UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023

 

 

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

 

For the transition period _______ to _______

 

Commission file number:001-33660

CLEARONE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

87-0398877

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer identification number)

 

 

 

5225 Wiley Post Way, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah

 

84116

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (801) 975-7200

 

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

 

Title of each class

  

Trading Symbol(s)

  

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001

 

CLRO

 

The NASDAQ Capital Market

 

Indicate by check whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒ Yes  No 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). ☒ Yes No

 

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

 

Larger Accelerated Filer

Accelerated Filer  

Non-Accelerated Filer

Smaller Reporting Company ☒

 

Emerging Growth Company ☐ 


If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ Yes ☐ No


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

 

The number of shares of ClearOne common stock outstanding as of August 11, 2022May 12, 2023 was 23,952,555.23,955,767. 


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 CLEARONE, INC.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2022MARCH 31, 2023

 

INDEX




PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION



Item 1.Financial Statements3




Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 202120223




Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 202120224




Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022 and 20215




Unaudited Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements7



Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations1817



Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk2523



Item 4.Controls and Procedures2523




PART II - OTHER INFORMATION



Item 1.Legal Proceedings2624



Item 1A.Risk Factors2624



Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds2624



Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities2624



Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures2624



Item 5.Other Information2624



Item 6.Exhibits2725

 

2

 

 

 

 

CLEARONE, INC

(Dollars in thousands, except par value)

 

 

 

June 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,203

 

 

$

1,071

 

Marketable securities

 

 

 

 

 

1,790

 

Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $326 and $326, respectively

 

 

4,112

 

 

 

4,991

 

Inventories, net

 

 

9,858

 

 

 

10,033

 

Income tax receivable

7,535


7,535

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

2,924

 

 

 

4,021

 

Total current assets

 

 

25,632

 

 

 

29,441

 

Long-term marketable securities

 

 

 

 

 

1,220

 

Long-term inventories, net

 

 

2,985

 

 

 

3,567

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

614

 

 

 

744

 

Operating lease - right of use assets, net

 

 

1,237

 

 

 

1,537

 

Intangibles, net

 

 

24,289

 

 

 

25,086

 

Other assets

 

 

4,592

 

 

 

4,597

 

Total assets

 

$

59,349

 

 

$

66,192

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

2,047

 

 

$

5,388

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

2,570

 

 

 

2,549

 

Deferred product revenue

 

 

43

 

 

 

54

 

Short-term debt

810


3,481

Total current liabilities

 

 

5,470

 

 

 

11,472

 

Long-term debt, net

 

 

1,184

 

 

 

1,535

 

Operating lease liability, net of current

 

 

717

 

 

 

1,026

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

655

 

 

 

655

 

Total liabilities

 

 

8,026

 

 

 

14,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders' equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, par value $0.001, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 23,952,555 and 22,410,126 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

 

 

24

 

 

 

22

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

74,861

 

 

 

72,795

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(266

)

 

 

(241

)

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(23,296

)

 

 

(21,072

)

Total shareholders' equity

 

 

51,323

 

 

 

51,504

 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 

$

59,349

 

 

$

66,192

 

 

 

March 31, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

59,006

 

 

$

984

 

Legal settlement receivable




55,000

Receivables, net of allowance of $326

 

 

3,541

 

 

 

3,603

 

Inventories, net

 

 

8,395

 

 

 

8,961

 

Income tax receivable




1,071

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

3,635

 

 

 

7,808

 

Total current assets

 

 

74,577

 

 

 

77,427

 

Long-term inventories, net

 

 

2,885

 

 

 

2,707

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

356

 

 

 

383

 

Operating lease - right of use assets, net

 

 

1,259

 

 

 

1,047

 

Intangibles, net

 

 

1,995

 

 

 

2,071

 

Other assets

 

 

112

 

 

 

115

 

Total assets

 

$

81,184

 

 

$

83,750

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,820

 

 

$

1,284

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

2,454

 

 

 

3,041

 

Deferred product revenue

 

 

71

 

 

 

63

 

Short-term debt

1,556


3,732

Total current liabilities

 

 

5,901

 

 

 

8,120

 

Operating lease liability, net of current

 

 

949

 

 

 

492

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

1,008

 

 

 

1,008

 

Total liabilities

 

 

7,858

 

 

 

9,620

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders' equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, par value $0.001, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 23,955,767 shares issued and outstanding

 

 

24

 

 

 

24

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

74,933

 

 

 

74,910

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(283

)

 

 

(288

)

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(1,348

)

 

 

(516

)

Total shareholders' equity

 

 

73,326

 

 

 

74,130

 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 

$

81,184

 

 

$

83,750

 

 

See accompanying notes

 

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CLEARONE, INC.

COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

2022
2021

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Revenue

 

$

7,375

 

$

7,735

 

$14,920
$14,773

 

$

4,178

 

$

7,545

 

Cost of goods sold

 

 

4,568

 

 

 

4,311

 


9,297

8,346

 

 

2,863

 

 

 

4,729

 

Gross profit

 

 

2,807

 

 

 

3,424

 


5,623

6,427

 

 

1,315

 

 

 

2,816

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

Sales and marketing

 

 

1,562

 

 

1,755

 


3,122

3,328

 

1,192

 

1,560

 

Research and product development

 

 

1,177

 

 

1,487

 


2,530

2,761

 

1,043

 

1,353

 

General and administrative

 

 

1,717

 

 

 

1,668

 


3,473

3,348

 

 

1,269

 

 

 

1,756

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

4,456

 

 

 

4,910

 


9,125

9,437

 

 

3,504

 

 

 

4,669

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

Operating loss

 

 

(1,649

)

 

 

(1,486

)


(3,502)

(3,010)

 

(2,189

)

 

(1,853

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

Interest expense

(94)

(107)
(195)

(219)
(292)
(101)

Other income, net

 

 

1,505

 

 

15


1,508

10

 

 

1,666

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(238

)

 

 

(1,578

)
(2,189)

(3,219)

 

(815

)

 

(1,951

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

19

 

 

 

8

 


35

22

 

 

17

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(257

)

 

$

(1,586

)$(2,224)
$(3,241)

 

$

(832

)

 

$

(1,967

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

23,948,631

 

 

18,775,817

 


23,923,110

18,775,795

 

23,955,767

 

23,897,305

 

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

23,948,631

 

 

18,775,817

 


23,923,110

18,775,795

 

23,955,767

 

23,897,305

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

Basic loss per share

 

$

(0.01

)

 

$

(0.08

)$(0.09)
$(0.17)

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.08

)

Diluted loss per share

 

$

(0.01

)

 

$

(0.08

)

$(0.09)
$(0.17)

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.08

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







Comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

Net loss

 

$

(257

)

 

$

(1,586

)$(2,224)
$(3,241)

 

$

(832

)

 

$

(1,967

)

Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

 

 

26

 

 

(3

)
(2)

(5)

Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

 

 

(28

)

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(10

)
(23)

(22)

 

 

5

 

 

(11

)

Comprehensive loss

 

$

(243

)

 

$

(1,599

)

$(2,249)
$(3,268)

 

$

(827

)

 

$

(2,006

)

 

See accompanying notes

 

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CLEARONE, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(2,224

)

 

$

(3,241

)

 

$

(832

)

 

$

(1,967

)

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

1,593

 

1,330

 

 

221

 

 

 

794

 

Amortization of right-of-use assets

 

300

 

291

 

 

129

 

 

 

154

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

65

 

65

 

 

23

 

 

 

36

 

Change of inventory to net realizable value

 

27

 

682

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

Gain recognized on Paycheck Protection Plan Loan forgiveness


(1,528)

Gain from disposal of assets


(8)


Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables

 

879

 

(111

)

 

62

 

 

(86

)

Legal settlement receivable


55,000



Inventories

 

730

 

1,189

 

 

365

 

 

 

525

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

1,097

 

261

 

4,176

 

 

651

Accounts payable

 

(3,341

)

 

96

 

536

 

 

(1,263

)

Accrued liabilities

 

33

 

842

 

(551

)

 

 

286

Income taxes receivable

 

 

(51

)

 

1,293

 

 

(5

)

Deferred product revenue

 

(11

)

 

(67

)

 

8

 

 

(8

)

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

(312

)

 

(301

)

 

(124

)

 

 

(160

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

 

(2,692

)

 

 

985

 

 

60,321

 

 

(1,043

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

(16

)

 

(25

)

 

(27

)

 

 

(8

)

Purchase of intangibles

 

(58

)

 

(147

)

 

(42

)

 

 

(70

)

Capitalized patent defense costs

 

(497

)

 

(3,206

)

 

 

 

(189

)

Proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities

 

3,008

 

1,394

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,042

 

Purchases of marketable securities

 

 

 

 

(517

)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

2,437

 

 

(2,501

)

 

 

(69)

 

 

1,775

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net proceeds from equity-based compensation programs

 

2

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

Paycheck Protection Program loan refund upon full forgiveness net of loan payments
768

Principal payments of long-term debt

(360)

(180)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

410

 

 

(173

)
Principal payments of debt

(2,225)

(370)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(2,225

)

 

 

(368

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

(23

)

 

(26

)

 

4

 

 

(13

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

132

 

(1,715

)

 

58,031

 

 

351

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

 

 

1,071

 

 

 

3,803

 

 

 

986

 

 

 

1,071

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

 

$

1,203

 

 

$

2,088

 

 

$

59,017

 

 

$

1,422

 

  

See accompanying notes

 

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 CLEARONE, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

The following is a summary of supplemental cash flow activities:

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

39

 

$

74

 

 

$

18

 

$

26

 

Cash paid for interest9710623151

 

See accompanying notes

 

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CLEARONE, INC.

UNAUIDTED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited - Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

  

1.1. Business Description, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Business Description:

 

ClearOne, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (collectively, “ClearOne” or the “Company”), is a global market leader enabling conferencing, collaboration, and AV streaming solutions for voice and visual communications. The performance and simplicity of our advanced, comprehensive solutions offer unprecedented levels of functionality, reliability and scalability.

 

Basis of Presentation:

 

The fiscal year for ClearOne is the twelve months ending on December 31.31. The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ClearOne and its subsidiaries. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

 

These accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and are not audited. Certain information and footnote disclosures that are usually included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) have been either condensed or omitted in accordance with SEC rules and regulations. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position as of June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2021,2022, the results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021,2022, and the cash flows for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021.2022. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 20212022 are not necessarily indicative of the results for a full-year period. These interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20212022 filed with the SEC.

 

Significant Accounting Policies:

 

The significant accounting policies were described in Note 1 to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.2022. There have been no changes to these policies during the June 30, 2022quarter ended March 31, 2023 that are of significance or potential significance to the Company.


Recent accounting pronouncements: 


In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326). The new standard amends guidance on reporting credit losses for assets held at amortized cost basis and available-for-sale debt securities. In February 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-02, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326) and Leases (Topic 842) - Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 119 and Update to SEC Section on Effective Date Related to Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which amends the effective date of the original pronouncement for smaller reporting companies. ASU 2016-13 and its amendments will be effective for the Company for interim and annual periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. CECL estimates of expected credit losses on trade receivables over their life will be required to be recorded at inception, based on historical information, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The Company adopted the standard in its first quarter of 2023. There was no material impact on the results of operations.


The Company has determined that recently issued accounting standards, other than the above discussed,will not have a material impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.


Liquidity:

 

As of June 30, 2022, our cash and cash equivalents were approximately $1,203 compared to $1,071 as of December 31, 2021. Our working capital was $20,162 as of June 30, 2022. Net cash used in operating activities was $2,692 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of $3,677 from $985 of cash provided by operating activities in the six months ended June 30, 2021. The Company is currently pursuing all available legal remedies to defend its strategic patents from infringement. The Company has already spent approximately $28,653 from 2016 through June 30, 2022 towards this litigation and may be required to spend more to continue its legal defense.  In order to maintain liquidity, the Company has been actively engaged in preserving cash by implementing company-wide cost reduction measures and raising additional capital. The company raised additional capital in 2019 by issuing senior convertible notes, in 2020 by borrowing through the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program and issuing common stock and warrants and in 2021 by issuing short-term notes and issuing common stock and warrants. In January 2022, the Company issued $2,000 in common stock as consideration for the cancellation and termination of the short-term notes. In addition, the Company has been generating additional cash as our inventory levels are brought down to historical levels.


 

UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited - Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

  

Liquidity:

As of March 31, 2023, our cash and cash equivalents were approximately $59,006compared to $984 as of December 31, 2022. Our working capital was $68,676 as of March 31, 2023. Net cash provided by operating activities was $60,321 for thethree months ended March 31, 2023, an increase of $61,364 compared to $1,043 of cash used in operating activities for thethree months ended March 31, 2022. The company announced a special one-time cash dividend of $1.00 per share or eligible warrant (please see Note 10 - Subsequent events) which will be paid on May 31, 2023 and is expected to generate cash outflows of approximately $28,978. The Company also paid approximately $6,600 towards income taxes in April 2023. The Company believes that the Company's core strategies of product innovation and prudent cost management will bring the company back to profitability in the future. The Company believes, although there can be no assurance, that the current cash position and all of these measures and effective management of working capital, including collecting on the income taxes receivable balance, will provide the liquidity needed to meet our operating needs through at least August 12, 2023.May 15, 2024. The Company also believes that its strong portfolio of intellectual property and its solid brand equity in the market will enable it to raise additional capital if and when needed to meet its short and long-term financing needs; however, there can be no assurance that, if needed, the Company will be successful in obtaining the necessary funds through equity or debt financing. If the Company needs additional capital and is unable to secure financing, it may be required to further reduce expenses, or delay product development and enhancement, or revise its strategy regarding ongoing litigation.enhancement.

2.2. Revenue Information

 

The following table disaggregates the Company’s revenue into primary product groups:

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 


Six months ended June 30,

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 


2022
2021

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Audio conferencing

 

$

3,277

 

$

3,096

 


$6,453
$5,931

 

$

2,329

 

$

3,176

 

Microphones

 

3,123

 

3,218

 


6,051
5,568

 

1,195

 

2,928

 

Video products

 

 

975

 

 

 

1,421

 


2,416
3,274

 

 

654

 

 

 

1,441

 

 

$

7,375

 

 

$

7,735

 


$14,920
$14,773

 

$

4,178

 

 

$

7,545

 

 

The following table disaggregates the Company’s revenue into major regions:


 

Three months ended June 30,

 


Six months ended June 30,

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 


2022
2021

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

North and South America

 

$

3,184

 

$

3,640

 


$6,960
$7,164

 

$

1,570

 

$

3,776

 

Asia Pacific (includes Middle East, India and Australia)

 

2,468

 

1,797

 


4,542
4,023

 

1,696

 

2,074

 

Europe and Africa

 

 

1,723

 

 

 

2,298

 


3,418
3,586

 

 

912

 

 

 

1,695

 

 

$

7,375

 

 

$

7,735

 


$14,920
$14,773

 

$

4,178

 

 

$

7,545

 

 

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UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited - Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)


3. Loss Per Share

 

Loss per common share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding and, when appropriate, dilutive potential common stock outstanding during the period. Stock options, warrants and the convertible portion of senior convertible notes are considered to be potential common stock. The computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share does not assume exercise or conversion of securities that would have an anti-dilutive effect. 

 

Basic earnings (loss) per common share is the amount of net earnings (loss) for the period available to each weighted-average share of common stock outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings (loss) per common share is the amount of earnings (loss) for the period available to each weighted-average share of common stock outstanding during the reporting period and to each share of potential common stock outstanding during the period, unless inclusion of potential common stock would have an anti-dilutive effect. 


The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share:

 


Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 


Three months ended March 31,


2022
2021

 

2022

 

 

2021

 


2023
2022

Numerator:


 






Net loss


$(257)
$(1,586)

 

$

(2,224

)

 

$

(3,241

)


$(832)
$(1,967)

Denominator:


 


Basic weighted average shares outstanding


23,948,631
18,775,817

 

23,923,110

 

18,775,795

 


23,955,767
23,897,305

Dilutive common stock equivalents using treasury stock method






 

 

 

 






Diluted weighted average shares outstanding



23,948,631

18,775,817

 

 

23,923,110

 

 

 

18,775,795

 



23,955,767

23,897,305


 


Basic loss per common share


$(0.01)
$(0.08)

 

$

(0.09

)

 

$

(0.17

)


$(0.03)
$(0.08)

Diluted loss per common share


$(0.01)
$(0.08)

 

$

(0.09

)

 

$

(0.17

)


$(0.03)
$(0.08)


 


Weighted average options, warrants and convertible portion of senior convertible notes outstanding


6,937,350
3,597,418

 

6,999,665

 

3,616,661

 


6,368,420
7,062,673

Anti-dilutive options, warrants and convertible portion of senior convertible notes not included in the computation


6,937,350
3,597,148

 

6,999,665

 

3,616,661

 


6,368,420
7,062,673

 

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UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited - Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

4. Marketable Securities

The Company has classified its marketable securities as available-for-sale securities. These securities are carried at estimated fair value with unrealized holding gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive loss in stockholders’ equity until realized. Gains and losses on marketable security transactions are reported on the specific-identification method. Dividend and interest income are recognized when earned.

The amortized cost, gross unrealized holding gains, gross unrealized holding losses, and fair value for available-for-sale securities by major security type and class of securities as of December 31, 2021 were as follows.

 

 

Amortized cost

 

 

Gross unrealized holding gains

 

 

Gross unrealized holding losses

 

 

Estimated fair value

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds and notes

 

$

1,434

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

(2

)

 

$

1,440

 

Municipal bonds

 

 

1,573

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

1,570

 

Total available-for-sale securities

 

$

3,007

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

(5

)

 

$

3,010

 

There were 0 available-for-sale securities as of June 30, 2022.


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UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited - Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)


5. Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets as of June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 20212022 consisted of the following:

 

 

Estimated useful lives (years)

 

 

June 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

Estimated useful lives (years)

 

 

March 31, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

Tradename

 

 5

to

7

 

$

555

 

$

555

 

 

 5

to

7

 

$

555

 

$

555

 

Patents and technological know-how

 

10

to

20

 

34,107

 

33,553

 

 

10

to

20

 

7,094

 

7,053

 

Proprietary software

 

 3

to

15

 

2,981

 

2,981

 

 

 3

to

15

 

2,981

 

2,981

 

Other

 

 3

to

5

 

 

 

323

 

 

 

323

 

 

 3

to

5

 

 

 

323

 

 

 

323

 

Total intangible assets

 

 

 

37,966

 

37,412

 

 

 

 

10,953

 

10,912

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

 

 

 

(13,677

)

 

 

(12,326

)

 

 

 

 

 

(8,958

)

 

 

(8,841

)

Total intangible assets, net

 

 

 

 

$

24,289

 

 

$

25,086

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,995

 

 

$

2,071

 

 

The amortization of intangible assets for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022 and 2021 was as follows: 

 

 


Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 


2022

2021

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Amortization of intangible assets


$682

$543

 

$

1,352

 

 

$

1,054

 

 


Three months ended March 31,

 


2023

2022

Amortization of intangible assets


$118

$670

 

The estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets is as follows:

 

Years ending December 31,

 

Amount

 

 

Amount

 

2022 (Remainder)

 

$

1,370

 

2023

 

2,733

 

2023 (Remainder)

 

$

398

 

2024

 

2,469

 

 

253

 

2025

 

2,408

 

 

192

 

2026

 

2,408

 

 

191

 

2027

 

61

 

Thereafter

 

 

12,901

 

 

 

900

 

Total

 

$  

24,289

 

 

$  

1,995

 

 

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(Unaudited - Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 


65. Inventories

 

Inventories, net of reserves, as of June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 20212022 consisted of the following:  

 

 

June 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

March 31, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raw materials

 

$

4,501

 

$

4,085

 

 

$

4,552

 

$

4,499

 

Finished goods

 

 

5,357

 

 

 

5,948

 

 

 

3,843

 

 

 

4,462

 

 

$

9,858

 

 

$

10,033

 

 

$

8,395

 

 

$

8,961

 

 

 

Long-term:

 

 

Raw materials

 

$

1,417

 

$

1,980

 

 

$

928

 

$

1,068

 

Finished goods

 

 

1,568

 

 

 

1,587

 

 

 

1,957

 

 

 

1,639

 

 

$

2,985

 

 

$

3,567

 

 

$

2,885

 

 

$

2,707

 

  

Long-term inventory represents inventory held in excess of our current (next 12 months) requirements based on our recent sales and forecasted level of sales. We expect to sell the above inventory, net of reserves, at or above the stated cost and believe that no loss will be incurred on its sale, although there can be no assurance of the timing or amount of any sales. 

 

Net loss incurred on valuation of inventory at lower of cost or market value and write-off of obsolete inventory for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 20212022 was as follows:   

 

 


Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 


2022

2021

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Net loss incurred on valuation of inventory at lower of cost or market value and write-off of obsolete inventory


$27

$307

 

$

27

 

 

$

682

 

 


Three months ended March 31,

 


2023

2022

Net loss incurred on valuation of inventory at lower of cost or market value and write-off of obsolete inventory


$23

$

 

76. Leases

 

Rent expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease taking into account future rent escalation and holiday periods. 

 

Rent expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 20212022 was as follows: 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 


Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 


2022

2021

Rent expense

 

$

170

 

 

$

175

 


$349

$359

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Rent expense

 

$

149

 

 

$

179

 

The Company occupies a 1,350 square-foot facility in Gainesville, Florida under the terms of an operating lease expiring in February 2023.2028. The Gainesville facility is used primarily to support the Company's research and development activities. 

 

The Company occupies a 21,4439,402 square-foot facility in Salt Lake City, Utah under the terms of an operating lease expiring in MarchFebruary 2028. 2024, with an option to extend for additional five years. The facility supports the Company's principal administrative, sales, marketing, customer support, and research and product development activities. 

The Company occupies a 950 square-foot facility in Austin, Texas under the terms of an operating lease expiring in October 2022. This facility supportsthe Company's sales, marketing, customer support, and research and development activities.

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(Unaudited - Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)


The Company occupies a 6,175 square-foot facility in Chennai, India under the terms of an operating lease expiring in August 2023. This facility supports the Company's administrative, marketing, customer support, and research and product development activities.

 

The Company occupies a 40,000 square-foot warehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah under the terms of an operating lease expiring in April 2025, which serves as the Company's primary inventory fulfillment center.  


Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows: 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

 


 



 

 



 



 

Operating cash flows from operating leases
$(356)
$(360)
$(151)
$(183)
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:









Operating leases
$
$

$758
$

 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

 

 

June 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

March 31, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

$

 1,237

 

 $

 1,537

 

 

$

 1,259

 

 $

 1,047

 


 



 



Current portion of operating lease liabilities, included in accrued liabilities
$620

$623

$382

$641

Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion

 

 

717

 

 

 

1,026

 

 

 

949

 

 

 

492

 

Total operating lease liabilities

 

$

1,337

 

 

$

1,649

 

 

$

1,331

 

 

$

1,133

 

 

 

Weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases (in years)
2.19
2.64

4
2.12
Weighted average discount rate for operating leases
5.90%
5.87%
6.37%
5.93%

  

The following represents maturities of operating lease liabilities as of June 30, 2022:March 31, 2023:

 

Years ending December 31,

 

 

 

 

2022 (Remainder)

 

$

347

 

2023

 

671

 

2023 (Remainder)

 

$

341

 

2024

 

343

 

 

439

 

2025

 

69

 

 

272

 

2026

 

 

 

 

210

 

2027

 

216

 

Thereafter

37

Total lease payments

 

1,430

 

 

1,515

 

Less: Imputed interest

 

 

(93

)

 

 

(184

)

Total

 

$

1,337

 

 

$

1,331

 


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UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited - Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

87. Shareholders' Equity

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 


Six Months Ended June 30,

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 


2022
2021

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Common stock and additional paid-in capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of period

 

$

74,855

 

$

63,413

 


$72,818
$63,378

 

$

74,934

 

$

72,818

 

Issuance of common stock and warrants, net
                —
          —
2,000


 
2,000

Share-based compensation expense

 

30

 

34

 


65
65

 

22

 

35

 

Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan

 

 

 

 

 

3

 



2
7

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

Balance, end of period

 

$

74,885

 

 

$

63,450

 


$74,885
$63,450

 

$

74,957

 

 

$

74,855

 

 

 

 

 

 






 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of period

 

$

(280

)

 

$

(200

)


$(241)
$(186)

 

$

(288

)

 

$

(241

)

Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

 

26

 

(3

)
(2)
(5)

 

 

(28

)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(10

)

(23)

(22)

 

 

5

 

 

(11

)

Balance, end of period

 

$

(266

)

 

$

(213

)


$(266)
$(213)

 

$

(283

)

 

$

(280

)

 

 

 

 

 






 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of period

 

$

(23,039

)

 

$

(15,033

)
$(21,072)
$(13,378)

 

$

(516

)

 

$

(21,072

)

Net loss

 

 

(257

)

 

 

(1,586

)



(2,224)

(3,241)

 

 

(832

)

 

 

(1,967

)

Balance, end of period

 

$

(23,296

)

 

$

(16,619

)


$(23,296)
$(16,619)

 

$

(1,348

)

 

$

(23,039

)

 

 

 

 

 






 

Total shareholders' equity

 

$

51,323

 

$

46,618

 


$51,323
$46,618

 

$

73,326

 

$

51,536

 

 

Issue of Common Stock and Warrants


On September 13, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain purchasers named therein, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold in a registered direct offering 2,116,050 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share at an offering price of $2.4925 per share. The Company received gross proceeds of approximately $5,275 and net proceeds $4,764 after deducting placement agent fees and related offering expenses. In a concurring private placement, the Company also issued to the same purchasers warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 1,058,025 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.43 per share. Each warrant became immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the issuance date.  


On  September 12, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain purchasers named therein, pursuant to which the Company issued 3,623,189 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share at an offering price of $2.76 per share. The Company received gross proceeds of approximately $10,000 and net proceeds of $9,288 after deducting placement agent fees and related offering expenses. In a concurring private placement the Company also issued to the same purchasers warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 3,623,189 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.76 per share. Each warrant became immediately exercisable and will expire on March 15, 2027.


On January 4, 2022, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Edward D. Bagley, an affiliate of the Company, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a private placement 1,538,461 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a purchase price of $1.30 per share of Common Stock. The consideration for the Shares is the cancellation and termination of Mr. Bagley’s outstanding bridge loan to the Company in the principal amount of $2,000 originally issued on July 2, 2021 and amended and restated on September 11, 2021. Mr. Bagley is an affiliate of the Company and the Company’s single largest stockholder.  


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UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited - Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)


9.8. Debt

Senior Convertible Notes and Warrants 


On December 17, 2019, the Company completed the issuance and sale of $3,000 aggregate principal amount of secured convertible notes of the Company (the “Notes”) and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 340,909 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Company (the “Common Stock”), in a private placement transaction. The Notes and Warrants were issued and sold to Edward D. Bagley, an affiliate of the Company, on the terms and conditions of a Note Purchase Agreement dated December 8, 2019 between the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors of the Company, and Mr. Bagley. Mr. Bagley was the beneficial owner of approximately 46.6% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at the time that the Notes and Warrants were issued to him.

The Notes will mature on December 17, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”) and will accrue interest at a variable rate adjusted on a quarterly basis and equal to two and one-half percent (2.5%) over the greater of (x) five and one-quarter percent (5.25%) and (y) the Prime Rate as published in the Wall Street Journal (New York edition) as of the beginning of such calendar quarter.  The Notes may be converted into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at any time at the election of Mr. Bagley at an initial conversion price of $2.11 per share (the “Conversion Price”), or 120% of the closing price of the Common Stock on December 6, 2019 as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Also, the Company can cause a mandatory conversion of the Notes if the volume weighted average closing price of the Common Stock over 90 consecutive trading days exceeds 200% of the Conversion Price. In addition, the Notes may be redeemed by the Company for cash at any time after December 17, 2020 upon payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Notes and any unpaid and accrued interest.  The Company also is required to redeem the Notes upon the occurrence of a change in control of the Company.

The Warrants have an initial exercise price equal to $1.76, the closing price of the Common Stock on December 6, 2019 as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market, and are exercisable until December 17, 2026.  The Warrants must be exercised for cash, unless at the time of exercise there is not a then effective registration statement for the resale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, in which case the Warrants may be exercised via a cashless exercise feature that provides for net settlement of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise. 

Concurrent with the issuance of the Notes and Warrants pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company, the Guarantors and Mr. Bagley entered into a Guaranty and Collateral Agreement (the “Collateral Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantors granted Mr. Bagley a first priority lien interest in all of the Company’s assets as security for the Company’s performance of its obligations under the Notes and Warrants.

The net proceeds after original issue discount and issuance costs of $346 were approximately $2,654. The Company expectsexpected to use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes and Warrants for general corporate purposes and working capital. 

In accounting for the issuance of the Notes, the Company separated Notes and Warrants into liability and equity components. The carrying amount of Warrants, being an equity component, was first calculated using Black-Scholes method with the following assumptions:


Risk-free interest rate

1.82%

Expected life of warrants (years)

7

Expected price volatility

49.4%

Expected dividend yield

0%

The carrying amount of the Notes was then determined by deducting the fair value of the Warrants from the principal amount of the Notes. The carrying amount of the Notes was further separated into equity and liability components after separating the value of the conversion feature into an equity component and leaving the remaining value as liability. The equity component is not remeasured while the Notes and Warrants continue to meet the conditions for equity classification for equity components.

The original issue discount and issuance costs are netted against the liability. The following table represents the carrying value of Notes and Warrants: 



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(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)


 

June 30, 2022

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

March 31, 2023

 

December 31, 2022

 

Liability component:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal

 

$

2,280

 

$

2,640

 

 

$

1,695

 

$

1,920

 

Less: debt discount and issuance costs, net of amortization

 

 

(286

)

 

 

(385

 

 

(139

)

 

 

(188

Net carrying amount

 

$

1,994

 

$

2,255

 

 

$

1,556

 

$

1,732

 

Equity component(1):

 

 

 

 

 

Equity component(1):

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants

 

$

318

 

$

318

 

 

$

318

 

$

318

 

Conversion feature

 

122

 

122

 

 

122

 

122

 

Net carrying amount

 

$

440

 

$

440

 

 

$

440

 

$

440

 


Current portion of liability component included under short-term debt
$810
$720

$1,556
$1,920
Long-term portion of liability component included under long-term debt

1,470

1,920
Liability component total
$2,280
$2,640

$1,556
$1,920

(1) Recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as additional paid-in capital. 


Debt discount and issuance costs are amortized over the life of the note to interest expense using the effective interest method. During the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022amortization of debt discount and issuance costs was $49 and $98, respectively and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs was $49, and $98, respectively. The following table represents schedule of maturities of principal amount contained in the Notes as of June 30, 2022:March 31, 2023:


Year ending December 31,

 

Principal Amount Maturing

 

2022 (Remainder)

 

$

360

 

2023

 

 

1,920

 

2024

 

 

 

2025

 

 

 

Total principal amount

 

$

2,280

 

Year ending December 31,

 

Principal Amount Maturing

 

2023 (Remainder)

 

 

1,695

 

Total principal amount

 

$

1,695

 


Short-term Bridge LoanLoans


On July 2, 2021, the Company obtained a bridge loan in the principal amount of $2,000 from Edward D. Bagley (the “Bridge“2021 Bridge Loan”), an affiliate of the Company. The Bridge Loan iswas evidenced by a promissory note dated July 2, 2021 (the “Note”) issued by the Company to Mr. Bagley.  The Note bearsbore interestsinterest at a rate of 8.0% per annum, matures on the earlier to occur of (i) October 1annum. , 2021 or (ii) within two business days of the Company’s receipt of its expectedU.S. federal income tax refund, and contains other customary covenants and events of default. On September 11, 2021, the Company amended and restated the terms of the Bridge Loan to extend the latest maturity date from October 1, 2021 to January 3, 2022. All other terms and conditions of the Bridge Loan remained the same. This Bridge Loan of $2,000 is included under short-term debt as of December 31, 2021. On January 4, 2022, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Edward D. Bagley, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold to Mr. Bagley, in a private placement 1,538,461 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a purchase price of $1.30 per share of Common Stock. The consideration for the Shares was the cancellation and termination of Mr. Bagley’s outstanding bridge loan to the Company in the principal amount of $2,000 originally issued on July 2, 2021 and amended and restated on September 11, 2021. Mr. Bagley is an affiliate of the Company and the Company’s single largest stockholder.


Paycheck Protection Program Loan


On April 18, 2020,October 28, 2022 the Company entered intoobtained a loan agreement with U.S. Bank National Association Bank, which provided for abridge loan in the principal amount of $1,499 (“PPP$2,000 from Edward D. Bagley (the “2022 Bridge Loan”) pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program under Division A, Title I, an affiliate of the CARES Act, whichCompany. The 2022 Bridge Loan was enacted March 27, 2020.evidenced by a promissory note dated October 28, 2022 (the “2022 Note”) issued by the Company to Mr. Bagley. The PPP Loan had a two-year term and bears2022 Note bore interest at a rate of 1.0%12.0% per annum. Monthly principalannum and interest payments are deferred for approximately sixteen months after thehad a maturity date of disbursement.  


The Company's Paycheck Protection Program Loan ("PPP Loan") under the CARES Act was forgiven by Small Business Administration effective April 29, 2022. With this forgiveness,October 28, 2023. Mr. Bagley is an affiliate of the Company is not required to repay the principal amount of $1,499and the interestCompany’s single largest stockholder. This Bridge Loan of $$2,000 is included under short-term debt as of December 31,. The Company received $953 back that it had already paid towards principal and interest payments toward 2022. In January 2023, the PPP Loan. The Company treated the forgiveness as extinguishment2022 Bridge loan of debt in this quarter ended June 30, 2022 and reported the entire principal amount forgiven of $1,499$2,000 along with applicable interest already accounted for of $29 was repaid in full.as a gain on extinguishment of debt.




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UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited - Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)



 

 

June 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Current portion of the PPP Loan included under short-term debt
$

$761
Long-term portion of the PPP Loan included under long-term debt





Liability component total
$

$761

10. Fair Value Measurements

The fair value of the Company’s financial instruments reflects the amounts that the Company estimates it will receive in connection with the sale of an asset or pay in connection with the transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the use of inputs used in valuation techniques into the following three levels: 

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. This category generally includes U.S. Government and agency securities; municipal securities; mutual funds and securities sold and not yet settled.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs.

The Company’s financial instruments are valued using observable inputs. The following table sets forth the fair value of the financial instruments re-measured by the Company as of December 31, 2021:

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds and notes

 

$

 

 

$

1,440

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,440

 

Municipal bonds

 

 

 

 

 

1,570

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,570

 

Total

 

$

 

 

$

3,010

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,010

 

There were 0 financial instruments that were re-measured by the Company as of June 30, 2022.


119. Income Taxes

 

The current year loss did not result in income tax benefit due to recording a full valuation allowance against expected benefits. The valuation allowance was recorded as we concluded that it was more likely than not that our deferred tax assets were not realizable primarily due to the Company's recent pre-tax losses. Provision for income taxes for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 mostly represents income tax expense recorded for jurisdictions outside the United States.  


The Company had approximately $895$962 of uncertain tax positions as of June 30, 2022.March 31, 2023. Due to the inherent uncertainty of the underlying tax positions, it is not possible to forecast the payment of this liability for any particular year.



1210. Subsequent events

 

None.


On May 8, 2023, the Company announced that the Company’s Board of Directors had declared a special 13one-time. Commitments cash dividend of $1.00 per share of the Company’s common stock or eligible warrants, payable on May 31, 2023 to shareholders of record on May 22, 2023. This is expected to result in cash outflow of approximately, $28,978.


We have manufacturing agreements with electronics manufacturing service (“EMS”) providers related to the outsourced manufacturing of our products. Certain manufacturing agreements establish annual volume commitments. We are also obligated to repurchase the Company-forecasted but unused materials. The Company has non-cancellable, non-returnable, and long-lead time commitments with its EMS providers and certain suppliers for inventory components that will be used in production. The Company’s purchase commitments under such agreements are approximately $6,383 as of June 30, 2022. 


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

 

This report on Form 10-Q includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements in this report, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements for purposes of these provisions, including any projections of earnings, revenues or other financial items, any statements of the plans and objectives of management for future operations, any statements concerning proposed new products or services, any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance, and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. All forward-looking statements included in this report are made as of the date hereof and are based on information available to us as of such date. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” “estimates,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained herein are based upon reasonable assumptions at the time made, there can be no assurance that any such expectations or any forward-looking statement will prove to be correct. Our actual results will vary, and may vary materially, from those projected or assumed in the forward-looking statements. Future financial condition and results of operations, as well as any forward-looking statements, are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties, many of which we cannot predict with accuracy and some of which we might not anticipate, including, without limitation, product recalls and product liability claims; infringement of our technology or assertion that our technology infringes the rights of other parties; termination of supplier relationships, or failure of suppliers to perform; inability to successfully manage growth; delays in obtaining regulatory approvals or the failure to maintain such approvals; concentration of our revenue among a few customers, products or procedures; development of new products and technology that could render our products obsolete; market acceptance of new products; introduction of products in a timely fashion; price and product competition, availability of labor and materials, cost increases, and fluctuations in and obsolescence of inventory; volatility of the market price of our common stock; foreign currency fluctuations; changes in key personnel; work stoppage or transportation risks; integration of business acquisitions; and other factors referred to in our reports filed with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.2022. All subsequent forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Additional factors that may have a direct bearing on our operating results are discussed in Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in  Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.2022.

 

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

 

ClearOne is a global Company that designs, develops and sells conferencing, collaboration, and AV networking solutions for voice and visual communications. The performance and simplicity of our advanced, comprehensive solutions offer a high level of functionality, reliability and scalability. We derive a major portion of our revenue from audio conferencing products and microphones by promoting our products in the professional audio-visual channel. We have extended our total addressable market from the installed audio conferencing market to adjacent complementary markets – microphones, video collaboration and AV networking. We have achieved this through strategic technological acquisitions as well as by internal product development. 

 

In earlyOn January 2022,30, 2023, we introduced DIALOG® 10 USB, the industry's only pro-quality, single-channel wireless USB microphone system offering professional-quality audionew CHAT® 150 BT group speakerphone with USB and Bluetooth connectivity that enhances the conferencing experience for webcastingthe ultimate in business class performance. With simple, instant connection to personal computers, mobile devices or Bluetooth-enabled desk phones, the CHAT® 150 BT group speakerphone provides users with an affordable way to upgrade home offices, executive offices, and cloud-based collaboration. In March 2022, this newmid-size meeting rooms with BYOD convenience and superior audio clarity for audio conferences and video meetings. The CHAT® 150 BT speakerphone also has an audio bridging feature that allows far end conference participants connected via a software conferencing application through USB, wireless mic system wonlocal users of the 2022 NSCA Excellence in Product Innovation Award. One of only seven winners in this prestigious award program, the DIALOG 10 USB is the industry’s only pro-quality single-channel wireless microphone system with USB connectivity for webcastingspeakerphone, and cloud-based collaboration such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WebEx, and GotoMeeting.  DIALOG 10 USB won its second award in May 2022 by winning the 2022 Top New Technology (TNT) Award in the Microphone category. In June 2022, at Infocomm 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, DIALOG 10 USB won two additional awards - Commercial Integrator 2022 BEST Award in the Microphones category and 2022 Sound & Video Contractor Magazine Infocomm Best in Market Award.  


During January, at the Las Vegas Customer Electronics Show, CES 2022, the world’s most influential annual tech event, our home office Aura™ Xceed™ BMA was singled out for exceptional innovation withfar end callers on a CES Picks Award, presented by Residential Systems magazine.


In early February 2022, our Versa Lite CT, a USB audio-enabled Beamforming Ceiling Tile Microphone that brings cost-effective and superb professional conferencing audiomobile call connected through Bluetooth to small- and mid-sized spaces received Google Meet certification. Google Meet ranks among the top 5 for growth in the cloud meetings and team collaboration market according to Frost & Sullivan.


In early February 2022, we were awarded a new patent for a beamforming microphone array system with distributed processing. This patent claims a ceiling tile microphone array that can be physically separated from the processors running the beamforming algorithm. It enables a single computing engine to run multiple beamforming algorithms for multiple microphone arrays, which can lower the overall system cost compared to an integrated design that is limited to a single computing engine with a single microphone array.  Later inall join the same month another ClearOne patent was granted which is related to beamforming microphone arrays with acoustic echo cancellation. The patent, titled “Band-Limited Beamforming Microphone Array with Acoustic Echo Cancellation," describes, amongcall and hear each other things,clearly. Featuring a steerable microphone array with one set of microphones used for beamforming,first-mic priority, the CHAT® 150 BT speakerphone intelligently activates the microphone closest to the person speaking, reducing interference from ambient noise. Like all ClearOne microphone products, the CHAT® 150 BT speakerphone is compatible with popular collaboration platforms including Microsoft® Teams, Zoom™, WebEx™, Google® Meet™, and one or more additional microphones that are not used for beamforming, but instead are used to enhancemany more. The new BT model retains all the audio performanceclass-leading features of the microphone array.original CHAT® 150 speakerphone, including Advanced Noise Cancellation, Full Duplex Distributed Echo Cancellation™ and Automatic Level Control algorithms, to ensure highly intelligible, natural audio capture and playback. It also supports NFC tap-to-pair and includes a wired USB connection for compatibility with the full variety of modern devices.  


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In early March 2022, we were awarded a new patent titled “Conferencing Apparatus”, that describes, among other things, a beamforming microphone array with acoustic echo cancellation and a set of configurable fixed beams. The patent goes on to describe performing a direction of arrival determination, and in response to that determination, selecting one or more of those fixed beams for audio transmission.

In early April 2022, a ClearOne patent issued titled “Ceiling Tile Microphone,” that claims, among other things, a ceiling tile beamforming microphone that is powered through Power over Ethernet (PoE). Later in the same month another ClearOne patent was granted, also titled “Ceiling Tile Microphone,” that claims, among other things, a ceiling tile microphone that includes beamforming, acoustic echo cancellation, and auto voice tracking. 

In May 2022, for the sixth time since its groundbreaking debut in 2020, the ClearOne BMA 360 microphone has been recognized by the world’s most discerning AV buyers with the prestigious Best in Market Award at ISE 2022. The microphone was one of only three winners in this year’s award program. The Best in Market Award program is presented by leading industry publication Sound & Video Contractor at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the world’s largest AV and systems integration show. The program recognizes the most innovative technology within the AV industry, and the judges include respected AV and IT managers, directors, engineers, industry consultants and integrators.


During the first six months of 2022, we continued our efforts, primarily through litigation, to stop the infringement of our strategic patents. We believe the decision by the U.S. District Court in August 2019 granting our request for a preliminary injunction to prevent Shure from manufacturing, marketing, and selling its competing ceiling microphone array in an infringing configuration is an incredibly valuable ruling for ClearOne and its business. The decision validates the strength and importance of ClearOne’s intellectual property rights, recognizes ClearOne’s innovations in this space, and stops Shure from further infringing the Graham patent (U.S. Patent No. 9,813,806) pending a full trial. Although there can be no assurance of any outcome of a full trial, we believe this ruling will help pave the way for ClearOne’s recovery from the immense harm inflicted by Shure's infringement of our valuable patents. However, we are not getting the full benefits of the Court’s extraordinary remedy in the form of the preliminary injunction granted against Shure with respect to infringement of our ’806 Patent as we believe that Shure is still infringing ClearOne’s patent. 

On September 1, 2020, the U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois held that "Shure has violated the preliminary injunction order and is found in contempt because it designed the MXA910-A in such a way that allows it to be easily installed flush in most ceiling grids". The Court also opined that, "[t]he record is clear and convincing that Shure - through its design choices - violated the injunction order by allowing integrators to install the MXA910-A in the enjoined flush configuration." Ultimately, the Court ordered that "Shure shall no longer manufacture, market, or sell the MXA910...". ClearOne's motion to accuse Shure's MXA910-US of infringing the '806 Patent is still pending with the Court.

Shure expanded the original litigation in the U.S. District Court of North Illinois to the District of Delaware, where Shure filed claims for patent infringement, including of a design patent, and trade libel against ClearOne. In May 2020 and January 2021, we secured an important pair of wins, defeating Shure’s requests first for a temporary restraining order and then a preliminary injunction, allowing us to continue selling our ground-breaking audio-conferencing products. In addition to defeating Shure’s requests for preliminary injunctive relief, we also obtained a stay of the proceedings with respect to the only other asserted patent. During November 2021, after a three-day jury trial, ClearOne obtained a complete victory against claims asserted by Shure, when the jury returned a verdict of no infringement and invalidated the asserted patent.


In February 2022 we claimed another legal victory over Shure. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued a final written decision confirming the patentability of all claims of ClearOne’s important U.S. Patent No. 10,728,653 (the “’653 Patent”). The ’653 Patent covers aspects of ClearOne’s revolutionary innovations in BMAs and relates to “a ceiling tile combined with [a] beamforming microphone array” that includes acoustic echo cancellation and “adaptive acoustic processing that automatically adjusts to a room configuration.” Shortly after the ’653 patent was issued in mid-2020, Shure initiated the case in yet another attempt to disrupt ClearOne’s patent rights, but the PTAB rejected each and every one of Shure’s seven challenges resulting in the latest in a long string of defeats for Shure. 


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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


On January 16, 2023, we introduced UNITE 260 Pro camera, a professional grade 4K Ultra HD camera featuring both a 20X optical zoom and 16X digital zoom that allows users to capture every participant in all meeting, training, and learning environments it is deployed in. Compatible with all popular meeting applications like Microsoft® Teams, Zoom™, WebEx™, and Google® Meet™, the new camera features an AI-based smart face tracking mode that keeps a selected presenter in the frame as they move about the room. Alternatively, the camera’s AI-based auto framing mode always keeps an entire group in perfect view. With dual video outputs HDMI and IP, the UNITE 260 Pro Camera is an excellent choice for a hybrid environment: streaming content while simultaneously showing it live where the presentation is occurring.


We also continued our programs to cut costs and to speed up product development that we believe will enable us to get back to a growth path.

 

Overall revenue decreased by 5%45% in the secondfirst quarter of 20222023 when compared to the secondfirst quarter of 2021,2022, primarily due to a significant decrease in revenues from videoall product categories, especially microphones. The revenue decline was primarily due to our continued inability to source adequate inventory to meet the demand for professional audio products and a further decreaseBMA due to the ongoing transition of manufacturing of our products from China to Singapore by our electronics manufacturing services provider and due to the decline in revenuesdemand for video products. We expect the challenges with the manufacturing transition from microphones, which were partially offset by an increase in revenues from audio conferencing products. Overall revenue increased by 1% during the first six months of 2022 when comparedChina to revenueSingapore to ease in the first six monthssecond half of 2021 due to increases in revenues from audio conferencing products and microphones, which were partially offset by a decrease in revenues from video products.  Despite the negative impact of COVID-19 and the infringement of our patents by Shure on all professional installed products, our new solutions incorporating Beamforming Microphone Array Ceiling Tile ("BMA-CT") continued to result in overall Beamforming Microphone Array ("BMA") revenue being higher than last year. However, revenue from BMA products as well as from our pro audio products are still far below the levels prior to infringement of our patents. Our revenue is negatively impacted  due to2023. on-going harm of infringement of ClearOne’s patents despite the preliminary injunction granted against Shure as we believe Shure continues to infringe certain of our patents and violates the preliminary injunction. The patent infringement also has negatively impacted directly the revenue from ClearOne’s other products not related to the infringed patents. Our revenue performance in 2022-Q2 and the first six months of 20222023-Q1 was also partially impacted negatively due to increased costs associated with the electronic raw material supply shortages that have affected the global manufacturing of high tech products. We expect these supply shortages and associated increased costs to continue through at least the end of 2022.2023.


Our gross profit margindecreased to 38.1% during the second quarter of 2022 from 44.3% during the second quarter of 2021. Our gross profit margin decreased to 37.7%31.5% during the first six monthsquarter of 2022 compared to 43.5% 2023 from 37.3% during the first six monthsquarter of 2021.2022. Gross Profit margin decreased year over year mainly due to increase in administration and overhead costs as a percentage of revenue and increase in inventory obsolescence costs.


Net loss decreased from $1.6$2.0 million in the secondfirst quarter of 20212022 to $0.3 million in the second quarter of 2022. Our net loss decreased from $3.2$0.8 million in the first halfquarter of 2021 to $2.2 million in the first half of 2022. 2023. The decrease in net loss was mainly due to the recognitiona receipt of $1.5$1.35 million from a one-time legal settlement of a contract dispute. This receipt, included in gain from the forgiveness of CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program Loan, whichother income was partially offset by (a) decreasean increase in absolute gross profit dollars as a resultoperating losses of reduced gross margin, and (b) increased amortization costs relating to our capitalized patent defense costs. $0.3 million. 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Industry conditions

 

We operate in a very dynamic and highly competitive industry which is dominated on theonehand by a few players with respect to certain products like traditional video conferencing appliances while on the other hand influenced heavily by a fragmented reseller market consisting of numerous regional and local players. The industry is also characterized by venture capitalist funded start-ups and private companies willing to fund cumulative cash losses in order to gain market share and achieve certain non-financial goals. It has become increasingly important to have higher interoperability with other products in the audio visual market as well as with leading video conferencing service providers like Microsoft and Zoom. 

 

Economic conditions, challenges and risks

 

The audio-visual products market is characterized by intense competition and rapidly evolving technology. Our competitors vary within each product category. Our installed professionalaudio conferencingproducts, which areis our flagship product category, continue to be ahead of the competition despite the reduction in revenues. Our strength in this space is largely due to our fully integrated suite of products consisting of DSP mixers, a wide range of professional microphone products and video collaboration products. Despite our strong leadership position in the installed professionalaudio conferencingmarket, we face challenges to revenue growth due to the limited size of the market, and pricing pressures from new competitors attracted to the commercial market due to higher margins.margins, our limited ability to be interoperable with other audio visual products in the market, and the lack of certifications from Microsoft.


Our video productsandbeamformingmicrophone arrays, especially thehighly advanced BMA360 and BMA-CT are critical to our long term long-termgrowth. We face intense competition in this market from well-established market leaders as well as emerging players rich with marketing funds. We expect our strategy of combining curated audio solutionsmaking our products more interoperable with our highother audio-visual products, continuing to improve the quality professional cameras, and of our high-end audio conferencing technologyproducts and microphones, and offering a wide range of innovative professional cameras will generate high growth in the near future.


We derive a majorsignificant portion of our revenue (approximately 51% for the year ended December 31, 2021)52% in 2022) from international operations and expect this trend to continue in the future. Most of our revenue from outside outsidethe U.S. is billed in U.S. dollars and is not exposed to any significant currency risk. However, we are exposed to foreign exchange risk if the U.S. dollar is strong against other currencies as it will make U.S. Dollar denominated prices of our products less competitive.


In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”COVID-19) started spreading from China and was declared a pandemic. The COVID-19 COVID-19pandemic caused severe global disruptions and had varying impact on our business.  The installed audio conferencing market was negatively impacted due tolockdowns, postponement of projects and restrictions on the ability of installers to visit commercial sites. On the other hand, COVID-19 COVID-19generated higher than normal demand in 2020 for our video products and personal conferencing products due to the significant expansion of the work-from-home market. The extent of COVID-19’sCOVID-19’s effect on our operational and financial performance keeps evolving and depends on multiple factors including the severity and infectiousness of current and future virus strains, the effectiveness of vaccines especially on novel strains of COVID-19,COVID-19, government regulations, etc.etc., all of which are uncertain and difficult to predict considering the rapidly evolving landscape. Supply chain disruptions primarily resulting from COVID-19 have caused significant fluctuations in our costs of goods resulting in a reduction of our gross margins in the first half of2021 and 2022. We expect these fluctuations to continue through at least the end of 2022.in 2023. If the global economy’s recovery from the pandemic continues to experience supply chain disruptions, itbe a severe worldwide health crisis, the disease could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows and adversely impact the trading price of our common stock.

 

Deferred Product Revenue

 

Deferred product revenue decreasedincreased to $43$71 thousand on June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 compared to $54$63 thousand on December 31, 2021.2022.

 

A detailed discussion of our results of operations follows below.

 

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Results of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023

 

The following table sets forth certain items from our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 (“20222023-Q2Q1”) ("2022-H1"2023-YTD"and 20212022 ("20212022-Q2Q1") ("2021-H1"2022-YTD"), respectively, together with the percentage of total revenue which each such item represents:    


 

Three months ended June 30,


Six months ended June 30,
 

Three months ended March 31,


(dollars in thousands) 

2022

  

2021

  Change Favorable (Adverse) in %

2022

2021

Change Favorable (Adverse) in %

 

2023

  

2022

  Change Favorable (Adverse) in %

Revenue

 $7,375  $7,735   (5)
$14,920
$14,773
$1
 $4,178  $7,545  (45)

Cost of goods sold

  4,568   4,311   (6)

9,297

8,346

(11)  2,863   4,729   39

Gross profit

  2,807  3,424   (18)

5,623

6,427

(13)  1,315  2,816   (53)

Sales and marketing

  1,562   1,755   11


3,122

3,328

6
 1,192  1,560  24

Research and product development

  1,177   1,487   21

2,530

2,761

8
 1,043  1,353  23

General and administrative

  1,717   1,668   (3)

3,473

3,348

(4)  1,269   1,756   28

Total operating expenses

  4,456   4,910  
9

9,125

9,437

3
  3,504   4,669  
25

Operating loss

  (1,649)  (1,486)  (11)

(3,502)

(3,010)

(16) (2,189) (1,853) (18)

Other income (expense), net

  1,411  (92)  1,634


1,313

(209)

728
  1,374  (98)  1,502

Loss before income taxes

  (238)  (1,578)  85

(2,189)

(3,219)

32
 (815) (1,951) 58

Provision for income taxes

  19   8  (138)

35

22

(59)  17   16  (6)

Net loss

 $(257) $(1,586)  84

(2,224)

(3,241)

31
 $(832) $(1,967)  58

 

Revenue

 

Our revenue decreased to $7.4$4.2 million in 2022-Q22023-Q1 compared to $7.7$7.5 million in 2021-Q22022-Q1 primarily due to a 31%59% decline in microphones, a 55% decline in video products, and a 3%27% decline in microphones, which were partially offset by a 6% increase in audio conferencing. DespiteExcept for wireless mics and premium audio conferencing, both of which constitute a small percentage of our revenue all other product categories suffered revenue declines year over year. Revenues from BMA and professional audio conferencing products were negatively impacted by our inability to source adequate inventory to meet the overall decline in microphones, our BMA-CTdemand for professional audio products and BMA 360 solutions continuedue to exhibit growth whilethe ongoing transition of manufacturing of our products from China to Singapore by our electronics manufacturing services provider.  Our traditional ceiling mics, personal audio conferencing products, video cameras and video conferencing equipment suffered significant revenue decrease. Audio Conferencing category as a whole increased mainly due to a significantly strong revenue performance of our professional mixers. declinesVideo products suffered declines in 2022-Q2 compared to 2021-Q2 due to lack of demand for video products.demand. During the secondfirst quarter of 2022,2023, revenues from Americas declined by 13%58% primarily due to decreased revenues from USA despite revenue increasesall the regions. During 2023-Q1 revenues from Latin America and Canada, while revenues fromthe Asia Pacific, including the Middle East, India and Australia increaseddecline by a significant 37%18% primarily due to overall increasedeclines in revenues from all sub-markets except India the Middle East and Japan, andAustralia. Finally, revenues from Europe and Africa decreased significantly by 25%46% in 2023-Q1 primarily due to significant revenue decrease from Southerndecreases across all the sub-markets except Central Europe. 


During the six months ended June 30, 2022 our revenues increased from $14.8 million to $14.9 million compared to same period in 2021 due to revenues from microphones increasing by 9%, video products decreasing by 26% and audio conferencing increasing by 9%. The increase in revenue from microphones continued to be led by our BMA-CT and BMA 360 solutions. Audio Conferencing category as a whole increased mainly due to a strong revenue performance by our professional mixers. During 2022-H1 Americas declined by 3%, Asia Pacific, including the Middle East and India increased by 13% and Europe and Africa declined by 5%. India, the Middle East and Northern Europe led in revenue growth while USA, China and Southern Europe suffered major revenue decreases.   


We believe, although there can be no assurance, that we can return to generating operating profits through our strategic initiatives namely product innovation and cost reduction and defense of our intellectual property.reduction. 

 

Costs of Goods Sold and Gross Profit  

 

Cost of goods sold includes expenses associated with finished goods purchased from outsourced manufacturers, the repackaging of our products, our manufacturing and operations organization, property and equipment depreciation, warranty expense, freight expense, royalty payments, and the allocation of overhead expenses.


Our gross profit margin decreased from 44.3%37.3% during 2021-Q22022-Q1 to 38.131.5% during 20222023-Q2-Q1. The gross profit margin was negatively impacted due to increaseincreases in material costs due to continuing supply chain constraints, which was partially offset by reduced freightmainly due to increase in administration and tariffoverhead costs as a percentage of revenue and a decreaseincrease in inventory obsolescence costs in 2022-Q2.. 


Our gross profit margin decreased from 43.5% during 2021-H1 to 37.7% during 2022-H1. The gross profit margin decreased primarily due to increase in material costs due to continuing supply chain constraints, which was partially offset by reduced freight and tariff costs and a decrease in inventory obsolescence costs in 2022-H1.


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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Our profitability in the near-term continues to depend significantly on our revenues from professional installed audio-conferencing products. We hold long-term inventory and if we are unable to sell our long-term inventory, our profitability might be affected by inventory write-offs and price mark-downs. Our long-term inventory includes approximately $0.5 million of wireless microphone-related finished goods and assemblies, $0.3 million of Converge Pro and Beamforming microphone array products, $0.7$1.0 million of video products, and $1.4$0.9 million of raw materials that will be used primarily for manufacturing professional audio conferencing products and BMA microphones. Any business changes that are adverse to these product lines could potentially impact our ability to sell our long-term inventory in addition to our current inventory.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Operating expenses include sales and marketing (“S&M”) expenses, research and product development (“R&D”) expenses and general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses. Total operating expenses were $4.5in 2023-Q1  was $3.5 million compared to $4.7 million in 2022-Q2 compared to $4.9 million in 2021-Q2. Total operating expenses were $9.1 million for 2022-H1 compared to $9.4 million for 2021-H1.2022-Q1. The following contains a more detailed discussion of expenses related to sales and marketing, research and product development, general and administrative, and other items. 

Sales and Marketing - S&M expenses include selling, customer service, and marketing expenses such as employee-related costs, allocations of overhead expenses, trade shows, and other advertising and selling expenses.

 

S&M expenses in 2022-Q22023-Q1 decreased to $1.61.2 million from $1.8$1.6 million for 2021-Q2.2022-Q1. The decrease was primarily due to decreases in employment expenses and consultant expenses due to a reduction in the headcount were offset by an increaseand due to decrease in trade-show related expenses.commissions paid to employees and consultants.  


S&M expenses for 2022-H1 decreased to $3.1 million from $3.3 million for 2021-H1. The decreases in employment expenses and consultant expenses due to a reduction in the headcount were offset by increases in trade-show related expenses and advertising.


Research and Product Development - R&D expenses include research and development, product line management, engineering services, and test and application expenses, including employee-related costs, outside services, expensed materials, depreciation, and an allocation of overhead expenses.

 

R&D expenses decreased to $1.2$1.0 million in 2022-Q22023-Q1 compared to $1.5$1.4 million for 2021-Q2.2022-Q1. The decrease was primarily due to reduction in employment expenses due to reduction in the headcount.


R&D expenses decreased to $2.5 million in 2022-H1, from $2.8 million in 2021-H1. Theheadcount and a decrease in employment expenses due to reduction in the headcount was partially offset by increase in project-related expenses.

  

General and Administrative - G&A expenses include employee-related costs, professional service fees, allocations of overhead expenses, litigation costs, and corporate administrative costs, including costs related to finance and human resources teams.

 

G&A expenses remained the same at $1.7decreased to $1.3 million in 2021-Q2 and 2022-2023-Q1 compared to $1.8 million in 2022-Q1.Q2. The increasereduction was primarily due to (i) a decrease in amortization costs relating to our capitalized patent defense costs, werewhich was fully amortized in 2022-Q4, (ii) a decline in audit fees, (iii) and a decline in employment-related expenses, partially offset by a reduction(iv) increase in legal expenses, and consulting expenses.(v) insurance expenses.

 

G&A expenses increased from $3.3 million in 2021-H1 to $3.5 million in 2022-H1. The increases in amortization costs relating to our capitalized patent defense costs and insurance costs were partially offset by decreases in legal expenses and consulting expenses


Other income (expense), net

 

Other income (expense), net includes interest income, and foreign currency changes.changes and gain or loss on disposal of assets. Other income in 2022-Q2 and 2022-H1 includes $1.52023-Q1 included a receipt of $1.35 million recognized on the gain arising from the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness. a one-time legal settlement of a contract dispute. Other items included in other income remained immaterial during the second quarter of20222023-Q1 and2021. 2022-Q1.

 

Interest expense almost remained unchanged atincreased to $0.3 million in 2023-Q1 compared to $0.1 million in 2022-Q2 when compared2022-Q1. primarily due to 2021-Q2. Interest expense interest associated with the prepayment of the $2 million bridge loan in January 2023.remained consistent at $0.2 million in 2022-H1 and 2021-H1


Provision for income taxes

 

During each of the sixthree months ended ofMarch 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, we did not recognize any benefit from the losses incurred due to setting up of a full valuation allowance.Provision for income taxes recognized for 2022-Q2 and 2022-H1 primarily relates to foreign jurisdictions

 


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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

As of June 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, our cash and cash equivalents were approximately $1.2$59.0 million compared to $1.1$1.0 million as of December 31, 2021.2022. Our working capital was $20.268.7 million and $18.0$69.3 million as of June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2021,2022, respectively. 

 

Net cash used inprovided by operating activities was approximately $2.7$60.3 million in 20222023-H1-Q1, an increase of cash used inprovided by ope operatingrating activities of approximately $3.7$61.4 million from $1.0 million of cash providedused by operating activities in 2021-H1.2022-Q1. The increase in cash outflowinflow was primarily due to $56.4 million in receipts from legal settlements, the receipt of $4.5 million from the return of a negative change inbond deposited with a court, and a $1.3 million refund of income taxes with interest. These receipts were partially offset by operating assets and liabilities of $2.8 million, and increase in net loss by $0.9 million after adjusting for non-cash charges.losses.  

 

Net cash used in investing activities in 2023-Q1 was $0.1 million compared to $1.8 million of net cash provided by investing activities was $2.4 million in 2022-H1compared to net2022-Q1. In 2022-Q1 cash used inprovided by investing activities primarily consisted of $2.5$2.0 million in 2021-H1, a change in cash flow of $4.9 million. The change in cash flow was primarily due to (a) an increase in proceeds from sale of marketable securities, net of any purchases from $0.9 million in 2021-H1 to $3.0 million in 2022-H2, and (b)partially offset by a decrease in capitalized patent defense costs by $2.7 millionof $0.2 million. .


Net cash provided byused in financing activities in 2022-H12023-Q1 was a $0.4$2.2 million, comprised primarily of a $0.8 million refundrepayment of the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program Loan with interest offset by $0.4bridge loan of $2.0 million repaymentand $0.2 million payments of principal amounts due on senior convertible notes compareddebt. This compares to cash$0.4 million used in financing activities of $0.2 million in 2021-H1, which consisted primarily of repayment of principal amounts due on senior convertible notes.debt in 2022-Q1 . 

 

Capitalization of patent defense costs. We capitalize external legal costs incurred in the defense of our patents when we believe that a significant, discernible increase in value will result from the defense and a successful outcome of the legal action is probable. When we capitalize patent defense costs we amortize the costs over the remaining estimated useful life of the patents, which is 10 to 20 years. During 2022-Q2 we spent $0.3 million on legal costs related to the defense of our patents and capitalized the entire amount.

We are currently pursuing all available legal remedies to defend our strategic patents from infringement. We have already spent approximately $28.7 million from 2016 through June 30, 2022 towards this litigation and may be required to spend more to continue our legal defense. We believe the decision by the U.S. District Court in August 2019 granting our request for a preliminary injunction to prevent our competitor from manufacturing, marketing, and selling its competing ceiling microphone array in an infringing configuration is an incredibly valuable ruling for ClearOne and its business. We believe that the decision validates the strength and importance of ClearOne’s intellectual property rights, recognizes ClearOne’s innovations in this space, and stops our competitor from further infringing our Graham patent (U.S. Patent No. 9,813,806) pending a full trial. Although there can be no assurance of any outcome of a full trial, we believe this ruling will help pave the way for ClearOne’s recovery from the immense harm inflicted by our competitor's infringement of our valuable patents. However, we are not getting the full benefits of the Court’s extraordinary remedy in the form of the preliminary injunction granted against Shure with respect to infringement of our ’806 Patent as we believe that Shure is still infringing ClearOne’s patent. During September 2020, the U.S District Court of Northern Illinois held Shure in contempt for marketing and selling their new design in violation of the preliminary injunction.

As of June 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, our cash and cash equivalents were approximately $1,203$59.0 million compared to $1,071$1.0 million as of December 31, 2021.2022. Our working capital was $20,162$68,7 million as of June 30, 2022.March 31, 2023. Net cash provided by operating activities was $60.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, an increase of $61.4 million compared to $1.0 million of cash used in operating activities was $2,692 for the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 an increase. The company announced a special one-time cash dividend of $3,677 from $985$1.00 per share or eligible warrant (please see Note 10 - Subsequent events) which will be paid on May 31, 2023 and is expected to generate cash outflows of cash provided by operating activitiesapproximately $29.0 million. The Company also paid approximately $6.6 million towards income taxes in April 2023. The Company believes that the six months ended June 30, 2021. We are currently pursuing all available legal remedies to defend our strategic patents from infringement. We have already spent approximately $28,653 from 2016 through June 30, 2022 towards this litigation and may be required to spend more to continue our legal defense.  In order to maintain liquidity, we have been actively engaged in preserving cash by implementing company-wide cost reduction measures and raising additional capital. We raised additional capital in 2019 by issuing senior convertible notes, in 2020 by borrowing through the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program and issuing common stock and warrants and in 2021 by issuing short-term notes and issuing common stock and warrants. In January 2022, we issued $2,000 in common stock as consideration for the cancellation and termination of the short-term notes. In addition, we have been generating additional cash as our inventory levels are brought down to historical levels. 


We also believe that ourCompany's core strategies of product innovation and prudent cost management will bring usthe company back to profitability in the future. We believe, The Company believes, although there can be no assurance, that the current cash position and all of these measures and effective management of working capital, including collecting on the income tax receivable balance, will provide the liquidity needed to meet our operating needs through at least August 12, 2023. WeMay 15, 2024. The Company also believebelieves that ourits strong portfolio of intellectual property and ourits solid brand equity in the market will enable usit to raise additional capital if and when needed to meet ourits short and long-term financing needs; however, there can be no assurance that, if needed, wethe Company will be successful in obtaining the necessary funds through equity or debt financing. If we needthe Company needs additional capital and areis unable to secure financing, weit may be required to further reduce expenses, or delay product development and enhancement, or revise our strategy regarding ongoing litigation. enhancement.


As of June 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, we had open purchase orders of approximately $6.4$1.6 million mostly for the purchase of inventory.  

 

As of June 30, 2022March 31, 2023, we had inventory totaling $12.8$11.3 million, of which non-current inventory accounted for $3.0$2.9 million. This compares to total inventories of $13.6$11.7 million and non-current inventory of $3.6$2.7 million as of December 31, 20212022.


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Contractual Obligations and Commitments

 

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 (in millions): 

 

 

Payment Due by Period

 

 

Payment Due by Period

 

 

Total

 

Less Than

1 Year

 

1-3 Years

 

3-5 Years

 

More than 5

years

 

 

Total

 

Less Than

1 Year

 

1-3 Years

 

3-5 Years

 

More than 5

years

 

Senior convertible notes

 

$

2.7

 

$

0.8

 

$

1.9

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

1.7

 

$

1.7

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Operating lease obligations

 

1.4

 

0.6

 

0.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.5

 

0.4

 

0.7

 

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

 

Purchase obligations

 

 

6.4

 

 

6.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.6

 

 

1.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

10.5

 

$

7.8

 

$

2.7

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

4.8

 

$

3.7

 

$

0.7

 

 

$

0.4

 

 

$

 

  

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

 

We have no off-balance-sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial conditions, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources, results of operations or liquidity.   


CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

 

Our discussion and analysis of our results of operations and financial position are based upon our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included under Item 1 of this Form 10-Q, which have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. We review the accounting policies used in reporting our financial results on a regular basis. We believe certain of our accounting policies are critical to understanding our financial position and results of operations. There have been no changes to the critical accounting policies as explained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.2022.

 

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

For a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements, see Note 1: “Business Description, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies” in the notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included under Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.


Item 3.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4.     CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

An evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Principal Financial and Accounting Officer. Based upon this evaluation, our Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at a reasonable assurance level as of June 30, 2022.March 31, 2023.

 

There has been no change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting. 

 

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

The Company is involved in litigation against Shure Incorporated (“Shure”) as further described in Part I, Item 3 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Annual Report”), which information is incorporated herein by reference. The following recent developments amend and supplement the disclosure of the ongoing litigation proceedings against Shure as of June 30, 2022 as follows:None. 

Shure, Incorporated v. ClearOne, Inc., 17-cv-3078 (N.D. of Illinois)

The Company filed a motion asking the Court to schedule a trial date, but the Court denied that request without prejudice on April 7, 2022.

ClearOne, Inc. v. Shure, Incorporated, 19-cv-02421 (N.D. of Illinois)

The Company filed a motion asking the Court to schedule a trial date, but the Court denied that request without prejudice on April 7, 2022.

Shure, Incorporated v. ClearOne, Inc., 19-cv-1343 (D. of Delaware)

The Company filed a motion asking the Court to set a trial date on ClearOne’s counterclaims of unfair competition and tortious interference with business relations. Shure opposed that motion and asked the Court to stay proceedings on ClearOne’s counterclaims. The motions are fully briefed and pending. 

 

Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

None.


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

 

(a)  None.


(b) Not applicable.


(c) None. 


 

(a)  Not applicable.


(b) Not applicable.

 

 

Not applicable.

 

 

(a)  Not applicable.


(b) Not applicable.


(c) Not applicable. 



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Item 6. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Title of Document

 

 

 

10.1
Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 4, 2022 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on January 4, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference).



10.2
Registration Rights Agreement dated January 4, 2022 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on January 4, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference).



31.1

 

Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer (filed herewith)

 

 

 

31.2

 

Section 302 Certification of Principal Financial Officer (filed herewith)

 

 

 

32.1

 

Section 906 Certification of Chief Executive Officer (filed herewith)

 

 

 

32.2

 

Section 906 Certification of Principal Financial Officer (filed herewith)

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document (filed herewith) 

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema (filed herewith)

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase (filed herewith)

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definitions Linkbase (filed herewith)

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase (filed herewith)

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase (filed herewith)




104.1
The cover page of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, formatted in Inline XBRL.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

ClearOne, Inc.,

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Derek L. Graham

August 12, 2022May 15, 2023

 

Derek L. Graham

Interim Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Narsi Narayanan

August 12, 2022May 15, 2023 

 

Narsi Narayanan

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Accounting and Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

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