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 DecemberMarch 31, 20172020 OR

[   ]

Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

for the transition period from ____ to ____

Commission file number 001-13601

 

GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Texas

76-0447780

(State or Other Jurisdictionother jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Incorporation or Organization)


Identification No.)

7007 Pinemont,

Houston, Texas

77040

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

7007 Pinemont Drive

Houston, Texas  77040-6601

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(713) 986-4444

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)code: (713) 986-4444

 

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

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock

GEOS

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 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 and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes    X     No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See 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

 

 

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

Smaller reporting company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period 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

There were 13,563,491As of April 30, 2020, the registrant had 13,664,989 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding as of the close of business on January 31, 2018.common stock, $0.01 par value per share outstanding.

 

 

 

 


 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

Number

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

3

 

 

 

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

 

1720

 

 

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

2328

 

 

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

2429

 

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

30

Item 6. Exhibits

 

2531


PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)thousands except share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

13,923

 

 

$

15,092

 

 

$

18,909

 

 

$

18,925

 

Short-term investments

 

 

32,085

 

 

 

36,137

 

Trade accounts receivable, net

 

 

7,011

 

 

 

9,435

 

Financing receivables

 

 

5,793

 

 

 

3,055

 

Income tax receivable

 

 

263

 

 

 

273

 

Trade accounts and financing receivables, net

 

 

18,404

 

 

 

27,426

 

Inventories

 

 

19,994

 

 

 

20,752

 

 

 

18,488

 

 

 

23,855

 

Property held for sale

 

 

558

 

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

1,939

 

 

 

1,623

 

 

 

1,676

 

 

 

1,008

 

Total current assets

 

 

81,008

 

 

 

86,367

 

 

 

58,035

 

 

 

71,214

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current inventories

 

 

16,850

 

 

 

21,524

 

Rental equipment, net

 

 

15,542

 

 

 

16,462

 

 

 

62,689

 

 

 

62,062

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

36,475

 

 

 

37,399

 

 

 

31,593

 

 

 

31,474

 

Non-current inventories

 

 

56,184

 

 

 

55,935

 

Deferred income tax assets, net

 

 

305

 

 

 

259

 

Non-current financing receivables, net

 

 

7,032

 

 

 

8,195

 

Prepaid income taxes

 

 

56

 

 

 

450

 

Other assets

 

 

619

 

 

 

629

 

Goodwill

 

 

5,008

 

 

 

5,008

 

Other intangible assets, net

 

 

9,197

 

 

 

10,063

 

Deferred cost of revenue and other assets

 

 

8,466

 

 

 

663

 

Total assets

 

$

197,221

 

 

$

205,696

 

 

$

191,838

 

 

$

202,008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable trade

 

$

3,322

 

 

$

2,599

 

 

$

4,919

 

 

$

4,051

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

 

6,516

 

 

 

6,338

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

1,461

 

 

 

1,568

 

Deferred revenue and other current liabilities

 

 

6,528

 

 

 

9,119

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

11,299

 

 

 

10,505

 

 

 

11,447

 

 

 

13,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income tax liabilities

 

 

29

 

 

 

37

 

Contingent consideration

 

 

10,912

 

 

 

9,940

 

Non-current deferred revenue and other liabilities

 

 

3,052

 

 

 

51

 

Total liabilities

 

 

11,328

 

 

 

10,542

 

 

 

25,411

 

 

 

23,161

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 13,560,291 and 13,438,316 shares issued and outstanding

 

 

136

 

 

 

134

 

Common stock, $.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 13,664,989 and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,630,666 shares issued and outstanding

 

 

137

 

 

 

136

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

84,557

 

 

 

83,733

 

 

 

89,783

 

 

 

88,660

 

Retained earnings

 

 

115,686

 

 

 

125,517

 

 

 

92,715

 

 

 

105,808

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(14,486

)

 

 

(14,230

)

 

 

(16,208

)

 

 

(15,757

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

185,893

 

 

 

195,154

 

 

 

166,427

 

 

 

178,847

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

197,221

 

 

$

205,696

 

 

$

191,838

 

 

$

202,008

 

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


GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Products

 

$

13,425

 

 

$

10,297

 

 

$

9,517

 

 

$

11,845

 

 

$

18,600

 

 

$

22,304

 

Rental equipment

 

 

1,219

 

 

 

4,988

 

Rental

 

 

16,390

 

 

 

14,278

 

 

 

33,005

 

 

 

21,694

 

Total revenue

 

 

14,644

 

 

 

15,285

 

 

 

25,907

 

 

 

26,123

 

 

 

51,605

 

 

 

43,998

 

Cost of revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Products

 

 

13,243

 

 

 

14,836

 

 

 

9,722

 

 

 

11,246

 

 

 

19,625

 

 

 

22,459

 

Rental equipment

 

 

2,369

 

 

 

3,776

 

Rental

 

 

8,280

 

 

 

4,526

 

 

 

13,585

 

 

 

8,098

 

Total cost of revenue

 

 

15,612

 

 

 

18,612

 

 

 

18,002

 

 

 

15,772

 

 

 

33,210

 

 

 

30,557

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit (loss)

 

 

(968

)

 

 

(3,327

)

Gross profit

 

 

7,905

 

 

 

10,351

 

 

 

18,395

 

 

 

13,441

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

5,129

 

 

 

5,094

 

 

 

6,066

 

 

 

5,358

 

 

 

12,063

 

 

 

11,443

 

Research and development

 

 

3,158

 

 

 

3,372

 

 

 

4,225

 

 

 

3,898

 

 

 

8,521

 

 

 

7,069

 

Change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

972

 

 

 

 

 

 

972

 

 

 

 

Bad debt expense (recovery)

 

 

350

 

 

 

(482

)

 

 

8,124

 

 

 

73

 

 

 

8,151

 

 

 

(30

)

Total operating expenses

 

 

8,637

 

 

 

7,984

 

 

 

19,387

 

 

 

9,329

 

 

 

29,707

 

 

 

18,482

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(9,605

)

 

 

(11,311

)

Income (loss) from operations

 

 

(11,482

)

 

 

1,022

 

 

 

(11,312

)

 

 

(5,041

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

(64

)

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(23

)

 

 

(23

)

 

 

(57

)

Interest income

 

 

263

 

 

 

130

 

 

 

216

 

 

 

180

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

452

 

Foreign exchange losses, net

 

 

(43

)

 

 

(65

)

Foreign exchange gains (losses), net

 

 

108

 

 

 

119

 

 

 

(24

)

 

 

186

 

Other, net

 

 

(25

)

 

 

(17

)

 

 

(28

)

 

 

(41

)

 

 

(57

)

 

 

(129

)

Total other income, net

 

 

131

 

 

 

40

 

Total other income (expense), net

 

 

285

 

 

 

235

 

 

 

246

 

 

 

452

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(9,474

)

 

 

(11,271

)

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

(11,197

)

 

 

1,257

 

 

 

(11,066

)

 

 

(4,589

)

Income tax expense

 

 

6

 

 

 

434

 

 

 

607

 

 

 

550

 

 

 

2,027

 

 

 

557

 

Net loss

 

$

(9,480

)

 

$

(11,705

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

(11,804

)

 

$

707

 

 

$

(13,093

)

 

$

(5,146

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.72

)

 

$

(0.89

)

 

$

(0.87

)

 

$

0.05

 

 

$

(0.97

)

 

$

(0.38

)

Diluted

 

$

(0.72

)

 

$

(0.89

)

 

$

(0.87

)

 

$

0.05

 

 

$

(0.97

)

 

$

(0.38

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

13,202,384

 

 

 

13,094,809

 

 

 

13,541,404

 

 

 

13,401,135

 

 

 

13,503,486

 

 

 

13,369,932

 

Diluted

 

 

13,202,384

 

 

 

13,094,809

 

 

 

13,541,404

 

 

 

13,557,185

 

 

 

13,503,486

 

 

 

13,369,932

 

 

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


GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSSINCOME (LOSS)

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

Net loss

 

$

(9,480

)

 

$

(11,705

)

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities

 

 

(51

)

 

 

(62

)

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

(205

)

 

 

(306

)

Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax

 

 

(256

)

 

 

(368

)

Total comprehensive loss

 

$

(9,736

)

 

$

(12,073

)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(11,804

)

 

$

707

 

 

$

(13,093

)

 

$

(5,146

)

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

83

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

(1,017

)

 

 

238

 

 

 

(451

)

 

 

20

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(1,017

)

 

 

257

 

 

 

(451

)

 

 

103

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

 

$

(12,821

)

 

$

964

 

 

$

(13,544

)

 

$

(5,043

)

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


GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2020 AND 2019

(in thousands, expect share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Retained

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Loss

 

 

Total

 

Balance at October 1, 2019

 

 

13,630,666

 

 

$

136

 

 

$

88,660

 

 

$

105,808

 

 

$

(15,757

)

 

$

178,847

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,289

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,289

)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

566

 

 

 

566

 

Issuance of common stock pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units

 

 

30,823

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

590

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

590

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

 

 

13,661,489

 

 

 

137

 

 

 

89,250

 

 

 

104,519

 

 

 

(15,191

)

 

 

178,715

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,804

)

 

 

 

 

 

(11,804

)

Other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,017

)

 

 

(1,017

)

Issuance of common stock pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units

 

 

3,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

533

 

Balance at March 31, 2020

 

 

13,664,989

 

 

$

137

 

 

$

89,783

 

 

$

92,715

 

 

$

(16,208

)

 

$

166,427

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at October 1, 2018

 

 

13,600,541

 

 

$

136

 

 

$

86,116

 

 

$

105,954

 

 

$

(15,619

)

 

$

176,587

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,853

)

 

 

 

 

 

(5,853

)

Other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(154

)

 

 

(154

)

Issuance of restricted stock

 

 

8,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeiture of restricted stock

 

 

(250

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of common stock pursuant to the exercise of stock options

 

 

24,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

215

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

215

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

602

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

602

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

 

13,632,791

 

 

 

136

 

 

 

86,933

 

 

 

100,101

 

 

 

(15,773

)

 

 

171,397

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

707

 

 

 

 

 

 

707

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

257

 

 

 

257

 

Forfeiture of restricted stock

 

 

(1,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of common stock pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units

 

 

500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

592

 

Balance at March 31, 2019

 

 

13,632,291

 

 

$

136

 

 

$

87,525

 

 

$

100,808

 

 

$

(15,516

)

 

$

172,953

 

 

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


GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(9,480

)

 

$

(11,705

)

 

$

(13,093

)

 

$

(5,146

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

(55

)

 

 

34

 

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income tax benefit

 

 

(34

)

 

 

(14

)

Rental equipment depreciation

 

 

2,247

 

 

 

3,308

 

 

 

9,269

 

 

 

6,121

 

Property, plant and equipment depreciation

 

 

1,095

 

 

 

1,313

 

 

 

2,057

 

 

 

2,003

 

Accretion of discounts on short-term investments

 

 

13

 

 

 

16

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

866

 

 

 

795

 

Amortization of premiums on short-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

(9

)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

826

 

 

 

1,375

 

 

 

1,123

 

 

 

1,194

 

Bad debt expense (recovery)

 

 

350

 

 

 

(482

)

 

 

8,151

 

 

 

(30

)

Inventory obsolescence expense

 

 

1,434

 

 

 

4,147

 

 

 

1,966

 

 

 

2,401

 

Change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

972

 

 

 

 

Gross profit from sale of used rental equipment

 

 

(2,566

)

 

 

(1,201

)

 

 

(425

)

 

 

(200

)

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

 

(153

)

 

 

 

Realized loss on short-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

67

 

Effects of changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

 

2,562

 

 

 

2,312

 

Income tax receivable

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts and other receivables

 

 

(771

)

 

 

(5,806

)

Inventories

 

 

(2,865

)

 

 

(1,507

)

 

 

1,760

 

 

 

(3,695

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

(329

)

 

 

(39

)

Prepaid income taxes

 

 

41

 

 

 

393

 

Deferred cost of revenue and other assets

 

 

(8,440

)

 

 

(1,021

)

Accounts payable trade

 

 

723

 

 

 

(348

)

 

 

871

 

 

 

3,018

 

Accrued expenses and other

 

 

267

 

 

 

(257

)

Deferred revenue

 

 

(65

)

 

 

771

 

Income tax payable

 

 

 

 

 

(31

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(5,792

)

 

 

(1,900

)

Deferred revenue and other liabilities

 

 

1,607

 

 

 

(2,582

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

 

5,726

 

 

 

(2,904

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

 

 

(218

)

 

 

(106

)

 

 

(2,785

)

 

 

(962

)

Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment

 

 

180

 

 

 

 

Investment in rental equipment

 

 

(5,238

)

 

 

(20,420

)

Proceeds from the sale of used rental equipment

 

 

997

 

 

 

1,915

 

 

 

2,100

 

 

 

1,646

 

Purchases of short-term investments

 

 

(1,905

)

 

 

 

Proceeds from the sale of short-term investments

 

 

5,898

 

 

 

2,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,856

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

 

 

4,772

 

 

 

4,483

 

Business acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

(1,819

)

Payments for damages related to insurance claim

 

 

 

 

 

(616

)

Proceeds from insurance claim

 

 

 

 

 

1,166

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

(5,743

)

 

 

3,851

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

215

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

215

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

 

(149

)

 

 

(101

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(331

)

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(1,169

)

 

 

2,532

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

831

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of fiscal year

 

 

15,092

 

 

 

10,262

 

 

 

18,925

 

 

 

11,934

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of fiscal period

 

$

13,923

 

 

$

12,794

 

 

$

18,909

 

 

$

12,765

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

23

 

 

$

57

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

 

2,074

 

 

 

533

 

Inventory transferred to rental equipment

 

 

6,126

 

 

 

1,781

 

 

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

 

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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

1.   Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated balance sheet of Geospace Technologies Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) at September 30, 20172019 was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements at that date.  The consolidated balance sheet at DecemberMarch 31, 20172020 and the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive lossincome (loss), stockholders’ equity and the consolidated statements of cash flows for the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20172020 and 20162019 were prepared by the Company without audit.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows were made.  All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.  The results of operations for the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20172020 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for a full year or of future operations.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America were omitted pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The accompanying consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2017.2019.

 Reclassifications

Certain amounts previously presented in the consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.  Such reclassifications had no effect on previously reported net loss, stockholders’ equity or cash flows.  

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP’) requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.  The Company considers many factors in selecting appropriate operational and financial accounting policies and controls, and in developing the estimates and assumptions that are used in the preparation of these consolidated financial statements.  The Company continually evaluates its estimates, including those related to bad debt reserves, inventory obsolescence reserves, self-insurance reserves, product warranty reserves, impairment of long-lived assets and deferred income tax assets.  The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.  ActualWhile management believes current estimates are reasonable and appropriate, actual results may differ from these estimates under different conditions or assumptions.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original or remaining maturity at the time of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Short-term Investments

The Company classifies its short-term investments consisting of corporate bonds, government bonds  At March 31, 2020, cash and other such similar investments as available-for-sale securities.  Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair market value with net unrealized holding gains and losses reported each period as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss in stockholders’ equity.  See note 2 for additional information.

Inventories

The Company records a write-down of its inventories when the cost basis of any manufactured product, including any estimated future costs to complete the manufacturing process, exceeds its net realizable value.  Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value.  Cost is determined on the first-in, first-out method, except that certain ofcash equivalents included $6.5 million held by the Company’s foreign subsidiaries use an average cost method to value their inventories.

The Company periodically reviews the composition of its inventories to determine if market demand, product modifications, technology changes, excessive quantities on-hand and other factors hinder its ability to recover its investment in such inventories.  The Company’s assessment is based upon historical product demand, estimated future product demand and various other judgments and estimates.  Inventory obsolescence reserves are recorded when such assessments reveal that portions or components of the Company’s inventory investment will not be realized in its operating activities.

The Company reviews its inventories for classification purposes.  The value of inventories not expected to be realized in cash, sold or consumed during its next operating cycle are classified as noncurrent assets.

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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

The Company’s long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever an event or change in circumstances indicates the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets may not be recoverable.  The impairment review, if necessary, includes a comparison of expected future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) to be generated by an asset group with the associated carrying value of the related assets.branch offices.  If the carrying value ofCompany were to repatriate the asset group exceeds the expected future cash flows, an impairment loss is recognizedheld by its foreign subsidiaries, it would be required to the extent that the carrying value of the asset group exceeds its fair value.  accrue and pay taxes on any amount repatriated under rates enacted by The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“2017 Tax Act”).

Revenue Recognition – Products and Services

The Company primarily derives revenue from the sale of its manufactured products, including revenue derived from the sale of its manufactured rental equipment.  In addition, the Company generates revenue from the short-term rental under operating leases of its manufactured products.  The Company recognizes revenue from product sales, including the sale of used rental equipment, when all of the following have occurred: (i) title passes to the customer, (ii) the customer assumes the risks and rewards of ownership, (iii) the product sales price has been determined, (iv) collectability of the sales price is reasonably assured, and (v) product delivery occurs as directed by the customer.  Although infrequent, in cases where collectability is not reasonably assured, the installment or cost recovery method is used.  Except for certain of the Company’s reservoir characterization products, the Company’s products are generally sold without any customer acceptance provisions, and the Company’s standard terms of sale do not allow customers to return products for credit.  The Company recognizes rental revenue as earned over the rental period.  Rentals of the Company’s equipment generally range from daily rentals to rental periods of up to six months or longer.  Revenue from engineering services is recognized as services are rendered over the duration of a project, or as billed on a per hour basis.  Field service revenue is recognized when services are rendered and is generally priced on a per day rate.

Research and Development Costs

The Company expenses research and development costs as incurred.  Research and development costs include salaries, employee benefit costs, department supplies, direct project costs and other related costs.

Product Warranties

Most of the Company’s products do not require installation assistance or sophisticated instructions.  The Company offers a standard product warranty obligating it to repair or replace equipment with manufacturing defects.  The Company maintains a reserve for future warranty costs based on historical experience or, in the absence of historical product experience, management’s estimates.  Reserves for future warranty costs are included within accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.  Changes in the warranty reserve are reflected in the following table (in thousands):

Balance at October 1, 2017

$

508

 

Accruals for warranties issued during the period

 

197

 

Settlements made (in cash or in kind) during the period

 

(150

)

Balance at December 31, 2017

$

555

 

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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In OctoberFebruary 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance which eliminates the exception of recognizing, at the time of transfer, current and deferred income taxes for intercompany profits on intra-entity asset transfers other than inventory.  The Company adopted this guidance in its first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach.  The adoption resulted in a cumulative-effect adjustment to opening retained earnings of $0.4 million.  Under prior guidance, the Company maintained a non-current prepaid income tax asset on its consolidated balance sheets representing income taxes paid in the U.S. on profits realized from the sale of rental equipment to its foreign subsidiaries.  As this rental equipment was depreciated, the prepaid tax was recognized as a current income tax expense in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.  Under the new guidance, the Company is required to recognize a deferred tax asset related to the intercompany profits realized on the sale of non-inventory assets to its subsidiaries; however, profits realized from the intercompany sale of inventories will continue to be accounted for as a prepaid income tax asset in accordance with the prior guidance.  Under the new guidance, the deferred tax asset resulting from the sale of non-inventory assets is recognized at the jurisdictional tax rate of the subsidiary which purchased the asset.  Any differences between the subsidiary’s jurisdictional tax rate and the seller’s tax rate pertaining to the intercompany profit are charged to seller’s current income tax expense at the time of the sale.  With the recent reduction in the U.S. income tax rate to 21%, and assuming that a majority of the Company’s equipment sales will continue to be made to its Canadian subsidiary having a higher statutory tax rate, the new guidance is expected to have a favorable impact on the Company’s provision for income taxes in future periods.  Due to the fact the Company has a valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets, the adoption of this guidance had no impact upon the Company’s income tax expense for the three months ended December 31, 2017.

In March 2016, the FASB issued guidance to simplify key components of employee share-based payment accounting.  The new guidance simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including: (a) income tax consequences; (b) classification of awards as either equity or liabilities; and (c) classification of excess tax benefits from share-based payments on the statement of cash flows.  The Company adopted this guidance in the first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.  No cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings was needed upon adoption as the Company has no unrecorded excess tax benefits residing in additional paid-in-capital account.  Under the prior standard, the Company was required to track and record as a component of additional paid-in capital the tax impact of cumulative windfalls, net of any shortfalls, which resulted from excess tax benefits from share-based payments. As a result, the impact of net windfalls has not historically affected the Company’s provision for income taxes or its effective income tax rate.  Under the new guidance, the Company will no longer track windfalls or shortfalls resulting from share-based payments since all future windfalls and shortfalls will be recorded as a component of the Company’s current provision for income taxes.  Depending on the magnitude of future windfalls or shortfalls, this change could significantly affect the Company’s provision for income taxes in a positive or negative direction.  Due to the fact the Company has a valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets, the adoption of this guidance had no impact upon the Company’s income tax expense for the three months ended December 31, 2017.

In July 2015, the FASB issued guidance requiring management to measure inventory at the lower of cost or net realizable value.  Under the new guidance, net realizable value is defined as the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation.    Since the Company is a manufacturer and the nature of its inventory is generally unique to its designs and applications thus preventing the gathering of relevant external market data, its existing practice for calculating net realizable value under the current standard is consistent with the practice prescribed by the new guidance.  The Company adopted this standard in its first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2018. The adoption did not have a material effect upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2016, the FASB issued guidance which requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents.  Therefore, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows.  This guidance must be adopted by the Company no later than its first quarter of fiscal year 2019 and should be applied on a retrospective transition basis.  The Company has historically not held restricted cash balances and, therefore, does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.  However, upon adoption of this guidance, the Company will make any necessary changes to present restricted cash balances in accordance with the guidance.  

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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

In June 2016, the FASB issued guidance surrounding credit losses for financial instruments that replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).  The new impairment model requires immediate recognition of estimated credit losses expected to occur for most financial assets and certain other financial instruments.  For available-for-sale debt securities with unrealized losses, credit losses will be recognized as allowances rather than reductions in the amortized cost of the securities.  The standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods within those annual periods.  Early adoption for a fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2018 is permitted.  Entities will apply the standard’s provisions as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first effective reporting period.  The Company expects to adopt this standard during the first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 and is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.     

In February 2016, the FASB issued guidance requiring a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities for leases with lease terms of more than 12 months.  Consistent with current GAAP, theThe recognition, measurement and presentation of expense and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee primarily will depend on its classification of the lease as a finance or operating lease.  However, unlike current GAAP,prior guidance, which requires only capital leases to be recognized on the balance sheet, the new guidance will also require operating leases of the lessee to be recognized on the balance sheet if the operating lease term is more than 12 months.  The guidance also requires disclosures to help investors and other financial statement users to better understand the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases.  These disclosures include qualitative and quantitative requirements, providing additional information about the amounts recorded in the financial statements.  The Company adopted this guidance on October 1, 2019 using the optional transition method, which allows it to initially apply the new guidance at the adoption date and recognize a


cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings.  The adoption of this guidance had an immaterial impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and there was no adjustment made to the opening balance of retained earnings.  

In June 2018, the FASB issued guidance expanding the scope of ASC Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from non-employees.  The Company adopted this guidance on October 1, 2019.  The adoption of this guidance did not have any material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued guidance requiring certain existing disclosure requirements in ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, to be modified or removed, and certain new disclosure requirements to be added to this standard.  In addition, the guidance allows entities to exercise more discretion when considering fair value measurement disclosures.  The Company adopted this guidance on October 1, 2019.  The adoption of this guidance did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2017, the FASB issued guidance simplifying the current two-step goodwill impairment test by eliminating Step 2 of the test.  The guidance requires a one-step impairment test in which an entity compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount and recognizes an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value, if any.  This guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim reporting periods therein, beginning after December 15, 20182019 and is tointerim periods within those fiscal years, and should be applied usingon a prospective basis.  Early adoption is permitted for the modified retrospective approach.interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company expects towill adopt this standard in its first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.  The Company currently is not a lessee under any lease agreements with a term longer than one year.  The Company is routinely a lessor in its rental contracts with customers; however, these rental agreements are generally short-term in nature, and the Company believes would be treated as operating leases under the new guidance; however, the Company has not completed a detailed review of its lease arrangements, and these conclusions are subject to change.    

In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance requiring entities to recognize revenue from contracts with customers by applying a five-step model in accordance with the core principle to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  In addition, this guidance specifies the accounting for some costs to obtain or fulfill a contract with a customer and expands disclosure requirements for revenue recognition.  In August 2015, the FASB issued guidance deferring the effective date of this guidance to annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods therein.  Entities have the option to adopt this guidance either retrospectively or through a modified retrospective transition method.  This new standard will supersede existing revenue guidance and affect the Company's revenue recognition process and the presentations or disclosures of the Company's consolidated financial statements and footnotes.  The Company recognizes revenue through three primary transactions types:  (i) the immediate recognition of revenue through the routine delivery of products to its customers, (ii) the rental of equipment to its customers through short-term operating leases, and (iii) the recognition of revenue utilizing the percentage of completion method for the delivery of complex products requiring long manufacturing times and substantial engineering resources.  The Company expects to adopt this standard induring the first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 and is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance on its financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued guidance surrounding credit losses for financial instruments that replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in generally accepted accounting principles.  The new impairment model requires immediate recognition of estimated credit losses expected to occur for most financial assets and certain other financial instruments.  For available-for-sale debt securities with unrealized losses, credit losses will be recognized as allowances rather than reductions in the amortized cost of the securities.  The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods within those fiscal years.  Early adoption for a fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2018 is inpermitted.  Entities will apply the early stagesstandard’s provisions as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first effective reporting period.  The Company will adopt this standard during the first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 and is currently evaluating the standard, including the methodimpact of adoption to determine the impactthis new guidance on its consolidated financial statements. Further disclosures around policy changes or quantitative effects will be made as

2.   Revenue Recognition

On October 1, 2018, the Company moves closeradopted ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. This new standard applies to contracts for the sale of products and services, and does not apply to contracts for the rental or lease of products.  The Company adopted the new standard using the modified retrospective method applied to those contracts that were not completed as of September 30, 2018.  Results for reporting periods beginning October 1, 2018 are presented under the new standard and prior period amounts were not restated.

Under the new standard, the Company recognizes revenue when performance of contractual obligations are satisfied, generally when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to its customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.  

The Company primarily derives product revenue from the sale of its manufactured products.  Revenue from these product sales, including the sale of used rental equipment, is recognized when obligations under the terms of a contract are satisfied, control is transferred and collectability of the sales price is probable.  The Company assesses collectability during the contract assessment phase. In situations where collectability of the sales price is not probable, the Company recognizes revenue when it determines that collectability is probable or non-refundable cash is received from its customers.  Transfer of control generally occurs with shipment or delivery, depending on the terms of the underlying contract.  The Company’s products are generally sold without any customer acceptance provisions, and the Company’s standard terms of sale do not allow customers to return products for credit.  

Revenue from engineering services is recognized as services are rendered over the duration of a project, or as billed on a per hour basis.  Field service revenue is recognized when services are rendered and is generally priced on a per day rate.

The Company also generates revenue from short-term rentals under operating leases of its manufactured products.  Rental revenue is recognized as earned over the rental period if collectability of the rent is reasonably assured.  Rentals of the Company’s equipment generally range from daily rentals to minimum rental periods of up to six months or longer.  The Company has determined that ASC 606 does not apply to rental contracts, which are within the scope of ASC Topic 842, Leases.  


The cumulative effect of the changes made to the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of October 1, 2018 resulting from the adoption of this standard.the new standard was not material and did not impact beginning retained earnings.  The impact on the timing of sales and services for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 resulting from the application of the new standard was not material.  

As permissible under the new standard, sales taxes and transaction-based taxes are excluded from revenue.  The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less.  Additionally, the Company expenses costs incurred to obtain contracts when incurred because the amortization period would have been one year or less.  These costs are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses.

2.   Short-term InvestmentsAt March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, the Company had no deferred contract liabilities or deferred contract costs.   During the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recognized no revenue or cost of revenue from deferred contract liabilities or deferred contract costs.  During the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recognized revenue of $0.1 million from deferred contract liabilities and cost of revenue of $8,000 from deferred contract costs.  

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, the Company partially financed a $12.5 million product sale by entering into a $10.0 million promissory note with the customer.  The note is for a three-year term with monthly principal and interest payments of $0.3 million.  Due to the financial condition of the customer, the Company has concerns over the probable collectability of the promissory note.  As a result the Company has not recognized any revenue or cost of revenue on the product sale. The Company has received payments from the customer totaling $3.0 million as of March 31, 2020 related to the product sale, which is reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as non-current deferred revenue. Management does not intend to recognize revenue and cost of revenue from the sale until it becomes probable that the customer will satisfy its financial obligation to the Company.         

For each of the Company’s operating segments, the following table presents revenue only from the sale of products and the performance of services under contracts with customers (in thousands).  Therefore, the table excludes all revenue earned from rental contracts.

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2017 (in thousands)

 

 

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Unrealized Gains

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

Estimated Fair

Value

 

Short-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds

 

$

21,739

 

 

$

 

 

$

(67

)

 

$

21,672

 

Government bonds

 

 

10,452

 

 

 

 

 

 

(39

)

 

 

10,413

 

Total

 

$

32,191

 

 

$

 

 

$

(106

)

 

$

32,085

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Oil and Gas Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traditional exploration product revenue

 

$

1,257

 

 

$

3,261

 

 

$

3,587

 

 

$

5,987

 

Wireless exploration product revenue

 

 

479

 

 

 

310

 

 

 

883

 

 

 

454

 

Reservoir product revenue

 

 

337

 

 

 

994

 

 

 

517

 

 

 

1,882

 

Total revenue

 

 

2,073

 

 

 

4,565

 

 

 

4,987

 

 

 

8,323

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjacent Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial product revenue

 

 

4,186

 

 

 

4,120

 

 

 

7,782

 

 

 

7,682

 

Imaging product revenue

 

 

2,886

 

 

 

3,114

 

 

 

5,362

 

 

 

6,165

 

Total revenue

 

 

7,072

 

 

 

7,234

 

 

 

13,144

 

 

 

13,847

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emerging Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

372

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

469

 

 

 

134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

9,517

 

 

$

11,845

 

 

$

18,600

 

 

$

22,304

 

See Note 14 for more information on the Company’s operating segments.

For each of the geographic areas where the Company operates, the following table presents revenue (in thousands) from the sale of products and services under contracts with customers.  The table excludes all revenue earned from rental contracts:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Asia

 

$

830

 

 

$

1,510

 

 

$

1,275

 

 

$

3,068

 

Canada

 

 

794

 

 

 

342

 

 

 

1,267

 

 

 

630

 

Europe

 

 

1,259

 

 

 

1,170

 

 

 

2,672

 

 

 

2,085

 

United States

 

 

6,184

 

 

 

8,265

 

 

 

12,781

 

 

 

14,875

 

Other

 

 

450

 

 

 

558

 

 

 

605

 

 

 

1,646

 

Total

 

$

9,517

 

 

$

11,845

 

 

$

18,600

 

 

$

22,304

 

 


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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

 

As of September 30, 2017 (in thousands)

 

 

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Unrealized Gains

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

Estimated Fair

Value

 

Short-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds

 

$

22,829

 

 

$

 

 

$

(31

)

 

$

22,798

 

Government bonds

 

 

13,363

 

 

 

 

 

 

(24

)

 

 

13,339

 

Total

 

$

36,192

 

 

$

 

 

$

(55

)

 

$

36,137

 

  The Company’s short-term investments have contractual maturities ranging from January 2018Revenue is attributable to January 2020.

countries based on the ultimate destination of the product sold, if known.  If the ultimate destination is not known, revenue is attributable to countries based on the geographic location of the initial shipment.

3.   Derivative Financial Instruments

At DecemberMarch 31, 20172020 and September 30, 2017,2019, the Company’s Canadian subsidiary had CAN$32.7CAD $7.5 million and CAD$26.1CAD $9.3 million, respectively, of Canadian dollar denominated intercompany accounts payable owed to one of the Company’s U.SU.S. subsidiaries.  In order to mitigate its exposure to movements in foreign currency rates between the U.S. dollar and Canadian dollar, the Company routinely enters into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge a portion of its exposure to changes in the value of the Canadian dollar.  On December 29, 2017,At March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, the Company entered into a CAN$32.0had short-term hedge contracts of CAD $4.0 million 90-day hedge contract effective January 2, 2018and CAD $7.0 million, respectively, with a United States bank to reduce the impact on cash flows from movements in the Canadian dollar/U.S. dollar currency exchange rate, but the contract has not been designated as a hedge for accounting purposes.     

The Company’sfollowing table summarizes the gross fair value of all derivative instruments, had no fair valuewhich are not designated as of December 31, 2017hedging instruments and September 30, 2017.        their location in the consolidated balance sheets (in thousands).

Derivative Instrument

 

Location

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

 

Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

 

$

22

 

 

$

4

 

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s realized gains (losses) on derivative instruments included in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20172020 and 20162019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Derivative Instrument

 

Location

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

Location

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

 

Other Income (Expense)

 

$

158

 

 

$

72

 

 

Other Income (Expense)

 

$

363

 

 

$

217

 

 

$

265

 

 

$

639

 

 

Amounts in the above table include realized and unrealized derivative gains and losses.

4.   Fair Value of Financial Instruments

At December 31, 2017, theThe Company’s financial instruments generally included cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, derivative instruments,a foreign currency forward contract, trade, accountsnotes and financing lease receivables and accounts payable.  Due to the short-term maturities of cash and cash equivalents, trade and other receivables and accounts payable, the carrying amounts approximate fair value on the respective balance sheet dates.  The valuation technique used to measure the fair value of the contingent consideration was derived from models utilizing market observable inputs.  

The Company measures its short-term investments and derivative instrumentsderivatives at fair value on a recurring basis.

The following tables present the fair value measurement of the Company’s short-term investments, contingent consideration and derivative instruments was determined using the following inputsforeign currency forward contracts by valuation hierarchy and input (in thousands):

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets for

Identical Assets

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant

Other

Observable

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Unobservable

(Level 3)

 

 

Totals

 

Short-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds

 

$

23,711

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

23,711

 

Government bonds

 

 

12,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,750

 

Total

 

$

36,461

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

36,461

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets for

Identical Assets

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant

Other

Observable

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Unobservable

(Level 3)

 

 

Totals

 

Contingent Consideration

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(10,912

)

 

$

(10,912

)

Foreign Currency Forward Contract

 

 

 

 

 

(22

)

 

 

 

 

 

(22

)

Total

 

$

 

 

$

(22

)

 

$

(10,912

)

 

$

(10,934

)

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets for

Identical Assets

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant

Other

Observable

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Unobservable

(Level 3)

 

 

Totals

 

Contingent Consideration

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(9,940

)

 

$

(9,940

)

Foreign Currency Forward Contract

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

 

$

(4

)

Total

 

$

 

 

$

(4

)

 

$

(9,940

)

 

$

(9,944

)

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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIESAssets and liabilities measured on a nonrecurring basis

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)The measurements utilized to determine the implied fair value of the Company’s long-lived assets and contingent consideration as of March 31, 2020 represented significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

The following table summarizes changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments for the six months ended March 31, 2020:

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2017

 

 

 

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets for

Identical Assets

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant

Other

Observable

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Unobservable

(Level 3)

 

 

Totals

 

Short-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds

 

$

22,798

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

22,798

 

Government bonds

 

 

13,339

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

13,339

 

Total

 

$

36,137

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

36,137

 

Balance at October 1, 2019

$

9,940

 

Fair value adjustments

 

972

 

Balance at March 31, 2020

$

10,912

 

Adjustments to the fair value of the contingent consideration are based on Monte Carlo simulations utilizing inputs which include market comparable information and management assessments regarding potential future scenarios.  The Company believes its estimates and assumptions are reasonable, however, there is significant judgement involved.

 

5.   Trade Accounts Receivable and Financing Receivables

Trade accounts receivable, net are reflected in the following table (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

$

8,265

 

 

$

10,830

 

 

$

25,669

 

 

$

25,144

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

(1,254

)

 

 

(1,395

)

 

 

(8,904

)

 

 

(951

)

 

$

7,011

 

 

$

9,435

 

Total

 

$

16,765

 

 

$

24,193

 

 

The allowance for doubtful accounts represents the Company’s best estimate of probable credit losses.  The Company determines the allowance based upon historical experience and a current review of its accounts receivable balances.  Accounts receivable balances are charged off against the allowance whenever it is probable that the receivable balance will not be recoverable.

The following table summarizes changes in the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts for the six months ended March 31, 2020:

Balance at October 1, 2019

$

951

 

Bad debt expense, net of recoveries

 

8,151

 

Deductions

 

(198

)

Balance at March 31, 2020

$

8,904

 

Trade accounts receivable at March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 includes $8.0 million and $8.5 million, respectively, due from an international seismic marine customer that, as of March 31, 2020, rented a significant amount of marine nodal equipment from the Company.  The Company has experienced cash collection difficulties with this customer throughout fiscal year 2019 and through the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 due to the customer’s inability to generate sufficient cash flows to pay its obligations in a timely manner.  As a result of the customer’s failure to adhere to an agreed-upon payment plan, in late November 2019, the Company ceased recognizing revenue from this customer and expects to continue to do so until the customer demonstrates its ability to routinely service its debts owed to the Company in the ordinary course of business.  At March 31, 2020, the total debt contractually owed by the customer to the Company is $14.0 million; however, the customer’s trade accounts receivable balance of $8.0 million on the Company’s balance sheet at March 31, 2020 excludes $6.0 million of unrecognized rental revenue and late payment penalties invoiced by the Company during the six months ended March 31, 2020.  Prior to the customer missing the first scheduled payment in late November, the Company recognized $2.5 million of revenue from this customer in its first quarter ended December 31, 2019.  The Company has received cash payments in excess of $20 million from this customer beginning in fiscal year 2018.

The Company is currently evaluating an offer by the customer to exchange the customer’s debts owed to the Company for a financial instrument issued by the customer and secured by certain of its assets.  The final terms and conditions of the debt instrument, the exchange and other matters have not yet been determined, and the Company has no obligation to enter into such an exchange.  The current negotiations may not lead to a definitive agreement being entered into, the fair market value of the debt instrument may not equal or exceed the balance of accounts receivable owed by the customer, or the customer may not meet the debt instrument’s payment obligations. 


The Company has significant concerns about the customer’s ability to ultimately settle the debts owed to the Company because of (i) its distressed financial condition, (ii) the customer’s inability to generate sufficient cash flows to fund its past operations, (iii) the customer’s continued failure since November 2019 to make payments in accordance with its promises, (iv) the belief that the distressed state of the oil and gas exploration industry caused by the recent oversupply of crude oil on the world market will further compound the difficulties facing the customer and (v) the failure by the customer to present a plausible plan to overcome the difficulties it currently faces.  In this regard, the Company recorded a bad debt expense of $8.0 million in its second quarter ended March 31, 2020 to reduce the carrying value of the receivable owed by the customer to zero.  Notwithstanding the bad debt reverse provided for on the receivable, the Company intends to vigorously pursue the collection of all amounts owed by the customer by all means available.

Financing receivables are reflected in the following table (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

Promissory notes

 

$

7,062

 

 

$

4,306

 

 

$

432

 

 

$

780

 

Sales-type lease

 

 

7,807

 

 

 

8,581

 

 

 

1,272

 

 

 

2,692

 

Total financing receivables

 

 

14,869

 

 

 

12,887

 

 

 

1,704

 

 

 

3,472

 

Unearned income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Promissory notes

 

 

(95

)

 

 

(90

)

Sales-type lease

 

 

(444

)

 

 

(527

)

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(55

)

Total unearned income

 

 

(539

)

 

 

(617

)

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(55

)

Total financing receivables, net of unearned income

 

 

14,330

 

 

 

12,270

 

 

 

1,686

 

 

 

3,417

 

Allowance for doubtful promissory notes

 

 

(1,505

)

 

 

(1,020

)

Less current portion

 

 

(5,793

)

 

 

(3,055

)

 

 

(1,639

)

 

 

(3,233

)

Non-current financing receivables

 

$

7,032

 

 

$

8,195

 

 

$

47

 

 

$

184

 

   

Promissory notes receivable are generally collateralized by the products sold, and bear interest at rates ranging up to 7% per year.  The promissory notes receivable mature at various times through January 2023.  The Company has, on occasion, extended or renewed notes receivable as they mature, but there is no obligation to do so.

During the three months ended December 31, 2017,second quarter of fiscal year, 2020, the Company issuedpartially financed a $2.8$12.5 million product sale by entering into a $10.0 million secured promissory note with a customer.  The note is for a three-year term and bears interest at 7% per year.   Principal and interest payments of $0.3 million are due monthly until maturity.  Due to the financial condition of the customer, the note receivable is not reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet due to collectability concerns.  See Note 2 for more information on this sale.  

The Company entered into a customersales-type lease in connection withSeptember 2017 resulting from the sale of rental equipment.  Cash flows from financing receivables related toThe sales-type lease has a term of three years.  Future minimum lease payments required under the salelease at March 31, 2020 were $1.4 million, including $18,000 of rental equipmentunearned income.  The future minimum lease payments are due in fiscal year 2020.  Interest income earned on the lease for the three months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20172020 and 2019 was $ 23,000 and $0.1 million, respectively.  Interest income earned on the lease for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively.  The ownership of $0.9 million are presented in proceeds from the saleequipment will transfer to the lessee at the end of used rental equipment in the consolidated statements of cash flows.lease term.

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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

6.   Inventories

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

Finished goods

 

$

32,768

 

 

$

33,690

 

 

$

16,940

 

 

$

17,967

 

Work in process

 

 

5,837

 

 

 

2,512

 

 

 

4,733

 

 

 

3,681

 

Raw material

 

 

68,078

 

 

 

70,099

 

Raw materials

 

 

47,809

 

 

 

55,781

 

Obsolescence reserve

 

 

(30,505

)

 

 

(29,614

)

 

 

(34,144

)

 

 

(32,050

)

 

 

76,178

 

 

 

76,687

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,338

 

 

 

45,379

 

Less current portion

 

 

(19,994

)

 

 

(20,752

)

 

 

(18,488

)

 

 

(23,855

)

Non-current portion

 

$

56,184

 

 

$

55,935

 

 

$

16,850

 

 

$

21,524

 

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company made non-cash inventory transfers of $2.0 million and $0.3 million, respectively, to rental equipment.  Raw materials includeincluded semi-finished goods and component parts whichthat totaled approximately $44.1$21.9 million and $43.2$25.2 million at DecemberMarch 31, 20172020 and September 30, 2017,2019, respectively.


7.  Leases

7.   Long-Term DebtAs Lessee

The Company has elected not to record operating right-of-use assets or operating lease liabilities with a term of 12 months or less on its consolidated balance sheet.  Such leases are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term.  The Company has one operating right-of use asset related to a leased facility in Austin, Texas.  The lease commenced in May 2019 and is for a two-year term. The operating right-of-use asset had no long-term debt outstanding at Decembera balance of $0.1 million as of March 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017.

On March 2, 2011, the Company entered into a credit agreement with Frost Bank with borrowing availability of $50.0 million (the “Credit Agreement”).  On May 4, 2015, the Company amended the Credit Agreement which reduced its borrowing availability to $30.0 million with amounts available for borrowing determined by a borrowing base.  On October 25, 2017, the Company entered into another amendment2020.  Future minimum lease payments related to the Credit Agreementoperating lease as of March 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):  

For fiscal year ending September 30,

 

 

 

 

2020 (remainder)

 

$

83

 

2021

 

 

84

 

Future minimum lease payments

 

 

167

 

Less interest

 

 

(4

)

Present value of future minimum lease payments

 

 

163

 

Less current portion

 

 

(149

)

Non-current portion

 

$

14

 

The discount rate used on the lease was 5%, which extended its maturityrepresented the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at the lease’s inception.

Operating lease costs are recorded in a single expense in the consolidated statements of operations and allocated to April 30, 2019.  the right-of-use asset and the related lease liability as amortization expense and interest expense, respectively.  Right-of-use asset operating lease costs of $38,000 and $0.1 million, and short-term lease costs of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, both included as a component of total operating expenses, were recognized for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively.

Supplemental cash flow information related to the operating lease is a follows (in thousands):

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liability

 

$

82

 

Operating lease asset obtained in exchange for new lease liability

 

 

219

 

As Lessor

The 2017 amendment also modified the borrowing baseCompany leases equipment to be determined based upon certaincustomers primarily for terms of six months or less.  The majority of the Company’s assets which include (i) 80% of certain accounts receivable plus (ii) 50% of certain notes receivable (such result not to exceed $10 million) plus (iii) 25% of certain inventories (such result not to exceed $20 million) and requires the Company to maintain unencumbered liquid assets of $10 million.  The 2017 amendment also removed a requirement that the Company maintain a financial ratio that compares certainrental revenue is generated from its marine-based wireless seismic data acquisition system.        

All of the Company’s assets to certain of its liabilitiesleasing arrangements as lessor are classified as operating leases except for one sales-type lease.  See Note 5 for more information on this lease.

Rental revenue for the three and imposed a new financial covenant thatsix months ended March 31, 2020 was $16.4 million and $33.0 million, respectively.  Rental revenue for the Company maintain athree and six months ended March 31, 2019 was and $14.3 million and $21.7 million, respectively.

At March 31, 2020, future minimum amount of certain liquid assets.  As of December 31, 2017,lease payments due from the Company’s borrowing baseleasing customers (all in fiscal year 2020) were $16.4 million (not inclusive of lease deposits of $0.4 million).  

Rental equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

Rental equipment, primarily wireless recording equipment

 

$

114,990

 

 

$

107,645

 

Accumulated depreciation and impairment

 

 

(52,301

)

 

 

(45,583

)

 

 

$

62,689

 

 

$

62,062

 

8.   Property Held for Sale

The Company owns a property located in Bogotá, Colombia that it is marketing for sale.  The property was $26.6 million.  Asused for product sales and service support to its customers in South America as well as warehousing for its rental equipment operations.  The property’s carrying value at March 31, 2020 was $0.6 million and has been reclassified from property, plant and equipment to property held for sale in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020.  The Company believes the amount available for borrowing was $26.3 million after considerationfair market value of $0.3 million of outstanding letters of credit.the property exceeds its carrying value.  The Company believes the property will be sold within the next 12-months.  The Company


continues to operate on a reduced scale in Colombia.  The Company’s domestic subsidiaries have guaranteed the obligationsrental equipment in Colombia was either sold to customers or transferred back to its headquarters in Houston, Texas.  

9.   Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

    The Company’s consolidated goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the Company under the Credit Agreement and such subsidiaries have secured their obligations under such guarantees by the pledge of substantially all of the assets of such subsidiaries, except real property assets.  The Company is required to make monthly interest payments on borrowed funds.  The Credit Agreement limits the incurrence of additional indebtedness, restricts the Company and its subsidiaries’ ability to pay cash dividends and contains other covenants customary in agreements of this type.  The interest rate for borrowings under the Credit Agreement is based on the Wall Street Journal prime rate, which was 4.50% at December 31, 2017.  At December 31, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Agreement.following (in thousands):        

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remaining Useful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lives (in years)

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

Goodwill

 

 

$

5,008

 

 

$

5,008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Developed technology

16.4

 

 

5,919

 

 

 

5,918

 

Customer relationships

2.4

 

 

3,900

 

 

 

3,900

 

Trade names

3.4

 

 

1,930

 

 

 

1,930

 

Non-compete agreements

2.5

 

 

170

 

 

 

170

 

Total other intangible assets

9.5

 

 

11,919

 

 

 

11,918

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

 

(2,722

)

 

 

(1,855

)

 

 

 

$

9,197

 

 

$

10,063

 

 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)At March 31, 2020, in light of the present COVID-19 pandemic and the significant decline in crude oil prices, the Company assessed its goodwill and other intangible assets for impairment. As a result of the assessment, the Company determined there was no impairment.  

 

Other intangible assets amortization expense for each of the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 was $0.4 million and $0.9 million, respectively.  Other intangible assets amortization expense for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019 was $0.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively.

As of March 31, 2020, future estimated amortization expense of other intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,

 

 

 

2020 (remainder)

$

866

 

2021

 

1,732

 

2022

 

1,624

 

2023

 

714

 

2024

 

342

 

Thereafter

 

3,919

 

 

$

9,197

 


8.10.   Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Accumulated other comprehensive loss consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

Unrealized Losses on

Available-for-Sale

Securities

 

 

Foreign Currency

Translation

Adjustments

 

 

Totals

 

Balance at October 1, 2017

 

$

(58

)

 

$

(14,172

)

 

$

(14,230

)

Changes in unrealized losses on available-for-sale

   securities

 

 

(51

)

 

 

 

 

 

(51

)

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

(205

)

 

 

(205

)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

(109

)

 

$

(14,377

)

 

$

(14,486

)

 

 

Six Month Ended March 31, 2020

 

Balance at October 1, 2019

 

$

(15,757

)

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

(451

)

Balance at March 31, 2020

 

$

(16,208

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Month Ended March 31, 2019

 

Balance at October 1, 2018

 

$

(15,619

)

Changes in unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

 

 

83

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

20

 

Balance at March 31, 2019

 

$

(15,516

)

 

9.11.   Stock-Based Compensation

During the threesix months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, the Company issued 138,650 shares of166,250 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under its 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended.amended (the “Plan”).  The RSUs issued include both time-based and performance-based vesting provisions.  The weighted average grant date fair value of the restricted stockeach RSU was $15.54$14.58 per share.unit.  The grant date fair value of these awardsthe RSUs was $2.2$2.4 million, which will be charged to expense over the next four years as the restrictions lapse.  Compensation expense for restricted stock awardsRSUs was determined based on the closing market price of the Company’s stock on the date of grant applied to the total number of sharesunits that are anticipated to fully vest. RecipientsEach RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of restrictedthe Company’s common stock awards are entitled to vote such shares and are entitled to dividends, if paid.    

upon vesting.  As of DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, the Company had unrecognized compensation expense of $4.8$2.5 million relating to restricted stock awards.  This unrecognized compensation expenseRSUs that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.1 years.  In addition,

As of March 31, 2020, the Company had $0.3$1.5 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to nonqualifiedrestricted stock option awards which(“RSAs”) that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.21.6 years.

As of DecemberMarch 31, 2017, a total of 300,675 shares of restricted stock2020, there were 265,220 RSUs, 125,849 RSAs and 201,800103,100 nonqualified stock options shares were outstanding.

10.12.   Loss Per Common Share

The Company applies the two -class method in calculating per share data.           The following table summarizes the calculation of net loss and weighted average common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding for purposes of the computation of loss per share (in thousands, except share and per share data):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

Net loss

 

$

(9,480

)

 

$

(11,705

)

Less: Income allocable to unvested restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss available to common shareholders

 

 

(9,480

)

 

 

(11,705

)

Reallocation of participating earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss attributable to common shareholders for diluted

   earnings per share

 

$

(9,480

)

 

$

(11,705

)

Weighted average number of common share equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common shares used in basic loss per share

 

 

13,202,384

 

 

 

13,094,809

 

Common share equivalents outstanding related to

   stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total weighted average common shares and common

   share equivalents used in diluted loss per share

 

 

13,202,384

 

 

 

13,094,809

 

Loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.72

)

 

$

(0.89

)

Diluted

 

$

(0.72

)

 

$

(0.89

)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(11,804

)

 

$

707

 

 

$

(13,093

)

 

$

(5,146

)

Less: Income (loss) allocable to unvested restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

(12

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) attributable to common shareholders for

   diluted earnings per share

 

$

(11,804

)

 

$

695

 

 

$

(13,093

)

 

$

(5,146

)

Weighted average number of common share equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common shares used in basic income (loss) per share

 

 

13,541,404

 

 

 

13,401,135

 

 

 

13,503,486

 

 

 

13,369,932

 

Common share equivalents outstanding related to

   stock options and RSUs

 

 

 

 

 

156,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total weighted average common shares and common

   share equivalents used in diluted income (loss) per share

 

 

13,541,404

 

 

 

13,557,185

 

 

 

13,503,486

 

 

 

13,369,932

 

Income (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.87

)

 

$

0.05

 

 

$

(0.97

)

 

$

(0.38

)

Diluted

 

$

(0.87

)

 

$

0.05

 

 

$

(0.97

)

 

$

(0.38

)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

For the calculation of diluted loss per share for the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20172020, 103,100 stock options and 2016, 201,800265,220 non-vested RSUs were excluded in the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding since their impact on diluted loss per share was antidilutive.  For the calculation of diluted loss per share for the six months ended March 31, 2019, 165,600 stock


options and 206,300 stock options,161,300 non-vested RSUs, respectively, were excluded in the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding as a result ofsince their impact beingon diluted loss per share was antidilutive.

11.13.   Commitments and Contingencies

Contingent Consideration

In connection with its acquisitions of Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc. (“Quantum”) and the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology business, the Company recorded contingent purchase price payments, or contingent consideration, that may be owed in the future.  For both acquisitions, the contingent payments are based on future receipt of contracts awards and the resulting revenue derived from such contracts.  The Company utilizes the services of independent valuation consultants to assist it with the estimation of the fair value of this contingent consideration.  The determination of fair value is inherently unpredictable since it requires estimates and projections of future revenue, including the size, length, timing and, in the case of Quantum, the extent of gross profits earned under its future contracts.  As a result, the Company anticipates fair value adjustments to these liabilities over the respective earn-out periods, and these adjustments will result in either charges or credits to the Company’s operating expenses when the fair value of the contingent consideration increases or decreases, respectively.  

The Company recorded an initial contingent earn-out liability of $7.7 million in connection with its July 2018 acquisition of Quantum.   Contingent payments, if any, may be paid in the form of cash or Company stock and will be derived from eligible revenue generated during a four-year earn-out period ending July 2022.  The maximum amount of contingent payments is $23.5 million over the four-year earn-out period.  At September 30, 2019, the Company recorded a $2.9 million adjustment to decrease the initial earn-out liability to an estimated fair value of $4.8 million.  At March 31, 2020, the Company recorded a $1.5 million adjustment to increase the earn-out liability to an estimated fair value of $6.3 million.  The increase in the earn-out liability was due to an increase in projected eligible revenue.  In April 2020, Quantum was awarded a $10 million contract with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Border Patrol to provide a technology solution to the Department of Homeland Security.  The Company does not expect any significant revenue from this contract to be recognized until the first quarter of fiscal year 2021.

The Company recorded an initial contingent earn-out liability of $4.3 million in connection with its November 2018 acquisition of all the intellectual property and related assets of the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology.  Contingent cash payments, if any, will be derived from eligible revenue generated during a five-and-a-half year earn-out period ending in May 2024.  The maximum amount of contingent payments is $23.2 million over the five-and-a-half year earn-out period.  At September 30, 2019, the Company recorded a $0.8 million adjustment to increase the initial earn-out liability to an estimated value of $5.1 million.   At March 31, 2020, the Company recorded a $0.5 million adjustment to decrease the initial earn-out liability to an estimated value of $4.6 million.  The decrease in the earn-out liability was due to a decrease in projected eligible revenue attributable to the current economic environment.  

 The Company reviews and assesses the fair value of its contingent earn-out liabilities on a quarterly basis.  

Operating Leases

The Company leases office space and certain equipment for terms of two years or less. For the remaining six months of fiscal year 2020 and for fiscal year 2021, future minimum lease obligations for the Company’s operating right-of-use asset and the Company’s other short-term leases $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

Legal Proceedings

The Company is involved in various pending or potential legal actions in the ordinary course of its business.  Management is unable to predict the ultimate outcome of these actions, because of the inherent uncertainty such actions.  However, management believes that the most probable, ultimate resolution of litigation.  Management isthese pending matters will not awarehave a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of any material pendingoperations or known to be contemplated legal or government proceedings against the Company.cash flows.

12.14.   Segment Information

The Company reports and evaluates financial information for twothree operating segments:  SeismicOil and Non-Seismic. Seismic product lines include: landGas Markets, Adjacent Markets and marineEmerging Markets.  The Oil and Gas Markets segment products include wireless seismic data acquisition systems, permanent land and seabed reservoir monitoringcharacterization products and services, geophones and geophone strings,traditional seismic exploration products such as geophones, hydrophones, leader wire, connectors, telemetry cables, marine streamer retrieval and steering devices and various other seismic products.  The Non-Seismic product linesAdjacent Markets segment products include imaging equipment, water meter products, offshore cables, and industrial products.seismic sensors used for vibration


monitoring and geotechnical applications such as mine safety applications and earthquake detection.  The Emerging Markets segment was added in conjunction with the Company’s acquisition of Quantum, which designs and markets seismic products targeted at the border and perimeter security markets.

The following table summarizes the Company’s segment information (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seismic

 

$

8,039

 

 

$

9,406

 

Non-Seismic

 

 

6,454

 

 

 

5,736

 

Oil and Gas Markets

 

$

18,434

 

 

$

18,669

 

 

$

37,936

 

 

$

29,673

 

Adjacent Markets

 

 

7,101

 

 

 

7,259

 

 

 

13,200

 

 

 

13,894

 

Emerging Markets

 

 

372

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

469

 

 

 

134

 

Corporate

 

 

151

 

 

 

143

 

 

 

 

 

 

149

 

 

 

 

 

 

297

 

Total

 

$

14,644

 

 

$

15,285

 

 

$

25,907

 

 

$

26,123

 

 

$

51,605

 

 

$

43,998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seismic

 

$

(7,673

)

 

$

(9,453

)

Non-Seismic

 

 

1,029

 

 

 

1,052

 

Oil and Gas Markets

 

$

(6,683

)

 

$

3,332

 

 

$

(2,584

)

 

$

731

 

Adjacent Markets

 

 

1,214

 

 

 

1,651

 

 

 

2,065

 

 

 

2,633

 

Emerging Markets

 

 

(2,500

)

 

 

(1,180

)

 

 

(3,865

)

 

 

(2,372

)

Corporate

 

 

(2,961

)

 

 

(2,910

)

 

 

(3,513

)

 

 

(2,781

)

 

 

(6,928

)

 

 

(6,033

)

Total

 

$

(9,605

)

 

$

(11,311

)

 

$

(11,482

)

 

$

1,022

 

 

$

(11,312

)

 

$

(5,041

)

 

13.15.   Income Taxes

The Company’s effectiveConsolidated income tax rateexpense for the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20172020 was impacted by the Tax Cuts$0.6 million and Jobs Act (“the Act”), which was enacted into law on December 22, 2017.  Income tax effects resulting from changes in tax laws are accounted for by the Company in accordance with the authoritative guidance, which requires that these tax effects be recognized in the period in which the law is enacted and the effects are recorded as a component of provision for income taxes from continuing operations. As a result, the Company made changes to its provision for$2.0 million, respectively.  Consolidated income tax resulting from the enactmentexpense for each of the Actthree and six months ended March 31, 2019 was $0.6 million.  The income tax expense for the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017.

The Act includes significant changes to the U.S. corporate income tax system which reduces the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0% as of January 1, 2018; shifts to a modified territorial tax regime which requires companies to pay a one-time transition2020 and 2019 primarily reflects foreign withholding tax on earningsrental income earned in Nigeria and Brunei.  During the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, a substantial portion of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred; and creates new taxes on certain foreign-sourced earnings.  The decrease in the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0% results in a blended statutory tax rate of 24.5% for the Company’s fiscal year ending September 30, 2018. The new taxes for certain foreign-sourced earnings under the Act are effective for the Company after the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.

rental activities were in international locations.  The Company is currently unable to record any tax benefits for its tax losses in the early stages of evaluating the impact of the Act on its consolidated financial statements.  Based on the Company’s initial assessments to date, it expects the one-time transition tax on certain foreign earnings and profits to have a minimal cash impact since it anticipates that it will be able to utilize existing net operating loss carryforwards to substantially offset any taxes payable on foreign earnings and profits.  Additionally, the Company has adjusted its U.S. gross deferred tax assets and

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

liabilities to the new 21% statutory tax rate; however, it also recorded a corresponding adjustment to a valuation allowance which resulted in no net impact to deferred tax assets or provision for income taxes.  Except for the adjustments referred to above,  the Company has not recorded any income tax effects of the Act in its consolidated financial statements (including any provisional amounts) because it does not yet have the necessary information available, prepared or analyzed in reasonable detail to complete the applicable accounting.

The Company’s effective tax rates for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were (0.1)% and (9.6)% , respectively.  The United States statutory rate for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 was 24.5% (blended) and 35%, respectively.  Compared to the United States statutory rate, the lower effective tax rates resulted primarily from the provision of a valuation allowance against the Company’s U.S. and Canadian deferred tax assetsCanada due to the uncertainty surrounding the Company’sits ability to utilize such deferred tax assetslosses in the future to offset taxable income.

16.  Risks and Uncertainties   

 

14.   ExitCOVID-19 Pandemic

The present COVID-19 pandemic, has spread across the globe and Disposal Activities

In December 2017,is impacting worldwide economic activity, including the global demand for oil and natural gas.  COVID-19 poses the risk that the Company initiatedor its employees, contractors, suppliers and customers may be prevented from conducting business activities for an indefinite period of time, including due to spread of the disease within these groups or due to restrictions that may be requested or mandated by governmental authorities, including quarantines of certain geographic areas, restrictions on travel and other restrictions that prohibit employees from going to work, both around the world as well as in certain jurisdictions in the United States.  The continued spread of COVID–19 and the related mitigation measures may disrupt the Company’s supply chain, result in a programsignificant decrease in business from its customers and/or cause its customers to reduce operating costsbe unable to meet existing payment or other obligations to the Company.   If COVID–19 continues to spread or the response to contain COVID–19 pandemic is unsuccessful, the Company could experience a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

Decrease in Oil Commodity Price Levels

Demand for many of the Company’s products and the profitability of its operations depend primarily on the level of worldwide oil and gas exploration activity.  Prevailing oil and gas prices, with an emphasis on crude oil prices, and market expectations regarding potential changes in such prices significantly affect the level of worldwide oil and gas exploration activity.  During periods of improved energy commodity prices, the capital spending budgets of oil and natural gas operators tend to expand, which results in increased demand for our products.  Conversely, in periods when these energy commodity prices deteriorate, capital spending budgets of oil and natural gas operators tend to contract and the demand for our products generally weakens.  Historically, the markets for oil and gas have been volatile and are subject to wide fluctuations in response to changes in the supply of and demand for oil and gas, market uncertainty and a variety of additional factors that are beyond our control.  These factors include the level of consumer demand, regional and international economic conditions, weather conditions, domestic and foreign governmental regulations (including those related to climate change), price and availability of alternative fuels, political conditions, instability and


hostilities in the Middle East and other significant oil-producing regions, increases and decreases in the supply of oil and gas, the effect of worldwide energy conservation measures and the ability of OPEC to set and maintain production levels and prices of foreign imports.

Sustained low oil prices or the failure of oil prices to rise in the future and the resulting downturns or lack of growth in the energy industry and energy‑related business, could have a negative impact on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. In light of expectedthe recent sharp decline in oil prices, oil and continuing low levels of seismic product demand.  The program isgas exploration and production companies are expected to produce approximately $6 million of annualizedexperience a significant reduction in cash savings.  Theflows, which could result in reductions in their capital spending budgets for oil and gas exploration-focused activities, including seismic data acquisition activities.  Demand for the Company’s seismic products targeted at customers in our Oil and Gas Markets segment, which segment has historically accounted for the majority of the cost reductions were realized throughCompany’s revenue, could significantly diminish during fiscal year 2020 or beyond as a reductionresult of over 60 employees fromsignificant uncertainty in the outlook for oil and gas exploration.  Specifically, the Company expects these challenging industry conditions to result in decreased demand for its marine wireless nodal products and its land-based seismic products, as the demand for such products, has been, and will likely continue to be, vulnerable to downturns in the economy and the oil and gas industry in general.  In addition to the negative effects of slowdowns in the United States economy, slowing economic growth in growing economies like those in China and India could lead to a decline in demand for crude oil and natural gas.  Slowdowns in economic activity would likely reduce worldwide demand for energy and result in an extended period of lower crude oil and natural gas prices.  Any material changes in oil and gas prices or other market trends that adversely impact seismic exploration activity would likely affect the demand for the Company’s Houston area workforce.   In connection with the workforce reductions, the Company incurred $0.7 millionproducts and could materially and adversely affect its results of termination costs in its first quarter of fiscal year 2018.  The termination costs were recorded to both cost of revenueoperations and operating expensesliquidity.

Generally imbalances in the consolidated statement of operations.  No further termination costs are expectedsupply and there are no outstanding liabilities related to this program as of December 31, 2017.    

demand for oil and gas will affect oil and gas prices and, in such circumstances, demand for our oil and gas products may be adversely affected when world supplies exceed demand.

 


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

The following is management’s discussion and analysis of the major elements of our consolidated financial statements.  You should read this discussion and analysis together with our consolidated financial statements, including the accompanying notes, and other detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our annual reportAnnual
Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2017.2019.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents incorporated by reference herein if any, contain “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “intend”, “expect”, “plan”, “budget”, “forecast”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict”, “potential”, “continue”, “evaluating” or similar words.  Statements that contain these words should be read carefully because they discuss our future expectations, contain projections of our future results of operations or of our financial position or state other forward-looking information.  Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements that we make regarding our expected operating results, the results and success of our transactions with Quantum and the OptoSeis® technology, the adoption and sale of our products in various geographic regions, potential tenders for permanent reservoir monitoring systems, future demand for OBX systems, the completion of new orders for our channels of our GCL system, the fulfillment of customer payment obligations, the impact of the coronavirus (or COVID-19) pandemic, the Company’s ability to manage changes and the continued health or availability of management personnel, volatility and direction of oil prices, anticipated levels of capital expenditures and the sources of funding therefore,therefor, and our strategy for growth, product development, market position, financial results and the provision of accounting reserves.  These forward-looking statements reflect our best judgment about future events and trends based on the information currently available to us.  However, there will likely be events in the future that we are not able to predict or control.  The factors listed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017,2019 and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as other cautionary language in such Annual Report and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations we describe in our forward-looking statements.  Such examples include, but are not limited to, the failure of the Quantum or OptoSeis® technology transactions to yield positive operating results, decreases in commodity price levels, including risks related to the recent collapse in oil prices, which could reduce demand for our products, the failure of our products to achieve market acceptance despite(despite substantial investment by us,us) our sensitivity to short term backlog, delayed or cancelled customer orders, product obsolescence resulting from poor industry conditions or new technologies, bad debt write-offs associated with customer accounts, and any negative impact fromlack of further orders for our restatementOBX rental equipment, failure of our financial statements regarding current assets.Quantum products to be adopted by the border and security perimeter market and infringement or failure to protect intellectual property.  The occurrence of the events described in these risk factors and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial position, and actual events and results of operations may vary materially from our current expectations.  We assume no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that we may make from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Business Overview

Geospace Technologies Corporation reincorporated as a Texas corporation on April 16, 2015.  We originally incorporated as a Delaware corporation on September 27, 1994.  Unless otherwise specified, the discussion in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q refers to Geospace Technologies Corporation and its subsidiaries.  We principally design and manufacture seismic instruments and equipment used inequipment.  These seismic products are marketed to the oil and gas industry to acquire seismic data in orderand used to locate, characterize and monitor hydrocarbon producing reservoirs.  We also market our seismic products to other industries for vibration monitoring, border and perimeter security and various geotechnical applications.  We design and manufacture other products of a non-seismic nature, including water meter products, including industrial products,imaging equipment and offshore cables and imaging equipment.cables.  We report and categorize our customers and products into twothree different segments:  SeismicOil and Non-Seismic.Gas Markets, Adjacent Markets and Emerging Markets.

We have engaged in the seismic instrument and equipment business since 1980 and market our products primarily to the oil and gas industry.  Demand for our seismic products targeted at customers in our Oil and Gas Markets segment has been, and will likely continue to be, vulnerable to downturns in the economy and the oil and gas industry in general.  For more information, please refer to the risks discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017.2019 and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Products and Product Development

Seismic ProductsOil and Gas Markets

Our seismicOil and Gas Markets business segment has historically accounted for the majority of our revenue.  Geoscientists use seismic data primarily in connection with the exploration, development and production of oil and gas reserves to map potential and known hydrocarbon bearing formations and the geologic structures that surround them.  OurThis segment’s products include wireless seismic product lines currently consist of land and marine nodal data acquisition systems, permanent land and seabed reservoir monitoringcharacterization products and services, geophones and geophone strings,traditional seismic exploration products such as geophones, hydrophones, leader wire, connectors, telemetry cables, marine streamer retrieval and steering devices and various other products.  Our seismic products are compatible with most major competitive seismic data acquisition systems currently in use.products.  We believe that our seismicOil and Gas Markets products are among the most technologically advanced instruments and equipment available for seismic data acquisition.

Traditional Products

An energy source and a data recording system are combined to acquire seismic data.  We provide many of the components of seismic data recording systems, including geophones, hydrophones, multi-component sensors, leader wire, geophone strings, connectors, seismic telemetry cables and other seismic related products.  On land, our customers use geophones, leader wire, cables and connectors to receive and measure seismic reflections resulting from an energy source into data recording units, which store the seismic information for subsequent processing and analysis.  In the marine environment, large ocean-going vessels tow long seismic cables known as “streamers” containing hydrophones whichthat are used to detect pressure changes.  Hydrophones transmit electrical impulses back to the vessel’s data recording unit where the seismic data is stored for subsequent processing and analysis.  Our marine seismic products also help steer streamers while being towed and help recover streamers if they become disconnected from the vessel.

Our seismic sensor, cable and connector products are compatible with most major competitive seismic data acquisition systems currently in use.  Revenue from these products results primarily from seismic contractors purchasing our products as components of new seismic data acquisition systems or to repair and replace components of seismic data acquisition systems already in use.

Our products used in marine seismic data acquisition include our seismic streamer retrieval devices (“SRDs”).  Occasionally, streamer cables are severed and become disconnected from the vessel as a result of obstacles, inclement weather, vessel traffic or human error.  Our SRDs, which are attached to the streamer cables, contain air bags which are designed to inflate automatically at a given water depth, bringing the severed streamer cables to the surface.  These SRDs save the seismic contractors significant time and money compared to the alternative of losing the streamer cable.  We also produce seismic streamer steering devices, or “birds,” which are fin-like devices that attach to the streamer cable.  These birds help maintain the streamer cable at a certain desired depth as it is being towed through the water.

Wireless Products

We have developed multiple versions of a land-based wireless (or nodal) seismic data acquisition system called the GSX.system.  Rather than utilizing interconnecting cables as required by most traditional land data acquisition systems, each GSX station operatesof our wireless stations operate as an independent data collection system, allowing our GSX stations to be deployed infor virtually unlimited channel configurations.  As a result, our GSX system requireswireless systems require less maintenance, which we believe allows our customers to operate more effectively and efficiently because of its reduced environmental impact, lower weight and ease of operation.  Our GSX systemEach wireless station is designed into configurations ranging from one to four channels per station.available in a single-channel or three-channel configuration.  Since its introduction in 2008 and through DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, we have sold 417,000 GSX557,000 wireless channels and we currently have 64,000 GSX84,000 wireless channels in our rental fleet.  We expect to make additional investments in our GSX rental fleet in fiscal year 2018 to replenish a sale of used GSX rental equipment in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017.

We have also developed a marine-based wireless seismic data acquisition system called the OBX.  Similar to our GSX land-based wireless system,systems, the marine OBX system canmay be deployed in virtually unlimited channel configurations and does not require interconnecting cables between each station.  Our deep waterdeepwater versions of the OBX system can be deployed in depths of up to 3,450 meters.  Through DecemberAt March 31, 2017,2020, we have sold approximately 600 OBX stations and we have 6,700had 34,000 OBX stations in our rental fleet.  fleet and additional OBX stations under construction in order to meet expected rental demand.  Cash invested into our wireless product rental fleet was approximately $5 million for the six months ended March 31, 2020.  We do not expect cash investments into our wireless product rental fleet to be significant for the remainder of fiscal year 2020.

Reservoir Products

Seismic surveys repeated over selected time intervals show dynamic changes within thea producing oil and gas reservoir, and operators can be useduse these surveys to monitor the effects of oil and gas development and production.  In this regard, we have developed permanently installed high-definitionThis type of reservoir monitoring systems for land and ocean-bottom applications in producing oil and gas fields.  We also produce a retrievable version of our ocean-bottom system for use on fields where permanently installed systems are not appropriate or economical.  Utilizing these tools, producers can enhance the recovery of oil and gas deposits over the life of a reservoir.


Our high-definition reservoir monitoring products include the HDSeis™ product line and a suite of borehole and reservoir monitoring products and services.  Our HDSeis™ system is a high-definition seismic data acquisition system with flexible architecture that allows it to be configured as a borehole seismic system or as a subsurface system for both land and marine reservoir-monitoring projects.  The scalable architecture of the HDSeis™ system enables custom designed system configuration for applications ranging from low-channel engineering and environmental-scale surveys requiring a minimum number of recording channels to high-channel surveys required to efficiently conduct permanent reservoir monitoring (“PRM”).  Modular architecture allows virtually unlimited channel expansion.  In addition, multi-system synchronization features make the HDSeis™ system well suited for multi-well or multi-site acquisition, simultaneous surface and downhole acquisition and continuous reservoir monitoring projects.

Reservoir monitoring requires special purpose or custom designed systems in which portability becomes less critical and functional reliability assumes greater importance.  This reliability factor helps assure successful operations in inaccessible locations over a considerable period of time.  Additionally, reservoirs located in deep water or harsh environments require special instrumentation and new techniques to maximize recovery.  Reservoir monitoring also requires high-bandwidth, high-resolution seismic data for engineering project planning


and reservoir management.  We believe our HDSeis™ System and tools, designed for cost-effective deployment and lifetime performance, will make borehole and seabed seismic acquisition a cost-effective and reliable process for the challenges of reservoir monitoring.  Our multi-component seismic product developments include an omni-directional geophone for use inUtilizing these reservoir monitoring tools, producers can enhance the recovery of oil and gas deposits over the life of a compact marine three-component or four-component gimbaled sensor and special-purpose connectors, connector arrays and cases.reservoir.

We have not delivered nor diddeveloped permanently installed high-definition reservoir monitoring systems for land and ocean-bottom applications in producing oil and gas fields.  Our electrical reservoir monitoring systems are currently installed on numerous offshore reservoirs in the North Sea and elsewhere.  Through our recent acquisition of the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology, we receive ordersnow offer both electrical and fiber optic reservoir monitoring systems.  These high-definition seismic data acquisition systems have a flexible architecture allowing them to be configured as a subsurface system for anyboth land and marine reservoir-monitoring projects.  The scalable architecture of these systems enable custom designed configuration for applications ranging from low-channel engineering and environmental-scale surveys requiring a minimum number of recording channels to high-channel surveys required to efficiently conduct permanent reservoir monitoring systems during fiscal year 2017 or during the first three months(“PRM”).  The modular architecture of fiscal year 2018.these products allows virtually unlimited channel expansion for these systems.  

In addition, we produce seismic borehole acquisition systems whichthat employ a fiber optic augmented wireline capable of very high data transmission rates.  These systems are used for several reservoir monitoring applications, including an application pioneered by us allowing operators and service companies to monitor and measure the results of hydraulic fracturing operations.

Non-Seismic ProductsWe believe our reservoir characterization products make seismic acquisition a cost-effective and reliable process for reservoir monitoring.  Our multi-component seismic product developments also include an omni-directional geophone for use in reservoir monitoring, a compact marine three-component or four-component gimbaled sensor and special-purpose connectors, connector arrays and cases.

We have not received any orders for large-scale seabed PRM systems since November 2012.  There are currently no open tenders in the industry for a PRM system, although we believe a tender offering is likely to come out in fiscal year 2020.  

Adjacent Markets

Our non-seismicAdjacent Markets businesses leverage upon our existing manufacturing facilities and engineering capabilities.  We have found that manycapabilities utilized by our Oil and Gas Markets businesses.  Many of ourthe seismic products in our Oil and Gas Markets segment, with little or no modification, have direct application to industries beyond those involved in oilother industries.  

Industrial Products

Our industrial products include water meter products, contract manufacturing products, offshore cables, and gas explorationseismic sensors used for vibration monitoring and development.  For example, our customers utilize our borehole tools to monitor subsurface carbon dioxide injections and forgeotechnical applications such as mine safety applications.applications and earthquake detection.

Imaging Products

Our non-seismicimaging products include electronic pre-press products that employ direct thermal imaging and digital inkjet printing technologies targeted at the commercial graphics, industrial graphics, textile and flexographic printing industries.  

Emerging Markets

Our Emerging Markets business segment consists of our recent acquisition of Quantum.  Quantum’s product line includes a proprietary detection system called SADAR®, which detects, locates and tracks items of interest in real-time.  Using the SADAR technology, Quantum designs and sells products used for border and perimeter security surveillance, cross-border tunneling detection and other non-seismic products consisttargeted at movement monitoring, intrusion detection and situational awareness.  Quantum’s customers include various agencies of (i) sensorsthe U.S. government including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security and tools for vibration monitoring, mine safety application and earthquake detection, (ii) cables for power and communication for the offshore oil and gas and offshore construction industries, (iii) water meter cables and connectors, and (iv) other specialty industrial cable and connector products.agencies.

 


Consolidated Results of Operations

We report and evaluate financial information for twothree segments: SeismicOil and Non-Seismic.Gas Markets, Adjacent Markets and Emerging Markets.  Summary financial data by business segment follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Seismic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and Gas Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traditional exploration product revenue

 

$

3,790

 

 

$

2,570

 

 

$

2,030

 

 

$

3,969

 

 

$

4,384

 

 

$

6,754

 

Wireless exploration product revenue

 

 

3,631

 

 

 

6,323

 

 

 

16,067

 

 

 

13,644

 

 

 

32,997

 

 

 

20,926

 

Reservoir product revenue

 

 

618

 

 

 

513

 

 

 

337

 

 

 

1,056

 

 

 

555

 

 

 

1,993

 

Total revenue

 

 

8,039

 

 

 

9,406

 

 

 

18,434

 

 

 

18,669

 

 

 

37,936

 

 

 

29,673

 

Operating loss

 

 

(7,673

)

 

 

(9,453

)

Non-Seismic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

 

 

(6,683

)

 

 

3,332

 

 

 

(2,584

)

 

 

731

 

Adjacent Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial product revenue

 

 

3,676

 

 

 

3,079

 

 

 

4,186

 

 

 

4,122

 

 

 

7,782

 

 

 

7,683

 

Imaging product revenue

 

 

2,778

 

 

 

2,657

 

 

 

2,915

 

 

 

3,137

 

 

 

5,418

 

 

 

6,211

 

Total revenue

 

 

6,454

 

 

 

5,736

 

 

 

7,101

 

 

 

7,259

 

 

 

13,200

 

 

 

13,894

 

Operating income

 

 

1,029

 

 

 

1,052

 

 

 

1,214

 

 

 

1,651

 

 

 

2,065

 

 

 

2,633

 

Emerging Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

372

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

469

 

 

 

134

 

Operating loss

 

 

(2,500

)

 

 

(1,180

)

 

 

(3,865

)

 

 

(2,372

)

Corporate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

151

 

 

 

143

 

 

 

 

 

 

149

 

 

 

 

 

 

297

 

Operating loss

 

 

(2,961

)

 

 

(2,910

)

 

 

(3,513

)

 

 

(2,781

)

 

 

(6,928

)

 

 

(6,033

)

Consolidated Totals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

14,644

 

 

 

15,285

 

 

 

25,907

 

 

 

26,123

 

 

 

51,605

 

 

 

43,998

 

Operating loss

 

 

(9,605

)

 

 

(11,311

)

Operating income (loss)

 

 

(11,482

)

 

 

1,022

 

 

 

(11,312

)

 

 

(5,041

)

Overview

Early in calendar year 2014, we began to experienceour Oil and Gas Markets segment experienced a softening in the demand for our seismicits traditional exploration products, particularly in North America, as capital budgets for oil and gas producers were trending away from exploration-focused activities toward production and exploitation activities.  During this period oil production in North America’s unconventional shale reservoirs increased, as did oil production from other non-OPEC countries, resulting in an oversupply of crude oil in the world market.  Market prices forEarly in 2020, decreased demand caused by the oversupply of oil due to failed OPEC negotiations and concerns about the COVID–19 pandemic has led to a barrel ofdramatic drop in crude oil declined from over $100prices in July 2014 to approximately $27 in January 2016, and have recovered somewhat to approximately $64 today.March 2020.   With this sharp decline in oil and natural gas prices, oil and gas exploration and production companies experiencedare expected to experience a significant reduction in cash flows, which resultedwill likely result in sharp reductions in their capital spending budgets for oil and gas exploration-focused activities, including seismic data acquisition activities.  We expectOur Oil and Gas Markets segment has historically experienced strong demand for the rental of our marine wireless nodal products; however, this demand could significantly diminish during fiscal year 2020 or beyond as a result of significant uncertainty in the outlook for oil and gas exploration.   Demand for new land-based seismic equipment in recent fiscal years and fiscal year 2020 has remained restrained due to capital limitations affecting many of our customers, along with their excess levels of underutilized equipment.  As a result, revenue from the sale and rental of our seismic products, and in particular ourland-based traditional and wireless products has remained low due to remain low until crude oil prices stabilize at higher levels andreduced investment in exploration-focused industry conditions improve.seismic activities.  We expect these challenging industry conditions to continue to negatively impact the demand for our seismic products throughout fiscal year 2018.  

In September 2017, we were notified by a previous PRM system customer that it waswill result in the process of requesting quotes for two new PRM systems which must utilize fiber optic sensor technology.  Since our PRM designs utilize electrical sensor technology, we did not participate with a quotation for the design and manufacture of these PRM systems.  We believe that our PRM system designs, which utilize electrical sensor technology, provide the best long-term functionality and performance of any PRM system, and we continue to aggressively market our PRM systems to major oil and gas companies.  However, the occurrence of this notice, combined with the absence of any new PRM orders of any technology type since November 2012, have caused us to provide additional obsolescence reserves for a substantial portion of our PRM inventories, and we concluded a triggering event occurred and performed an impairment assessment on certain heavy equipment used for the manufacturing of PRM systems, which resulted in an impairment.  Specific to our PRM inventories and manufacturing equipment, we recorded obsolescence reserves of $5.1 million and impairment expense of $5.3 million, respectively, in the fourth quarter of our fiscal year ended September 30, 2017.  

In December 2017, we initiated a program to reduce operating costs in light of expected and continuing low levels of seismic product demand.  The program is expected to produce approximately $6 million of annualized cash savings.  The majority of the cost reductions were realized through a reduction of over 60 employeesrevenue from our Houston area workforce.  In connection with the workforce reductions, we incurred $0.7 million of termination costs in our first quarter of fiscal year 2018.  The termination costs were recorded to both cost of revenuetraditional and operating expenses in the consolidated statement of operations.  No further termination costs are expected and there are no outstanding liabilities related to this program as of December 31, 2017.      


Three months ended December 31, 2017 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2016

Consolidated revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2017, decreased $0.6 million, or 4.2%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The decrease in revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2017 was primarily due to a decrease inland-based wireless exploration rental revenue in our seismic business segment.    

Consolidated gross profit (loss) for the three months ended December 31, 2017 was a loss of ($1.0) million, compared to a loss of ($3.3) million for the corresponding period of prior fiscal year.  The improvement in gross profit (loss) for the three months ended December 31, 2017 was primarily the result of a decrease in inventory obsolescence and rental equipment depreciation expenses.  These improvements were partially offset by a decrease in wireless exploration rental revenue.  Until seismic product demand increases to historical norms, we expect our consolidated gross marginsproducts to remain low.below historical norms.  

In light of current market conditions, the inventory balances in our seismic product inventoriesOil and Gas Markets business segment at DecemberMarch 31, 2017 far2020 continued to exceed levels consideredwe consider appropriate for the current level of product demand.  While we are aggressively working to reduce these legacy inventory balances, we haveare also addedadding new inventories for recentnew wireless product developments and for other product demand.demand in our Adjacent Markets segment.  During periods of excessive inventory levels, our policy has been, and will continue to be, to record obsolescence expense in our consolidated income statement as we experience reduced levels of inventory turnoverproduct demand and as our inventories continue to age.  If currentdifficult market conditions continue for the products in our Oil and Gas Markets segment, we expect to record additional inventory obsolescence expense in fiscal year 20182020 and beyond until seismic product demand andand/or resulting seismic inventory turnover returnsreturn to acceptable levels.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and recommended containment and mitigation measures worldwide. The spread of COVID-19 has resulted in most governments issuing restrictive orders, including “shelter in place” orders around the globe to assist in mitigating the spread of the virus.


While we continue to support our customers, there remains uncertainties regarding the duration and, to what extent, if any, the COVID-19 pandemic will ultimately have on the demand for our products and services or with our supply chain. We continue to closely monitor the situation as information becomes readily available.

As of the date of this filing, our operations have, for the most part, remained open globally and the impact of the effects of COVID-19 to our personnel and operations has been limited.  We have not yet experienced significant customer order cancellations or supply chain interruptions.   However, the current low oil and gas price environment may be intensified and prolonged by the COVID-19 pandemic and is increasing the risk and financial stress placed on our customers.  We cannot reasonably estimate the length or severity of this pandemic, or the extent to which COVID-19 will affect our business, financial condition and results of operations in fiscal year 2020 and beyond.

Three and six months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the three and six months ended March 31, 2019

Consolidated operating expensesrevenue for the three months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017 were $8.62020 was $25.9 million, an increasea decrease of $0.7$0.2 million, or 8.2%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  This increase was primarily due to a $0.8 million increase in bad debt expense.  Excluding the change in bad debt, consolidated operating expense declined by $0.1 million due to a reduction is stock-based compensation expenses and partially offset by termination costs.

Consolidated other income for the three months ended December 31, 2017 was $131,000, an increase of $91,000 from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The increase for the three months ended December 31, 2017 was primarily due to an increase in interest income resulting from increased financing receivables.  

Consolidated income tax expense for the three months ended December 31, 2017 was $6,000 compared to $0.4 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  Our effective tax rates for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were (0.1)% and (9.6)%, respectively.  The United States statutory tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were 24.5% (blended) and 35%, respectively.  Compared to the United States statutory rate, the lower effective tax rates for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 primarily resulted from our inability to recognize any tax benefits for the tax losses we incurred in the U.S. and Canada due to the uncertainty surrounding our ability to utilize these losses in the future to offset taxable income.    

Seismic Products

Revenue

Revenue from our seismic products for the three months ended December 31, 2017 decreased $1.4 million, or 14.5%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The components of this decrease include the following:

Traditional Exploration Product Revenue– For the three months ended December 31, 2017, revenue from our traditional products increased $1.2 million, or 47.5% from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The increase was due to an increase in certain specialty sensor product sales and the sale of sensors from our rental fleet.  

Wireless Exploration Product Revenue – For the three months ended December 31, 2017, revenue from our wireless exploration products decreased by $2.7 million, or 42.6%0.8%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The decrease was primarily due to a largedecrease in the recognition of OBX marine nodal rental contract that was active duringrevenue from an international seismic marine customer.  Consolidated revenue for the threesix months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2016. This decrease2020 was partially offset by increased sales$51.6 million, an increase of our GSX wireless products from our rental fleet.

Reservoir Product Revenue – For the three months ended December 31, 2017, revenue from our reservoir products increased $0.1$7.6 million, or 20.5%17.3%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The increase was primarily due to higher demand forin revenue resulted from increased rental revenue in our boreholeOil and otherGas Markets segment from our OBX marine nodal products, and increased service revenues.  

Operating Losspartially offset by a decrease in the recognition of rental revenue from the international seismic marine customer.

Despite decreased revenues, our operating loss associated with our seismic productsConsolidated gross profit for the three months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017 decreased $1.82020 was $7.9 million, a decrease of $2.4 million, or 18.9%23.6%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The decrease in operating lossgross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was


primarily due to costs associated with upgrading our OBX marine nodal rental equipment, an increase in rental equipment depreciation expense and a decrease in inventory obsolescencethe recognition of rental revenue from the international seismic marine customer.  Consolidated gross profit for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was $18.4 million, an increase of $5.0 million, or 36.9% from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The increase in gross profit for the six months ended March 31, 2020 primarily resulted from an increase in wireless product rental revenue caused by the high utilization of our OBX rental fleet and rental equipment depreciation expenses.  These decreases werewas partially offset by lower wireless explorationa decrease in the recognition of rental revenue.revenue from the international seismic marine customer.

Non-Seismic ProductsConsolidated operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2020 were $19.4 million, an increase of $10.1 million, or 107.8%, from the corresponding period of the prior year fiscal.  This increase in operating costs was primarily due to an $8.1 million increase in bad debt expense principally related to a trade accounts receivable from an international seismic marine customer that, as of March 31, 2020 rented a significant amount of our marine nodal equipment.   The increase was also due to (i) a $1.0 million increase in personnel costs and other general expense increases related to our business operations and (ii) a $1.0 million net non-cash increase in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration related to our Quantum and OptoSeis® acquisitions.   Consolidated operating expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2020 were $29.7 million, an increase of $11.2 million, or 60.7%, from the corresponding period of the prior year fiscal.    The increase in operating costs for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily due to an $8.2 million increase in bad debt expense principally related to the trade accounts receivable from an international marine seismic customer.  The increase was also due to (i) a $1.0 million net non-cash increase in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration related to our Quantum and OptoSeis® acquisitions, (ii) $0.5 million of incremental research and development costs associated with our acquisition of the OptoSeis® business in November 2018, (iii) $0.4 million additional research and development expenditures for our other products and (iv) a $1.1 million increase in personnel costs and other general expense increases related to our business operations.  

Consolidated other income for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $0.3 million compared to $0.2 million from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The increase for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily caused by an increase in interest income.  Consolidated other income for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was $0.2 million compared to $0.5 million from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The decrease for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily caused by foreign exchange losses and a decline in interest income.    

Consolidated income tax expense for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 substantially reflects foreign withholding tax assessed on our rental income earned in Nigeria and Brunei.  Consolidated income tax expense for each of the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $0.6 million.  Consolidated income tax expense for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was $2.0 million compared to $0.6 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The increase in income tax expense for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily the result of a full six months of rental income earned in Nigeria and Brunei, which did not exist for the full six months of the prior year.  During the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, a substantial portion of our rental activities were in international locations.  We are currently unable to record any tax benefits from the tax losses we incur in the U.S. and Canada due to the uncertainty surrounding our ability to utilize such losses in the future to offset taxable income.


Segment Results of Operations

Oil and Gas Markets

Revenue

Revenue from our non-seismicOil and Gas Markets products for the three months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017 increased $0.72020 decreased $0.2 million, or 12.5%1.3%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  Revenue from our Oil and Gas Markets products for the six months ended March 31, 2020 increased $8.3 million, or 27.8%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The components of this increase includedthese changes include the following:

IndustrialTraditional Exploration Product Revenue– For the three months ended March 31, 2020, revenue from our traditional products decreased $2.0 million, or 48.9% from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The decrease for the three months ended March 31, 2020 primarily reflects lower demand for marine products.  The decrease was also attributable to a decrease in customer product repair and support service revenue.  For the six months ended March 31, 2020, revenue from our traditional products decreased $2.4 million, or 35.1%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The decrease for the six months ended March 31, 2020 reflects lower demand for our sensor products and a decrease in customer product repair and support service revenue.  

Wireless Exploration Product Revenue – For the three months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, revenue from our industrialwireless exploration products increased $0.6$2.4 million, or 19.4%17.8%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  For the six months ended March 31, 2020, revenue from our wireless exploration products increased $12.1 million, or 57.7%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The increase for both periods resulted from higher rental demand for our OBX systems, partially offset by a decrease in the recognition of revenue from an international seismic marine customer.      

Reservoir Product Revenue – For the three months ended March 31, 2020, revenue from our reservoir products decreased $0.7 million, or 68.1%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  For the six months ended March 31, 2020, revenue from our reservoir products decreased $1.4 million, or 72.2%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The decrease for both periods was primarily attributabledue to a decrease in sales of our borehole products.

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, we partially financed a $12.5 million product sale by entering into a $10.0 million promissory note with a customer.  The note is for a three-year term with monthly principal and interest payments of $0.3 million.  Due to the financial condition of the customer, we have concerns over the probable collectability of the promissory note.  As a result we did not recognize any revenue or cost of revenue on the product sale. We have received payments from the customer totaling $3.0 million as of March 31, 2020 related to the sale, which are reflected on our accompanying consolidated balance sheet as non-current deferred revenue.  Management does not intend to recognize the revenue and cost of revenue from the sale until it becomes probable that the customer will satisfy its financial obligation.

Operating Income (Loss)

Operating loss associated with our Oil and Gas Markets products for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $(6.7) million, compared to income of $3.3 million from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The decline for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily due to a bad debt expense of $8.0 million provided for on a trade accounts receivable from an international seismic marine customer.  The decline was also due to a decrease in gross profit as a result of costs associated with upgrading OBX marine nodal rental equipment, an increase in rental equipment depreciation expense and a decrease in the recognition of rental revenue from an international seismic marine customer.  The decline was partially offset by an increase in other wireless rental revenue and a $0.5 million non-cash reduction in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration related to our OptoSeis® acquisition.  Operating loss associated with our Oil and Gas Markets products for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was $(2.6) million, compared to operating income of $0.7 million from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The decline for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily the result of the bad debt expense of $8.0 million provided for on the trade accounts receivable.  The decline was partially offset by a net increase in wireless rental revenue and gross profits from our OBX systems.  

Adjacent Markets

Revenue

Revenue from our Adjacent Markets products for the three months ended March 31, 2020 decreased $0.2 million, or 2.2%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  Revenue from our Adjacent Markets products for the six months ended March


31, 2020 decreased $0.7 million, or 5.0%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The components of these decreases included the following:

Industrial Product Revenue and Services – For the three months ended March 31, 2020, revenue from our industrial products increased $0.1 million, or 1.6% from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  For the six months ended March 31, 2020, revenue from our industrial products increased $0.1 million, or 1.3% from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The increase in revenue for both periods was primarily due to higher demand for our water meter products.  

Imaging Product Revenue – For the three months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, revenue from our imaging products increased $0.1decreased $0.2 million, or 4.6%7.1%, from the corresponding period of the fiscal year.  For the six months ended March 31, 2020, revenue from our imaging products decreased $0.8 million, or 12.8%, from the corresponding period of the fiscal year.   The decrease for both periods was primarily due to unforeseen delays in the production of certain imaging equipment.  The decrease for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was also attributable to a decline in sales of our films products.  While the decline is larger than we anticipated, we do not expect a trend of lower revenue in the future.

Operating Income

The operating income from our Adjacent Markets products for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $1.2 million, a decrease of $0.4 million, or 26.5%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The increase was primarily due to higher demand for our equipment and film products.

Operating Income

Our operating income associated with sales offrom our non-seismicAdjacent Markets products for the threesix months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017 declined $23,0002020 was $2.1 million, a decrease of $0.6 million or 21.6%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The decline resulteddecrease in operating income for both periods was primarily due to the decrease in imaging product revenue.

Emerging Markets

Revenue

On July 27, 2018, we entered the border and perimeter security market through our acquisition of Quantum.   In connection with our Quantum acquisition, we established the Emerging Markets business segment, which currently includes only Quantum.  Revenue from reducedour Emerging Markets products for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $0.4 million, compared to $46,000 from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  Revenue from our Emerging Markets products for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was $0.5 million, compared to $0.1 million from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The increase in revenue for both periods was primarily attributable to the sale of border and perimeter security products to a commercial customer.   In April 2020, Quantum was awarded a $10 million contract with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Border Patrol to provide a technology solution to the Department of Homeland Security.  The Company does not expect any significant revenue from this contract to be recognized until the first quarter of fiscal year 2021.  

Operating Loss

Our operating loss from our Emerging Markets products for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $2.5 million, an increase of $1.3 million from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  Our operating loss from our Emerging Markets products for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was $3.8 million, an increase of $1.5 million from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  The increase in operating loss for both periods was primarily due to (i) a $1.5 million non-cash increase in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration related to our Quantum acquisition and (ii) an increase in product development costs.  The increased operating loss was partially offset by an increase in gross profit margins dueattributable to higher manufacturing costs, and increasedrevenue.  Quantum’s operating expenses resultingfor each of the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 include intangible asset amortization expenses of $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively.  Since its acquisition in July 2018, Quantum has primarily focused on product development activities, and the marketing of its technologies to government agencies and other end users.  We expect Quantum to incur operating losses until revenue from increased sales and marketing expenses.its recently awarded contract is recognized, which will not likely occur until the first quarter of fiscal year 2021.  

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, we had approximately $13.9$18.9 million in cash and cash equivalents and $32.1 million in short-term investments.  For the threesix months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, we used $5.8generated $5.7 million of cash infrom operating activities.  Our net loss of $9.1$13.1 million was offset by (i) net non-cash charges of $5.9$24.4 million resulting from deferred income taxes, depreciation, accretion,amortization, inventory obsolescence, stock-based compensation, bad debt expense and bad debts, (ii)changes in the estimated fair value of contingent consideration.  Other sources of cash included (i) a $2.6 million decrease in trade accounts receivable resulting from the timing of collections from customers, and (iii) a $0.7$0.9 million increase in accounts payable primarily due to an increase in inventories and the timing of payments to suppliers. Other usessuppliers and (ii) a $1.8 million decrease in inventories caused by a drawdown of our excess levels of finished goods and (iii) a $1.6 million increase in deferred revenue and other


liabilities primarily to the deferral of revenue on a product sale, partially offset by a decrease in customer deposits.  Offsetting these sources of cash in our operations includedwere (i) a $2.9an $8.4 million increase in inventories fordeferred cost of revenue and other assets primarily due to the replenishmentdeferral of rental equipment sold to customerscost on a product sale and an increase in the purchaseprepayment of raw materials for new product productioncertain expenses and (ii) a $0.8 million increase in trade and other receivables primarily due to the removal of a $2.6 million gross profit from the sale of used rental equipment since such gross profit is reflectedincrease in the proceeds from the sale of used rental equipment under investing activities.revenue.    

For the threesix months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, we generatedused cash of $4.8$5.7 million from investing activities.  SourcesUses of cash included (i) $4.0a $5.2 million of net proceeds from the sale of short-term investmentsinvestment in our rental equipment primarily to expand our OBX rental fleet and (ii) $1.0$2.8 million for additions to our property, plant and equipment.  These uses of cash were partially offset by (i) $2.1 million of proceeds from the sale of rental equipment.  These sources of cash were partially offset by an investment ofequipment and (ii) $0.2 million inof proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment.  We do not expect cash investments into our OBX rental fleet for the remainder of fiscal year 2020 to be significant.  We estimate total fiscal year 20182020 cash investments in property, plant and equipment willcould be approximately $3up to $5 million.  We expect fiscal year 2018 cash investments into our rental fleet to be approximately $2 million in order to replenish land-based wireless rental fleet equipment recently sold to customers.  Our capital expenditures are expected to be funded from our cash on hand, internal cash flowflows, cash flows from our rental contracts or, if necessary, from borrowings under our credit agreement.

For the threesix months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, we had no cash flows from financing activities.  We had no long-term debt outstanding throughout

Since 2014, the oil and gas industry has experienced a sustained downturn due to low oil and gas prices. Recently, the unprecedented sharp decline in crude oil prices since February 2020 has further impacted the overall condition of the oil and gas industry, stifling budgets targeted at the oil and gas exploration industry, including the seismic industry.  Prior to the recent downturn we saw some signs of increased seismic activity in certain areas around the world; however, we expect the need for new seismic equipment to remain restrained due to current industry conditions, capital limitations affecting many of our customers and excessive on-hand quantities of under-utilized seismic equipment.  Further, we expect product sales of our Oil and Gas Markets products—specifically our legacy land-based traditional and wireless products—to remain low until the oil and gas industry begins to show signs of recovery and exploration-focused seismic activities increase. However, oil and gas pricing and the resultant economic conditions may not recover meaningfully in the near term, and we expect these challenging industry conditions facing our land-based traditional and legacy wireless products will continue in fiscal year ended2020. 

Our trade accounts receivable at March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2017 or for2019 includes $8.0 million and $8.5 million, respectively, due from an international seismic marine customer that, as of March 31, 2020 rented a significant amount of our marine nodal equipment.  We have experienced cash collection difficulties with this customer throughout fiscal year 2019 and through the threesecond quarter of fiscal year 2020 due to the customer’s inability to generate sufficient cash flows to pay its obligations in a timely manner.  As a result of the customer’s failure to adhere to an agreed-upon payment plan, in late November 2019, we ceased recognizing revenue from this customer and expect to continue to do so until the customer demonstrates its ability to routinely service its debts owed to us in the ordinary course of business.  At March 31, 2020, the total debt contractually owed by the customer to us was $14.0 million; however, the customer’s trade accounts receivable balance of $8.0 million on our balance sheet at March 31, 2020 excludes $6.0 million of unrecognized rental revenue and late payment penalties invoiced by us during the six months ended March 31, 2020.  Prior to the customer missing the first scheduled payment in late November, we recognized $2.5 million of revenue from this customer in its first quarter ended December 31, 2017.2019.  We have received cash payments in excess of $20 million from this customer beginning in fiscal year 2018.

While crude

We are currently evaluating an offer by the customer to exchange the customer’s debts owed to us for a financial instrument issued by the customer and secured by certain of its assets.  The final terms and conditions of the debt instrument, the exchange and other matters have not yet been determined, and we have no obligation to enter into such an exchange.  The current negotiations may not lead to a definitive agreement being entered into, the fair market value of the debt instrument may not equal or exceed the balance of accounts receivable owed by the customer, or the customer may not meet the debt instrument’s payment obligations. 

We have significant concerns about the customer’s ability to ultimately settle the debts owed to us because of (i) its distressed financial condition, (ii) the customer’s inability to generate sufficient cash flows to fund its past operations, (iii) the customer’s continued failure since November 2019 to make payments in accordance with its promises, (iv) the belief that the distressed state of the oil prices have recently increased to their highest level in three years,and gas exploration industry caused by the current levelrecent oversupply of crude oil prices remain significantly below the peak price levels seen in 2014.  These lower crude oil prices combined with an ample supply of crude oil inon the world market do not supportwill further compound the investment requireddifficulties facing the customer and (v) the failure by many exploration and production companiesthe customer to explore and develop new frontier areaspresent a plausible plan to overcome the difficulties it currently faces.  In this regard, we recorded a bad debt expense of $8.0 million in the second quarter ended March 31, 2020 to reduce the carrying value of the receivable owed by the customer to zero.  Notwithstanding the bad debt reserve provided for oil and gas development and production.  In addition, many smaller exploration and production companies are under-capitalized and their capital spending budgets for exploration-focused activities, including seismic activities, are financial restrained.  As a result, our seismic business segment continueson the receivable, we intend to experience lower levelsvigorously pursue the collection of product orders and associated revenue, resulting in substantial operating losses andall amounts owed by the continued depletion of our cash balances.  Due to the uncertainty concerning a recovery of crude oil prices to levels capable of sustaining increased seismic exploration activities, we expect these depressed seismic market conditions to continue through fiscal year 2018.customer by all means available.

Our available cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $46.0$18.9 million at DecemberMarch 31, 2017, including $8.42020, which included $6.5 million of cash and cash equivalents held by our foreign subsidiaries and branch offices.  In light of theThe 2017 Tax CutsAct creates new taxes on certain foreign earnings and Jobs Act signed into law on December 22, 2017 whichalso requires companies to pay a one-time transition tax on undistributed earnings of their foreign


subsidiaries which were previously tax deferred.  We have determined that we are currently re-evaluating our prior intentnot required to permanently reinvest thesepay any transition tax on the undistributed earnings.  If we were to repatriate the cash held byearnings of our foreign subsidiaries since we would be required to accrue and pay taxeshad no accumulated foreign earnings on any amounts repatriated.a consolidated basis.


Our credit agreement allows for borrowings of up to $30.0 million with such amounts available for borrowing determined by a borrowing base.  In October 2017,November 2019, we extendedamended  the credit agreement to (i) extend the maturity date from April 2020 to April 2022, (ii) increase the unencumbered liquid assets covenant threshold from $5 million to $10 million commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2020 and for each fiscal quarter thereafter, (iii) increase the tangible net worth requirement from $140 million to $145 million commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2020 and for each fiscal quarter thereafter and (iv) remove the requirement that we obtain the consent of Frost Bank prior to paying dividends or repurchasing stock so long as we are in compliance with the covenants of the credit agreement from May 2018 to April 2019.  agreement.  

At DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, we had no outstanding borrowings under the credit agreement and after consideration of $0.3 million of outstanding letters of credit, our borrowing availability under the credit facility was $26.3$14.9 million.  At DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, we were in compliance with all covenants under the credit agreement.  We currently do not anticipate the need to borrow under the credit agreement; however, we can make no assurance that we will not do so.  

In fiscal years 2016 and 2017, we received income tax refunds of $18.3 million and $12.8 million, respectively, from the U.S. Department of Treasury.  These refunds were a result of the significant tax losses we experienced in fiscal year 2016 and 2015, which we elected to carryback and recoup taxes previously paid.  For U.S. income tax purposes, we are now in a loss carryforward position in regards to our tax losses for fiscal year 2017 and beyond.  As a result, we will not receive any additional U.S. federal income tax refunds as a result of our current tax losses.  The tax refunds we received in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 have been significant contributors to our overall liquidity.  In the absence of future profitable results of operations, we may need to rely on other sources of liquidity to fund our future operating results,operations, including liquidating short-term investments, executed rental contracts, available borrowings under our credit agreement through its expiration in April 2019,2022, leveraging or sale of real estate assets, sales of rental assets and other liquidity sources which may be available to us.  However, currently we believe that our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investment balancesborrowings under our credit facility will be sufficient to finance ourany future operating losses and planned capital expenditures through December 2018.the next twelve months.  

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any obligations which meet the definition of an off-balance sheet arrangement and which have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial statements or the items contained therein that are material to investors.

Contractual Obligations

Contingent Consideration

We recorded an initial contingent earn-out liability of $7.7 million in connection with our July 2018 acquisition of Quantum.  Subsequent to the acquisition, we have reduced the estimated contingent earn-out liability to $6.3 million.  Contingent payments, if any, may be paid in the form of cash or Company stock and will be derived from eligible revenue generated during the four-year post-acquisition earn-out period ending in July 2022.  The maximum amount of contingent payments is $23.5 million.  

We recorded an initial contingent earn-out liability of $4.3 million in connection with our November 2018 acquisition of all the intellectual property and related assets of the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology.  Subsequent to the acquisition, we have increased the estimated contingent earn-out liability to $4.6 million.  Contingent cash payments, if any, will be derived from eligible revenue generated during a five-and-a-half year post acquisition earn-out period ending in May 2024.  The maximum amount of contingent payments is $23.2 million.

 We review and assess the fair value of our contingent earn-out liabilities on a quarterly basis.   See Note 13 to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information on our contractual contingencies.

Critical Accounting Policies

During the threesix months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, there has been no material change to our critical accounting policies discussed in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017 other than the adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting” and 2016-16, “Accounting for Income Taxes:  Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory”.2019.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Please refer to Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We have market risk relative to our short-term investments, foreign currency rates and interest rates.  We do not engage in commodity or commodity derivative instrument purchase or sales transactions.  Becauseare a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the inherent unpredictability of foreign currency ratesExchange Act and interest rates, as well as other factors, actual results could differ materially from those projected inare not required to provide the information under this Item.item.

Foreign Currency and Operations Risk

One of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Geospace Technologies Eurasia, is located in the Russian Federation.  In addition, we operate a branch office, Geospace Technologies Sucursal Sudamericana, in Colombia.  Our financial results for these entities may be affected by factors such as changes in foreign currency exchange rates, weak economic conditions or changes in the political climate.  Our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2017 reflected approximately USD $6.0 million and USD $0.2 million of foreign currency denominated net working capital related to our Russian and Colombian operations, respectively.  Both of these entities receive a portion of their revenue and pay a majority of their expenses primarily in their local currency.  To the extent that transactions of these entities are settled in their local currency, a devaluation of these currencies versus the U.S. dollar could reduce any contribution from these entities to our consolidated results of operations and total comprehensive income as reported in U.S. dollars.  We do not hedge the market risk with respect to our operations in these countries; therefore, such risk is a general and unpredictable risk of future disruptions in the valuation of such currencies versus U.S. dollars to the extent such disruptions result in any reduced valuation of these foreign entities’ net working capital or future contributions to our consolidated results of operations.  At December 31, 2017, the foreign exchange rate for $1.00 (one U.S. dollar) was equal to approximately 57.61 Russian Rubles and 2,973 Colombian Pesos, respectively.  If the value of the U.S. dollar were to strengthen by ten percent against these foreign currencies, our working capital in the Russian Federation and in Colombia would decline by USD $0.6 million and USD $20,000, respectively.


Foreign Currency Intercompany AccountsItem 4.   Controls and Notes ReceivableProcedures

From time to time, we may provide access to capital to our foreign subsidiaries through U.S. dollar denominated interest bearing promissory notes.  Such funds are generally used by our foreign subsidiaries to purchase capital assets and for general working capital needs.  In addition, we sell products to our foreign subsidiaries on trade credit terms in both U.S. dollars and in the subsidiary’s local currency.  At December 31, 2017, we had outstanding Canadian-dollar denominated intercompany accounts receivableEvaluation of CAN $33.6 million, which we consider to be of a short-term nature.  The appreciation or devaluation of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar will result in a gain or loss, respectively, to our consolidated statement of operations.  At December 31, 2017, the foreign exchange rate for USD $1.00 was equal to approximately CAN $1.26.  On December 29, 2017 we entered into a CAN $32.0 million 90-day hedge agreement effective January 2, 2018 with a United States bank to hedge a portion of our Canadian dollar foreign exchange rate exposure, resulting in an under-hedged position of approximately CAN $1.6 million.  At December 31, 2017, if the U.S. dollar exchange rate were to strengthen by ten percent against the Canadian dollar, we would recognize a foreign exchange loss of USD $0.1 million in our consolidated financial statements.

Floating Interest Rate Risk

Our credit agreement contains a floating interest rate which subjects us to the risk of increased interest costs associated with any upward movements in bank market interest rates.  Under our credit agreement our borrowing interest rate is the Wall Street Journal prime rate, which was 4.50% at December 31, 2017.  As of December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, there were no borrowings outstanding under our credit agreement.

Item 4.Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified under the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, there can be no assurance that our disclosure controls and procedures will detect or uncover all failures of persons within our company and consolidated subsidiaries to report material information otherwise required to be set forth in our reports.

In connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the CEO and CFO, as of DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2020, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act.  Based on that evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of DecemberMarch 31, 2017.2020.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We previously reported a material weaknessThere were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting.  Asreporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of September 30, 2017, we did not maintain effective controls concerning our classification of current assets with respect to inventories.  We determined that a portion of our inventories should have been classified as noncurrent assets, as all inventories were not reasonably expected to be realized in cash, sold or consumedthe Exchange Act) during our next operating cycle.  

This error was subsequently identified and corrected, and resulted in a restatement to the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2016 and 2015 and as of December 31, 2016,fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017, which was included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017.  The error had no impact upon previously reported total assets, total liabilities, revenues, net loss, net loss per share,2020 that have materially affected, or cash flows.

To remediate the material weakness described above we have designed and implemented a quarterly controlare reasonably likely to determine the value of inventories expected to be realized in cash, sold or consumed during the next operating cycle.  This control, which encompasses a review by senior management, utilizes a combination of forecasts and historical trends to determine our future expected inventory utilization.  

We believe that this measure remediates the material weakness identified and strengthensmaterially affect, our internal controlscontrol over financial reporting.


PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

Except for the risk factors set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Significantly Impacted Worldwide Economic Conditions and Could Have a Material Adverse Effect on Our Operations and Business.

The present COVID-19 pandemic, has spread across the globe and is impacting worldwide economic activity, including the global demand for oil and natural gas. COVID-19 poses the risk that we or our employees, contractors, suppliers and customers may be prevented from conducting business activities for an indefinite period of time, including due to spread of the disease within these groups or due to restrictions that may be requested or mandated by governmental authorities, including quarantines of certain geographic areas, restrictions on travel and other restrictions that prohibit employees from going to work, both around the world as well as in certain jurisdictions in the United States.  The continued spread of COVID–19 and the related mitigation measures may disrupt our supply chain, result in a significant decrease in business from our customers and/or cause our customers to be unable to meet existing payment or other obligations to us.   If COVID–19 continues to spread or the response to contain the COVID–19 pandemic is unsuccessful, we could experience a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

The Decrease in Oil Commodity Price Levels Is Likely to Negatively Affect Demand for Our Oil and Gas Products, Which Has and Could Continue to Materially and Adversely Affect Our Results of Operations and Liquidity.

Demand for many of our products and the profitability of our operations depend primarily on the level of worldwide oil and gas exploration activity.  Prevailing oil and gas prices, with an emphasis on crude oil prices, and market expectations regarding potential changes in such prices significantly affect the level of worldwide oil and gas exploration activity.  During periods of improved energy commodity prices, the capital spending budgets of oil and natural gas operators tend to expand, which results in increased demand for our products.  Conversely, in periods when these energy commodity prices deteriorate, capital spending budgets of oil and natural gas operators tend to contract and the demand for our products generally weakens.  Historically, the markets for oil and gas have been volatile and are subject to wide fluctuations in response to changes in the supply of and demand for oil and gas, market uncertainty and a variety of additional factors that are beyond our control.  These factors include the level of consumer demand, , regional and international economic conditions, weather conditions, domestic and foreign governmental regulations (including those related to climate change), price and availability of alternative fuels, political conditions, instability and hostilities in the Middle East and other significant oil-producing regions, increases and decreases in the supply of oil and gas, the effect of worldwide energy conservation measures and the ability of OPEC to set and maintain production levels and prices of foreign imports.

Sustained low oil prices or the failure of oil prices to rise in the future and the resulting downturns or lack of growth in the energy industry and energy‑related business, could have a negative impact on our results of operations and financial condition. In light of the recent sharp decline in oil prices, oil and gas exploration and production companies are expected to experience a significant reduction in cash flows, which could result in reductions in their capital spending budgets for oil and gas exploration-focused activities, including seismic data acquisition activities.  Demand for our seismic products targeted at customers in our Oil and Gas Markets segment, which segment has historically accounted for the majority of our revenue, could significantly diminish during fiscal year 2020 or beyond as a result of significant uncertainty in the outlook for oil and gas exploration.  Specifically, we expect these challenging industry conditions to result in decreased demand for our marine wireless nodal products and our land-based seismic products, as the demand for such products, has been, and will likely continue to be, vulnerable to downturns in the economy and the oil and gas industry in general.  In addition to the negative effects of slowdowns in the United States economy, slowing economic growth in growing economies like those in China and India could lead to a decline in demand for crude oil and natural gas.  Slowdowns in economic activity would likely reduce worldwide demand for energy and result in an extended period of lower crude oil and natural gas prices.  Any material changes in oil and gas prices or other market trends that adversely impact seismic exploration activity would likely affect the demand for our products and could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and liquidity.

Generally imbalances in the supply and demand for oil and gas will affect oil and gas prices and, in such circumstances, demand for our oil and gas products may be adversely affected when world supplies exceed demand.



Item 6.   Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed with this Report on Form 10-Q or are incorporated by reference

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Geospace Technologies Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, filed May 8, 2015).

 

 

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Geospace Technologies Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 17, 2015).

10.1

Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated October 25, 2017 among Geospace Technologies Corporation, as borrower, certain subsidiaries of Geospace Technologies Corporation, as guarantors, and Frost Bank, as lender (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 27, 2017)August 8, 2019).

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

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Interactive data file.

 


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.

 

 

 

 

GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

February 7, 2018May 8, 2020

By:

 

/s/ Walter R. Wheeler

 

 

 

 

 

Walter R. Wheeler, President

 

 

 

 

 

and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

(duly authorized officer)

 

Date:

 

February 7, 2018May 8, 2020

By:

 

/s/ Thomas T. McEntireRobert L. Curda

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas T. McEntire,Robert L. Curda, Vice President,

 

 

 

 

 

andVice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

(principal financial officer)

 

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