UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20182019

 

OR

 

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

 

Commission file number: 001-38015

 

Sigma Labs, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

NEVADA 27-1865814

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3900 Paseo del Sol

Santa Fe, NM 87507

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(505) 438-2576

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

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

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report

Title of each classTrading symbolName of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per shareSGLBThe NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Warrants to Purchase Common Stock,

par value $0.001 per share

SGLBWThe NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes [X] No[  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes [X] No [  ]

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer[  ]Accelerated Filer[  ]
Non-accelerated filer[X]  ]Smaller reporting company[X]
Emerging growth company[  ]  

 

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

 

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

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of November 8, 2018,14, 2019, the issuer had 8,700,20414,037,590 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

 

 

   
 

 

SIGMA LABS, INC.

 

FORM 10-Q

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS3
  
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS3
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS1112
  
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK1417
  
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES1417
  
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION18
  
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS1518
  
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS1518
  
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.1518
  
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES1518
  
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES1518
  
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION1518
  
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS1618
  
SIGNATURES1719

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 

Sigma Labs, Inc.

Condensed Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

 

  

September 30,

2018

  

December 31,

2017

 
       
ASSETS        
Current Assets:        
Cash $2,228,547  $1,515,674 
Accounts Receivable, net  112,039   104,538 
Note Receivable  120,149   788,500 
Inventory  236,522   192,705 
Prepaid Assets  80,764   55,278 
Total Current Assets  2,778,021   2,656,695 
         
Other Assets:        
Property and Equipment, net  301,640   411,643 
Intangible Assets, net  363,842   294,396 
Investment in Joint Venture  500   500 
Prepaid Stock Compensation  64,066   31,576 
Total Other Assets  730,048   738,115 
         
TOTAL ASSETS $3,508,069  $3,394,810 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
         
Current Liabilities:        
Accounts Payable $270,404  $100,884 
Preferred Dividends Payable  7,639   - 
Notes Payable  50,000   100,000 
Deferred Revenue  54,230   35,680 
Accrued Expenses  187,128   146,330 
Total Current Liabilities  569,401   382,894 
         
TOTAL LIABILITIES  569,401   382,894 
         
Commitments & Contingencies  -   - 
         
Stockholders’ Equity        
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 250 and 0 shares issued and outstanding, respectively  -   - 
Common Stock, $0.001 par; 22,500,000 shares authorized; 8,348,729 and 4,978,929 issued and outstanding, respectively  8,349   4,979 
Additional Paid-In Capital  21,011,406   17,192,394 
Accumulated Deficit  (18,081,087)  (14,185,457)
Total Stockholders’ Equity  2,938,668   3,011,916 
         
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $3,508,069  $3,394,810 

  September 30, 2019  December 31, 2018 
       
ASSETS        
Current Assets:        
Cash $1,111,430  $1,279,782 
Accounts Receivable, net  81,203   38,800 
Note Receivable  -   121,913 
Inventory  712,587   240,086 
Prepaid Assets  246,446   67,255 
Total Current Assets  2,151,666   1,747,836 
         
Other Assets:        
Property and Equipment, net  164,962   277,944 
Intangible Assets, net  559,147   404,978 
Investment in Joint Venture  500   500 
Total Other Assets  724,609   683,422 
         
TOTAL ASSETS $2,876,275  $2,431,258 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
         
Current Liabilities:        
Accounts Payable $423,059  $217,488 
Notes Payable  50,000   50,000 
Deferred Revenue  99,843   51,498 
Accrued Expenses  199,338   376,833 
Total Current Liabilities  772,240   695,819 
         
TOTAL LIABILITIES  772,240   695,819 
         
Commitments & Contingencies        
         
Stockholders’ Equity        
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par; 10,000,000 shares authorized; None issued and outstanding, respectively  -   - 
Common Stock, $0.001 par; 22,500,000 shares authorized; 14,037,590, and 8,776,629 issued and outstanding, respectively  14,038   8,777 
Additional Paid-In Capital  26,543,139   21,501,407 
Accumulated Deficit  (24,453,142)  (19,774,745)
Total Stockholders’ Equity  2,104,035   1,735,439 
         
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $2,876,275  $2,431,258 

 

TheSee accompanying notes are an integral part of theseto condensed financial statements.

Sigma Labs, Inc.

Condensed Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

  

Three Months Ended

September 30,

  

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
  2018  2017  2018  2017 
             
REVENUES $128,593  $78,046  $330,671  $483,122 
                 
COST OF REVENUE  56,309   81,214   198,672   267,160 
                 
GROSS PROFIT  72,284   (3,168)  131,999   215,962 
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES:                
Salaries & Benefits  524,508   335,495   1,349,214   1,120,699 
Stock-Based Compensation  198,578   199,225   783,167   505,630 
Operating R&D Costs  139,090   68,543   356,112   254,956 
Investor & Public Relations  142,821   118,586   426,417   362,499 
Legal & Professional Service Fees  185,676   209,563   502,028   499,057 
Office Expenses  131,629   78,044   337,671   226,988 
Depreciation & Amortization  48,013   45,502   143,587   137,153 
Other Operating Expenses  30,772   40,248   102,532   102,941 
Total Operating Expenses  1,401,087   1,095,206   4,000,728   3,209,923 
                 
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS  (1,328,803)  (1,098,374)  (3,868,729)  (2,993,961)
                 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)                
Interest Income  9,862   13,675   26,948   26,616 
State Incentives  -   2,500   -   154,568 
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities  -   -   -   93,206 
Exchange Rate Gain (Loss)  (606)  -   697   - 
Interest Expense  (1,278)  (50,411)  (2,688)  (149,589)
Loss on Disposal of Assets  -   15,700   (36,733)  (6,682)
Debt discount amortization  -   -       (56,441)
Total Other Income (Expense)  7,978   (18,536)  (11,776)  61,678 
                 
LOSS BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES  (1,320,825)  (1,116,910)  (3,880,505)  (2,932,283)
                 
Provision for income Taxes  -   -   -   - 
                 
Net Loss $(1,320,825) $(1,116,910) $(3,880,505) $(2,932,283)
                 
Net Loss per Common Share – Basic and Diluted $(0.16) $(0.24) $(0.62) $(0.68)
                 
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding – Basic and Diluted  8,281,338   4,574,460   6,295,658   4,330,565 

  

Three Months Ended

September 30,

  

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
             
REVENUES $171,003  $128,593  $269,035  $330,671 
                 
COST OF REVENUE  

178,760

   56,309   335,939   198,672 
                 
GROSS PROFIT (LOSS)  

(7,757

)  72,284   (66,904)  131,999 
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES:                
Salaries & Benefits  644,800   524,508   1,738,716   1,349,214 
Stock-Based Compensation  154,202   198,578   628,768   783,167 
Operating R&D Costs  212,230   139,090   476,346   356,112 
Investor & Public Relations  194,130   142,821   509,237   426,417 
Legal & Professional Service Fees  116,221   185,676   519,710   502,028 
Office Expenses  186,430   131,629   536,608   337,671 
Depreciation & Amortization  52,636   48,013   150,222   143,587 
Other Operating Expenses  40,265   30,772   117,470   102,532 
Total Operating Expenses  1,600,914   1,401,087   4,677,077   4,000,728 
                 
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS  (1,608,671)  (1,328,803)  (4,743,981)  (3,868,729)
                 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)                
Interest Income  4,812   9,862   17,610   26,948 
State Incentives  -   -   51,877   - 
Exchange Rate Gain (Loss)  (549)  (606)  (3,259)  697 
Interest Expense  (2,149)  (1,278)  (6,407)  (2,688)
Other Income  5,763   -   5,763   - 
Loss on Disposal of Assets  -   -   -   (36,733)
Total Other Income (Expense)  7,877   7,978   65,584   (11,776)
                 
LOSS BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES  (1,600,794)  (1,320,825)  (4,678,397)  (3,880,505)
                 
Provision for income Taxes  -   -   -   - 
                 
Net Loss $(1,600,794) $(1,320,825) $(4,678,397) $(3,880,505)
                 
Net Loss per Common Share – Basic and Diluted $(0.12) $(0.16) $(0.43) $(0.62)
                 
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding – Basic and Diluted  12,851,601   8,281,338   10,996,271   6,295,658 

 

TheSee accompanying notes are an integral part of theseto condensed financial statements.

Sigma Labs, Inc.

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 2019  September 30, 2018 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES        
Net Loss $(4,678,397) $(3,880,505)
Adjustments to reconcile Net Loss to Net Cash used in operating activities:        
Noncash Expenses:        
Depreciation and Amortization  150,222   143,587 
Stock Based Compensation  628,768   793,492 
Stock Issued for third Party Services  17,110   - 
Loss on Write-off of Asset  -   36,733 
Change in assets and liabilities:        
Accounts Receivable  (42,403)  (7,501)
Interest Receivable  1,391   36,154 
Inventory  (472,501)  (21,280)
Prepaid Assets  (179,191)  (25,486)
Accounts Payable  205,571   169,520 
Deferred Revenue  48,345   18,550 
Accrued Expenses  (177,494)  40,797 
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES  (4,498,579)  (2,695,939)
         
INVESTING ACTIVITIES        
Purchase of Property and Equipment  (33,487)  (55,147)
Purchase of Intangible Assets  (157,922)  (107,152)
Payment Received from Notes Receivable  120,522   632,197 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES  (70,887)  469,898 
         
FINANCING ACTIVITIES        
Proceeds from issuance of Series B Preferred & Warrants  -   1,000,000 
Proceeds from issuance of Series C Preferred & Warrants  -   350,000 
Gross Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock and Warrants  4,981,220   2,040,100 
Less Offering Costs  (655,954)  (443,700)
Dividend on Preferred      (7,486)
Proceeds from exercise of Warrants  75,848   - 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES  4,401,114   2,938,914 
         
NET CHANGE IN CASH FOR PERIOD  (168,352)  712,873 
         
CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD  1,279,782   1,515,674 
         
CASH AT END OF PERIOD $1,111,430  $2,228,547 
         
Supplemental Disclosures:        
Noncash investing and financing activities disclosure:        
Conversion of Convertible Debt for Stock $-   (50,000)
Common Stock issued for conversion of Series B Preferred  -   1,100 
Common Stock issued for cashless exchange of Warrants  -   5 
Other noncash operating activities disclosure:        

Issuance of Common Stock for services

  245,111   223,774 
Disclosure of cash paid for:        
Interest $2,514  $12,205 
Income Taxes $-  $- 

  Nine months Ended 
  September 30, 2018  September 30, 2017 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES        
Net Loss $(3,880,505) $(2,932,283)
Adjustments to reconcile Net Loss to Net Cash used in operating activities:        
Noncash Expenses:        
Depreciation and Amortization  143,587   137,154 
Stock Based Compensation  793,492   506,994 
Loss on Write-off of Asset  36,733   - 
(Gain) on Change in Derivative Balance  -   (93,206)
Original Issue Discount Amortization  -   74,794 
Debt Discount Amortization  -   56,441 
Change in assets and liabilities:        
Accounts Receivable  (7,501)  182,511 
Interest Receivable  36,154   - 
Inventory  (21,280)  (1,666)
Prepaid Assets  (25,486)  (13,840)
Accounts Payable  169,520   2,572 
Deferred Revenue  18,550   35,680 
Accrued Expenses  40,797   94,455 
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES  (2,695,939)  (1,950,394)
         
INVESTING ACTIVITIES        
Purchase of Property and Equipment  (55,147)  (16,381)
Purchase of Intangible Assets  (107,152)  (37,498)
Advance of Funds for Note Receivable  -   (775,267)
Payment received from Note Receivable  632,197   - 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES  469,898   (829,146)
         
FINANCING ACTIVITIES        
Proceeds from issuance of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock & Warrants  1,000,000   - 
Proceeds from issuance of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock & Warrants  350,000   - 
Gross Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock and Warrants  2,040,100   5,823,300 
Offering Costs Paid  (443,700)  (750,664)
Dividend on Preferred  (7,486)  - 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES  2,938,914   5,072,636 
         
NET CHANGE IN CASH FOR PERIOD  712,873   2,293,096 
         
CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD  1,515,674   398,391 
         
CASH AT END OF PERIOD $2,228,547  $2,691,487 
         
Supplemental Disclosures:        
Noncash investing & financing activities disclosure:        
Conversion of Convertible Debt for Stock $(50,000) $- 
Common Stock issued for Conversion of Series B Preferred $1,100   - 
Common Stock issued for Cashless Exchange of Warrants $5  $- 
Disclosure of cash paid for:        
Interest $12,205  $50,418 
Income Taxes $-  $- 

See accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.

Sigma Labs, Inc.

Statement of Stockholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)

 

TheFor the Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

  Common Stock       
  Shares Outstanding  Common Stock  Additional Paid-in Capital  Accumulated Deficit  Total 
                
Balances, July 1, 2019  10,937,590  $10,938  $24,243,575  $(22,852,348) $1,402,165 
                     
Shares Sold in Public Offering  3,075,000   3,075   2,127,861       2,130,936 
Shares Issued for Services  25,000   25   92,085       92,110 
Stock Options Awarded to Employees          79,618       79,618 
Net Loss              (1,600,794)  (1,600,794)
Balances, September 30, 2019  14,037,590  $14,038  $26,543,139  $(24,453,142) $2,104,035 

  Common Stock       
  Shares Outstanding  Common Stock  Additional Paid-in Capital  Accumulated Deficit  Total 
                
Balances, July 1, 2018  8,248,729  $8,249  $20,879,827  $(16,760,262) $4,127,814 
                     
Shares Issued for Conversion of Series C Preferred  100,000   100   (100)      - 
Stock Options Awarded to Employees          131,678       131,678 
Net Loss              (1,320,825)  (1,320,825)
Balances, September 30, 2018  8,348,729  $8,349  $21,011,406  $(18,081,087) $2,938,668 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

  Common Stock       
  Shares Outstanding  Common Stock  Additional Paid-in Capital  Accumulated Deficit  Total 
                
Balances, January 1, 2019  8,776,629  $8,777  $21,501,406  $(19,774,745) $1,735,438 
                     
Shares Sold in Public Offerings  4,475,800   4,476   3,805,791   -   3,810,267 
Shares Issued for Exercise of Warrants  70,230   70   75,778   -   75,848 
Shares Issued for Cashless Exchange of Unit Purchase Options  88,431   88   (88)  -   - 
Stock Options Awarded to Employees  -   -   400,768   -   400,768 
Shares Sold in Private Placement  400,000   400   514,600   -   515,000 
Shares Issued for Services  226,500   227   244,884   -   245,110 
Net Loss  -   -   -   (4,678,397)  (4,678,397)
Balances, September 30, 2019  14,037,590  $14,038  $26,543,139  $(24,453,142) $2,104,035 

  Common Stock       
  Shares Outstanding  Common Stock  Additional Paid-in Capital  Accumulated Deficit  Total 
                
Balances, January 1, 2018  4,978,929  $4,979  $17,192,394  $(14,185,457) $3,011,916 
                     
Shares Sold in Public Offerings  2,040,000   2,040   1,720,360   -   1,722,400 
Shares Issued for Cashless Exchange of Warrants  4,800   5   (5)  -   - 
Shares Issued for Conversion of Series B Preferred  1,000,000   1,000   (1,000)  -   - 
Shared Issued for Notes Payable Conversions  25,000   25   49,975   -   50,000 
Convertible Preferred Shares Issued in Private Placement  -   -   877,499   -   877,499 
Series C Convertible Preferred Shares Issued  -   -   346,500   -   346,500 
Shares Issued for Conversion of Series C Preferred  100,000   100   (100)  -   - 
Stock Options Awarded to Employees  -   -   569,718   -   569,718 
Shares Issued for Services  200,000   200   256,064   -   256,264 
Preferred Dividends Due Upon Conversion  -   -   -   (15,125)  (15,125)
Net Loss              (3,880,505)  (3,880,505)
Balances, September 30, 2018  8,348,729  $8,349  $21,011,406  $(18,081,087) $2,938,668 

See accompanying notes are an integral part of theseto condensed financial statements.

SIGMA LABS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 20182019

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Nature of Business -Sigma Labs, Inc., formerly named Framewaves, Inc., a Nevada corporation, was founded by a group of scientists, engineers and businessmen to develop and commercialize novel and unique manufacturing and materials technologies. Sigma believes that some of these technologies will fundamentally redefine conventional quality assurance and process control practices by embedding them into the manufacturing processes in real time, enabling process intervention and ultimately leading to closed loop process control. The Company anticipates that its core technologies will allow its clientele to combine advanced manufacturing quality assurance and process control protocols with novel materials to achieve breakthrough product potential in many industries including aerospace, defense, oil and gas, bio-medical, and power generation. The terms the “Company,” “Sigma,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Sigma Labs, Inc.

 

Basis of Presentation - The accompanying financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regarding interim reporting.America. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows at September 30, 20182019 and 20172018 and for the periods then ended have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. The Company suggests these condensed financial statements be read in conjunction with the December 31, 20172018 audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K. The results of operations for the periods ended September 30, 20182019 and 20172018 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

 

Reclassification- Certain amounts in prior-period financial statements have been reclassified for comparative purposes to conform to presentation in the current-period financial statements. In addition, $153,013 of issuance costs associated with the February 2017 capital raise have been reclassified from operating costs to a reduction in additional paid in capital and $35,680 reported as revenue in the first nine months of 2017 has been reclassified to deferred revenue.

Continuing Operations - The Company has sustained losses and had negative cash flows from operating activities since its inception. In 2017 and the first nine months of 2018, management has reported a change of strategy under which the company ceased to make sales and installations for research and development applications in order to focus its efforts entirely on potential customers already manufacturing 3D metal parts and therefore, already in need of quality improvement. The result of this change between September 2017 and the third quarter of 2018 was a significant decrease in revenues which the Company hopes to replace with orders for serial production use. The Company has raised significant equity capital as it continues to develop new products with commercial applications that may increase future revenues. On February 21, 2017, the Company closed an underwritten public offering of equity securities resulting in net proceeds of approximately $5,097,000, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company was able to fund operations for 2017 with these funds and end the year with a cash balance of $1,515,674. On March 28, 2018, Sigma received $535,000 in full payment of the Morf 3D note and related accrued interest balance. In addition, on April 6, 2018, the Company closed a private placement offering of equity securities resulting in net proceeds of approximately $877,500, after deducting commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company. On June 26, 2018 the Company closed a public offering of equity securities resulting in net proceeds of approximately $2,068,900, after deducting placement agent commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company. As a result, the Company currently has sufficient cash and working capital to fund operations through the first quarter of 2019 and is anticipating that proof of concept contracts may be closed in the last quarter of fiscal 2018 generating additional cash flow in the near term.

 

Loss Per Share -The computation of loss per share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period in accordance with ASCAccounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic No. 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Shares underlying the Company’s outstanding warrants, options or note conversion features were excluded from the diluted earnings per share computation due to the anti-dilutive effect they would have on the computation. At September 30, 2019 the Company had 3,620,610 warrants, 1,251,030 stock options and a $50,000 Convertible Note Payable outstanding. The total number of shares of common stock underlying these instruments is 4,896,640. At September 30, 2018 the Company had 250 Convertibleconvertible preferred stock shares, 3,228,500 warrants, 697,207 stock options and a $50,000 Convertible Note Payable outstanding. The total number of shares of common stock underlying these instruments is 4,200,707. At September 30, 2017 the Company had 1,701,500 warrants, 279,938 stock options and $1,000,000 in Convertible Notes Payable outstanding. The total number of shares of common stock underlying these instruments was 2,481,438.

The following data shows the amounts used in computing loss per share and the effect on income and the weighted average number of shares of dilutive potential common stock for the periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017:

  

Three Months Ended

September 30

  

Nine months Ended

September 30

 
  2018  2017  2018  2017 
             
Net Loss per Common Share - Basic and Diluted $(0.16) $(0.24)  (0.62) $(0.68)
Loss from continuing                
Operations available to                
Common stockholders (numerator) $(1,320,825) $(1,116,910)  (3,880,505) $(2,932,283)
                 
Weighted average number of common shares Outstanding used in loss per share during the Period (denominator)  8,281,338   4,574,460   6,295,658   4,330,565 

Recently Enacted Accounting Standards - The FASB established the Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification” or “ASC”)ASC as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”).GAAP. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of GAAP for SEC registrants.

 

Recent Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) through ASU No. 2018-18 contain technical corrections to existing guidance or affects guidance to specialized industries or situations. The Company has evaluated recently issued technical pronouncements and has determined that, other than ASU 2014-09 (Topic 606) and the related ASU 2018-18 (Topic 808), addressed below, these updates have no current applicability to the Company or their effect on the financial statements would not have been significant.

In May 2014,February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 (Topic 606) “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” Topic 606 supersedes2016-02, “Leases” which was issued to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, “Revenue Recognition” (Topic 605),balance sheet and requires entities to recognize revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. On January 1, 2018, we adopted Topic 606 and all related amendments (“new revenue standard”) to those contracts which were not completed as of January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method. The comparativedisclosing key information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods. There is no adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings due to the cumulative effect of initially applying the new revenue standard determined to be immaterial. We expect the impact of the adoption of the new revenue standard to be immaterial to our net income on an ongoing basis.

In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-18, Collaborative Arrangements (Topic 808): Clarifying the Interaction Between Topic 808 and Topic 606, which, among other things, provides guidance on how to assess whether certain collaborative arrangement transactions should be accounted for under Topic 606.about leasing arrangements. The amendments in this ASU 2016-02 are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted.2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact thehas evaluated this standard and determined that it will have on itsnot currently require any adjustment to Sigma’s financial statements.reporting.

 

Accounting Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimated by management. Significant accounting estimates that may materially change in the near future are impairment of long-lived assets, values of stock compensation awards and stock equivalents granted as offering costs, and allowance for bad debts and inventory obsolescence.

 

NOTE 2 - Notes Receivable

 

On May 1, 2017, the Company made a loan in the principal amount of $250,000 to Jaguar Precision Machine, LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company (“Jaguar”), pursuant to a Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated May 1, 2017 delivered by Jaguar to the Company. The loan borebears interest at the rate of 7% per annum, was originally due and payable in full on MayAugust 1, 2018, wasis secured by certain assets of Jaguar, and is convertible at the Company’s option into 10% of the outstanding shares of the common stock of Jaguar unless Jaguar exercises its right under specified circumstances to repay all principal and accrued interest on the loan. The purpose of the loan was to provide working capital to Jaguar to, among other things, start up a metallurgical laboratory and become ASM9100 certified for contracts related to AM of high-precision aerospace and defense components, in furtherance of our strategic alliance. Sigma received from Jaguar priority for use of certain machines and services of Jaguar. On April 27, 2018, the promissory note was amended whereby the due date of the note was extended to June 1, 2018 in exchange for a cash payment of $5,000 received on May 1, 2018, 50% of which will be retained as payment for the 30-day extension. On June 6, 2018 the promissory note was amended whereby the due date was extended to August 1, 2018 in exchange for cash payments of $10,000 by each of June 7, 2018 and July 1, 2018, $8,000 of which is to be retained as payment for the 60-day extension. The first of the $10,000 payments was received by the Company on June 6, 2018. On June 15, 2018, the Company received a $150,000 payment from Jaguar, $17,803 of which was applied to accumulated interest through that date and $132,197 the balance, of which, was applied to the principal balance of the note. NoIn the first six months of 2019 payments have been received since that date.totaling $45,000 were received. The holder of the promissory note has committedpayments were applied first to paying the remaining principal balance along with accumulated interest on or before December 31, 2018. The September 30, 2018 principal balance of the note was $117,803 and the accumulated interest balance due was $2,346.on the note and then to the remaining principal balance. On September 5, 2019, Jaguar paid the promissory note in full, including accrued interest through September 30, 2019.

 

On March 27, 2017, the Company made a loan in the principal amount of $500,000 bearing interest at the rate of 7% per annum to Morf3D, Inc., an Illinois corporation, pursuant to a Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated March 27, 2017 delivered by Morf3D to the Company. The $500,000 loan principal and $35,000 of accumulated interest was paid in full on March 27, 2018.

NOTE 3 - Inventory

 

At September 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, the Company’s inventory was comprised of:

 

 

September 30,

2018

 

December 31,

2017

  September 30, 2019  December 31, 2018 
Raw Goods $170,714  $127,076 
Raw Materials $335,882  $168,623 
Work in Process  -   251   219,800   46,688 
Finished Goods  65,808   65,378   156,905   24,775 
Total Inventory $236,522  $192,705  $712,587  $240,086 

NOTE 4 - Notes Payable

 

At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had a $50,000 convertible note bearing interest at a rate of 10% per annum outstanding which was due on October 18, 2018. On October 18, 2018,2019. At September 30, 2019 the accumulated interest balance on the note was amended pursuant to which the due date was extended to April 18, 2019. Under the amendment, Sigma paid the $3,444 total accrued interest balance as of October 18, 2018 and agreed to make future payment dates of accrued interest on December 31, 2018 and April 18, 2019.$2,306.

NOTE 5 - Stockholders’ Equity

 

Common Stock

Effective March 5, 2018, the Articles of Incorporation were amended to increase the authorized number of shares of common stock to 15,000,000.

Effective October 18, 2018 the Articles of Incorporation were amended to increase the authorized number of shares of common stock to 22,500,000.

In 2017, the Company issued 40,934 shares of common stock to directors at an average value of $2.09 per share, or $85,408. Also in 2017, 7,750 shares previously issued to a director and 750 shares previously issued to an employee, with a combined carrying value of $9,830, were forfeited.

 

In January 2018, the Company issued 23,256 shares of common stock to directors valued at $1.72 per share, or $40,000.

 

In April 2018, the Company issued 176,744 shares of common stock to directors valued at $1.2236$1.22 per share, or $216,264.

 

Between May 29, 2018 and June 1, 2018, we issued an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of common stock upon conversion of the 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued on April 6, 2018 (as described below under “Preferred Stock”).

 

In May 2018 the holder of our Note Payable converted $50,000 of the principal balance of the Note into 25,000 shares of common stock and exercised its warrant on a cashless basis resulting in the issuance of 4,800 shares of common stock.

On June 26, 2018, as part of its public offering of equity securities, described in Note 1, the Company issued 2,040,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase a total of 717,000 shares of common stock (including the warrants described under “Preferred Stock” below that were issued on June 26, 2018). Each warrant has an initial exercise price of $1.08 per share. The net proceeds to the companyCompany were approximately $2,068,900 after commissions and other offering expenses. The Company also issued Dawson James Securities, Inc., its placement agent in the public offering, a Unit Purchase Option to acquire up to 191,200 Units, at an exercise price of $1.25 per Unit, consisting of 191,200 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase up to 57,360 shares of common stock as compensation.

In January 2019, the Company issued a total of 200,000 shares of common stock to directors valued at $1.50 per share, or $300,000, with such shares to vest ratably over four quarterly installments, subject in each case to such director’s continuing service as a director.

Also in January 2019, the Company issued 88,431 shares of common stock upon the cashless exercise of Unit Purchase Options issued in our June 2018 public offering.

In January and February 2019, the Company issued a total of 70,230 shares of common stock upon the exercise of 70,230 warrants having an exercise price of $1.08 as compensation.resulting in gross cash proceeds of $75,848.

In March 2019, the Company issued 1,500 shares of common stock to the Company’s Vice President of Business Development in connection with his achievement of performance milestones, with such shares vesting immediately.

Also in March 2019, the Company closed a public offering of equity securities in which it issued 1,400,800 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase a total of 420,240 shares of common stock resulting in net proceeds of approximately $1,679,230, after deducting placement agent commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

In May 2019, the Company closed a private placement of equity securities in which it issued 400,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase a total of 220,000 shares of common stock resulting in net proceeds of approximately $515,000, after deducting placement agent commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

 

On August 31, 2018,2, 2019, the Company closed a public offering of equity securities in which it issued 100,0002,875,000 shares of common stock upon conversionresulting in net proceeds of 100approximately $1,971,000, after deducting commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

On August 15, 2019, the Company issued 25,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued on June 26, 2018 (as described below under “Preferred Stock”).common stock to MHZCI, LLC, an investor relations firm engaged by the Company, as partial compensation for services to be rendered.

On September 13, 2019, Aegis Capital Corp. partially exercised its over-allotment option granted by the Company in the foregoing August 2019 public offering by purchasing an additional 200,000 shares of common stock, resulting in net proceeds of $148,800 after deducting commissions.

 

Deferred Compensation

 

In previous years and in the nine months ended September 30, 2018,2019, the Company issued to various employees, directors, and contractors shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to restrictions, pursuant to the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”). Such shares were valued at the fair value at the date of issue. The fair value was expensed as compensation over the vesting period and recorded as a reduction ofan increase to stockholders’ equity. During the nine months ended September 30, 20182019 and September 30, 2017,2018, $228,000 and $213,449 and $192,248 respectively, of the unvested compensation cost related to these issues was recognized.

 

As ofAt September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the balance2019, there was $75,000 of unvestedunrecognized deferred compensation expense to be recognized was $64,066 and $31,576, respectively and is recorded as prepaid stock compensation asover the remainder of those dates.

the year.

Preferred Stock Options

 

The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 sharesIn October 2018, at the Annual Meeting of preferred stock, $0.001 par value. 250 and 0 shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

On April 6, 2018, Sigma issued 1,000 sharesStockholders of the Company, the Company’s newly-created non-voting Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which were convertible into 1,000,000 sharesstockholders approved an amendment to the 2013 Plan to increase the number of common stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for an aggregate purchase priceissuance under the 2013 Plan by 900,000 shares of $1,000,000. The warrants have an initial exercise priceour common stock to a total of $1.47 per share,1,650,000 shares.

In July 2019, at the closing priceAnnual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, the Company’s Common Stock reported on The NASDAQ Capital Market on April 6, 2018, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. The net proceedsstockholders approved an amendment to the company were approximately $877,500 after commissions and other offering expenses. Sigma also issued Dawson James Securities, Inc., its placement agent in2013 Plan to increase the foregoing private placement, warrants to purchase up to 140,000 sharesnumber of common stock, at an exercise price of $1.47 per share, as compensation.

On June 26, 2018, as part of the public offering described in Note 1, the Company issued 350 of the Company’s newly-created non-voting Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, which were convertible into 350,000 shares of common stock, and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 105,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The warrants have an initial exercise pricestock reserved for issuance under the 2013 Plan by 750,000 shares of $1.08 per share, 11% above the closing priceour common stock to a total of the Company’s Common Stock reported on The NASDAQ Capital Market on June 26, 2018, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances.2,400,000 shares.

 

Stock OptionsIn August 2019, the Company terminated its 2011 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

As of September 30, 2018,2019, an aggregate of 750 shares and 697,207640,122 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under the 2011 and the 2013 Plans, respectively.Plan.

 

On February 21, 2018,During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company granted Mark Cola, a former officer of the company, two ten-year options under the 2013 Plan to purchase an aggregatea total of 61,750440,263 shares of common stock each, with each option having an exercise price of $1.49 per share. Pursuant to Mr. Cola’s employment agreement, one of the options became fully-vested on the October 10, 2018 date that Mr. Cola retired from the Company,21 employees and the other option vests and becomes exercisable ratably over 17 monthly installments on the 15th day of each month commencing on March 15, 2018, subject in each case to Mr. Cola’s continuing employment as a consultant.

On February 26, 2018, the Company granted nine employees ten-year options under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan to purchase an aggregate of 70,188 shares of common stock, with each option having an exercise price of $1.56 per share, and2 consultants with vesting periods ranging from 3immediately upon issuance to 4 years beginning February 26,January 2019.

On April 19, 2018, Sigma granted John Rice, our President and Chief Executive Officer, three options to purchase up to 20,000 shares of our common stock under our 2013 Plan. In addition, on each of April 30, May 31, June 30, 2018 and July 31, 2018, Sigma granted Mr. Rice an option to purchase up to 20,000 shares of our common stock under our 2013 Plan. The foregoing options have an exercise price per share equal to $1.88, $1.54, $1.48, $1.26, $1.47, $1.19 and $.87 respectively, which is at least the closing price of our common stock on the respective date of grant, and each is fully vested as of the respective grant date.

On April 19, 2018, Sigma granted Ron Fisher, our Vice President of Business Development, a five-year option to purchase an aggregate of 28,750 shares of common stock, with such option having an exercise price of $1.22 per share, and with 1,438 shares vesting upon grant and the balance vesting in four annual installments over four years following the date of grant (1,366 shares, 4,097 shares, 6,828 shares and 15,021 shares, respectively).

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company granted options to purchase 288,076a total of 404,769 shares of common stock vested,to 17 employees and $569,718 of compensation cost was recognized. As of September 30, 2018, there were options1 consultant with vesting periods ranging from immediately upon issuance to purchase 697,207 shares issued and outstanding under the 2013 Plan. Of this amount, there are vested options exercisable for 373,689 shares of common stock. No options were exercised during the nine months or the quarter ended September 30,4 years beginning March 2018.

 

The Company generally grants stock options to employees and directors at exercise prices equal to the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the dates of grant. Stock options are typically granted throughout the year and generally vest over four years of service and expire tenfive years from the date of the award, unless otherwise specified. The Company recognizes compensation expense for the fair value of the stock options over the requisite service period for each stock option award.

 

Total share-based compensation expense included in the condensedconsolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 is $628,768 and 2017 is $783,167 and $505,630, of which $569,718$400,768 and $313,382$569,718 is related to stock options, respectively. There was no capitalized share-based compensation cost as of September 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

The fair value of share-based awards was estimated using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the nine months ended September 30, 20182019 and 2017:2018:

 

  2018  2017 
Dividend yield  0.00   0.00 
Risk-free interest rate  2.68-3.05%  1.89-2.45%
Expected volatility  111.4-137.3%  116.3-139.0%
Expected life (in years)  5-10   5-10 

WarrantsAssumptions:

  2019  2018 
Dividend yield  0.00   0.00 
Risk-free interest rate  1.42-2.53%  2.68-3.05%
Expected volatility  105.2-106.1%  111.4-137.3%
Expected life (in years)  5   5-10 

Option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018 was as follows:

     Weighted Average  Weighted Average    
     Exercise  Remaining  Aggregate 
     Price  Contractual  Intrinsic 
  Options  ($)  Life (Yrs.)  Value ($) 
Options outstanding at December 31, 2017  299,938   4.57   7.33     
Granted  534,329   1.45   6.58     
Exercised  -   -   -     
Forfeited or cancelled  (8,000)  4.59   -     
Options outstanding at December 31, 2018  826,267   2.49   6.47     
Granted  440,263   1.46   4.89     
Exercised  -   -   -     
Forfeited or cancelled  (15,500)  1.76   -     
Options outstanding September 30, 2019  1,251,030   2.14   5.41     - 
Options expected to vest in the future as of September 30, 2019  446,582   1.66   5.07   - 
Options exercisable at September 30, 2019  804,448   2.40   5.61   - 
Options vested, exercisable, and options expected to vest at September 30, 2019  1,251,030   2.14   5.41   - 

The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the quoted price of our common stock for those awards that have an exercise price currently below the $0.70 closing price of our common stock on September 30, 2019. None of the 2019 option grants have an exercise price currently below $0.70.

 

At September 30, 2018, the Company had outstanding warrants2019, there was $399,258 of unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to purchaseunvested share options with a totalweighted average remaining recognition period of 3,228,500 shares of common stock; 1,621,500 warrants at an exercise price of $4.00 per share, which if not exercised, will expire on February 21, 2022, 890,000 warrants at an exercise price of $1.47 per share, which if not exercised, will expire on October 07, 2023, and 717,000 warrants at an exercise price of $1.08 per share, which if not exercised, will expire on June 26, 2023.3.09 years.

 

On May 31,Warrants

Warrant activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 24,000 warrants with an exercise price of $2.00 were exercised in a cashless exchange transaction resulting in the issuance of 4,800 shares of the Company’s common stock.was as follows:

     Weighted
Average
  Weighted Average 
     Exercise  Remaining 
     Price  Contractual 
  Warrants  ($)  Life (Yrs.) 
Warrants outstanding at December 31, 2017  1,645,500   3.97   4.11 
Granted  1,607,000   1.30   4.64 
Exercised  (24,000)  2.00   - 
Forfeited or cancelled  -   -   - 
Warrants outstanding at September 30, 2018  3,228,500   2.65   4.14 
             
Warrants outstanding at December 31, 2018  3,050,600   2.75   3.86 
Granted  640,240   1.60   4.68 
Exercised  (70,230)  1.08   - 
Forfeited or cancelled  -   -   - 
Warrants outstanding at September 30, 2019  3,620,610   2.58   3.37 

 

NOTE 6 - Subsequent Events

 

BetweenOn October 3, 2018 and October 9, 2018,11, 2019, the Company issued an aggregate of 250,000 shares of common stock upon the conversion of 250 shares of the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred.

Between October 18, 2018 and November 1, 2018 the Company issued 101,475 shares of common stock upon the exercise of warrants at an exercise price of $1.08 per share.

On October 18, 2018, the 2013 Plan was amended to fix at 1,650,000 shares the aggregate number of shares of our common stock issued or issuable under the 2013 Plan.

On October 18, 2018, the Company increased the annual base salary of Darren Beckett, ourgranted its Chief Technology Officer from $135,000 to $180,000, effective retroactive to September 16, 2018, and granted Mr. Beckett an option to purchase 20,000up to 50,000 shares of common stock under the Company’s 2013 Plan atEquity Incentive Plan. The option has an exercise price of $1.206 per share. The option has a term of five yearsshare equal to $0.67 and vests as follows: 1,000 shares will vest and become exercisable on September 16, 2019; 3,000 shares will vest and become exercisable on September 16, 2020; 5,000 shares will vest and become exercisable on September 16, 2021, and 11,000 shares will vest and become exercisable on September 16, 2022, subject, in each case, to Mr. Beckett being in the continuous employ of the Company on the applicable vesting date.

Effective October 19, 2018, our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, were amended pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment filed with the Nevada Secretary of State to increase the authorized number of shares of our common stock to 22,500,000.is fully vested.

 

On November 1, 2018,October 18, 2019, the Company granted Mr. Rice an option to purchase 68,750 sharesmaturity date of the Company’s common stock under the 2013 Plan at an exercise price of $1.79 per share, with such option having a term of five years and being fully vested on the grant date.outstanding $50,000 convertible promissory note was extended to January 3, 2020.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

 

Forward-looking statements

 

This Quarterly Report, including any documents which may be incorporated by reference into this Report, contains “Forward-Looking Statements.” All statements other than statements of historical fact are “Forward-Looking Statements” for purposes of these provisions, including any projections of revenue or other financial items, any statements of the plans and objectives of management for future operations, any statements concerning proposed new products or services, any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance, and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. All Forward-Looking Statements included in this document are made as of the date hereof and are based on information available to us as of such date. We assume no obligation to update any Forward-Looking Statement. In some cases, Forward-Looking Statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” “estimates,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the Forward-Looking Statements contained herein are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations or any of the Forward-Looking Statements will prove to be correct, and actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in the Forward-Looking Statements. Future financial condition and results of operations, as well as any Forward-Looking Statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties, including any other factors referred to in our press releases and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). All subsequent Forward-Looking Statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Additional factors that may have a direct bearing on our operating results are described under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20172018 and elsewhere in this report.

 

Corporation Information

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507, and our telephone number is (505) 438-2576. Our website address is www.sigmalabsinc.com.www.sigmalabsinc.com. The Company’s annual reports, quarterly reports, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to such reports filed or furnished pursuant to sectionSection 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), and other information related to the Company, are available, free of charge, on that website as soon as we electronically file those documents with, or otherwise furnish them to, the SEC. The Company’s website and the information contained therein, or connected thereto, are not and are not intended to be incorporated into this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Recent2019 RTE Developments

Sigma entered 2019 six weeks after releasing the commercial industrial model of its technology, PrintRite3D® 4.0, wrapped in a strategy called the Rapid Test and Evaluation Program (“RTE”) to take the product to market. The RTE is a ‘drive before you buy’ approach that is aimed only at companies that meet four criteria: (1) the company must be a large recognized brand; (2) the company must be either an end-user manufacturing or buying Additive Manufacturing (AM) metal parts requiring the capacity of 20 or more AM metal machines, or the target company must be an Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) with a well-recognized brand and a significant AM metal manufacturing growth initiative in process; (3) the company must have substantial concern about the quality yields and risks of its AM metal production; and (4) the company must be willing to stipulate what PrintRite3D® 4.0 would have to prove in order to meet the company’s quality improvement and sustainability goals. Sigma Labs asserted that the way to measure RTEs in 2019 would be the number and quality of the companies that contracted with Sigma in the program, rather than the immediate revenue from the program, because ‘drive before you buy’ causes revenue to be back-end loaded.

 

In the coursefirst quarter of 2019, Sigma determined what would become a norm in the RTE requirement for the target companies: they would install PrintRite3D® on one of their laser powderbed AM machines and if the results were confirmed by a third party laboratory to meet their written quality needs, they would then ask Sigma to install a Phase 2 on one or two additional machines of different manufacturers than the first in order to determine if PrintRite3D® works equally effectively on multiple OEM brands, as well as multiple machines of the same brand, and finally on multiple laser machines as well. This unexpected customer enhancement to the scope of the RTE program raised the revenue potential that ultimately may be derived from the conversion of a single unit test run into a permanent license sale from a single unit followed by 2 or 3 (simultaneously) in Phase 2. This potential expansion of RTE scope commensurately increased the duration of some RTEs due to the serial nature of testing first on one machine, followed by a Phase 2 validation on multiple machines. There is a perceptible customer learning curve factor on RTEs, and we expect Phase 2 testing to benefit from this Phase 1 learning curve and be much more rapid than Phase 1 tests.

Through the end of the third quarter, the RTE results are favorable. A leading global energy technology company for whom on-site testing began in April 2019, has ordered a Phase 2 and as stated in our November 13, 2019 press release, this is the final phase ahead of 2018,a potentially broader global rollout of the technology to their additive manufacturing machine base. The major service provider, with whom on-site testing began in March 2019, has also now begun its second RTE to start on a different OEM brand from the first RTE tests. The major OEM whose purchase order for an RTE we announced in August 2019 has only its own brand and has agreed to complete two simultaneous test units on different models and is thus on a fast track. Airbus is developing on schedule and expects to require a Phase 2 if and after the current RTE meets their needs. Materialise, a diverse AM company and an OEM for AM control systems and software, was a Sigma accomplished important internalalpha test of the RTE program and with whom we announced in June 2019 that Sigma had entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to integrate PrintRite3D® with Materialise’s new MPC AM equipment control system. As noted below, we recently announced that Materialise has invited Sigma’s Chief Technology Officer to deliver two lectures in November 2019 in Materialise’s booth at FormNext on “Integration of PrintRite3D Melt Pool Monitoring Software with Materialise’s MPC Machine Control System for Advanced Process Control.”

Additionally, commencing in June 2019, Sigma opened a third channel to market. With the release of PrintRite3D® 5.0, Sigma brought a user-friendly version of its product development milestonesto market that led tono longer requires substantial onsite customer support from Sigma. Therefore, the Company announcingcommenced calling on October 25, 2018 the rollout ofresearch tanks, universities, and small users to open a combination of new products at the Formnext additive manufacturing (AM) trade show in Frankfurt, Germany the week of November 12, 2018. Sigma believes that that combination of advanced new hardware and Sigma’s new PrintRite3D® Version 4.0 software completes the evolution of Sigma’s PrintRite3D® technology from its well-stressed and tested roots in research and development, into a compact and hardened commercial-industrial product that is deployable into demanding serial production settings.

Our competition is delivering In-Process-Quality-“Monitoring” tools that we believe generally deliver un-analyzed data to their customers to utilize as they see fit. Sigma is commercializing its PrintRite3D® hardware and software package that emerged from the third quarter of 2018 and is emphasizing to prospective customers Sigma’s dedication to delivering a product which provides In-Process-Quality-“Assurance” that gathers and analyzes in-process manufacturing data and delivers actionable conclusions that improve quality. We believe that such a product is made possible because of both: (1) PrintRite3D®’s ability to detect and notify users of process and machine discontinuities that require adjustments of the computers’ lasers in order to reduce AM machine-induced quality deficiencies, and (2) PrintRite3D®’s ability, in real-time in-process manufacturing runs, to detect a growing library of randomly recurring quality deficiencies, identify the signature traits of these deficiencies, and provide warnings and options to operators to adjust input and machine control parameters to mitigate those deficiencies early enough in their development to avoid rejection of the part.

On May 30, 2018, Sigma announced its successful demonstration of proof of concept of closed-loop feedback control. As a result of Sigma’s root cause analyses of various AM quality discrepancies, we have come to believe that the future of AM manufacturing machines is that the machines must and will be “self-driving”, i.e., controlled by a closed loop control system that adjusts and directs AM machine operating controls to maintain the optimum standard of melt pool qualities for the part designs and metals in question. We believe that the hardware and software package of our PrintRite3D® Version 4 is a significant advancement in the realization of this vison of the future.

Concurrent with the above-mentioned product development milestones that were realized in the third quarter, Sigma has been testing a new proof of concept sales program that was made possible and practicable by the attainment of such product development milestones. Beta test results have demonstrated that Sigma can now install and commence manufacturing test-runs on many AM machines in a 24-hour period and that a proof of concept and value analysis can be accomplished in a matter of weeks subject to how promptly customers and third-party laboratories commit resources and deliver their feedback on the results.‘retail’ channel.

 

Other Recent Developments

 

On October 18, 2018, Darren Beckett’s title was changed from Vice President of Engineering to Chief Technology Officer of the Company.

On August 29, 2018,November 7, 2019, we announced that we werewill demonstrate the latest version of our proprietary PrintRite3D®Real-Time Melt Pool Analytics software platform in conjunction with Materialise NV at the Formnext 2019 conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on November 19-22, 2019. Materialise has invited our Chief Technology Officer to present on “Integration of PrintRite3D Melt Pool Monitoring Software with Materialise’s Machine Control Platform (MCP) for Advanced Process Control” at Materialise’s booth in Hall 12.1, Booth C131.

On November 5, 2019, we announced that we have partnered with a Japanese high-end manufacturer of state-of-the-art machine tools, electrical discharge machines (EDM) and 3D printing products, for a test and evaluation program of Sigma Labs’ PrintRite3D® real time melt pool analytics.

On October 23, 2019, we announced that we have been awarded a contract by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, an impartial, state-owned non-profit research and technology organization with the mission to support economic competitiveness, societal development and innovation in connection withFinland, to install our PrintRite3D® hardware,proprietary PrintRite3D® Real-Time Melt Pool Analytics software and engineering servicesplatform at the VTT 3D metal printing facility.

On August 13, 2019, we announced that we have been selected by a federally funded organization involvedmajor international OEM machine manufacturer to install our proprietary PrintRite3D® products. As part of the agreement, the OEM will complete our Rapid Test and Evaluation program and will install the PrintRite3D® in the space industry. Under the contract,two different countries for analysis and proof-of-performance purposes.

On August 2, 2019, we closed a public offering of equity securities in which we issued 2,875,000 shares of common stock resulting in net proceeds of approximately $1,971,000, after deducting placement agent commissions and other offering expenses payable by us.

On July 1, 2019, we appointed experienced financial executive and proven business leader Frank Orzechowski as our sensor arrays will determine and communicate the quality of manufactured parts in real time to the end-user.Chief Financial Officer.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes. These estimates and assumptions have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Critical accounting policies are those that require the most subjective and complex judgments, often employing the use of estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Our significant accounting policies are disclosed in Note 1 to the Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. However, we do not believe that there are any alternative methods of accounting for our operations that would have a material effect on our financial statements.

Results of Operations

 

We expect to generate revenue primarily by selling and licensing our IPQA technologies, selling technical support services, and contract manufacturing and selling specialty parts and studies to businesses that seek to improve their manufacturing production processes and production-run quality yields. Our ability to generate revenues in the future will depend on our ability to further commercialize and increase market presence of our PrintRite3D® technologies, and it will depend on ifwhether key prospective customers continue to move from AM metal prototyping to production.

Three Months Ended September 30, 20182019 and 2017September 30, 2018

In the third quarter of 2018, we recognized revenue of $128,593 compared to $78,046 during the same period of 2017, an increase of $50,547. A revenue decrease of $37,903 from government programs between the two quarters was offset by a $69,000 increase in commercial sales and $22,472 in contract AM service revenue in the third quarter of 2018 compared to no such sales in the third quarter of 2017. Our cost of revenue for the third quarter of 2018 was $56,309 as compared to $81,214 during the same period of 2017. The decrease of $24,905 was primarily due to the non-recurring costs associated with the implementation of our Early Adopter Program and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Partner Program in the third quarter of 2017.

Sigma’s total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2018 were $1,401,087 compared to $1,095,206 for the same period of 2017, a $305,881 increase. Our operating expenses are comprised of internal operating and sales expenses, outside service fees, research & development costs, and depreciation & amortization.

The most significant of our operating expenses is personnel costs, comprised of payroll and stock-based compensation expense. Payroll costs in the third quarter of 2018 were $524,508 compared to $335,495 for the same period in 2017. The $189,013 increase resulted primarily from the strategic addition of six employees since the third quarter of 2017, three in the third quarter of 2017 and three in the second quarter of 2018, as we continue the concentrated acceleration of technology development and our expansion into the European 3D manufacturing market. Stock-based compensation for the third quarter of 2018 was $198,578 compared to $199,225 for the same period in 2017.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, we recognized revenue of $171,003 as compared to $128,593 in revenue recognized during the same period in 2018, Sigma incurred researchan increase of $42,410. The increase is attributable to the commercial sale of a PrintRite3D® unit in the third quarter, partially offset by the absence of any government program work in 2019, as well as a decline in AM revenue due to the dedication of our printer to internal R&D as we continued development of our PrintRite3D® product.

Our cost of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was $178,760 and $56,309, respectively, an increase of $122,451. The increase is primarily attributable to the sale of a PrintRite3D® unit, a write-off of obsolete inventory of $9,360, expensing of small, low cost inventory items totaling $16,029, and the remainder due to the additional travel and labor costs associated with the on-site and remote collaboration involved in the growth of the Company’s Rapid Test and Evaluation program.

Sigma’s total operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2019 were $1,600,914 as compared to $1,401,087 for the same period in 2018, an increase of $199,827.

The most significant of our operating costs are personnel costs, comprised of payroll, benefits, and stock-based compensation expense. Together these costs totaled 50% of our operating expenses for the third quarter. Salary and benefits costs were $644,800 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $524,508 for the same period in 2018, an increase of $120,292. This 23% cost increase correlates to a net increase of five full-time equivalent employees between the two periods which is a 31% increase in employee count.

Stock-based compensation was $154,202 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $198,578 for the same period in 2018, a $44,376, or 22%, decrease, primarily due to 2018 third quarter vesting of options granted to our former CEO in connection with his amended employment agreement.

Research and development expenditures of $139,090$212,230 were incurred during the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $68,543$139,090 in the same period of 2017.2018, a 53% increase. The $70,547 increase in these expenditures resulted primarily results from an increase in softwarethe purchase of upgraded PrintRite3D® components and algorithm consultant costs and an increase in purchasesvarious pieces of component parts, upgraded servers and specialized equipment directly related to the developmentas part of our PrintRite3D® 4.0 product suite that is being launched at the Formnext AM trade fair the weekcontinued acceleration of November 12, 2018.technology development.

 

Sigma’s publicPublic company costs and investor relation fees incurred in the third quarter of 20182019 were $142,821$194,130, compared to $118,586$142,821 incurred during the same period in 2017.2018, primarily due to increased costs associated with our 2019 annual shareholders’ meeting of $14,080, common shares issued as additional fees to our new investor relations firm totaling $17,110, and increased expenses related to website enhancements of $12,024.

 

DuringOutside professional services fees incurred in the third quarterthree months ended September 30, 2019 were $116,221 compared to $185,676 incurred during the same period in 2018, a 37% decrease. The decrease is primarily attributable to lower utilization of outside legal counsel and outside recruiters, and expenses incurred in 2018 Sigma’sfor European CE certification for our PrintRite3D®units.

Office expenses incurred during the three months ended September 30, 2019 were $186,430 compared to $131,629 incurred during the same period in 2018, an increase of $54,801, or 42%. The increase is primarily due to amortization of costs related to our membership in the UK’s National Center for Additive Manufacturing (“NCAM”) of $39,000 and other miscellaneous office expenses were $131,629of $14,740.

Sigma’s net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2019 totaled $1,600,794 as compared to $78,044 in$1,320,825 for the same period of 2017.2018, a $279,969 increase. The $53,585 increasereduction in these expenditures resulted primarily from additional office rent and related expenses to accommodate our new employee hires and from additional travel expense related to both our more aggressive outreach to prospective OEM and service bureau clients and our expansion into the European market in 2018.

In the third quarter of 2018, our net other income & expense was net income of $7,978 compared to net other expense of $18,536 in the third quarter of 2017. The third quarter 2018 net income was comprised of $9,862 of interest income on the remaining note receivable balance offset by interest expense on the remaining $50,000 balance of our note payable.

Sigma’s total net loss for the third quarter of 2018 was $1,320,825 as compared to $1,116,910 for the third quarter of 2017, a $203,915 increase with operating income contributing $230,429gross profit contributed $80,041 to the increased loss, andwhile increased other income and expense offsetting it by $26,514.operating expenses contributed $199,827 to the increased loss.

 

Nine monthsMonths Ended September 30, 20182019 and 20172018

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018,2019, we recognized revenue of $330,671$269,035 compared to $483,122 of revenue recognized$330,671 during the same period of 2017.2018. The primary contributors to the $152,450$61,636 reduction were revenue decreases from the absence of $174,726 fromany government program work, a decline in AM revenue due to the dedication of our printer to internal R&D in 2019, and $57,227an overall decline in new systemcommercial unit sales partially offset by increased contract AM service sales in 2018 of $79,503. and annual maintenance programs,

Our cost of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 20182019 was $198,672$335,939 compared to $267,160$198,672 during the same period in 2017,2018. The increase of $137,267 is primarily due to the sale of a decreasePrintRite3D® unit, a write-off of $68,488. Reduced directobsolete inventory of $9,360, expensing of small, low cost inventory items totaling $16,029, and the remainder due to additional travel and labor and materials costcosts associated with the declineon-site and remote collaboration involved in governmentinitiation of the Company’s Rapid Test and commercial sales primarily contributed to the total decrease.Evaluation program.

 

Sigma’s total operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 20182019 were $4,000,728$4,677,077 compared to $3,209,923$4,000,728 for the same period in 2017,2018, a $790,805$676,349 increase.

Payroll costs for the nine months ended September 30, 20182019 were $1,349,214$1,738,716 compared to $1,120,699$1,349,214 for the same period in 2017.2018. The $228,515$389,502 increase resultedresults primarily from the foregoingearlier mentioned addition of sixfive employees beginning insince the thirdend of the second quarter of 2017.2018. Stock-based compensation for the nine months ended September 30, 20182019 was $783,167$628,768 compared to $505,630$783,167 for the same period in 2017. This $277,537 increase was comprised2018, a $154,399 decrease, primarily from $156,712 indue to the vesting recognized on stockof options granted to our Chief Executive Officerformer CEO in the second and third quarters of 2018 and the amortization of $92,371connection with his amended employment agreement in stock compensation cost related to stock compensation paid to non-employee directors over the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018,2019, Sigma incurred research and development expenditures of $356,112$476,346 compared to $254,956$356,112 in the same period of 2017.2018. The $101,156$120,234 increase in these expenditures during the first nine months of 2019 resulted primarily from an increase in software and algorithm consultant costs and a $52,219 increase in purchasesthe purchase of component parts, upgraded servers andvarious pieces of specialized equipment as part of our continued concentrated acceleration of technology development, alongas well as $35,333 of consulting fees paid in connection with the development in the third quarter of 2018Version 5.0 of our PrintRite3D® 4.0 product suite.PrintRite3D®platform.

 

Sigma’s public company and investor relation fees incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 20182019 were $426,417,$509,237, compared to $362,499$426,417 during the same period in 2017.2018. The $63,918 increase is the result of a $47,892 aggregate increase in cash fees paidthe nine-month comparative expenditures results primarily from shares of common stock issues to our non-employee directors, a $57,385new investor relations firm of $17,110 and an increase in advisory serviceadvertising expenses of $74,939, due to enhancements to marketing programs and materials, website redesign and upgrades, and advertisements in trade publications.

Outside services fees incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 were $519,710, compared to $502,028 incurred during the same period in 2018, a 4% increase. Accounting and a $41,500 reduction in NASDAQaudit fees increased $22,366, consulting fees increased by $40,785 due to the non-recurring entry fee paid in 2017.

addition of an application engineer consultant, while legal fees decreased by $34,443.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018,2019, Sigma’s office expenses were $337,671$536,608 compared to $226,988$337,671 in the same period of 2017.2018. The $110,683$198,937 increase in these expenditures primarily resulted primarily from $34,631amortization of our prepaid three year membership in the UK’s National Center for Additive Manufacturing (“NCAM”) of $39,000, rent & utilities of $15,164, and additional hardware, software, supplies and office space costs in 2018travel expenses of $90,814 related to our additional employees, and from $76,052 of additional travel expense in 2018 related to both a more aggressive outreach to prospective OEM, service bureau and end user customers, and our expansion into the European market.and Asian markets. Other miscellaneous office expenses, consisting of computer hardware, software, and office supplies increased $36,254 over the same period in 2018.

 

In the nine months ended September 30, 2018,2019, our net other income & expense was anet income of $65,584, as compared to net expense of $11,776 as compared toduring the same period in 2018. The nine-month 2019 net other income is primarily comprised of $61,678$17,610 of interest income and $51,877 in New Mexico state job incentive credits received. The net other expense for the same periods of 2017. The nine-monthperiod in 2018 net expense wasis primarily comprised ofdue to a $36,733 write-off of patent and patent application costsaccounting software, partially offset by interest income of $26,948 on ourthe then outstanding notenotes receivable.

 

Sigma’s net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 20182019 totaled $3,880,505$4,678,397 as compared to $2,932,283$3,880,505 for the same period in 2018, a $797,892 increase. Contributing to this increase was a decrease in gross profit of 2017, a $948,222$198,903 together with an increase within operating income contributing $874,768 andexpenses of $676,349. This was partially offset by an increase in other income and expense contributing $73,454.of $77,360.

 

We financed our operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 20182019 and 20172018 primarily from revenue generated from PrintRite3D® system sales and engineering consulting services we provided to third parties during these periods and through sales of our common and preferred stock and, in 2017, through the issuance of debt securities.stock. We expect that our revenue will increase in future periods as we seek to further commercialize and expand our market presence for our PrintRite3D®-related technologies and obtain new contract manufacturing orders in connection with our EOS M290.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of September 30, 2018,2019, we had $2,228,547$1,111,430 in cash and had a working capital surplus of $2,208,620,$1,379,426 as compared with $1,515,674$1,279,782 in cash and a working capital surplus of $2,273,801$1,052,017 as of December 31, 2017.2018.

 

Our major sources of funding have been proceeds from public and private offerings of our equity securities (both common stock and preferred stock), and from warrant exercises. On April 6, 2018,

In March 2019, the Company closed a public offering of equity securities in which it issued 1,400,800 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase a total of 420,240 shares of common stock resulting in net proceeds of approximately $1,679,330, after deducting placement agent commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

In May 2019, the Company closed a private placement of equity securities in which it issued 400,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase a total of 220,000 shares of common stock resulting in net proceeds of approximately $920,000,$515,000, after deducting placement agent commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company. On June 26, 2018,

In August 2019, the Company closed a public offering of equity securities in which it issued 2,875,000 shares of common stock resulting in net proceeds of approximately $2,139,000,$1,971,000, after deducting placement agent commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The principal balance

In September 2019, Aegis Capital Corp. partially exercised its over-allotment option granted by the Company in the amountforegoing August 2019 public offering by purchasing an additional 200,000 shares of $50,000 and any accrued and unpaid interest on the convertible promissory note that is payable by us is duecommon stock, resulting in April 2019.net proceeds of $148,800 after deducting placement agent commissions.

 

During the remainder of 2018,2019, we expect to sustain our operations and our commercialization and marketing efforts without a material increase in our cash burn rate. We expect that enhancements of our IPQA®-enabled PrintRite3D® technology that were developed substantially during the nine months ended September 30,in fiscal 2018 and being2019 and brought to market in the fourth quarter of 2018 will enable us to further commercialize this technology for the AM metal market in 2019.2019 and beyond. However, until commercialization of our full suite of PrintRite3D® technologies, we plan to continue funding our development activities and operating expenses by licensing our PrintRite3D® systems and supporting field services, as applicable, and providing PrintRite3D®-enabled engineering consulting services concerning our areas of expertise (materials and manufacturing quality assurance and process control technologies) and contract manufacturing for metal AM, and through the use of proceeds from sales of our securities.

 

Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

 

Net cash used in operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 20182019 increased to $2,695,939$4,498,579 from $1,950,394$2,695,939 during the same period in 2017, which is an increase in cash used of $745,545. Sigma’s higher2018, a $1,802,640 increase. Increased net loss in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 contributed $912,493 to$797,892 toward this increase while more attentive management of payables offset $166,948 of that increased use of cash.cash, increased inventory purchases contributed $451,221 as a result of our finished goods ramp program, increased prepaid expenses contributed $153,705, and a net decrease of accrued expenses contributed $218,291.

 

Net Cash Used/Provided by Investing Activities

 

Net cash providedused by investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 20182019 was $469,899,$70,887, which compares to $469,898 of cash used inprovided by investing activities during the same period of 2017 totaling $829,146. $1,400,0002018, a decrease of this $1,299,045 positive swing$540,785. This is directly relatedprimarily attributable to the debt financingMarch 2018 receipt of 2017. Sigma loaned fundspayment in full of $750,000 in the first half of 2017 and received payment of $650,000 of such loans in May and June of 2018. The additional expenditure of $69,654 related to patents and $38,766 for office furniture and laboratory equipment in 2018 were the significant offsetting factors.a then outstanding $500,000 loan receivable.

Net Cash Used/Provided by Financing Activities

 

Cash provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 decreased2019 increased to $2,938,914$4,401,114 from $5,072,636$2,938,914 during the same period in 2017, a reduction of $2,133,722. $2,126,236 of this reduction is2018 due to our receipt of total netincreased proceeds of $2,946,400 from our April 2018public and private placement and June 2018 public offering compared to our receipt of total net proceeds of $5,072,636 from our February 2017 public offering.securities offerings in 2019.

 

The Company anticipates less losscontinued losses in the fourth quarter of 2018, due to2019, with any expected increased revenues from proof of concept engagements, offset by increased salaries and related expenses in connection with our additional employees.

 

We have no credit lines as of November 11, 2018,14, 2019, nor have we ever had a credit line since our inception.

 

Based on the funds we have as of November 11, 2018,14, 2019, and the proceeds we expect to receive from proof of conceptrapid test and evaluation engagements for our updated PrintRite3D® hardware and software technology, and sales of contract AM manufacturing for metal AM parts, and from possible sales of our securities, we believe that we will have sufficient funds to pay our administrative and other operating expenses through at least the first quarter of 2019. Our ability to continue to fund our liquidity and working capital needs will be dependent upon the success of and revenues from existing and future PrintRite3D®-proof of concept contracts, follow-on contracts resulting from successful proof of concept engagements, possible strategic partnerships, contract manufacturing orders in connection with our EOS M290, and possibly by obtaining additional capital from the sale of securities or by borrowing funds from lenders to fulfill our business plans. If we issue additional equity or debt securities, stockholders may experience additional dilution or the new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing holders of our common stock. There is no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining additional funding. If we require and fail to obtain sufficient funding when needed, we may be forced to delay, scale back or eliminate all or a portion of our commercialization efforts and operations.

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.procedures and changes in internal controls over financial reporting.

Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act defines the term “disclosure controls and procedures” as those controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Based upon an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures performed by our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer, and our Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, our management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at a reasonable assurance level in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods.

Changes in internal controls over financial reporting. In addition, no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the three months ended September 30, 20182019 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

 

Not applicable.You should consider the “Risk Factors” included under Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the SEC on April 1, 2019. Except for the below, there have been no material changes to those Risk Factors.

There is no assurance that we will satisfy or regain compliance with the continued listing requirements of The NASDAQ Capital Market.

We cannot assure you that we will be able to satisfy or regain compliance with the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Capital Market. For example, there is no assurance that our common stock will have a bid price of at least $1.00 per share, which is the minimum bid price under such continued listing requirements, or that we will be able to satisfy other quantitative continued listing requirements, including the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement of at least $2,500,000 for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. On April 8, 2019, Nasdaq notified us that we did not comply with the minimum $2,500,000 stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). In our Form 8-K filed on September 4, 2019, we disclosed that we had regained compliance with such rule as a result of our August 2019 underwritten public offering. On October 8, 2019, we received a letter from Nasdaq notifying us that, as a result of such offering, Nasdaq determined that we were in compliance with the minimum $2,500,000 stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), but that if we do not demonstrate continued compliance with such rule as of December 31, 2019, the Company’s common stock may be subject to delisting. The Company is evaluating various courses of action to demonstrate compliance. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to demonstrate compliance. If we do not demonstrate compliance, and there is no assurance that Nasdaq would accept a plan to regain compliance, Nasdaq could provide notice that our common stock will become subject to delisting. In such event, Nasdaq rules would permit us to appeal the decision to reject our proposed compliance plan, if applicable, or any delisting determination to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel. If our securities are de-listed from The Nasdaq Capital Market, our stockholders could incur material adverse consequences such as reduced liquidity for their securities and reduced market prices for their securities. Following such de-listing, we could encounter increased difficulty in issuing additional securities at an attractive price, or at all, in order to fund our operations.

Additionally, as previously disclosed, on September 12, 2019, we received notice from Nasdaq that the closing bid price for our common stock had been below $1.00 per share for the last 30 consecutive business days, and that the Company therefore is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued inclusion on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The notice indicates that the Company has 180 calendar days, or until March 10, 2020, to regain compliance with this requirement. We can regain compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement if the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock is at least $1.00 for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during the 180-day compliance period. If the Company does not regain compliance during the initial compliance period, the Company may be eligible for additional time to regain compliance. To qualify, the Company will be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of its publicly held shares and all other Nasdaq initial listing standards, except the bid price requirement, and will need to provide written notice to Nasdaq of the Company’s intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. If the Company meets these requirements, we expect that Nasdaq will grant the Company the additional 180 calendar days to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. If it appears to Nasdaq that the Company will not be able to cure the deficiency, or if the Company is otherwise not eligible, Nasdaq will notify us that the Company’s common stock will be subject to delisting.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

 

Not applicable.On August 15, 2019, the Company issued 25,000 shares of common stock to MHZCI, LLC, an investor relations firm engaged by the Company, as partial compensation for services to be rendered. The foregoing securities were issued in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

 

Not applicable.None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

 

3.11.1Certificate of Amendment to AmendedUnderwriting Agreement, dated July 30, 2019, by and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, ofamong Sigma Labs, Inc.(filed and Aegis Capital Corp. acting as the representative of the several underwriters named on Schedule I thereto (filed as Exhibit 3.11.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 23, 2018,August 1, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference).
  
10.110.2Employment Agreement,letter agreement, effective as of September 25, 2017,July 1, 2019, between Darren Beckettthe Company and Sigma Labs, Inc.Frank D. Orzechowski. (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference) * **
  
31.1Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.** **
  
31.2Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.** **
  
32.1Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.** ***
  
101.INSXBRL Instance Document.**
101.SCHXBRL Schema Document.**
101.CALXBRL Calculation Linkbase Document.**
101.DEFXBRL Definition Linkbase Document.**
101.LABXBRL Labels Linkbase Document.**
101.PREXBRL Presentation Linkbase Document.**

 

* Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

** Filed herewith.

*** Furnished herewith.

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herewith and not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 SIGMA LABS, INC.
   
November 14, 20182019By:/s/ John Rice
  John Rice
  

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

   
November 14, 20182019By:/s/ Nannette ToupsFrank Orzechowski
  Nannette ToupsFrank Orzechowski
  

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Principal (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)