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: March 31, 2023
or
☐
TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the transition period from __________ to __________
Commission
File Number: 001-39080
POWERFLEET,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
83-4366463
(State
or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S.
Employer
of
incorporation or organization)
Identification
No.)
123
Tice Boulevard
Woodcliff
Lake , New Jersey
07677
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
(201)
996-9000
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name
of each exchange on which registered
Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share
PWFL
The
Nasdaq Global Market
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)
has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ 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.
Large
accelerated filer ☐
Accelerated
filer ☒
Non-accelerated
filer ☐
Smaller
reporting company ☒
Emerging
growth Company ☐
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐
No ☒
The
number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding as of the close of business on May 8,
2023, was 36,088,250 .
INDEX
PowerFleet,
Inc. and Subsidiaries
Page
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
3
Item
1. Financial Statements
3
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) - for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2023
4
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (unaudited) - for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and
2023
5
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited) - for the periods January 1, 2022 through March 31, 2022 and January 1, 2023 through March 31, 2023
6
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) - for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2023
7
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
8
Item 2. Management ’ s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
27
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
37
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
37
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
38
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
38
Item 1A. Risk Factors
38
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
38
Item 6. Exhibits
39
Signatures
40
2
PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial Statements
POWERFLEET,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Balance Sheets
(In
thousands, except per share data)
December
31, 2022 * *
March 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 17,680
$ 24,780
Restricted cash
309
309
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $ 2,567 and $ 2,328 in 2022 and 2023, respectively
32,493
31,442
Inventory, net
22,272
22,649
Deferred costs - current
762
523
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
7,709
7,959
Total current assets
81,225
87,662
Fixed assets, net
9,249
9,953
Goodwill
83,487
83,487
Intangible assets, net
22,908
22,328
Right of use asset
7,820
7,332
Severance payable fund
3,760
3,684
Deferred tax asset
3,225
2,496
Other assets
5,761
5,984
Total assets
$ 217,435
$ 222,926
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
Short-term bank debt and current maturities of long-term debt
10,312
9,359
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
26,598
27,682
Deferred revenue - current
6,363
6,327
Lease liability - current
2,441
2,481
Total current liabilities
45,714
45,849
Long-term debt, less current maturities
11,403
10,638
Deferred revenue - less current portion
4,390
4,378
Lease liability - less current portion
5,628
5,065
Accrued severance payable
4,365
4,396
Deferred tax liability
4,919
4,593
Other long-term liabilities
636
623
Total liabilities
77,055
75,542
Commitments and Contingencies (note 22)
-
-
MEZZANINE EQUITY
Convertible redeemable preferred stock: Series A – 100 shares authorized, $ 0.01 par value; 59 and 60 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023
57,565
58,840
Preferred stock; authorized 50,000 shares, $ 0.01 par value;
-
-
Common stock; authorized 75,000 shares, $ 0.01 par value; 37,605 and 37,621 shares issued at December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023, respectively; shares outstanding, 36,170 and 36,170 at December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023, respectively
376
376
Additional paid-in capital
233,521
234,425
Accumulated deficit
( 141,440 )
( 136,671 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
( 1,210 )
( 1,098 )
Treasury stock; 1,435 and 1,451 common shares at cost at December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023, respectively
( 8,510 )
( 8,554 )
Total PowerFleet, Inc. stockholders’ equity
82,737
88,478
Non-controlling interest
78
66
Total equity
82,815
88,544
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$ 217,435
$ 222,926
*
Derived
from audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2022.
See
accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
3
POWERFLEET,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In
thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,
2022
2023
Revenues:
Products
$ 14,392
$ 12,404
Services
18,769
20,435
Total revenues
33,161
32,839
Cost of revenues:
Cost of products
11,978
9,002
Cost of services
6,784
7,219
Total
cost of revenues
18,762
16,221
Gross profit
14,399
16,618
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses
14,912
16,787
Research and development expenses
3,229
1,723
Total operating expenses
18,141
18,510
Loss from operations
( 3,742 )
( 1,892 )
Interest income
13
24
Interest expense, net
100
( 137 )
Bargain purchase - Movingdots
-
7,234
Other (expense) income, net
( 1 )
( 66 )
Net income (loss) before income taxes
( 3,630 )
5,163
Income tax benefit (expense)
703
( 397 )
Net income (loss) before non-controlling interest
( 2,927 )
4,766
Non-controlling interest
( 1 )
3
Net income (loss)
( 2,928 )
4,769
Accretion of preferred stock
( 168 )
( 168 )
Preferred stock dividend
( 1,028 )
( 1,107 )
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
$ ( 4,124 )
$ 3,494
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders - basic
$ ( 0.12 )
$ 0.11
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders -diluted
$ ( 0.12 )
$ 0.11
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic
35,332
35,548
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted
35,332
35,628
See
accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
4
POWERFLEET,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(In
thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2022
2023
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
$ ( 4,124 )
$ 3,494
Foreign currency translation adjustment
253
112
Total other comprehensive income
253
112
Comprehensive income (loss)
$ ( 3,871 )
$ 3,606
See
accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
5
POWERFLEET,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
(In
thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Common Stock
Additional
Other
Number
of Shares
Amount
Paid-in
Capital
Accumulated Deficit
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Treasury Stock
Non-controlling Interest
Stockholders’ Equity
Balance at January 1, 2023
37,605
$ 376
$ 233,521
$ ( 141,440 )
$ ( 1,210 )
$ ( 8,510 )
$ 78
$ 82,815
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
-
-
( 1,275 )
4,769
-
-
-
3,494
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
-
-
-
-
-
-
( 3 )
( 3 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment
-
-
-
-
112
-
( 9 )
103
Issuance of restricted shares
75
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Forfeiture of restricted shares
( 59 )
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Shares withheld pursuant to vesting of restricted stock
-
-
-
-
-
( 44 )
-
( 44 )
Stock based compensation
-
-
832
-
-
-
-
832
Warrant issuance in connection with acquisition
-
-
1,347
-
-
-
-
1,347
Balance at March 31, 2023
37,621
$ 376
$ 234,425
$ ( 136,671 )
$ ( 1,098 )
$ ( 8,554 )
$ 66
$ 88,544
Balance
37,621
$ 376
$ 234,425
$ ( 136,671 )
$ ( 1,098 )
$ ( 8,554 )
$ 66
$ 88,544
Common Stock
Additional
Other
Number
of Shares
Amount
Paid-in
Capital
Accumulated
Deficit
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Treasury Stock
Non-controlling Interest
Stockholders’ Equity
Balance at January 1, 2022
37,263
$ 373
$ 234,083
$ ( 134,437 )
$ 391
$ ( 8,299 )
$ 86
$ 92,197
Balance
37,263
$ 373
$ 234,083
$ ( 134,437 )
$ 391
$ ( 8,299 )
$ 86
$ 92,197
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
-
-
( 1,195 )
( 2,929 )
-
-
-
( 4,124 )
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
-
-
( 1,195 )
( 2,929 )
-
-
-
( 4,124 )
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
Foreign currency translation adjustment
-
-
-
-
253
-
15
268
Issuance of restricted shares
398
4
( 4 )
-
-
-
-
-
Forfeiture of restricted shares
( 121 )
( 1 )
1
-
-
-
-
-
Vesting of restricted stock units
30
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Shares withheld pursuant to vesting of restricted stock
-
-
-
-
-
( 181 )
-
( 181 )
Stock based compensation
-
-
457
-
-
-
-
457
Balance at March 31, 2022
37,570
$ 376
$ 233,342
$ ( 137,366 )
$ 644
$ ( 8,480 )
$ 102
$ 88,618
Balance
37,570
$ 376
$ 233,342
$ ( 137,366 )
$ 644
$ ( 8,480 )
$ 102
$ 88,618
See
accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
6
POWERFLEET,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In
thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
2022
2023
Three Months Ended March 31,
2022
2023
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income (loss)
$ ( 2,928 )
$ 4,769
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Non-controlling interest
1
( 3 )
Gain on bargain purchase
-
( 7,234
)
Inventory reserve
53
2
Stock based compensation expense
457
832
Depreciation and amortization
2,089
2,233
Right-of-use assets, non-cash lease expense
658
658
Bad debt expense
252
228
Deferred income taxes
( 703 )
377
Other non-cash items
556
46
Changes in:
Accounts receivable
( 533 )
815
Inventory
( 1,929 )
( 237 )
Prepaid expenses and other assets
( 1,337 )
189
Deferred costs
372
239
Deferred revenue
689
( 91 )
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
809
( 374 )
Lease liabilities
( 631 )
( 694 )
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
( 2,125 )
1,755
Acquisitions, net of cash assumed
-
8,722
Purchase of investments
-
( 100
)
Capitalized software development costs
-
( 680
)
Capital expenditures
( 610 )
( 1,100 )
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
( 610 )
6,842
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayment of long-term debt
( 1,497 )
( 1,329 )
Short-term bank debt, net
-
( 1 )
Purchase of treasury stock upon vesting of restricted stock
( 181 )
( 44 )
Net cash used in financing activities
( 1,678 )
( 1,374 )
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
( 1,480 )
( 123 )
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
( 5,893 )
7,100
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash - beginning of period
26,760
17,989
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash - end of period
$ 20,867
$ 25,089
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents
26,452
17,680
Restricted cash
308
309
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period
$ 26,760
$ 17,989
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period
Cash and cash equivalents
20,559
24,780
Restricted cash
308
309
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period
$ 20,867
$ 25,089
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for:
Taxes
3
5
Interest
326
383
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Value of warrant issued in connection with Movingdots acquisition
$ -
$ 1,347
See
accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
7
POWERFLEET,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2023
In
thousands (except per share data)
NOTE
1 - DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Description
of the Company
PowerFleet,
Inc. (the “Company” or “Powerfleet”) is a global leader of Internet-of-Things (“IoT”) solutions
providing valuable business intelligence for managing high-value enterprise assets that improve operational efficiencies.
I.D.
Systems, Inc. (“I.D. Systems”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1993. Powerfleet was incorporated in the
State of Delaware in February 2019 for the purpose of effectuating the transactions (the “Transactions”) pursuant to which
the Company acquired Pointer Telocation Ltd. (“Pointer”) and commenced operations on October 3, 2019. Upon the closing of
the Transactions, Powerfleet became the parent entity of I.D. Systems and Pointer.
Basis
of presentation
The
unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned and majority-owned
subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include
all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, such statements
include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring items) which are considered necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated
financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2023, the consolidated results of its operations for the three-month periods ended
March 31, 2022 and 2023, the consolidated change in stockholders’ equity for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023,
and the consolidated cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023. The results of operations for the three-month
period ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year. These financial statements should
be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related disclosures for the year ended December 31, 2022
included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year then ended.
8
Liquidity
As
of March 31, 2023, the Company had cash (including restricted cash) and cash equivalents of $ 25,089 and
working capital approximately $ 41,800 . The Company’s primary sources of cash are cash flows from operating activities, its holdings of cash, cash
equivalents and investments from the sale of its capital stock and borrowings under its credit facility. To date, the Company has
not generated sufficient cash flows solely from operating activities to fund its operations.
In
addition, the Company’s subsidiaries, PowerFleet Israel Ltd. (“Powerfleet Israel”) and Pointer Telocation Ltd. (“Pointer”
and, together with Powerfleet Israel, the “Borrowers”) are party to a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”)
with Bank Hapoalim B.M. (“Hapoalim”), pursuant to which Hapoalim provided Powerfleet Israel with two senior secured term
loan facilities denominated in New Israeli Shekels (NIS) in an initial aggregate principal amount of $ 30,000 (comprised of two facilities
in the aggregate principal amount of $ 20,000 and $ 10,000 ) and a five-year revolving credit facility to Pointer in an initial aggregate
principal amount of $ 10,000 . The proceeds of the term loan facilities were used to finance a portion of the cash consideration payable
in the Company’s acquisition of Pointer. The proceeds of the revolving credit facility may be used by Pointer for general corporate
purposes. The Company borrowed net NIS 20,637 , or $ 5,709 , under the revolving credit facility as of March 31, 2023. See Note 13 for
additional information.
On
October 31, 2022, the Borrowers entered into a third amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) with
Hapoalim. The Third Amendment provides for, among other things, a new revolving credit facility to Pointer denominated in NIS in an
initial aggregate principal amount of $ 10
million (the “New Revolver”). The New Revolver is available for a period of one month that commenced on October 31,
2022, and will continue to be available for successive one-month periods until and including October 30, 2023, unless the Borrowers
deliver a notice to Hapoalim of their request not to renew the New Revolver.
The
New Revolver initially bears interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus 2.59%. Such interest is
subject to monthly changes by Hapoalim, provided that Hapoalim gives Pointer advance notice regarding such change prior to the end
of the applicable calendar month .
The
New Revolver is secured by a first ranking fixed pledge and assignment by Pointer over its new bank account, which was opened in connection
with the New Revolver, and all of the rights relating thereunder as well as a cross guarantee by Powerfleet Israel.
Pointer
is required to pay a credit allocation fee equal to 0.5 % per annum on undrawn and uncancelled amounts of the New Revolver.
Pointer
has a one-year $ 1,000 revolving credit facility available for use with Discount Bank, which renews annually, subject to the bank’s
approval. Pointer did not have any borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facility with Discount Bank as of March 31, 2023.
The
Company believes that its available working capital, anticipated level of future revenues, expected cash flows from operations and available
borrowings under its revolving credit facility with Hapoalim will provide sufficient funds to cover capital requirements through at least
May 10, 2024.
9
NOTE
2 – USE OF ESTIMATES
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements
and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The Company continually evaluates estimates used in the
preparation of the financial statements for reasonableness. The most significant estimates relate to realization of deferred tax assets,
accounting for uncertain tax positions, the impairment of intangible assets, including goodwill, capitalized software development costs,
stock-based compensation costs, warrant assumptions, and standalone selling price related to multiple element revenue arrangements. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
NOTE
3 – ACQUISITION
On March 6, 2023, the Company entered into a
share purchase and transfer agreement (the “Agreement”) with Swiss Re Reinsurance Holding Company Ltd (the
“Seller”), pursuant to which the Company would acquire all of the outstanding shares of Movingdots GmbH
(“Movingdots”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Seller, for consideration consisting of € 1
the issuance by the Company of a ten-year warrant to purchase 800,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $ 7.00
per share (the “Common Stock Warrants”) with fair value of approximately $ 1.3
million at March 31, 2023 (the “Acquisition”) and noncash consideration with an immaterial fair value in the form of a
non-exclusive irrevocable, perpetual, fully paid-up, royalty free license agreement between Movingdots and the Seller for certain of
the acquired IP. The Acquisition was consummated on March 31, 2023 (the “Movingdots Closing”).
As a result of the Acquisition, Movingdots, a
German company providing insurance telematics and sustainable mobility solutions, became a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of
Powerfleet. Movingdots end-to-end telematics app solution will enhance Powerfleet’s SaaS-based fleet intelligence platform,
Unity, with additional customization capabilities and insurance risk insights. Movingdots’ expertise in safety and
sustainability aligns with Unity’s focus on data-powered applications. The Acquisition also strengthens Powerfleet’s
global reach, particularly in Europe.
As part of the Agreement the Seller was also
obligated to (i) transfer certain intellectual property rights from the Seller to Movingdots, (ii) enter into a distribution
agreement pursuant to which the Seller is allowed to promote the Movingdots solutions, and (iii) grant a license agreement between
the Seller’s affiliates and Movingdots.
The warrant was valued using the Black-Scholes Model using the following
assumptions:
SCHEDULE
OF WARRANTS VALUATION ASSUMPTIONS
March 31,
2023
Expected volatility
50.0 %
Expected term (in years)
10.0
Risk free interest rate
3.50 %
Dividend yield
0 %
Fair value per share
$ 1.68
Warrants measurement input
$ 1.68
Purchase
Price Allocation
The
Acquisition met the criteria for a business combination to be accounted for using the acquisition method under ASC 805, Business
Combinations (“ASC 805”), with the Company identified as the legal and the accounting acquirer. There is certain
information that is not readily available at the time the financial statements of Movingdots were prepared as the Acquisition closed on March 31, 2023. For provisional
purchase price allocation purposes, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are stated at their carrying values which management
assumed approximates their fair values given their short-term nature. Also, the Company recognized approximately $ 0.3
million of acquisition-related costs which were expensed in the consolidated statement of operations.
The
following table details the provisional allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in
connection with the acquisition of Movingdots:
SCHEDULE
OF PURCHASE PRICE ALLOCATION IN ASSETS ACQUIRED AND LIABILITIES
Consideration :
Cash
$ —
Fair value of Powerfleet warrants on March 31, 2023
1,347
Total consideration
$ 1,347
Assets acquired:
Cash
$ 8,722
Accounts receivable
247
Prepaid expenses
103
Other current assets
243
Inventory
96
Fixed assets
372
Total assets acquired
9,783
Liabilities assumed:
Trade payable
176
Deferred credits
13
Provisions and other liabilities
1,013
Total liabilities assumed
1,202
Total identifiable net assets acquired
8,581
Gain on bargain purchase
( 7,234 )
Purchase price consideration
$ 1,347
The
provisional fair value estimates of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including intangibles and income taxes, and the
noncash consideration are subject to subsequent adjustments as additional information is obtained during the applicable measurement
period. Determining the fair values of the assets and liabilities of Movingdots required certain assumptions and
judgment.
Consistent
with the requirements of ASC 805, the Company assessed whether all assets acquired and liabilities assumed have been appropriately identified,
measured and recognized, and performed re-measurements to verify that the consideration paid, assets acquired and liabilities assumed
have been properly valued. After applying the requirements of ASC 805-30-25-4, the Company recognized a gain on bargain purchase as the
estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired exceeded the purchase consideration transferred by approximately $ 7.2 million. Management believes that the recognized gain on bargain purchase represents the best estimates of the economic effect of the Acquisition
based on all information that was available and existed as of the dates the financial statements were issued.
The
gain on bargain purchase primarily resulted from the Seller’s motivation to divest its investment in Movingdots and its
telematic business, which was deemed a non-core business of the Seller on a go-forward basis. The sale of Movingdots was not subject to a competitive bidding process. Under the Agreement, the Seller also agreed to make
a cash injection into Movingdots prior to the Movingdots Closing in a form of additional paid in capital to ensure Movingdots had
available cash in the amount of € 8
million, to be used to ensure the liquidity of Movingdots and for broader combined business
activities.
If
the Company makes an on-sale transfer of any shares of Movingdots that were acquired in connection with the Acquisition at any time
between the signing date of the Agreement and through twelve months after the Movingdots Closing, to any third-party purchaser (an
“on-sale transfer”), for an amount that is in excess of the purchase price consideration transferred, then the Company
shall pay the Seller an amount in cash (“on sale compensation”) equal to (i)
€8 million plus (ii) the difference between such on-sale transfer price less the purchase price net of the net present value of
the Common Stock Warrants. The on-sale transfer is wholly within the Company’s control and the
Company does not currently have an intention to enter into an on-sale transfer.
Management
views that the insurance telematics and sustainability are important spaces for the Company to have propositions to enable future strategic
value, supporting the more evolved, IOT data-rich mass subscription space. The acquisition of Movingdots and its business will, among
other things:
●
open
strategic relationships with some key customers such as Mercedes, BMW and Vodafone;
●
provide greater go-to-market opportunity to the Company with the European beachhead for future regional expansion, customer acquisition tool
to upsell the Company’s portfolio into German and European markets, and maintain a distribution channel and partnership with
the Seller; and
●
provide
the Company with access to a team with technical skillsets across application development and management, cloud platform development,
user experience/user interface design development and technical product management;
The following table represents the combined pro forma
revenue and earnings for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022:
SCHEDULE OF PRO FORMA REVENUE AND EARNINGS
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Historical
Pro forma combined
Revenues
$ 33,161
$ 35,002
Operating loss
$ ( 3,742 )
$ ( 3,417 )
Net loss per share – basic and diluted
$ ( 0.12 )
$ ( 0.11 )
The following table represents the combined pro forma
revenue and earnings for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
Historical
Pro forma combined
Revenues
$ 32,839
$ 35,587
Operating loss
$ ( 1,892 )
$ ( 1,417 )
Net income (loss) per share – basic
$ 0.11
$ ( 0.09 )
Net income (loss) per share - diluted
$ 0.11
$ ( 0.09 )
The combined pro forma revenue
and earnings for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023 were prepared as though the Acquisition had occurred
as of January 1, 2022. This summary is not necessarily indicative of what the results of operations would have been had the Acquisition occurred as of that date, nor does it purport to represent results of operations for any future periods.
NOTE
4 – CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
The
Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents
unless they are legally or contractually restricted. The Company’s cash and cash equivalent balances exceed Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (“FDIC”) and other local jurisdictional limits. Restricted cash at December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023 consists of cash held
in escrow for purchases from a vendor.
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NOTE
5 - REVENUE RECOGNITION
The
Company and its subsidiaries generate revenue from sales of systems and products and from customer SaaS and hosting infrastructure fees.
Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring goods or providing services.
Sales, value add, and other taxes the Company collects concurrently with revenue-producing activities are excluded from revenue. Incidental
items that are immaterial in the context of the contract are recognized as expense. The expected costs associated with the Company’s
base warranties continue to be recognized as expense when the products are sold (see Note 14).
Revenue
is recognized when performance obligations under the terms of a contract with our customer are satisfied. Product sales are recognized
at a point in time when title transfers, when the products are shipped, or when control of the system is transferred to the customer,
which usually is upon delivery of the system and when contractual performance obligations have been satisfied. For products which do
not have standalone value to the customer separate from the SaaS services provided, the Company considers both hardware and SaaS services
a bundled performance obligation. Under the applicable accounting guidance, all of the Company’s billings for equipment and the
related cost for these systems are deferred, recorded, and classified as a current and long-term liability and a current and long-term
asset, respectively. The deferred revenue and cost are recognized over the service contract life, ranging from one to five years, beginning
at the time that a customer acknowledges acceptance of the equipment and service.
The
Company recognizes revenue for remotely hosted SaaS agreements and post-contract maintenance and support agreements beyond our standard
warranties over the life of the contract. Revenue is recognized ratably over the service periods and the cost of providing these services
is expensed as incurred. Amounts invoiced to customers which are not recognized as revenue are classified as deferred revenue and classified
as short-term or long-term based upon the terms of future services to be delivered. Deferred revenue also includes prepayment of extended
maintenance, hosting and support contracts.
The
Company earns other service revenues from installation services, training and technical support services which are short-term in nature
and revenue for these services are recognized at the time of performance when the service is provided.
The
Company also derives revenue from leasing arrangements. Such arrangements provide for monthly payments covering product or system
sale, maintenance, support and interest. These arrangements meet the criteria to be accounted for as operating or sales-type leases.
Accordingly, for sales-type leases an asset is established for the “sales-type lease receivable” at the present value of
the expected lease payments and revenue is deferred and recognized over the service contract, as described above. Maintenance
revenues and interest income are recognized monthly over the lease term.
The
Company’s contracts with customers may include multiple performance obligations. For such arrangements, the Company allocates revenue
to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price. The Company generally determines standalone selling prices
based on observable prices charged to customers or adjusted market assessment or using expected cost-plus margin when one is available.
Adjusted market assessment price is determined based on overall pricing objectives taking into consideration market conditions and entity
specific factors.
The
Company recognizes an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining the contract arising from the sales commissions to employees because
the Company expects to recover those costs through future fees from the customers. The Company amortizes the asset over one to five years
because the asset relates to the services transferred to the customer during the contract term of one to five years.
The
Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for (i) contracts with an original expected length of one
year or less and (ii) contracts for which the Company recognizes revenue at the amount to which the Company has the right to invoice
for services performed.
The
following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by revenue source for the three-months ended March 31, 2022 and 2023:
SCHEDULE
OF REVENUE DISAGGREGATED BY REVENUE SOURCE
Three Months Ended March 31,
2022
2023
Products
$ 14,392
$ 12,404
Services
18,769
20,435
$ 33,161
$ 32,839
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The
balances of contract assets and contract liabilities from contracts with customers are as follows as of December 31, 2022 and March
31, 2023:
SCHEDULE
OF DEFERRED REVENUE
December 31, 2022
March 31, 2023
(unaudited)
Assets:
Deferred contract costs
$ 2,740
$ 2,724
Deferred costs
$ 762
$ 523
Liabilities:
Deferred revenue- services (1)
$ 9,815
$ 10,062
Deferred revenue - products (1)
938
643
10,753
10,705
Less: Deferred revenue and contract liabilities - current portion
( 6,363 )
( 6,327 )
Deferred revenue and contract liabilities - less current portion
$ 4,390
$ 4,378
(1)
The
Company records deferred revenues when cash payments are received or due in advance of the Company’s performance. For the three-month
periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023, the Company recognized revenue of $ 2,515 and $ 2,240 , respectively, that was
included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of each reporting period. The Company expects to recognize as revenue these
deferred revenue balances before the year 2028, when the services are performed and, therefore, satisfies its performance obligation
to the customers.
NOTE
6 – ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES
The Company’s accounts receivable were evaluated to determine an
appropriate allowance for credit losses related to trade receivables. The Company’s historical collections were analyzed by the
number of days past due to determine the uncollectible rate in each range of days past due. The estimate of the allowance for credit losses
is charged to the allowance for credit losses based on the age of receivables multiplied by the historical uncollectible rate for the
range of days past due or earlier if the account is deemed uncollectible for other reasons. Recoveries of amounts previously charged as
uncollectible are credited to the allowance for credit losses.
An
analysis of the allowance for credit losses for the period ended March 31, 2023 is as follows:
SCHEDULE
OF ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES
Allowance for credit losses, December 31, 2022
$ 2,567
Allowance for credit losses, beginning balance
$ 2,567
Current period provision for expected credit losses
228
Write-offs charged against the allowance
( 514 )
Foreign currency translation
47
Recoveries
-
Allowance for credit losses, March 31, 2023
$ 2,328
Allowance for credit losses, ending balance
$ 2,328
During
the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the change in the allowance for credit losses was due to the change in the age of receivables.
NOTE
7 – PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER ASSETS
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets consist of the following:
SCHEDULE
OF PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
December 31, 2022
March 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Sales-type lease receivables, current
$ 1,161
$ 1,150
Prepaid expenses
4,047
4,108
Contract assets
1,131
1,118
Other current assets
1,370
1,583
Prepaid expenses and
other current assets
$ 7,709
$ 7,959
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NOTE
8 - INVENTORY
Inventory,
which primarily consists of finished goods and components used in the Company’s products, is stated at the lower of cost or net
realizable value using the “moving average” cost method or the first-in first-out (FIFO) method. Inventory is shown net of
a valuation reserve of $453 at December 31, 2022 and $375 at March 31, 2023.
Inventories
consist of the following:
SCHEDULE
OF INVENTORIES
December
31, 2022
March
31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Components
$ 12,443
$ 11,400
Work in process
462
383
Finished
goods, net
9,367
10,866
Inventory,
Net
$ 22,272
$ 22,649
NOTE
9 - FIXED ASSETS
Fixed
assets are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, and are summarized as follows:
SCHEDULE
OF FIXED ASSETS
December
31, 2022
March
31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Installed
products
$ 8,586
$ 9,527
Computer
software
7,195
7,701
Computer
and electronic equipment
5,658
6,451
Furniture
and fixtures
2,041
2,226
Leasehold
improvements
1,415
1,442
24,895
27,347
Accumulated
depreciation and amortization
( 15,646 )
( 17,394 )
$ 9,249
$ 9,953
Depreciation
and amortization expense of fixed assets for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023 was $ 814
and $ 1,026 , respectively. This includes
amortization of costs associated with computer software for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023 of $ 109
and
$ 35 ,
respectively.
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NOTE
10 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL
Costs
incurred internally in researching and developing software products are charged to expense until technological feasibility has been established
for the product. Once technological feasibility is established, software costs are capitalized until the product is available for general
release to customers. Judgment is required in determining when technological feasibility of a product is established. The amortization
of these costs will be included in cost of revenue over the estimated life of the products.
The
following table summarizes identifiable intangible assets of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023:
SCHEDULE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS
March 31, 2023
Useful Lives (In Years)
Gross Carrying Amount
Accumulated Amortization
Net Carrying Amount
Amortized:
Customer relationships
9 - 12
$ 19,264
$ ( 6,387 )
$ 12,877
Trademark and tradename
3 - 15
7,553
( 3,096 )
4,457
Patents
7 - 11
628
( 374 )
254
Technology
7
10,911
( 8,881 )
2,030
Favorable contract interest
4
388
( 388 )
-
Covenant not to compete
5
208
( 208 )
-
Software to be sold or leased
3 – 6
2,545
-
2,545
41,497
( 19,334 )
22,163
Unamortized:
Customer List
104
-
104
Trademark and tradename
61
-
61
165
-
165
Total
$ 41,662
$ ( 19,334 )
$ 22,328
December 31, 2022
Useful Lives (In Years)
Gross Carrying Amount
Accumulated Amortization
Net Carrying Amount
Amortized:
Customer relationships
9 - 12
$ 20,031
$ ( 6,830 )
$ 13,201
Trademark and tradename
3 - 15
7,589
( 2,990 )
4,599
Patents
7 - 11
628
( 351 )
277
Technology
7
10,667
( 7,866 )
2,801
Favorable contract interest
4
388
( 388 )
-
Covenant not to compete
5
208
( 208 )
-
Software to be sold or leased
3 – 6
1,865
-
1,865
41,376
( 18,633 )
22,743
Unamortized:
Customer List
104
-
104
Trademark and tradename
61
-
61
165
-
165
Total
$ 41,541
$ ( 18,633 )
$ 22,908
14
Global
uncertainties continue to adversely impact the broader global economy and have caused significant volatility in financial markets. If
there is a lack of recovery or further global softening in certain markets, or a sustained decline in the value of the Company’s
common stock, the Company may conclude that indicators of impairment exist and would then be required to calculate whether or not an
impairment exists for its goodwill, other intangibles, and long-lived assets, the results of which could result in material impairment
charges. The Company tests goodwill and other indefinite lives intangible assets on an annual basis in the fourth quarter and more frequently
if the Company believes indicators of impairment exists. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023, the Company determined that no impairment
existed to the goodwill, customer list and trademark and trade name of its acquired intangibles.
At
March 31, 2023, the weighted-average amortization period for the intangible assets was 8.7 years.
At March 31, 2023, the weighted-average amortization periods for customer relationships, trademarks and trade names, patents,
technology, and capitalized software to be sold or leased were 11.9 , 9.6 , 7.0 , 4.3 ,
and 3.0
years, respectively.
Amortization
expense for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023 was $ 1,274
and $ 1,207 ,
respectively. Estimated future amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for these intangible assets is as follows:
SCHEDULE OF FINITE-LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS AMORTIZATION EXPENSE
2023 (remaining)
$ 4,464
2024
3,471
2025
3,344
2026
2,625
2027
2,233
Thereafter
6,026
Finite-Lived
intangible assets
$ 22,163
There
have been no changes in the carrying amount of goodwill from January 1, 2023 to March 31, 2023.
For the three-month period ended March 31, 2023, the Company did not identify
any indicators of impairment.
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NOTE
11 - STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
During the first fiscal quarter of 2023, the Company granted 75 shares
of restricted stock to certain executives, which vests as to 25 % of such shares on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries
of the grant date, provided that the executive is employed by the Company on each such date.
During
the first fiscal quarter of 2023, the Company granted options to purchase 405
shares of the Company’s common stock to certain executives, consisting of options to purchase 130 shares of common stock with
time-based vesting conditions and options to purchase 275 shares of common stock with performance-based vesting conditions (which we
refer to as “market-based stock options”). The options have an exercise price of $ 3.00 .
The market-based stock options will vest and become exercisable if the volume weighted average price of the Company’s common
stock during a consecutive 60-day trading period (the “60 Day VWAP”) reaches 12.00 .
The Company valued the market-based stock option awards using a Monte Carlo simulation model using a daily price
forecast over ten years until expiration utilizing Geometric Brownian Motion that considers a variety of factors including, but not
limited to, the Company’s common stock price, risk-free rate ( 3.7 % ),
and expected stock price volatility ( 50 % )
over the expected life of awards ( 5.1
years). The weighted average fair value of market-based stock options granted during the period was $ 1.38 .
[A]
Stock options:
The
following table summarizes the activity relating to the Company’s market-based stock options that were granted to certain executives
for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023:
SCHEDULE OF STOCK OPTIONS ACTIVITY
Options
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Terms
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at beginning of year
5,065
$ 14.14
Granted
275
3.00
Exercised
-
-
Forfeited or expired
-
-
Outstanding at end of period
5,340
$ 13.56
8.1 years
$ -
Exercisable at end of period
-
$ -
-
$ -
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The
following table summarizes the activity relating to the Company’s stock options, excluding the market-based stock options that
were granted to certain executives, for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023:
Options
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Terms
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at beginning of year
2,727
$ 5.29
Granted
130
3.00
Exercised
-
-
Forfeited or expired
( 393 )
6.05
Outstanding at end of period
2,464
$ 5.04
5.7 years
$ 6
Exercisable at end of period
1,482
$ 5.55
4.4 years
$ 6
The
fair value of each option grant on the date of grant is estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model reflecting the following
weighted-average assumptions:
SCHEDULE OF FAIR VALUE STOCK OPTION ASSUMPTIONS
2022
2023
March 31,
2022
2023
Expected volatility
49.4 %
54.8 %
Expected life of options (in years)
7
6.25
Risk free interest rate
1.73 %
3.81 %
Dividend yield
0 %
0 %
Weighted-average fair value of options granted during year
$ 2.04
$ 1.40
Expected
volatility is based on historical volatility of the Company’s common stock and the expected life of options is based on historical
data with respect to employee exercise periods.
The
Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $ 34 and $ 618 for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023,
respectively, in connection with awards made under the stock option plans.
The
fair value of options vested during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023 was $ 235
and $ 540 ,
respectively. There were no option exercises that occurred during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023.
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As
of March 31, 2023, there was $ 1,657 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested options granted under the Company’s
stock option plans excluding the market-based stock options that were granted to certain senior managers, including the Company’s
executive officers. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.58 years.
As
of March 31, 2023, there was $ 5,838 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested options granted under the Company’s
stock option plans for the market-based stock options that were granted to certain senior managers, including the Company’s executive
officers. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.20 years.
The
Company estimates forfeitures at the time of valuation and reduces expense ratably over the vesting period. This estimate is adjusted
periodically based on the extent to which actual forfeitures differ, or are expected to differ, from the previous estimate.
[B]
Restricted Stock Awards:
The
Company grants restricted stock to employees, whereby the employees are contractually restricted from transferring the shares until they
are vested. The stock is unvested at the time of grant and, upon vesting, there are no legal restrictions on the stock. The fair value
of each share is based on the Company’s closing stock price on the date of the grant. A summary of all non-vested restricted stock
for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023 is as follows:
SCHEDULE OF NON-VESTED RESTRICTED STOCK ACTIVITY
Number of Non-
Vested Shares
Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
Restricted stock, non-vested, beginning of year
706
$ 4.75
Granted
75
2.62
Vested
( 149 )
5.11
Forfeited
( 59 )
7.28
Restricted stock, non-vested, end of period
573
$ 4.12
The
Company recorded stock-based compensation expenses of $ 388
and $ 214
for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023, respectively, in connection with restricted stock grants. As of March 31,
2023, there was $ 1,877
of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested shares. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average
period of 2.43
years.
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NOTE
12 - NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE
Net
income (loss) per share for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023 are as follows:
SCHEDULE OF NET LOSS PER SHARE BASIC AND DILUTED
2022
2023
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2022
2023
Basic and diluted loss per share
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
$ ( 4,124 )
$ 3,494
Addback: Preferred stock dividend and accretion
-
1,275
Allocation of earning to participating securities
-
( 896 )
Numerator for basic EPS – income available to common stockholders
( 4,124 )
3,873
Weighted-average common share outstanding - basic
35,332
35,548
Effect of dilutive securities
-
80
Weighted-average common share outstanding - diluted
35,332
35,628
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders - basic
$ ( 0.12 )
$ 0.11
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders - diluted
$ ( 0.12 )
$ 0.11
Basic
income (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average
number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted income (loss) per share reflects the potential dilution assuming
common shares were issued upon the exercise of outstanding options and the proceeds thereof were used to purchase outstanding common
shares. Dilutive potential common shares include outstanding stock options, warrants and restricted stock and performance share
awards. We include participating securities (unvested share-based payment awards and equivalents that contain non-forfeitable rights
to dividends or dividend equivalents) in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. Our participating
securities consist solely of preferred stock, which have contractual participation rights equivalent to those of stockholders of
unrestricted common stock. The two-class method of computing earnings per share is an allocation method that calculates earnings per
share for common stock and participating securities. During periods of net loss, no effect is given to the participating securities
because they do not share in the losses of the Company. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, the basic and diluted
weighted-average shares outstanding are the same, since the effect from the potential exercise of outstanding stock options,
conversion of preferred stock, and vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units totaling 16,882 would
have been anti-dilutive due to the loss. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2023, the two-class method of computing earnings
per share was anti-dilutive. As a result, the weighted-average number of shares outstanding used in the computation of diluted
earnings per share does not include 9,277
shares from the conversion of preferred stock, warrants, stock options and restricted stock awards because the effect would have
been anti-dilutive.
NOTE
13 - SHORT-TERM BANK DEBT AND LONG-TERM DEBT
SCHEDULE OF LONG TERM DEBT
December
31, 2022
March
31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Short-term
bank debt
$
5,709
$
5,709
Current
maturities of long-term debt
$
4,603
$
3,650
Long
term debt - less current maturities
$
11,403
$
10,638
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Long-term
debt
In
connection with the Transactions, Powerfleet Israel incurred NIS denominated debt in term loan borrowings on the closing date of the Transactions (the “Closing Date”) under the
Credit Agreement, pursuant to which Hapoalim agreed to provide Powerfleet Israel with two senior secured term loan facilities in an initial
aggregate principal amount of $ 30,000
(comprised of two facilities in the aggregate
principal amount of $ 20,000
and $ 10,000 ,
respectively (the “Term A Facility” and “Term B Facility”, respectively, and collectively, the “Term Facilities”))
and a five-year revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”) to Pointer denominated in NIS in an initial aggregate
principal amount of $ 10,000
(collectively, the “Credit Facilities”).
As of March 31, 2023, the Company borrowed NIS 20,637 ,
or $ 5,709 ,
under the Revolving Facility.
The
Credit Facilities will mature on the date that is five years from the Closing Date. The indicative interest rate provided for the Term
Facilities in the original Credit Agreement was approximately 4.73 % for the Term A Facility and 5.89 % for the Term B Facility. The interest
rate for the Revolving Facility is, with respect to NIS-denominated loans, Hapoalim’s prime rate + 2.5%, and with respect to US
dollar-denominated loans, LIBOR + 4.6% (amended to SOFR + 2.15%). In addition, the Company agreed to pay a 1% commitment fee on the unutilized
and uncancelled availability under the Revolving Facility . The Credit Facilities are secured by the shares held by Powerfleet Israel
in Pointer and by Pointer over all of its assets. The original Credit Agreement includes customary representations, warranties, affirmative
covenants, negative covenants (including the following financial covenants, tested quarterly: Pointer’s net debt to EBITDA; Pointer’s
net debt to working capital; minimum equity of Powerfleet Israel; Powerfleet Israel equity to total assets; Powerfleet Israel net debt
to EBITDA; and Pointer EBITDA to current payments and events of default).
On
August 23, 2021, the Borrowers entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”),
effective as of August 1, 2021, to the Credit Agreement with Hapoalim. The Amendment memorializes the agreements between the Borrowers
and Hapoalim regarding a reduction in the interest rates of the two Term Facilities. Pursuant to the Amendment, commencing as of November
12, 2020, the interest rate with respect to the Term A Facility was reduced to a fixed rate of 3.65 % per annum and the interest rate
with respect to the Term B Facility was reduced to a fixed rate of 4.5 % per annum. The Amendment also provides, among other things, for
(i) a reduction in the credit allocation fee on undrawn and uncancelled amounts of the Revolving Facility from 1 % to 0.5 % per annum,
(ii) removal of the requirement that Powerfleet Israel maintain $ 3,000 on deposit in a separate reserve fund, and (iii) modifications
to certain of the affirmative and negative covenants, including a financial covenant regarding the ratio of the Borrowers’ debt
levels to Pointer’s EBITDA. The Company is in compliance with all covenants as of March 31, 2023.
In
connection with the Credit Facilities, the Company incurred debt issuance costs of $ 742 . For the three-month periods ended March 31,
2022 and 2023, the Company recorded $ 64 and $ 44 , respectively, of amortization of the debt issuance costs. The Company recorded charges
of $ 236 and $ 160 to interest expense on its consolidated statements of operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and
2023, respectively related to interest expense associated with the Credit Facilities.
On
October 31, 2022, the Borrowers entered into the Third Amendment with Hapoalim.
The Third Amendment provides for, among other things, the New Revolver. The New Revolver will be available for a period of one month,
commencing on October 31, 2022, and will continue to be available for successive one-month periods until and including October 30, 2023,
unless the Borrowers deliver a notice to Hapoalim of their request not to renew the New Revolver.
The
New Revolver will initially bear interest at the SOFR + 2.59%. Such interest is subject to monthly changes
by Hapoalim, provided that Hapoalim gives Pointer advance notice regarding such change prior to the end of the applicable calendar month .
The
New Revolver is secured by a first ranking fixed pledge and assignment by Pointer over its new bank account, which was opened in connection
with the New Revolver, and all of the rights relating thereunder as well as a cross guarantee by Powerfleet Israel.
Pointer
is required to pay a credit allocation fee equal to 0.5 % per annum on undrawn and uncancelled amounts of the New Revolver.
Pointer
has a one-year $ 1,000 revolving credit facility available for use with Discount Bank, which renews annually, subject to the bank’s
approval. Pointer did not have any borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facility with Discount Bank as of March 31, 2023.
Scheduled
maturities of the long-term debt as of March 31, 2023 are as follows:
SCHEDULE OF MATURITIES OF LONG TERM DEBT
April – March 2024
$ 3,650
January – December 2024
10,638
Long Term debt
14,288
Less: Current Portion through March 31, 2024
3,650
Total
$ 10,638
The
Term B Facility is not subject to amortization over the life of the loan and instead the original principal amount is due in one installment
on the fifth anniversary of the date of the consummation of the Transactions.
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NOTE
14 - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:
SCHEDULE
OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
December 31, 2022
March 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Accounts payable
$ 14,751
$ 15,772
Accrued warranty
1,897
2,098
Accrued compensation
7,153
7,074
Government authorities
1,992
2,165
Other current liabilities
805
573
Accounts payable
and accrued expenses
$ 26,598
$ 27,682
The
Company’s products are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one to eight years from the date
of acceptance of the product by the customer . The customers may purchase an extended warranty providing coverage up to a maximum of 60
months . A provision for estimated future warranty costs is recorded for expected or historical warranty matters related to equipment
shipped and is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2022
and March 31, 2023.
The
following table summarizes warranty activity for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023:
SCHEDULE
OF PRODUCT WARRANTY LIABILITY
Three Months Ended March 31,
2022
2023
Accrued warranty reserve, beginning of year
$ 1,333
$ 2,054
Accrual for product warranties issued
342
387
Product replacements and other warranty expenditures
( 167 )
( 160 )
Expiration of warranties
( 5 )
( 26 )
Accrued warranty reserve, end of period (a)
$ 1,503
$ 2,255
(a)
Includes
non-current accrued warranty included in other long-term liabilities at March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023 of $ 186 and $ 157 , respectively.
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NOTE
15 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
[A]
Redeemable preferred stock
The
Company is authorized to issue 150 shares of preferred stock, par value $ 0.01 per share of which 100 shares are designated Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) and 50 shares are undesignated.
Series
A Preferred Stock
In
connection with the completion of the Transactions, on October 3, 2019, the Company issued 50 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to ABRY
Senior Equity V, L.P., ABRY Senior Equity Co-Investment Fund V, L.P and ABRY Investment Partnership, L.P. (the “Investors”).
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023, the Company issued 1 and 1 additional shares of Series A Preferred
Stock, respectively.
Liquidation
The
Series A Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference equal to the greater of (i) the original issuance price of $ 1,000.00 per share,
subject to certain adjustments (the “Series A Issue Price”), plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon (except in the
case of a deemed liquidation event, then 150% of such amount), and (ii) the amount such holder would have received if the Series A Preferred
Stock had converted into common stock immediately prior to such liquidation .
Dividends
Holders
of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive cumulative dividends at a minimum rate of 7.5 % per annum (calculated on the basis
of the Series A Issue Price), quarterly in arrears. The dividends are payable at the Company’s election, in kind, through the issuance
of additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or in cash, provided no dividend payment failure has occurred and is continuing and
that there has not previously occurred two or more dividend payment failures. Commencing on the 66-month anniversary of the date on which
any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are first issued (the “Original Issuance Date”), and on each monthly anniversary thereafter,
the dividend rate will increase by 100 basis points, until the dividend rate reaches 17.5 % per annum, subject to the Company’s
right to defer the increase for up to three consecutive months on terms set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation (the “Charter”). During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023, the Company paid dividends
in shares in amounts equal to $ 1,028 and $ 1,107 , respectively, to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock. As of March 31, 2023, dividends
in arrears were $- 0 -.
Voting;
Consent Rights
The
holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be given notice by the Company of any meeting of stockholders or action to be taken by written
consent in lieu of a meeting of stockholders as to which the holders of common stock are given notice at the same time as provided in,
and in accordance with, the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws. Except as required by applicable law or as otherwise specifically
set forth in the Charter, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock are not entitled to vote on any matter presented to the Company’s
stockholders unless and until any holder of Series A Preferred Stock provides written notification to the Company that such holder is
electing, on behalf of all holders of Series A Preferred Stock, to activate their voting rights and in doing so rendering the Series
A Preferred Stock voting capital stock of the Company (such notice, a “Series A Voting Activation Notice”). From and after
the delivery of a Series A Voting Activation Notice, all holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote with the holders
of common stock as a single class on an as-converted basis (provided, however, that any holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall not
be entitled to cast votes for the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock
held by such holder that exceeds the quotient of (1) the aggregate Series A Issue Price for such shares of Series A Preferred Stock divided
by (2) $5.57 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reclassifications and similar events, as applicable)).
So long as shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding and convertible into shares of common stock that represent at least 10%
of the voting power of the common stock, or the Investors or their affiliates continue to hold at least 33% of the aggregate amount of
Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Investors on the Original Issuance Date, the consent of the holders of at least a majority of
the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be necessary for the Company to, among other things, (i) liquidate the Company
or any operating subsidiary or effect any deemed liquidation event (as such term is defined in the Charter), except for a deemed liquidation
event in which the holders of Series A Preferred Stock receive an amount in cash not less than the Redemption Price (as defined below),
(ii) amend the Company’s organizational documents in a manner that adversely affects the Series A Preferred Stock, (iii) issue
any securities that are senior to, or equal in priority with, the Series A Preferred Stock or issue additional shares of Series A Preferred
Stock to any person other than the Investors or their affiliates, (iv) incur indebtedness above the agreed-upon threshold, (v) change
the size of the Company’s board of directors to a number other than seven, or (vi) enter into certain affiliated arrangements or
transactions .
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Redemption
At
any time, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock may elect to convert each share of such holder’s then-outstanding Series A Preferred
Stock into the number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the quotient of (x) the Series A Issue Price, plus any accrued
and unpaid dividends, divided by (y) the Series A Conversion Price in effect at the time of conversion. The Series A Conversion Price
is initially equal to $ 7.319 , subject to certain adjustments as set forth in the Charter.
At
any time after the third anniversary of the Original Issuance Date, subject to certain conditions, the Company may redeem the Series
A Preferred Stock for an amount per share, equal to the greater of (i) the product of (x) 1.5 multiplied by (y) the sum of the Series
A Issue Price, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends and (ii) the product of (x) the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion
of such Series A Preferred Stock multiplied by (y) the volume weighted average price of the common stock during the 30 consecutive trading
day period ending on the trading date immediately prior to the date of such redemption notice or, if calculated in connection with a
deemed liquidation event, the value ascribed to a share of common stock in such deemed liquidation event (the “Redemption Price” ).
Further,
at any time (i) after the 66-month anniversary of the Original Issuance Date, (ii) following delivery of a mandatory conversion notice
by us, or (iii) upon a deemed liquidation event, subject to Delaware law governing distributions to stockholders, the holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock may elect to require us to redeem all or any portion of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for
an amount per share equal to the Redemption Price.
NOTE
16 - ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Comprehensive
income (loss) includes net income (loss) and foreign currency translation gains and losses.
The
accumulated balances for each classification of other comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023 are
as follows:
SCHEDULE
OF ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
Foreign currency
translation
adjustment
Accumulated other
comprehensive
income/(loss)
Balance at January 1, 2023
$ ( 1,210 )
$ ( 1,210 )
Net current period change
112
112
Balance at March 31, 2023
$ ( 1,098 )
$ ( 1,098 )
The
accumulated balances for each classification of other comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022
are as follows:
Foreign currency
translation
adjustment
Accumulated other
comprehensive
income/(loss)
Balance at January 1, 2022
$ 391
$ 391
Net current period change
253
253
Balance at March 31, 2022
$ 644
$ 644
The
Company’s reporting currency is the U.S. dollar (USD). For businesses where the majority of the revenues are generated in USD
or linked to the USD and a substantial portion of the costs are incurred in USD, the Company’s management believes that the
USD is the primary currency of the economic environment and thus their functional currency. Due to the fact that Argentina has been
determined to be highly inflationary, the financial statements of our subsidiary in Argentina have been remeasured as if its
functional currency was the USD. The Company also has foreign operations where the functional currency is the local currency. For
these operations, assets and liabilities are translated using the end-of-period exchange rates and revenues, expenses and cash flows
are translated using average rates of exchange for the period. Equity is translated at the rate of exchange at the date of the
equity transaction. Translation adjustments are recognized in stockholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss). Net translation gains (losses) from the translation of foreign currency financial statements of $( 253 )
and $ 112
at March 31, 2022 and 2023, respectively, are included in comprehensive income (loss) in the Consolidated Statement of Changes in
Stockholders’ Equity.
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Foreign
currency transaction gains and losses related to operational expenses denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are
included in determining net income or loss. Foreign currency transaction gains (losses) for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022
and 2023 of $( 203 )
and $ 176 ,
respectively, are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Foreign currency
transaction gains related to long-term debt of $ 544
and $ 403 ,
for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023, respectively, are included in interest expense in the Consolidated Statement
of Operations.
NOTE
17 – SEGMENT INFORMATION
The
Company operates in one reportable segment, wireless IoT asset management. The following table summarizes revenues by geographic region.
SCHEDULE
OF REVENUES AND LONG LIVED ASSETS BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION
2022
2023
Three Months Ended March 31,
2022
2023
United States
$ 13,058
$ 14,438
Israel
12,180
10,680
Other
7,923
7,721
Total
revenues
$ 33,161
$ 32,839
December 31, 2022
March 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Long lived assets by geographic region:
United States
$ 941
$ 1,139
Israel
3,545
3,649
Other
4,763
5,165
Long
lived assets
$ 9,249
$ 9,953
NOTE
18 - INCOME TAXES
The
Company records its interim tax provision based upon a projection of the Company’s annual effective tax rate (“AETR”).
This AETR is applied to the year-to-date consolidated pre-tax income to determine the interim provision for income taxes before discrete
items. The Company updates the AETR on a quarterly basis as the pre-tax income projections are revised and tax laws are enacted. The
effective tax rate (“ETR”) each period is impacted by a number of factors, including the relative mix of domestic and foreign
earnings and adjustments to recorded valuation allowances. The currently forecasted ETR may vary from the actual year-end due to the
changes in these factors.
SCHEDULE OF INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
2022
2023
Three Months Ended March 31,
2022
2023
Domestic pre-tax book income (loss)
$ ( 2,919 )
$ 3,141
Foreign pre-tax book income (loss)
( 711 )
2,022
Total income before income (loss) taxes
( 3,630 )
5,163
Income tax benefit (expense)
703
( 397 )
Total income (loss) after taxes
$ ( 2,927 )
$ 4,766
Effective tax rate
19.4 %
( 7.7 )%
For
the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023, the effective tax rate differed from the statutory tax rates primarily due to
the mix of domestic and foreign earnings amongst taxable jurisdictions, recorded valuation allowances to fully reserve against deferred
tax assets in non-Israel jurisdictions and certain discrete items.
On August 16, 2022, the President of the United States signed into law
H.R. 5376, commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”). The IRA is federal legislation designed
to raise revenue from, among other things, the imposition of certain corporate tax measures, while authorizing spending on energy and
climate change initiatives and subsidizing the Affordable Care Act. The IRA also introduced a 1 % excise tax on certain corporate stock
buybacks, which would impose a nondeductible 1% excise tax on the fair market value of certain stock that is “repurchased”
during the taxable year by a publicly traded U.S. corporation or acquired by certain of its subsidiaries. The passage of the IRA did not
have a material impact to the Company nor its calculated AETR as of March 31, 2023.
On August 9, 2022, the President of the United States signed into law H.R.
4346, “The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.” CHIPS is a federal statue providing funding for research and domestic production
of semiconductors. Additional funding can be provided through CHIPS to various federal agencies as well as towards climate science research.
Tax measures include a 25% advanced investment tax credit for certain investments in semiconductor manufacturing. The passage of the CHIPS
and Science Act did not have a material impact to the Company nor its calculated AETR as of March 31, 2023.
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NOTE
19 - LEASES
The
Company has operating leases for office space and office equipment. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms of one year
to three years , some of which include options to extend the lease term for up to five years .
The
Company has lease arrangements which are classified as short-term in nature. These leases meet the criteria for operating lease classification.
Lease costs associated with the short-term leases are included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Company’s
condensed consolidated statements of operations during the three-months ended March 31, 2022 and 2023.
Components
of lease expense are as follows:
SCHEDULE
OF COMPONENTS OF LEASE EXPENSE
Three
Months Ended March 31,
2022
2023
Short term lease cost:
$ 131
$ 88
Supplemental
cash flow information and non-cash activity related to our operating leases are as follows:
SCHEDULE
OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION AND NON CASH ACTIVITY OF OPERATING LEASES
Three
Months Ended March 31,
2022
2023
Non-cash activity:
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations
$ 537
$ 261
Weighted-average
remaining lease term and discount rate for our operating leases are as follows:
SCHEDULE
OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING LEASE TERM AND DISCOUNT RATE
March 31, 2023
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)
2.97
Weighted-average discount rate
6.17 %
Scheduled
maturities of operating lease liabilities outstanding as of March 31, 2023 are as follows:
SCHEDULED
MATURITIES OF OPERATING LEASE LIABILITIES
April - December 2023
$ 2,197
2024
2,096
2025
1,861
2026
779
2027
103
Thereafter
1,242
Total lease payments
8,278
Less: Imputed interest
( 732 )
Present value of lease liabilities
$ 7,546
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NOTE
20 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The
Company’s cash and cash equivalents are carried at fair value. The carrying value of financing receivables approximates fair value
due to the interest rate implicit in the instruments approximating current market rates. The carrying value of accounts receivables,
accounts payable and accrued liabilities and short term bank debt approximates their fair values due to the short period to maturity
of these instruments. The fair value of the Company’s long term debt is based on observable relevant market information and future
cash flows discounted at current rates, which are Level 2 measurements.
SCHEDULE OF FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
March 31, 2023
Carrying Amount
Fair Value
Long term debt
$ 19,997
$ 19,581
NOTE
21 - CONCENTRATION OF CUSTOMERS
For
the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2023, there were no customers who generated revenues greater than 10% of the Company’s
consolidated total revenues or generated greater than 10 % of the Company’s consolidated accounts receivable.
NOTE
22 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Except
for normal operating leases, the Company is not currently subject to any material commitments.
From
time to time, the Company is involved in various litigation matters involving claims incidental to its business and acquisitions, including
employment matters, acquisition related claims, patent infringement and contractual matters, among other issues. While the outcome of
any such litigation matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management currently believes that the outcome of these proceedings,
including the matters described below, either individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on its business,
results of operations or financial condition. The Company records reserves related to legal matters when losses related to such litigation
or contingencies are both probable and reasonably estimable.
In
August 2014, Pointer do Brasil Comercial Ltda. (“Pointer Brazil”) received a notification of lack of payment of VAT tax (Brazilian
ICMS tax) in the amount of $ 208 plus $ 1,087 of interest and penalty, totaling $ 1,295 as of March 31, 2023. The Company is vigorously
defending this tax assessment before the administrative court in Brazil, but in light of the administrative and judicial processes in
Brazil, it could take up to 14 years before the dispute is finally resolved. In case the administrative court rules against the Company,
the Company could claim before the judicial court, an appellate court in Brazil, a substantial reduction of interest charged, potentially
reducing the Company’s total exposure. The Company’s legal counsel is of the opinion that the chance of loss is not probable
and for this reason the Company has not made any provision.
In
July 2015, Pointer Brazil received a tax deficiency notice alleging that the services provided by Pointer Brazil should be classified
as “telecommunication services” and therefore Pointer Brazil should be subject to the state value-added tax. The aggregate
amount claimed to be owed under the notice was approximately $ 12,283
as of March 31, 2023. On August 14, 2018, the lower chamber of the State Tax Administrative Court in São Paulo rendered a decision
that was favorable to Pointer Brazil in relation to the ICMS demands, but adverse in regards to the clerical obligation of keeping in
good order a set of ICMS books and related tax receipts. The remaining claim after this administrative decision is $ 211 .
The state has the opportunity to appeal to the higher chamber of the State Tax Administrative Court. The Company’s legal counsel
is of the opinion that the chance of loss is not probable and that no material costs will arise in respect to these claims. For this
reason, the Company has not made any provision.
On
February 24, 2022, Pointer Mexico received a notification for 2016 and 2017 tax assessment in the amounts of $ 268 and $ 476 , respectively,
regarding the underpayment of VAT and government fees from the Mexican Tax Service (“MTS”). Under the statute and case law, Pointer Mexico was entitled to appeal
before the MTS or file a lawsuit before the Federal Court of Administrative Justice. On April 19, 2022, Pointer Mexico filed an appeal
for revocation of the assessment. On May 2, 2022, Pointer Mexico filed additional evidence before the MTS. As of March 31, 2023, the
MTS has not resolved the administrative revocation appeal. The Company’s legal counsel is of the opinion that the chance of loss
is not probable and for this reason the Company has not made any provision.
NOTE
23 - RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In
June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) Measurement of Credit Losses on
Financial Instruments,” which amends the guidance on measuring credit losses on financial assets held at amortized cost. The amendment
is intended to address the issue that the previous “incurred loss” methodology was restrictive for an entity’s ability
to record credit losses based on not yet meeting the “probable” threshold. The new language will require these assets to
be valued at amortized cost presented at the net amount expected to be collected with a valuation provision. The Company adopted ASU
No. 2016-13 on January 1, 2023. The adoption of the standard did not result in a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The
following discussion and analysis of the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of PowerFleet, Inc. and its subsidiaries
(“Powerfleet”, “we”, “our” or “us”) should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and notes thereto appearing in Part I, Item 1 of this report. In the following discussions, most percentages and
dollar amounts have been rounded to aid presentation, and, accordingly, all amounts are approximations.
Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
report contains “forward-looking statements” (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)),
which may include information concerning the Company’s beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, strategies, anticipations,
assumptions, estimates, intentions, future events, future revenues or performance, capital expenditures and other information that is
not historical information. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be
beyond the Company’s control, and which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially
different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. When used in this
report, the words “seek,” “estimate,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,”
“plan,” “contemplate,” “plan,” “continue,” “intend,” “believe”
and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements
are based upon the Company’s current expectations and various assumptions. The Company believes there is a reasonable basis for
its expectations and beliefs, but there can be no assurance that the Company will realize its expectations or that its beliefs will prove
to be correct.
There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s
actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this report. Important factors that could cause the
Company’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed as forward-looking statements herein include, but are not limited,
to: future economic and business conditions; the ability to recognize the anticipated benefit of the acquisition of Movingdots GmbH (“Movingdots”);
the loss of any of the Company’s key customers or reduction in the purchase of the Company’s products by any such customers;
the failure of the markets for the Company’s products to continue to develop; the possibility that the Company may not be able to
integrate successfully the business, operations and employees of Movingdots; the Company’s inability to adequately protect its intellectual
property; the Company’s inability to manage growth; the effects of competition from a wide variety of local, regional, national
and other providers of wireless solutions; changes in laws and regulations or changes in generally accepted accounting policies, rules
and practices; changes in technology or products, which may be more difficult or costly, or less effective, than anticipated; the effects
of outbreaks of pandemics or contagious diseases, including the length and severity of the recent global outbreak of the novel coronavirus,
COVID-19, and its impact on the Company’s business; and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2022 (the “2022 Annual Report”).
There
may be other factors of which the Company is currently unaware or which it currently deems immaterial that may cause its actual results
to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting
on the Company’s behalf apply only as of the date they are made and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary
statements included in this report. Except as may be required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date they were made or to reflect the occurrence
of unanticipated events, or otherwise.
The
Company makes available through its Internet website, free of charge, its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to such reports and other filings made by the Company with the SEC, as soon as practicable
after the Company electronically files such reports and filings with the SEC. The Company’s website address is www.powerfleet.com.
The information contained in the Company’s website is not incorporated by reference into this report.
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Overview
PowerFleet,
Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, “Powerfleet,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”)
is a global leader of Internet-of-Things (“IoT”) solutions providing valuable business intelligence for managing high-value
enterprise assets that improve operational efficiencies.
We
are headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, with offices located around the globe.
Our
Powerfleet for Industrial solutions are designed to provide on-premise or in-facility asset and operator management, monitoring, and
visibility for industrial trucks such as forklifts, man-lifts, tuggers and ground support equipment at airports. These solutions utilize
a variety of communications capabilities such as Bluetooth ® , WiFi, and proprietary radio frequency.
Our
Powerfleet for Logistics solutions are designed to provide bumper-to-bumper asset management, monitoring, and visibility for over-the-road
based assets such as heavy trucks, dry-van trailers, refrigerated trailers and shipping containers and their associated cargo. These
systems provide mobile-asset tracking and condition-monitoring solutions to meet the transportation market’s desire for greater
visibility, safety, security, and productivity throughout global supply chains.
Our
Powerfleet for Vehicles solutions are designed both to enhance the vehicle fleet management process, whether it’s a rental car,
a private fleet, or automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners. We achieve this by providing critical information that
can be used to increase revenues, reduce costs and improve customer service.
Our
patented technologies are a proven solution for organizations that must monitor and analyze their assets to improve safety, increase
efficiency, reduce costs, and drive profitability. Our offerings are sold under the global brands Powerfleet, Pointer, and Cellocator.
We
have an established history of IoT device development and innovation creating devices that can withstand harsh and rugged environments.
With 46 patents and patent applications and over 25 years’ experience, we believe we are well positioned to evolve our offerings
for even greater value to customers through our cloud-based applications for unified operations.
We
deliver advanced data solutions that connect mobile assets to increase visibility, operational efficiency and profitability. Across our
spectrum of vertical markets, we differentiate ourselves by developing mobility platforms that collect data from unique sensors. Further,
because we are original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agnostic, we help organizations view and manage their mixed assets homogeneously.
All of our solutions are paired with software as a service (SaaS) and analytics platforms to provide an even deeper level of insights
and understanding of how assets are utilized and how drivers and operators operate those assets. These insights include a full set of
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive operational and strategic decisions. Our customers typically get a return on their
investment in less than 12 months from deployment.
Our
enterprise software applications have machine learning capabilities and are built to integrate with our customers’ management systems
to provide a single, integrated view of asset and operator activity across multiple locations while providing real-time enterprise-wide
benchmarks and peer-industry comparisons. We look for analytics, as well as the data contained therein, to differentiate us from our
competitors, adding significant value to customers’ business operations, and helping to contribute to their bottom line. Our solutions
also feature open application programming interfaces (APIs) for additional integrations and development to boost other enterprise
management systems and third-party applications.
We
market and sell our connected IoT data solutions to a wide range of customers in the commercial and government sectors. Our customers
operate in diverse markets, such as manufacturing, automotive manufacturing, wholesale and retail, food and grocery distribution, pharmaceutical
and medical distribution, construction, mining, utilities, aerospace, vehicle rental, as well as logistics, shipping, transportation,
and field services. Traditionally, these businesses have relied on manual, often paper-based, processes or on-premise legacy software
to operate their high-value assets, manage workforce resources, and distributed sites; and face environmental, safety, and other regulatory
requirements. In today’s landscape, it is crucial for these businesses to invest in solutions that enable easy analysis and sharing
of real-time information.
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Our
Solutions
We
provide critical actionable information that powers unified operations throughout organizations. We are solving the challenge of inefficient
data collection, real-time visibility, and analysis that leads to transformative business operations. Our SaaS cloud-based applications
take data from our IoT devices and ecosystem of third-party and partner applications to present actionable information for customers
to increase efficiencies, improve safety and security, and increase their profitability in easy-to-understand reports, dashboards, and
real-time alerts.
Our
objective is to become a leading global provider of IoT SaaS solutions for high-value enterprise assets to drive optimized operations
and create safer environments. In the first quarter of 2023 we began to consolidate and augment many of our existing capabilities on a single customer
software platform branded as “Unity.” We have designed our Unity platform to enable rapid and deep integration with IoT devices
and third-party business systems to a highly scalable data pipeline that powers artificial intelligence-driven insights to help companies
save lives, time, and money. Unity is an increasingly important initiative to meet our objective of becoming a leading global provider
of IoT SaaS solutions for high-value enterprise assets to drive optimized operations and create safer environments. To achieve this goal,
we intend to prove value, retain and grow business with existing customers and pursue opportunities with new customers by:
●
focusing our
business solutions by vertical markets and go to market strategies to each market;
●
positioning ourselves as
an innovative thought leader;
●
maintaining a world class
sales and marketing team;
●
identifying, seizing, and
managing revenue opportunities;
●
expanding our customer
base, achieving wider market penetration and educating customers with mixed assets in their organization about our other applications;
●
implementing improved marketing,
sales and support strategies;
●
shortening our initial
sales cycles by helping our customers through:
○
identifying
and quantifying benefits expected from our solutions;
○
accelerating transitions
from implementation to roll-out; and
○
building service revenue
through long-term SaaS contracts;
●
differentiating
our product offering through analytics, machine learning, unique sensors, and value-added services;
●
producing incremental revenue
at a high profit margin; and
●
expanding our partnerships
and integrations.
We
also plan to expand into new applications and markets by:
●
pursuing opportunities
to integrate our system with computer hardware and software vendors, including:
○
OEMs;
○
transportation management
systems;
○
warehouse management systems;
○
labor and timecard systems;
○
enterprise resource planning;
and
○
yard management systems;
●
establishing relationships
with global distributors; and
●
evaluating and pursuing
strategically sound acquisitions of companies.
Key
Applications of our IoT Solutions
We
provide real-time intelligence for organizations with high-value assets allowing them to make informed decisions and ultimately improve
their operations, safety, and bottom line. Our applications enable organizations to capture IoT data from various types of assets with
devices and sensors creating a holistic view for analysis and action.
The
core applications that our IoT solutions address include:
End-to-end
Visibility: Organizations with expensive assets such as vehicles, machinery, or equipment need to keep track of where the assets
are located, monitor for misuse, and understand how and when assets are being used. By having complete visibility of their assets, customers
can improve security, utilization and customer service. In addition, our visibility solutions help with personnel workflows and resource
management, freight visibility through load status, equipment availability status, dwell and idle time, geofencing, two-way temperature
control and management, multizone temperature monitoring, arrival and departure times, and supply chain allocation.
Regulatory
Compliance: Businesses must comply with government regulations and provide proof of compliance, which is commonly an onerous
process to enforce and maintain. Our solutions provide critical data points and reports to help customers stay within compliance, avoid
fines for non-compliance, and automate the reporting process. We deliver real-time position reports, hours-of-service, temperature monitoring
and control, electronic safety checklists, workflow management, controlling vehicle access to only authorized operators, inspection reports,
and history logs of use.
Improve
Safety: Our applications are designed to provide asset and operator management, monitoring, and visibility for safer environments.
Our solutions allow our customers to monitor their fleet of vehicles on various parameters, including but not limited to, vehicle location,
speed, engine fault codes, driver behavior, eco-driving, and ancillary sensors and can receive reports and alerts, either automatically
or upon request wirelessly via the internet, email, mobile phone or an SMS. In addition, our dash camera provides critical video capture
that can be used to help exonerate drivers when in accidents or help bolster training and coaching programs of employees. We also offer
preventative solutions such as safety warning products to alert vehicle operators of objects or pedestrians in their pathway to prevent
accidents, injuries, and damage. Our analytics platform features dashboards with KPIs and can help managers identify patterns, trends
and outliers that can be used as flags for interventions.
Drive
Operational Efficiency & Productivity: To increase utilization of mobile assets, our solutions enable the identification
of a change in status, real-time location, geo-fencing alerts when an asset is approaching or leaving its destination, cargo status,
and on-board intelligence utilizing a motion sensor and proprietary logic that identifies the beginning of a drive and the end of a drive.
Having this information enables customers to increase capacity, speed of service, right-size their fleets, and improve communication
internally and with customers. In addition, customers can increase revenue per mile, reduce claims and claims processing times, and reduce
the number of assets needed. This is achieved through proving such things as two-way integrated workflows for drivers, control assignments
and work change, Electronic Driver Logging (ELD) and automated record keeping for regulatory compliance, monitoring of asset pools and
geofence violations, and various reporting insights that flag under-utilized assets, the closest assets, and alerts on dwell time and
exceeding the allotted time for loading and unloading.
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We
help customers to automate processes and increase productivity of their employees. Our applications enable customers to determine where
operators are assigned and can temporarily reassign them based on peak needs, evaluate any disparity in the amount employees are paid
compared to the time they actually spend operating a vehicle. Our applications help answer the question of why does it take some employees
longer than others to do specific tasks, where to focus labor resources, and how to forecast vehicles and operators needed for future
workflow.
In
addition, for our rental car vertical, our applications automatically upload vehicle identification number, mileage and fuel data as
a vehicle enters and exits the rental lot, which can significantly expedite the rental and return processes for travelers, and provide
the rental company with more timely inventory status, more accurate billing data that can generate higher fuel-related revenue, and an
opportunity to utilize customer service personnel for more productive activities, such as inspecting vehicles for damage and helping
customers with luggage.
Our
solution for “car sharing” permits a rental car company to remotely control, track and monitor their rental vehicles wherever
they are parked. Whether for traditional “pod-based” rental or for the emerging rent-anywhere model, the system, through
APIs integrated into any rental company’s fleet management system, (i) manages member reservations by smart phone or Internet,
and (ii) charges members for vehicle use by the hour.
For
our customers with a variety of make-model-years in their fleet, we have developed an unmatched library of certified vehicle code interfaces
through our second-generation On-Board Diagnostics (“OBD-II”), industry standard. Our patented fleet management system helps
fleet owners improve asset utilization, reduce capital costs, and cut operating expenses, such as vehicle maintenance or service and
support.
Increase
Security: Our solutions allow our customers to reduce theft and improve inventory management. Customers can lockdown their assets
with automated e-mail or text message alerts, emergency tracking of assets (higher frequency of reports) if theft is expected, geo-fencing
alerts when an asset enters a prohibited geography or location, and near real-time sensors that alert based on changes in temperature
and shock, among other things. We also provide stolen vehicle retrieval (“SVR”) services. Most of the SVR products used to
provide our SVR services are mainly sold to (i) local car dealers and importers that in turn sell the products equipped in the vehicle
to the end users who purchase the SVR services directly from us, or (ii) leasing companies which purchase our SVR services in order to
secure their own vehicles.
Reduce
Costs
We
enable our customers to improve asset utilization, reduce capital costs, and cut operating expenses, such as vehicle maintenance or service
and support. Our solutions provide engine performance, machine diagnostics, fuel consumption, and battery life to improve preventative
maintenance scheduling, increase uptime, and gain a longer service life of equipment. Through our software applications, customers can
optimize capacity, analyze resource allocation, and improve utilization of assets to reduce capital expenses such as purchasing new or
leasing additional equipment. Our applications provide root cause analysis for any cargo claims and helps with exoneration of drivers
in accidents via dash camera visibility.
Analytics
and Machine Learning
Our
analytics platforms provide our customers with a holistic view of their asset activity across their enterprise. For example, our image
machine learning system allows us to process images from our freight camera and other sources and identify key aspects of operations
and geospatial information such as location, work being accomplished, type of cargo, how cargo is loaded and if there are any visible
issues such as damage.
Key
Performance Indicators & Benchmarks
Our
cloud-based software applications provide a single, integrated view of asset activity across multiple locations, generating enterprise-wide
benchmarks, peer-industry comparisons, and deeper insights into asset operations. In addition, our customers can set real-time alerts
for exception-based reporting or critical activity that needs immediate attention. This enables management teams to make more informed,
effective decisions, raise asset performance standards, increase productivity, reduce costs, and enhance safety.
Specifically,
our analytics platforms allow users to quantify best-practice enterprise benchmarks for asset utilization and safety, reveal variations
and inefficiencies in asset activity across both sites and geographic regions, or identify opportunities to eliminate or reallocate assets,
to reduce capital and operating costs. We provide an extensive set of decision-making tools and a variety of standard and customized
reports to help businesses improve overall operations.
We
look for analytics and machine learning to make a growing contribution to drive platform and SaaS revenue, further differentiate our
offerings and add value to our solutions. We also use our analytics platform for our own internal platform quality control.
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Services
Hosting
Services : We provide the use of our systems as a remotely hosted service, with the system server and application software residing
in our colocation center or on a cloud platform provider’s infrastructure (e.g., Azure, AWS). This approach helps us reduce support
costs and improve quality control. It separates the system from the restrictions of the customers’ local IT networks, which helps
reduce their system support efforts and makes it easier for them to receive the benefits of system enhancements and upgrades. Our hosting
services are typically offered with extended maintenance and support services over a multi-year term of service, with automatic renewals
following the end of the initial term.
Software
as a Service: We provide system monitoring, help desk technical support, escalation procedure development, routine diagnostic
data analysis and software updates services as part of the ongoing contract term. These services ensure deployed systems remain in optimal
performance condition throughout the contract term and provide access to newly developed features and functions on an annual basis.
Maintenance
Services : We provide a warranty on the hardware components of our system. During the warranty period, we either replace or repair
defective hardware. We also make extended maintenance contracts available to customers and offer ongoing maintenance and support on a
time and materials basis.
Customer
Support and Consulting Services for Ease of Use, Adoption, and Added Value : We have developed a framework for the various phases
of system training and support that offer our customers both structure and flexibility. Major training phases include hardware installation
and troubleshooting, software installation and troubleshooting, “train-the-trainer” training on asset hardware operation,
preliminary software user training, system administrator training, information technology issue training, ad hoc training during system
launch and advanced software user training.
Increasingly,
training services are provided through scalable online interactive training tools. Support and consulting services are priced based on
the extent of training that the customer requests. To help our customers derive the most benefit from our system, we supply a broad range
of documentation and support including videos, interactive online tools, hardware user guides, software manuals, vehicle installation
overviews, troubleshooting guides, and issue escalation procedures.
We
provide our consulting services both as a standalone service to study the potential benefits of implementing an IoT business intelligence
solution and as part of the system implementation itself. In some instances, customers prepay us for extended maintenance, support and
consulting services. In those instances, the payment amount is recorded as deferred revenue and revenue is recognized over the service
period.
Recent
Developments
Rising
interest rates, higher inflation, fluctuations in currency values, supply chain disruptions and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine
have resulted in significant economic disruption and adversely impacted the broader global economy, including our customers and suppliers.
Given the dynamic and uncertain nature of the current macroeconomic environment, we cannot reasonably estimate the impact of such developments
on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows into the foreseeable future. The ultimate extent of the effects of these
developments remain highly uncertain, and such effects could exist for an extended period of time.
The
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) was signed into law in August 2022. The IRA is federal legislation designed to
raise revenue from, among other things, the imposition of certain corporate tax measures, while authorizing spending on energy and climate
change initiatives and subsidizing the Affordable Care Act. The IRA also introduced a 1% excise tax on certain corporate stock buybacks,
which would impose a nondeductible 1% excise tax on the fair market value of certain stock that is “repurchased” during the
taxable year by a publicly traded U.S. corporation or acquired by certain of its subsidiaries. Management continues to monitor any potential
impact of the IRA on our results. No immediate or direct effect from the legislation has had a material impact on our results at this
time.
The
CHIPS and Science Act (“CHIPS”) was signed into law in August 2022. CHIPS is a federal statue providing funding for research
and domestic production of semiconductors. Additional funding can be provided through CHIPS to various federal agencies as well as towards
climate science research. No immediate or direct material effect from the legislation has had a material impact on our results at this
time.
Risks
to Our Business
We
expect that many customers who utilize our solutions will do so as part of a large-scale deployment of these solutions across multiple
or all divisions of their organizations. A customer’s decision to deploy our solutions throughout its organization will involve
a significant commitment of its resources. Accordingly, initial implementations may precede any decision to deploy our solutions enterprise-wide.
Throughout this sales cycle, we may spend considerable time and expense educating and providing information to prospective customers
about the benefits of our solutions, and there can be no assurance that our solutions will be deployed on a wider scale by the customer.
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The
timing of the deployment of our solutions may vary widely and will depend on the specific deployment plan of each customer, the complexity
of the customer’s organization and the difficulty of such deployment. Customers with substantial or complex organizations may deploy
our solutions in large increments on a periodic basis. Accordingly, we may receive purchase orders for significant dollar amounts on
an irregular and unpredictable basis. Because of our limited operating history and the nature of our business, we cannot predict the
timing or size of these sales and deployment cycles. Long sales cycles, as well as our expectation that customers will tend to place
large orders sporadically with short lead times, may cause our revenue and results of operations to vary significantly and unexpectedly
from quarter to quarter. These variations could materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
Our
ability to increase our revenues and generate net income will depend on a number of factors, including, for example, our ability to:
●
increase
sales of products and services to our existing customers;
●
convert
our initial programs into larger or enterprise-wide purchases by our customers;
●
increase
market acceptance and penetration of our products; and
●
develop
and commercialize new products and technologies.
As
of March 31, 2023, we had cash (including restricted cash) and cash equivalents of $25.1 million and working capital of $41.8 million.
Our primary sources of cash are cash flows from operating activities, our holdings of cash, cash equivalents and investments from the
sale of our capital stock and borrowings under our credit facility. To date, we have not generated sufficient cash flow solely from operating
activities to fund our operations.
We
believe that our available working capital, anticipated level of future revenues, expected cash flows from operations and available borrowings
under the revolving credit facility with Bank Hapoalim B.M. will provide sufficient funds to cover capital requirements through May 10,
2024.
Additional
risks and uncertainties to which we are subject are described under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this
report and in our 2022 Annual Report.
Critical
Accounting Policies
For
the three-month period ended March 31, 2023, there were no significant changes to our critical accounting policies as identified in our
2022 Annual Report.
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Results
of Operations
The
following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain operating information expressed as a percentage of revenue:
Three Months Ended March 31,
2022
2023
Revenue:
Products
43.4 %
37.8 %
Services
56.6 %
62.2 %
100.0 %
100.0 %
Cost of revenue:
Cost of products
36.1 %
27.4 %
Cost of services
20.5 %
22.0 %
56.6 %
49.4 %
Gross profit
43.4 %
50.6 %
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses
45.0 %
51.1 %
Research and development expenses
9.7 %
5.2 %
Total operating expenses
54.7 %
56.3 %
Loss from operations
-11.3 %
-5.7 %
Interest income
0.0 %
0.1 %
Interest expense
0.3 %
-0.4 %
Bargain purchase - Movingdots
-
22.0
%
Other income (expenses), net
0.0 %
-0.2 %
Net income (loss) before income taxes
-11.0 %
15.8 %
Income tax benefit (expense)
2.1 %
-1.2 %
Net income (loss) before non-controlling interest
-8.9 %
14.6 %
Non-controlling interest
0.0 %
0.0 %
Net income (loss)
-8.9 %
14.6 %
Accretion of preferred stock
-0.5 %
-0.5 %
Preferred stock dividend
-3.1 %
-3.4 %
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders
-12.5 %
10.7 %
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Three
Months Ended March 31, 2023 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
REVENUES.
Revenues decreased by approximately $0.3 million, or 1%, to $32.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023, from $33.2
million in the same period in 2022.
Revenues
from products decreased approximately $2.0 million, or 13.8%, to $12.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023, from $14.4
million in the same period in 2022. The decrease in product revenue was due to decreased product sales from our Powerfleet GmbH
subsidiary, where we are actively shutting down sales from low margin contracts, and product sales in Israel.
Revenues
from services increased approximately $1.7 million, or 8.9%, to $20.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023, from $18.8 million
in the same period in 2022. The increase in services revenue was principally due to an increase in our installed base that generates service
revenue.
COST
OF REVENUES. Cost of revenues decreased by approximately $2.5 million, or 13.5%, to $16.2 million in the three months ended March
31, 2023, from $18.8 million for the same period in 2022. Gross profit was $16.6 million in three months ended March 31, 2023,
compared to $14.4 million for the same period in 2022. As a percentage of revenues, gross profit increased to 50.6% in 2023 from
43.4% in 2022. The increase in gross profit as a percentage of revenues was principally due to decisions to stop fulfilling low
margin orders and the decrease in raw materials costs related to the global supply chain issues which were more prevalent in the
first quarter of 2022 than the first quarter of 2023.
Cost
of products decreased by approximately $3.0 million, or 24.8%, to 9.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023, from $12.0 million
in the same period in 2022. Gross profit for products was $3.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to $2.4 million
in the same period in 2022. As a percentage of product revenues, gross profit increased to 27.4% in 2023 from 16.8% in 2022. The increase
in gross profit as a percentage of revenues is the result of ceasing to fulfill certain low margin orders, and relief from supply chain issues and electronic
component shortages that drove up the cost of materials in the first quarter of 2022.
Cost
of services increased by approximately $0.4 million, or 6.4%, to $7.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023, from $6.8 million
in the same period in 2022. Gross profit for services was $13.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to $12.0 million
in the same period in 2022. As a percentage of service revenues, gross profit increased to 64.7% in 2023 from 63.9% in 2022.
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased by approximately $1.9 million, or 12.6%, to
approximately $16.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to $14.9 million in the same period in 2022,
principally due to increased salaries, investments in marketing programs and increased professional services fees, including costs associated with our acquisition of Movingdots. As a percentage
of revenues, SG&A expenses increased to 51.1% in the three months ended March 31, 2023, from 45.0% in the same period in
2022.
RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES . Research and development (“R&D”) expenses decreased by approximately $1.5 million, or 46.6%,
to approximately $1.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to $3.2 million in the same period in 2022, principally
due to higher levels of capitalized software associated with the build out of our Unity platform and new device firmware. As a percentage of revenues, R&D expenses decreased to 5.2% in the three months ended March
31, 2023, from 9.7% in the same period in 2022.
NET
INCOME (LOSS) ATTIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS. Net income was $3.5 million, or $0.11 per basic and diluted share, for
the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to net loss of $4.1 million, or $(0.12) per basic and $(0.12) per diluted share,
for the same period in 2022. The increase in net income was primarily the result of the $7.2 million gain on bargain purchase associated with our acquisition of Movingdots.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Historically,
our capital requirements have been funded primarily from the net proceeds from the issuance of our securities, including any issuances
of our common stock upon the exercise of options. As of March 31, 2023, we had cash (including restricted cash) and cash equivalents
of $25.1 million and working capital of $41.8 million.
On
October 3, 2019, in connection with our acquisition of Pointer, we issued and sold 50,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), to ABRY Senior Equity V, L.P., ABRY Senior Equity Co-Investment
Fund V, L.P and ABRY Investment Partnership, L.P. (the “Investors”), pursuant to the terms of an Investment and Transaction
Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2019 (as such agreement has been amended from time to time, the “Investment Agreement”)
for an aggregate purchase price of $50.0 million. The proceeds received from such sale were used to finance a portion of the cash consideration
payable in our acquisition of Pointer.
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In
addition, our wholly owned subsidiaries, Powerfleet Israel and Pointer (collectively, the “Borrowers”) are party to a Credit
Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank Hapoalim B.M (“Hapoalim”), pursuant to which Hapoalim agreed to
provide Powerfleet Israel with two senior secured term loan facilities denominated in NIS in an initial aggregate principal amount of
$30 million (comprised of the two facilities in the aggregate principal amount of $20 million (the “Term A Facility”) and
$10 million (the “Term B Facility”)) and a five-year revolving credit facility to Pointer denominated in NIS in an initial
aggregate principal amount of $10 million (the “Revolving Facility”). The outstanding amount under the term loan facilities
was approximately NIS51.7 million, or $14.3 million, as of March 31, 2023. The proceeds of the term loan facilities were used
to finance a portion of the cash consideration payable in our acquisition of Pointer. The proceeds of the revolving credit facility may
be used by Pointer for general corporate purposes.
On
August 23, 2021, the Borrowers entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”), effective as of August 1, 2021, to the Credit
Agreement with Hapoalim. The Amendment memorializes the agreements between the Borrowers and Hapoalim regarding a reduction in the interest
rates of the Term A Facility and the Term B Facility. Pursuant to the Amendment, commencing as of November 12, 2020, the interest rate
with respect to the Term A Facility was reduced to a fixed rate of 3.65% per annum and the interest rate with respect to the Term B Facility
was reduced to a fixed rate of 4.5% per annum. The Amendment also provides, among other things, for (i) a reduction in the credit allocation
fee on undrawn and uncancelled amounts of the Revolving Facility from 1% to 0.5% per annum, (ii) removal of the requirement that Powerfleet
Israel maintain $3,000 on deposit in a separate reserve fund, and (iii) modifications to certain of the affirmative and negative covenants,
including a financial covenant regarding the ratio of the Borrowers’ debt levels to Pointer’s EBITDA.
On
October 31, 2022, the Borrowers entered into a third amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) with Hapoalim.
The Third Amendment provides for, among other things, a new revolving credit facility to Pointer denominated in NIS in an initial aggregate
principal amount of $10 million (the “New Revolver”). The New Revolver is available for a period of one month that commenced
on October 31, 2022, and will continue to be available for successive one-month periods until and including October 30, 2023, unless
the Borrowers deliver a notice to Hapoalim of their request not to renew the New Revolver. As of March 31, 2023, the Company borrowed
approximately NIS20.6 million, or $5.7 million, under the revolving credit facilities.
The
New Revolver will initially bear interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus 2.59%. Such interest is subject to monthly changes
by Hapoalim, provided that Hapoalim gives Pointer advance notice regarding such change prior to the end of the applicable calendar month.
The
New Revolver is secured by a first ranking fixed pledge and assignment by Pointer over its new bank account, which was opened in connection
with the New Revolver, and all of the rights relating thereunder as well as a cross guarantee by Powerfleet Israel.
Pointer
is required to pay a credit allocation fee equal to 0.5% per annum on undrawn and uncancelled amounts of the New Revolver.
Pointer
also has a one-year $1,000 revolving credit facility available for use with Discount Bank, which renews annually, subject to the bank’s
approval. Pointer did not have any borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facility with Discount Bank as of March 31, 2023.
As
a result of global supply chain disruptions, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, rising interest rates, fluctuations in currency
values, inflation and other cost increases, there remains uncertainty surrounding the potential impact of such events on our results
of operations and cash flows. We are proactively taking steps to increase available cash on hand including, but not limited to, targeted
reductions in discretionary operating expenses and capital expenditures and borrowing under the revolving credit facility.
On March 31, 2023, we completed our acquisition of Movingdots. We believe
this acquisition will provide significant additional liquidity, with net cash proceeds of $8.7 million expected to exceed the associated
transaction, integration, and rationalization costs. See “Business Acquisitions” below for more information regarding the
acquisition of Movingdots.
Capital
Requirements
As
of March 31, 2023, we had cash (including restricted cash) and cash equivalents of $25.1 million and working capital of $41.8 million.
Our primary sources of cash are cash flows from operating activities, our holdings of cash, cash equivalents and investments from the
sale of our capital stock and borrowings under our credit facility. To date, we have not generated sufficient cash flow solely from operating
activities to fund our operations.
We
believe our available working capital, anticipated level of future revenues and expected cash flows from operations will provide sufficient
funds to cover capital requirements through at least May 10, 2024.
Our
capital requirements depend on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the length of the sales cycle, the rate of increase
or decrease in our existing business base, the success, timing, and amount of investment required to bring new products to market, revenue
growth or decline and potential acquisitions. Failure to generate positive cash flow from operations will have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Operating
Activities
During the three months ended March 31, 2023,
net cash provided by operating activities was $1.8 million, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $2.1 million for
the same period in 2022. The net cash provided by operating activities for the first quarter of 2023 primarily included a
non-operating cash benefit of $7.2 million for gain on bargain purchase, non-cash charges of $0.8 million for stock-based
compensation, $2.2 million for depreciation and amortization expense, and $0.7 million for right-of-use asset amortization. Changes
in working capital items included a decrease in accounts receivable of $0.8 million, an increase in inventory of $0.2 million, a
decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets of $0.2 million, a decrease in accounts payable of $0.7 million, and a decrease in
lease liabilities of $0.7 million.
For the same period in the prior year, net cash used
in operating activities was $2.1 million.
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Investing
Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $6.8 million, compared to
net cash used in investing activities of $0.6 million for the same period in 2022. The increase in net cash provided by investing activities
was primarily due to $8.7 million in net proceeds from the acquisition of Movingdots, partly offset by $1.1 million for the purchase of
fixed assets and $0.7 million for capitalized software development costs. In contrast, the net cash used in investing activities of $0.6
million in the same period in 2022 was primarily for the purchase of fixed assets.
Financing
Activities
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, net cash used in financing activities was $1.4 million, compared to
$1.7 million for the same period in 2022. The decrease in net cash used in financing activities was primarily due to the repayment of
long-term debt totaling $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2023, as opposed to $1.5 million in the first quarter of 2022.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We
do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on our financial
condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
Contractual
Obligations
As
of March 31, 2023, there have been no material charges in contractual obligations as disclosed under the caption “Contractual Obligations
and Commitments” in Item 7 of our 2022 Annual Report.
Inflation
Rising
inflation and other macroeconomic conditions in the U.S. have resulted in higher costs of raw materials, freight, and labor, which has
impacted our operating costs. In addition, we operate in several emerging market economies that are particularly vulnerable to the impact
of inflationary pressures that could materially and adversely impact our operations in the foreseeable future.
Business
Acquisitions
In
addition to focusing on our core applications, we adapt our systems to meet our customers’ broader asset management needs and seek
opportunities to expand our solution offerings through strategic acquisitions.
On
March 6, 2023, we entered into a definitive share purchase and transfer agreement (the “SPA”)
with Swiss Re Reinsurance Holding Company Ltd (“Swiss Re”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Movingdots for consideration consisting
of €1 and the issuance by us of a ten-year warrant to purchase 800,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $7.00
per share. Under the SPA, Swiss Re was required to ensure that Movingdots had available cash and cash equivalents of at least €8,000,000
as of the closing date. The transaction closed on March 31, 2023.
Impact
of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
The
Company is subject to recently issued accounting standards, accounting guidance and disclosure requirements. For a description of these
new accounting standards, see Note 23 to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Not
applicable.
Item
4. Controls and Procedures
a.
Disclosure controls and procedures.
Disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)) are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports
that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the
rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Disclosure controls and procedures include, without
limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file under the
Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial
officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls
and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable
assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Due to the inherent limitations of control systems, not all misstatements may
be detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can
occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion
of two or more people, or by management override of the control. Controls and procedures can only provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance
that the above objectives have been met.
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined
in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including
our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness, as of December 31,
2022, of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in 2013 Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued
by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under this framework, the Chief Executive
Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December
31, 2022, as disclosed under the caption “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Report” in Item 9A
of our 2022 Annual Report, due to material weaknesses in our internal control over financial
reporting described below, which have not been remediated as of March 31, 2023.
A
material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is
a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented
or detected on a timely basis. Management has concluded that material weaknesses existed as of December 31, 2022 with respect to the
following:
● Controls
were not designed or operating effectively to ensure that the standalone selling prices (SSP),
used to determine the appropriate allocation of revenue in multiple element arrangements,
was appropriate. Determining SSP involves management judgment, considering among other factors
the adjusted market assessment or the expected cost-plus margin, and management did not review
timely the analysis of SSP or the underlying data supporting the analysis.
● Controls
were not designed or operating effectively to ensure that the costs capitalized for internal
use software were appropriate. Specifically, these controls did not provide for adequate
review or documentation of the amounts capitalized and the related phase of the project.
Furthermore, controls were not designed or operating effectively to ensure that the costs
for software to be sold, leased or marketed were appropriate. Specifically, these controls
did not provide for adequate review or documentation of the amounts capitalized and when
projects met technological feasibility.
● Controls
over the financial statement close process were not designed or operating effectively to
ensure the appropriate level of management review, including the appropriate level of precision,
adequate evidence of management’s review, and the completeness and accuracy of key
reports.
The
material weaknesses did not result in any restatements of consolidated financial statements previously reported by us, there were no changes
in previously released financial results and management concluded that the consolidated financial statements included in this report
present fairly, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented, in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
We
will take certain steps to remediate the material weaknesses described above and otherwise improve the overall design and operation of
our control environment. These steps include:
● Implementing
of a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system
● Utilizing external resources to support its efforts to rework certain control
gaps across the various processes in Israel and the U.S. with identified deficiencies
● Implementing
enhanced documentation associated with management review controls and validation of the completeness
and accuracy of key reports in Israel and the U.S.
● Training of relevant personnel reinforcing existing policies and enhanced
policies with regards to the appropriate steps and procedures required to be performed related to the execution and documentation of internal
controls
Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered
public accounting firm that audited the consolidated financial statements included in our 2022 Annual Report, issued an attestation report
on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting which appeared in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements
and Supplementary Data” of our 2022 Annual Report.
b.
Changes in internal control over financial reporting.
There was no change in our system of internal control over financial reporting
(as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
On March 31, 2023, we completed the acquisition of Movingdots. We are currently integrating policies, processes, people, technology and operations for the combined companies. Management will continue to evaluate our internal control over financial reporting as we execute integration activities.
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings
In
the ordinary course of its business, the Company is at times subject to various legal proceedings. For a description of our material
pending legal proceedings, see Note 22 to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the other information set forth under the heading “Risks
to Our Business” in Part I, Item 2 of this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk
Factors,” in the Company’s 2022 Annual Report as such factors could materially affect the Company’s business, financial
condition, and future results. The risks described in the 2022 Annual Report are not the only risks that the Company faces. Additional
risks and uncertainties not currently known to the Company, or that the Company currently deems to be immaterial, also may have a material
adverse impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, or results of operations.
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities by the Issuer
On March 31, 2023, Powerfleet issued to Swiss Re a ten-year warrant to
purchase 800,000 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $7.00 per share in connection with Powerfleet’s acquisition
of Movingdots. The shares of common stock underlying the warrant were not registered under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption
from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, which exempts transactions by an issuer
not involving any public offering.
Purchases
of Equity Securities by the Issuer
The
following table provides information regarding our shares withheld activity for each month of the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023
(in thousands). These shares were withheld to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted
stock.
Period
Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
Average Price
Paid per
Share
Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased as
Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
Approximate
Dollar Value
of Shares that
May Yet Be
Purchased
Under the
Plans or
Programs
January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
3 (1)
$ 2.74
$ -
$ -
February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023
6 (1)
$ 2.75
$ -
$ -
March 1, 2023 - March 31, 2023
7 (1)
$ 2.80
$ -
$ -
Total
16
$ 2.77
$ -
$ -
(1)
Represents
shares of common stock withheld to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock.
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Item
6. Exhibits
The
following exhibits are filed with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:
Exhibits:
Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1
Offer Letter, dated December 31, 2022, between PowerFleet, Inc. and David Wilson (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PowerFleet, Inc. filed with the SEC on January 4, 2023).†
31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
101
The
following financial statements from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, formatted
in Inline XBRL: (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2022 and March
31, 2023; (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2023; (iii) Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income ( Loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2023; (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statement
of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the periods January 1, 2022 through March 31, 2022 and January 1, 2023 through March
31, 2023; (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2023; and (vi) Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
104
The
cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, formatted in Inline XBRL
(included as Exhibit 101).
*
Furnished herewith.
† Management contract or compensatory
plan or arrangement.
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Signatures
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
POWERFLEET,
INC.
Date:
May 10, 2023
By:
/s/
Steve Towe
Steve
Towe
Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
Date:
May 10, 2023
By:
/s/
David Wilson
David
Wilson
Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
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