096) (360)

Employee retention credit receivable

 497 (1,714) 497 (503)

Contract assets

 (2,194) (412) (2,353) 763 

Inventories

 (1,552) (5,227) (525) 1,848 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 596 1,024  (1,200) 689 

Accounts payable

 9,698 (1,342) 4,968 (4,321)

Accrued liabilities

 656 (953) 1,271 (2,285)

Customer deposits

 (7,789) (3,349) (9,006) (11,139)

Other non-current assets and liabilities

  6  (36)  (149)  644 

Net cash used in operating activities

 (8,264) (9,987)  (10,271)  (10,823)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

        

Purchases of property and equipment

 (1,697) (765) (2,757) (1,369)

Proceeds from disposals of property and equipment

  0  23     33 

Net cash used in investing activities

 (1,697) (742)  (2,757)  (1,336)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

        

Proceeds from line of credit, net

 10,687 4,754  7,966 4,039 

Payments for deferred financing costs

 (470)  

Proceeds from long-term debt

 125 387  8,113 613 

Payments on long-term debt

 (107) (157) (261) (159)

Principal payments on finance leases

 (1,003) (728) (1,347) (1,197)

Shares withheld for taxes in connection with issuance of restricted stock

 (544) (1,491) (546) (1,503)

Proceeds from sale of common stock, net

  0  9,349   230  9,329 

Net cash provided by financing activities

  9,158   12,114   13,685   11,122 

NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH

 (803) 1,385 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH

 657  (1,037)

CASH beginning of the period

  852  3,372   852  3,372 

CASH end of the period

 $49  $4,757  $1,509  $2,335 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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BROADWIND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(Dollars are presented in thousands, except share, per share and per employee data or unless otherwise stated)

 

 

NOTE 1 — BASIS OF PRESENTATION 

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented herein include the accounts of Broadwind, Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Broadwind Heavy Fabrications, Inc. (“Broadwind Heavy Fabrications”), Brad Foote Gear Works, Inc. (“Brad Foote”) and Broadwind Industrial Solutions, LLC (“Broadwind Industrial Solutions”). All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the financial statements do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, including normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

 

Operating results for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the twelve months ending December 31, 2022, or any other interim period, which may differ materially due to, among other things, the risk factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

The December 31, 2021 condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. This financial information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 as compared to the significant accounting policies described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

Company Description  

 

Through its subsidiaries, the Company is a precision manufacturer of structures, equipment and components for clean technology and other specialized applications. The Company provides technologically advanced high value products to customers with complex systems and stringent quality standards that operate in energy, mining and infrastructure sectors, primarily in the United States of America (the “U.S.”). The Company’s capabilities include, but are not limited to the following: heavy fabrications, welding, metal rolling, coatings, gear cutting and shaping, gearbox repair, heat treatment, assembly, engineering and packaging solutions. The Company’s most significant presence is within the U.S. wind energy industry, which accounted for 53%51% and 68%66% of the Company’s revenue during the first sixnine months of 2022 and 2021, respectively. 

 

Liquidity

 

The Company typically meets its short term liquidity needs through cash generated from operations, its available cash balances, the 2016 Credit Facility and the 2022 Credit Facility, as applicable (each, as defined in Note 7, “Debt and Credit Agreements,” of these condensed consolidated financial statements below), equipment financing, and access to the public or private debt and/or equity markets, including the option to raise capital from the sale of our securities under the Form S-3 (as discussed below).

 

See Note 7, “Debt and Credit Agreements,” of these condensed consolidated financial statements for a description of the 2016 Credit Facility, the 2022 Credit Facility and the Company’s other debt. 

 

Total debt and finance lease obligations at JuneSeptember 30, 2022 totaled $22,975,$28,966, which includes current outstanding debt and finance leases totaling $19,348.$17,596. The Company's revolving line of credit balance is included in the “Line of credit and other notes payable” line item in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet. 

 

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On August 18, 2020, the Company filed a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3, which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 13, 2020 (the “Form S-3”) and expires on October 12, 2023. This shelf registration statement, which includes a base prospectus, allows the Company to offer any combination of securities described in the prospectus in one or more offerings. Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement accompanying the base prospectus, the Company would use the net proceeds from the sale of any securities offered pursuant to the shelf registration statement for general corporate purposes. 

 

On March 9, 2021, the Company entered into a $10,000 Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with Craig-Hallum Capital Group, LLC. Pursuant to the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, the Company issued 1,897,697 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, thereunder during the first two quarters of 2021. The net proceeds (before upfront costs) to the Company from the sale of such shares were approximately $9,725 after deducting commissions paid of approximately $275 and before deducting other expenses of $411. 

On September 12, 2022, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Roth Capital Partners, LLC and HC Wainwright & Co., LLC (collectively, the “Agents”). Pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company may sell from time to time through the Agents shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share with an aggregate sales price of up to $12,000. Any shares offered and sold under the Sales Agreement are to be issued pursuant to the Form S-3 and the 424(b) prospectus supplement relating to the offering dated September 12, 2022. The Company will pay a commission to the Agents of 2.75% of the gross proceeds of the sale of the shares sold under the Sales Agreement and reimburse the Agents for the expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under the Sales Agreement. During the quarter ended September 30, 2022, the Company issued 100,379 shares of the Company’s common stock under the Sales Agreement and the net proceeds (before upfront costs) to the Company from the sale of the Company’s common stock were approximately $323 after deducting commissions paid of approximately $9 and before deducting other expenses of $93. As of September 30, 2022, shares of the Company’s common stock having a value of approximately $11,667 remained available for issuance under the Sales Agreement.

 

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law providing numerous tax provisions and other stimulus measures, including an employee retention credit (“ERC”), which is a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes.  The ERC is available for wages paid through September 30, 2021 and is equal to 70% of qualified wages (which includes employer qualified health plan expenses) paid to employees. The maximum tax credit that could be claimed by an eligible employer in 2021 was $7,000 per employee per calendar quarter. In the first and second quarters of 2021, the Company received ERC benefits of $3,372 and $3,593, respectively, which were recorded in “Other income (expense), net” in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations. The Company did not qualify for the ERC benefit during the third quarter of 2021 due to relatively higher revenues in 2021 as compared to the third quarter of 2019. The receivable for the remaining uncollected ERC benefit was $497 as of December 31, 2021 and was included in the “Employee retention credit receivable” line item in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021. The remaining $497 for the uncollected ERC benefit was collected during January 2022.

 

The Company also utilizes supply chain financing arrangements as a component of its funding for working capital, which accelerates receivable collections and helps to better manage cash flow. Under these agreements, the Company has agreed to sell certain of its accounts receivable balances to banking institutions who have agreed to advance amounts equal to the net accounts receivable balances due, less a discount as set forth in the respective agreements. The balances under these agreements are accounted for as sales of accounts receivable, as they are sold without recourse. Cash proceeds from these agreements are reflected as operating activities included in the change in accounts receivable in the Company's consolidated statements of cash flows. Fees incurred in connection with the agreements are recorded as interest expense by the Company.

 

During the three and sixnine months ended June September 30,2022,the Company sold account receivables totaling $30,133$30,662 and $45,493,$77,099, respectively, related to supply chain financing arrangements, of which customers’ financial institutions applied discount fees totaling $414$615 and $490,$1,110, respectively. During the three and sixnine months ended June September 30,2021,the Company sold account receivables totaling $32,694$23,998 and $54,011,$78,661, respectively, related to supply chain financing arrangements, of which customers’ financial institutions applied discount fees totaling $79$47 and $133,$183, respectively.

 

The Company anticipates that current cash resources, amounts available under the 2022 Credit Facility, cash to be generated from operations and equipment financing, potential proceeds from the sale of Company securities under the Sales Agreement and any potential proceeds from the sale of further Company securities under the Form S-3 will be adequate to meet the Company’s liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months.

If assumptions regarding the Company’s production, sales and subsequent collections from certain of the Company’s large customers, as well as receipt of customer deposits and revenues generated from new customer orders, are materially inconsistent with management’s expectations, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, emerging variants and its effects on domestic and global economies, the Company may in the future encounter cash flow and liquidity issues. If the Company’s operational performance deteriorates significantly, it may be unable to comply with existing financial covenants, and could lose access to itsthe 2022 Credit Facility. This could limit the Company’s operational flexibility, require a delay in making planned investments and/or require the Company to seek additional equity or debt financing. Any additional equity financing, if available, may be dilutive to stockholders, and additional debt financing, if available, would likely require new financial covenants or impose other restrictions on the Company. While the Company believes that it will continue to have sufficient cash available to operate its businesses and to meet its financial obligations and debt covenants, there can be no assurances that its operations will generate sufficient cash, or that credit facilities will be available in an amount sufficient to enable the Company to meet these financial obligations.

Management’s Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Significant estimates, among others, include revenue recognition, future cash flows, inventory reserves, warranty reserves, impairment of long-lived assets, allowance for doubtful accounts, health insurance reserves, and valuation allowances on deferred taxes. Although these estimates are based upon management’s best knowledge of current events and actions that the Company may undertake in the future, actual results could differ from these estimates, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

 

NOTE 2 — REVENUES

 

Revenues are recognized when the promised goods or services are transferred to customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.

 

The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by revenue source for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and 2021:

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

  

Six Months Ended June 30,

  

Three Months Ended September 30,

  

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Heavy Fabrications

 $35,575  $35,830  $62,847  $58,607  $30,640  $28,675  $93,486  $87,282 

Gearing

 10,115  7,404  20,700  12,753  10,190  7,562  30,890  20,315 

Industrial Solutions

 5,049  3,541  9,121  8,145  4,020  4,213  13,142  12,357 

Eliminations

  (727)  (284)  (812)  (286)  (7)  (61)  (819)  (346)

Consolidated

 $50,012  $46,491  $91,856  $79,219  $44,843  $40,389  $136,699  $119,608 

 

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Revenue within the Company’s Gearing and Industrial Solutions segments, as well as industrial fabrication product line revenues within the Heavy Fabrications segment, are generally recognized at a point in time, typically when the promised goods or services are physically transferred to its customers in an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct product or service to the customer. The Company measures revenue based on the consideration specified in the purchase order and revenue is recognized when the performance obligations are satisfied. If applicable, the transaction price of a contract is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when or as the customer receives the benefit of the performance obligation.

 

For many tower sales within the Company’s Heavy Fabrications segment, products are sold under terms included in bill and hold sales arrangements that result in different timing for revenue recognition. The Company recognizes revenue under these arrangements only when there is a substantive reason for the agreement, the ordered goods are identified separately as belonging to the customer and not available to fill other orders, the goods are currently ready for physical transfer to the customer, and the Company does not have the ability to use the product or to direct it to another customer. Assuming these required revenue recognition criteria are met, revenue is recognized upon completion of product manufacture and customer acceptance.

 

Within the Gearing segment, the Company recognized revenue over time of $975$499 and $1,532$2,444 for the three and sixnine months ended June September 30,2021, respectively, as the products had no alternative use to the Company and the Company had an enforceable right to payment, including profit, upon termination of the contracts. Since the Company'sCompany’s projects are labor intensive, the Company uses labor hours as the input measure of progress for the applicable contracts. During the fourth quarter of 2021, the Company ceased recording revenue over time within the Gearing segment due to a change in terms. During the sixnine months ended June September 30,2022 and 2021, the Company recognized a portion of revenue within the Heavy Fabrications segment over time, as the products had no alternative use to the Company and the Company had an enforceable right to payment, including profit, upon termination of the contracts. Within the Heavy Fabrications segment, the Company recognized revenue over time of $4,182$5,927 and $7,409$13,336 for the three and sixnine months ended June September 30,2022,respectively. Within the Heavy Fabrications segment, the Company respectively and recognized revenue over time of $1,276 $1,791and $2,429$4,220 for the three and sixnine months ended June September 30,2021,respectively. The Company also uses labor hours as the input measure of progress for the applicable Heavy Fabrications contracts since the projects are labor intensive. Contract assets are recorded when performance obligations are satisfied but the Company is not yet entitled to payment. Contract assets represent the Company’s rights to consideration for work completed but not billed at the end of the period. 

 

The Company generally expenses sales commissions when incurred. These costs are recorded within selling, general and administrative expenses. Customer deposits, deferred revenue and other receipts are deferred and recognized when the revenue is realized and earned. Cash payments to customers are classified as reductions of revenue in the Company’s statement of operations.

 

The Company does not disclose the value of the unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less.

 

 

NOTE 3 — EARNINGS PER SHARE 

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and 2021, as follows: 

 

  

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

 
  

June 30,

  

June 30,

 
  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Basic earnings per share calculation:

                

Net (loss) income

 $(2,703) $10,252  $(5,107) $9,042 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

  20,244,176   18,760,910   19,977,477   17,973,896 

Basic net (loss) income per share

 $(0.13) $0.55  $(0.26) $0.50 

Diluted earnings per share calculation:

                

Net (loss) income

 $(2,703) $10,252  $(5,107) $9,042 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

  20,244,176   18,760,910   19,977,477   17,973,896 

Common stock equivalents:

                

Non-vested stock awards (1)

  0   639,150   0   889,874 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

  20,244,176   19,400,060   19,977,477   18,863,770 

Diluted net (loss) income per share

 $(0.13) $0.53  $(0.26) $0.48 

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

September 30,

  

September 30,

 
  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Basic earnings per share calculation:

                

Net (loss) income

 $(1,772) $(2,105) $(6,879) $6,937 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

  20,505,884   19,417,675   20,155,548   18,460,444 

Basic net (loss) income per share

 $(0.09) $(0.11) $(0.34) $0.38 

Diluted earnings per share calculation:

                

Net (loss) income

 $(1,772) $(2,105) $(6,879) $6,937 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

  20,505,884   19,417,675   20,155,548   18,460,444 

Common stock equivalents:

                

Non-vested stock awards (1)

           757,976 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

  20,505,884   19,417,675   20,155,548   19,218,420 

Diluted net (loss) income per share

 $(0.09) $(0.11) $(0.34) $0.36 

 

(1) Restricted stock units granted and outstanding of 829,890811,342 as of June September 30,2022,are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings due to the anti-dilutive effect as a result of the Company’s net loss for the three and sixnine months ended June September 30,2022.

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NOTE 4 — INVENTORIES 

 

The components of inventories as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are summarized as follows:

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

  

September 30,

 

December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Raw materials

 $23,251 $16,148  $21,512 $16,148 

Work-in-process

 10,494 13,639  10,634 13,639 

Finished goods

  3,315  6,575   4,252  6,575 
 37,060  36,362  36,398  36,362 

Less: Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory

  (2,131)  (2,985)  (2,496)  (2,985)

Net inventories

 $34,929  $33,377  $33,902  $33,377 

 

 

NOTE 5 — INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

Intangible assets represent the fair value assigned to definite-lived assets such as trade names and customer relationships as part of the Company’s acquisition of Brad Foote completed in 2007 as well as the noncompetition agreements, trade names and customer relationships that were part of the Company’s acquisition of Red Wolf Company, LLC completed in 2017. Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, with a remaining life range from 10 to 5 years.

 

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the cost basis, accumulated amortization and net book value of intangible assets were as follows:

 

 

June 30, 2022

  

December 31, 2021

  

September 30, 2022

  

December 31, 2021

 
             

Remaining

             

Remaining

              

Remaining

             

Remaining

 
             

Weighted

             

Weighted

              

Weighted

             

Weighted

 
       

Accumulated

 

Net

 

Average

       

Accumulated

 

Net

 

Average

        

Accumulated

 

Net

 

Average

       

Accumulated

 

Net

 

Average

 
 

Cost

 

Accumulated

 

Impairment

 

Book

 

Amortization

    

Accumulated

 

Impairment

 

Book

 

Amortization

  

Cost

 

Accumulated

 

Impairment

 

Book

 

Amortization

    

Accumulated

 

Impairment

 

Book

 

Amortization

 
 

Basis

  

Amortization

  

Charges

  

Value

  

Period

  

Cost

  

Amortization

  

Charges

  

Value

  

Period

  

Basis

  

Amortization

  

Charges

  

Value

  

Period

  

Cost

  

Amortization

  

Charges

  

Value

  

Period

 

Intangible assets:

                                          

Noncompete agreements

 $170  $(153) $0  $17  0.6  $170  $(139) $0  $31  1.1  $170  $(161) $  $9  0.3  $170  $(139) $  $31  1.1 

Customer relationships

 15,979  (7,437) (7,592) 950  3.5  15,979  (7,284) (7,592) 1,103  4.0  15,979  (7,513) (7,592) 874  3.3  15,979  (7,284) (7,592) 1,103  4.0 

Trade names

  9,099   (6,980)  0   2,119   5.3   9,099   (6,780)  0   2,319   5.8   9,099   (7,080)     2,019   5.0   9,099   (6,780)     2,319   5.8 

Intangible assets

 $25,248  $(14,570) $(7,592) $3,086   4.7  $25,248  $(14,203) $(7,592) $3,453   5.2  $25,248  $(14,754) $(7,592) $2,902   4.5  $25,248  $(14,203) $(7,592) $3,453   5.2 

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2022, estimated future amortization expense was as follows:

 

2022

 $363  $180 

2023

 664  664 

2024

 661  661 

2025

  661   661 

2026

 422  422 

2027 and thereafter

  315   314 

Total

 $3,086  $2,902 

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NOTE 6 — ACCRUED LIABILITIES

 

Accrued liabilities as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 consisted of the following: 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

  

September 30,

 

December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Accrued payroll and benefits

 $3,380  $2,992  $3,355  $2,992 

Fair value of interest rate swap

 0  27    27 

Accrued property taxes

 376 0  546  

Income taxes payable

 10  1  39  1 

Accrued professional fees

 94  129  109  129 

Accrued warranty liability

 127  125  128  125 

Self-insured workers compensation reserve

 119  166  31  166 

Accrued other

  206   214   689   214 

Total accrued liabilities

 $4,312  $3,654  $4,897  $3,654 

 

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NOTE 7 — DEBT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS

 

The Company’s outstanding debt balances as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 consisted of the following:

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

  

September 30,

 

December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Line of credit

 $17,037  $6,350  $14,406  $6,350 

Current portion of term loan

 1,083  

Other notes payable

 638  274  2,198  274 

Long-term debt

 190  203  6,431  203 

Less: Current portion

  (17,178)  (6,650)  (15,629)  (6,650)

Long-term debt, net of current maturities

 $687  $177  $8,489  $177 

 

Credit Facility

 

On October 26, 2016, the Company established a three-year secured revolving line of credit with CIBC Bank USA (“CIBC”). This line of credit has been amended from time to time. On February 25, 2019, the line of credit was expanded and extended for three years when the Company and its subsidiaries entered into an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Loan Agreement”), with CIBC as administrative agent and sole lead arranger and the other financial institutions party thereto, providing the Company and its subsidiaries with a $35,000 secured credit facility (as amended to date, the “2016 Credit Facility”). The obligations under the 2016 Credit Facility arewere secured by, subject to certain exclusions, (i) a first priority security interest in all accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, cash and investment property, and (ii) a mortgage on the Abilene, Texas tower and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania gearing facilities.

 

On October 29, 2020, the Company executed the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, implementing a payoff of a syndicated lender and a pricing grid based on the Company’s trailing twelve month EBITDA under which applicable margins range from 2.25% to 2.75% for London Interbank Offering Rate (“LIBOR”) rate loans and 0.00% and 0.75% for base rate loans, and extending the term of the 2016 Credit Facility to July 31, 2023.

 

On February 23, 2021, the Company executed the Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, which waived testing of the fixed charge coverage covenant for the quarters ended March 31, 2021 and June 20, 2021, added a new liquidity covenant applicable to the quarter ended March 31, 2021 and new minimum EBITDA covenants applicable to the quarters ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021. As of September 30, 2021, the Company transitioned back to a fixed charge coverage covenant.

 

On November 8, 2021, the Company executed the Third Amendment to the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) which waived the fixed charge coverage ratio default for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, suspended testing of the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant through September 30, 2022, added a minimum EBITDA covenant applicable to the three-month period ending December 31, 2021, the six-month period ending March 31, 2022, the nine-month period ending June 30, 2022 and the twelve-month period ending September 30, 2022 and added a reserve of $5,000 to the revolving loan availability through December 31, 2022. 

 

On February 28, 2022, the Company executed the Fourth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) which reduced the line of credit from $35,000 to $30,000, extended the maturity date until January 31, 2024, waived the minimum EBITDA covenant for the three-month period ended December 31, 2021, revised the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant as of December 31, 2022 for the trailing nine-month period after March 31, 2022, revised the minimum EBITDA covenant applicable to the three-month period ending March 31, 2022, the six-month period ending June 30, 2022 and the nine-month period ending September 30, 2022, revised the liquidity reserve to $2,500 and amended certain other provisions in connection with the discontinuation of LIBOR and replacement with the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Term SOFR) administered by CME Group, Inc.

 

The 2016 Credit Facility contains customary representations and warranties applicable to the Company and the subsidiaries. It also contains a requirement that the Company, on a consolidated basis, maintain customary restrictive covenants, certain of which are subject to materiality thresholds, baskets and customary exceptions and qualifications. 

In conjunction with the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, during June 2019, the Company entered into a floating to fixed interest rate swap with CIBC. The swap agreement has a notional amount of $6,000 and a schedule matching that of the underlying loan that synthetically fixesfixed the interest rate on LIBOR borrowings for the entire original term of the 2016 Credit Facility at 2.13%, before considering the Company’s risk premium. The interest rate swap is accounted for using mark-to-market accounting. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of the swap each reporting period are adjusted through earnings, which may subject the Company’s results of operations to non-cash volatility. The interest rate swap liability is included in the “Accrued liabilities” line item of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2021. The interest rate swap expired in February 2022. 

 

On August 4, 2022, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the Wells Fargo2022 Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as lender (“Wells Fargo”), providing the Company and its subsidiaries with a $35,000 senior secured revolving credit facility (which may be further increased by up to an additional $10,000 upon the request of the Company and at the sole discretion of Wells Fargo) and a $7,578 senior secured term loan (collectively, the “2022 Credit Facility”). The proceeds of the 2022 Credit Facility are available for general corporate purposes, including strategic growth opportunities. The 2022 Credit Facility replacesreplaced the 2016 Credit Facility. All obligations outstanding under the 2016 Credit Facility were refinanced by the 2022 Credit Facility on August 5, 2022.

 

The 2022 Credit Facility contains customary covenants limiting the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur liens, make investments, incur indebtedness, merge or consolidate with others or dispose of assets, change the nature of its business, and enter into transactions with affiliates.  In addition, the 2022 Credit Facility contains financial covenants requiring the Company to have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the 2022 Credit Facility) (i) as of the twelve-month period ending July 31, 2023 through and including December 31, 2023 of 1.0 to 1.0; and (ii) as of each twelve-month period thereafter to be greater than 1.1 to 1.0 and minimum EBITDA (as defined in the 2022 Credit Facility) on a month-end basis of $0 for the six month period ending June 30, 2022, $1,500 for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2022, $2,500 for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2022, $3,600 for the twelve-month period ending March 31, 2023, and $5,100 for the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2023. The initial term of the revolving credit facility matures August 4, 20272027. and theThe term loan also matures on August 4, 2027, with monthly payments based on an 84-month amortization.

 

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Borrowings under the 2022 Credit Facility bear interest at the following rates depending on the classification of the borrowing:

 

• term loan - Daily Simple SOFR (a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate published by the SOFR administrator on the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor source), plus an applicable margin of 2.50%; and

 

• revolving credit loan - Daily Simple SOFR, plus an applicable margin of 2.00% to 2.50% depending on the excess availability on the revolving loan facility.

 

The 2022 Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default including, without limitation, non-payment of obligations, non-performance of covenants and obligations, material judgments, bankruptcy or insolvency, change of control, breaches of representations and warranties, limitation or termination of any guarantee with respect to the 2022 Credit Agreement or unenforceability of documentation related to the 2022 Credit Agreement. The Company is allowed to prepay in whole or in part advances under the 2022 Credit Facility without penalty or premium.

 

The obligations under the 2022 Credit Agreement are secured by, subject to certain exclusions, (i) a first priority security interest in all accounts, inventory, equipment, general intangibles, intellectual property, money and investment property, and (ii) a deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents and security agreement and fixture filing on the Abilene, Texas facility.

 

In connection with the 2022 Credit Facility, on August 4, 2022, the Company and its subsidiaries and 5100 Neville Road, LLC (collectively, the “Guarantors”) entered into a guaranty (the “Guaranty”) in favor of Wells Fargo, whereby the Guarantors guaranteed the full payment of all the obligations of the Company and its subsidiaries under the 2022 Credit Facility. Each of the Company’s additional subsidiaries, if any, upon it becoming a direct or indirect subsidiary, will be required to become a party to the Guaranty. Additionally, in connection with the 2022 Credit Facility, the Company incurred deferred financing costs in the amount of $470 primarily related to the revolving credit loan. These costs are included in the “Other assets” line item of the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2022. 

 

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2022, there was $17,037$21,893 of outstanding indebtedness under the 20162022 Credit Facility, with the ability to borrow an additional $10,178. The$13,315. As of September 30, 2022, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the 20162022 Credit Facility as of June 30, 2022.Facility.

 

910

 

Other 

 

In 2016, the Company entered into a $570 loan agreement with the Development Corporation of Abilene which is included in the “Long-term debt, net“Line of current maturities”credit and other notes payable” line item of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The loan is forgivable upon the Company meeting and maintaining specific employment thresholds. During each of the years 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018, $114 of the loan was forgiven. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2022, the loan balance was $114. In addition, the Company has outstanding notes payable for capital expenditures in the amount of $714$2,111 and $363 as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, with $27$26 and $186 included in the “Line of credit and other notes payable” line item of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The notes payable have monthly payments that range from $3 to $16 and an interest rate of approximately 4%6%. The equipment purchased is utilized as collateral for the notes payable. The outstanding notes payable mature in September 2028.

 

NOTE 8 — LEASES

 

The Company leases certain facilities and equipment. The leases are accounted for under Accounting Standard Update 2016-02, Leases (“Topic 842”), and the Company elected to apply each available practical expedient. The discount rates used for the leases are based on an interest rate yield curve developed for the leases in the Company’s lease portfolio.

 

The Company has elected to apply the short-term lease exception to all leases of one year or less. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company had additional operating leases that resulted in right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations of $0$187 and $907, respectively. Additionally, during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company had additional finance leases that resulted in property, plant, and equipment obtained in exchange for lease obligations of $1,773 and $1,896,$2,444, respectively. 

 

Some of the Company’s facility leases include options to renew. The exercise of the renewal options is typically at the Company’s discretion. The Company regularly evaluates the renewal options and includes them in the lease term when the Company is reasonably certain to exercise them.

 

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Quantitative information regarding the Company’s leases is as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

  

Six Months Ended June 30,

  

Three Months Ended September 30,

  

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Components of lease cost

  

Finance lease cost components:

  

Amortization of finance lease assets

 $288 $254 $576 $440  $293 $268 $869 $709 

Interest on finance lease liabilities

  96   105   176   173  82 92 259 265 

Total finance lease costs

  384   359   752   613   375   360   1,128   974 

Operating lease cost components:

  

Operating lease cost

 705  760  1,403  1,519  716 741 2,119 2,260 

Short-term lease cost

 144  178  296  374  187 166 483 540 

Variable lease cost (1)

 226  197  452  427  218 220 669 647 

Sublease income

  (31)  (46)  (79)  (92) (64) (47) (143) (140)

Total operating lease costs

  1,044   1,089   2,072   2,228   1,057   1,080   3,128   3,307 
  

Total lease cost

 $1,428  $1,448  $2,824  $2,841  $1,432  $1,440  $4,256  $4,281 
  

Supplemental cash flow information related to our operating leases is as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:

 

Supplemental cash flow information related to our operating leases is as follows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

  

Operating cash outflow from operating leases

      $1,736  $1,800       $2,609  $2,722 
  

Weighted-average remaining lease term-finance leases at end of period (in years)

      2.7  2.2       2.5  2.0 

Weighted-average remaining lease term-operating leases at end of period (in years)

      8.5  9.3       8.3  9.1 

Weighted-average discount rate-finance leases at end of period

      6.0% 8.6%      6.0% 6.4%

Weighted-average discount rate-operating leases at end of period

      8.7% 8.5%      8.7% 8.6%

 

 

(1)

Variable lease costs consist primarily of taxes, insurance, utilities, and common area or other maintenance costs for the Company’s leased facilities and equipment.

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2022, future minimum lease payments under finance leases and operating leases were as follows:

 

Finance

 

Operating

    

Finance

 

Operating

   
 

Leases

  

Leases

  

Total

  

Leases

  

Leases

  

Total

 

2022

 $1,358  $1,738  $3,096  $728  $887  $1,615 

2023

 1,924  3,388  5,312  1,924  3,453  5,377 

2024

 1,041  2,933  3,974  1,041  2,998  4,039 

2025

  635   3,015   3,650   635   3,064   3,699 

2026

 422  3,059  3,481  422  3,059  3,481 

2027 and thereafter

  413   14,043   14,456   694   14,046   14,740 

Total lease payments

 5,793  28,176  33,969  5,444  27,507  32,951 

Less—portion representing interest

  (683)  (8,867)  (9,550)  (596)  (8,456)  (9,052)

Present value of lease obligations

 5,110  19,309  24,419  4,848  19,051  23,899 

Less—current portion of lease obligations

  (2,170)  (1,798)  (3,968)  (1,967)  (1,871)  (3,838)

Long-term portion of lease obligations

 $2,940  $17,511  $20,451  $2,881  $17,180  $20,061 

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NOTE 9 — FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS 

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments 

 

The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments, which include cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and customer deposits, approximate their respective fair values due to the relatively short-term nature of these instruments. Based upon interest rates currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms, the carrying value of the Company’s long-term debt is approximately equal to its fair value. 

 

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The Company entered into an interest rate swap in June 2019 to mitigate the exposure to the variability of LIBOR for its floating rate debt described in Note 7, “Debt and Credit Agreements,” of these condensed consolidated financial statements. The fair value of the interest rate swap is reported in “Accrued liabilities” and the change in fair value is reported in “Interest expense, net” of these condensed consolidated financial statements. The fair value of the interest rate swap is estimated as the net present value of projected cash flows based on forward interest rates at the balance sheet date. The interest rate swap expired in February 2022. 

 

The Company is required to provide disclosure and categorize assets and liabilities measured at fair value into one of three different levels depending on the assumptions (i.e., inputs) used in the valuation. Level 1 provides the most reliable measure of fair value while Level 3 generally requires significant management judgment. Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input significant to the fair value measurement. Financial instruments are assessed quarterly to determine the appropriate classification within the fair value hierarchy. Transfers between fair value classifications are made based upon the nature and type of the observable inputs. The fair value hierarchy is defined as follows:

 

Level 1 — Valuations are based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2 — Valuations are based on quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted prices in markets that are not active for which significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly. 

 

Level 3 — Valuations are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. Inputs reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

The following tables represent the fair values of the Company’s financial liabilities as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

 

  

June 30, 2022

 
  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

  

Total

 

Liabilities measured on a recurring basis:

                

Interest rate swap

 $0  $0  $0  $0 

Total liabilities at fair value

 $0  $0  $0  $0 

September 30, 2022

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Liabilities measured on a recurring basis:

Interest rate swap

$$$$

Total liabilities at fair value

$$$$

 

 

December 31, 2021

  

December 31, 2021

 
 

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

  

Total

  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

  

Total

 

Liabilities measured on a recurring basis:

                        

Interest rate swap

 $0  $27  $0  $27  $  $27  $  $27 

Total liabilities at fair value

 $0  $27  $0  $27  $  $27  $  $27 

 

 

NOTE 10 — INCOME TAXES 

 

Effective tax rates differ from federal statutory income tax rates primarily due to changes in the Company’s valuation allowance, permanent differences and provisions for state and local income taxes. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2022, the Company has a full valuation allowance recorded against deferred tax assets. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, the Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $22,$36, compared to a provision for income taxes of $77$101 during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2021

 

The Company files income tax returns in U.S. federal and state jurisdictions. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2022, open tax years in federal and some state jurisdictions date back to 1996 due to the taxing authorities’ ability to adjust operating loss carryforwards. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had federal and unapportioned state net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of $277,310 of which $227,781 will generally begin to expire in 2026. The majority of the NOL carryforwards will expire in various years from 2028 through 2037. NOLs generated after January 1, 2018 will not expire.

 

Since the Company has no unrecognized tax benefits, they will not have an impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements as a result of the expiration of the applicable statues of limitations within the next twelve months. In addition, Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “IRC”), generally imposes an annual limitation on the amount of NOL carryforwards and associated built-in losses that may be used to offset taxable income when a corporation has undergone certain changes in stock ownership. The Company’s ability to utilize NOL carryforwards and built-in losses may be limited, under Section 382 of the IRC or otherwise, by the Company’s issuance of common stock or by other changes in stock ownership. Upon completion of the Company’s analysis of  Section 382 of the IRC in 2010, the Company determined that aggregate changes in stock ownership have triggered an annual limitation on NOL carryforwards and built-in losses available for utilization, thereby currently limiting annual NOL usage to $14,284 per year. Further limitations may occur, depending on additional future changes in stock ownership. To the extent the Company’s use of NOL carryforwards and associated built-in losses is significantly limited in the future, the Company’s income could be subject to U.S. corporate income tax earlier than it would be if the Company were able to use NOL carryforwards and built-in losses without such limitation, which could result in lower profits and the loss of benefits from these attributes. 

 

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In February 2013, the Company adopted a Stockholder Rights Plan, which was amended in February 2016 and approved by the Company’s stockholders (as amended, the “Rights Plan”), designed to preserve the Company’s substantial tax assets associated with NOL carryforwards under Section 382 of the IRC. On February 7, 2019, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved an amendment extending the Rights Plan for an additional three years, which was subsequently approved by the Company’s stockholders at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on April 23, 2019. On February 3, 2022, the Board approved an amendment which included an extension of the Rights Plan for an additional three years, which was subsequently approved at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on April 26, 2022. 

 

The Rights Plan is intended to act as a deterrent to any person or group, together with its affiliates and associates, becoming the beneficial owner of 4.9% or more of the Company’s common stock and thereby triggering a further limitation of the Company’s available NOL carryforwards. In connection with the adoption of the Rights Plan, the Board declared a non-taxable dividend of 1one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each outstanding share of the Company’s common stock to the Company’s stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 22, 2013. Each Right entitles its holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of the Company’s Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $7.26 per Right, subject to adjustment. As a result of the Rights Plan, any person or group that acquires beneficial ownership of 4.9% or more of the Company’s common stock without the approval of the Board would be subject to significant dilution in the ownership interest of that person or group. Stockholders who owned 4.9% or more of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock as of February 12, 2013 will not trigger the preferred share purchase rights unless they acquire additional shares after that date. 

 

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2022, the Company had 0no unrecognized tax benefits. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense. The Company had 0no accrued interest and penalties as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022.

 

 

NOTE 11 — SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION 

There was no stock option activity during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and 0no stock options were outstanding as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022. During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded share-based compensation expense in the amount of $425 for liability awards that will be settled in shares in 2023. The liability is recognized in the “Accrued liabilities” line item of the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet and has a balance of $425 as of September 30, 2022. 

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s restricted stock unit and performance award activity during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022

 

    

Weighted Average

     

Weighted Average

 
 

Number of

 

Grant-Date Fair Value

  

Number of

 

Grant-Date Fair Value

 
 

Shares

  

Per Share

  

Shares

  

Per Share

 

Unvested as of December 31, 2021

 918,448  $2.72  918,448  $2.72 

Granted

 734,077  $1.75  734,077  $1.75 

Vested

 (808,734) $2.23  (815,734) $2.23 

Forfeited

  (13,901) $2.82   (25,449) $2.60 

Unvested as of June 30, 2022

  829,890  $2.38 

Unvested as of September 30, 2022

  811,342  $2.39 

 

Under certain situations, shares are withheld from issuance to cover taxes for the vesting of restricted stock units and performance awards. For the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, 277,908280,175 shares were withheld to cover $544$546 of tax obligations. 

 

The following table summarizes share-based compensation expense included in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and 2021, as follows: 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

  

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Share-based compensation expense:

            

Cost of sales

 $83 $76  $106 $103 

Selling, general and administrative

  497  588   1,079  754 

Net effect of share-based compensation expense on net income

 $580  $664  $1,185  $857 

Reduction in earnings per share:

            

Basic earnings per share

 $0.03  $0.04  $0.06  $0.05 

Diluted earnings per share

 $0.03  $0.04  $0.06  $0.04 

 

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NOTE 12 — LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

The Company is party to a variety of legal proceedings that arise in the normal course of its business. While the results of these legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that the final outcome of these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect, individually or in the aggregate, on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. Due to the inherent uncertainty of litigation, there can be no assurance that the resolution of any particular claim or proceeding would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. It is possible that if one or more of such matters were decided against the Company, the effects could be material to the Company’s results of operations in the period in which the Company would be required to record or adjust the related liability and could also be material to the Company’s financial condition and cash flows in the periods the Company would be required to pay such liability.

 

 

NOTE 13 — RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS 

 

The Company reviews new accounting standards as issued. Although some of the accounting standards issued or effective in the current fiscal year may be applicable to it, the Company believes that none of the new standards have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

NOTE 14— SEGMENT REPORTING 

 

The Company is organized into reporting segments based on the nature of the products offered and business activities from which it earns revenues and incurs expenses for which discrete financial information is available and regularly reviewed by the Company’s chief operating decision maker.

 

The Company’s segments and their product and service offerings are summarized below: 

 

Heavy Fabrications

 

The Company provides large, complex and precision fabrications to customers in a broad range of industrial markets. The Company’s most significant presence is within the U.S. wind energy industry, although it has diversified into other industrial markets in order to improve capacity utilization, reduce customer concentration, and reduce exposure to uncertainty related to governmental policies currently impacting the U.S. wind energy industry. Within the U.S. wind energy industry, the Company provides steel towers and tower adapters primarily to wind turbine manufacturers. Production facilities, located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Abilene, Texas, are situated in close proximity to the primary U.S. domestic wind energy and equipment manufacturing hubs. The 2two facilities have a combined annual tower production capacity of up to approximately 550 towers (1,650 tower sections), sufficient to support turbines generating more than 1,100 megawatts of power. The Company has expanded production capabilities and leveraged manufacturing competencies, including welding, lifting capacity and stringent quality practices, into aftermarket and original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) components utilized in surface and underground mining, construction, material handling, oil and gas (“O&G”) and other infrastructure markets.

 

Gearing 

 

The Company provides gearing and gearboxes to a broad set of customers in diverse markets including; onshore and offshore O&G fracking and drilling, surface and underground mining, wind energy, steel, material handling and other infrastructure markets. The Company has manufactured loose gearing, gearboxes and systems, and provided heat treat services for aftermarket and OEM applications for nearly a century. The Company uses an integrated manufacturing process, which includes machining and finishing processes in Cicero, Illinois, and heat treatment and gearbox repair in Neville Island, Pennsylvania.

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Industrial Solutions 

 

The Company provides supply chain solutions, light fabrication, inventory management, kitting and assembly services, primarily serving the combined cycle natural gas turbine market, as well as other clean technology markets.

 

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Corporate

 

“Corporate” includes the assets and selling, general and administrative expenses of the Company’s corporate office. “Eliminations” comprises adjustments to reconcile segment results to consolidated results. 

 

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those referenced in Note 1, “Basis of Presentation” of these condensed consolidated financial statements. Summary financial information by reportable segment for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and 2021 is as follows:

 

 

Heavy Fabrications

  

Gearing

  

Industrial Solutions

  

Corporate

  

Eliminations

  

Consolidated

  

Heavy Fabrications

  

Gearing

  

Industrial Solutions

  

Corporate

  

Eliminations

  

Consolidated

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022

            

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022

            

Revenues from external customers

 $35,575  $10,107  $4,330  $0  $0  $50,012  $30,640  $10,190  $4,013  $  $  $44,843 

Intersegment revenues

 0  8  719  0  (727) 0      7    (7)  

Net revenues

 35,575  10,115  5,049  0  (727) 50,012  30,640  10,190  4,020    (7) 44,843 

Operating income (loss)

 78  (585) 32  (1,437) 0  (1,912) 372  624  (191) (1,322) (3) (520)

Depreciation and amortization

 862  555  98  61  0  1,576  852  477  98  59    1,486 

Capital expenditures

 718  476  9  2  0  1,205  976  64  20      1,060 

 

 

Heavy Fabrications

  

Gearing

  

Industrial Solutions

  

Corporate

  

Eliminations

  

Consolidated

  

Heavy Fabrications

  

Gearing

  

Industrial Solutions

  

Corporate

  

Eliminations

  

Consolidated

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2021

            

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021

            

Revenues from external customers

 $35,825  $7,404  $3,262  $0  $0  $46,491  $28,675  $7,562  $4,152  $  $  $40,389 

Intersegment revenues

 5 0 279 0 (284) 0    61  (61)  

Net revenues

 35,830  7,404  3,541  0  (284) 46,491  28,675  7,562  4,213    (61) 40,389 

Operating income (loss)

 271  (882) (47) (1,631) (22) (2,311)

Operating (loss) income

 (445) (219) (108) (1,248) 23  (1,997)

Depreciation and amortization

 992  462  104  53  0  1,611  967  463  105  59    1,594 

Capital expenditures

 85  37  6  25  0  153  294  306    4    604 

 

 

Heavy Fabrications

  

Gearing

  

Industrial Solutions

  

Corporate

  

Eliminations

  

Consolidated

  

Heavy Fabrications

  

Gearing

  

Industrial Solutions

  

Corporate

  

Eliminations

  

Consolidated

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

            

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

            

Revenues from external customers

 $62,847  $20,684  $8,325  $0  $0  $91,856  $93,486  $30,874  $12,339  $  $  $136,699 

Intersegment revenues

 0  16  796  0  (812) 0    16  803    (819)  

Net revenues

 62,847  20,700  9,121  0  (812) 91,856  93,486  30,890  13,142    (819) 136,699 

Operating loss

 (383) (697) (177) (2,728) 0  (3,985) (11) (73) (368) (4,050) (3) (4,505)

Depreciation and amortization

 1,741  1,031  201  122  0  3,095  2,593  1,507  299  182    4,581 

Capital expenditures

 1,200  476  18  3  0  1,697  2,176  540  38  3    2,757 

 

 

Heavy Fabrications

  

Gearing

  

Industrial Solutions

  

Corporate

  

Eliminations

  

Consolidated

  

Heavy Fabrications

  

Gearing

  

Industrial Solutions

  

Corporate

  

Eliminations

  

Consolidated

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

            

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

            

Revenues from external customers

 $58,602  $12,753  $7,864  $0  $0  $79,219  $87,277  $20,315  $12,016  $  $  $119,608 

Intersegment revenues

 5  0  281  0  (286) 0  5    341    (346)  

Net revenues

 58,607  12,753  8,145  0  (286) 79,219  87,282  20,315  12,357    (346) 119,608 

Operating loss

 (1,429) (1,871) (61) (3,239) (22) (6,622) (1,873) (2,090) (169) (4,487)   (8,619)

Depreciation and amortization

 1,937  920  210  97  0  3,164  2,904  1,383  315  156    4,758 

Capital expenditures

 648  37  26  54  0  765  942  343  26  58    1,369 

 

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Total Assets as of

  

Total Assets as of

 
 

June 30,

 

December 31,

  

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

Segments:

 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Heavy Fabrications

 $41,648  $37,131  $38,975  $37,131 

Gearing

 51,854  46,219  51,356  46,219 

Industrial Solutions

 11,769  10,825  11,277  10,825 

Corporate

 236,584  228,219  241,385  228,219 

Eliminations

  (214,988)  (204,347)  (216,929)  (204,347)
 $126,867  $118,047  $126,064  $118,047 

 

 

NOTE 15 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES 

 

Environmental Compliance and Remediation Liabilities 

 

The Company’s operations and products are subject to a variety of environmental laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates and sells products governing, among other things, air emissions, wastewater discharges, the use, handling and disposal of hazardous materials, soil and groundwater contamination, employee health and safety, and product content, performance and packaging. Certain environmental laws may impose the entire cost or a portion of the cost of investigating and cleaning up a contaminated site, regardless of fault, upon any one or more of a number of parties, including the current or previous owners or operators of the site. These environmental laws also impose liability on any person who arranges for the disposal or treatment of hazardous substances at a contaminated site. Third parties may also make claims against owners or operators of sites and users of disposal sites for personal injuries and property damage associated with releases of hazardous substances from those sites. 

 

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 

 

Based upon past experience and judgment, the Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts with respect to accounts receivable. The Company’s standard allowance estimation methodology considers a number of factors that, based on its collections experience, the Company believes will have an impact on its credit risk and the collectability of its accounts receivable. These factors include individual customer circumstances, history with the Company, the length of the time period during which the account receivable has been past due and other relevant criteria. 

 

The Company monitors its collections and write-off experience to assess whether or not adjustments to its allowance estimates are necessary. Changes in trends in any of the factors that the Company believes may impact the collectability of its accounts receivable, as noted above, or modifications to its credit standards, collection practices and other related policies may impact the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts and its financial results. The activity in the accounts receivable allowance liability for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and 2021 consisted of the following: 

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

  

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Balance at beginning of period

 $47  $473  $47  $473 

Bad debt expense

 40  9 

Write-offs

 0  (429) (8) (432)

Other adjustments

  (10)  (1)  (10)  (2)

Balance at end of period

 $77  $52  $29  $39 

 

Collateral 

 

In select instances, the Company has pledged specific inventory and machinery and equipment assets to serve as collateral on related payable or financing obligations. 

 

Liquidated Damages 

 

In certain customer contracts, the Company has agreed to pay liquidated damages in the event of qualifying delivery or production delays. These damages are typically limited to a specific percentage of the value of the product in question and/or are dependent on actual losses sustained by the customer. The Company does not believe that this potential exposure will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. There was no reserve for liquidated damages as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 or December 31, 2021. 

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto in Item 1, “Financial Statements,” of this Quarterly Report and the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. The discussion below contains forward-looking statements that are based upon our current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances including, but not limited to, those identified in “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” at the end of Item 2. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to inaccurate assumptions and known or unknown risks and uncertainties including those arising as a result of, or amplified by, the COVID-19 pandemic. As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” refer to Broadwind, Inc., a Delaware corporation headquartered in Cicero, Illinois, and its subsidiaries, as appropriate. 

 

(Dollars are presented in thousands except share, per share and per employee data or unless otherwise stated) 

 

KEY METRICS USED BY MANAGEMENT TO MEASURE PERFORMANCE

 

In addition to measures of financial performance presented in our consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, we use certain other financial measures to analyze our performance. These non-GAAP financial measures primarily consist of adjusted EBITDA (as defined below) and free cash flow which help us evaluate growth trends, establish budgets, assess operational efficiencies, oversee our overall liquidity, and evaluate our overall financial performance.

 

Key Financial Measures

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

  

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 
 

June 30,

  

June 30,

  

September 30,

  

September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Net revenues

 $50,012  $46,491  $91,856  $79,219  $44,843  $40,389  $136,699  $119,608 

Net (loss) income

 $(2,703) $10,252  $(5,107) $9,042  $(1,772) $(2,105) $(6,879) $6,937 

Adjusted EBITDA (1)

 $372  $12,800  $363  $14,017  $1,897  $401  $2,259  $14,418 

Capital expenditures

 $1,205  $153  $1,697  $765  $1,060  $604  $2,757  $1,369 

Free cash flow (2)

 $(3,903) $5,645  $(8,391) $(376) $223 $(3,251) $(8,169) $(1,913)

Operating working capital (3)

 $25,692  $16,999  $25,692  $16,999  $26,306  $19,554  $26,306  $19,554 

Total debt

 $17,865  $6,620  $17,865  $6,620  $24,118  $5,673  $24,118  $5,673 

Total orders

 $26,046  $26,441  $78,739  $60,655  $84,457  $42,597  $163,196  $103,252 

Backlog at end of period (4)

 $93,249  $74,338  $93,249  $74,338  $132,213  $76,531  $132,213  $76,531 

Book-to-bill (5)

 0.5  0.6  0.9  0.8  1.9  1.1  1.2  0.9 

 

(1)

We provide non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, share based compensation and other stock payments, restructuring costs, impairment charges, and other non-cash gains and losses) as supplemental information regarding our business performance. Our management uses adjusted EBITDA when theyit internally evaluateevaluates the performance of our business, reviewreviews financial trends and makemakes operating and strategic decisions. We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is useful to investors because it provides a better understanding of our past financial performance and future results, and it allows investors to evaluate our performance using the same methodology and information as used by our management. Our definition of adjusted EBITDA may be different from similar non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies and/or analysts.

 

(2)

We define free cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus or minus changes in operating working capital less capital expenditures net of any proceeds from disposals of property and equipment. We believe free cash flow is a useful measure for investors because it portrays our ability to generate cash from our business for purposes such as repaying maturing debt and funding future investments.

 

(3)

We define operating working capital as accounts receivable and inventory net of accounts payable and customer deposits.

 

(4)

Our backlog at JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and 2021 is net of revenue recognized over time. 

 

(5)

We define the book-to-bill as the ratio of new orders we received, net of cancellations, to revenue during a period.

 

The following table reconciles our non-GAAP key financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

  

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 
 

June 30,

  

June 30,

  

September 30,

  

September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Net (loss) income

 $(2,703) $10,252  $(5,107) $9,042  $(1,772) $(2,105) $(6,879) $6,937 

Interest expense

 776  318  1,121  547  1,234  269  2,355  816 

Income tax provision

 15  45  22  77  14  24  36  101 

Depreciation and amortization

 1,576  1,611  3,095  3,164  1,486  1,594  4,581  4,758 

Share-based compensation and other stock payments

  708   574   1,232   1,187   935   619   2,166   1,806 

Adjusted EBITDA

 372  12,800  363  14,017  1,897  401  2,259  14,418 

Changes in operating working capital

 (3,070) (5,288) (7,057) (11,937) (614) (2,555) (7,671) (14,492)

Employee retention credit receivable

   (1,714)   (1,714)   (503)   (503)

Capital expenditures

 (1,205) (153) (1,697) (765) (1,060) (604) (2,757) (1,369)

Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment

           23      10      33 

Free Cash Flow

 $(3,903) $5,645  $(8,391) $(376) $223  $(3,251) $(8,169) $(1,913)

 

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OUR BUSINESS 

 

SecondThird Quarter Overview 

 

We booked $26,046$84,457 in new orders in the secondthird quarter of 2022, slightly downup significantly from $26,441$42,597 in the secondthird quarter of 2021. Within our Heavy Fabrications segment, wind tower orders decreased 82%increased 223% compared to the prior year quarter as tower customers secured 2022 and 2023 production capacity to support ongoing wind customers continued to pause and delay orders due to uncertainty regarding the timing and likelihood of potential wind energy incentives provided by the federal government and elevated steel prices.turbine tower installation projects. Industrial fabrications product linePartially offsetting the increase in tower orders within the Heavy FabricationsFabrication segment increased 242% primarily due to improvedwas a 41% decrease in industrial demand and increasing order volume for Pressure Reducing Systems (“PRS”) units. fabrication orders.Gearing segment orders increased 14%34% compared to the prior year quarter primarily due to higher demand from industrial customers partially offset by decreased demand from oil and gas (“O&G”), industrial, and mining customers. Orders within our Industrial Solutions segment increased by 8%34% as compared to the prior year quarter, primarily due to the timing of orders associated with aftermarket projects and projects from other diverse customers partially offset by a decreasean increase in new gas turbine orders.

 

We recognized revenue of $50,012$44,843 in the secondthird quarter of 2022, up 8%11% compared to the secondthird quarter of 2021, primarily due to a 154%95% increase in industrial fabrications product line revenue within the Heavy Fabrications segment.segment and a 35% increase in Gearing segment revenue. The increase in industrial fabrication revenue is primarily attributable to strong recent order intake from industrial and mining customers in addition toand revenue recognized on our PRSPressure Reducing Systems (“PRS”) units. Overall Heavy Fabrications segment revenues were flat compared to the prior year quarter as the industrial fabrications product lineThis increase was partially offset by a 47%26% decrease in tower sections sold. The Gearing revenue increased by 37%,increase was primarily driven by strong order intake in recent quarters from O&G and industrial customers, partially offset by a decrease in aftermarket wind revenue. Industrial Solutions segment revenue increased 43%decreased 5% compared to the prior year quarter, primarily due to the timing of new gas turbine and aftermarket projects. global logistics delays.

 

We recorded a net loss of $2,703$1,772 or $0.13$0.09 per share in the secondthird quarter of 2022, compared to a net income of $10,252loss $2,105 or $0.55$0.11 per share in the second quarter of 2021 primarily due to the absence of $3,593 of other income related to the employee retention credit recorded under the CARES Act and the $9,151 recognized as a result of forgiveness of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan during the second quarter of 2021. 

On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was signed into law providing numerous tax provisions and other stimulus measures, including an employee retention credit (“ERC”), which is a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes.  The ERC is available for wages paid through September 30, 2021 and is equal to 70% of qualified wages (which includes employer qualified health plan expenses) paid to employees. The maximum tax credit that could be claimed by an eligible employer in 2021 was $7,000 per employee per calendar quarter. In the first and second quarters of 2021, we received ERC benefits of $3,372 and $3,593, respectively, which were recorded in “Other income (expense), net” in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. We did not qualify for the ERC benefit during the third quarter of 20212021.This decrease in net loss was due primarily to relatively higher revenues in 2021 as compared to the third quarter of 2019. The receivable for the remaining uncollected ERC benefit was $497 as of December 31, 2021sales, partially offset by higher material costs and was included in the “Employee retention credit receivable” line item in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021. The remaining of $497 for the uncollected ERC benefit was collected during January 2022.increased interest expense. 

 

COVID-19 Pandemic

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted business, trade, commerce and financial markets in the U.S. and globally. Through JuneSeptember 30, 2022, we experienced an adverse impact to our business, operations and financial results as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic due in part to a decline in order activity levels, manufacturing inefficiencies associated with supply chain disruptions and employee staffing constraints due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the pandemic, we continue to right-size our workforce and delay certain capital expenditures. In future periods, we may experience weaker customer demand, requests for extended payment terms, customer bankruptcies, additional supply chain disruption, employee staffing constraints and difficulties, government restrictions or other factors that could negatively impact the Company and its business, operations and financial results. As we cannot predict the duration or scope of the pandemic, including in light of the emerging variants, or its impact on economic and financial markets, any negative impact to our results cannot be reasonably estimated, but it could be material.

 

We continue to monitor closely the Company’s financial health and liquidity and the impact of the pandemic on the Company, including emerging variants. We have been able to serve the needs of our customers while taking steps to protect the health and safety of our employees, customers, partners, and communities. Among these steps, we follow the guidance provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 

 

Three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, Compared to Three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2021 

 

The condensed consolidated statement of operations table below should be read in connection with a review of the following discussion of our results of operations for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, compared to the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2021.

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

  

2022 vs. 2021

  

Three Months Ended September 30,

  

2022 vs. 2021

 
    

% of Total

    

% of Total

          

% of Total

    

% of Total

      
 

2022

  

Revenue

  

2021

  

Revenue

  

$ Change

  

% Change

  

2022

  

Revenue

  

2021

  

Revenue

  

$ Change

  

% Change

 

Revenues

 $50,012  100.0% $46,491  100.0% $3,521  7.6% $44,843  100.0% $40,389  100.0% $4,454  11.0%

Cost of sales

  47,618   95.2%  44,293   95.3%  3,325  7.5%  41,095   91.6%  38,315   94.9%  2,780  7.3%

Gross profit

 2,394 4.8% 2,198 4.7% 196 8.9% 3,748 8.4% 2,074 5.1% 1,674 80.7%

Operating expenses

                          

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 4,122  8.2% 4,325  9.3% (203) (4.7)% 4,085  9.1% 3,888  9.6% 197  5.1%

Intangible amortization

  184   0.4%  184   0.4%    0.0%  183   0.4%  183   0.5%    0.0%

Total operating expenses

  4,306   8.6%  4,509   9.7%  (203) (4.5)%  4,268   9.5%  4,071   10.1%  197  4.8%

Operating loss

 (1,912) (3.8)% (2,311) (5.0)% 399  17.3% (520) (1.2)% (1,997) (4.9)% 1,477  74.0%

Other (expense) income, net

                          

Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness

  0.0% 9,151 19.7% (9,151) (100.0)%

Interest expense, net

 (776) (1.6)% (318) (0.7)% (458) (144.0)% (1,234) (2.8)% (269) (0.7)% (965) (358.7)%

Other, net

     0.0%  3,775   8.1%  (3,775) (100.0)%  (4)  (0.0)%  185   0.5%  (189) (102.2)%

Total other (expense) income, net

  (776)  (1.6)%  12,608   27.1%  (13,384) (106.2)%  (1,238)  (2.8)%  (84)  (0.2)%  (1,154) (1373.8)%

Net (loss) income before provision for income taxes

 (2,688) (5.4)% 10,297  22.1% (12,985) (126.1)%

Net loss before provision for income taxes

 (1,758) (3.9)% (2,081) (5.2)% 323  15.5%

Provision for income taxes

  15   0.0%  45   0.1%  (30) (66.7)%  14   0.0%  24   0.1%  (10) (41.7)%

Net (loss) income

 $(2,703)  (5.4)% $10,252   22.1% $(12,955) (126.4)%

Net loss

 $(1,772)  (4.0)% $(2,105)  (5.2)% $333  15.8%

 

Consolidated 

 

Revenues increased by $3,521$4,454 versus the prior year quarter. This increase was primarily due to a 154%95% increase in industrial fabrications product line revenue within the Heavy Fabrications segment. The increase in industrial fabrication revenue is attributablesegment compared to the prior year quarter primarily as a result of strong recent order intake from industrial and mining customers in addition toand revenue recognized on our PRS units. Overall the Heavy Fabrications segment revenues were flatThis increase was partially offset by a 26% decrease in tower sections sold compared to the prior year quarter as the industrial fabrications product line increase was offset by a 47% decrease in tower sections sold.quarter. Gearing segment revenue was up 37%35% from the secondthird quarter of 2021, primarily driven by higher recent order intake from O&G and industrial customers, partially offset by a decrease in aftermarket wind revenue. Industrial Solutions segment revenue increaseddecreased by 43%,5% from the third quarter of 2021 primarily due to the timing of new gas turbine customer and aftermarket projects.global logistics delays. 

 

Gross profit increased marginally by $196$1,674 when compared to the prior year quarter, asprimarily due to the higher sales volumes within the Gearing and Industrial SolutionsHeavy Fabrications segments, were largelypartially offset by lower sales volumes in the Heavy Fabrications segment.higher material costs. 

 

Due primarily to higher revenue levels, lower legal expenses, and reduced salaries and benefits, operating expenses as a percentage of sales decreased to 8.6%9.5% in the current-year quarter from 9.7%10.1% in the prior year quarter.

 

Net loss was $2,703$1,772 during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, compared to a net incomeloss of $10,252$2,105 during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 20212021. This decrease in net loss was primarily due to the factors described above, the absence of the $3,593 ERC benefit, and the $9,151 PPP loan forgiveness recorded in the prior year quarter. partially offset by higher interest expense.

 

Heavy Fabrications Segment 

 

 

Three Months Ended

  

Three Months Ended

 
 

June 30,

  

September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Orders

 $12,989  $14,760  $62,873  $26,539 

Tower sections sold

 160  302  145  197 

Revenues

 35,575  35,830  30,640  28,675 

Operating income

 78  271  372  (445)

Operating margin

 0.2% 0.8% 1.2% (1.6)%

 

Wind tower orders decreased 82% versusincreased 223% compared to the prior year quarter as tower customers secured 2022 and 2023 production capacity to support ongoing wind customers continue to pause and delay orders due to uncertainty regarding the timing and likelihood of potential wind energy incentives provided by the federal government and elevated steel prices.turbine tower installation projects. Industrial fabrications product line orders also within the Heavy Fabrications segment, increased 242%decreased 41% from the prior year quarter primarily due to improved industrial demand and increasing order volume for PRS units.lower mining demand. Heavy Fabrications segment revenues were flatincreased 7% compared to the prior year asprimarily due to a 154%95% increase in industrial fabrication line revenues, which was partially offset by a 47%26% decrease in tower sections sold. 

 

1920

 

Heavy Fabrications segment operating income decreasedincreased by $193$817 compared to the prior year quarter. The quarter-over-quarter decreaseimprovement in operating performance is primarily a result of lowerhigher sales volumes and costs associated with transitioning the workforce to support growth in the industrial fabrications product line.labor efficiencies, partially offset by higher material costs. Operating margin was 0.2%1.2% during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, a decreasean increase from 0.8%(1.6)% during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2021.

 

Gearing Segment

 

 

Three Months Ended

  

Three Months Ended

 
 

June 30,

  

September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Orders

 $8,941  $7,858  $15,523  $11,546 

Revenues

 10,115  7,404  10,190  7,562 

Operating loss

 (585) (882)

Operating income (loss)

 624  (219)

Operating margin

 (5.8)% (11.9)% 6.1% (2.9)%

 

Gearing segment orders increased 14%34% from the prior year period primarily due to increased demand from industrial, customers, partially offset by reduced demand frommining, and O&G customers. Gearing revenue was up 37%35% relative to the comparable prior year period primarily due to higher order intake in recent quarters from O&G and industrial customers, partially offset by a decrease in aftermarket wind revenue.

 

Gearing segment operating loss decreased $297income improved by $843 from the prior year period. This improvement was primarily attributable to higher sales partially offset by higher material costs, ramp-up costs, and increased fixed costs to support volumes. Operating margin was (5.8%)6.1% during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, an improvement from (11.9)(2.9)% during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2021, driven primarily by the items identified above.

 

Industrial Solutions Segment 

 

 

Three Months Ended

  

Three Months Ended

 
 

June 30,

  

September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Orders

 $4,116  $3,823  $6,061  $4,512 

Revenues

 5,049  3,541  4,020  4,213 

Operating income (loss)

 32  (47)

Operating loss

 (191) (108)

Operating margin

 0.6% (1.3)% (4.8)% (2.6)%

 

2021

 

Industrial Solutions segment orders increased by 8%34% from the prior year period primarily due to the timing of orders associated with aftermarket projects and projects from other diverse customers, partially offset by a decrease in new gas turbine orders. Segment revenue increaseddecreased by 43%5% from the prior year period primarily due to the timing of new gas turbine and aftermarket projects. The improved operating incomeglobal logistics delays. Operating loss increased versus the prior-year quarter was primarily as a result of a lower sales andhigher sales, partially offset by increased variable expenses such as freight and packaging costs. 

 

Corporate and Other 

 

Corporate and Other expenses during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 decreasedincreased from the prior year period primarily due to lower salaries and benefits.higher compensation-related expenses. 

 

SixNine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, Compared to SixNine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2021 

 

The condensed consolidated statement of operations table below should be read in connection with a review of the following discussion of our results of operations for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, compared to the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2021.

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

  

2022 vs. 2021

  

Nine Months Ended September 30,

  

2022 vs. 2021

 
    

% of Total

    

% of Total

          

% of Total

    

% of Total

      
 

2022

  

Revenue

  

2021

  

Revenue

  

$ Change

  

% Change

  

2022

  

Revenue

  

2021

  

Revenue

  

$ Change

  

% Change

 

Revenues

 $91,856  100.0% $79,219  100.0% $12,637  16.0% $136,699  100.0% $119,608  100.0% $17,091  14.3%

Cost of sales

 87,450  95.2% 76,739  96.9% 10,711  14.0%  128,545   94.0%  115,054   96.2%  13,491   11.7%

Gross profit

  4,406   4.8%  2,480   3.1%  1,926  77.7% 8,154  6.0% 4,554  3.8% 3,600  79.1%

Operating expenses

  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 8,024  8.7% 8,735  11.0% (711) (8.1)% 12,109  8.9% 12,623  10.6% (514) (4.1)%

Intangible amortization

  367   0.4%  367   0.5%    %  550   0.4%  550   0.5%    %

Total operating expenses

  8,391   9.1%  9,102   11.5%  (711) (7.8)%  12,659   9.3%  13,173   11.0%  (514) (3.9)%

Operating loss

 (3,985) (4.3)% (6,622) (8.4)% 2,637  39.8% (4,505) (3.3)% (8,619) (7.2)% 4,114  47.7%

Other (expense) income, net

  

Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness

   % 9,151  11.6% (9,151) (100.0)%   % 9,151  7.7% (9,151) (100.0)%

Interest expense, net

 (1,121) (1.2)% (547) (0.7)% (574) (104.9)% (2,355) (1.7)% (816) (0.7)% (1,539) (188.6)%

Other, net

  21   0.0%  7,137   9.0%  (7,116) (99.7)%  17   0.0%  7,322   6.1%  (7,305) (99.8)%

Total other (expense) income, net

  (1,100)  (1.2)%  15,741   19.9%  (16,841) (107.0)%  (2,338)  (1.7)%  15,657   13.1%  (17,995) (114.9)%

Net (loss) income before provision for income taxes

 (5,085) (5.5)% 9,119  11.5% (14,204) (155.8)% (6,843) (5.0)% 7,038  5.9% (13,881) (197.2)%

Provision for income taxes

  22   0.0%  77   0.1%  (55) (71.4)%  36   0.0%  101   0.1%  (65) (64.4)%

Net (loss) income

 $(5,107)  (5.6)% $9,042   11.4% $(14,149) (156.5)% $(6,879)  (5.0)% $6,937   5.8% $(13,816) (199.2)%

 

Consolidated 

 

Revenues increased by $12,637$17,091 versus the prior year.year period.  Gearing segment revenue was up 62%52% from the first half of 2021, primarily driven by strong recent order intake from O&G, mining, and miningindustrial customers, partially offset by a decrease in aftermarket wind revenue. Heavy Fabrications segment revenues increased by 7% as lower tower demand was more than offset by a 105%101% increase in industrial fabrications product line revenue. The industrial fabrications product line revenue increase was primarily attributable to higher recent order intake from industrial and mining customers, andin addition to revenue recognized on our PRS units. Industrial Solutions segment revenue increased by 12%6%, primarily due to the timing ofan increase in revenue from aftermarket projects, partially offset by a decrease in revenue from new gas turbine customer and aftermarket projects.

 

Gross profit increased by $1,926$3,600 when compared to the prior year period primarily due to higher sales volumes in the Gearing segment,and the Heavy Fabrications segments, partially offset by higher material costs and ramp-up costs, and increased fixed costs to support volumes.costs. As a result, gross margin increased to 4.8%6.0% during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, from 3.1%3.8% during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2021.

 

Due primarily to higher revenue levels lower legal expenses, and reduced salarieslegal and benefits,professional fees, operating expenses as a percentage of sales decreased to 9.1%9.3% in the current-year period from 11.5%11.0% in the prior year.year period.

 

Net loss was $5,107$6,879 during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, compared to net income of $9,042$6,937 during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2021 primarily due to the factors described above and the absence of the $6,965 ERCemployee retention credit (“ERC”) benefit and the $9,151 PPPPayroll Protection Program (“PPP”) loan forgiveness recorded in the prior year quarter.year. 

 

Heavy Fabrications Segment 

 

 

Six Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
 

June 30,

  

September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Orders

 $47,149  $35,557  $110,022  $62,096 

Tower sections sold

 329  471  474  668 

Revenues

 62,847  58,607  93,486  87,282 

Operating loss

 (383) (1,429) (11) (1,873)

Operating margin

 (0.6)% (2.4)% (0.0)% (2.1)%

 

Wind tower orders increased 25%106% versus the prior year period as tower customers secured 2022 and 2023 production capacity to support ongoing wind turbine tower installation projects. Industrial fabrications product line orders also within the Heavy Fabrications segment, increased 54%10% from the prior year period primarily due to strongincreased demand for PRS units and strong industrial demand,products, partially offset by a reduction in mining demand. Heavy Fabrications segment revenues increased 7% primarily due to a 105%101% increase in industrial fabrication revenuesrevenue primarily due to higher recent order intake from industrial and mining customers, andin addition to revenue recognized from our PRS units in the current year. The increase in industrial fabrications revenue was partially offset by a 29% decrease in tower sections sold. 

 

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Heavy Fabrications segment operating loss decreasedimproved by $1,046$1,862 compared to the prior year.year period. The improvement in operating performance iswas primarily a result of higher sales in the current year and the absence of one-time events that occurred during the prior year such as theperiod including a weather-related event and a customer driven project delay, partially offset by increased variablehigher material costs and costs associated with transitioning a portion of the workforce to support growth in the industrial fabrications product line. Operating margin was (0.6)0.0% during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, an improvement from (2.1)% during the sixnine months ended June 30, 2022, an increase from (2.4%) during the six months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2021.

 

Gearing Segment

 

 

Six Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
 

June 30,

  

September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Orders

 $23,003  $17,778  $38,526  $29,325 

Revenues

 20,700  12,753  30,890  20,315 

Operating loss

 (697) (1,871) (73) (2,090)

Operating margin

 (3.4)% (14.7)% (0.2)% (10.3)%

 

Gearing segment orders increased 29%31% from the prior year period primarily due to increased demand from O&G, mining, and industrial customers. Gearing revenue was up 62%52% relative to the comparable prior year period primarily due to higher order intake in recent quarters from O&G, industrial, and mining customers, partially offset by a decrease in aftermarket wind revenue.

 

Gearing segment operating loss decreased $1,174improved by $2,017 from the prior year period. This improvement was primarily attributable to higher sales,partially offset by higher material costs, ramp-up costs, and increased fixed costs to support higher volumes.Operating margin was (3.4%)(0.2)% during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, an improvement from (14.7)(10.3)% during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2021, driven primarily by the items identified above.

 

Industrial Solutions Segment 

 

 

Six Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
 

June 30,

  

September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Orders

 $8,587  $7,320  $14,648  $11,831 

Revenues

 9,121  8,145  13,142  12,357 

Operating loss

 (177) (61) (368) (169)

Operating margin

 (1.9)% (0.7)% (2.8)% (1.4)%

 

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Industrial Solutions segment orders increased by 17%24% from the prior year period primarily due to the timing of orders associated with aftermarket projects. Segment revenue increased by 12%6% from the prior year period primarily due to the timing of new gas turbine andan increase in revenue from aftermarket projects. The increased operating loss versus the prior year was primarily a result of higher variable expenses including freight costs. 

 

Corporate and Other 

 

Corporate and Other expenses during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 decreased from the prior year period primarily due tolower salaries and benefits.

 

 

 

LIQUIDITY, FINANCIAL POSITION AND CAPITAL RESOURCES 

 

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2022, cash totaled $49, a decrease$1,509, an increase of $803$657 from December 31, 2021. Cash balances remain limited in the second quarter as operating receipts and disbursements flowedflow through our 20162022 Credit Facility (as defined in Note 7, “Debt and Credit Agreements,” in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements), which was in a drawn position as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022. Debt and finance lease obligations at JuneSeptember 30, 2022 totaled $22,975.$28,966. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2022, we had the ability to borrow up to an additional $10,178$13,315 under the 20162022 Credit Facility. In addition to the 2022 Credit Facility, we also utilize supply chain financing arrangements as a component of our funding for working capital, which accelerates receivable collections and helps to better manage cash flow. Under these agreements, we have agreed to sell certain of our accounts receivable balances to banking institutions who have agreed to advance amounts equal to the net accounts receivable balances due, less a discount as set forth in the respective agreements. The balances under these agreements are accounted for as sales of accounts receivable, as they are sold without recourse. Cash proceeds from these agreements are reflected as operating activities included in the change in accounts receivable in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Fees incurred in connection with the agreements are recorded as interest expense.

 

On March 9, 2021, we entered into a $10,000 Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with Craig-Hallum Capital Group, LLC (the “Manager”). Pursuant to the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, we issued 1,897,697 shares of the Company's common stock thereunder during the first two quarters of 2021. The net proceeds (before upfront costs) to the Company from the sales of such shares were approximately $9,725 after deducting commissions paid of approximately $275 and before deducting other expense of $411. 

 

On February 28,September 12, 2022, we executedentered into a Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Roth Capital Partners, LLC and HC Wainwright & Co., LLC (collectively, the Fourth Amendment“Agents”). Pursuant to the Amendedterms of the Sales Agreement, we may sell from time to time through the Agents shares of our common stock with an aggregate sales price of up to $12,000. Any shares offered and Restated Loansold under the Sales Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) which reducedare to be issued pursuant to the lineForm S-3 and the 424(b) prospectus supplement relating to the offering dated September 12, 2022. We will pay a commission to the Agents of credit from $35,000 to $30,000, extended2.75% of the maturity date until January 31, 2024, waivedgross proceeds of the minimum EBITDA covenantsale of the shares sold under the Sales Agreement and reimburse the Agents for the three-month period ended December 31, 2021, revised the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant as of December 31, 2022 for the trailing nine-month period after March 31, 2022, revised the minimum EBITDA covenant applicableexpenses incident to the three-month period ending March 31, 2022,performance of their obligations under the six-month period ending June 30, 2022 andSales Agreement. During the nine-month period endingquarter ended September 30, 2022, revisedwe issued 100,379 shares of our common stock under the existing liquidity reserveSales Agreement and the net proceeds (before upfront costs) to $2,500 and amended certain other provisions in connection withus from the discontinuationsale of LIBOR and replacement withour common stock were approximately $323 after deducting commissions paid of approximately $9. As of September 30, 2022, shares of our common stock having a value of approximately $11,667 remained available for issuance under the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Term SOFR) administered by CME Group, Inc.Sales Agreement.

 

On August 4, 2022, we executed the Wells Fargo2022 Credit Agreement (as defined in Note 7, “Debt and Credit Agreements” in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as lender (“Wells Fargo”), providing us with a $35,000 senior secured revolving credit facility (which may be further increased by up to an additional $10,000 upon our request and at the sole discretion of Wells Fargo) and a $7,578 senior secured term loan (collectively, the “2022 Credit Facility”). The proceeds of the 2022 Credit Facility are available for general corporate purposes, including strategic growth opportunities. The 2022 Credit Facility replaces the 2016 Credit Facility.Facility (as defined in Note 7, “Debt and Credit Agreements” in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements). All obligations outstanding under the 2016 Credit Facility were refinanced by the 2022 Credit Facility on August 5, 2022. For more information on the 2022 Credit Facility, please see Note 7, “Debt and Credit Agreement” in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

We anticipate that current cash resources, amounts available under the 2022 Credit Facility, cash to be generated from operations and equipment financing, proceeds from the sale of securities under the Sales Agreement and any potential proceeds from the sale of further securities under the Form S-3 will be adequate to meet our liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months.

 

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If assumptions regarding our production, sales and subsequent collections from certain of our large customers, as well as receipt of customer deposits and revenues generated from new customer orders, are materially inconsistent with management’s expectations, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and emerging variants, and its effects on domestic and global economies, we may encounter cash flow and liquidity issues.

If our operational performance deteriorates, we may be unable to comply with existing financial covenants, and could lose access to the 2022 Credit Facility. This could limit our operational flexibility, require a delay in making planned investments and/or require us to seek additional equity or debt financing. Any attempt to raise equity through the public markets could have a negative effect on our stock price, making an equity raise more difficult or more dilutive. Any additional equity financing or equity linked financing, if available, will be dilutive to stockholders, and additional debt financing, if available, would likely require new financial covenants or impose other operating and financial restrictions on us. While we believe that we will continue to have sufficient cash available to operate our businesses and to meet our financial obligations and debt covenants, there can be no assurances that our operations will generate sufficient cash or that existing or new credit facilities or equity or equity linked financings will be available in an amount sufficient to enable us to meet these financial obligations.

 

Sources and Uses of Cash 

 

The following table summarizes our cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and 2021:

 

 

Six Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
 

June 30,

  

September 30,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Total cash (used in) provided by:

          

Operating activities

 $(8,264) $(9,987) $(10,271) $(10,823)

Investing activities

 (1,697) (742) (2,757) (1,336)

Financing activities

  9,158   12,114   13,685   11,122 

Net (decrease) increase in cash

 $(803) $1,385 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

 $657  $(1,037)

 

Operating Cash Flows 

 

During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, net cash used in operating activities totaled $8,264$10,271 compared to net cash used in operating activities of $9,987$10,823 during the prior year period. The decrease in net cash used was primarily due to improved operating performance in the current year and less operating working capital build, partially offset by the ERC and PPP loan forgiveness benefits which were recognized in the prior year period.

 

Investing Cash Flows 

 

During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, net cash used in investing activities totaled $1,697,$2,757, compared to net cash used in investing activities of $742$1,336 during the prior year period. The increase in net cash used in investing activities as compared to the prior-year period was primarily due to an increase in net purchases of property and equipment.

 

Financing Cash Flows 

 

During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, net cash provided by financing activities totaled $9,158,$13,685, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $12,114$11,122 during the prior year period. The decreaseincrease was primarily due to increased net borrowings under our 2022 Credit Facility in the absence ofcurrent year, partially offset by the proceeds from the sale of securities under the Equity Distribution Agreement received in the current year, partially offset by increased net borrowings under our 2016 Credit Facility in the currentprior year. 

 

In 2016, we entered into a $570 loan agreement with the Development Corporation of Abilene which is included in the “Long-term debt, net“Line of current maturities”credit and other notes payable” line item of our condensed consolidated financial statements as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The loan is forgivable upon the Company meeting and maintaining specific employment thresholds. During each of the years 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, $114 of the loan was forgiven. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2022, the loan balance was $114. In addition, we have outstanding notes payable for capital expenditures in the amount of $714$2,111 and $363 as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, with $27$26 and $186 included in the “Line of Credit and other notes payable” line item of our condensed consolidated financial statements as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The notes payable have monthly payments that range from $3 to $16 and an interest rate of approximately 4%6%. The equipment purchased is utilized as collateral for the notes payable. The outstanding notes payable mature in September 2028.

 

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES ActAct”) provided for the ERC, which is a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes.  The ERC is available for wages paid through September 30, 2021 and is equal to 70% of qualified wages (which includes employer qualified health plan expenses) paid to employees. The maximum tax credit that could be claimed by an eligible employer in 2021 was $7,000 per employee per calendar quarter. In the first and second quarters of 2021, we received ERC benefits of $3,372 and $3,593, respectively, which were recorded in “Other income (expense), net” in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. We did not qualify for the ERC benefit during the third quarter of 2021 due to relatively higher revenues in 2021 as compared to the third quarter of 2019. The receivable for the remaining uncollected ERC benefit iswas $497 as of December 31, 2021 and iswas included in the “Employee retention credit receivable” line item in our condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021. The remaining balance of $497 for the uncollected ERC benefit was collected during January 2022.

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

There have been no material changes in our critical accounting estimates during the three months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the critical accounting estimates described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 

 

The preceding discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Portions of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the discussion and analysis in this Part I, Item 2, contain “forward looking statements”, as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”), that reflect our current expectations regarding our future growth, results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, performance, business prospects and opportunities, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. We have tried to identify forward looking statements by using words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “will,” “should,” “may,” “plan” and similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying forward looking statements. Forward looking statements include any statement that does not directly relate to a current or historical fact. Our forward-looking statements may include or relate to our beliefs, expectations, plans and/or assumptions with respect to the following, many of which are, and will be, amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic: (i) the impact of global health concerns, including the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the economies and financial markets and the demand for our products; (ii) state, local and federal regulatory frameworks affecting the industries in which we compete, including the wind energy industry, and the related extension, continuation or renewal of federal tax incentives and grants and state renewable portfolio standards as well as new or continuing tariffs on steel or other products imported into the United States; (iii) our customer relationships and our substantial dependency on a few significant customers and our efforts to diversify our customer base and sector focus and leverage relationships across business units; (iv) the economic and operational stability of our significant customers and suppliers, including their respective supply chains, and the ability to source alternative suppliers as necessary, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic; (v) our ability to continue to grow our business organically and through acquisitions, and the impairment thereto by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; (vi) the production, sales, collections, customer deposits and revenues generated by new customer orders and our ability to realize the resulting cash flows; (vii) information technology failures, network disruptions, cybersecurity attacks or breaches in data security, including with respect to any remote work arrangements implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; (viii) the sufficiency of our liquidity and alternate sources of funding, if necessary; (ix) our ability to realize revenue from customer orders and backlog; (x) our ability to operate our business efficiently, comply with our debt obligations, manage capital expenditures and costs effectively, and generate cash flow; (xi) the economy, including its stability in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the potential impact it may have on our business, including our customers; (xii) the state of the wind energy market and other energy and industrial markets generally and the impact of competition and economic volatility in those markets; (xiii) the effects of market disruptions and regular market volatility, including fluctuations in the price of oil, gas and other commodities; (xiv) competition from new or existing industry participants including, in particular, increased competition from foreign tower manufacturers; (xv) the effects of the change of administrations in the U.S. federal government; (xvi) our ability to successfully integrate and operate acquired companies and to identify, negotiate and execute future acquisitions; (xvii) the potential loss of tax benefits if we experience an “ownership change” under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (xviii) our ability to utilize various relief options enabled by the CARES Act; (xix) the limited trading market for our securities and the volatility of market price for our securities; and (xx) the impact of future sales of our common stock or securities convertible into our common stock on our stock price. These statements are based on information currently available to us and are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual growth, results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, performance, business prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements including, but not limited to, those set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. We are under no duty to update any of these statements. You should not consider any list of such factors to be an exhaustive statement of all of the risks, uncertainties or other factors that could cause our current beliefs, expectations, plans and/or assumptions to change. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a predictor of actual results.

 

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Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 

 

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and as such are not required to provide information under this Item pursuant to Item 305I of Regulation S-K. 

 

Item 4.Controls and Procedures 

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures 

 

We seek to maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15I and 15d-15I under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. This information is also accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our CEO and CFO, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter reported on herein. Based on that evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of JuneSeptember 30, 2022.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings 

 

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to Note 12, “Legal Proceedings” of the condensed consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

 

The Risk Factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 continue to represent the most significant risks to the Company’s future results of operations and financial conditions, without further modification or amendment. 

 

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Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None. 

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities 

 

None. 

 

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures 

 

Not Applicable. 

 

Item 5.

Other Information 

 

None. 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits 

 

The exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

BROADWIND, INC.

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JuneSeptember 30, 2022

 

Exhibit

Number

Exhibit

3.1

Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008

3.2

Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 23, 2012)

3.3

Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 6, 2020)

3.4

Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, adopted as of May 4, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 6, 2020)

10.1Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2022, by and among Broadwind, Inc., Brad Foote Gear Works, Inc., Broadwind Industrial Solutions, LLC, Broadwind Heavy Fabrications, Inc., 5100 Neville Road, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 8, 2022)
10.2Guaranty, dated as of August 4, 2022, by Broadwind, Inc., Brad Foote Gear Works, Inc., Broadwind Industrial Services, LLC, Broadwind Heavy Fabrications, Inc. and 5100 Neville Road, LLC in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 8, 2022)
10.3Severance and Non-Competition Agreement dated as of August 10, 2022, between Broadwind, Inc. and Thomas A. Ciccone (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 12, 2022)
10.4Sales Agreement, dated September 12, 2022, by and among Broadwind, Inc., Roth Capital Partners, LLC and H.C. Wainwright & Co. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 12, 2022)

31.1

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer*
31.2Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer*

32.1

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of Chief Executive Officer andOfficer*

32.2Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of Chief Financial Officer*

101

The following financial information from this Form 10-Q of Broadwind, Inc. for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2022, formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.

101.INS*Inline XBRL Instance
101.SCH*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation
101.DEF*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition
101.LAB*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels
101.PRE*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 


*

Filed herewith.

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

BROADWIND, INC.

August 9,November 8, 2022

By:

/s/ Eric B. Blashford

Eric B. Blashford

President and Chief Executive Officer, and Interim Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer) 

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