UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

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

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

For the quarterly period endedSeptemberJune 30, 20172023

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

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: 001-37960

POLAR POWER, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware33-0479020

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

249 E. Gardena Blvd., Gardena, California 9024890248
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

(310)830-9153

(310) 830-9153

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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 registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.05 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

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

Large Accelerated Filer ☐Accelerated Filer ☐
Non-Accelerated Filer (do not check if 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

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

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per sharePOLAThe NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.0001 par value, as of November 13, 2017August 14, 2023 was 10,143,158.12,949,550.

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION1
ITEM 1. Condensed Financial Statements1
ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations1215
ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk2023
ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures2023
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION2224
ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings2224
ITEM 1A. Risk Factors2224
ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds3840
ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities3840
ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosure.Disclosure3840
ITEM 5. Other Information3840
ITEM 6. Exhibits3840


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FORWARD LOOKING AND CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS

All statements included or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning projected net sales, costs and expenses and gross margins; our accounting estimates, assumptions and judgments; the demand for our products; the effect and consequences of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic on matters including U.S., local and foreign economies, wars and international conflicts including the current military actions involving the Russian Federation and Ukraine, our business operations, the ability of financing and the health and productivity of our employees; the competitive nature of and anticipated growth in our industry; production capacity and goals; our ability to consummate acquisitions and integrate their operations successfully; and our prospective needs for additional capital. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates, approximations and projections about our industry and business, management’s beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing,” similar expressions and variations or negatives of these words. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, some of which are listed under “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A, and in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as otherwise required by law.

FINANCIAL PRESENTATION

All dollar amounts in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are presented in thousands, except share and per share data and where otherwise noted.

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. Condensed Financial Statements

POLAR POWER INC.
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
 
  September 30,
2017
  December 31, 
  (Unaudited)  2016 
ASSETS        
Current assets        
Cash and cash equivalents (including restricted cash of $1,000,423 at September 30, 2017)  14,779,028   16,242,158 
Accounts receivable  1,978,929   4,403,946 
Inventories, net  5,276,326   4,839,591 
Prepaid expenses  331,826   178,569 
Refundable income taxes  1,257,585   0 
Total current assets  23,623,694   25,664,264 
Other assets:        
Property and equipment, net  734,225   737,586 
Deposits  77,296   66,796 
Deferred tax assets  213,278   160,637 
Total assets  24,648,493   26,629,283 
         
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
Current liabilities        
Accounts payable  271,111   659,355 
Customer deposits  70,111   71,954 
Income taxes payable     1,227,308 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  557,901   669,889 
Current portion of notes payable  109,339   111,368 
Total current liabilities  1,008,462   2,739,874 
Notes payable, net of current portion  154,206   237,431 
         
Total liabilities  1,162,668   2,977,305 
         
Commitments and Contingencies        
         
Shareholders’ Equity        
         
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding      
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 10,143,158 shares issued and outstanding  1,014   1,014 
Additional paid-in capital  19,242,715   19,242,715 
Retained earnings  4,242,096   4,408,249 
Total shareholders’ equity  23,485,825   23,651,978 
         
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $24,648,493  $26,629,283 

POLAR POWER, INC.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

  June 30, 2023  December 31, 2022 
  (Unaudited)     
ASSETS        
Current assets        
Cash and cash equivalents $292  $211 
Accounts receivable  3,718   2,230 
Inventories, net  17,689   15,460 
Prepaid expenses  1,050   2,629 
Employee retention credit receivable  2,000   2,000 
Income taxes receivable  787   787 
Total current assets  25,536   23,317 
         
Other assets:        
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net  2,178   240 
Property and equipment, net  505   538 
Deposits  93   93 
         
Total assets $28,312  $24,188 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
Current liabilities        
Accounts payable $1,429  $230 
Customer deposits  1,535   2,126 
Accrued liabilities and other current liabilities  1,242   1,231 
Operating lease liabilities, current portion  717   268 
Notes payable-related party, current portion  160   - 
Notes payable, current portion  135   211 
Line of credit  4,927   1,884 
         
Total current liabilities  10,145   5,950 
         
Notes payable, net of current portion  8   57 
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion  1,527    
         
Total liabilities  11,680   6,007 
         
Commitments and Contingencies  -   - 
       
Stockholders’ Equity        
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding      
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 12,967,027 shares issued and 12,949,550 shares outstanding on June 30, 2023, and 12,967,027 shares issued and 12,949,550 shares outstanding on December 31, 2022  1   1 
Additional paid-in capital  37,331   37,331 
Accumulated deficit  (20,660)  (19,111)
Treasury Stock, at cost (17,477 shares)  (40)  (40)
Total stockholders’ equity  16,632   18,181 
         
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $28,312  $24,188 

See Accompanying Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

 

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POLAR POWER INC.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)
 
  Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
Net Sales $3,030,026  $7,458,949  $10,438,761  $15,525,231 
Cost of Sales  2,201,083   4,063,404   6,925,464   9,240,701 
Gross Profit  828,943   3,395,545   3,513,297   6,284,530 
                 
Operating Expenses                
General and administrative  633,776   596,584   1,988,830   1,475,775 
Research and development  480,405   58,610   947,427   147,744 
Sales and Marketing  395,793   99,218   861,231   281,412 
Depreciation and amortization  7,621   7,451   23,029   19,010 
Total operating expenses  1,517,595   761,863   3,820,517   1,923,941 
                 
Income (Loss) from operations  (688,652)  2,633,682   (307,220)  4,360,589 
                 
Other (expenses) income                
Interest expense  (4,463)  (32,635)  (14,656)  (96,426)
Other income (expense)  18,531   (1,144)  42,605   4,573 
Total other (expenses) income  14,068   (33,779)  27,949   (91,853)
                 
Income (Loss) before income taxes  (674,584)  2,599,903   (279,271)  4,268,736 
Income tax provision (benefit)  264,681   (818,584)  113,118   (1,548,728)
Net Income (Loss) $(409,903) $1,781,319  $(166,153) $2,720,008 
                 
Net Income (Loss) per share – basic and diluted $(0.04) $0.24  $(0.02) $0.37 
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted  10,143,158   7,380,145   10,143,158   7,380,145 

 

POLAR POWER, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

  2023  2022  2023  2022 
  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2023  2022  2023  2022 
Net Sales $5,587  $4,274  $9,777  $7,983 
Cost of Sales  4,112   3,213   7,548   6,017 
Gross profit  1,475   1,061   2,229   1,966 
                 
Operating Expenses                
Sales and marketing  310   400   642   805 
Research and development  338   350   684   826 
General and administrative  1,137   1,036   2,248   2,167 
Total operating expenses  1,785   1,786   3,574   3,798 
                 
Loss from operations  (310)  (725)  (1,345)  (1,832)
                 
Other income (expenses)                
Interest expense and finance costs  (126)  (14)  (204)  (27)
Total other income (expenses), net  (126)  (14)  (204)  (27)
                 
Net loss $(436) $(739) $(1,549) $(1,859)
                 
Net loss per share – basic and diluted $(0.03) $(0.06) $(0.12) $(0.15)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted  12,949,550   12,788,203   12,949,550   12,788,203 

See Accompanying Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements


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POLAR POWER, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTSTATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)(in thousands, except share data)

        Additional     Total 
  Common Stock  paid-in  Retained  Shareholders’ 
  Number  Amount  capital  Earnings  Equity 
Balance, December 31, 2016  10,143,158  $1,014  $19,242,715  $4,408,249  $23,651,978 
                     
Net loss           (166,153)  (166,153)
                     
Balance, September 30, 2017 (unaudited)  10,143,158  $1,014  $19,242,715  $4,242,096  $23,485,825 
                     

Three months Ended June 30, 2023

  Number  Amount  capital  Deficit)  Stock  Equity 
  Common Stock  Additional
paid-in
  (Accumulated  Treasury  Total
Stockholders’
 
  Number  Amount  capital  Deficit)  Stock  Equity 
Balance, March 31, 2023 (unaudited)  12,967,027  $1  $37,331  $(20,224) $(40) $17,068 
Net loss           (436)     (436)
Balance, June 30, 2023 (unaudited)  12,967,027  $1  $37,331  $(20,660) $(40) $16,632 

Six months ended June 30, 2023

  Common Stock  Additional
paid-in
  (Accumulated  Treasury  Total
Stockholders’
 
  Number  Amount  capital  Deficit)  Stock  Equity 
Balance, December 31, 2022  12,967,027  $1  $37,331  $(19,111) $(40) $18,181 
Net loss           (1,549)     (1,549)
Balance, June 30, 2023 (unaudited)  12,967,027  $1  $37,331  $(20,660) $(40) $16,632 

Three months Ended June 30, 2022

  Common Stock  Additional
paid-in
  (Accumulated  Treasury  Total
Stockholders’
 
  Number  Amount  capital  Deficit)  Stock  Equity 
Balance, March 31, 2022 (unaudited)  12,805,680  $1  $36,816  $(14,647) $(40) $22,130 
Net loss           (739)     (739)
Balance, June 30, 2022 (unaudited)  12,805,680  $1  $36,816  $(15,386)  (40) $21,391 

Six months ended June 30, 2022

  Common Stock  Additional
paid-in
  (Accumulated  Treasury  Total
Stockholders’
 
  Number  Amount  capital  Deficit)  Stock  Equity 
Balance, December 31, 2021  12,805,680  $1  $36,816  $(13,527) $(40) $23,250 
Net loss           (1,859)     (1,859)
Balance, June 30, 2022 (unaudited)  12,805,680  $1  $36,816  $(15,386) $(40) $21,391 

See Accompanying Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements


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POLAR POWER, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWSFLOW

(Unaudited)(in thousands)

  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 
  2017  2016 
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net Income (Loss) $(166,153) $2,720,008 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:        
Common shares issued for services     37,500 
Depreciation and amortization  185,758   154,010 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable  2,425,017   (3,698,436)
Inventories  (436,735)  (1,485,279)
Prepaid expenses  (153,257)  (41,278)
Deposits  (10,500)  22,148 
Refundable income taxes  (1,257,585)   
Deferred tax assets  (52,641)  (63,887)
Deferred financing costs     (300,348)
Accounts payable  (388,244)  816,144 
Income taxes payable  (1,227,308)  1,316,838 
Customer deposits  (1,843)  64,379 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  (111,988)  396,417 
Net cash used in operating activities  (1,195,479)  (61,784)
         
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Acquisition of property and equipment  (182,397)  (157,637)
Payable for acquired technology     (131,215)
Net cash used in investing activities  (182,397)  (288,852)
         
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Advances (repayment) of credit line; net     524,551 
Repayment of notes  (85,254)  (306,473)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  (85,254)  218,078 
         
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents  (1,463,130)  (132,558)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period  16,242,158   263,418 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $14,779,028  $130,860 
         
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:        
Taxes Paid $2,424,417  $124,846 
Interest Paid  10,193   96,426 
Supplemental non-cash investing and financing activities:        
Assets acquired under notes payable $  $237,463 
  2023  2022 
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2023  2022 
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net loss $(1,549) $(1,859)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  226   264 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities        
Accounts receivable  (1,488)  249 
Inventories  (2,229)  (2,968)
Prepaid expenses  1,579   (380)
Decrease in operating lease right-of-use asset  454   334 
Accounts payable  1,199   (193)
Customer deposits  (591)  2,588 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  11   8 
Decrease in operating lease liability  

(416

)  (354)
Net cash used in operating activities  (2,804)  (2,311)
         
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Acquisition of property and equipment  (194)  (15)
Net cash used in investing activities  (194)  (15)
         
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Proceeds from advances from credit facility  3,044    
Proceeds from notes payable, related party  160    
Repayment of notes payable  (125)  (119)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  3,079   (119)
         
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  81   (2,445)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period  211   5,101 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $292  $2,656 

See Accompanying Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements


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POLAR POWER, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

STATEMENTS FOR THE THREE AND

NINE SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBERJUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

2017 AND 2016(In thousands, except for share and per share data and where otherwise noted)

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company

Polar Power, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Washington as Polar Products, Inc. and in 1991 reincorporated in the State of California under the name Polar Power, Inc. In December 2016, Polar Power, Inc. reincorporated in the State of Delaware (the “Company”, “we” or “us”). The Company designs, manufactures and sells direct current, or DC, power systems to supply reliable and low-cost energy to off-grid, bad-grid and backup power, electric vehicle (“EV”) charging, and nano-grid applications. The Company’s products integrate DC generator, and proprietary automated controls,electronic control systems, lithium batteries and solar systemsphotovoltaic (“PV”) technologies to provide low operating cost and lower emissions alternative power needs infor telecommunications, defense, automotive, nano-grid, EV charging and industrial markets.

Liquidity

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that the Company will continue as a going concern. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recorded a net loss of $1,549 and used cash in operations of $2,804. The Company’s management evaluated whether there are conditions or events considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued.

Notwithstanding the net loss for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, management concluded that the Company will have adequate cash flow from operations and available line of credit in 2023 and 2024 so that it is probable that the Company will be able to fund its current operating plan and satisfy its liquidity requirements within one year from the date the Company’s June 30, 2023 financial statements are issued.

As of June 30, 2023, the Company had a cash balance of $292, with borrowing capacity of $71, stockholders’ equity of $16,632, and working capital of $15,391. The long-term continuation of the Company’s business plan is dependent upon the generation of sufficient revenues from its products to offset expenses. In the event that the Company does not generate sufficient cash flows from operations and is unable to obtain funding, the Company will be forced to delay, reduce, or eliminate some or all of its discretionary spending, which could adversely affect the Company’s business prospects, ability to meet long-term liquidity needs or ability to continue operations.

Impact of COVID-19 and Inflation

COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted business and industries all over the world since March 2020. The pandemic has had a significant negative impact on our overall operations including revenues, productivity, gross margins and liquidity. The pandemic has resulted in labor shortages, disruptions in the chain of supply, and higher material costs. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, supply chain constraints that affected timely delivery of raw materials required to complete our DC power systems negatively affected our manufacturing productivity levels. Labor shortages resulted in excess overtime for the existing labor force and a reduction in engineering projects. We believe that Covid-19 will be an ongoing challenge for years to come and to adapt will require us to further globalize our vendors, engineering, and customers.

Inflation. The continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher inflation, the actions by the Federal Reserve to address inflation, most notably sustained increases in interest rates, and rising energy prices create uncertainty about the future economic environment which will continue to evolve and, we believe, has impacted the Company’s business in 2022 and may continue to impact its business in 2023. The implications of higher government deficits and debt, tighter monetary policy, and potentially higher long-term interest rates may drive a higher cost of capital for the business and an increase in the Company’s operating expenses.

 

On November 14, 2016, the Company effected a 1-for-2.85 reverse split of its common shares. All share and per share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the split as if it had occurred as of the earliest period presented.

Basis of Presentation of Unaudited Financial Information

The unaudited condensed financial statements of the Company for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022 have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of AmericaU.S. (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q and Regulation S-K for scaled disclosures for smaller reporting companies. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. However, such information reflects all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments), which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position and results of operations. Results shown for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained for a full fiscal year. The balance sheet information as of December 31, 20162022 was derived from the audited financial statements included in the Company’s financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 20162022 and 20152021 contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (“SEC”)or the SEC, on March 10, 2017.31, 2023. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with that report.

In accordance with the “Segment Reporting” Topic of the Accounting Standards Codification, the Company’s chief operating decision maker (the Company’s Chief Executive Officer) determined that the Company has only one reporting unit.

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Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Material estimates relate to the assumptions made in determining reserves for uncollectible receivables, inventory reserves and returns,net realizable value, impairment analysis of long termlong-term assets, andvaluation allowance on deferred tax assets, income tax accruals, accruals for potential liabilities, andaccruals for warranty reserves, assumptions made in valuing equity instruments issued for services, and assumptions used in the fair market valuedetermination of equity transactions.the Company’s liquidity. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”).

Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is derived from product sales. Product revenue is recognized when performance obligations under the terms of a contract are satisfied, which occurs for the Company upon shipment or delivery of products or services to its customers based on written sales terms, which is also when control is transferred. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring the products or services to a customer. The Company determines whether delivery has occurred based on when title transfers and the risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to the customer, which usually occurs when the Company places the product with the customer’s carrier or delivers the product to a customer’s location. The Company regularly reviews its customers’ financial positions to ensure that collectability is reasonably assured.

The Company also recognizes revenues from engineering services, technical support, and sale of accessories that support the Company’s direct current, or DC, power systems, and from the rental of equipment. Revenue is recognized when transfer of control to the customer has been made and the Company’s performance obligation has been fulfilled. The Company’s revenue from engineering services, technical support services, and product accessories are clearly defined in each transaction with its customers and have not been significant to date.

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Inventories

Disaggregation of Net Sales

The following table shows the Company’s disaggregated net sales by product type:

SCHEDULE OF DISAGGREGATED NET SALES

         
  Three months ended
June 30,
 
  

2023

(Unaudited)

  

2022

(Unaudited)

 
DC power systems $5,439  $4,199 
Engineering & Tech Support Services  31   32 
Accessories  117   43 
Total net sales $5,587  $4,274 

         
  Six months ended
June 30,
 
  

2023

(Unaudited)

  

2022

(Unaudited)

 
DC power systems $9,520  $7,816 
Engineering & Tech Support Services  54   76 
Accessories  203   91 
Total net sales $9,777  $7,983 

The following table shows the Company’s disaggregated net sales by customer type:

         
  Three months ended
June 30,
 
  

2023

(Unaudited)

  

2022

(Unaudited)

 
Telecom $5,408  $4,228 
Government/Military  131   12 
Marine  27   3 
Other (backup DC power to various industries)  21   31 
Total net sales $5,587  $4,274 

         
  Six months ended
June 30,
 
  

2023

(Unaudited)

  

2022

(Unaudited)

 
Telecommunications $9,400  $7,898 
Government/Military  324   29 
Marine  28   17 
Other (backup DC power to various industries)  25   39 
Total net sales $9,777  $7,983 

The following tables shows the Company’s net sales by the respective geographical regions of our customers:

         
  Three months ended 
  June 30, 
  2023  2022 
  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
United States $3,947  $4,200 
Canada  161    
South Pacific Islands  1,453   49 
Japan     9 
Europe and Middle East     16 
Africa  26    
Total net sales $5,587  $4,274 

         
  Six months ended 
  June 30, 
  2023  2022 
  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
United States $7,011  $7,870 
Canada  162   14 
South Pacific Islands  2,578   49 
Japan     10 
Other Asia Pacific     24 
Europe and Middle East     16 
Africa  26    
Total net sales $9,777  $7,983 

For the three-months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, international sales totaled $1,641 and $74 respectively. For the six-months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, international sales totaled $2,766 and $112 respectively.

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Inventories consist

As of raw materialsJune 30, 2023 and finished goods andDecember 31, 2022, inventories consisted of the following:

SCHEDULE OF INVENTORIES NET

  

June 30, 2023

(unaudited)

  

December 31,

2022

 
      
Raw materials $14,404  $12,277 
Finished goods  3,285   3,183 
Total Inventories $17,689  $15,460 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost isnet realizable value, with cost determined principally on a first-in-first-out average costfirst-in, first-out (“FIFO”) basis. Inventory quantities on hand are reviewed regularlyFor the six-months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, there were no write-downs for obsolete inventory are recorded based on an estimated forecast of the inventory item demand in the near future. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company has established inventory reserves of $250,000 for obsolete and slow-moving inventory. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the components of inventories were as follows:

  

September 30, 

2017

(unaudited) 

  

December 31,

2016

 
Raw materials $2,568,473  $3,302,818 
Finished goods  2,957,853   1,786,773 
   5,526,326   5,089,591 
Less: Inventory reserve  (250,000)  (250,000)
Total Inventories, net $5,276,326  $4,839,591 

Product Warranties

The Company provides limited warranties for parts and labor at no cost to its customers within a specified time period after the sale. The warranty terms are typically from one to five years. Provisions for estimated expenses related to product warranties are made atAs of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the time products are sold. These estimates are established using historical information about the nature, frequency and average cost of warranty claim settlements as well as product manufacturing and recovery from suppliers. Management actively studies trends of warranty claims and takes action to improve product quality and minimize warranty costs. The Company estimates the actual historical warranty claims coupled with an analysis of unfulfilled claims to recordhad accrued a liability for specific warranty purposes. The Company’s product warranty obligationsreserve of $600 and $600, respectively, which are included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the balance sheets. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company’s product warranty liability had a balance of $175,000. Management believes that the warranty accrual is appropriate; however actual claims incurred could differ from original estimates, requiring adjustments to the accrual. The product warranty accrual is included in accrued and other current liabilities in the accompanying condensed balance sheets.

The following is a tabular reconciliation of the product warranty liability, excluding the deferred revenue related to the Company’s warranty coverage:

SCHEDULE OF RECONCILIATION OF THE PRODUCT WARRANT LIABILITY

Changes in estimates for warranties 

June 30, 2023

(unaudited)

  

December 31,

2022

 
Balance at beginning of the period $600  $600 
Payments  (242)  (508)
Provision for warranties  242   508 
Balance at end of the period $600  $600 

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Changes in estimates for warranties 

September 30,

2017

(unaudited)

  

December 31,

2016

 
Balance at beginning of the period $175,000  $25,000 
Payments  (114,600)  (135,457)
Provision for warranties  114,600   285,457 
Balance at end of the period $175,000  $175,000 

Income TaxesStock-Based Compensation

The Company accountsperiodically issues stock-based compensation to officers, directors, and consultants for income taxes usingservices rendered. Such issuances vest and expire according to terms established at the assetissuance date.

Stock-based payments to employees, directors, and liability method whereby deferred tax assetsfor acquiring goods and services from nonemployees, which include grants of employee stock options, are recognized for deductible temporary differences, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized before the Company is able to realize their benefits, or that future deductibility is uncertain.

Tax benefits from an uncertain tax position are recognized only if it more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities based on technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a positionbased on their grant date fair values in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation. Stock option grants to employees, which are generally time vested, are measured basedat the grant date fair value and depending on the largest benefit that has greater than 50% likelihoodconditions associated with the vesting of being realized upon ultimate resolution. Deferred taxthe award, compensation cost is recognized on a straight-line or graded basis over the vesting period. Recognition of compensation expense for non-employees is in the same period and manner as if the Company had paid cash for the services. The fair value of stock options granted is estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which uses certain assumptions related to risk-free interest rates, expected volatility, expected life, and future dividends. The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model could materially affect compensation expense recorded in future periods.

Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

The Company uses various inputs in determining the fair value of its investments and measures these assets on a recurring basis. Financial assets recorded at fair value in the balance sheets are categorized by the level of objectivity associated with the inputs used to measure their fair value.

Authoritative guidance provided by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) defines the following levels directly related to the amount of subjectivity associated with the inputs to fair valuation of these financial assets:

Level 1Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that is observable either directly or indirectly.
Level 3Unobservable inputs based on the Company’s assumptions.

The carrying amounts of certain financial assets and liabilities, are adjusted forsuch as cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, approximate their fair values because of the effectsshort maturity of changes in tax lawsthese instruments. The carrying values of the line of credit and notes payable approximate their fair values since the interest rates on the date of enactment.these obligations are based on prevailing market interest rates.


Concentrations

Concentrations

Cash.Cash. The Company maintains cash balances at two banks.four banks, with the majority held at one bank located in the U.S. At times, the amount on deposit exceeds the federally insured limits. Management believes that the financial institutions that hold the Company’s cash isare financially sound and, accordingly, minimal credit risk exists.

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Cash denominated in Australian Dollars with a U.S. Dollar equivalent of $6 and $8 at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, was held in an account at a financial institution located in Australia. Cash denominated in Romanian Leu with a U.S. Dollar equivalent of $18 and $23 at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, was held in an account at a financial institution located in Romania.

Net SalesRevenues. . For the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 and 2016, 74% and 91%, respectively,2023, 49% of net salesrevenues were generated from the Company’s largest customer, a Tier-1 telecommunications wireless carrier in the U.S, and 26% of revenue was generated from the Company’s second largest customer, a telecommunications customer Verizon Wireless.outside the U.S. For the ninethree months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 and 2016, 82% and 89%, respectively,2022, 88% of net salesrevenues were generated from Verizon Wireless.the Company’s largest customer, a Tier-1 telecommunications wireless carrier in the U.S. There was no other revenue from customers in excess of 10% of revenues in either period. For the three months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, sales to telecommunications customers accounted for 97% and 99% of total revenues, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, sales to international customers accounted for 29% and 2%, of total revenue, respectively.

Accounts receivable. On SeptemberFor the six months ended June 30, 2017, accounts receivable related2023, sales to the Company’s largest customer, a Tier-1 telecommunications wireless carrier in the U.S., accounted for 49% of total revenues, and 26% of revenue was generated from the Company’s second largest customer, a telecommunications customer outside the U.S. For the same period in 2022, sales to the Company’s largest customer, a Tier-1 telecommunications wireless carrier in the U.S., accounted for 89%. There was no other revenue from customers in excess of 10% of revenues in either period. For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, sales to telecommunications customers accounted for 96% and 99% of total revenues, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, sales to international customers accounted for 28% and 1%, of total revenue, respectively.

Accounts receivable. At June 30, 2023, the three largest accounts receivable from the Company’s customers represented 75%73%, 12% and 10%, of the Company’s receivables. Ontotal accounts receivable. At December 31, 2016, 94%2022, the Company’s two largest receivable accounts represented 74% and 15% of the Company’s total accounts receivable. There was no other customer that accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s accounts receivable were from one customer, Verizon Wireless.as of June 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022.

Accounts payable. On SeptemberAt June 30, 2017,2023, accounts payable to the Company’s largest vendor represented 7% while the other twothree largest vendors represented 6%19%, 11% and 5% each.5%, of the Company’s accounts payable. On December 31, 2016,2022, the three largest accounts payable accounts to the Company’s largest vendor represented 29%, while the other two largest vendors represented 9% each.51%, 3%, and 3%, respectively.

Purchases. The Company has established relationships with third party engine suppliers and other key suppliers from whichNet Loss Per Share

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the Company sources components for its power systems. The Company is substantially dependent on its two key engine suppliers, Yanmar Engines Company and Kubota Corporation. Purchases from Yanmar and Kubota, represented 19% and 23%weighted average number of the Company’s total cost of salescommon shares outstanding for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively; and represented 19% and 20%period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing the net income applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the Company’s total costnumber of sales foradditional common shares that would have been outstanding if all dilutive potential common shares had been issued using the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.treasury stock method. Potential common shares are excluded from the computation when their effect is antidilutive. The dilutive effect of potentially dilutive securities is reflected in diluted net income per share if the exercise prices were lower than the average fair market value of common shares during the reporting period.

The following potentially dilutive shares were excluded from the shares used to calculate diluted earnings per share as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive:

SCHEDULE OF DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE

  

June 30,

2023

(Unaudited)

  

June 30,

2022
(Unaudited)

 
Options  140,000   140,000 
Warrants  24,122   24,122 
Total  164,122   164,122 

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014,September 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU)ASU No. 2014-09,Revenue from Contracts2016-13, Credit Losses - Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASC 326”). The standard significantly changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets, including accounts and notes receivables. The standard will replace today’s “incurred loss” approach with Customers. ASU 2014-09 is a comprehensive revenue recognition standard thatan “expected loss” model, under which companies will supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under current GAAP and replace it with a principle based approach for determining revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 will require that companies recognize revenueallowances based on the value of transferred goods or services as they occur in the contract. The ASU also will require additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costsexpected rather than incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted only in annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods therein.losses. Entities will be able to transition toapply the standard either retrospectively orstandard’s provisions as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the datebeginning of adoption.the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2014-09 on the Company’s financial statements and disclosures.

In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02,Leases. ASU 2016-02 requires a lessee to record a right of use asset and a corresponding lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. ASU 2016-02standard is effective for allthe Company for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early2022. Effective January 1, 2023, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13 and that adoption is permitted. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. The Company is currently evaluating the expected impact that the standard could have on its financial statements and related disclosures.

Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB, including its Emerging Issues Task Force, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the SEC did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company’s present or future consolidated financial statements.position, results of operations, and cash flows.

NOTE 2 – RESTRICTED CASH

As of September 30, 2017,The Company’s management does not believe that there are other recently issued but not yet effective authoritative guidance, if currently adopted, would have a material impact on the Company’s cash balance of $14,779,028 included restricted cash of $1,000,423. The restricted cash serves as a collateral to the line of credit (see Note 5) opened with a bank in March 2017.financial statement presentation or disclosures.


NOTE 32PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consist of the following:

SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

September 30,

2017

(Unaudited)

 

December 31,

2016

  

June 30, 2023

(Unaudited)

 

December 31,

2022

 
Production tooling, jigs, fixtures $70,749  $70,749  $71  $71 
Shop equipment and machinery  1,344,391   1,193,892   3,565   3,371 
Vehicles  83,781   51,883   177   177 
Leasehold improvements  42,173   42,173   390   390 
Office equipment  100,245   100,245   185   185 
Software  97,533   97,533   106   106 
Total property and equipment, cost  1,738,872   1,556,475   4,494   4,300 
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization  (1,004,647)  (818,889)  (3,989)  (3,762)
Property and equipment, net $734,225  $737,586  $505  $538 

Depreciation and amortization expense on property and equipment for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and September 30, 20162022 was $65,678$110 and $57,430,$129, respectively. During the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and September 30, 2016, $58,0572022, $125 and $49,979,$125, respectively, of the depreciation expense was included in the balance of cost of sales.

Depreciation and amortization expense on property and equipment for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and September 30, 20162022 was $185,758$226 and $154,010,$264, respectively. During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and September 30, 2016, $162,7292022, $220 and $135,000,$255, respectively, of the depreciation expense was included in the balance of cost of sales.

NOTE 3 – NOTES PAYABLE, RELATED PARTY

In May 2023, the Company issued a note payable to its Chief Executive Officer for $160,000. The note is unsecured, due April 25, 2024, and bears interest at 1% per annum.

NOTE 4 – NOTES PAYABLE

Notes payable consist of the following:

SCHEDULE OF NOTES PAYABLE

  

June 30, 2023

(Unaudited)

  

December 31,

2022

 
Notes payable $143  $268 
Less current portion  (135)  (211)
Notes payable, long term $8  $57 

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September 30,

2017

  December 31, 
  

(Unaudited)

  

2016

 
Total Equipment Notes Payable $263,545  $348,799 
Less Current Portion  (109,339)  (111,368)
Notes Payable, Long term $154,206  $237,431 

TheIn 2018 and 2019, the Company has entered into severalfive financing agreements for the purchase of equipment. The terms of these financing arrangements are for a term of 2 years to 5 years, with interest rates ranging from 1.9%3.4% to 6.9%5.0% per annum, and secured by the purchased equipment. AggregateThe aggregate monthly payments of principal and interest of the outstanding notes payable as of June 30, 2023 is approximately $10,000$20 and are due through 2019.December 2023.

NOTE 5 – LINE OF CREDIT

On March 21, 2017,Credit Facility

Effective September 30, 2020, the Company entered into a CreditLoan and Security Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) with Pinnacle Bank (“Pinnacle”). At June 30, 2023, the outstanding balance under the line of credit was $4,927and related documents with Citibank, N.A.the Company had availability under the line of credit of $71. The Loan Agreement initially expired on September 30, 2022, and on November 3, 2022, the Loan Agreement was amended to expire on September 30, 2024.

The Loan Agreement, provides for a revolving credit facility under which Pinnacle may make advances to the Company, subject to certain limitations and adjustments, of up to (a) 85% of the aggregate net face amount of the Company’s accounts receivable and other contract rights and receivables, plus (b) the lesser of (i) 35% of the lower of cost or wholesale market value of certain inventory of the Company or (ii) $2,500.

Borrowings based on receivables bears an interest on the daily balance at a rate of 1.25% above the prime rate, but in no event less than 3.75% per annum (9.50% at June 30, 2023 and 8.75% at December 31, 2022). Interest on the portion of the daily balance consisting of advances against inventory accrues interest at a rate of 2.25% above the prime rate, but in no event less than 4.75% per annum (10.5% at June 30, 2023 and 9.75% at December 31, 2022).

On April 13, 2023, the Company entered into a Third Modification to the Loan Agreement under which the Company and Pinnacle agreed to add a new section which provides for anPinnacle to lend the Company up to $146 collateralized by certain equipment. At June 30, 2023, the outstanding balance under this section of the Loan Agreement was $136 and is included in the total outstanding balance of $4,927.

On May 25, 2023, the Company entered into a Fourth Modification to the Loan Agreement under which the parties (a) agreed to amend the amount of available advances under the Loan Agreement such that the aggregate amount of up to $1,000,000. Thethe outstanding advances under the revolving credit facility will expire at such timemay not be greater than $6 million, and (b) raised the parties mutually agreeconcentration percentage applicable to certain Tier-1 telecommunication customers from 50% to 75% in the definition of eligible accounts.

Pinnacle may terminate the credit facilityLoan Agreement at any time upon sixty days prior written notice and immediately upon the occurrence of an event of default. Under the Loan Agreement, the Company granted Pinnacle a security interest in all presently existing and thereafter acquired or at the electionarising assets of the lender. Interest accrues onCompany. The Loan Agreement also contains a financial covenant requiring the principal amountCompany to attain an effective tangible net worth, as defined, which the Company attained as of revolving loans outstanding underJune 30, 2023.

The Loan Agreement obligates the creditCompany to pay Pinnacle a yearly facility at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the prime rate of interest as published by Citibank, or (ii) the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate plus 2%. Amounts outstanding from time to time under the credit facility are due and payable monthlyfee in an amount equal to the greater of 2%1.125% of the outstanding principal balance or $100, plus accrued interest. Upon the terminationsum of the credit facility, any amounts owed underadvance limit.

NOTE 6 – STOCK OPTIONS

The following table summarizes stock options:

SCHEDULE OF STOCK OPTION ACTIVITY

  Number of  Weighted Average 
  Options  Exercise Price 
Outstanding, December 31, 2022  140,000  $5.22 
Granted      
Exercised/Forfeited/Expired      
Outstanding, June 30, 2023 (unaudited)  140,000  $5.22 
Exercisable, June 30, 2023 (unaudited)  140,000  $5.22 

Effective July 8, 2016, the credit facility will be payable byCompany’s board of directors approved the Company in 48 equal consecutive monthly installmentsPolar Power 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”), authorizing the issuance of principal, together with accrued monthly interestup to 1,754,385 shares of common stock as incentives to employees and any other charges beginning the first calendar month after the date of cancellation. The credit facility is also subjectconsultants to an annual finance charge of $2,500, which amount has been waived for the first year. The credit facility is secured by a Certificate of Deposit (restricted cash) account opened by the Company with Citibank in the amountawards limited to a maximum of $1,000,000.


The Company’s credit facility contains negative covenants prohibiting it from (i) creating or permitting350,877 shares to exist any liens, security interests or other encumbrances on the Company’s assets, (ii) engagingone participant in any business activities substantially different than those in which the Company is presently engaged, (iii) ceasing operations, liquidating, merging, transferring, acquiring or consolidating with any other entity, changing its name, dissolving or transferring or selling collateral out of the ordinary course of business, or (iv) paying dividends on the Company’s capital stock (other than dividends payable in stock).calendar year.

As of SeptemberAt June 30, 2017,2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company had not borrowed any funds undertotal outstanding options exercisable into 140,000 shares of the credit facilityCompany’s common stock. The options are fully vested, with exercise prices ranging from $4.84 to $5.60. 30,000 options expire in December 2027 and thusthe remaining 110,000 options expire in April 2028.

The outstanding options had availability of $1,000,000.no intrinsic value at June 30, 2023.

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NOTE 67SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITYSTOCK WARRANTS

Warrants

At SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, warrant shares outstanding were as follows:

SCHEDULE OF WARRANTS OUTSTANDING

   Shares  Weighted Average Exercise Price 
Outstanding December 31, 2016   115,000  $8.75 
Issued       
Exercised       
Outstanding, September 30, 2017   115,000  $8.75 
  Number of
Warrants
  Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
Outstanding December 31, 2022  24,122  $3.13 
Issued      
Exercised/Forfeited/Expired      
Outstanding, June 30, 2023 (unaudited)  24,122  $3.13 
Exercisable, June 30, 2023 (unaudited)  24,122  $3.13 

AllAt June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company had outstanding warrants outstanding are exercisable into 24,122 shares of the Company’s common stock. The warrants were issued in connection with a July 2020 private placement of shares of the Company’s common stock. The warrants have an exercise price of $3.13 per share and have a remaining contractual life of 4.25 years. expire in July 2025.

There was no intrinsic value of the outstanding and exercisable warrants at SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023.

NOTE 7– DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH A RELATED ENTITY8 – OPERATING LEASES

OnThe Company has two operating lease agreements for its warehouse and office facilities. An amendment dated January 31, 2023, to one of its operating leases that expired on February 28, 2023, extends that lease term for three years commencing March 1, 2014,2023 through February 28, 2026. Lease payments total $2,596, with monthly lease payments ranging from $58 beginning in March 2023, to $74 beginning in March 2024, to $84 from March 2025 to February 2026. The lease amendment was considered a new lease agreement and as a result, the Company entered intorecognized an operating lease right-of-use asset and related operating lease liability of $2,392.

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The Company’s second operating lease expires in August 2023. In May 2023, the Company signed an amendment to the second lease extending the term to August 2026. Lease payments will total $1,304, with monthly lease payments ranging from $31 beginning in September 2023, to $37 beginning in September 2024, to $41 from September 2025 to August 2026. The lease amendment to the Company’s second operating lease is also considered a subcontractor installernew lease agreement with Smartgen Solutions, Inc. (“Smartgen”),and as a result, the Company will recognize an operating lease right-of-use asset and related entity that is engaged in businessoperating lease liability of equipment rental and provider of maintenance, repair and installation services to mobile telecommunications towers in California. Under the termsapproximately $1,184 upon commencement of the agreement, Smartgen has been appointed as a non-exclusive, authorized service providernew term.

The components of rent expense and supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the installation, repair and serviceperiod are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF RENT EXPENSE AND SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

  

Six Months
Ended

June 30, 2023

  

Six Months
Ended

June 30, 2022

 
Lease Cost        
Operating lease cost $499  $350 
Operating lease cost (of which $64 is included in general and administration and $435 is included in cost of sales in the Company’s statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2023, and $49 and $301 for the same period in 2022, respectively) $499  $350 
         
Other Information        
Weighted average remaining lease term – operating leases (in years)  1.4   0.9 
Average discount rate – operating leases  6.13%  3.75%

The supplemental balance sheet information related to leases for the period is as follows:

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION

   At
June 30, 2023
   At
June 30, 2022
 
Operating leases        
Long-term operating right-of-use assets, net of accumulated amortization of $2,510 and $2,237, respectively $2,178  $580 
         
Short-term operating lease liabilities $717  $588 
Long-term operating lease liabilities  1,527   47 
Total operating lease liabilities $2,244  $635 

Maturities of the Company’s products in Southern California. The agreement has a term of three years fromlease liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

SCHEDULE OF MATURITIES OF LEASE LIABILITIES

Year Ending Operating Leases 
2023 (remaining 6 months)  400 
2024  858 
2025  990 
2026  168 
Total lease payments  2,416 
Less: Imputed interest/present value discount  (172)
Present value of lease liabilities $2,244 

Rent expense for the date of execution and automatically renews for additional one year periods if not terminated.

During the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016, Smartgen performed $31,0052022 was $649 and $30,654$476, respectively.

NOTE 9 - EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDITS

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, passed in field services, respectively. Smartgen performed $127,887 and $61,756 in field services forDecember 2021, expanded the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Smartgen had no purchases fromemployee retention credit (“ERC”) program through December 2021. The credits cover 70% of qualified wages, plus the cost to continue providing health benefits to our employees, subject to a $7 cap per employee per quarter. Due to revenue declines the Company experienced, it qualified for approximately $2,000 of ERC during the three monthsyear ended SeptemberDecember 31, 2021. The Company believes that it has complied with the ERC eligibility requirements, and as of December 31, 2022 and June 30, 2017. Smartgen had $1,1362023, the balance of $2,000 is presented as ERC receivable in purchases of goods, parts and services from the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. Smartgen made no purchases from the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.accompanying balance sheets.

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NOTE 8 – INCOME TAXES

The provision for income taxes consists of the following for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016:

  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016 
Current      
 Federal $48,160  $(1,284,181)
 State  12,317   (328,435)
Deferred        
 Federal  42,614   51,719 
 State  10,027   12,169 
Income tax expense (provision) benefit $113,118  $(1,548,728)

  Nine Months Ended September30, 
  2017  2016 
Federal income tax rate  34%  34%
State tax, net of federal benefit  8%  6%
Permanent differences  %  %
Change in accrued liabilities  (32)%  3%
Change in valuation allowances  25%  (7)%
Other  5%  %
Effective income tax rate  40%  36%

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial statement purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at September 30, 2017 and at December 31, 2016 are as follows:

  

September 30,

2017

(Unaudited)

  

 

December 31,

2016

 
Deferred tax assets:        
Inventory reserves $221,053  $105,000 
Accrued liabilities  138,160   209,084 
Total deferred tax assets  359,213   314,084 
Accumulated depreciation  (145,935)  (153,447)
Net deferred tax assets $213,278  $160,637 

Effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted FASB guidelines that address the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under this guidance, the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position should be measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. This guidance also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties on income taxes, accounting in interim periods and requires increased disclosures. At the date of adoption, and as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company did not have a liability for unrecognized tax benefits, and no adjustment was required at adoption.


The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various states. The Company is subject to U.S. federal or state income tax examinations by tax authorities for tax years after 2010.

The Company’s policy is to record interest and penalties on uncertain tax provisions as income tax expense. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company has no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions. Additionally, tax years 2010 through 2016 remain open to examination by the major taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject.

The Company has refundable income taxes of $1,257,585 as of September 30, 2017. This was a result of estimated tax payments for the first quarter of 2017. The refundable income taxes will be used to offset any taxable net income in the annual tax return.

NOTE 9 – COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company may be involved in general commercial disputes arising in the ordinary course of its business. The Company is not currently involved in legal proceedings that could reasonably be expected to have material adverse effect on its business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations.

Sales Backlog

As of September 30, 2017, the Company had a backlog of $1,546,777. The amount of backlog represents revenue that the Company anticipates recognizing in the future, as evidenced by purchase orders and other purchase commitments received from customers, but on which work has not yet been initiated or with respect to which work is currently in progress. Product delivery to fulfill a customer’s purchase order depends on the customer’s requested ship date, which may require the Company to hold on to finished goods for weeks or months. A customer could have delays in preparing the site where its product will be installed, causing the Company to delay product delivery. Finished product tied to a purchase order, but which has not been delivered to the customer is counted as part of the Company’s backlog.

The Company’s backlog consists of 62% in purchases of its DC power systems by telecommunications customers, of which 45% is from the Company’s single largest telecommunications customer and 17% from one of two Tier 1 telecommunications companies that granted the Company approved supplier status during the first quarter of 2017. In addition, the Company’s backlog includes 28% in purchases from military contractors, and 10% from other markets. The Company believes the majority of its backlog will be shipped within the next nine months. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in fulfilling such orders and commitments in a timely manner or that the Company will ultimately recognize as revenue the amounts reflected in its backlog. 


ITEM 2.Management’s Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations

 

ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our financial statements and the related notes and other financial information included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In addition to historical information, this discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this report. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period, and results for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

OverviewReferences to the “Company,” “Polar,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Polar Power, Inc. All dollar amounts are presented in thousands, except share and per-share data and where otherwise noted.

Overview

We design, manufacture, and sell direct current, or DC power generators, renewable energy and cooling systems for applications primarily in the telecommunications market and, to a lesser extent, in other markets, including military, electric vehicle, charging, cogeneration, distributed powermarine and uninterruptable power supply. industrial. We are continuously diversifying our customer base and are selling our products into non-telecommunication markets and applications at an increasing rate. The changes in customer diversity are reported in the financial section.

Within the telecommunications market,various markets we service, our DC power systems provide reliable and low-cost DC power to service applications that do not have access to the utility grid (i.e., prime power and mobile applications) or have critical power needs and cannot be without power in the event of utility grid failure (i.e., back-up power applications). Within this market,

We believe it’s more efficient to build power systems around the DC generator because it’s simpler to integrate with battery storage and solar photovoltaics which also operate on DC. Many applications in communications, water pumping, lighting, vehicle and vessel propulsion, security systems operate on DC power only. Many micro-grids and energy storage are DC based and use inverters to convert the DC to AC.

Serving these various markets, we offer the following three configurations of our DC power systems, with output power ranging from 5 kW to 2050 kW:

DC baseBase power systems. These stationary systems integrate a DC generator and automated controls with remote monitoring, which are typically contained within an environmentally regulated enclosure.

DC hybridHybrid power systems. These systems incorporate lithium-ion batteries (or other advanced battery chemistries) with our proprietary BMSbattery management system into our standard DC power systems.

DC solar hybrid power systems.. These stationary systems incorporate photovoltaic and other sources of renewable energy into our DC hybrid power system.systems.
Mobile power systems. These are very light weight and compact power systems used for EV charging, robotics, communications, security.

Sales of our DC generators to the telecommunications market continues to be the largest contributor to our net sales representing 97% and 96% of total net sales for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to 99% for each of the three- and six-month periods in 2022. Our DC generators are primarily used as backup power for cellular sites. Our hybrid and DC solar hybrid power systems offer prime power for sites that have bad-grid or are off-grid. Our systems are available in diesel, natural gas, liquidLPG / propane gas, gasoline and biofuelrenewable fuel formats, with diesel, natural gas and liquid propane gas being the predominant formats,formats.

We experienced a significant increase in sales of our DC generators to telecommunications customers in international markets during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to the same periods in 2022. Sales to telecommunications customers in international markets represented 29% and 28% for the three and six months ends June 30, 2023, as compared to 2% and 1% of our total net sales for the same periods in 2022. We have several telecommunications customers in the south pacific region purchasing our DC generators to develop the telecommunications infrastructure in this region. During the second quarter of 2022, we received purchase orders from our largest telecommunications customer in the South Pacific Islands totaling $6.2 million for our DC power generators for off-grid applications to supply rural areas with broadband services. As of June 30, 2023, we shipped all but two generators of the $6.2 million order.

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We believe the implementation and ongoing development of 5G networks along with programs to develop the telecommunications infrastructure in rural and underdeveloped countries will continue to fuel our growth in the telecommunications market over the next five to ten years.

We continue to work on diversifying our customer base and are capableselling into non-telecommunication markets and applications at an increasing rate. In March 2022, we received EPA certification on our 4Y Toyota engine project aimed at expanding the power range to 35 kW on natural gas and LPG. Our EPA certification of being remotely monitored1KS and 4Y Toyota engines brings to the market (non-diesel) engines with very low maintenance and high fuel efficiency. In addition to meeting the telecommunications need for larger and more compact generators our larger models have high interest from micro-grids, peak power shaving, and EV charging.

In May 2023, we announced plans to expand our mobile offerings by upgrading our global network management tool usingmobile CHAdeMO EV chargers to the universal combined charging system standard to reach the mobile EV charging market. We are taking orders for our proprietary software technology, allowing usnew line of EV charges and expect to have them available before the end of the first quarter of 2024. Mobile EV chargers are used for emergency roadside service providing a fast-charging solution for EVs that have run out of charge before reaching a stationary charging facility.

Solar combined with the Toyota 1KS and 4Y engines along with our customersalternators and controls will offer clean and renewable energy for applications including HVAC, refrigeration, EV charging, peak power shaving, off grid power, and backing up the grid for home and business. We are actively pursuing these applications which we believe form the foundation for micro-grids.

We also continue to collectmarket our DC generators for the military, advanced mobility and marine markets as part of our ongoing customer diversification strategy. The military’s increasing use of robotics, drones, and computerization in the field is driving the demand for battery charging with DC generators. Military sales are advantageous because of their long-term contracts and they tend to cover the cost of product development. Marine sales interest have increased significantly both domestically and overseas due to the increased performance data in comfort and updatefuel economy. Also, there are increasing restrictions on the use of diesel and gasoline engines in many lakes and waterways making way for our products remotely.natural gas and propane operated generators. Using natural gas and propane for home and office charging for electric vehicle and forklifts is still a market under development. Same is true for diesel mobile chargers for emergency roadside assistance.

We believe military actions of the Russian Federation and its invasion of Ukraine have added considerable to our shipping costs due to diesel fuel costs. However, we believe the resulting geopolitical uncertainty should increase our military contracts.

Following a 2.5-year delay, we launched the Toyota 1KS series, reaching a key milestone in the Company’s evolution. We just started shipments of the Toyota based generators and expect production volumes will continue to build as production learning curves lead to efficiencies.

We believe the Toyota prime power engines, when configured into generators, will provide strong opportunities for growth and diversification in line with the Company’s long-term plan. This engine platform is expected to easily facilitate the shift from diesel to natural gas and LPG (liquid petroleum gas, aka propane or butane). LPG and natural gas fuel reduce carbon emissions between 16% to 27% and combined with increased fuel efficiency of DC generators and solar technologies emissions become very minimal. The Toyota 1KS prime power engines have much lower maintenance requirements when compared to diesel engines and the current LPG and natural gas backup generators from the major brands. The Toyota 1KS engine will be focused on applications in telecommunications, microgrids, EV charging, and CHP (combined heat and power).

The delay in the launch was caused by several factors, including a challenging hiring market for specialized engineers, and problems with combustion control and lubricating oil temperature regulation (note that the Toyota engine itself presented no problems), which have been resolved, field-tested, and implemented into engineering and production. Lastly, disruptions attributable to long lead times for components and availability also negatively impacted the development schedule.

Despite the delay, we did not stop our marketing efforts and are now transitioning from sales contacts to sales, which includes the production of sales literature and field demonstrations. The launch was planned for 2 years back, and in anticipation the Company has purchased a large number of engines, requiring significant working capital, but is well positioned to meet anticipated demand. This inventory is expected to convert back to cash as product sales accelerate. As a hedge against the world supply chain problems, the Company has maintained large inventory levels on critical items.

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We install, sell

Impact of COVID-19 and serviceInflation

COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted business and industries all over the world since March 2020. The pandemic has had a significant negative impact on our products withinoverall operations including revenues, productivity, gross margins and liquidity. The pandemic has resulted in labor shortages, disruptions in the chain of supply, and higher material costs. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, supply chain constraints that affected timely delivery of raw materials required to complete our identified markets throughDC power systems negatively affected our direct salesmanufacturing productivity levels. Labor shortages resulted in excess overtime for the existing labor force and a networkreduction in engineering projects. We believe that Covid-19 will be an ongoing challenge for years to come and to adapt will require us to further globalize our vendors, engineering, and customers.

Inflation. The continuing impact of independentthe COVID-19 pandemic, higher inflation, the actions by the Federal Reserve to address inflation, most notably sustained increases in interest rates, and rising energy prices create uncertainty about the future economic environment which will continue to evolve and, we believe, has impacted the Company’s business in 2022 and may continue to impact its business in 2023. The implications of higher government deficits and debt, tighter monetary policy, and potentially higher long-term interest rates may drive a higher cost of capital for the business and an increase in the Company’s operating expenses.

Recent Business Events

In September 2022, we renewed our master service providersagreement with our largest customer, a U.S. Tier1 telecommunications customer. The agreement included price adjustments to our products which we believe will help offset the effects of inflation and dealers.improve our margins. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, 49% of our total net sales in each period were derived from our largest customer and 51% of our total backlog as of June 30, 2023 are purchase orders from our largest customer.

Our sales backlog as of June 30, 2023 was $5,936, of which our telecommunications customers in the U.S. accounted for 66%, telecommunications customers outside the U.S. accounted for 23%, customers in military markets accounted for 6%, customers in the marine markets accounted for 2%, and customers in other markets accounted for 3%.

We continue to work on diversifying our customer base and are selling into non-telecommunication markets and applications at an increasing rate. In March 2022, we received EPA certification on our 4Y Toyota engine project aimed at expanding the power range to 35 kW on natural gas and LPG. Our EPA certification of 1KS and 4Y Toyota engines brings to the market (non-diesel) engines with very low maintenance and high fuel efficiency. In addition weto meeting the telecommunications need for larger and more compact generators our larger models have established strategic relationships with local service partners in international marketshigh interest from micro-grids, peak power shaving, and EV charging.

We believe that Covid-19 will be an ongoing challenge for years to jointly promote, distributecome and serviceto adapt will require us to further globalize our products.vendors, engineering, and customers.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

OurThe preparation of the Company’s financial statements have been prepared in accordanceconformity with generally accepted accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements(“GAAP”) requires usmanagement to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Some of those judgments that may have a significant impact on the portrayal of our financial conditioncan be subjective and complex, and therefore, actual results of operations. We base ourcould differ materially from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis offor making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Management regularly evaluates the key factors and assumptions used to develop the estimates utilizing currently available information, changes in facts and circumstances, historical experience and reasonable assumptions. After such evaluations, if deemed appropriate, those estimates are adjusted accordingly. Actual results could differ materially from thesethose estimates.

We believe that the following Significant estimates include those related to assumptions used in reserves for uncollectible receivables, inventory reserves and returns, impairment analysis of long-term assets, valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, income tax accruals, accruals for potential liabilities and warrant reserves and assumptions made in valuing equity instruments issued for services. There were no changes to our critical accounting policies among others, affect our more significant judgment and estimates useddescribed in the preparation of our financial statements:


Warranty Costs. We provide limited warranties for parts and labor at no cost to our customers within a specified time period after the sale. The warranty terms are typically from one to five years. Provisions for estimated expenses related to product warranties are made at the time products are sold. These estimates are established using historical information about the nature, frequency and average cost of warranty claim settlements as well as product manufacturing and recovery from suppliers. Management actively studies trends of warranty claims and takes action to improve product quality and minimize warranty costs. We estimate the actual historical warranty claims coupled with an analysis of unfulfilled claims to record a liability for specific warranty purposes. Our product warranty obligations arestatements included in other accrued liabilities inour Annual Report on Form 10-K for the balance sheets. We accrued a liability for warranty reserve of $175,000 on each offiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Management believes2022, that the warranty accrual is appropriate; however actual claims incurred could differ from original estimates, requiring adjustments to the accrual. The product warranty accrual is allocated to current liabilities in the balance sheets.

Inventory. We write downimpacted our inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value-based upon assumptions about future demand, future pricing and market conditions. If actual future demand, future pricing or market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required and the differences could be material. Once established, write-downs are considered permanent adjustments to the cost basis of the obsolete or unmarketable inventories.

Income Taxes.Our estimate of income taxes payable, deferred income taxes and the effective tax rate is based on an analysis of many factors including interpretations of federal and state income tax laws, the difference between tax and financial reporting bases of assets and liabilities, estimates of amounts currently due or owed in various jurisdictions, and current accounting standards. We review and update our estimates on a quarterly basis as facts and circumstances change and actual results are known. We recognize income taxes for the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred tax liabilities and assets are recognized for the future tax consequences of transactions that have been recognized in ourcondensed financial statements or tax returns. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or the entire deferred tax asset will not be realized.and related notes included herein.

Effects of Inflation

The impact of inflation and changing prices has not been significant on the financial condition or results of operations of our company.

Impact of New Accounting Pronouncements

See “Note 1 – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Recent Accounting Pronouncements” of the Notes to our condensed financial statementsstatements.

Financial Performance Summary and Outlook

Our net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2023 were $5,587, which represents a 31% increase in net sales as compared to $4,274 for the three months ended June 30, 2022. Our net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2023 were $9,777, which represents a 22% increase in net sales as compared to $7,983 for the same period in 2022.

Supply chain constraints continue to affect timely delivery of raw materials required to complete our DC power systems. Approximately $900 or 37 DC generators of expected shipments for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 were postponed to the second half of 2023 due to parts shortages. We also continue to experience challenges sourcing qualified engineers, which negatively affects the rate we design or customize new customer orders.

We continue to increase sales of our DC generators to customers in international markets. Sales of our DC generators to customers in international markets represented 29% and 28% of our total net sales for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to 2% and 1% during the same periods in 2022. Orders from customers in international markets represented 25% of our total backlog as of June 30, 2023.

Our total backlog as of June 30, 2023, was $5,936, of which telecommunications customers in the U.S. represented 66%, telecommunications customers in international markets represented 23%, customers in the marine market represented 2%, customers in the military market represented 6%, and customers in other markets represented 3%.

We plan to continue to expand our customer base in all market segments. We also anticipate that our sales will increase as we overcome supply chain and labor issues.

See “Risk Factors” commencing on page 524 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012

On April 5, 2012, the JOBS Act was enacted. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act10-Q for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this extended transition period and, as a result, we will adopt new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for other public companies.

We are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on other exemptions and reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if as an “emerging growth company” we choose to rely on such exemptions, we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis), and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation-related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply until we no longer meet the requirements of being an “emerging growth company.” We will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1 billion or more; (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the completion of this offering; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the SEC.considerations.

 


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Financial Performance Summary and Outlook

 

During the third quarter of 2017, we experienced a 59% decline in net sales as compared to the third quarter of 2016, primarily as a result of a decline in sales of our DC power systems to our largest customer, Verizon Wireless, coupled with a price reduction in our DC power systems that took effect in March 2017. We remain confident in the long-term demand for our DC power systems. Since the beginning of 2017, we have been granted approved supplier status from two additional Tier 1 telecommunications customers and reestablished our relationship with one other customer, making us vendor approved to all four of the Tier-1 wireless carriers in the U.S., one of which purchased its initial set of DC power systems during the second quarter of 2017 and has submitted its first significant order worth $1.2 million in October 2017.

Our gross profit margin was 27.4% for the quarter ended September 30, 2017, as compared to 44.7% for the year ended December 31, 2016. Our gross profit margin for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 was negatively affected by a combination of factors including a price reduction in our DC power systems that took effect in March 2017, a negative change in volume discounts as a result of a decrease in raw material purchases, and an increased use of our production staff in R&D projects.

During the third quarter of 2017, we continued to invest heavily in research and development. A significant amount of the R&D for this quarter focused on engineering changes to our power systems to meet new customer requirements. We also continued work on our new 15kW horizontal DC power system, re-designing our Supra Controller to meet the latest standards in technology, and our new hybrid power system for our international markets.

Our international sales force continues to execute our global growth strategy by presenting our power systems to their business contacts in four continents. We have successfully obtained vendor approval from 32 overseas carriers and are working with them on RFP’s exceeding well over $100 million as of September 30, 2017. Although no assurances can be given that any of these RFPs will result in purchase orders for our products, we believe these initiatives have laid the necessary foundation for long term financial performance and we expect to receive purchase orders from many of these regions during the first half of 2018.

Our goals for the remainder of 2017 include continuing to build our business relationships with top telecommunications carriers worldwide; actively demonstrating our product portfolio to regional centers in the US; and commencing an R&D program for a 200kW DC generator for data center and military applications.

Results of Operations

The tables presented below, which compare our results of operations from one period to another, present the results for each period, the change in those results from one period to another in both dollars and percentage change, and the results for each period as a percentage of net revenues. The columns present the following:

The first two data columns in each table show the absolute results for each period presented.

The columns entitled “Dollar Variance” and “Percentage Variance” shows the change in results, both in dollars and percentages. These two columns show favorable changes as a positive and unfavorable changes as negative. For example, when our net revenues increase from one period to the next, that change is shown as a positive number in both columns. Conversely, when expenses increase from one period to the next, that change is shown as a negative in both columns.

The last two columns in each table show the results for each period as a percentage of net revenues.

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Three Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 Compared to the Three Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20162022

  

Three Months Ended

June 30,

  

Dollar

Variance

  

Percentage

Variance

  

Results as a

Percentage

of Net Sales for

the Period Ended

June 30,

 
  

2023

(unaudited)

  

2022

(unaudited)

  

Favorable

(Unfavorable)

  

Favorable

(Unfavorable)

  2023  2022 
Net sales $5,587  $4,274  $1,313   31%  100.0%  100.0%
Cost of sales  4,112   3,213   (899)  (28)%  73.6%  75.2%
Gross profit  1,475   1,061   414   39%  26.4%  24.8%
Sales and marketing expenses  310   400   90   23%  5.5%  9.4%
Research and development expenses  338   350   12   3%  6.0%  8.2%
General and Administrative expenses  1,137   1,036   (101)  (10)%  20.4%  24.2%
Total operating expenses  1,785   1,786   1   %  31.9%  41.8%
Loss from operations  (310)  (725)  415   57%  (5.5)%  (17.0)%
Interest and finance costs  (126)  (14)  (112)  (800)%  (2.3)%  (0.4)%
Other income (expense), net           %  %  %
Net loss $(436) $(739) $303   41%  (7.8)%  (17.3)%

  Three Months Ended  Dollar  Percentage  Results as a Percentage
of Net Sales for the
 
  September 30,  Variance  Variance  Three Months Ended 
  2017  2016  Favorable  Favorable  September 30, 
  (unaudited)  (unaudited)  (Unfavorable)  (Unfavorable)  2017  2016 
Net sales $3,030,026  $7,458,949  $(4,428,923)  (59)%  100.0%  100.0%
Cost of sales  2,201,083   4,063,404   1,862,321   46%  72.6%  54.5%
Gross profit  828,943   3,395,545   (2,566,602)  (76)%  27.4%  45.5%
Research and development expenses  480,405   58,610   (421,795)  (720)%  15.9%  1.3%
Sales and marketing expenses  395,793   99,218   (296,575)  (299)%  13.1%  0.8%
General and administrative expenses  633,776   596,584   (37,192)  (6)%  20.9%  8.0%
Depreciation and amortization expense  7,621   7,451   (170)  (2)%  0.3%  0.1%
Total operating expenses  1,517,595   761,863   (755,732)  (99)%  50.1%  10.2%
Income (loss) from operations  (688,652)  2,633,682   (3,322,334)  (126)%  (22.7)%  35.3%
Interest expense  (4,463)  (32,635)  28,172   86%  (0.1)%  (0.4)%
Other income (expense)  18,531   (1,144)  19,675   (1720)%  0.6%  0.0%
Income (loss) before income taxes  (674,584)  2,599,903   (3,274,487)  (126)%  (22.3)%  34.9%
Income tax (provision) benefit  264,681   (818,584)  1,083,265   132%  8.7%  (11.0)%
Net income (loss) $(409,903) $1,781,319  $(2,191,222)  (123)%  (13.5)%  23.9%

Net Sales.Net sales decreased $4,428,923,increased $1,313, or 59%31%, to $3,030,026$5,587 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, as compared to $7,458,949$4,274 for the same period in 2016.2022. The decreaseincrease in net sales was primarily due to a decreasean increase in sales of our DC generators to domestic and international telecommunications customers. For the number of DC base power systems soldthree months ended June 30, 2023, sales to our largest telecommunications customer, Verizon Wireless, coupled withtelecommunication customers in the overall reduction in sales prices of our DC power systems that took effect in March 2017. Sales to Verizon WirelessU.S. accounted for 74%49% of our total net sales, duringand our second largest customer being a telecommunications customer in the three months ended September 30, 2017, as comparedSouth Pacific Islands represented 26% of our total net sales. For the same period in 2022, 88% of our total net sales were generated from our largest U.S. telecommunications customer. There was no other revenue from customers in excess of 10% of total net sales in either period.

Net sales to 91%telecommunications customers in the U.S. accounted for 68% of our total net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to 97% for the same period in 2016.2022. Our successinternational sales represented 29% of our total net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to 2% in diversifying our customer base has led us to expect improvedinternational sales duringin the fourth quarter of 2017. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we have shipped $2 millionsame period in products during the fourth quarter of 2017.2022.

Cost of Sales. Cost of sales during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 decreased2023 increased by $1,862,321,$899, or 46%28%, to $2,201,083,$4,112, as compared to $4,063,404$3,213 during the same period in 2016.2022. Of the $899 increase in cost of sales, 55% was attributed to an increase in material cost related to a more complex and diverse product mix, 29% was attributed to an increase in overhead cost primarily affected by an increase in rent starting in March 2023, and 16% attributed to an increase in labor cost. Cost of sales as a percentage of net sales during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 increased2023 decreased to 72.6%73.6% as compared to 54.5%75.2% in the same period in 20162022 primarily as a result of improved manufacturing productivity and utilization of $173 of inventory previously written off in 2020 as obsolete inventory.

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Gross Profit. We had a decrease in volume discounts on lower material purchases. We also experienced an increase in direct labor absorbed in the costgross profit of sales as a result of interruptions in production flow by R&D projects during$1,475 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.

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Gross Profit.Gross profit during the three months ended September 30, 2017 decreased by $2,566,602,2023, which is an improvement of $414 or 76%39%, to $828,943, as compared to $3,395,545gross profit of $1,061 during the same period in 2016.2022. The increase in gross profit for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was primarily a result of improved labor efficiencies in manufacturing and utilization of $173 of previously written off obsolete inventory. Our gross profit as a percentage of net sales was 27.4%26.4% for the quarter ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, as compared to 45.5%a gross profit as a percentage of net sales of 24.8% in the same period in 2016.2022.

Sales and Marketing Expenses. During the three months ended June 30, 2023, sales and marketing expenses decreased by $90, or 23%, to $310, as compared to $400 during the same period in 2022. The decrease in gross profit margin was attributable to a price reductiondecrease in our DC power systems that took effectsales and sales support staff.

Research and Development Expenses. During the three months ended June 30, 2023, research and development expenses decreased by $12, or 3%, to $338, as compared to $350 during the same period in March 2017, coupled with a negative impact on volume pricing as a result of2022. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in raw material requirementsR&D support staff during the quarter ending Septemberthree months ended June 30, 2017,2023 as compared to the same period in 2016. We also experienced an increase in direct labor absorbed in cost of sales as a result of interruptions in production flow by R&D projects during the three months ended September 30, 2017.

Research and Development Expenses.During the three months ended September 30, 2017,2022. Our research and development expenses increased by $421,795, or 720%, to $480,405, as compared to $58,610efforts during the same period in 2016. The increase in researchsecond quarter of 2023 primarily focused on developing our new 27 kW power system, new software for our new 4Y Toyota engine control system, and development expense was attributable to engineering changeson product design and customization infor our international customers including solar hybrid power systems and mobile EV chargers. We plan to meet new customer requirements, on-going development of a new 15kW horizontal DC power system, re-designing our Supra Controller to meet the latest standards in technology, and developing a new hybrid power system for international markets.

Sales and Marketing Expenses. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, sales and marketing expenses increased by $296,575, or 299%, to $395,793, as compared to $99,218recruit additional engineers during the same period in 2016. The increase was attributedsecond half of 2023 to adding key sales and sales support personnel hired as part of our strategy in reducing our customer and geographic concentration by expanding our sales infrastructure within the U.S. and international markets. Our sales team as of September 30, 2017 consisted of eight sales executives and a staff of nine in sales support, as compared to one sales executive and three in sales support as of September 30, 2016.diversification efforts.

General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses increased by $37,192,$101, or 6%10%, to $633,776$1,137 during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, as compared to $596,584$1,036 during same period in 2016.2022. The increase in general and administrative expenses during the three months ended June 30, 2023 was primarily due to an increase in legal and accounting costs associated with our quarterly and annual financial reporting, not previously performed in the same period in 2016. We anticipate our general and administrative expenses to remain flat or slightly lower as percentage of sales during the remainder of 2017.

Depreciationstaff and Amortization Expenses.Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $8,248, to $65,678 during the three months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to $57,430 during same period in 2016. During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, $58,057 and $49,979, respectively, of the depreciation expense were included in the balances of cost of sales for the periods then ended. Thean increase in depreciationrent expense that that took effect in March 2023.

Interest and amortization expense in 2017 is a result of purchasing machinery to improve our production facility and the acquisition of two service vehicles to support our field technicians

Interest ExpenseFinance Costs. Interest expense for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 was $4,463,$126, as compared to $32,635$14 during the same period in 2016, a decrease of $28,172.2022. Our interest expense during the three months ended September 30, 2017 is mainly attributable to financing costs related to production equipment. Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2016, includedcurrent period resulted primarily from an increase in borrowing costs associated withfrom our prior working capital line of credit which was closed in December 2016.with Pinnacle Bank.

Income Tax. We had a credit of income tax of $264,681 as a result a loss before taxes of $674,584 for the three months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to tax expense of $818,584 during the same period in 2016. In April 2017, we made first quarter estimated tax payments of $1.2 million, which as of September 30, 2017 has become a refundable income tax asset of $1,257,585 on our balance sheet. It will be used to offset any taxable income in our annual tax return.

Net Loss.As a result of the factors identified above, we incurred areported net loss of $409,903,$436, or $0.04$(0.03) per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, as compared to net incomeloss of $1,781,319,$739, or $0.24$(0.06) per basic and diluted share, for three months ended September 30, 2016.the same period in 2022.


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NineSix Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 Compared to the NineSix Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20162022

              Results as a
Percentage of Net
 
  Nine Months Ended  Dollar  Percentage  Sales for the 
  September 30,  Variance  Variance  Nine Months Ended 
  2017  2016  Favorable  Favorable  September 30, 
  (unaudited)  (unaudited)  (Unfavorable)  (Unfavorable)  2017  2016 
Net sales $10,438,761  $15,525,231  $(5,086,470)  (33)%  100.0%  100.0%
Cost of sales  6,925,464   9,240,701   2,315,237   25%  66.3%  59.5%
Gross profit  3,513,297   6,284,530   (2,771,233)  (44)%  33.7%  40.5%
Research and development expenses  947,427   147,744   (799,683)  (541)%  9.1%  1.0%
Sales and marketing expenses  861,231   281,412   (579,819)  (206)%  8.3%  1.8%
General and administrative expenses  1,988,830   1,475,775   (513,055)  (35)%  19.1%  9.5%
Depreciation and amortization expense  23,029   19,010   (4,019)  (21)%  0.2%  0.1%
Total operating expenses  3,820,517   1,923,941   (1,896,576)  (99)%  36.6%  12.4%
Income (loss) from operations  (307,220)  4,360,589   (4,667,809)  (107)%  (2.9)%  28.1%
Interest expense  (14,656)  (96,426)  81,770   84%  (0.1)%  (0.6)%
Other income  42,605   4,573   38,032   832%  0.4%  0.0%
Income (loss) before income taxes  (279,271)  4,268,736   (4,548,007)  (107)%  (2.7)%  27.5%
Income tax (provision) benefit  113,118   (1,548,728)  1,661,846   107%  1.1%  10.0%
Net income (loss) $(166,153) $2,720,008  $(2,886,161)  (106)%  (1.6)%  17.6%
  

Six Months Ended

June 30,

  

Dollar

Variance

  

Percentage

Variance

  

Results as a

Percentage

of Net Sales for

the Period Ended

June 30,

 
  

2023

(unaudited)

  

2022

(unaudited)

  

Favorable

(Unfavorable)

  

Favorable

(Unfavorable)

  2023  2022 
Net sales $9,777  $7,983  $1,794   22%  100.0%  100.0%
Cost of sales  7,548   6,017   (1,531)  (25)%  77.2%  75.4%
Gross profit  2,229   1,966   263   13%  22.8%  24.6%
Sales and marketing expenses  642   805   163   20%  6.6%  10.1%
Research and development expenses  684   826   142   17%  7.0%  10.3%
General and Administrative expenses  2,248   2,167   (81)  (4)%  23.0%  27.1%
Total operating expenses  3,574   3,798   224   6%  36.6%  47.6%
Loss from operations  (1,345)  (1,832)  487   27%  (13.8)%  (22.9)%
Interest and finance costs  (204)  (27)  (177)  (656)%  (2.1)%  (0.3)%
Other income (expense), net           %  0.0%  0.0%
Net loss $(1,549) $(1,859) $310   17%  (15.8)%  (23.3)%

Net Sales.Net sales decreased $5,086,470,increased $1,794, or 33%22%, to $10,438,761$9,777 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, as compared to $15,525,231$7,983 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.same period in 2022. The 33% decreaseincrease in net sales is a result of a decreasewas primarily due to an increase in sales of our DC power systemsgenerators to domestic and international telecommunications customers. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, sales to our largest telecommunication customers in the U.S. accounted for 49% of our total net sales, and our second largest customer being a telecommunications customer coupled within the overall reduction in sales pricesSouth Pacific Islands represented 26% of our DC power systems that took effecttotal net sales. For the same period in March 2017. We continue2022, 89% of our total net sales were generated from our largest U.S. telecommunications customer. There was no other revenue from customers in excess of 10% of total net sales in either period.

Net sales to work withtelecommunications customers in the U.S. accounted for 68% of our new Tier 1 U.S. wireless carrierstotal net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to 98% for the same period in customizing2022. Our international sales represented 28% of our power systemsnet sales for the six months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to meet their requirements and have made significant progress leading to our first significant sale worth $1.2 million1% in October 2017.international sales in the same period in 2022.

Cost of Sales.Cost of sales forduring the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 decreased2023 increased by $1,531, or 25%, to $6,925,464,$7,548, as compared to $9,240,701$6,017 during the same period in 2016.2022. Of the $1,531 increase in cost of sales, 49% was attributed to an increase in material cost related to a more complex and diverse product mix, 20% was attributed to an increase in overhead cost primarily affected by an increase in rent starting in March 2023, and 32% attributed to an increase in labor cost related to extended overtime expense during the first six months of 2023. Cost of sales were 66.3%as a percentage of net sales induring the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 increased to 77.2%, as compared 59.5% forto 75.4% in the same period in 2016. We experienced an increase in the cost of raw materials in the third quarter 20172022 as a result of a decreaseimprovements in volume discounts from our suppliers. Our purchasing volumes decreasedoverhead absorption and labor efficiencies. During the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, we utilized $195 in the third quarter of 2017 as we had built up inventoryinventories previously written-down in the first half of 2017. We expect2020 to recover our discounts as sales and materials requirements increase in the upcoming quarters. We also experienced an increase in direct labor absorbed in cost of sales as a result of an increase in R&D projects in 2017 and an increase in improvements to our production facility and staff training.zero net realizable value.

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Gross ProfitProfit. . OurGross profit during the six months ended June 30, 2023 increased by $263, or 13%, to gross profit decreased 44%, or $2,771,233, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017,of $2,229, as compared to gross profit of $1,966 during the same period in 2016.2022. Our gross profit as a percentage of net sales was 33.7%22.8% for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, as compared 40.5% forto 24.6% in the same period in 2016.2022. The reason for the reductionincrease in gross profit is attributed to the decrease in net sales to our largest telecommunications customer coupled with an increase in cost of sales. We continue to believe that our profit margins will improve to a range of 40%-45% aswas primarily a result of improved labor efficiencies in manufacturing and utilization of $195 of previously written off obsolete inventory.

Sales and Marketing Expenses. During the significant improvements made to our production facility and staff training, provided oursix months ended June 30, 2023, sales and production volumes increasemarketing expenses decreased by $163, or 20%, to $642, as compared to $805 during the same period in the upcoming quarters. Our employee count2022. The decrease was 97 as of September 30, 2017,attributable to a decrease in sales and 96 as of September 30, 2016.sales support staff. We plan to expand our marketing efforts to support our diversification strategy and expand our customer base in all market segments.

 

Research and Development ExpensesExpenses. .During the six months ended June 30, 2023, research and development expenses decreased by $142, or 17%, to $684, as compared to $826 during the same period in 2022. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in R&D support staff during the six months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to the same period in 2022. Our research and development expenses increased by 541% to $947,427efforts during 2023 focused on developing our new 27 kW power system, new software for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to $147,744our new 4Y Toyota engine control system, and on product design and customization for the same period in 2016. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we added more engineering staff to support our growing demands and new product developments. We substantially increased our research and development as a result of the development of newinternational customers including solar hybrid power systems and controlsmobile EV chargers. We plan to meetrecruit additional engineers during the latest standards in technologysecond half of 2023 to support growth and customization to meet newour customer requirements.diversification efforts.

Sales and Marketing Expenses. Our sales and marketing expenses were $861,231 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to $281,412 for the same period in 2016. This represents an increase of 206%. The increase in sales and marketing expenses is a result of increasing our sales and support team by 325%, from four in 2016 to seventeen in 2017, coupled with increases in sales travel and marketing expenses.

General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses forincreased by $81, or 4%, to $2,248 during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 increased 35% to $1,988,830,2023, as compared to $1,475,775 for the$2,167 during same period in 2016.2022. The increase in general and administrative expenses during the six months ended June 30, 2023 was primarily due to an increase in legalgeneral and accountingadministrative staff and an increase in rent expense that that took effect in March 2023.

Interest and Finance Costs. Interest and finance costs associated with our quarterly and annual financial reporting, not previously performed infor the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $204, as compared to $27 during the same period in 2016.

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses. Depreciation and amortization2022, an increase of $177. Our interest expense for the ninecurrent period resulted primarily from an increase in borrowing from our line of credit with Pinnacle Bank.

Net Loss. For the six months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 was $185,758,2023, we incurred net loss of $1,549, or $(0.12) per basic and diluted share, as compared to $154,010 for the same period in 2016. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense in 2017 is a result of purchasing machinery to improve our production facility and the acquisition of two service vehicles to support our field technicians. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, $162,729 and $135,000, respectively, was included in the balance of cost of sales.

Interest Expense. Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $14,656, as compared to $96,426 for the same period in 2016. The decrease in interest expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is a result of paying off our prior working capital line of credit in December 2016.

Income Tax. Our provision for income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was a tax benefit of $113,118, as compared to tax expense of 1,548,728 for the same period in 2016. The decrease in income tax expense is directly attributable to a decrease in net income before taxes of $4,548,007 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Net Income. We had a net loss of $166,153,$1,859, or $(0.02)$(0.15) per basic and diluted share for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, as compared to net income of $2,720,008, or $0.37 per basic and diluted share, for the same period in 2016.2022.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources of Liquidity

During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, we funded our operations primarily from cash on hand and cash generated by our operations.hand. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017, our2023, we had working capital of $15,391, as compared to working capital of $17,367 at December 31, 2022. This $1,976 decrease in working capital is primarily attributable to $81 increase in cash and cash equivalents had a balanceresulting from net cash of $14,779,028, as compared to $16,242,158 at$2,804 used in operating activities, and net cash of $194 used in investing activities, and net cash of $3,079 from financing activities.

On June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2016.2022, our net trade receivables totaled $3,718 and $2,230, respectively. On June 30, 2023, $2,718 (73%), 440 (12%), and $354 (10%) represented the three largest open customer account balances, while $2,006 (90%) and $119 (5%) represented the two largest open customer account balances on December 31, 2022.

At December 31, 2022, we recognized $2,000 related to the ERC for salaries and benefits expenses incurred during 2022 resulting in a refundable tax credit. The substantial balancesERC assist business owners and their employees by providing an incentive to keep workers on the payroll and eligible businesses received a tax credit for a percentage of each eligible employee’s wage. As of June 30, 2023, the ERC is still being processed by the IRS.

Our available capital resources on June 30, 2023 consisted primarily of $292 in cash and cash equivalents, atas compared to $211 as of December 31, 2022. We expect our future capital resources will consist primarily of cash on hand, cash generated by operations, if any, drawdowns on our credit facility with Pinnacle Bank and future debt or equity financings, if any.

Credit Facility

Effective September 30, 2017 resulted primarily from the net proceeds of approximately $17.0 million from our initial public offering in December 2016.

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On September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, our trade receivables totaled $1,978,929 and $4,403,946, respectively, of which $1,483,362 (75%) and $4,160,975 (94%), respectively, represented customer account balances of our largest telecommunications customer with 60-day payment terms. The decrease in trade receivables is associated with a decrease in sales to our largest customer in the three months ended September 30, 2017.

Credit Facility

On March 21, 2017,2020, we entered into a CreditLoan and Security Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) with Pinnacle. The Loan Agreement was amended by the First Modification to Loan and related documentsSecurity Agreement on October 7, 2020. The Loan Agreement’s initial term ended on September 30, 2022. On November 3, 2022, we executed the Second Modification to Loan and Security Agreement with Citibank, N.A.Pinnacle for a two-year term with an expiration date of September 30, 2024.

The Loan Agreement, provides for a revolving credit facility forunder which Pinnacle may, in its sole discretion upon our request, make advances to us in an amount, subject to certain limitations and adjustments, of up to (a) 85% of the aggregate net face amount of our accounts receivable and other contract rights and receivables, plus (b) the lesser of (i) 35% of the lower of cost or wholesale market value of certain of our inventory or (ii) $2,500. The aggregate amount of up to $1,000,000. Thethe outstanding advances under the revolving credit facility will expire atwere initially limited to $4,000. On May 25, 2023, we executed the Fourth Modification to Loan and Security Agreement to amend the amount of available advances under the Loan Agreement such timethat the parties mutually agree to terminateaggregate amount of the outstanding advances under the revolving credit facility or atmay not be greater than $6,000 and raised the electionconcentration percentage applicable to certain Tier-1 telecommunication customers from 50% to 75% in the definition of the lender. eligible accounts.

Interest accrues on the principal amount of revolving loans outstanding under the credit facilitydaily balance at a rate equal to the greater of (i)1.25% above the prime rate, or the Standard Interest Rate, but in no event will the Standard Interest Rate be less than 3.75% per annum. Interest on the portion of the daily balance consisting of advances against inventory accrues interest at a rate of 2.25% above the prime rate per annum, or the Inventory Interest Rate, but in no event will the Inventory Interest Rate be less than 4.75% per annum. The Loan Agreement also contains a financial covenant requiring us to attain an effective tangible net worth, defined as publishedour total assets, excluding all intangible assets, less our total liabilities plus loans to us from our officers, stockholders or employees that have been subordinated to our obligations to Pinnacle, greater than $6,000 as determined by Citibank, or (ii)Pinnacle as of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate plus 2.0%. Amountsend of each fiscal quarter.

We have an outstanding from time to timebalance of $4,927 under the credit facilityLoan Agreement at June 30, 2023. As of June 30, 2023, we had availability under the Loan Agreement of $71 and we believe that we are duein compliance with the terms and payable monthly in an amount equal to the greater of 2.0%conditions of the outstanding principal balance or $100, plus accrued interest. Upon the termination of the credit facility, any amounts owed under the credit facility will be payable by us in 48 equal consecutive monthly installments of principal, together with accrued monthly interest and any other charges beginning the first calendar month after the date of cancellation. The credit facility is also subject to an annual finance charge of $2,500, which amount has been waived for the first year. The credit facility is secured by a Certificate of Deposit (restricted cash) account opened by us with Citibank in the amount of $1,000,000.Loan Agreement.

Our credit facility contains negative covenants prohibiting us from (i) creating or permitting to exist any liens, security interests or other encumbrances on our assets, (ii) engaging in any business activities substantially different than those in which we presently engage, (iii) ceasing operations, liquidating, merging, transferring, acquiring or consolidating with any other entity, changing our name, dissolving or transferring or selling collateral out of the ordinary course of business, or (iv) paying dividends on our capital stock (other than dividends payable in stock).

As of September 30, 2017, we had not borrowed any funds under the credit facility and thus had availability of $1,000,000.

Future Capital Requirements

We believe that our current and future available capital resources, revenues from operations and other sources of liquidity will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months.

Cash Flow

The following table sets forth the significant sources and uses of cash for the nine monthsix-month periods set forth below:

 September 30,
2017
 September 30,
2016
  

June 30,

2023

 

June 30,

2022

 
 (Unaudited) (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) (Unaudited) 
Net Cash Provided by (Used In)        
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)     
Operating Activities $(1,195,479) $(61,784) $(2,804) $(2,311)
Investing Activities  (182,397)  (288,852) (194) (15)
Financing Activities  (85,254)  218,078   3,079  (119)
Net decrease in cash $(1,463,130) $(132,558)
Net increase (decrease) in cash $81 $(2,445)

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Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 was $1,195,479,$2,804 as compared to net cash used in operating activities of $61,784$2,311 for the same period in 2016.2022. This is an increase use ofin net cash of $1,133,695, whichused in 2023 was primarily due to thea net loss of $1,549, an increase in income tax payments andaccounts receivable of $1,488, an increase in inventory of $2,229, a decrease in net sales which negatively affected ourprepaid expenses of $1,579, and an increase in accounts receivable. In April 2017, we used $2,424,417 to pay $1,232,417 in taxes for the year ended December 2016 and $1,192,000 for an estimated tax payment for the quarter ending March 31, 2017.payable of $1,199.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 totaled $182,397,2023 was $194, as compared to $288,852net cash used in investing activities of $15 for the same period in 2016, a decrease of $106,455. This decrease2022. Net cash used in investing activities was primarily due to paying off a note payable on acquired technologyacquisitions of $90,000 duringproperty and equipment.

Financing Activities

Net cash from financing activities totaled $3,079 for the ninesix months ended September 2016, which did not exist in 2017.

Financing Activities

Net cashJune 30, 2023, as compared to $119 used by financing activities totaled $85,254 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to a gain of $218,078 forduring the same period in 2016. 2022. This decreasecash provided was primarily due to closing aborrowings from the line of credit with our prior lender.Pinnacle Bank.

Backlog

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, we had a sales backlog of $1,546,777.$5,936. The amount of backlog represents revenue that we anticipate recognizing in the future, as evidenced by purchase orders and other purchase commitments received from customers, but on which work has not yet been initiated or with respect to which work is currently in progress. Our backlog consistsBacklog at June 30, 2023 was comprised of 62%the following elements: 89% in purchases of our DC power systems by telecommunications customers, of which 45% is from our single largest telecommunications customer and 17% from one of two Tier 1 telecommunications companies that granted us approved supplier status during the first quarter of 2017. In addition, our backlog includes 28%6% in purchases from customers in the military contractorsmarket, 3% in purchases from customers in the marine market, and 10%2% in purchases by customers from other markets. Of the total backlog, 75% of the purchases are from customers in the U.S. and 25% from customers in international markets. We believe that the majority of thisour backlog will be shipped within the next twelve months. Due to overall shortage of commodities worldwide caused by COVID, our largest customers have placed orders with delivery dates up to nine months in the future. We believe this provides us better control on operational efficiencies and inventory management. We believe the majority of our backlog will be shipped within the next twelve months. However, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in fulfilling such orders and commitments in a timely manner or that we will ultimately recognize as revenue the amounts reflected in our backlog.

  

ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, evaluated, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”))Act). Based on that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of the company’s public accounting firm due to a transition period established by the rules of the SEC.

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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act that occurred during the quarter or ninethree months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may be involved in general commercial disputes arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently involved in legal proceedings that could reasonably be expected to have material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition or results of our operation.

ITEM 1A. Risk Factors

Before deciding to purchase, hold or sell our common stock, you should carefully consider the risks described below in addition to the other information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our other filings with the SEC, including subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business. If any of these known or unknown risks or uncertainties actually occurs with material adverse effects on Polar Power,us, our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or liquidity could be seriously harmed. In that event, the market price for our common stock will likely decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and will likely continue to have, a significant negative impact on our business, sales, results of operations and financial condition.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a widespread and detrimental effect on the global economy, particularly in the U.S. since 2020, but to a lesser extent in 2023. The repercussions of COVID-19 is likely to continue to have, a material and substantial adverse impact on our results of operations, including a decrease in our sales and delays in sourcing raw materials from suppliers.

In addition, COVID-19 adversely affected the economies and financial markets of many countries, which may affect our level of indebtedness, our need to generate sufficient cash flows to service our indebtedness and our ability to comply with the covenants contained in the agreements that govern our indebtedness. In the event of a sustained market deterioration and continued declines in net sales, and other repercussions of COVID-19, we may need additional liquidity. The need for additional liquidity may also be affected by the federal government’s potential failure to raise the debt ceiling or correct a prolonged banking or financial crisis. Such disruptions may impact the broader capital markets, and in turn, may impact our ability to access those markets. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to obtain additional sources of financing or liquidity on acceptable terms, or at all.

The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and results of operations remains unknown and will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the duration and potential resurgence of COVID-19, repeat or cyclical outbreaks and any additional preventative and protective actions that governments, or we, or our customers, or our suppliers may direct, which may result in an extended period of continued business disruption and reduced operations. Any resulting financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time, but we expect it will continue to have a material impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

  

WeRising inflation in the economies in which we operate may adversely affect our operating margins and our results of operation.

In general, we believe that our results of operations are not dependent on moderate changes in the inflation rate. Historically, we have been able to manage the impacts of more significant changes in inflation rates through our customer relationships, customer agreements that may provide for price increases and continued focus on improvements of operational productivity. However, the current inflationary environment has, we believe, has impacted the Company’s business in 2022 and may continue to impact its business in 2023, including as a limited numberresult of customers.increased energy costs, as well as increasing wages in the labor markets in which we compete. Inflation could continue to pressure our margins in future periods. In addition, in response to the concerns over inflation risk in the broader U.S. economy, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been steadily increasing its benchmark interest rate since March 2022 and has signaled that additional rate increases will continue in 2023. It is possible that increases in interest rates may ultimately result in an economic recession, which could have a material adverse impact on our business. Adverse economic conditions resulting from inflationary pressures, U.S. Federal Reserve actions, geopolitical issues or otherwise are difficult to predict and may have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

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Terrorist attacks and threats of war may impact all aspects of our operations, revenues, costs and stock price in unpredictable ways.

The recent special military actions of the Russian Federation and its invasion of Ukraine and the resulting geopolitical uncertainty are derivedlikely to have a significant impact on the European Union, the United Kingdom and other countries, including the U.S. The threat that these military operations may expand beyond Ukraine may have a negative impact as well. Significant increases in the price of oil and natural gas have occurred and are likely to continue putting additional inflationary pressures on central banks, including Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”). It is expected that interest rate hikes already announced by the FRB will occur in 2023, but the amount, timing, and frequency of such increases are not fully known at this time. The Russian Federation has also threatened increased cyberattacks as part of its recent actions which could affect banks in the U.S. and their customers. Additionally, the United States and European nations have imposed very significant financial sanctions on the Russian Federation, including targeted sanctions on Russian banks and wealthy individuals as well as halting certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. They have denied Russian banks access the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications or SWIFT which is expected to slow international trade and make such transactions costlier to accomplish which could also negatively affect banks in the U.S. and their customers. In response to the Russian military actions, many businesses headquartered in the Eurozone and the United States have stopped doing business with Russia, which may negatively affect the profitability of those companies. The international turmoil has already had and may continue to have a negative impact on the stock market generally and, in turn, on our stock price. The full impact of the recent actions by the Russian Federation regarding Ukraine are not known at this time, but they could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and stock price.

We have incurred significant losses in the past and we may incur losses in the future, which may hamper our operations and impede us from one customer. Revenues fromexpanding our largest customer, Verizon Wireless, comprised 82%business.

We have incurred significant losses in the past. For the quarter ended June 30, 2023, we incurred net loss of our total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 91% and 81% of our total revenues forapproximately $1,549. For the years ended December 31, 20162022 and 2015,2021, we incurred consolidated net losses of approximately $5,584 and $1,414, respectively. We may incur net and gross losses in the future. We expect this trend to continue until we receive significant orders from two additional Tier 1 telecommunications companies that granted us approved supplier status during the first quarter of 2017. An unfavorable change in our business relationship with Verizon Wireless, our inability to obtain purchase ordersrely on cash on hand, cash, if any, generated from our new Tier 1 telecommunications customers or delays in customer implementationoperations, borrowing availability under our line of credit and deploymentproceeds from our future financing activities, if any, to fund all of the cash requirements of our products, could have a material adverse effectbusiness. Additional losses may hamper our operations and impede us from expanding our business.

We are dependent on, results of operation and financial condition.

To date, we have derivedderive substantially all of our revenue from, sales of our DC base power systems to Verizon Wirelessone customer within the U.S. telecommunications market. Our efforts to expand our customer base, our product portfolio or markets within which we operate may not succeed and may reduce our revenue growth rate.

To date, we have derivedWe derive substantially all of our revenuerevenues from sales of our DC base power systems to Verizon Wirelessone customer within the telecommunications market. Since the beginningmarket, AT&T. The volume of 2017, we have been granted approved supplier statussales to them may vary significantly from two additional Tier 1 telecommunications customers and reestablished our relationship with one other customers, making us vendor approved by all four of the Tier 1 wireless carriers in the U.S.year to year. Any factor adversely affecting sales of these power systems to Verizon Wireless, our other Tier 1 telecommunications customers,this customer or to other customers within this market, including market acceptance, product competition, performance and reliability, reputation, price competition and economic and market conditions, could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

In addition, any unfavorable change in our business relationship with our Tier-1 telecommunications wireless carrier customers, or delays in customer implementation and deployment of our products, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation and financial condition. Our planplans to invest in the development of electric vehicle chargers, residential and commercial power products and higher capacity DC hybrid solar systems to address data centers and other applications within the telecommunications market may not result in an anticipated growth in sales and may reduce our revenue growth rate.

Many of our DC power systems involve long design and sales cycles, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial performance.

The design and sales cycle for our DC power systems, from initial contact with our potential customer to the shipments of our product, may be lengthy. Customers generally consider a wide range of factors before making a purchase decision. Prior to purchasing our products, many of our customers often require a significant technical review, tests and evaluations over long periods of time (i.e., three to twenty-four months), assessments of competitive products and approval at a number of management levels within their organization. During the time our customers are evaluating our products, we may incur substantial sales and service, engineering and research and development expenses to customize our products to meet customer’s application needs. We may also expend significant management efforts, increase manufacturingcapacity, order long-lead-time components or purchase significant amounts of components and other inventory prior to receiving an order. Even after this evaluation process, a potential customer may not purchase our products.

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The product development time before oura customer agrees to purchase our DC power systems can be considerable. Our process for developing an integrated solution may require use of significant engineering resources, including design, prototyping, modeling, testing and application engineering. The length of this cycle is influenced by many factors, including the difficulty of the technical specification and complexity of the design and the customer’s procurement processes. A significant period may elapse between our investment of time and resources in designing and developing a product for oura customer and receipt of revenue from sales of that product. The length of this process, combined with unanticipated delays in the development cyclecycles and the effects of COVID-19 on our ability to demonstrate our products to current and potential customers could materially affect our results of operations and financial conditions.

 

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We do not have long-term commitments for significant revenues with most of our customers and may be unable to retain existing customers, attract new customers or replace departing customers with new customers that can provide comparable revenues and profits.

Because we generally do not obtain firm, long-term volume purchase commitments from our customers, most of our sales are derived from individual purchase orders. Although we are an approved supplier to our telecommunications company customers, each company operates within multiple regions with each region having independent purchasing decision making. Each region has the ability to decide whether or not to purchase from Polar Power. Thus, weWe remain dependent upon securing new purchase orders from these customers in the future in order to sustain and grow our revenues. As a result,Accordingly, there is no assurance that our revenues and business will grow in the future. Our failure to maintain and expand our customer relationships could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

The current high concentration of our sales within the telecommunications market could result in a significant reduction in sales and negatively affect our profitability if demand for our DC power systems declines within this market.market before we are able to make significant inroads with our diversification of markets and customers.

We expect to beCurrently, we are predominately focused on the manufacturing, marketing and sales of DC power systems to telecommunications companies for the foreseeable future.companies. We may be unable to shift our business focus away from these activities.activities to other potential markets for our products. Accordingly, the emergence of new competing DC power products or lower-cost alternative technologies including AC power systems,within the telecommunications market may reduce the demand for our products. A downturn in the demand for our DC power systems within the telecommunicationsthis market would likelycould materially and adversely affect our sales and profitability.results of operations.

  

Any failure byWe face inventory risk and may be required to write-off additional inventory in the future.

We value inventories at the lower of cost or net realizable value. If the estimated net realizable value is determined to be less than the recorded cost of the inventory, a provision is made to reduce the carrying amount of the inventory item to the lower net realizable value determination. Determination of the net realizable value may be complex, and therefore, requires management to properly managemake assumptions and to apply a high degree of judgment. In order for management to make the appropriate determination of net realizable value, the following items are commonly considered: inventory turnover statistics, inventory quantities on hand in our expected growthfacilities, unfilled customer order quantities, forecasted consumer demand, current prices, competitive pricing, seasonality factors, consumer trends and performance of similar products or accessories. Subsequent changes in facts or circumstances do not result in the reversal of previously recorded write-downs.

If our estimates regarding net realizable value are inaccurate, including our estimates regarding our inventory, or changes in customer demand for our products in an unforeseen manner, we may experience additional write-downs of our inventory.

The unavailability or shortage, or increase in the cost, of raw materials and components could have a materialan adverse effect on our business, operating resultssales and financial condition.profitability.

We expect that we will continueOur operations require raw materials, such as aluminum, copper, engines, electronics, and permanent magnets. Commodities such as aluminum and copper are known to growhave significant price volatility based on global economic conditions. An increase in global economic outlook may result in significant price increases in the near future. The growthcost of our business will require significant investmentsraw materials. In addition, we use Neodymium permanent magnets in our alternators, for which there are a limited number of capital and management’s close attention. Our strategy envisions a periodglobal suppliers that can meet our standards. Increase in manufacturing of growth that may impose a significant burden on our administrative, financial, and operational resources. If we experience difficulties in any of these areas, we may not be able to expand our business successfully or effectively manage our growth. Our ability to effectively manage our growth will require us to substantially expand the capabilities of our administrative and operational resources and to attract, train, manage and retain qualified management, engineers, and other personnel. We may be unable to do so. Further, our failure to properly manage our expected growth couldelectric vehicles worldwide can have a materialan adverse effect on the cost or supply of these magnets. At our abilitycurrent production volumes, we are unable to retainsecure large quantities of these commodities at fixed prices; however, we do have multiple sources of supply for our raw materials to meet our near term forecasted needs. Various factors could reduce the availability of raw materials and components and shortages may occur from time to time in the future. An increase in lead times for the supply of raw materials due to a global increase in demand for commodities or other reasons may significantly increase the timing of receipt of such materials and/or increase the material costs of our products. For example, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently experiencing both delays in sourcing, and price increases of, certain key personnel.components. As a result of these delays, our standard eight-week delivery time has increased to fourteen weeks. In addition, if production was interrupted due to unavailability or shortage of raw materials and we were not able to find alternate third-party suppliers or re-engineer our failureproducts to successfully manageaccommodate different components or materials, we could experience disruptions in manufacturing and operations including product shortages, higher freight costs and re-engineering costs. If our growth could result insupply of raw materials or components continues to be disrupted or our sales not increasing commensurately with our capital investments. Any failure by management to manage growth and to respond to changes inlead times extended, our business, could have a material adverse effect on our business,results of operations or financial condition and results of operations.could be materially adversely affected.

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The markets within which we compete are highly competitive. Many of our competitors have greater financial and other resources than we do and one or more of these competitors could use their greater financial and other resources to gain market share at our expense.

If our business continues to develop as expected, we anticipate that we will continue to grow our revenues in the near future. Although we believe we have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to grow our business over the next twelveto twenty-four months, if,If, due to capital constraints or otherwise, we are unable to fulfill our existing backlog in a timely manner and/or procure and timely fulfill our anticipated growing demand or future backlog, our customers and potential customers may decide to use competing DC power systems or continue the use of AC power systems. If we are unable to fulfill the demand for products and services in a timely manner, our customers and potential customers may choose to purchase products from our competitors. Also, someSome of our larger competitors may be willing to reduce prices and accept lower margins in order to compete with us. In addition, we could face new competition from large international or domestic companies with established industrial brands and distribution networks that enter our end markets. Demand for our products may also be affected by our ability to respond to changes in design and functionality, to respond to downward pricing pressure, as was the case during the first quarter of 2017 during which we reduced prices on our DC power systems, and to provide shorter lead times for our products than our competitors. If we are unable to respond successfully to these competitive pressures, we could lose market share, which could have an adverse impact on our results. We cannot assure that we will be able to compete successfully in our markets or compete effectively against current and new competitors as our industry continues to evolve.

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Rapid technological changes may prevent us from remaining current with our technological resources and maintaining competitive product and service offerings.

The markets in which we and our customers operate are characterized by rapid technological change, especially within the telecommunications market. Significant technological changes could render our existing and potential new products, services and technology obsolete. Our future success will depend, in large part, upon our ability to:

effectively identify and develop leading energy efficient technologies;

continue to develop our technical expertise;

enhance our current products and services with new, improved and competitive technology; and

respond to technological changes in a cost-effective and timely manner.

If we are unable to successfully respond to technological change or if we do not respond to it in a cost-effective and timely manner, then our business will be materially and adversely affected. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in responding to changing technology. In addition, technologies developed by others may render our products, services and technology uncompetitive or obsolete. Even if we do successfully respond to technological advances, the integration of new technology may require substantial time and expense, and we cannot assure you that we will succeed in adapting our products, services and technology in a timely and cost-effective manner.

If we are unable to continue to develop new and enhanced products and services that achieve market acceptance in a timely manner, our competitive position and operating results could be harmed.

Our future success will depend on our ability to continue to develop new and enhanced DC power systems and related products and services that achieve market acceptance in a timely and cost-effective manner. The markets in which we and our customers operate are characterized by frequent introductions of new and enhanced products and services, evolving industry standards and regulatory requirements, government incentives and changes in customer needs. The successful development and market acceptance of our products and services depends on a number of factors, including:

the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global markets;
the changing requirements and preferences of the potential customers in our markets;

the accurate prediction of market requirements, including regulatory issues;

the timely completion and introduction of new products and services to avoid obsolescence;

the quality, price and performance of new products and services;

 

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the availability, quality, price and performance of competing products and services;

our customer service and support capabilities and responsiveness;

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the successful development of our relationships with existing and potential customers; and

changes in industry standards.

We may experience financial or technical difficulties or limitations that could prevent us from introducing new or enhanced products or services. Furthermore, any of these new or enhanced products and services could contain problems that are discovered after they are introduced. We may need to significantly modify the design of these products and services to correct problems. Rapidly changing industry standards and customer preferences and requirements may impede market acceptance of our products and services.

Development and enhancement of our products and services will require significant additional investment and could strain our management, financial and operational resources. The lack of market acceptance of our products or services or our inability to generate sufficient revenues from this development or enhancementsenhancement to offset their development costs could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, we may experience delays or other problems in releasing new products and services and enhancements, and any such delays or problems may cause customers to forego purchases of our products and services and to purchase those of our competitors.

We cannot provide assurance that products and services that we have recently developed or that we develop in the future will achieve market acceptance. If our new products and services fail to achieve market acceptance, or if we fail to develop new or enhanced products and services s that achieve market acceptance, our growth prospects, operating results and competitive position could be adversely affected.

Natural disasters and other events beyond our control could materially adversely affect us.

Natural disasters or other catastrophic events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, may cause damage or disruption to our operations, international commerce and the global economy, and thus could have a strong negative effect on us. Our business operations are subject to interruption by natural disasters, fire, power shortages, pandemics and other events beyond our control. Although we maintain crisis management and disaster response plans, such events could make it difficult or impossible for us to deliver our services to our customers and could decrease demand for our services.

We are dependent on relationships with our key material suppliers, and the partial or complete loss of one of these key suppliers, or the failure to find replacement suppliers or manufacturers in a timely manner, could adversely affect our business.

We have established relationships with third party engine suppliers and other key suppliers from which we source components for our power systems. We purchase standard configurations of engines for our DC power systems and are substantially dependent on timely supply from our two key engine suppliers, Yanmar Engines Company (“Yanmar”), Toyota Corporation (“Toyota”), and Kubota Corporation. PurchasesPerkins Engines Company Limited (“Perkins”). Engines from Yanmar, Toyota, and KubotaPerkins represented 19%53%, nil, and 23%36% of our total costengines sold as a component of sales forour DC power systems during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023, respectively, and 2016, respectively;represented approximately 73%, nil, and 19% and 20%12% of our total costengines sold as components of sales forour DC power systems during the ninesame period in 2022, respectively. Engines from Yanmar, Toyota, and Perkins represented 58%, 1%, and 34% of our total engines sold as a component of our DC power systems during the six months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023, respectively, and 2016,represented approximately 84%, nil, and 6% of our total engines sold as components of our DC power systems during the same period in 2022, respectively. We also use engines from Isuzu, Kubota and, to a lesser extent, Volvo Penta. In March 2022, we received EPA certification on our 4Y Toyota engine, which is a larger engine model for used on our 20 to 30 kW DC power systems. We do not have any long-term contracts or commitments with any of these suppliers. If any of these engine suppliers were to fail to provide emissions certified engines in a timely manner or fail to supply engines that meet our quality, quantity or cost requirements, or were to discontinue manufacturing any engines we source from them or discontinue providing any of these engines to us, or the supply chain is interrupted or delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic or unprecedented event, and we were unable to obtain substitute sources in a timely manner or on terms acceptable to us, our ability to manufacture our products could be materially adversely affected.

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Price increases in some of the key components in our DC power systems could materially and adversely affect our operating results and cash flows.

The prices of some of the key components of our DC power systems are subject to fluctuation due to market forces beyond our control, including changes in the costs of raw materials incorporated into these components. Such price increases occur from time to time due to spot shortages of commodities, increases in labor costs or longer-term shortages due to market forces. In particular, the prices of engines can fluctuate frequently and often significantly. We do not have any long termlong-term contracts or commitments with our two key engine suppliers.Substantial increases in the prices of raw materials used in components which we source from our suppliers may result in increased prices charged by our suppliers. If we incur price increases from our suppliers for key components in our DC power systems, our production costs will increase. Given competitive market conditions, we may not be able to pass all or any of those cost increases on to our OEM customers in the form of higher sales prices. To the extent our competitors do not suffer comparable component cost increases, we may have even greater difficulty passing along price increases and our competitive position may be harmed. As a result, increases in costs of key components may adversely affect our margins and otherwise adversely affect our operating results and cash flows.

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A portion of our key components are sourced in foreign countries, exposing us to additional risks that may not exist in the U.S.

A portion of our key components, such as engines, magnets and cooling systems, are purchased from suppliers located overseas, primarily in Asia. Our international sourcing subjects us to a number of potential risks in addition to the risks associated with third-party sourcing generally. These risks include:

inflation or changes in political and economic conditions;

unstable regulatory environments;

changes in import and export duties;

currency rate fluctuations;

trade restrictions;

labor unrest;

logistical and communications challenges; and

other restraints and burdensome taxes.

These factors may have an adverse effect on our ability to source our purchased components overseas. In particular, if the U.S. dollar were to depreciate significantly against the currencies in which we purchase raw materials from foreign suppliers, our cost of goods sold could increase materially, which would adversely affect our results of operations.

The unavailability or shortage, or increase in the cost, of raw materials and components could have an adverse effect on our sales and profitability.

Our operations require raw materials, such as aluminum, copper and permanent magnets. Commodities such as aluminum and copper are known to have significant price volatility based on global economic conditions. An increase in global economic outlook may result in significant price increases in the cost of our raw materials. In addition, we use Neodymium permanent magnets in our alternators, for which there are a limited number of global suppliers that can meet our standards. Increase in manufacturing of electric vehicles worldwide can have an adverse effect on the cost or supply of these magnets. At our current production volumes, we are unable to secure large quantities of these commodities at fixed prices; however, we do have multiple sources of supply for our raw materials to meet our near term forecasted needs.

Various factors could reduce the availability of raw materials and components and shortages may occur from time to time in the future. An increase in lead times for the supply of raw materials due to a global increase in demand for commodities outlined may significantly increase material costs of our products. If production was interrupted due to unavailability or shortage of raw materials and we were not able to find alternate third-party suppliers or re-engineer our products to accommodate different components or materials, we could experience disruptions in manufacturing and operations including product shortages, higher freight costs and re-engineering costs. If our supply of raw materials or components is disrupted or our lead times extended, our business, results of operations or financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

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We manufacture and assemble a majority of our products at one facility.two facilities. Any prolonged disruption in the operations of this facility would result in a decline in our sales and profitability.

We manufacture and assemble our DC power systems at our facilitytwo production facilities located in Gardena, California. Any prolonged disruption in the operations of our manufacturing and assembly facility,facilities, whether due to the COVID-19 pandemic, equipment or information technology infrastructure failure, labor difficulties, destruction of or damage to this facilityone or both of these facilities as a result of an earthquake, fire, flood, other catastrophes, and other operational problems would result in a decline in our salesand profitability. In the event of a business interruption at our facility,facilities, we may be unable to shift manufacturing and assembly capabilities to alternate locations, accept materials from suppliers or meet customer shipment needs, among other severe consequences. Such an event could have a material and adverse impact on our financial condition and results of our operations.

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Our business operations are subject to substantial government regulation.

Our business operations are subject to certain federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations. For example, our products, services and technologies are subject to regulations relating to building codes, public safety, electrical connections, security protocols, and local and state licensing requirements. The regulations to which we are subject may change, additional regulations may be imposed, or existing regulations may be applied in a manner that creates special requirements for the implementation and operation of our products or services that may significantly impact or even eliminate some of our revenues or markets. In addition, we may incur material costs or liabilities in complying with any such regulations. Furthermore, some of our customers must comply with numerous laws and regulations, which may affect their willingness and ability to purchase our products, services and technologies. Additionally, we are subject to laws, regulations and other governmental actions instituted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The modification of existing laws and regulations or interpretations thereof or the adoption of future laws and regulations could adversely affect our business, cause us to modify or alter our methods of operations and increase our costs and the price of our products, services and technology. In addition, we cannot provide any assurance that we will be able, for financial or other reasons, to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. If we fail to comply with these laws and regulations, we could become subject to substantial penalties or restrictions that could materially and adversely affect our business.

Certain of our products are used in critical communications networks which may subject us to significant liability claims.

Because certain of our products for customers in the telecommunications industry are used in critical communications networks, we may be subject to significant liability claims if our products do not work properly. We warrant to our current customers that our products will operate in accordance with our product specifications. If our products fail to conform to these specifications, our customers could require us to remedy the failure or could assert claims for damages. The provisions in our agreements with customers that are intended to limit our exposure to liability claims may not preclude all potential claims. In addition, any insurance policies we have may not adequately limit our exposure with respect to such claims. Liability claims could require us to spend significant time and money in litigation or to pay significant damages. Any such claims, whether or not successful, would be costly and time-consuming to defend, and could divert management’s attention and seriously damage our reputation and our business.

We could be adversely affected by our failure to comply with the laws applicable to our foreign activities, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other similar worldwide anti-bribery laws.

The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or the FCPA, and similar anti-bribery laws in other jurisdictions prohibit U.S.-based companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to non-U.S. officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. We may pursue opportunities in certain parts of the world that experience government corruption, and in certain circumstances, compliance with anti-bribery laws may conflict with local customs and practices. Our policies mandate compliance with all applicable anti-bribery laws. Further, we require our partners, subcontractors, agents and others who work for us or on our behalf to comply with the FCPA and other anti-bribery laws. Although we have policies and procedures, and have conducted training, designed to ensure that we, our employees, our agents and others who work with us in foreign countries comply with the FCPA and other anti-bribery laws, there is no assurance that such policies, procedures or training will protect us against liability under the FCPA or other laws for actions taken by our agents, employees and intermediaries. If we are found to be liable for FCPA violations (either due to our own acts or inadvertence, or due to the acts or inadvertence of others), we could suffer from severe criminal or civil penalties or other sanctions, which could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business, results of operations or cash flows. In addition, detecting, investigating and resolving actual or alleged FCPA violations is expensive and could consume significant time and attention of our senior management.

 

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We are exposed to risks related to our international sales, and the failure to manage these risks could harm our business. If we fail to expand our business into international markets, our revenues and results of operations may be adversely affected.affected.

In addition to our sales to customers within the U.S., we may become increasingly dependent on sales to customers outside the U.S. as we pursue expanding our business with customers in, without limitation, Australia, Singapore, India, Africa and Latin America. International sales inworldwide. During the three month periods ending Septembermonths ended June 30, 20172023 and September 30, 2016, accounted for 2% and 1% of total revenue, respectively. During 2016 and 2015,2022, our sales to international customers accounted for 0%29% and 2%, respectively, of total revenue. During the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, our sales to international customers accounted for 28% and 1%, respectively, of total revenue. We continue to expect that a significant portion of our future international salesrevenues will be from international sales to customers in less developed or developing countries. As a result, the occurrence of any international, political, economic, or geographic event could result in a significant decline in revenue. There are significant risks associated with conducting operations internationally, requiring significant financial commitments to support such operations. These operations present a number of challenges including oversight of daily operating practices in each location, handling employee benefits and employee behavior. In addition, compliance with complex foreign and U.S. laws and regulations that apply to our international operations increases our cost of doing business in international jurisdictions. These numerous and sometimes conflicting laws and regulations include internal control and disclosure rules, data privacy and filtering requirements, anti-corruption laws, such as the FCPA, and other local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to governmental officials, and anti-competition regulations, among others.

Violations of these laws and regulations could result in fines and penalties, criminal sanctions against us, our officers, or our employees, prohibitions on the conduct of our business and on our ability to offer our products and services in one or more countries, and could also materially affect our brand, our international expansion efforts, our ability to attract and retain employees, our business, and our operating results. Although we have implemented policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with these laws and regulations, there can be no assurance that our employees, contractors, or agents will not violate our policies.

Some of the risks and challenges of doing business internationally include:

the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global markets and the power generation market with the international telecommunications markets;
requirements or preferences for domestic products or solutions, which could reduce demand for our products;

unexpected changes in regulatory requirements;

imposition of tariffs and other barriers and restrictions;

restrictions on the import or export of critical technology;

management communication and integration problems resulting from cultural and geographic dispersion;

the burden of complying with a variety of laws and regulations in various countries;

difficulties in enforcing contracts;

the uncertainty of protection for intellectual property rights in some countries;

application of the income tax laws and regulations of multiple jurisdictions, including relatively low-rate and relatively high-rate jurisdictions, to our sales and other transactions, which results in additional complexity and uncertainty;

tariffs and trade barriers, export regulations and other regulatory and contractual limitations on our ability to sell products;

greater risk of a failure of foreign employees to comply with both U.S. and foreign laws, including export and antitrust regulations, the FCPA and any trade regulations ensuring fair trade practices;

heightened risk of unfair or corrupt business practices in certain geographies and of improper or fraudulent sales arrangements that may impact financial results and result in restatements of, or irregularities in, financial statements;

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potentially adverse tax consequences, including multiple and possibly overlapping tax structures;

general economic and geopolitical conditions, including war and acts of terrorism;

lack of the availability of qualified third-party financing; and

currency exchange controls.

While these factors and the impacts of these factors are difficult to predict, any one or more of them could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations in the future.

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Failures

Cyberattacks through security vulnerabilities could lead to disruption of business, reduced revenue, increased costs, liability claims, or harm to our reputation or competitive position.

Security vulnerabilities may arise from our hardware, software, employees, contractors or policies we have deployed, which may result in external parties gaining access to our networks, data centers, cloud data centers, corporate computers, manufacturing systems, and/or access to accounts we have at our suppliers, vendors, and customers. External parties may gain access to our data or our customers’ data or attack the networks causing denial of service or attempt to hold our data or systems in ransom. The vulnerability could be caused by inadequate account security practices such as failure to timely remove employee access when terminated. To mitigate these security issues, we have implemented measures throughout our organization, including firewalls, backups, encryption, employee information technology policies and user account policies. However, there can be no assurance these measures will be sufficient to avoid cyberattacks. If any of these types of security breaches were to occur and we were unable to protect sensitive data, our relationships with our business partners and customers could be materially damaged, our reputation could be materially harmed, and we could be exposed to a risk of litigation and possible significant liability.

Further, if we fail to adequately maintain our networks or information technology systemsinfrastructure, we may have outages and data loss. Excessive outages may affect our ability to timely and efficiently deliver products to customers or develop new products. Such disruptions and data loss may adversely impact our ability to fulfill orders and interrupt other processes. Delayed sales or lost customers resulting from these disruptions could have an adverse effectadversely affect our financial results, stock price and reputation.

The State of California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, or CCPA, effective on January 1, 2020. Our and our business.

We rely heavily on information technology,business partners’ or IT, both in our products and services for customers and in our IT systems. Further, we collect and store sensitive information in our data centers and on our networks. Government agencies and security experts have warned about growing risks of hackers, cyber-criminals, malicious insiderscontractors’ failure to fully comply with the CCPA and other actors targeting confidential informationlaws could lead to significant fines and all types of IT systems. These actors may engage in fraudulent activities, theft of confidentialrequire onerous corrective action. In addition, data security breaches experienced by us or proprietary information and sabotage.

Our IT systems and our confidential information may be vulnerable to damagebusiness partners or intrusion from a variety of attacks including computer viruses, worms or other malicious software programs. These attacks pose a risk to the security of the products, systems and networks of our customers, suppliers and third-party service providers, as well to the confidentiality of our information and the integrity and availability of our data. While we attempt to mitigate these risks through controls, due diligence, training, surveillance and other measures, we remain vulnerable to information security threats.

Despite the precautions we take, an intrusion or infection of our systemscontractors could result in the disruption of our business, loss of proprietary or confidential information, or injuries to people or property. Similarly, an attack on our IT systems could result in theft or disclosure of trade secrets or other intellectual property, public disclosure of sensitive commercial data, and the exposure of personally identifiable information (including sensitive personal information) of our employees, customers, suppliers, contractors and others.

Unauthorized use or adisclosure of, or access to, any personal information maintained by us or on our behalf, whether through breach of confidential customerour systems, breach of the systems of our suppliers or vendors by an unauthorized party, or through employee or contractor error, theft or misuse, or otherwise, could harm our business. If any such unauthorized use or disclosure of, or access to, such personal information was to occur, our operations could be seriously disrupted, and we could be subject to demands, claims and litigation by private parties, and investigations, related actions, and penalties by regulatory authorities. In addition, we could incur significant costs in notifying affected persons and entities and otherwise complying with the multitude of foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the unauthorized access to, or use or disclosure of, personal information. AnyFinally, any perceived or actual unauthorized access to, or use or disclosure of, such eventsinformation could harm our reputation, substantially impair our ability to attract and retain customers and have an adverse impact on sales, harm our reputation and cause us to incur legal liability and increased costs to address such events and related security concerns. As the threats evolve and become more potent, we may incur additional costs to secure the products that we sell, as well as our data and infrastructure of networks and devices.

Ongoing adverse economic conditions, including weak or deteriorating business and market conditions and volatile and uncertain financial and capital markets, or significant downturns in the markets in which we operate, could materially and adversely affect our business and financial results in future periods.

The U.S. and world economies continue to suffer from uncertainty, volatility, disruption and other adverse conditions, and those conditions continue to adversely impact the business community and the financial markets. There is no assurance when or the extent to which these economic and business conditions will improve in the future. These adverse economic and financial market conditions may negatively affect our customers and our markets, and thus negatively impact our business and results of operations. For example, weak market conditions could extend the length of our sales cycle and cause potential customers to delay, defer or decline to make purchases of our products and services due to uncertainties surrounding the future performance of their businesses, limitations on their capital expenditures due to internal budget constraints, the inability to obtain financing in the capital markets, and the adverse effects of the economy on their business and financial condition. As a result, if economic and financial market conditions continue to be weak or even deteriorate, then our business, financial condition and results of operations, including our ability to grow and expand our business and operations, could be materially and adversely affected.operations.

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Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

If we fail to adequately protect our intellectual property rights, we could lose important proprietary technology, which could materially and adversely affect our business.

Our success and ability to compete depends, in substantial part, upon our ability to develop and protect our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights to distinguish our products, services and technology from those of our competitors. The unauthorized use of our intellectual property rights and proprietary technology by others could materially harm our business.

Historically, we have relied primarily on a combination of trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, along with non-competition and confidentiality agreements, contractual provisions, licensing arrangements and proprietary software and manufacturing processes, to establish and protect our intellectual property rights. Although we hold several unregistered copyrights in our business, we believe that the success of our business depends more upon our proprietary technology, information, processes and know-how than on patents or trademark registrations. In addition, much of our proprietary information and technology may not be patentable; if we decided to apply for patents and/or trademarks in the future, we might not be successful in obtaining any such future patents or in registering any marks.

Despite our efforts to protect our intellectual property rights, existing laws afford only limited protection, and our actions may be inadequate to protect our rights or to prevent others from claiming violations of their proprietary rights. Unauthorized third parties may attempt to copy, reverse engineer or otherwise obtain, use or exploit aspects of our products and services, develop similar technology independently, or otherwise obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. We cannot assure you that our competitors will not independently develop technology similar or superior to our technology or design around our intellectual property. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries may not protect our proprietary rights as fully or in the same manner as the laws of the U.S.

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We may need to resort to litigation to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, and to determine the validity and scope of other companies’ proprietary rights in the future. However, litigation could result in significant costs and in the diversion of management and financial resources. We cannot assure you that any such litigation will be successful or that we will prevail over counterclaims against us. Our failure to protect any of our important intellectual property rights or any litigation that we resort to in order to enforce those rights could materially and adversely affect our business.

If we face claims of intellectual property infringement by third parties, we could encounter expensive litigation, be liable for significant damages or incur restrictions on our ability to sell our products and services.

Although we are not aware of any present infringement of our products, services or technology on the intellectual property rights of others, we cannot be certain that our products, services and technologies do not or in the future will not infringe on the valid intellectual property rights held by third parties. In addition, we cannot assure you that third parties will not claim that we have infringed their intellectual property rights.

In recent years, there has been a significant amount of litigation in the U.S. involving patents and other intellectual property rights. In the future, we may be a party to litigation as a result of an alleged infringement of others’ intellectual property. Successful infringement claims against us could result in substantial monetary liability, require us to enter into royalty or licensing arrangements, or otherwise materially disrupt the conduct of our business. In addition, even if we prevail on these claims, this litigation could be time-consuming and expensive to defend or settle and could result in the diversion of our time and attention and of operational resources, which could materially and adversely affect our business. Any potential intellectual property litigation also could force us to do one or more of the following:

stop selling, incorporating or using our products and services that use the infringed intellectual property;

obtain from the owner of the infringed intellectual property right a license to sell or use the relevant technology, which license may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all; or


redesign the products and services that use the technology.

If we are forced to take any of these actions, our business may be seriously harmed. Although we carry general liability insurance, our insurance may not cover potential claims of this type or may not be adequate to indemnify us for all liability that may be imposed.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

Our operating results can fluctuate significantly from period to period, which makes our operating results difficult to predict and can cause our operating results in any particular period to be less than comparable periods and expectations from time to time.

Our operating results have fluctuated significantly from quarter-to-quarter, period-to-period and year-to-year during our operating history and are likely to continue to fluctuate in the future due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control. Certain factors that may affect our operating results include, without limitation, those set forth under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —Critical— Critical Accounting Policies” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Because we have little or no control over many of these factors, our operating results are difficult to predict. Any adverse change in any of these factors could negatively affect our business and results of operations.

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Our revenues, net income and other operating results are heavily dependent upon the size and timing of customer orders and projects, and the timing of the completion of those projects. The timing of our receipt of large individual orders, and of project completion, is difficult for us to predict. Because our operating expenses are based on anticipated revenues over the mid- and long-term and because a high percentage of our operating expenses are relatively fixed, a shortfall or delay in recognizing revenues can cause our operating results to vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter and can result in significant operating losses or declines in profit margins in any particular quarter. If our revenues fall below our expectations in any particular quarter, we may not be able, or it may not be prudent for us, to reduce our expenses rapidly in response to the revenue shortfall, which can result in us suffering significant operating losses or declines in profit margins in that quarter.

Due to these factors and the other risks discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should not rely on quarter-to-quarter, period-to-period or year-to-year comparisons of our results of operations as an indication of our future performance. Quarterly, period and annual comparisons of our operating results are not necessarily meaningful or indicative of future performance. As a result, it is likely that, from time to time, our results of operations or our revenue backlog could fall below historical levels or the expectations of public market analysts and investors, which could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline significantly.

Our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer owns a majoritysignificant percentage of our common stock and will exercise significant influence over matters requiring stockholder approval, regardless of the wishes of other stockholders.

Our Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary, Arthur D. Sams, beneficially owns approximately 55%43.4% of our outstanding shares of common stock. Mr. Sams therefore has significant influence over management and significant control over matters requiring stockholder approval, including the annual election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or our assets, for the foreseeable future. This concentrated control willmay limit stockholders’ ability to influence corporate matters and, as a result, we may take actions that our stockholders do not view as beneficial. As a result, the market price of our common stock could be adversely affected.

We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NASDAQ Listing Rules. Although we do not currently intend to rely on the exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements afforded to a “controlled company” under NASDAQ Listing Rules, we could potentially seek to rely on such exemptions in the future.

Our Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary, Arthur D. Sams, controls a majority of our common stock. As a result, we are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NASDAQ Listing Rules. Under these rules, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors is held by an individual, a group or another company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain NASDAQ corporate governance requirements, including, without limitation (i) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (ii) the requirement that the compensation of our officers be determined or recommended to our board of directors by a compensation committee that is comprised solely of independent directors, and (iii) the requirement that director nominees be selected or recommended to the board of directors by a majority of independent directors or a nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors. We do not currently intend to rely on those exemptions afforded to a “controlled company.” Nonetheless, in the future, we could potentially seek to rely on certain of those exemptions afforded to a “controlled company,” and in such case, you would not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the NASDAQ corporate governance requirements.


The price of our shares of common stock is volatile, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

The trading price of our shares of common stock is volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control, including limited trading volume. In addition to the factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, these factors include, without limitation:

competition from existing technologies and products or new technologies and products that may emerge;

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the loss of significant reduction in sales from our largest customers, including AT&T and Verizon Wireless;

actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly operating results;

 

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failure to meet the estimates and projections of the investment community or that we may otherwise provide to the public;

our cash position;

announcement or expectation of additional financing efforts;

issuances of debt or equity securities;

our inability to successfully enter new markets or develop additional products;

actual or anticipated fluctuations in our competitors’ operating results or changes in their respective growth rates;

sales of our shares of common stock by us, or our stockholders in the future;

trading volume of our shares of common stock on The NASDAQthe Nasdaq Capital Market;

market conditions in our industry;

overall performance of the equity markets and general political and economic conditions;

introduction of new products or services by us or our competitors;

additions or departures of key management, engineering or other personnel;

publication of research reports about us or our industry or positive or negative recommendations or withdrawal of research coverage by securities or industry analysts;

changes in the market valuation of similar companies;

disputes or other developments related to intellectual property and other proprietary rights;


changes in accounting practices;

significant lawsuits, including stockholder litigation; and

other events or factors, many of which are beyond our control.

Furthermore, the public equity markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations, as well as general economic, political and market conditions such as recessions, interest rate changes or international currency fluctuations, may negatively impact the market price of our shares of common stock.

A decline in the price of our common stock could affect our ability to raise further working capital, which could adversely impact our ability to continue operations.

A prolonged decline in the price of our common stock could result in a reduction in the liquidity of our common stock and a reduction in our ability to raise capital. We may attempt to acquire a significant portion of the funds we need in order to conduct our planned operations through the sale of equity securities; thus, a decline in the price of our common stock could be detrimental to our liquidity and our operations because the decline may adversely affect investors’ desire to invest in our securities. If we are unable to raise the funds we require for all of our planned operations, we may be forced to reallocate funds from other planned uses and may suffer a significant negative effect on our business plan and operations, including our ability to develop new products or services and continue our current operations. As a result, our business may suffer, and we may be forced to reduce or discontinue operations. We also might not be able to meet our financial obligations if we cannot raise enough funds through the sale of our common stock and we may be forced to reduce or discontinue operations.

We do not anticipate paying cash dividends, and accordingly, stockholders must rely on stock appreciation for any return on their investment.

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We intend to retain a significant portion of our future earnings, if any, to finance the operations, development and growth of our business. Any future determination to declare dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors, subject to applicable laws, and will depend on number of factors, including our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, general business conditions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. As a result, only appreciation of the price of our common stock, which may never occur, will provide a return to stockholders.

 

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If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research or reports about our business, our share price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our shares of common stock depends, in part, on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. We do not have any control over these analysts. If no securities or industry analysts undertake coverage of our company, the trading price for our shares of common stock may be negatively impacted. If we obtain securities or industry analyst coverage and if one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our shares of common stock, changes their opinion of our shares or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our share price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of us or fails to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our shares of common stock could decrease and we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which could cause our share price and trading volume to decline.

A significant portion of our total outstanding shares of common stock is restricted from immediate resale but may be sold into the market in the near future. This could cause the market price of our common stock to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market could occur at any time. These sales, or the perception in the market that the holders of a large number of shares of common stock intend to sell shares, could reduce the market price of our common stock. As of November 13, 2017 our Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary, Arthur D. Sams, beneficially owned approximately 55% of our outstanding common stock. If Mr. Sams were to sell a substantial portion of the shares he holds, our stock price could decline as a result of such sale. As of November 13, 2017, approximately 6,726,960 shares of common stock, including the 5,578,176 shares held by Mr. Sams, are subject to a lock-up agreement with our underwriters which expires on December 7, 2017.

We registered, on a Form S-8, 1,754,385 shares of common stock that we may issue under our 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, or the 2016 Plan. These shares of common stock can be freely sold in the public market upon issuance and once vested.


We are not subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which could negatively affect your investment.

We elected in our certificate of incorporation to not be subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or Section 203. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. A “business combination” includes a merger, asset sale or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. An “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns (or, in certain cases, within three years prior, did own) 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock. Our decision not to be subject to Section 203 will allow, for example, Arthur D. Sams, our Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary (who beneficially owns approximately 55%43.4% of our common stock) to transfer shares in excess of 15% of our voting stock to a third-party free of the restrictions imposed by Section 203. This may make us more vulnerable to takeovers that are completed without the approval of our board of directors and/or without giving us the ability to prohibit or delay such takeovers as effectively.

Some provisions of our charter documents and Delaware law may have anti-takeover effects that could discourage an acquisition of us by others, even if an acquisition would be beneficial to our stockholders, and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.

Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as provisions of Delaware law, could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us or increase the cost of acquiring us, even if doing so would benefit our stockholders. These provisions include:

a requirement that special meetings of stockholders be called only by the board of directors, the president or the chief executive officer;

advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals and nominations for election to our board of directors; and

the authority of the board of directors to issue preferred stock on terms determined by the board of directors without stockholder approval and which preferred stock may include rights superior to the rights of the holders of common stock.

These anti-takeover provisions and other provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could make it more difficult for stockholders or potential acquirers to obtain control of our board of directors or initiate actions that are opposed by the then-current board of directors and could also delay or impede a merger, tender offer or proxy contest involving our Company. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for you and other stockholders to elect directors of your choosing or cause us to take other corporate actions you desire. Any delay or prevention of a change of control transaction or changes in our board of directors could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

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Our certificate of incorporation designates the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees.

Our certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other employees to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person

For the avoidance of doubt, the exclusive forum provision described above does not apply to any claims arising under the Securities Act or entity purchasingthe Exchange Act. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or otherwise acquiringliability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, and Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any interest in shares of our capital stock shall be deemed to have notice ofduty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and consented to the provisions of certificate of incorporation described above. Thisregulations thereunder.

The choice of forum provision in our bylaws may limit a stockholder’sour stockholders’ ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it findsthey find favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or other employees,agents, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, employees and agents even though an action, if successful, might benefit our stockholders. The applicable courts may also reach different judgments or results than would other employees. Alternatively,courts, including courts where a stockholder considering an action may be located or would otherwise choose to bring the action, and such judgments or results may be more favorable to us than to our stockholders. With respect to the provision making the Delaware Court of Chancery the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions, stockholders who do bring a claim in the Delaware Court of Chancery could face additional litigation costs in pursuing any such claim, particularly if they do not reside in or near Delaware. Finally, if a court were to find these provisionsthis provision of our certificate of incorporationbylaws inapplicable to, or unenforceable in respect of, one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.have a material adverse effect on us.


We are an “emerging growth company,” and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our shares of common stock less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in this report, our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market value of our shares of common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any September 30 before that time or if we have total annual gross revenue of $1.0 billion or more during any fiscal year before that time, in which cases we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31, or if we issue more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during any three-year period before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company immediately. We cannot predict if investors will find our shares of common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our shares of common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our shares of common stock and our share price may be more volatile.

Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies also can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud. As a result, stockholders could lose confidence in our financial and other public reporting, which would harm our business and the trading price of our common stock.

Effective internal controls over financial reporting are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and, together with adequate disclosure controls and procedures, are designed to prevent fraud. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. In addition, any testing by us conducted in connection with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or any subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm, may reveal deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses or that may require prospective or retroactive changes to our financial statements or identify other areas for further attention or improvement. Inferior internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock.

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We are required to disclose changes made in our internal controls and procedures on a quarterly basis and our management is required to assess the effectiveness of these controls annually. However, for as long as we are an “emerging growth company”a “non-accelerated filer” under the JOBS Act,SEC rules, our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404. We could be an “emerging growth company” for up to five years. An independent assessment of the effectiveness of our internal controls could detect problems that our management’s assessment might not. Undetected material weaknesses in our internal controls could lead to financial statement restatements and require us to incur the expense of remediation.


We incur significant costs as a result of operating as a public company and our management expects to devote substantial time to public company compliance programs.

As a public company, we incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses due to our compliance with regulations and disclosure obligations applicable to us, including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as well as rules implemented by the SEC and NASDAQ.Nasdaq. The SEC and other regulators have continued to adopt new rules and regulations and make additional changes to existing regulations that require our compliance. In July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the Dodd-Frank Act, was enacted. There are significant corporate governance and executive compensation related provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act that have required the SEC to adopt additional rules and regulations in these areas. Stockholder activism, the current political environment, and the current high level of government intervention and regulatory reform may lead to substantial new regulations and disclosure obligations, which may lead to additional compliance costs and impact, in ways we cannot currently anticipate, the manner in which we operate our business. Our management and other personnel devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance programs and monitoring of public company reporting obligations and, as a result of the new corporate governance and executive compensation related rules, regulations, and guidelines prompted by the Dodd-Frank Act and further regulations and disclosure obligations expected in the future, we will likely need to devote additional time and costs to comply with such compliance programs and rules. These rules and regulations cause us to incur significant legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming and costly.

To comply with the requirements of being a public company, we may need to undertake various activities, including implementing new internal controls and procedures and hiring new accounting or internal audit staff. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. We are continuing to develop and refine our disclosure controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and that information required to be disclosed in reports under the Exchange Act, is accumulated and communicated to our principal executive and financial officers. Our current controls and any new controls that we develop may become inadequate and weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting may be discovered in the future.

Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls could adversely affect the results of periodic management evaluations and annual independent registered public accounting firm attestation reports regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting which we may be required to include in our periodic reports we will file with the SEC under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, harm our operating results, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, or result in a restatement of our prior period financial statements. In the event that we are not able to demonstrate compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, that our internal control over financial reporting is perceived as inadequate or that we are unable to produce timely or accurate financial statements, investors may lose confidence in our operating results and the price of our common stock could decline. In addition, if we are unable to continue to meet these requirements, we may not be able to remain listed on The NASDAQNasdaq Capital Market.

We are not currently required to comply with the SEC rules that implement Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and are therefore not yet required to make a formal assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting for that purpose. However, we are required to comply with certain of these rules, which require management to certify financial and other information in our quarterly and annual reports and provide an annual management report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting commencing with our next annual report. This assessment will need to include the disclosure of any material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting identified by our management or our independent registered public accounting firm. We are just beginning the costly and challenging process of compiling the system and processing documentation needed to comply with such requirements. We may not be able to complete our evaluation, testing and any required remediation in a timely fashion. During the evaluation and testing process, if we identify one or more material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, we will be unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective.

 


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Raising additional capital, including through future sales and issuances of our common stock, the exercise of warrants or the exercise of rights to purchase common stock pursuant to our equity incentive plan could result in additional dilution of the percentage ownership of our stockholders, could cause our share price to fall and could restrict our operations.

We expect that significant additional capital will be needed in the future to continue our planned operations, including any potential acquisitions, purchasing of capital equipment, hiring new personnel, and continuing activities as an operating public company. To the extent we seek additional capital through a combination of public and private equity offerings and debt financings, our stockholders may experience substantial dilution. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our existing stockholders may be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our stockholders. Debt and receivables financings may be coupled with an equity component, such as warrants to purchase shares of our common stock, which could also result in dilution of our existing stockholders’ ownership. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased fixed payment obligations and could also result in certain restrictive covenants, such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt and other operating restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business. A failure to obtain adequate funds may cause us to curtail certain operational activities, including sales and marketing, in order to reduce costs and sustain the business, and would have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

Under our 2016 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, or 2016 Plan, we may grant equity awards covering up to 1,754,385 shares of our common stock. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, we had not granted any equity awardsoptions to purchase an aggregate of 140,000 shares of common stock and issued 161,347 shares of common stock as stock-based compensation to officers, employees and consultants under the 2016 Plan or otherwise.Plan. We have registered 1,754,385 shares of common stock available for issuance under our 2016 Plan. Sales of shares issued upon exercise of options or granted under our 2016 Plan may result in material dilution to our existing stockholders, which could cause our share price to fall.

Our issuance of shares of preferred stock could adversely affect the market value of our common stock, dilute the voting power of common stockholders and delay or prevent a change of control.

Our board of directors has the authority to cause us to issue, without any further vote or action by the stockholders, up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series, to designate the number of shares constituting any series, and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption, redemption price or prices and liquidation preferences of such series.

The issuance of shares of preferred stock with dividend or conversion rights, liquidation preferences or other economic terms favorable to the holders of preferred stock could adversely affect the market price for our common stock by making an investment in the common stock less attractive. For example, investors in the common stock may not wish to purchase common stock at a price above the conversion price of a series of convertible preferred stock because the holders of the preferred stock would effectively be entitled to purchase common stock at the lower conversion price causing economic dilution to the holders of common stock.

Further, the issuance of shares of preferred stock with voting rights may adversely affect the voting power of the holders of our other classes of voting stock either by diluting the voting power of our other classes of voting stock if they vote together as a single class, or by giving the holders of any such preferred stock the right to block an action on which they have a separate class vote even if the action were approved by the holders of our other classes of voting stock. The issuance of shares of preferred stock may also have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company without further action by the stockholders, even where stockholders are offered a premium for their shares.


Claims for indemnification by our directors and officers may reduce our available funds to satisfy successful third-party claims against us and may reduce the amount of money available to us.

 

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our bylaws and the indemnification agreements that we have entered into with our directors and officers provide that:

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We will indemnify our directors and officers for serving us in those capacities or for serving other business enterprises at our request, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that a corporation may indemnify such person if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the registrant and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful.

We may, in our discretion, indemnify employees and agents in those circumstances where indemnification is permitted by applicable law.

We are required to advance expenses, as incurred, to our directors and officers in connection with defending a proceeding, except that such directors or officers shall undertake to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.

We will not be obligated pursuant to our bylaws to indemnify a person with respect to proceedings initiated by that person against us or our other indemnitees, except with respect to proceedings authorized by our board of directors or brought to enforce a right to indemnification.

The rights conferred in our bylaws are not exclusive, and we are authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors, officers, employees and agents and to obtain insurance to indemnify such persons.

We may not retroactively amend our bylaw provisions to reduce our indemnification obligations to directors, officers, employees and agents.

To the extent that a claim for indemnification is brought by any of our directors or officers, it would reduce the amount of funds available for use in our business.

 

ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosure.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. Other Information

None.

ITEM 6. Exhibits

Reference is made to the exhibits listed on the Index to Exhibits.

 


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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit

Number
Description
31.1Certification Required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2Certification Required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INSInline XBRL Instance Document
101.SCHInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CALInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEFInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LABInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PREInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


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SIGNATURES

 

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.

Date: November 13, 2017August 14, 2023POLAR POWER, INC.
By:/s/ Arthur D. Sams
Arthur D. Sams

President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

 

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